Bryan Sykes

11.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
113 papers, 6.9k citations indexed

About

Bryan Sykes is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Rheumatology. According to data from OpenAlex, Bryan Sykes has authored 113 papers receiving a total of 6.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 77 papers in Genetics, 27 papers in Molecular Biology and 25 papers in Rheumatology. Recurrent topics in Bryan Sykes's work include Connective tissue disorders research (51 papers), Cell Adhesion Molecules Research (23 papers) and Forensic and Genetic Research (17 papers). Bryan Sykes is often cited by papers focused on Connective tissue disorders research (51 papers), Cell Adhesion Molecules Research (23 papers) and Forensic and Genetic Research (17 papers). Bryan Sykes collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, India and United States. Bryan Sykes's co-authors include Martin Richards, Roger Smith, Vincent Macaulay, Martin J. O. Francis, Donald Ogilvie, Catherine Irven, B P Wordsworth, Jennifer Lynch, John Loughlin and Francesco Ramirez and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Bryan Sykes

110 papers receiving 6.5k 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.

The estimation of two collagens from human dermis by interrupted gel electrophoresis

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Bryan Sykes United Kingdom	41	4.3k	1.9k	993	724	653	113	6.9k
Scott R. Woodward United States	31	1.8k 0.4×	1.8k 0.9×	178 0.2×	336 0.5×	484 0.7×	65	4.4k
Mark W. J. Ferguson United Kingdom	58	1.9k 0.5×	3.8k 1.9×	535 0.5×	477 0.7×	67 0.1×	161	13.3k
Marco A. Zago Brazil	43	1.4k 0.3×	2.3k 1.2×	564 0.6×	766 1.1×	207 0.3×	208	6.9k
Elizabeth Simpson United Kingdom	60	2.6k 0.6×	3.3k 1.7×	320 0.3×	324 0.4×	103 0.2×	251	14.9k
Michael J. Bamshad United States	60	9.4k 2.2×	9.1k 4.7×	554 0.6×	1.5k 2.1×	281 0.4×	255	18.3k
Mark W. Moore United States	42	954 0.2×	5.3k 2.7×	156 0.2×	1.1k 1.5×	459 0.7×	83	12.9k
Paul T. Sharpe United Kingdom	75	4.4k 1.0×	13.8k 7.1×	3.0k 3.1×	980 1.4×	131 0.2×	352	19.4k
Gillian Morriss‐Kay United Kingdom	45	3.9k 0.9×	6.5k 3.3×	442 0.4×	281 0.4×	58 0.1×	96	8.5k
Thomas C. Hart United States	52	828 0.2×	2.9k 1.5×	1.7k 1.7×	331 0.5×	90 0.1×	155	7.0k
Irma Thesleff Finland	94	4.7k 1.1×	20.0k 10.3×	5.8k 5.9×	1.7k 2.4×	285 0.4×	256	25.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Bryan Sykes

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bryan Sykes

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Sykes, Bryan, et al.. (2005). La maldición de Adán: el futuro de la humanidad masculina. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 79(12). 2187–90. 1 indexed citations

Hurles, Matthew E., Emma Maund, Elena Bosch, et al.. (2003). Native American Y Chromosomes in Polynesia: The Genetic Impact of the Polynesian Slave Trade. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 72(5). 1282–1287. 25 indexed citations

Sykes, Bryan & Catherine Irven. (2000). Surnames and the Y Chromosome. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 66(4). 1417–1419. 143 indexed citations

Chapman, Kay, Zehra Mustafa, Catherine Irven, et al.. (1999). Osteoarthritis-Susceptibility Locus on Chromosome 11q, Detected by Linkage. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 65(1). 167–174. 91 indexed citations

Hurles, Matthew E., Catherine Irven, Paul Graham Taylor, et al.. (1998). European Y-Chromosomal Lineages in Polynesians: A Contrast to the Population Structure Revealed by mtDNA. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 63(6). 1793–1806. 95 indexed citations

Wilkin, Douglas J., Rhoda Cameron, Shirley Henderson, et al.. (1998). Mutations in Fibroblast Growth-Factor Receptor 3 in Sporadic Cases of Achondroplasia Occur Exclusively on the Paternally Derived Chromosome. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 63(3). 711–716. 160 indexed citations

Richards, Martin & Bryan Sykes. (1998). Reply to Barbujani et al.. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 62(2). 491–492. 6 indexed citations

Loughlin, John, Catherine Irven, Zehra Mustafa, et al.. (1998). Identification of five novel mutations in cartilage oligomeric matrix protein gene in pseudoachondroplasia and multiple epiphyseal dysplasia. Human Mutation. 11(S1). S10–S17. 35 indexed citations

Colson, Isabelle, et al.. (1997). The preservation of ancient DNA and Bone Diagenesis. Dépôt institutionnel de l'Université libre de Bruxelles (Université Libre de Bruxelles). 1(2). 109–117. 55 indexed citations

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Macaulay, Vincent, et al.. (1997). Variable Levels of a Heteroplasmic Point Mutation in Individual Hair Roots. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 61(6). 1303–1308. 74 indexed citations

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Handford, Penny A., A. Kristina Downing, Zihe Rao, et al.. (1995). The Calcium Binding Properties and Molecular Organization of Epidermal Growth Factor-like Domains in Human Fibrillin-1. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 270(12). 6751–6756. 84 indexed citations

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Hewett, D., et al.. (1994). Differential allelic expression of a fibrillin gene (FBN1) in patients with Marfan syndrome.. PubMed. 55(3). 447–52. 25 indexed citations

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Rash, Brian G., Bryan Sykes, Taylor Thomas, et al.. (1994). Seven polymorphisms at the COL10A1 locus. Human Molecular Genetics. 3(6). 1032–1032. 2 indexed citations

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Loughlin, John, Catherine Irven, & Bryan Sykes. (1994). Exclusion of the cartilage link protein and the cartilage matrix protein genes as the mutant loci in several heritable chondrodysplasias. Human Genetics. 94(6). 678–700. 68 indexed citations

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Virdi, Amarjit S., Sanjeev Krishna, & Bryan Sykes. (1992). Tandem competitive polymerase chain reaction (TC-PCR): a method for determining ratios of RNA and DNA templates. Molecular and Cellular Probes. 6(5). 375–380. 7 indexed citations

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Hewett, D., Jennifer Lynch, Maurice Godfrey, & Bryan Sykes. (1991). G/A polymorphism in an intron of the fibrillin gene FBNI. Nucleic Acids Research. 19(24). 6975–6975. 3 indexed citations

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Ogilvie, Donald, B P Wordsworth, L. Priestley, et al.. (1987). Segregation of all four major fibrillar collagen genes in the Marfan syndrome.. Europe PMC (PubMed Central). 41(6). 1071–82. 34 indexed citations

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Ogilvie, Donald, et al.. (1986). Evidence against the structural gene encoding type II collagen (COL2A1) as the mutant locus in achondroplasia.. Journal of Medical Genetics. 23(1). 19–22. 28 indexed citations

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Solomon, E., Lynne R. Hiorns, Raymond Dalgleish, et al.. (1983). Regional localization of the human Rα2(I) collagen gene on chromosome 7 by molecular hybridization. Cytogenetic and Genome Research. 35(1). 64–66. 48 indexed citations

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Solomon, E. & Bryan Sykes. (1978). Assignment of a structural gene for type I collagen to chromosome 7. Cytogenetic and Genome Research. 22(1-6). 281–284. 6 indexed citations

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