David Fitzpatrick

39.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
271 papers, 14.3k citations indexed

About

David Fitzpatrick is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, David Fitzpatrick has authored 271 papers receiving a total of 14.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 119 papers in Molecular Biology, 111 papers in Genetics and 28 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in David Fitzpatrick's work include Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities (36 papers), Genomics and Rare Diseases (24 papers) and Ocular Disorders and Treatments (23 papers). David Fitzpatrick is often cited by papers focused on Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities (36 papers), Genomics and Rare Diseases (24 papers) and Ocular Disorders and Treatments (23 papers). David Fitzpatrick collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. David Fitzpatrick's co-authors include Anne Kelso, Helen V. Firth, Christopher Wilson, Caroline F. Wright, Kathleen A. Williamson, Helle Bielefeldt‐Ohmann, Veronica van Heyningen, Lorne A. Babiuk, Karen W. Makar and William M. Weaver and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

David Fitzpatrick

265 papers receiving 13.9k 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.

A Critical Role for Dnmt1 and DNA Methylation in T Cell Development, Function, and Survival

2001 1.0k citations David Fitzpatrick et al. profile →
Paediatric genomics: diagnosing rare disease in children

2018 343 citations Caroline F. Wright, David Fitzpatrick et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
David Fitzpatrick	6.9k	5.4k	2.6k	1.2k	1.1k	271	14.3k
Juha Kere	10.3k 1.5×	5.5k 1.0×	3.1k 1.2×	1.9k 1.5×	975 0.9×	512	22.1k
G.M. Lathrop	6.7k 1.0×	7.1k 1.3×	1.9k 0.7×	1.8k 1.5×	824 0.7×	235	16.2k
Peter Nürnberg	9.0k 1.3×	4.9k 0.9×	1.5k 0.6×	1.2k 1.0×	1.6k 1.4×	407	17.7k
Michael Krawczak	7.7k 1.1×	7.1k 1.3×	1.7k 0.7×	1.7k 1.4×	1.3k 1.1×	282	16.4k
Virginia E. Papaioannou	12.6k 1.8×	4.0k 0.7×	3.0k 1.2×	1.4k 1.1×	1.4k 1.3×	176	17.8k
Cynthia C. Morton	8.7k 1.3×	2.9k 0.5×	2.3k 0.9×	1.3k 1.1×	956 0.9×	281	18.9k
Masahito Ikawa	13.2k 1.9×	5.6k 1.0×	2.7k 1.1×	1.4k 1.1×	1.0k 0.9×	407	23.5k
Elizabeth Lacy	8.1k 1.2×	3.4k 0.6×	2.5k 1.0×	775 0.6×	631 0.6×	69	12.0k
Katsushi Tokunaga	4.9k 0.7×	3.6k 0.7×	6.0k 2.3×	1.0k 0.9×	2.1k 1.8×	629	18.0k
John W. Belmont	6.6k 1.0×	5.3k 1.0×	2.7k 1.0×	1.3k 1.1×	2.4k 2.1×	217	14.4k

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Livesey, Benjamin, et al.. (2024). Deep mutational scanning quantifies DNA binding and predicts clinical outcomes of PAX6 variants. Molecular Systems Biology. 20(7). 825–844. 6 indexed citations

Dorgau, Birthe, Joseph Collin, Agata Rozanska, et al.. (2024). Single-cell analyses reveal transient retinal progenitor cells in the ciliary margin of developing human retina. Nature Communications. 15(1). 3567–3567. 16 indexed citations

Rainger, Jacqueline K., et al.. (2023). Characterization of an eye field-like state during optic vesicle organoid development. Development. 150(15). 1 indexed citations

Fitzpatrick, David, et al.. (2022). Creation and evaluation of full-text literature-derived, feature-weighted disease models of genetically determined developmental disorders. Database. 2022. 1 indexed citations

Kaiser, Vera B., Yatendra Kumar, Fiona Semple, et al.. (2021). Mutational bias in spermatogonia impacts the anatomy of regulatory sites in the human genome. Genome Research. 31(11). 1994–2007. 4 indexed citations

Thormann, Anja, Mihail Halachev, William McLaren, et al.. (2019). Flexible and scalable diagnostic filtering of genomic variants using G2P with Ensembl VEP. Nature Communications. 10(1). 2373–2373. 53 indexed citations

Johnston, Jennifer J., Kathleen A. Williamson, Julie C. Sapp, et al.. (2019). NAA10 polyadenylation signal variants cause syndromic microphthalmia. Journal of Medical Genetics. 56(7). 444–452. 22 indexed citations

Ansari, Morad, Hemant Bengani, Graeme R. Grimes, et al.. (2018). BRD4 interacts with NIPBL and BRD4 is mutated in a Cornelia de Lange–like syndrome. Nature Genetics. 50(3). 329–332. 89 indexed citations

Williamson, Kathleen A., et al.. (2018). The genetic architecture of aniridia and Gillespie syndrome. Human Genetics. 138(8-9). 881–898. 43 indexed citations

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Moss, Joanna, Morad Ansari, Stephanie Barton, et al.. (2017). Genotype–phenotype correlations in Cornelia de Lange syndrome: Behavioral characteristics and changes with age. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. 173(6). 1566–1574. 18 indexed citations

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Taylor, Rachel L., Mark T. Handley, Sarah Waller, et al.. (2017). Novel PEX11B Mutations Extend the Peroxisome Biogenesis Disorder 14B Phenotypic Spectrum and Underscore Congenital Cataract as an Early Feature. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 58(1). 594–594. 24 indexed citations

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Parker, Michael, Alan Fryer, Deborah Shears, et al.. (2015). De novo, heterozygous, loss‐of‐function mutations in SYNGAP1 cause a syndromic form of intellectual disability. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. 167(10). 2231–2237. 79 indexed citations

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Williamson, Kathleen A. & David Fitzpatrick. (2014). SOX2-Related Eye Disorders. 2 indexed citations

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Attanasio, Catia, Alex S. Nord, Yiwen Zhu, et al.. (2013). Fine Tuning of Craniofacial Morphology by Distant-Acting Enhancers. Science. 342(6157). 1241006–1241006. 170 indexed citations

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Fitzpatrick, David. (2013). Filling in the gaps in cranial suture biology. Nature Genetics. 45(3). 231–232. 16 indexed citations

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Prabhakar, Shyam, Axel Visel, Jennifer A. Akiyama, et al.. (2008). Human-Specific Gain of Function in a Developmental Enhancer. Science. 321(5894). 1346–1350. 246 indexed citations

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Kline, Antonie D., Ian D. Krantz, Annemarie Sommer, et al.. (2008). Cornelia de Lange syndrome: Clinical review, diagnostic and scoring systems, and anticipatory guidance Am J Med Genet Part A 143A:1287–1296. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. 146A(20). 2713–2713. 2 indexed citations

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Purves, Dale, George J Augustine, David Fitzpatrick, et al.. (2001). Autonomic Regulation of Cardiovascular Function. Neuroscience. 709. 6 indexed citations

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Fitzpatrick, David, P.A.M. Raine, & John G. Boorman. (1994). Facial clefts in the west of Scotland in the period 1980-1984. Journal of Medical Genetics. 31(2). 2 indexed citations

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Fitzpatrick, David & Yogesh Patel. (1979). Measurement, Characterization, and Source of Somatostatin-like Immunoreactivity in Human Amniotic Fluid. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 64(3). 737–742. 21 indexed citations

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