DR Higgs

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

DR Higgs is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Hematology. According to data from OpenAlex, DR Higgs has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Genetics, 16 papers in Molecular Biology and 9 papers in Hematology. Recurrent topics in DR Higgs's work include Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders (19 papers), Iron Metabolism and Disorders (9 papers) and DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (5 papers). DR Higgs is often cited by papers focused on Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders (19 papers), Iron Metabolism and Disorders (9 papers) and DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (5 papers). DR Higgs collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Canada. DR Higgs's co-authors include D. J. Weatherall, Andrew O.M. Wilkie, Mark A. Vickers, Andrew P. Jarman, SA Liebhaber, David H.K. Chui, Geneviève Gourdon, M Patterson, Paresh Vyas and RB Wallace and has published in prestigious journals such as Blood and Human Molecular Genetics.

In The Last Decade

DR Higgs

24 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

A review of the molecular genetics of the human alpha-glo... 1989 2026 2001 2013 1989 100 200 300
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. A review of the molecular genetics of the human alpha-globin gene cluster
    1989 396 citations DR Higgs, Mark A. Vickers et al. Blood profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
DR Higgs United Kingdom 17 932 603 551 307 241 25 1.3k
Marina Kleanthous Cyprus 21 857 0.9× 592 1.0× 442 0.8× 287 0.9× 352 1.5× 80 1.3k
T. Nakatsuji United States 15 604 0.6× 422 0.7× 238 0.4× 130 0.4× 255 1.1× 54 912
Gabriella E. Martyn Australia 8 516 0.6× 187 0.3× 548 1.0× 102 0.3× 185 0.8× 12 750
F E Cash United States 12 274 0.3× 189 0.3× 468 0.8× 99 0.3× 61 0.3× 12 683
Hiroko Kaita Canada 16 110 0.1× 545 0.9× 169 0.3× 216 0.7× 108 0.4× 112 901
Panayiota Trifillis United States 15 205 0.2× 117 0.2× 662 1.2× 153 0.5× 51 0.2× 34 940
NP Anagnou United States 14 255 0.3× 149 0.2× 464 0.8× 125 0.4× 57 0.2× 21 657
Lois B. Wilson United States 8 324 0.3× 191 0.3× 349 0.6× 101 0.3× 87 0.4× 10 632
Pascale Texier France 16 123 0.1× 105 0.2× 432 0.8× 107 0.3× 98 0.4× 23 936
Marcos Bezerra Brazil 10 531 0.6× 393 0.7× 231 0.4× 58 0.2× 161 0.7× 32 662

Countries citing papers authored by DR Higgs

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Fields of papers citing papers by DR Higgs

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by DR Higgs. 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 DR Higgs. The network helps show where DR Higgs may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of DR Higgs

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of DR Higgs. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of DR Higgs 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 DR Higgs. DR Higgs 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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Bernet, Agnès, et al.. (1995). Targeted inactivation of the major positive regulatory element (HS-40) of the human alpha-globin gene locus. Blood. 86(3). 1202–1211. 43 indexed citations
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Higgs, DR, et al.. (1995). Syndromal mental retardation due to mutations in a regulator of gene expression. Human Molecular Genetics. 4(suppl_1). 1705–1709. 39 indexed citations
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Vyas, Paresh, et al.. (1993). Role of upstream DNase I hypersensitive sites in the regulation of human alpha globin gene expression. Blood. 82(5). 1666–1671. 1 indexed citations
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Vyas, Paresh, et al.. (1993). Role of upstream DNase I hypersensitive sites in the regulation of human alpha globin gene expression. Blood. 82(5). 1666–1671. 26 indexed citations
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Vyas, Paresh, et al.. (1992). Regulation of human embryonic globin genes zeta 2 and epsilon in stably transformed mouse erythroleukemia cells. Blood. 80(7). 1832–1837. 16 indexed citations
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Vyas, Paresh, et al.. (1992). Regulation of human embryonic globin genes zeta 2 and epsilon in stably transformed mouse erythroleukemia cells. Blood. 80(7). 1832–1837. 11 indexed citations
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Albitar, Maher, M Patterson, Barry Eng, et al.. (1992). Human embryonic zeta-globin chain expression in deletional alpha- thalassemias. Blood. 80(2). 517–522. 32 indexed citations
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Romão, Luı́sa, et al.. (1991). Alpha-thalassemia resulting from deletion of regulatory sequences far upstream of the alpha-globin structural genes. Blood. 78(6). 1589–1595. 1 indexed citations
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Romão, Luı́sa, et al.. (1991). Alpha-thalassemia resulting from deletion of regulatory sequences far upstream of the alpha-globin structural genes. Blood. 78(6). 1589–1595. 32 indexed citations
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Wilkie, Andrew O.M., et al.. (1990). Alpha-thalassemia caused by a large (62 kb) deletion upstream of the human alpha globin gene cluster. Blood. 76(1). 221–227. 92 indexed citations
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Wilkie, Andrew O.M., W. G. Wood, Mark A. Vickers, et al.. (1990). Alpha-thalassemia caused by a large (62 kb) deletion upstream of the human alpha globin gene cluster. Blood. 76(1). 221–227. 1 indexed citations
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Chui, David H.K., et al.. (1989). Human embryonic zeta-globin chains in fetal and newborn blood. Blood. 74(4). 1409–1414. 26 indexed citations
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Higgs, DR, et al.. (1989). A review of the molecular genetics of the human alpha-globin gene cluster. Blood. 73(5). 1081–1104. 365 indexed citations
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Higgs, DR, et al.. (1989). A review of the molecular genetics of the human alpha-globin gene cluster. Blood. 73(5). 1081–1104. 396 indexed citations breakdown →
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Chui, David H.K., et al.. (1989). Human embryonic zeta-globin chains in fetal and newborn blood. Blood. 74(4). 1409–1414. 26 indexed citations
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Wallace, RB, et al.. (1988). The polyadenylation site mutation in the alpha-globin gene cluster. Blood. 71(2). 313–319. 52 indexed citations
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Serjeant, B. E., et al.. (1986). Alpha thalassemia and the hematology of homozygous sickle cell disease in childhood. Blood. 67(2). 411–414. 1 indexed citations
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Higgs, DR, et al.. (1985). Alpha zero-thalassemia due to recombination between the alpha 1-globin gene and an AluI repeat. Blood. 65(6). 1434–1438. 53 indexed citations

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