Iain Fenton

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
17 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Iain Fenton is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Iain Fenton has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Genetics and 5 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Iain Fenton's work include Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases (5 papers), Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (4 papers) and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (4 papers). Iain Fenton is often cited by papers focused on Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases (5 papers), Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (4 papers) and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (4 papers). Iain Fenton collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and France. Iain Fenton's co-authors include Peter S. Harper, Duncan J. Shaw, Russell G. Snell, L. Lazarou, Jeremy P. Cheadle, Marcy E. MacDonald, Peter J. Davies, John MacMillan, James F. Gusella and William Reardon and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Nature Genetics and Human Molecular Genetics.

In The Last Decade

Iain Fenton

16 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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. Relationship between trinucleotide repeat expansion and phenotypic variation in Huntington's disease
    1993 558 citations Russell G. Snell, John MacMillan et al. Nature Genetics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Iain Fenton United Kingdom 13 1.3k 956 500 394 104 17 1.7k
Yoshihisa Takiyama Japan 30 1.7k 1.3× 1.6k 1.7× 693 1.4× 170 0.4× 106 1.0× 139 2.4k
Karla P. Figueroa United States 23 1.2k 0.9× 1.2k 1.2× 675 1.4× 124 0.3× 115 1.1× 45 1.7k
Pedro Mancías United States 15 750 0.6× 809 0.8× 380 0.8× 149 0.4× 228 2.2× 37 1.7k
Christine Zühlke Germany 29 1.5k 1.1× 1.5k 1.6× 635 1.3× 221 0.6× 220 2.1× 67 2.1k
A. Löfgren Belgium 18 1.1k 0.8× 878 0.9× 304 0.6× 187 0.5× 164 1.6× 37 1.8k
Emilia Bellone Italy 24 681 0.5× 1.0k 1.1× 787 1.6× 176 0.4× 195 1.9× 100 1.8k
Bernd Rautenstrauß Germany 26 747 0.6× 725 0.8× 236 0.5× 224 0.6× 330 3.2× 90 1.8k
Stefan-M. Pulst United States 20 1.5k 1.1× 1.4k 1.5× 985 2.0× 178 0.5× 125 1.2× 29 2.2k
Zhengmao Hu China 25 1000 0.7× 430 0.4× 226 0.5× 535 1.4× 207 2.0× 127 1.9k
Hideji Hashida Japan 19 672 0.5× 520 0.5× 434 0.9× 81 0.2× 46 0.4× 49 1.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Iain Fenton

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Iain Fenton

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

All Works

17 of 17 papers shown
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Fenton, Iain & L. Sandkuijl. (2015). MEGABASE/PKD: A Genetic Database for Polycystic Kidney Disease. Contributions to nephrology. 97. 118–127.
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McEntagart, Meriel, Anna Buj‐Bello, Valérie Biancalana, et al.. (2002). Genotype–phenotype correlations in X-linked myotubular myopathy. Neuromuscular Disorders. 12(10). 939–946. 104 indexed citations
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Cardno, Alastair G., Peter Holmans, Mark I. Rees, et al.. (2001). A genomewide linkage study of age at onset in schizophrenia*. American Journal of Medical Genetics. 105(5). 439–445. 48 indexed citations
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Rees, Mark I., Patrick Watts, Iain Fenton, et al.. (2000). Further evidence of autosomal dominant congenital zonular pulverulent cataracts linked to 13q11 (CZP3) and a novel mutation in connexin 46 (GJA 3 ). Human Genetics. 106(2). 206–209. 70 indexed citations
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Krawczak, Michael, Edward V. Ball, Iain Fenton, et al.. (2000). Human Gene Mutation Database?A biomedical information and research resource. Human Mutation. 15(1). 45–51. 212 indexed citations
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Watts, Patrick, Iain Fenton, Alan R. Clarke, et al.. (2000). Further evidence of autosomal dominant congenital zonular pulverulent cataracts linked to 13q11 (CZP3) and a novel mutation in connexin 46 (GJA3). Human Genetics. 106(2). 206–209. 10 indexed citations
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Williams, Nigel, Mark I. Rees, Peter Holmans, et al.. (1999). A Two-Stage Genome Scan for Schizophrenia Susceptibility Genes in 196 Affected Sibling Pairs. Human Molecular Genetics. 8(9). 1729–1739. 105 indexed citations
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Rees, Mark I., Iain Fenton, Nigel Williams, et al.. (1999). Autosome search for schizophrenia susceptibility genes in multiply affected families. Molecular Psychiatry. 4(4). 353–359. 14 indexed citations
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Daniels, Judith K., Gillian Spurlock, Alastair G. Cardno, et al.. (1997). Linkage Study of Chromosome 6p in Sib-Pairs With Schizophrenia. American Journal of Medical Genetics. 74(3). 319–323. 14 indexed citations
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Williams, Nigel, Mark I. Rees, Peter Holmans, et al.. (1996). Genome search for schizophrenia susceptibility genes using a two-stage sib-pair approach. Psychiatric Genetics. 6(3). 145–145. 2 indexed citations
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Terrett, Jonathan, Ruth Newbury‐Ecob, Gareth Cross, et al.. (1994). Holt–Oram syndrome is a genetically heterogeneous disease with one locus mapping to human chromosome 12q. Nature Genetics. 6(4). 401–404. 60 indexed citations
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Snell, Russell G., John MacMillan, Jeremy P. Cheadle, et al.. (1993). Relationship between trinucleotide repeat expansion and phenotypic variation in Huntington's disease. Nature Genetics. 4(4). 393–397. 558 indexed citations breakdown →
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MacMillan, J., Russell G. Snell, Audrey Tyler, et al.. (1993). Molecular analysis and clinical correlations of the Huntington's disease mutation. The Lancet. 342(8877). 954–958. 77 indexed citations
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Reardon, William, R. Newcombe, Iain Fenton, J R Sibert, & Peter S. Harper. (1993). The natural history of congenital myotonic dystrophy: mortality and long term clinical aspects.. Archives of Disease in Childhood. 68(2). 177–181. 93 indexed citations
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MacMillan, J., J Myring, J. David Brook, et al.. (1993). Size of the unstable CTG repeat sequence in relation to phenotype and parental transmission in myotonic dystrophy.. PubMed. 52(6). 1164–74. 303 indexed citations
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Aldred, Michael J., P J Crawford, N S Thomas, et al.. (1992). Genetic heterogeneity in X-linked amelogenesis imperfecta. Genomics. 14(3). 567–573. 58 indexed citations
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Krawczak, Michael, et al.. (1991). Covariate-dependent age-at-onset distributions for Huntington disease.. PubMed. 49(4). 735–45. 12 indexed citations

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