Fergus Davison

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Fergus Davison is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Epidemiology and Hepatology. According to data from OpenAlex, Fergus Davison has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Molecular Biology, 12 papers in Epidemiology and 8 papers in Hepatology. Recurrent topics in Fergus Davison's work include Hepatitis B Virus Studies (9 papers), Hepatitis C virus research (7 papers) and Angiogenesis and VEGF in Cancer (6 papers). Fergus Davison is often cited by papers focused on Hepatitis B Virus Studies (9 papers), Hepatitis C virus research (7 papers) and Angiogenesis and VEGF in Cancer (6 papers). Fergus Davison collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Austria and Poland. Fergus Davison's co-authors include Qingbo Xu, Yanhua Hu, Zhongyi Zhang, Bernhard Metzler, Ali R. Afzal, Evelyn Torsney, William J. McKenna, Amanda Varnava, Michael J. Davies and C. Baboonian and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Circulation and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Fergus Davison

28 papers receiving 1.9k citations

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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.

Abundant progenitor cells in the adventitia contribute to atherosclerosis of vein grafts in ApoE-deficient mice

2004 527 citations Yanhua Hu, Zhongyi Zhang et al. Journal of Clinical Investigation profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Fergus Davison United Kingdom	18	943	486	435	417	248	28	2.0k
Yuji Kashiwakura Japan	24	954 1.0×	252 0.5×	173 0.4×	147 0.4×	460 1.9×	68	2.0k
Ryoichi Satodate Japan	27	944 1.0×	204 0.4×	691 1.6×	152 0.4×	212 0.9×	104	2.2k
Hervé Falet United States	28	675 0.7×	235 0.5×	217 0.5×	93 0.2×	444 1.8×	67	2.6k
Calypso Barbatis Greece	23	297 0.3×	56 0.1×	473 1.1×	245 0.6×	232 0.9×	57	1.3k
Andres Ferbér United States	17	901 1.0×	127 0.3×	173 0.4×	156 0.4×	87 0.4×	38	1.5k
Chieh‐Yu Lin United States	22	560 0.6×	217 0.4×	210 0.5×	281 0.7×	197 0.8×	70	1.3k
Giovanni Morrone Italy	26	1.1k 1.1×	56 0.1×	155 0.4×	174 0.4×	441 1.8×	58	2.1k
Farshid N. Rouhani United States	24	1.0k 1.1×	123 0.3×	119 0.3×	227 0.5×	603 2.4×	39	2.3k
Simin Saffaripour United States	15	385 0.4×	212 0.4×	184 0.4×	113 0.3×	558 2.3×	17	1.9k
Michael Pech Switzerland	23	1.4k 1.5×	98 0.2×	187 0.4×	67 0.2×	483 1.9×	35	2.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Fergus Davison

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Hu, Yanhua, Zhongyi Zhang, Evelyn Torsney, et al.. (2004). Abundant progenitor cells in the adventitia contribute to atherosclerosis of vein grafts in ApoE-deficient mice. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 113(9). 1258–1265. 527 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hu, Yanhua, Zhongyi Zhang, Evelyn Torsney, et al.. (2004). Abundant progenitor cells in the adventitia contribute to atherosclerosis of vein grafts in ApoE-deficient mice. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 113(9). 1258–1265. 48 indexed citations

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Hu, Yanhua, Fergus Davison, Zhongyi Zhang, & Qingbo Xu. (2003). Endothelial Replacement and Angiogenesis in Arteriosclerotic Lesions of Allografts Are Contributed by Circulating Progenitor Cells. Circulation. 108(25). 3122–3127. 179 indexed citations

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Xu, Qingbo, Zhongyi Zhang, Fergus Davison, & Yanhua Hu. (2003). Circulating Progenitor Cells Regenerate Endothelium of Vein Graft Atherosclerosis, Which Is Diminished in ApoE-Deficient Mice. Circulation Research. 93(8). e76–86. 163 indexed citations

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Hu, Yanhua, Fergus Davison, Burkhard Ludewig, et al.. (2002). Smooth Muscle Cells in Transplant Atherosclerotic Lesions Are Originated From Recipients, but Not Bone Marrow Progenitor Cells. Circulation. 106(14). 1834–1839. 159 indexed citations

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Varnava, Amanda, Perry Elliott, C. Baboonian, et al.. (2002). Histopathological features of sudden death in cardiac troponin T disease. ACC Current Journal Review. 11(2). 48–48. 1 indexed citations

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Herberg, L.J., I.C. Rose, Fergus Davison, et al.. (1997). Spontaneous Epileptiform Seizures but Increased Resistance to Kindled Seizures in a Mutant Sprague–Dawley Rat (mf/mf). Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior. 58(4). 993–1001. 1 indexed citations

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Davison, Fergus, Brian Sweeney, & F Scaravilli. (1996). Mitochondrial DNA levels in the brain of HIV-positive patients after zidovudine therapy. Journal of Neurology. 243(9). 648–651. 4 indexed citations

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Davison, Fergus, Michael J. Groves, & Francesco Scaravilli. (1995). The effects of formalin fixation on the detection of apoptosis in human brain byin situ end-labelling of DNA. The Histochemical Journal. 27(12). 983–988. 2 indexed citations

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Davison, Fergus, Richard Kaczmarski, Anton Pozniak, G J Mufti, & Sheena Sutherland. (1994). Quantification of HIV by PCR in monocytes and lymphocytes in patients receiving antiviral treatment and low dose recombinant human granulocyte macrophage colony stimulating factor.. Journal of Clinical Pathology. 47(9). 855–857. 11 indexed citations

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Davison, Fergus, et al.. (1993). Identification of hepatitis B virus-DNA in the liver by in situ hybridisation using a biotinylated probe. Relation to HBcAg expression and histology. Journal of Hepatology. 19(2). 204–210. 18 indexed citations

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Kaczmarski, Richard, Fergus Davison, Sheena Sutherland, et al.. (1992). Detection of HIV in haemopoietic progenitors. British Journal of Haematology. 82(4). 764–769. 37 indexed citations

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Nouri‐Aria, Kayhan T., Joachim C. Arnold, Fergus Davison, et al.. (1991). Hepatic interferon-α gene transcripts and products in liver specimens from acute and chronic hepatitis B virus infection. Hepatology. 13(6). 1029–1034. 29 indexed citations

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Davison, Fergus, Elizabeth A. Fagan, Bernard Portmann, & Roger Williams. (1990). HBV-DNA sequences in tumor and nontumor tissue in a patient with the fibrolamellar variant of hepatocellular carcinoma. Hepatology. 12(4). 676–679. 13 indexed citations

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Davison, Fergus, et al.. (1990). Frequency of hepatic HBV-DNA in patients with cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma: relation to serum HBV markers. British Journal of Cancer. 61(6). 909–912. 7 indexed citations

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Davison, Fergus, Graeme Alexander, Rachel Trowbridge, Elizabeth A. Fagan, & Roger Williams. (1987). Detection of hepatitis B virus DNA in spermatozoa, urine, saliva and leucocytes, of chronic HBsAg carriers. Journal of Hepatology. 4(1). 37–44. 65 indexed citations

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Davison, Fergus, et al.. (1987). Leucocyte hepatitis B virus DNA in acute and chronic hepatitis B virus infection. Journal of Medical Virology. 22(4). 379–385. 24 indexed citations

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Fagan, Elizabeth A., Graeme Alexander, Fergus Davison, & Roger Williams. (1986). Persistence of Free HBV DNA in Body Secretions and Liver Despite Loss of Serum HBV DNA After Interferon‐Induced Seroconversion. Journal of Medical Virology. 20(2). 183–188. 17 indexed citations

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Fagan, Elizabeth A., et al.. (1985). Quantitation of hepatitis B virus dna (HBV DNA) in serum using the spot hybridization technique and scintillation counting. Journal of Virological Methods. 12(3-4). 251–262. 57 indexed citations

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Davison, Fergus, D. W. R. Mackenzie, & Robert J. Owen. (1980). Deoxyribonucleic Acid Base Compositions of Dermatophytes. Microbiology. 118(2). 465–470. 46 indexed citations

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