Anne Thornton

4.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
12 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Anne Thornton is a scholar working on Genetics, Cancer Research and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Anne Thornton has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Genetics, 7 papers in Cancer Research and 3 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Anne Thornton's work include BRCA gene mutations in cancer (8 papers), Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics (7 papers) and Genetic factors in colorectal cancer (3 papers). Anne Thornton is often cited by papers focused on BRCA gene mutations in cancer (8 papers), Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics (7 papers) and Genetic factors in colorectal cancer (3 papers). Anne Thornton collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Israel. Anne Thornton's co-authors include Tom Walsh, Mary‐Claire King, Ming K. Lee, Elizabeth M. Swisher, Christopher C. Pennil, Alex S. Nord, Silvia Casadei, Rochelle L. Garcia, Kathy Agnew and Kathryn P. Pennington and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Clinical Oncology and Cancer.

In The Last Decade

Anne Thornton

12 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

Germline and Somatic Mutations in Homologous Recombinatio... 2011 2026 2016 2021 2013 2011 200 400 600
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.

  1. Germline and Somatic Mutations in Homologous Recombination Genes Predict Platinum Response and Survival in Ovarian, Fallopian Tube, and Peritoneal Carcinomas
    2013 712 citations Kathryn P. Pennington, Tom Walsh et al. Clinical Cancer Research profile →
  2. Mutations in 12 genes for inherited ovarian, fallopian tube, and peritoneal carcinoma identified by massively parallel sequencing
    2011 662 citations Tom Walsh, Silvia Casadei et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Anne Thornton United States 10 1.3k 1.1k 936 714 647 12 2.5k
Sylvie Mazoyer France 25 1.5k 1.2× 1.6k 1.4× 274 0.3× 278 0.4× 615 1.0× 50 2.5k
Manuel Sánchez‐Martín Spain 25 304 0.2× 1.5k 1.3× 421 0.4× 309 0.4× 214 0.3× 64 2.3k
Ronald J. deLeeuw Canada 19 745 0.6× 795 0.7× 956 1.0× 59 0.1× 342 0.5× 22 2.5k
Karen D. Tsuchiya United States 26 1.0k 0.8× 1.5k 1.3× 351 0.4× 66 0.1× 369 0.6× 56 2.3k
Calvin Wong United States 7 378 0.3× 2.1k 1.8× 952 1.0× 43 0.1× 255 0.4× 8 2.4k
Hiroyuki Kugoh Japan 25 712 0.6× 1.5k 1.3× 160 0.2× 76 0.1× 360 0.6× 68 1.9k
Dmitri Loukinov United States 28 1.1k 0.8× 3.1k 2.7× 281 0.3× 41 0.1× 350 0.5× 44 3.6k
Thomas G. Boyer United States 32 588 0.5× 2.2k 1.9× 434 0.5× 527 0.7× 302 0.5× 58 3.3k
Kathleen S. Hruska United States 18 551 0.4× 545 0.5× 221 0.2× 59 0.1× 269 0.4× 39 1.7k
Sarita Panula Sweden 12 325 0.3× 2.2k 1.9× 434 0.5× 166 0.2× 856 1.3× 17 2.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Anne Thornton

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Fields of papers citing papers by Anne Thornton

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Anne Thornton

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Anne Thornton. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Anne Thornton based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Anne Thornton. Anne Thornton is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

12 of 12 papers shown
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Churpek, Jane, Tom Walsh, Yonglan Zheng, et al.. (2014). Inherited predisposition to breast cancer among African American women. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. 149(1). 31–39. 114 indexed citations
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Reid, William, Anne Thornton, Julia W. Pridgeon, et al.. (2014). Transcriptional Analysis of Four Family 4 P450s in a Puerto Rico Strain ofAedes aegypti(Diptera: Culicidae) Compared With an Orlando Strain and Their Possible Functional Roles in Permethrin Resistance. Journal of Medical Entomology. 51(3). 605–615. 48 indexed citations
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Pennington, Kathryn P., Tom Walsh, Maria I. Harrell, et al.. (2013). Germline and Somatic Mutations in Homologous Recombination Genes Predict Platinum Response and Survival in Ovarian, Fallopian Tube, and Peritoneal Carcinomas. Clinical Cancer Research. 20(3). 764–775. 712 indexed citations breakdown →
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Churpek, Jane, Tom Walsh, Yonglan Zheng, et al.. (2013). Inherited mutations in breast cancer genes in African American breast cancer patients revealed by targeted genomic capture and next generation sequencing.. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 31(15_suppl). CRA1501–CRA1501. 5 indexed citations
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Churpek, Jane, Tom Walsh, Yonglan Zheng, et al.. (2013). Inherited mutations in breast cancer genes in African American breast cancer patients revealed by targeted genomic capture and next-generation sequencing.. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 31(18_suppl). CRA1501–CRA1501. 4 indexed citations
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Norquist, Barbara M., Kathryn P. Pennington, Kathy Agnew, et al.. (2012). Characteristics of women with ovarian carcinoma who have BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations not identified by clinical testing. Gynecologic Oncology. 128(3). 483–487. 21 indexed citations
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Pritchard, Colin C., Christina Smith, Stephen J. Salipante, et al.. (2012). ColoSeq Provides Comprehensive Lynch and Polyposis Syndrome Mutational Analysis Using Massively Parallel Sequencing. Journal of Molecular Diagnostics. 14(4). 357–366. 149 indexed citations
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Pennington, Kathryn P., Tom Walsh, Ming Lee, et al.. (2012). BRCA1, TP53, and CHEK2 germline mutations in uterine serous carcinoma. Cancer. 119(2). 332–338. 78 indexed citations
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Walsh, Tom, Silvia Casadei, Ming K. Lee, et al.. (2011). Mutations in 12 genes for inherited ovarian, fallopian tube, and peritoneal carcinoma identified by massively parallel sequencing. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(44). 18032–18037. 662 indexed citations breakdown →
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Walsh, Tom, Hashem Shahin, T. Elkan Miller, et al.. (2010). Whole Exome Sequencing and Homozygosity Mapping Identify Mutation in the Cell Polarity Protein GPSM2 as the Cause of Nonsyndromic Hearing Loss DFNB82. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 87(1). 90–94. 198 indexed citations
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Pierce, Sarah B., Tom Walsh, Karen M. Chisholm, et al.. (2010). Mutations in the DBP-Deficiency Protein HSD17B4 Cause Ovarian Dysgenesis, Hearing Loss, and Ataxia of Perrault Syndrome. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 87(2). 282–288. 185 indexed citations
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Walsh, Tom, Ming K. Lee, Silvia Casadei, et al.. (2010). Detection of inherited mutations for breast and ovarian cancer using genomic capture and massively parallel sequencing. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(28). 12629–12633. 325 indexed citations

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