D.C. Ireland

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

D.C. Ireland is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, D.C. Ireland has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 5 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in D.C. Ireland's work include Bone Metabolism and Diseases (8 papers), Bone Tissue Engineering Materials (7 papers) and Bone health and treatments (5 papers). D.C. Ireland is often cited by papers focused on Bone Metabolism and Diseases (8 papers), Bone Tissue Engineering Materials (7 papers) and Bone health and treatments (5 papers). D.C. Ireland collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, South Sudan and United States. D.C. Ireland's co-authors include Julie Kent, K. G. Nicholson, Juliet Compston, S Bord, Yatinder S. Binepal, Akila Mayeda, Adrian R. Krainer, Ian C. Eperon, Neil Rushton and Roger A. Brooks and has published in prestigious journals such as The EMBO Journal, Acta Biomaterialia and Thorax.

In The Last Decade

D.C. Ireland

23 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

Respiratory viruses and exacerbations of asthma in adults. 1993 2026 2004 2015 1993 250 500 750
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. Respiratory viruses and exacerbations of asthma in adults.
    1993 873 citations K. G. Nicholson, Julie Kent et al. BMJ profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
D.C. Ireland United Kingdom 16 785 696 603 557 279 23 2.2k
Lena Håkansson Sweden 34 376 0.5× 1.5k 2.1× 461 0.8× 858 1.5× 951 3.4× 117 3.5k
Maria Antonietta Avanzini Italy 38 769 1.0× 343 0.5× 1.1k 1.8× 609 1.1× 1.3k 4.5× 165 5.6k
Tracey L. Bonfield United States 35 568 0.7× 462 0.7× 1.0k 1.7× 2.4k 4.3× 872 3.1× 101 4.8k
Koh Nakata Japan 38 916 1.2× 391 0.6× 507 0.8× 2.6k 4.6× 996 3.6× 126 5.4k
Peter A. Reichart Germany 37 389 0.5× 182 0.3× 606 1.0× 194 0.3× 93 0.3× 140 4.4k
H. A. Martino Neumann Netherlands 29 902 1.1× 102 0.1× 395 0.7× 291 0.5× 204 0.7× 91 2.8k
Alison Logar United States 30 618 0.8× 793 1.1× 1.7k 2.8× 323 0.6× 3.1k 11.2× 50 5.5k
Mark I. Ryder United States 31 173 0.2× 468 0.7× 673 1.1× 113 0.2× 235 0.8× 88 3.0k
Hubert E. Schroeder Switzerland 44 163 0.2× 632 0.9× 1.6k 2.6× 182 0.3× 536 1.9× 115 6.5k
Georgia K. Johnson United States 29 125 0.2× 561 0.8× 794 1.3× 139 0.2× 629 2.3× 79 3.9k

Countries citing papers authored by D.C. Ireland

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Fields of papers citing papers by D.C. Ireland

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by D.C. Ireland. 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 D.C. Ireland. The network helps show where D.C. Ireland may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of D.C. Ireland

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of D.C. Ireland. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of D.C. Ireland 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 D.C. Ireland. D.C. Ireland 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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Thian, Eng San, Zeeshan Ahmad, Jie Huang, et al.. (2009). The role of surface wettability and surface charge of electrosprayed nanoapatites on the behaviour of osteoblasts. Acta Biomaterialia. 6(3). 750–755. 87 indexed citations
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Ireland, D.C., et al.. (2008). The effects of silicate ions on human osteoblast adhesion, proliferation, and differentiation. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B Applied Biomaterials. 90B(1). 123–130. 75 indexed citations
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Thian, Eng San, Jie Huang, Zeeshan Ahmad, et al.. (2007). Influence of nanohydroxyapatite patterns deposited by electrohydrodynamic spraying on osteoblast response. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A. 85A(1). 188–194. 33 indexed citations
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Thian, Eng San, Zeeshan Ahmad, Jie Huang, et al.. (2007). Electrosprayed Nanoapatite: A New Generation of Bioactive Material. Key engineering materials. 361-363. 597–600. 3 indexed citations
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Thian, Eng San, Jinhai Huang, Mohan Edirisinghe, et al.. (2007). Bioactivity of Nanoapatite Produced by Electrohydrodynamic Atomization. Journal of Bionanoscience. 1(1). 60–63. 7 indexed citations
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Beeton, C. A., S Bord, D.C. Ireland, & Juliet Compston. (2006). Osteoclast formation and bone resorption are inhibited by megakaryocytes. Bone. 39(5). 985–990. 48 indexed citations
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Bord, S, et al.. (2005). Megakaryocytes modulate osteoblast synthesis of type-l collagen, osteoprotegerin, and RANKL. Bone. 36(5). 812–819. 53 indexed citations
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Bord, S, et al.. (2004). Synthesis of osteoprotegerin and RANKL by megakaryocytes is modulated by oestrogen. British Journal of Haematology. 126(2). 244–251. 49 indexed citations
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Bord, S, et al.. (2003). The effects of estrogen on osteoprotegerin, RANKL, and estrogen receptor expression in human osteoblasts. Bone. 32(2). 136–141. 266 indexed citations
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Arumugam, Meera, D.C. Ireland, Roger A. Brooks, Neil Rushton, & W. Bonfield. (2003). Orthosilicic Acid Increases Collagen Type I mRNA Expression in Human Bone-Derived Osteoblasts In Vitro. Key engineering materials. 254-256. 869–872. 15 indexed citations
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Ireland, D.C. & Yatinder S. Binepal. (1998). Improved detection of capripoxvirus in biopsy samples by PCR. Journal of Virological Methods. 74(1). 1–7. 143 indexed citations
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Thalange, Nandu, et al.. (1997). A relapse of paratyphoid fever after treatment with ciprofloxacin in a child with congenital biliary atresia. Acta Paediatrica. 86(5). 547–548. 2 indexed citations
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Trigg, C.J., et al.. (1996). Bronchial inflammation and the common cold: a comparison of atopic and non‐atopic individuals. Clinical & Experimental Allergy. 26(6). 665–676. 59 indexed citations
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Collinson, J, K. G. Nicholson, E. Cancio, et al.. (1996). Effects of upper respiratory tract infections in patients with cystic fibrosis.. Thorax. 51(11). 1115–1122. 119 indexed citations
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Ireland, D.C., Julie Kent, & Karl G. Nicholson. (1993). Improved detection of rhinoviruses in nasal and throat swabs by seminested RT‐PCR. Journal of Medical Virology. 40(2). 96–101. 80 indexed citations
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Nicholson, K. G., Julie Kent, & D.C. Ireland. (1993). Respiratory viruses and exacerbations of asthma in adults.. BMJ. 307(6910). 982–986. 873 indexed citations breakdown →
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Eperon, Ian C., et al.. (1993). Pathways for selection of 5′ splice sites by U1 snRNPs and SF2/ASF.. The EMBO Journal. 12(9). 3607–3617. 167 indexed citations
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Takehara, Kazuaki, D.C. Ireland, & D. H. L. Bishop. (1988). Co-expression of the Hepatitis B Surface and Core Antigens Using Baculovirus Multiple Expression Vectors. Journal of General Virology. 69(11). 2763–2777. 52 indexed citations
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Ireland, D.C. & D. C. B. Mills. (1966). Detection and determination of adenosine diphosphate and related substances in plasma. Biochemical Journal. 99(2). 283–296. 47 indexed citations

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