J. B. Clegg

14.8k citations

162 papers · 11.6k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 57

Impact in

Genetics top 0.02%
- Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders
Hematology top 0.05%
- Iron Metabolism and Disorders
- Blood groups and transfusion
- Blood Coagulation and Thrombosis Mechanisms

Papers in

Genetics 120
- Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders 118
- Forensic and Genetic Research 10
Hematology 63
- Iron Metabolism and Disorders 52
- Blood groups and transfusion 12

Co-authors: D. J. Weatherall Michael A. Naughton D.J. Weatherall Michael J. Cox David C. Rees Douglas R. Higgs E. Hagelberg Julie M. Old
Journals: British Journal of Haematology (33 papers)Nature (23 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (8 papers)The Lancet (8 papers)Nucleic Acids Research (7 papers)
Partner nations: United Kingdom Australia United States

In The Last Decade

J. B. Clegg

161 papers receiving 10.7k citations

Hit Papers

align trajectories log scale

The Thalassaemia Syndromes 2001 · 723 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2001 The Thalassaemia Syndromes
1995 The Lancet
1966 Journal of Molecular Biology

Peers

Replace Swee Lay Thein with:

Swee Lay Thein United Kingdom

Haig H. Kazazian United States

Marco A. Zago Brazil

Jean‐Pierre Cartron France

Yves Colin France

Neil R. Hackett United States

Lars Sottrup‐Jensen Denmark

Stephen J. Russell United States

Melvyn F. Greaves United Kingdom

Reiner Siebert Germany

J. B. Clegg relative to Swee Lay Thein United Kingdom Swee Lay Thein's profile →

Citations per field

00.5×2×3×4.3×

Swee Lay Thein · 1×

×1.0 7k/7k

GENET

×0.9 5k/6k

HEMAT

×2.6 507/195

IM

×0.9 2k/2k

PPCH

×4.3 2k/349

CB

Citations per year

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

Countries citing papers authored by J. B. Clegg

Since Specialization

Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of J. B. Clegg's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by J. B. Clegg with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites J. B. Clegg more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by J. B. Clegg

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by J. B. Clegg. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by J. B. Clegg. The network helps show where J. B. Clegg may publish in the future.

Co-authors

The 25 scholars most cited alongside J. B. Clegg, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

Border = papers with J. B. Clegg Line = papers co-authored together J. B. Clegg links everyone, so they are left out of the graph.

All Works

Sort: Min cites: Since: Top N: Style:

20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work
1	HLA class‐I and class‐II allele frequencies and two‐locus haplotypes in Melanesians of Vanuatu and New Caledonia Tissue Antigens ·Kathryn Maitland, M. Bunce, Rosalind M. Harding, Martin Barnardo, J. B. Clegg, Ken I. Welsh, D. K. Bowden, Thomas N. Williams	2004	4
2	Genetic variability in response to infection: malaria and after Genes and Immunity ·D. J. Weatherall, J. B. Clegg	2002	54
3	Genetic disorders of haemoglobin Seminars in Hematology ·D. J. Weatherall, J. B. Clegg	2000	23
4	Reduced soluble transferrin receptor concentrations in acute malaria in Vanuatu. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene ·Thomas N. Williams, Kathryn Maitland, David C. Rees, Tim Peto, D. K. Bowden, D. J. Weatherall, J. B. Clegg	1999	33
5	Prevention of cerebral malaria in children in Papua New Guinea by southeast Asian ovalocytosis band 3. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene ·Stephen Allen, A. O’Donnell, Neâl Alexander, Charles S. Mgone, Tünde Pető, J. B. Clegg, M P Alpers, D. J. Weatherall	1999	124
6	Causes of preterm delivery and intrauterine growth retardation in a malaria endemic region of Papua New Guinea Archives of Disease in Childhood Fetal & Neonatal ·Stephen Allen, A. Raiko, A. O’Donnell, Neâl Alexander, J. B. Clegg	1998	38
7	Absence of malaria-specific mortality in children in an area of hyperendemic malaria Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene ·Kathryn Maitland, Thomas N. Williams, Tünde Pető, Karen P. Day, J. B. Clegg, D. J. Weatherall, D. K. Bowden	1997	36
8	Severe malaria in children in Papua New Guinea QJM ·Stephen Allen, A. O’Donnell, Neâl Alexander, J. B. Clegg	1996	80
9	Evidence for a single origin of factor V Leiden British Journal of Haematology ·Michael J. Cox, David C. Rees, Jeremy Martinson, J. B. Clegg	1996	44
10	Travels with DNA in the Pacific The Lancet ·J. B. Clegg	1994	6
11	A computer simulation study of VNTR population genetics: constrained recombination rules out the infinite alleles model. Genetics ·Rosalind M. Harding, Adrian J. Boyce, Jeremy Martinson, Jonathan Flint, J. B. Clegg	1993	13
12	Genetic polymorphisms in prehistoric Pacific islanders determined by analysis of ancient bone DNA Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·E. Hagelberg, J. B. Clegg	1993	99
13	Analysis of ancient bone DNA: techniques and applications Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·E. Hagelberg, Lynne Bell, Tom Allen, A. Boyde, Sheila J. Jones, J. B. Clegg	1991	99
14	Genetic factors as determinants of infectious disease transmission in human communities Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences ·D. J. Weatherall, James Bell, J. B. Clegg, Jonathan Flint, Douglas R. Higgs, AV Hill, Geoffrey Pasvol, Swee Lay Thein	1988	14
15	α-Thalassaemia and the Malaria Hypothesis Acta Haematologica ·A.V.S. Hill, Jonathan Flint, D. J. Weatherall, J. B. Clegg	1987	11
16	Gene conversions in the horse alpha-globin gene complex. Molecular Biology and Evolution ·J. B. Clegg	1987	14
17	Haemoglobin Radcliffe (α₂β₂^99(G1)Ala): A High Oxygen‐Affinity Variant Causing Familial Polycythaemia British Journal of Haematology ·D. J. Weatherall, J. B. Clegg, Sheila T. Callender, R.M.G. Wells, Rosemary E. Gale, E. R. Huehns, M. F. Perutz, Wendy Bridal, Chien Ho	1977	33
18	Presence of gene for β globin in homozygous β0 thalassaemia Nature ·Paul Tolstoshev, Scott Michael Tremain, George Lanyon, Robert Williamson, Sergio Ottolenghi, Paola Comi, Barbára Giglioni, Giuseppe Masera, Bernadette Modell, D. J. Weatherall, J. B. Clegg	1976	56
19	Haemoglobin Bart's in Saudi Arabia British Journal of Haematology ·Marcus Pembrey, D. J. Weatherall, J. B. Clegg, C Bunch, R. P. Perrine	1975	58
20	Thalassaemia in the British BMJ ·Huxley Knox-Macaulay, D. J. Weatherall, J. B. Clegg, Marcus Pembrey	1973	54

About J. B. Clegg

J. B. Clegg is a scholar working on Genetics, Hematology, Cell Biology, Geography, Planning and Development and Physiology, having authored 162 papers that have together received 11.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders (118 papers), Iron Metabolism and Disorders (52 papers), Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology (26 papers), Hemoglobin structure and function (24 papers), Neonatal Health and Biochemistry (16 papers), Blood groups and transfusion (12 papers), Malaria Research and Control (12 papers) and Forensic and Genetic Research (10 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Genetics (6.9k citations), Hematology (5.2k citations), Internal Medicine (507 citations), Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health (1.9k citations) and Cell Biology (1.5k citations). J. B. Clegg has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and United States. Frequent co-authors include D. J. Weatherall, Michael A. Naughton, D.J. Weatherall, Michael J. Cox, David C. Rees, D. J. Weatherall, Douglas R. Higgs, E. Hagelberg, Julie M. Old and D. K. Bowden. Their work appears in journals such as British Journal of Haematology, Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Lancet and Nucleic Acids Research.

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact