Ben Pickard

14.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
58 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Ben Pickard is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Ben Pickard has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Molecular Biology, 30 papers in Genetics and 7 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Ben Pickard's work include Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (19 papers), Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities (14 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (11 papers). Ben Pickard is often cited by papers focused on Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (19 papers), Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities (14 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (11 papers). Ben Pickard collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and United States. Ben Pickard's co-authors include David J. Porteous, Douglas Blackwood, Walter Muir, Kathryn L. Evans, Euan Adie, Pippa A. Thomson, Richard R. Adams, M. P. Malloy, Wolf Reik and Miguel Constância and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Ben Pickard

56 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

DISC1 and PDE4B Are Interacting Genetic Factors in Schizophrenia That Regulate cAMP Signaling

2005 507 citations J. Kirsty Millar, Ben Pickard et al. Science profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ben Pickard United Kingdom	29	2.0k	1.1k	439	259	216	58	2.9k
Steven J. Clapcote United Kingdom	25	1.5k 0.8×	574 0.5×	806 1.8×	216 0.8×	331 1.5×	49	2.5k
Rami Abou Jamra Germany	29	1.4k 0.7×	1.1k 1.0×	544 1.2×	407 1.6×	244 1.1×	99	2.8k
Tomoko Toyota Japan	31	1.5k 0.7×	850 0.8×	818 1.9×	344 1.3×	398 1.8×	87	2.8k
Toshifumi Tomoda United States	29	2.1k 1.1×	502 0.5×	949 2.2×	156 0.6×	246 1.1×	51	3.3k
Koko Ishizuka United States	21	1.4k 0.7×	431 0.4×	714 1.6×	218 0.8×	247 1.1×	59	2.5k
Tetsuo Ohnishi Japan	24	2.1k 1.0×	409 0.4×	510 1.2×	146 0.6×	126 0.6×	74	3.0k
Paul R. Buckland United Kingdom	35	1.6k 0.8×	1.0k 1.0×	1.1k 2.4×	422 1.6×	319 1.5×	82	3.3k
Mi‐Hyeon Jang United States	20	1.6k 0.8×	720 0.7×	630 1.4×	91 0.4×	227 1.1×	45	2.6k
Gillian Spurlock United Kingdom	25	1.2k 0.6×	913 0.9×	938 2.1×	561 2.2×	269 1.2×	60	2.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ben Pickard

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20 of 20 papers shown

Pickard, Ben. (2025). A mechanism of global gene expression regulation is disrupted by multiple disease states and drug treatments. PLoS ONE. 20(5). e0317071–e0317071.

Yap, Jeremy Kean Yi, Ben Pickard, Sook Yee Gan, & Elaine Wan Ling Chan. (2021). Genes associated with amyloid-beta-induced inflammasome-mediated neuronal death identified using functional gene trap mutagenesis approach. The International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology. 136. 106014–106014. 3 indexed citations

Somani, Sukrut, et al.. (2018). PEGylation of polypropylenimine dendrimers: effects on cytotoxicity, DNA condensation, gene delivery and expression in cancer cells. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 9410–9410. 62 indexed citations

Somani, Sukrut, et al.. (2015). Enhanced gene expression in the brain following intravenous administration of lactoferrin-bearing polypropylenimine dendriplex. Journal of Controlled Release. 217. 235–242. 36 indexed citations

Johnstone, Mandy, Alan Maclean, Lien Heyrman, et al.. (2015). Copy Number Variations in DISC1 and DISC1-Interacting Partners in Major Mental Illness. PubMed. 1(3). 175–190. 14 indexed citations

Li, Sha, et al.. (2011). SOX11 target genes: implications for neurogenesis and neuropsychiatric illness. Acta Neuropsychiatrica. 24(1). 16–25. 12 indexed citations

Pickard, Ben. (2011). Progress in defining the biological causes of schizophrenia. Expert Reviews in Molecular Medicine. 13. e25–e25. 28 indexed citations

Whalley, Heather C., Ben Pickard, Andrew M. McIntosh, et al.. (2009). Modulation of hippocampal activation by genetic variation in the GRIK4 gene. Molecular Psychiatry. 14(5). 465–465. 4 indexed citations

Knight, Helen Miranda, Ben Pickard, Alan Maclean, et al.. (2009). A Cytogenetic Abnormality and Rare Coding Variants Identify ABCA13 as a Candidate Gene in Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder, and Depression. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 85(6). 833–846. 88 indexed citations

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Blackwood, Douglas, Ben Pickard, Pippa A. Thomson, et al.. (2007). Are some genetic risk factors common to schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and depression? evidence fromDISC1, GRIK4 andNRG1. Neurotoxicity Research. 11(1). 73–83. 54 indexed citations

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Christoforou, A., Stéphanie Le Hellard, Pippa A. Thomson, et al.. (2007). Association analysis of the chromosome 4p15–p16 candidate region for bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. Molecular Psychiatry. 12(11). 1011–1025. 35 indexed citations

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Millar, J. Kirsty, Shaun Mackie, Steven J. Clapcote, et al.. (2007). Disrupted in schizophrenia 1 and phosphodiesterase 4B: towards an understanding of psychiatric illness. The Journal of Physiology. 584(2). 401–405. 90 indexed citations

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Pickard, Ben, A. Christoforou, Pippa A. Thomson, et al.. (2006). A case-control association study on the NPAS3 gene. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. 1 indexed citations

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Pickard, Ben, Andrew A. Pieper, David J. Porteous, Douglas Blackwood, & Walter Muir. (2006). TheNPAS3gene—emerging evidence for a role in psychiatric illness. Annals of Medicine. 38(6). 439–448. 37 indexed citations

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Pickard, Ben, M. P. Malloy, A. Christoforou, et al.. (2006). Cytogenetic and genetic evidence supports a role for the kainate-type glutamate receptor gene, GRIK4, in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Molecular Psychiatry. 11(9). 847–857. 92 indexed citations

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Millar, J. Kirsty, Ben Pickard, Shaun Mackie, et al.. (2005). DISC1 and PDE4B Are Interacting Genetic Factors in Schizophrenia That Regulate cAMP Signaling. Science. 310(5751). 1187–1191. 507 indexed citations breakdown →

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Pickard, Ben, M. P. Malloy, David J. Porteous, Douglas Blackwood, & Walter Muir. (2005). Disruption of a brain transcription factor, NPAS3, is associated with schizophrenia and learning disability. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B Neuropsychiatric Genetics. 136B(1). 26–32. 62 indexed citations

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Mackie, Shaun, Ben Pickard, Rachel James, et al.. (2004). DISC1: Progress from discovery towards an understanding. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. 3 indexed citations

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Pickard, Ben, Wendy Dean, Sabine Engemann, et al.. (2001). Epigenetic targeting in the mouse zygote marks DNA for later methylation: a mechanism for maternal effects in development. Mechanisms of Development. 103(1-2). 35–47. 43 indexed citations

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Davies, Benjamin, et al.. (1998). Serine Proteases in Rodent Hippocampus. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 273(36). 23004–23011. 67 indexed citations

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