Andrew Read

12.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
124 papers, 6.1k citations indexed

About

Andrew Read is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Andrew Read has authored 124 papers receiving a total of 6.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 52 papers in Molecular Biology, 31 papers in Genetics and 16 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Andrew Read's work include RNA regulation and disease (12 papers), Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics (12 papers) and melanin and skin pigmentation (12 papers). Andrew Read is often cited by papers focused on RNA regulation and disease (12 papers), Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics (12 papers) and melanin and skin pigmentation (12 papers). Andrew Read collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and South Africa. Andrew Read's co-authors include Mayada Tassabehji, Tom Strachan, R Harris, Valerie Newton, Dian Donnai, Peter Gruß, Rudi Balling, R. W. Smithells, N. C. Nevin and S Sheppard and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Andrew Read

120 papers receiving 5.9k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

SOX10 mutations in patients with Waardenburg-Hirschsprung disease

1998 619 citations Véronique Pingault, Nadège Bondurand et al. profile →
Waardenburg's syndrome patients have mutations in the human homologue of the Pax-3 paired box gene

1992 543 citations Mayada Tassabehji, Andrew Read et al. profile →
FURTHER EXPERIENCE OF VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION FOR PREVENTION OF NEURAL TUBE DEFECT RECURRENCES

1983 354 citations R. W. Smithells, Mary J. Seller et al. The Lancet profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Andrew Read United Kingdom	38	3.0k	1.7k	1.1k	819	597	124	6.1k
Michel Goossens France	50	3.5k 1.2×	2.2k 1.3×	1.2k 1.0×	1.4k 1.7×	119 0.2×	170	8.1k
Eero Lehtonen Finland	44	3.6k 1.2×	1.1k 0.6×	1.5k 1.4×	992 1.2×	242 0.4×	147	6.1k
Niklas Dahl Sweden	50	5.9k 2.0×	2.9k 1.7×	1.3k 1.2×	957 1.2×	569 1.0×	245	9.8k
William Reardon United Kingdom	53	6.5k 2.2×	5.2k 3.1×	598 0.5×	1.2k 1.5×	648 1.1×	195	11.9k
Jean‐Louis Guénet France	47	5.3k 1.7×	2.3k 1.3×	651 0.6×	403 0.5×	176 0.3×	166	7.8k
Roger A. Williamson United States	34	3.8k 1.3×	563 0.3×	787 0.7×	580 0.7×	217 0.4×	96	6.3k
Alain Verloès France	46	4.4k 1.4×	3.8k 2.3×	896 0.8×	1.1k 1.3×	563 0.9×	314	8.7k
Dieter Riethmacher Germany	38	4.5k 1.5×	1.5k 0.9×	888 0.8×	960 1.2×	82 0.1×	60	8.6k
Erik G. Puffenberger United States	38	2.8k 0.9×	2.9k 1.7×	531 0.5×	1.3k 1.6×	498 0.8×	74	6.7k
Brunella Franco Italy	44	4.5k 1.5×	3.4k 2.0×	688 0.6×	537 0.7×	130 0.2×	138	7.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Andrew Read

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Fields of papers citing papers by Andrew Read

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Andrew Read

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Read, Andrew. (2025). Infrastructure as archive: Examining the colonial geographies of rivers. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers. 50(4).

Read, Andrew, J. Jack Lee, Jenny N. Fung, & Trent M. Woodruff. (2025). Complement membrane attack complex alters the proliferation of neural progenitor cells during late embryonic murine neurogenesis. Immunobiology. 230(4). 153063–153063.

Frost, Melinda, Jing Zhang, Judith H. Edmonds, et al.. (2012). Characterization of Virulent West Nile Virus Kunjin Strain, Australia, 2011. Emerging infectious diseases. 18(5). 792–800. 129 indexed citations

Saeed, Shakeel R., et al.. (2007). The Genetics of Otosclerosis: Pedigree Studies and Linkage Analysis. Advances in oto-rhino-laryngology. 65. 75–85. 5 indexed citations

Tassabehji, May, Peter Hammond, Annette Karmiloff‐Smith, et al.. (2005). GTF2IRD1 in Craniofacial Development of Humans and Mice. Science. 310(5751). 1184–1187. 145 indexed citations

Hewitt, Chelsee, Peter J. Wilson, Edwina McGlinn, et al.. (2004). DLC1 is unlikely to be a primary target for deletions on chromosome arm 8p22 in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Cancer Letters. 209(2). 207–213. 8 indexed citations

Donnai, Dian & Andrew Read. (2003). How clinicians add to knowledge of development. The Lancet. 362(9382). 477–484. 8 indexed citations

Metcalfe, Kay, Leslie Smoot, Pascal McKeown, et al.. (2000). Elastin: mutational spectrum in supravalvular aortic stenosis. European Journal of Human Genetics. 8(12). 955–963. 110 indexed citations

Read, Andrew. (2000). Hereditary deafness: lessons for developmental studies and genetic diagnosis. European Journal of Pediatrics. 159(S3). S232–S235. 3 indexed citations

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Bondurand, Nadège, Kirsten Kuhlbrodt, Véronique Pingault, et al.. (1999). A Molecular Analysis of the Yemenite Deaf-Blind Hypopigmentation Syndrome: SOX10 Dysfunction Causes Different Neurocristopathies. Human Molecular Genetics. 8(9). 1785–1789. 80 indexed citations

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Liu, Xuezhong, Valerie Newton, & Andrew Read. (1995). Hearing loss and pigmentary disturbances in Waardenburg syndrome with reference to WS Type II. The Journal of Laryngology & Otology. 109(2). 96–100. 11 indexed citations

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Liu, Xuezhong, Valerie Newton, & Andrew Read. (1995). Waardenburg syndrome type II: Phenotypic findings and diagnostic criteria. American Journal of Medical Genetics. 55(1). 95–100. 123 indexed citations

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Rowe, Peter, J.N. Goulding, Andrew Read, et al.. (1994). Refining the genetic map for the region flanking the X-linked hypophosphataemic rickets locus (Xp22.1?22.2). Human Genetics. 93(3). 291–294. 18 indexed citations

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Newton, Valerie, et al.. (1994). The association of sensorineural hearing loss and pigmentation abnormalities in Waardenburg Syndrome. 3(2). 69–77. 1 indexed citations

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Norman, Andrew, Andrew Read, Jill Clayton‐Smith, Tony Andrews, & Dian Donnai. (1992). Recurrent Wiedemann‐Beckwith syndrome with inversion of chromosome (11)(p11.2p15.5). American Journal of Medical Genetics. 42(4). 638–641. 46 indexed citations

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Lin, Carol Sze Ki, Michael R. Altherr, Gillian P. Bates, et al.. (1991). New DNA markers in the Huntington's disease gene candidate region. Somatic Cell and Molecular Genetics. 17(5). 481–488. 23 indexed citations

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Read, Andrew, Rajesh V. Thakker, K.E. Davies, et al.. (1986). Mapping of human X-linked hypophosphataemic rickets by multilocus linkage analysis. Human Genetics. 73(3). 267–270. 53 indexed citations

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Smithells, R. W., Mary J. Seller, R Harris, et al.. (1983). FURTHER EXPERIENCE OF VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION FOR PREVENTION OF NEURAL TUBE DEFECT RECURRENCES. The Lancet. 321(8332). 1027–1031. 354 indexed citations breakdown →

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Smithells, R. W., S Sheppard, C J Schorah, et al.. (1982). VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTS AND NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS. The Lancet. 319(8282). 1186–1186.

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Barson, A J, P. Donnai, Angela D. Ferguson, Dian Donnai, & Andrew Read. (1980). Haemangioma of the cord: further cause of raised maternal serum and liquor alpha-fetoprotein.. BMJ. 281(6250). 1252–1252. 21 indexed citations

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