Betsy Ferguson

9.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
65 papers, 6.0k citations indexed

About

Betsy Ferguson is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Betsy Ferguson has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 6.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Molecular Biology, 14 papers in Genetics and 8 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Betsy Ferguson's work include dental development and anomalies (9 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (7 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (6 papers). Betsy Ferguson is often cited by papers focused on dental development and anomalies (9 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (7 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (6 papers). Betsy Ferguson collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Switzerland. Betsy Ferguson's co-authors include Jonathan Zonana, Walton L. Fangman, Denis J. Headon, Paul A. Overbeek, Bonita J. Brewer, Paul T. Sharpe, Abigail S. Tucker, Lynda C. Schneider, Ann E. Reynolds and Pascal Schneider and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Betsy Ferguson

64 papers receiving 5.8k citations

Hit Papers

Axonal damage in acute multiple sclerosis lesions 1996 2026 2006 2016 1997 1996 250 500 750 1000
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. Axonal damage in acute multiple sclerosis lesions
    1997 1.2k citations Betsy Ferguson Brain profile →
  2. X–linked anhidrotic (hypohidrotic) ectodermal dysplasia is caused by mutation in a novel transmembrane protein
    1996 557 citations Juha Kere, Anand Srivastava et al. Nature Genetics profile →

Peers

Betsy Ferguson
Niklas Dahl Sweden
Steffen Heegaard Denmark
Susan H. Blanton United States
Nikolaus Blin Germany
Nan Su China
Colette Dib France
Nicholas Lench United Kingdom
Alain Vignal France
Philippe Millasseau France
Patrick J. Willems Belgium
Niklas Dahl Sweden
Betsy Ferguson
Citations per year, relative to Betsy Ferguson Betsy Ferguson (= 1×) peers Niklas Dahl

Countries citing papers authored by Betsy Ferguson

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Betsy Ferguson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Betsy Ferguson. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Betsy Ferguson. The network helps show where Betsy Ferguson may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Betsy Ferguson

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Betsy Ferguson. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Betsy Ferguson 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 Betsy Ferguson. Betsy Ferguson is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Vallender, Eric J., Charlotte E. Hotchkiss, Anne D. Lewis, et al.. (2023). Nonhuman primate genetic models for the study of rare diseases. Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases. 18(1). 20–20. 12 indexed citations
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Sherman, Larry S., et al.. (2021). A novel non-human primate model of Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease. Neurobiology of Disease. 158. 105465–105465. 7 indexed citations
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Robinson, Jacqueline A., Saurabh Belsare, Deborah E. Newman, et al.. (2019). Analysis of 100 high-coverage genomes from a pedigreed captive baboon colony. Genome Research. 29(5). 848–856. 17 indexed citations
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Carlson, Verginia C. Cuzon, et al.. (2019). Modulation of Gpr39, a G-protein coupled receptor associated with alcohol use in non-human primates, curbs ethanol intake in mice. Neuropsychopharmacology. 44(6). 1103–1113. 18 indexed citations
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McBride, Jodi L., Martha Neuringer, Betsy Ferguson, et al.. (2018). Discovery of a CLN7 model of Batten disease in non-human primates. Neurobiology of Disease. 119. 65–78. 27 indexed citations
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Shorey‐Kendrick, Lyndsey E., Cindy T. McEvoy, Betsy Ferguson, et al.. (2017). Vitamin C Prevents Offspring DNA Methylation Changes Associated with Maternal Smoking in Pregnancy. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 196(6). 745–755. 36 indexed citations
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Grant, Kathleen A., et al.. (2017). Alcohol-dose-dependent DNA methylation and expression in the nucleus accumbens identifies coordinated regulation of synaptic genes. Translational Psychiatry. 7(1). e994–e994. 34 indexed citations
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Xu, Jing, Fuhua Xu, John Letaw, et al.. (2016). Anti-Müllerian hormone is produced heterogeneously in primate preantral follicles and is a potential biomarker for follicle growth and oocyte maturation in vitro. Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics. 33(12). 1665–1675. 23 indexed citations
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Zimin, Aleksey V., Adam Cornish, Robert Gibbs, et al.. (2014). A new rhesus macaque assembly and annotation for next-generation sequencing analyses. Biology Direct. 9(1). 20–20. 126 indexed citations
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Mao, Peizhong, Patience Gallagher, Maria Mańczak, et al.. (2011). Mitochondrial DNA deletions and differential mitochondrial DNA content in Rhesus monkeys: Implications for aging. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease. 1822(2). 111–119. 20 indexed citations
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Kyes, Randall C., et al.. (2007). Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are highly conserved in rhesus (Macaca mulatta) and cynomolgus (Macaca fascicularis) macaques. BMC Genomics. 8(1). 480–480. 51 indexed citations
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Orange, Jordan S., Scott R. Brodeur, Ashish Jain, et al.. (2002). Deficient natural killer cell cytotoxicity in patients with IKK-γ/NEMO mutations. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 109(11). 1501–1509. 4 indexed citations
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Orange, Jordan S., Scott R. Brodeur, Ashish Jain, et al.. (2002). Deficient natural killer cell cytotoxicity in patients with IKK-γ/NEMO mutations. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 109(11). 1501–1509. 137 indexed citations
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Orange, Jordan S., Scott R. Brodeur, Ashish Jain, et al.. (2002). Deficient natural killer cell cytotoxicity in patients with IKK-γ/NEMO mutations. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 109(11). 1501–1509. 157 indexed citations
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Ferguson, Betsy. (1997). Cloning of Tabby, the murine homolog of the human EDA gene: evidence for a membrane-associated protein with a short collagenous domain. Human Molecular Genetics. 6(9). 1589–1594. 148 indexed citations
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Ferguson, Betsy. (1997). Axonal damage in acute multiple sclerosis lesions. Brain. 120(3). 393–399. 1169 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kere, Juha, Anand Srivastava, Jonathan Zonana, et al.. (1996). X–linked anhidrotic (hypohidrotic) ectodermal dysplasia is caused by mutation in a novel transmembrane protein. Nature Genetics. 13(4). 409–416. 557 indexed citations breakdown →
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Schultz, Janet, Betsy Ferguson, & G. F. Sprague. (1995). Signal transduction and growth control in yeast. Current Opinion in Genetics & Development. 5(1). 31–37. 49 indexed citations
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Ferguson, Betsy & Walton L. Fangman. (1992). A position effect on the time of replication origin activation in yeast. Cell. 68(2). 333–339. 224 indexed citations

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