Heather Biggs

4.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Heather Biggs is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Pathology and Forensic Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Heather Biggs has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Cancer Research and 3 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine. Recurrent topics in Heather Biggs's work include Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics (5 papers), Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery (3 papers) and Genetic factors in colorectal cancer (3 papers). Heather Biggs is often cited by papers focused on Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics (5 papers), Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery (3 papers) and Genetic factors in colorectal cancer (3 papers). Heather Biggs collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and United States. Heather Biggs's co-authors include Davina Gale, Nitzan Rosenfeld, Carlos Caldas, Sarah‐Jane Dawson, Dana W.Y. Tsui, Suet‐Feung Chin, Sabrina Rajan, Betania Mahler‐Araujo, Mark Dunning and Jennifer Becq and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of Clinical Oncology and Neurology.

In The Last Decade

Heather Biggs

12 papers receiving 2.0k 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.

Analysis of Circulating Tumor DNA to Monitor Metastatic Breast Cancer

2013 1.6k citations Sarah‐Jane Dawson, Dana W.Y. Tsui et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Heather Biggs United Kingdom	7	1.7k	832	821	727	450	12	2.0k
Francesco Marass United Kingdom	12	1.6k 0.9×	834 1.0×	861 1.0×	848 1.2×	362 0.8×	20	2.1k
Peter Ulz Austria	22	2.0k 1.2×	1.1k 1.4×	923 1.1×	1.1k 1.5×	476 1.1×	35	2.7k
Sabrina Rajan United Kingdom	3	1.4k 0.8×	727 0.9×	680 0.8×	575 0.8×	412 0.9×	6	1.7k
Betania Mahler‐Araujo United Kingdom	10	1.6k 0.9×	973 1.2×	746 0.9×	1.1k 1.5×	499 1.1×	16	2.4k
Alvin Wong Singapore	14	1.2k 0.7×	917 1.1×	809 1.0×	617 0.8×	281 0.6×	39	1.9k
Javier García-Corbacho Spain	15	1.5k 0.9×	1.1k 1.3×	800 1.0×	887 1.2×	395 0.9×	44	2.3k
Martina Auer Austria	18	1.5k 0.9×	925 1.1×	654 0.8×	851 1.2×	316 0.7×	26	2.1k
Kimberly C. Banks United States	25	1.8k 1.1×	1.1k 1.3×	1.3k 1.6×	711 1.0×	699 1.6×	84	2.5k
Anna Piskorz United Kingdom	17	1.6k 1.0×	1.0k 1.2×	749 0.9×	1.1k 1.5×	502 1.1×	34	2.7k
Francesco Pepe Italy	23	719 0.4×	723 0.9×	890 1.1×	531 0.7×	221 0.5×	108	1.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Heather Biggs

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Fields of papers citing papers by Heather Biggs

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Heather Biggs

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

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12 of 12 papers shown

Forgham, Helen, Yi-Xin Chang, Yao Wang, et al.. (2025). The evolution of nanomedicine: The rise of next-generation nanomaterials in cancer nanomedicine. Science Advances. 11(43). eadx1576–eadx1576. 2 indexed citations

Murley, Alexander G., Catarina Rua, Heather Biggs, et al.. (2024). 7T MRI detects widespread brain iron deposition in neuroferritinopathy. Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology. 11(5). 1359–1364. 1 indexed citations

Forgham, Helen, Jiayuan Zhu, Xumin Huang, et al.. (2024). Multifunctional Fluoropolymer‐Engineered Magnetic Nanoparticles to Facilitate Blood‐Brain Barrier Penetration and Effective Gene Silencing in Medulloblastoma. Advanced Science. 11(25). e2401340–e2401340. 13 indexed citations

Forgham, Helen, Jiayuan Zhu, Taoran Zhang, et al.. (2024). Fluorine-modified polymers reduce the adsorption of immune-reactive proteins to PEGylated gold nanoparticles. Nanomedicine. 19(11). 995–1012. 7 indexed citations

Ameele, Jelle van den, Young T. Hong, Roido Manavaki, et al.. (2021). [ ¹¹ C]PK11195-PET Brain Imaging of the Mitochondrial Translocator Protein in Mitochondrial Disease. Neurology. 96(22). e2761–e2773. 7 indexed citations

Gao, Meiling, Maurizio Callari, Emma Beddowes, et al.. (2019). Next Generation-Targeted Amplicon Sequencing (NG-TAS): an optimised protocol and computational pipeline for cost-effective profiling of circulating tumour DNA. Genome Medicine. 11(1). 1–1. 34 indexed citations

Tsui, Dana W.Y., Heather Biggs, Sarah‐Jane Dawson, et al.. (2018). Effects of Collection and Processing Procedures on Plasma Circulating Cell-Free DNA from Cancer Patients. Journal of Molecular Diagnostics. 20(6). 883–892. 84 indexed citations

Parkinson, Christine, Davina Gale, Anna Piskorz, et al.. (2016). Exploratory Analysis of TP53 Mutations in Circulating Tumour DNA as Biomarkers of Treatment Response for Patients with Relapsed High-Grade Serous Ovarian Carcinoma: A Retrospective Study. PLoS Medicine. 13(12). e1002198–e1002198. 204 indexed citations

Parkinson, Christine, Davina Gale, Anna Piskorz, et al.. (2016). Circulating tumour DNA carrying patient-specific mutations in TP53 as an early response biomarker in relapsed high grade serous ovarian cancer.. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 34(15_suppl). e23040–e23040. 1 indexed citations

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Dawson, Sarah‐Jane, Dana W.Y. Tsui, Muhammed Murtaza, et al.. (2013). Analysis of Circulating Tumor DNA to Monitor Metastatic Breast Cancer. New England Journal of Medicine. 368(13). 1199–1209. 1634 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lee, Allen, et al.. (2008). SPECT/CT of Axillofemoral Graft Infection. Clinical Nuclear Medicine. 33(5). 333–334. 5 indexed citations

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Biggs, Heather, et al.. (2007). Evaluation of a Paediatric Preparation Booklet in Reducing Patient Anxiety in Nuclear Medicine. 38(1). 27. 2 indexed citations

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