Helen McDonald

7.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
30 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Helen McDonald is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Helen McDonald has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Cancer Research and 5 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Helen McDonald's work include Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications (8 papers), Virology and Viral Diseases (4 papers) and MicroRNA in disease regulation (4 papers). Helen McDonald is often cited by papers focused on Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications (8 papers), Virology and Viral Diseases (4 papers) and MicroRNA in disease regulation (4 papers). Helen McDonald collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Australia and United States. Helen McDonald's co-authors include Martin Hirst, Marco A. Marra, Ryan D. Morin, Thomas Zeng, Yongjun Zhao, Allen Delaney, Anna‐Liisa Prabhu, Malachi Griffith, Florian Kuchenbauer and Connie J. Eaves and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nucleic Acids Research and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Helen McDonald

29 papers receiving 2.2k 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.

Application of massively parallel sequencing to microRNA profiling and discovery in human embryonic stem cells

2008 874 citations Ryan D. Morin, Michael D. O’Connor et al. Genome Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Helen McDonald Canada	17	1.7k	1.0k	282	228	167	30	2.3k
Thomas Zeng Canada	17	2.8k 1.7×	1.2k 1.2×	333 1.2×	427 1.9×	171 1.0×	22	3.7k
Nathan J. Bowen United States	26	1.9k 1.1×	435 0.4×	606 2.1×	260 1.1×	173 1.0×	49	2.8k
Eilon Sharon Israel	17	3.2k 1.9×	1.6k 1.6×	316 1.1×	429 1.9×	130 0.8×	22	3.8k
Lang Ma United States	21	1.3k 0.8×	355 0.3×	171 0.6×	389 1.7×	63 0.4×	33	2.0k
Felix Kokocinski Germany	16	1.2k 0.7×	384 0.4×	151 0.5×	361 1.6×	27 0.2×	22	2.0k
Stephen Kearsey United Kingdom	37	4.2k 2.6×	376 0.4×	527 1.9×	537 2.4×	43 0.3×	78	4.8k
Patricia E. Kuwabara United Kingdom	25	1.4k 0.9×	188 0.2×	158 0.6×	434 1.9×	133 0.8×	39	2.4k
Tomoko Takahashi Japan	17	932 0.6×	216 0.2×	72 0.3×	226 1.0×	61 0.4×	36	1.5k
Thérèse Commes France	28	1.7k 1.0×	416 0.4×	122 0.4×	220 1.0×	17 0.1×	78	2.5k
Yuanyan Xiong China	19	916 0.6×	279 0.3×	192 0.7×	277 1.2×	38 0.2×	56	1.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Helen McDonald

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Fields of papers citing papers by Helen McDonald

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Helen McDonald

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Xu, Jing, Pawan Pandoh, Richard Corbett, et al.. (2023). A High-throughput Pipeline for DNA/RNA/small RNA Purification from Tissue Samples for Sequencing. BioTechniques. 75(2). 47–55.

Coombe, Lauren, Shaun D. Jackman, Kristina Gagalova, et al.. (2019). Complete Chloroplast Genome Sequence of an Engelmann Spruce ( Picea engelmannii , Genotype Se404-851) from Western Canada. Microbiology Resource Announcements. 8(24). 3 indexed citations

Pandoh, Pawan, Richard Corbett, Helen McDonald, et al.. (2019). A High-Throughput Protocol for Isolating Cell-Free Circulating Tumor DNA from Peripheral Blood. BioTechniques. 66(2). 85–92. 12 indexed citations

Haile, Simon, Richard Corbett, Heather Kirk, et al.. (2018). Sources of erroneous sequences and artifact chimeric reads in next generation sequencing of genomic DNA from formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded samples. Nucleic Acids Research. 47(2). e12–e12. 44 indexed citations

Twa, David D. W., Anja Mottok, Fong Chun Chan, et al.. (2015). Recurrent genomic rearrangements in primary testicular lymphoma. The Journal of Pathology. 236(2). 136–141. 41 indexed citations

Morrissy, A. Sorana, Yongjun Zhao, Allen Delaney, et al.. (2010). Digital Gene Expression by Tag Sequencing on the Illumina Genome Analyzer. Current Protocols in Human Genetics. 65(1). Unit 11.11.1–36. 16 indexed citations

Morin, Ryan D., Michael D. O’Connor, Malachi Griffith, et al.. (2008). Application of massively parallel sequencing to microRNA profiling and discovery in human embryonic stem cells. Genome Research. 18(4). 610–621. 874 indexed citations breakdown →

Kuchenbauer, Florian, Ryan D. Morin, Bob Argiropoulos, et al.. (2008). In-depth characterization of the microRNA transcriptome in a leukemia progression model. Genome Research. 18(11). 1787–1797. 143 indexed citations

Zhao, Yun, Afshin Raouf, David G. Kent, et al.. (2007). A Modified Polymerase Chain Reaction‐Long Serial Analysis of Gene Expression Protocol Identifies Novel Transcripts in Human CD34 ⁺ Bone Marrow Cells. Stem Cells. 25(7). 1681–1689. 6 indexed citations

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Baross, Ágnes, Yaron S.N. Butterfield, Shaun Coughlin, et al.. (2004). Systematic Recovery and Analysis of Full-ORF Human cDNA Clones. Genome Research. 14(10b). 2083–2092. 21 indexed citations

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Tomkins, Darrell J., Helen McDonald, Sandra A. Farrell, & Carolyn J. Brown. (2002). Lack of expression of XIST from a small ring X chromosome containing the XIST locus in a girl with short stature, facial dysmorphism and developmental delay. European Journal of Human Genetics. 10(1). 44–51. 28 indexed citations

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Lin, Biaoyang, Jamal Nasir, Helen McDonald, et al.. (1995). Genomic organization of the human α-adducin gene and its alternately spliced isoforms. Genomics. 25(1). 93–99. 30 indexed citations

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Lin, Biaoyang, Jamal Nasir, Michael A. Kalchman, et al.. (1995). Structural analysis of the 5′ region of mouse and human huntington disease genes reveals conservation of putative promoter region and di- and trinucleotide polymorphisms. Genomics. 25(3). 707–715. 33 indexed citations

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Clarke, L., Jamal Nasir, Hanfang Zhang, et al.. (1994). Murine α-l-Iduronidase: cDNA Isolation and Expression. Genomics. 24(2). 311–316. 25 indexed citations

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Qiu, Zhiyong, et al.. (1994). Mutational Analysis of the Arginine Residues in the E2-E1 Junction Region on the Proteolytic Processing of the Polyprotein Precursor of Rubella Virus. Virology. 200(2). 821–825. 4 indexed citations

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Goldberg, Y. Paul, Susan E. Andrew, Gordon B. Hutchinson, et al.. (1993). Identification of an Alu retrotransposition event in close proximity to a strong candidate gene for Huntington's disease. Nature. 362(6418). 370–373. 41 indexed citations

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Hutchinson, Gordon B., Susan E. Andrew, Helen McDonald, et al.. (1993). AnAluelement retroposition in two families with Huntington disease defines a new activeAlusubfamily. Nucleic Acids Research. 21(15). 3379–3383. 43 indexed citations

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Goodfellow, Paul J., et al.. (1993). A new HLA‐DRB1 allele formed by an intra‐exonic interallelic crossover. Tissue Antigens. 42(1). 141–143. 10 indexed citations

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McDonald, Helen, Tom C. Hobman, & Shirley Gillam. (1991). The influence of capsid protein cleavage on the processing of E2 and E1 glycoproteins of rubella virus. Virology. 183(1). 52–60. 10 indexed citations

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Clarke, David M., Tip W. Loo, Helen McDonald, & Shirley Gillam. (1988). Expression of rubella virus cDNA coding for the structural proteins. Gene. 65(1). 23–30. 26 indexed citations

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