Bernard V. North

6.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
60 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Bernard V. North is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Molecular Biology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Bernard V. North has authored 60 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 15 papers in Molecular Biology and 15 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Bernard V. North's work include Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research (9 papers), Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism (8 papers) and Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (7 papers). Bernard V. North is often cited by papers focused on Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research (9 papers), Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism (8 papers) and Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (7 papers). Bernard V. North collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Portugal. Bernard V. North's co-authors include David J. Pinato, Rohini Sharma, Patrick Kelly, Nazneen Rahman, Douglas F. Easton, Tasnim Chagtai, Diana Eccles, D. Gareth Evans, Rita Barfoot and Lesley McGuffog and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Genetics, Journal of Clinical Oncology and Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

In The Last Decade

Bernard V. North

59 papers receiving 3.1k citations

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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.

Truncating mutations in the Fanconi anemia J gene BRIP1 are low-penetrance breast cancer susceptibility alleles

2006 513 citations Sheila Seal, Deborah J. Thompson et al. Nature Genetics profile →
ATM mutations that cause ataxia-telangiectasia are breast cancer susceptibility alleles

2006 511 citations Anthony Renwick, Deborah J. Thompson et al. Nature Genetics profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Bernard V. North United Kingdom	24	1.1k	1.0k	753	646	518	60	3.2k
Kimberly K. Leslie United States	42	1.9k 1.7×	1.2k 1.2×	1.3k 1.7×	902 1.4×	479 0.9×	186	5.6k
Moshe Z. Papa Israel	37	1.3k 1.1×	505 0.5×	909 1.2×	679 1.1×	431 0.8×	111	4.3k
Lukas Hefler Austria	42	1.2k 1.0×	468 0.5×	1.5k 2.0×	774 1.2×	371 0.7×	208	5.1k
Anand P. Chokkalingam United States	29	918 0.8×	490 0.5×	335 0.4×	209 0.3×	183 0.4×	79	2.9k
Alois Lang Austria	27	899 0.8×	253 0.2×	855 1.1×	598 0.9×	493 1.0×	104	3.2k
Amanda I. Phipps United States	36	802 0.7×	725 0.7×	2.6k 3.4×	1.1k 1.7×	1.0k 2.0×	141	4.3k
Joshua A. Bell United Kingdom	35	1.1k 1.0×	549 0.5×	1.5k 1.9×	937 1.5×	531 1.0×	90	4.2k
Jianfeng Xu United States	38	1.5k 1.3×	1.3k 1.3×	571 0.8×	793 1.2×	287 0.6×	159	4.4k
Nadir R. Farid Canada	39	1.3k 1.1×	1.6k 1.6×	636 0.8×	219 0.3×	678 1.3×	162	5.4k
Gary L. Francis United States	34	955 0.8×	804 0.8×	830 1.1×	283 0.4×	274 0.5×	100	5.2k

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Lim, Anita WW, et al.. (2025). Impact of mode of offer of self-sampling to people overdue cervical screening on screening participation: a randomised controlled trial. EClinicalMedicine. 86. 103357–103357. 1 indexed citations

Catto, James W.F., Bernard V. North, Michelle Sleeth, et al.. (2023). Protocol for the YORKSURe prospective multistage study testing the feasibility for early detection of bladder cancer in populations with high disease-specific mortality risk. BMJ Open. 13(9). e076612–e076612. 3 indexed citations

McKenzie, Duncan R., Rosalind Graham, Thomas Lechmere, et al.. (2022). Boosting of Waned Humoral and Cellular Responses to SARS-CoV-2 Variants of Concern Among Patients with Cancer. Cancer Research Communications. 2(11). 1449–1461. 1 indexed citations

Marzec, Jacek, Helen Ross‐Adams, S Pirro, et al.. (2021). The Transcriptomic Landscape of Prostate Cancer Development and Progression: An Integrative Analysis. Cancers. 13(2). 345–345. 7 indexed citations

Organ, Louise, Eunice Oballa, Juliet K. Simpson, et al.. (2019). Biomarkers of collagen synthesis predict progression in the PROFILE idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis cohort. Respiratory Research. 20(1). 148–148. 88 indexed citations

Berney, Daniel M., Luis Beltrán, Gabrielle Fisher, et al.. (2016). Validation of a contemporary prostate cancer grading system using prostate cancer death as outcome. British Journal of Cancer. 114(10). 1078–1083. 85 indexed citations

Cuzick, Jack, Steven Stone, Gabrielle Fisher, et al.. (2015). Validation of an RNA cell cycle progression score for predicting death from prostate cancer in a conservatively managed needle biopsy cohort. British Journal of Cancer. 113(3). 382–389. 109 indexed citations

Pinato, David J., Bernard V. North, & Rohini Sharma. (2012). A novel, externally validated inflammation-based prognostic algorithm in hepatocellular carcinoma: the prognostic nutritional index (PNI). British Journal of Cancer. 106(8). 1439–1445. 348 indexed citations

Short, Dee, et al.. (2012). Survival of women with gestational trophoblastic neoplasia and liver metastases: is it improving?. PubMed. 57(5-6). 262–9. 25 indexed citations

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Pinato, David J., Justin Stebbing, Mitsuru Ishizuka, et al.. (2012). A novel and validated prognostic index in hepatocellular carcinoma: The inflammation based index (IBI). Journal of Hepatology. 57(5). 1013–1020. 143 indexed citations

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Ahmad, Sohail, Bernard V. North, Gurjeet Bhangal, et al.. (2010). CCL18 in peritoneal dialysis patients and encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis. European Journal of Clinical Investigation. 40(12). 1067–1073. 23 indexed citations

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Dhillon, Tony, Francesco Mauri, Guido Bellezza, et al.. (2010). Overexpression of the Mammalian Target of Rapamycin: A Novel Biomarker for Poor Survival in Resected Early Stage Non-small Cell Lung Cancer. Journal of Thoracic Oncology. 5(3). 314–319. 46 indexed citations

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Dawson, William O., Julia Grapsa, Bernard V. North, et al.. (2010). Right ventricular function in patients with pulmonary hypertension; the value of myocardial performance index measured by tissue Doppler imaging. European Journal of Echocardiography. 11(8). 719–724. 26 indexed citations

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North, Bernard V., P Sham, Jo Knight, Eden R. Martin, & David Curtis. (2006). Investigation of the Ability of Haplotype Association and Logistic Regression to Identify Associated Susceptibility Loci. Annals of Human Genetics. 70(6). 893–906. 10 indexed citations

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Renwick, Anthony, Deborah J. Thompson, Sheila Seal, et al.. (2006). ATM mutations that cause ataxia-telangiectasia are breast cancer susceptibility alleles. Nature Genetics. 38(8). 873–875. 511 indexed citations breakdown →

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North, Bernard V., David Curtis, & Pak C. Sham. (2005). Application of Logistic Regression to Case-Control Association Studies Involving Two Causative Loci. Human Heredity. 59(2). 79–87. 43 indexed citations

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Jackson, Alan E., Paul G. Cassell, Bernard V. North, et al.. (2004). Polymorphic Variations in the Neurogenic Differentiation-1, Neurogenin-3, and Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor-1α Genes Contribute to Glucose Intolerance in a South Indian Population. Diabetes. 53(8). 2122–2125. 18 indexed citations

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North, Bernard V., David Curtis, Paul G. Cassell, G. A. Hitman, & Pak C. Sham. (2003). Assessing Optimal Neural Network Architecture for Identifying Disease‐associated Multi‐marker Genotypes using a Permutation Test, and Application to Calpain 10 Polymorphisms Associated with Diabetes. Annals of Human Genetics. 67(4). 348–356. 35 indexed citations

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McDermott, Michael, Sanjeev Davey, Zurina Hassan, et al.. (2002). Genetic susceptibility to fibrocalculous pancreatic diabetes in Bangladeshi subjects: a family study. Genes and Immunity. 3(1). 5–8. 13 indexed citations

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Barakat, Khalid, Simon Kennon, G. A. Hitman, et al.. (2001). Interaction between smoking and the glycoprotein IIIa P1A2polymorphism in Non–ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 38(6). 1639–1643. 11 indexed citations

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