David St Clair

46.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
51 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

David St Clair is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, David St Clair has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Genetics, 20 papers in Molecular Biology and 6 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in David St Clair's work include Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (18 papers), Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (9 papers) and Genomics and Rare Diseases (8 papers). David St Clair is often cited by papers focused on Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (18 papers), Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (9 papers) and Genomics and Rare Diseases (8 papers). David St Clair collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, China and United States. David St Clair's co-authors include Douglas Blackwood, Harold J. Evans, Walter Muir, G. Spowart, ChristineM. Gosden, A D Carothers, Kāri Stefánsson, Augustine Kong, Gerome Breen and Jeffrey R. Gulcher and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, The Lancet and Nature Genetics.

In The Last Decade

David St Clair

50 papers receiving 2.5k 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.

Association within a family of a balanced autosomal translocation with major mental illness

1990 557 citations David St Clair, Douglas Blackwood et al. The Lancet profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
David St Clair United Kingdom	27	1.2k	1.1k	514	352	317	51	2.6k
James A. Knowles United States	35	1.4k 1.1×	843 0.7×	571 1.1×	350 1.0×	347 1.1×	67	3.5k
Rami Abou Jamra Germany	29	1.4k 1.1×	1.1k 1.0×	544 1.1×	244 0.7×	407 1.3×	99	2.8k
Gillian Spurlock United Kingdom	25	1.2k 1.0×	913 0.8×	938 1.8×	269 0.8×	561 1.8×	60	2.8k
Zygmunt Galdzicki United States	27	1.1k 0.9×	1.0k 0.9×	382 0.7×	282 0.8×	144 0.5×	60	2.7k
Ran Tao United States	27	2.2k 1.8×	1.3k 1.1×	367 0.7×	307 0.9×	240 0.8×	110	3.4k
Kihoon Han South Korea	29	1.4k 1.1×	717 0.6×	565 1.1×	288 0.8×	90 0.3×	106	3.5k
Orest Hurko United States	29	1.8k 1.5×	474 0.4×	515 1.0×	207 0.6×	128 0.4×	72	3.2k
Dawn L. Thiselton United States	24	2.0k 1.6×	575 0.5×	413 0.8×	159 0.5×	146 0.5×	56	2.9k
Eiji Nakagawa Japan	25	900 0.7×	550 0.5×	547 1.1×	404 1.1×	682 2.2×	177	2.6k
Mina Ryten United Kingdom	37	2.2k 1.8×	741 0.6×	908 1.8×	215 0.6×	233 0.7×	80	4.5k

Countries citing papers authored by David St Clair

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David St Clair

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20 of 20 papers shown

Clair, David St & Bing Lang. (2021). Schizophrenia: a classic battle ground of nature versus nurture debate. Science Bulletin. 66(10). 1037–1046. 5 indexed citations

Ingason, Andrés, Ina Giegling, Annette M. Hartmann, et al.. (2015). Expression analysis in a rat psychosis model identifies novel candidate genes validated in a large case–control sample of schizophrenia. Translational Psychiatry. 5(10). e656–e656. 25 indexed citations

Tosato, Sarah, Chiara Bonetto, Federica Tozzi, et al.. (2014). No Association Between NRG1 and ErbB4 Genes and Psychopathological Symptoms of Schizophrenia. NeuroMolecular Medicine. 16(4). 742–751. 7 indexed citations

Kim, Ju‐Young, Fengyu Zhang, Xin Duan, et al.. (2012). Interplay between DISC1 and GABA Signaling Regulates Neurogenesis in Mice and Risk for Schizophrenia. Cell. 148(5). 1051–1064. 167 indexed citations

Zhao, Qian, Tao Li, Xinzhi Zhao, et al.. (2012). Rare CNVs and Tag SNPs at 15q11.2 Are Associated With Schizophrenia in the Han Chinese Population. Schizophrenia Bulletin. 39(3). 712–719. 45 indexed citations

Xu, Mingqing, David St Clair, & Lin He. (2010). Testing for genetic association between the ZDHHC8 gene locus and susceptibility to schizophrenia: An integrated analysis of multiple datasets. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B Neuropsychiatric Genetics. 153B(7). 1266–1275. 32 indexed citations

Prata, Diana, Gerome Breen, Sarah Osborne, et al.. (2009). An association study of the neuregulin 1 gene, bipolar affective disorder and psychosis. Psychiatric Genetics. 19(3). 113–116. 47 indexed citations

Price, Alkes L., Agnar Helgason, Snæbjörn Pálsson, et al.. (2009). The Impact of Divergence Time on the Nature of Population Structure: An Example from Iceland. PLoS Genetics. 5(6). e1000505–e1000505. 65 indexed citations

Francks, Clyde, Federica Tozzi, Anne Farmer, et al.. (2008). Population-based linkage analysis of schizophrenia and bipolar case–control cohorts identifies a potential susceptibility locus on 19q13. Molecular Psychiatry. 15(3). 319–325. 36 indexed citations

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Puri, Vinay, Andrew McQuillin, Susmita Datta, et al.. (2008). Confirmation of the genetic association between the U2AF homology motif (UHM) kinase 1 (UHMK1) gene and schizophrenia on chromosome 1q23.3. European Journal of Human Genetics. 16(10). 1275–1282. 16 indexed citations

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Xu, Mingqing, et al.. (2006). Meta-analysis of association between ApoE ε4 allele and schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research. 84(2-3). 228–235. 27 indexed citations

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Li, Junjie, Jianjun Gao, Qinghe Xing, et al.. (2005). An association study between the transthyretin (TTR) gene and mental retardation. European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience. 256(4). 230–235. 2 indexed citations

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Clair, David St, X Liu, Pak C. Sham, et al.. (2005). Association analysis of the RGS4 gene in Han Chinese and Scottish populations with schizophrenia. Genes Brain & Behavior. 4(7). 444–448. 35 indexed citations

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Li, Bian, Jie Ma, Ji Qian, et al.. (2005). Polymorphisms in the TSHR (thyrotropin receptor) gene on chromosome 14q31 are not associated with mental retardation in the iodine-deficient areas of China. Neuroscience Letters. 382(1-2). 179–184. 3 indexed citations

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MacLeod, Mary Joan, et al.. (2001). Lack of association between apolipoprotein E genoype and ischaemic stroke in a Scottish population. European Journal of Clinical Investigation. 31(7). 570–573. 50 indexed citations

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Clair, David St, et al.. (1994). Molecular biology of schizophrenia. PubMed. 4. 160–172. 1 indexed citations

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Owen, Michael, David Craufurd, & David St Clair. (1990). Localisation of a Susceptibility Locus for Schizophrenia on Chromosome 5. The British Journal of Psychiatry. 157(1). 123–127. 17 indexed citations

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Clair, David St, Douglas Blackwood, Walter Muir, et al.. (1990). Association within a family of a balanced autosomal translocation with major mental illness. The Lancet. 336(8706). 13–16. 557 indexed citations breakdown →

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Clair, David St, et al.. (1988). Measuring the Course of Alzheimer's Disease. The British Journal of Psychiatry. 152(1). 48–54. 31 indexed citations

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Clair, David St, et al.. (1956). GEOLOGY OF ISABELA (ALBEMARLE) ISLAND, ARCHIPIELAGO DE COLON (GALAPAGOS). Geological Society of America Bulletin. 67(2). 215–215. 20 indexed citations

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