Fiona Ashford

5.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Fiona Ashford is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Surgery and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Fiona Ashford has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Surgery and 5 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Fiona Ashford's work include Pancreatic function and diabetes (6 papers), SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (4 papers) and Regulation of Appetite and Obesity (3 papers). Fiona Ashford is often cited by papers focused on Pancreatic function and diabetes (6 papers), SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (4 papers) and Regulation of Appetite and Obesity (3 papers). Fiona Ashford collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. Fiona Ashford's co-authors include Michael L.J. Ashford, Paul J. Meakin, Jennifer Gallagher, D. Lee Hamilton, Kenneth R. Watterson, Rory J. McCrimmon, Sudhir Chowdhry, John D. Hayes, John Dillon and Shaun Walsh and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Molecular and Cellular Biology and Diabetes.

In The Last Decade

Fiona Ashford

15 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Hit Papers

Anorexigenic and Orexigenic Hormone Modulation of Mammali... 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
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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.

  1. Anorexigenic and Orexigenic Hormone Modulation of Mammalian Target of Rapamycin Complex 1 Activity and the Regulation of Hypothalamic Agouti-Related Protein mRNA Expression
    2012 2.8k citations Kenneth R. Watterson, Jennifer Gallagher et al. Neurosignals profile →

Peers

Fiona Ashford
Jennifer Gallagher United Kingdom
Kenneth R. Watterson United Kingdom
Mirela Delibegović United Kingdom
Marc Claret Spain
Wan Huang China
Andrew C. Adams United States
Tarik Issad France
Nobuhiko Takahashi Japan
Joseph Tam Israel
Leslie J. Baier United States
Jennifer Gallagher United Kingdom
Fiona Ashford
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Fields of papers citing papers by Fiona Ashford

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Fiona Ashford

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Fiona Ashford. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Fiona Ashford 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 Fiona Ashford. Fiona Ashford is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

15 of 15 papers shown
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Ashford, Fiona, Elaine Brown, Izzy Jayasinghe, et al.. (2024). Cysteine post‐translational modifications regulate protein interactions of caveolin‐3. The FASEB Journal. 38(5). e23535–e23535. 2 indexed citations
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Howie, J. W., L.B. Tulloch, Elaine Brown, et al.. (2024). Glutathione-dependent depalmitoylation of phospholemman by peroxiredoxin 6. Cell Reports. 43(2). 113679–113679. 10 indexed citations
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Ashford, Fiona, Alexandra Deeks, C.J. Duncan, et al.. (2024). COVID-19 vaccines are effective at preventing symptomatic and severe infection among healthcare workers: A clinical review. Vaccine X. 20. 100546–100546. 5 indexed citations
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Ashford, Fiona, Marisol Pérez-Toledo, Aleksandra Jasiulewicz, et al.. (2024). Distinct Neutralising and Complement-Fixing Antibody Responses Can Be Induced to the Same Antigen in Haemodialysis Patients After Immunisation with Different Vaccine Platforms. Vaccines. 13(1). 7–7. 1 indexed citations
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Ashford, Fiona, Angus Best, Steven Dunn, et al.. (2022). SARS-CoV-2 Testing in the Community: Testing Positive Samples with the TaqMan SARS-CoV-2 Mutation Panel To Find Variants in Real Time. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 60(4). e0240821–e0240821. 5 indexed citations
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Kidd, Michael, Alex Richter, Angus Best, et al.. (2021). S-Variant SARS-CoV-2 Lineage B1.1.7 Is Associated With Significantly Higher Viral Load in Samples Tested by TaqPath Polymerase Chain Reaction. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 223(10). 1666–1670. 145 indexed citations
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Nasteska, Daniela, Nicholas H. F. Fine, Fiona Ashford, et al.. (2021). Author Correction: PDX1LOW MAFALOW β-cells contribute to islet function and insulin release. Nature Communications. 12(1). 4521–4521. 2 indexed citations
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Pickford, Philip, Emma Rose McGlone, Stavroula Bitsi, et al.. (2021). Partial agonism improves the anti-hyperglycaemic efficacy of an oxyntomodulin-derived GLP-1R/GCGR co-agonist. Molecular Metabolism. 51. 101242–101242. 11 indexed citations
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Nasteska, Daniela, Nicholas H. F. Fine, Fiona Ashford, et al.. (2021). PDX1LOW MAFALOW β-cells contribute to islet function and insulin release. Nature Communications. 12(1). 674–674. 52 indexed citations
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Nasteska, Daniela, Linford J.B. Briant, Silke Heising, et al.. (2020). Vitamin-D-Binding Protein Contributes to the Maintenance of α Cell Function and Glucagon Secretion. Cell Reports. 31(11). 107761–107761. 20 indexed citations
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Xu, Weiwei, Fiona Ashford, David J. Hodson, & Franck Mauvais‐Jarvis. (2018). Molecular Mechanism of Androgen Receptor Stimulation of Insulin Secretion in Male ß Cells. Diabetes. 67(Supplement_1). 1 indexed citations
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Beall, Craig, D. Lee Hamilton, Jennifer Gallagher, et al.. (2012). Mouse hypothalamic GT1-7 cells demonstrate AMPK-dependent intrinsic glucose-sensing behaviour. Diabetologia. 55(9). 2432–2444. 45 indexed citations
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Watterson, Kenneth R., Jennifer Gallagher, D. Lee Hamilton, et al.. (2012). Anorexigenic and Orexigenic Hormone Modulation of Mammalian Target of Rapamycin Complex 1 Activity and the Regulation of Hypothalamic Agouti-Related Protein mRNA Expression. Neurosignals. 21(1-2). 28–41. 2829 indexed citations breakdown →

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