David R. Thorburn

23.8k citations

236 papers · 16.2k indexed · 5 hit papers · h-index 65

Molecular Biology top 0.2%
Clinical Biochemistry top 0.01%
Genetics top 1%
Physiology top 1%
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience top 2%

Co-authors: Michael T. Ryan Denise M. Kirby Matthew McKenzie Douglass M. Turnbull Alison G. Compton Josephine M. Forbes Avihu Boneh Michael Lazarou
Topics: Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (169 papers)Metabolism and Genetic Disorders (130 papers)ATP Synthase and ATPases Research (69 papers)
Cited by: Clinical Biochemistry Molecular Biology Aging
Journals: Nature Cell Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Partner nations: Australia United States United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

David R. Thorburn

230 papers receiving 16.0k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

A Mitochondrial Protein Compendium Elucidates Complex I Disease Biology

2008 1.6k citations Sarah E. Calvo, Canny Sugiana et al. profile →
Mitochondrial diseases

2016 1.0k citations Robert McFarland, David R. Thorburn et al. profile →
Leigh syndrome: Clinical features and biochemical and DNA abnormalities

1996 576 citations Denise M. Kirby, John Christodoulou et al. profile →
Mitochondrial dysfunction in diabetic kidney disease

2018 452 citations David R. Thorburn et al. profile →
Accessory subunits are integral for assembly and function of human mitochondrial complex I

2016 382 citations David A. Stroud, Luke E. Formosa et al. profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David R. Thorburn

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Complex II assembly drives metabolic adaptation to OXPHOS dysfunction 2025 ·Science Advances ·(unknown),(unknown),Joanna Sacharz,Ann E. Frazier,(unknown),(unknown),Shuai Nie,Michael G. Leeming,Linden Muellner-Wong,Karena Last,Tegan Stait,David P. De Souza,David R. Thorburn,Malcolm J. McConville,David A. Stroud	0
2	Therapies for Mitochondrial Disease: Past, Present, and Future 2025 ·Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease ·(unknown),Nicole J. Van Bergen,Alison G. Compton,David R. Thorburn,Shamima Rahman,John Christodoulou	1
3	Critically unwell infants and children with mitochondrial disorders diagnosed by ultrarapid genomic sequencing 2024 ·Genetics in Medicine ·(unknown),(unknown),Christopher F. Barnett,Mary‐Louise Freckmann,Matthew F. Hunter,Benjamin Kamien,Karin S. Kassahn,Sebastian Lunke,Chirag Patel,Jason Pinner,Tony Roscioli,Sarah A. Sandaradura,Hamish S. Scott,Tiong Yang Tan,(unknown),Alison G. Compton,David R. Thorburn,Zornitza Stark,John Christodoulou	1
4	The collective burden of childhood dementia: a scoping review 2023 ·Brain ·(unknown),John Christodoulou,Michelle A. Farrar,Dominic Tilden,(unknown),(unknown),Magda Ellis,Nicholas Smith,(unknown),David R. Thorburn,Gail Hilton,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Richard Webster,Carolyn Ellaway,(unknown)	9
5	Distinct diagnostic trajectories in NBAS‐associated acute liver failure highlights the need for timely functional studies 2022 ·JIMD Reports ·Lauren Akesson,Rocío Rius,Natasha J. Brown,(unknown),(unknown),Michael Stormon,(unknown),(unknown),Yiran Guo,Håkon Håkonarson,Alison G. Compton,David R. Thorburn,(unknown),Justine E. Marum,(unknown),(unknown),Belinda Chong,Sebastian Lunke,Zornitza Stark,John Christodoulou	2
6	Biallelic pathogenic variants in COX11 are associated with an infantile‐onset mitochondrial encephalopathy 2022 ·Human Mutation ·Rocío Rius,Neal K. Bennett,Kaustuv Bhattacharya,Lisa G. Riley,Zafer Yüksel,Luke E. Formosa,Alison G. Compton,Russell C. Dale,Mark J. Cowley,Velimir Gayevskiy,(unknown),(unknown),Michael T. Ryan,David R. Thorburn,Ken Nakamura,John Christodoulou	9
7	Mitochondrial biology and dysfunction in secondary mitochondrial disease 2022 ·Open Biology ·(unknown),(unknown),David R. Thorburn,Ann E. Frazier,Diana Stojanovski	21
8	6th World Congress of PGHAN: Abstracts. 2021 ·Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition ·Tassos Grammatikopoulos,Richard Taylor,(unknown),John C. Hartley,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Simon J. Watson,(unknown),Derek Manas,(unknown),(unknown),J. M. Forsythe,David R. Thorburn	1
9	The expandingLARS2phenotypic spectrum: HLASA, Perrault syndrome with leukodystrophy, and mitochondrial myopathy 2020 ·Human Mutation ·Lisa G. Riley,Joëlle Rudinger‐Thirion,Magali Frugier,Meredith Wilson,Melissa Luig,Thushari I. Alahakoon,(unknown),Edwin P. Kirk,Tony Roscioli,Sebastian Lunke,Zornitza Stark,Klaas J. Wierenga,Sirish Palle,Maie Walsh,Emily Higgs,Susan Arbuckle,(unknown),Alison G. Compton,David R. Thorburn,John Christodoulou	18
10	The diagnostic utility of genome sequencing in a pediatric cohort with suspected mitochondrial disease 2020 ·Genetics in Medicine ·Lisa G. Riley,Mark J. Cowley,Velimir Gayevskiy,André E. Minoche,Clare Puttick,David R. Thorburn,Rocío Rius,Alison G. Compton,Minal Menezes,Kaustuv Bhattacharya,David Coman,Carolyn Ellaway,Ian E. Alexander,(unknown),Maina Kava,(unknown),Carolyn M. Sue,Shanti Balasubramaniam,John Christodoulou	45
11	A patient with homozygous nonsense variants in two Leigh syndrome disease genes: Distinguishing a dual diagnosis from a hypomorphic protein‐truncating variant 2019 ·Human Mutation ·Nicole J. Lake,Luke E. Formosa,David A. Stroud,Michael T. Ryan,Sarah E. Calvo,Vamsi K. Mootha,Bharti Morar,Peter G. Procopis,John Christodoulou,Alison G. Compton,David R. Thorburn	7
12	Mutation in mitochondrial ribosomal protein S7 (MRPS7) causes congenital sensorineural deafness, progressive hepatic and renal failure and lactic acidemia 2015 ·Human Molecular Genetics ·Minal Menezes,Yiran Guo,Jianguo Zhang,Lisa G. Riley,Sandra T. Cooper,David R. Thorburn,Jiankang Li,Daoyuan Dong,Zhijun Li,Joseph Glessner,Ryan L. Davis,Carolyn M. Sue,Stephen I. Alexander,Susan Arbuckle,Paul Kirwan,Brendan J. Keating,Xun Xu,Håkon Håkonarson,John Christodoulou	58
13	Mutations in LYRM4, encoding iron–sulfur cluster biogenesis factor ISD11, cause deficiency of multiple respiratory chain complexes 2013 ·Human Molecular Genetics ·Sze Chern Lim,(unknown),Justine E. Marum,Elena J. Tucker,Damien L. Bruno,Lisa G. Riley,John Christodoulou,Edwin P. Kirk,Avihu Boneh,(unknown),Michael Springer,Vamsi K. Mootha,Tracey A. Rouault,Silke Leimkühler,David R. Thorburn,Alison G. Compton	81
14	SURF1 deficiency: a multi-centre natural history study 2013 ·Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases ·Yehani Wedatilake,Ruth M. Brown,Robert McFarland,Joy Yaplito‐Lee,Andrew A. M. Morris,Mike Champion,(unknown),Antonia Clarke,David R. Thorburn,Robert W. Taylor,John M. Land,Katharine Forrest,Angus Dobbie,Louise Simmons,Erlend T. Aasheim,David Ketteridge,Donncha Hanrahan,Anupam Chakrapani,Garry K. Brown,Shamima Rahman	91
15	Democracy and new media 2004 ·MIT Press eBooks ·Henry Jenkins,David R. Thorburn,(unknown)	65
16	NDUFS6 mutations are a novel cause of lethal neonatal mitochondrial complex I deficiency 2004 ·Journal of Clinical Investigation ·Denise M. Kirby,Renato Salemi,Canny Sugiana,Akira Ohtake,Lee Parry,Katrina M. Bell,Edwin P. Kirk,Avihu Boneh,Robert W. Taylor,Hans‐Henrik M. Dahl,Michael T. Ryan,David R. Thorburn	14
17	Democracy and New Media (Media in Transition) 2004 ·The MIT Press eBooks ·Henry Jenkins,David R. Thorburn	4
18	Serine Protease Inhibition and Mitochondrial Dysfunction Associated with Cisplatin Resistance in Human Tumour Cell Lines: Targets for Therapy 1997 ·Griffith Research Online (Griffith University, Queensland, Australia) ·Ying Dong,Susan J. Berners‐Price,David R. Thorburn,(unknown),Joanne L. Dickinson,Terry Hurst,(unknown),S. K. Khoo,Peter G. Parsons	37
19	John Updike : a collection of critical essays 1979 ·Prentice Hall eBooks ·David R. Thorburn,(unknown)	1
20	Romanticism : vistas, instances, continuities 1973 ·Cornell University Press eBooks ·David R. Thorburn,Geoffrey H. Hartman	10

About David R. Thorburn

David R. Thorburn is a scholar working on Clinical Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Genetics, having authored 236 papers that have together received 16.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (169 papers), Metabolism and Genetic Disorders (130 papers) and ATP Synthase and ATPases Research (69 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Clinical Biochemistry (7.0k citations), Molecular Biology (13.3k citations) and Aging (160 citations). David R. Thorburn has collaborated with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Michael T. Ryan, Denise M. Kirby, Matthew McKenzie, Douglass M. Turnbull, Alison G. Compton, Josephine M. Forbes, Avihu Boneh, Michael Lazarou, John Christodoulou and Ann E. Frazier. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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