Hester Wain

5.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
21 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Hester Wain is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Hester Wain has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Immunology and 3 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Hester Wain's work include Immune Cell Function and Interaction (5 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (5 papers) and Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks (4 papers). Hester Wain is often cited by papers focused on Immune Cell Function and Interaction (5 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (5 papers) and Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks (4 papers). Hester Wain collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. Hester Wain's co-authors include Lois J. Maltais, Ruth C. Lovering, Elspeth A. Bruford, Matt W. Wright, Michael Lush, Daniel W. Nebert, Susan M.G. Hoffman, Darryl C. Zeldin, David R. Nelson and Sue Povey and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nucleic Acids Research and Nature Reviews Genetics.

In The Last Decade

Hester Wain

21 papers receiving 3.5k citations

Hit Papers

Gene map of the extended humanMHC 2003 2026 2010 2018 2004 2003 250 500 750
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. Gene map of the extended humanMHC
    2004 820 citations Roger W. Horton, Laurens Wilming et al. Nature Reviews Genetics profile →
  2. Comparison of cytochrome P450 (CYP) genes from the mouse and human genomes, including nomenclature recommendations for genes, pseudogenes and alternative-splice variants
    2003 785 citations David R. Nelson, Darryl C. Zeldin et al. Pharmacogenetics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Hester Wain United Kingdom 15 1.5k 1.2k 501 472 404 21 3.6k
Philippe Naquet France 39 1.9k 1.3× 1.9k 1.6× 551 1.1× 93 0.2× 672 1.7× 101 4.6k
Bassam R. Ali United Arab Emirates 32 1.6k 1.1× 377 0.3× 630 1.3× 210 0.4× 477 1.2× 172 3.4k
Jeffrey F. Waring United States 33 2.4k 1.7× 1.1k 0.9× 222 0.4× 626 1.3× 850 2.1× 89 4.5k
Majambu Mbikay Canada 38 2.1k 1.4× 454 0.4× 614 1.2× 130 0.3× 429 1.1× 120 5.5k
G.J. Darlington United States 28 1.6k 1.1× 464 0.4× 422 0.8× 130 0.3× 744 1.8× 43 3.1k
Giacomo Paonessa Italy 29 1.6k 1.1× 722 0.6× 457 0.9× 117 0.2× 794 2.0× 54 3.6k
Marc Legeay France 3 3.3k 2.2× 592 0.5× 461 0.9× 290 0.6× 453 1.1× 6 5.3k
Shinichi Inoue Japan 29 1.3k 0.9× 508 0.4× 232 0.5× 141 0.3× 326 0.8× 125 3.1k
Maeve O’Sullivan United States 31 2.0k 1.3× 447 0.4× 968 1.9× 128 0.3× 397 1.0× 108 4.3k
Ann‐Christine Syvänen Sweden 28 1.7k 1.1× 351 0.3× 1.1k 2.1× 110 0.2× 230 0.6× 58 3.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Hester Wain

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hester Wain

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Schijvenaars, Bob J.A., Barend Mons, Marc Weeber, et al.. (2005). Thesaurus-based disambiguation of gene symbols. BMC Bioinformatics. 6(1). 149–149. 42 indexed citations
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Wilsker, Deborah, et al.. (2005). Nomenclature of the ARID family of DNA-binding proteins. Genomics. 86(2). 242–251. 133 indexed citations
3.
Horton, Roger W., Laurens Wilming, Vikki Rand, et al.. (2004). Gene map of the extended humanMHC. Nature Reviews Genetics. 5(12). 889–899. 820 indexed citations breakdown →
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Marsh, Steven G. E., Peter Parham, Bo Dupont, et al.. (2003). Killer-cell immunoglobulin-like receptor (KIR) nomenclature report, 2002. Immunogenetics. 55(4). 220–226. 84 indexed citations
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Nebert, Daniel W. & Hester Wain. (2003). Update on human genome completion and annotations: Gene nomenclature. Human Genomics. 1(1). 66–66. 5 indexed citations
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Abdelhaleem, Mohamed, Lois J. Maltais, & Hester Wain. (2003). The human DDX and DHX gene families of putative RNA helicases. Genomics. 81(6). 618–622. 137 indexed citations
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Marsh, Steven G. E., Peter Parham, Bo Dupont, et al.. (2003). Killer‐cell immunoglobulin‐like receptor (KIR) nomenclature report, 2002. European Journal of Immunogenetics. 30(3). 229–234. 21 indexed citations
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Wain, Hester. (2003). Genew: the Human Gene Nomenclature Database, 2004 updates. Nucleic Acids Research. 32(90001). 255D–257. 118 indexed citations
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Marsh, Steven G. E., Peter Parham, Bo Dupont, et al.. (2003). Killer-cell Immunoglobulin-like Receptor (KIR) Nomenclature Report, 2002. Human Immunology. 64(6). 648–654. 245 indexed citations
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Nelson, David R., Darryl C. Zeldin, Susan M.G. Hoffman, et al.. (2003). Comparison of cytochrome P450 (CYP) genes from the mouse and human genomes, including nomenclature recommendations for genes, pseudogenes and alternative-splice variants. Pharmacogenetics. 14(1). 1–18. 785 indexed citations breakdown →
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Marsh, Steven G. E., Peter Parham, Bo Dupont, et al.. (2003). Killer‐cell immunoglobulin‐like receptor (KIR) nomenclature report, 2002. Tissue Antigens. 62(1). 79–86. 141 indexed citations
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Povey, Sue & Hester Wain. (2002). Smelling of roses?. Genome Biology. 3(6). interactions1003.1–interactions1003.1. 3 indexed citations
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Wain, Hester, Elspeth A. Bruford, Ruth C. Lovering, et al.. (2002). Guidelines for Human Gene Nomenclature. Genomics. 79(4). 464–470. 310 indexed citations
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Wain, Hester. (2002). Genew: the Human Gene Nomenclature Database. Nucleic Acids Research. 30(1). 169–171. 142 indexed citations
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Povey, Sue, Ruth C. Lovering, Elspeth A. Bruford, et al.. (2001). The HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee (HGNC). Human Genetics. 109(6). 678–680. 381 indexed citations
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Ishikawa, Toshihisa, et al.. (2000). New Nomenclature of Human ABC Transporter Genes.. Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics. 15(1). 8–19. 7 indexed citations
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Wain, Hester, Jonathan White, & Sue Povey. (1999). The changing challenges of nomenclature. Cytogenetic and Genome Research. 86(2). 162–164. 6 indexed citations
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Wain, Hester, Ayo A. Toye, Siobhan Hughes, & Nat Bumstead. (1998). Targeting of marker loci to chicken chromosome 16 by representational difference analysis. Animal Genetics. 29(6). 446–452. 8 indexed citations
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Kaiser, Pete, Hester Wain, & Lisa Rothwell. (1998). Structure of the chicken interferon-γ gene, and comparison to mammalian homologues. Gene. 207(1). 25–32. 63 indexed citations
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Povey, Sue, Julia A. White, Joseph Nahmias, & Hester Wain. (1997). Problems of nomenclature. Nature. 390(6658). 329–329. 1 indexed citations

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