John Burn

40.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
320 papers, 19.0k citations indexed

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John Burn is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, John Burn has authored 320 papers receiving a total of 19.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 108 papers in Molecular Biology, 80 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine and 63 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in John Burn's work include Genetic factors in colorectal cancer (71 papers), Congenital heart defects research (30 papers) and Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics (28 papers). John Burn is often cited by papers focused on Genetic factors in colorectal cancer (71 papers), Congenital heart defects research (30 papers) and Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics (28 papers). John Burn collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. John Burn's co-authors include Peter Sandercock, John Bamford, Martin Dennis, C P Warlow, Judith Goodship, David I. Wilson, Peter Scambler, C Warlow, Derick T Wade and I Cross and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

John Burn

310 papers receiving 18.3k citations

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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.

Classification and natural history of clinically identifiable subtypes of cerebral infarction

1991 2.6k citations John Burn et al. profile →
A prospective study of acute cerebrovascular disease in the community: the Oxfordshire Community Stroke Project--1981-86. 2. Incidence, case fatality rates and overall outcome at one year of cerebral infarction, primary intracerebral and subarachnoid haemorrhage.

1990 628 citations John Burn et al. profile →
Aspirin and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs for cancer prevention: an international consensus statement

2009 568 citations Jack Cuzick, John Burn et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
John Burn United Kingdom	71	6.8k	5.0k	3.7k	3.6k	2.8k	320	19.0k
Albert Hofman Netherlands	91	4.6k 0.7×	5.9k 1.2×	2.7k 0.7×	2.5k 0.7×	2.9k 1.0×	360	31.4k
Robert J. Desnick United States	92	12.3k 1.8×	6.7k 1.3×	1.7k 0.4×	3.2k 0.9×	1.3k 0.5×	564	30.4k
Mei Lü United States	80	7.0k 1.0×	5.8k 1.2×	2.3k 0.6×	1.2k 0.3×	2.2k 0.8×	377	24.3k
Steven W. J. Lamberts Netherlands	89	4.2k 0.6×	7.7k 1.5×	1.4k 0.4×	2.8k 0.8×	4.5k 1.6×	491	28.7k
Bruno Dallapiccola Italy	75	12.3k 1.8×	3.5k 0.7×	2.1k 0.6×	6.9k 1.9×	2.1k 0.7×	766	22.9k
Atsushi Takahashi Japan	74	4.6k 0.7×	2.4k 0.5×	2.0k 0.5×	3.0k 0.8×	2.8k 1.0×	487	19.5k
Wendy K. Chung United States	72	8.6k 1.3×	2.5k 0.5×	2.7k 0.7×	7.3k 2.0×	3.0k 1.1×	567	22.7k
Per Eriksson Sweden	73	5.4k 0.8×	3.1k 0.6×	3.2k 0.9×	2.0k 0.6×	2.6k 0.9×	401	19.1k
Maria Luisa Brandi Italy	83	7.9k 1.2×	4.6k 0.9×	1.6k 0.4×	4.0k 1.1×	6.4k 2.2×	770	29.6k
Aldo Pinchera Italy	91	4.8k 0.7×	3.1k 0.6×	1.1k 0.3×	3.8k 1.0×	6.1k 2.2×	578	28.7k

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Morton, Katherine, Lesley Turner, Rebecca H. Foster, et al.. (2025). Optimizing risk‐reducing surgery and aspirin decision aids for Lynch syndrome carriers using the person‐based approach: A think‐aloud interview study. Journal of Genetic Counseling. 34(4). e70089–e70089.

Gallon, Richard, Akhtar Husain, Claire Jones, et al.. (2025). Novel microsatellite instability test of sebaceous tumours to facilitate low-cost universal screening for Lynch syndrome. Clinical and Experimental Dermatology. 50(6). 1155–1162. 1 indexed citations

Møller, Pål, Aysel Ahadova, Matthias Kloor, et al.. (2025). Colorectal carcinogenesis in the Lynch syndromes and familial adenomatous polyposis: trigger events and downstream consequences. Hereditary Cancer in Clinical Practice. 23(1). 3–3. 1 indexed citations

Gallon, Richard, Christine Hayes, Gillian M. Borthwick, et al.. (2024). Detection of Mismatch Repair Deficiency in Endometrial Cancer: Assessment of IHC, Fragment Length Analysis, and Amplicon Sequencing Based MSI Testing. Cancers. 16(23). 3970–3970. 1 indexed citations

Langton, David, Stephen C Bourke, Benedicte A. Lie, et al.. (2021). The influence of HLA genotype on the severity of COVID‐19 infection. HLA. 98(1). 14–22. 89 indexed citations

Sheth, Harsh, et al.. (2019). Association of stroke and bleed events in non-valvular atrial fibrillation patients with direct oral anticoagulant prescriptions in NHS England between 2013 and 2016. PLoS ONE. 14(6). e0218878–e0218878. 5 indexed citations

Zumwalt, Timothy J., Dominik Wodarz, Natalia L. Komarova, et al.. (2017). Aspirin-Induced Chemoprevention and Response Kinetics Are Enhanced by PIK3CA Mutations in Colorectal Cancer Cells. Cancer Prevention Research. 10(3). 208–218. 23 indexed citations

Burn, John. (2017). Recognition of clinical genetics in Europe. European Journal of Human Genetics. 25(S2). S50–S50.

Morgan, Gareth J., Peter M. Rothwell, John Burn, et al.. (2016). ecancermedicalscience. ecancermedicalscience. 5. 213–213. 1 indexed citations

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Burn, John, D. Timothy Bishop, Pamela Chapman, et al.. (2011). A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Prevention Trial of Aspirin and/or Resistant Starch in Young People with Familial Adenomatous Polyposis. Cancer Prevention Research. 4(5). 655–665. 151 indexed citations

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Lindsay, Susan, Mark Ireland, Jill Clayton‐Smith, et al.. (1997). Large scale deletions in the GPC3 gene may account for a minority of cases of Simpson-Golabi-Behmel syndrome.. Journal of Medical Genetics. 34(6). 480–483. 58 indexed citations

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Wilson, David I., et al.. (1991). IS MONOSOMY FOR THE DIGEORGE LOCUS ON CHROMOSOME-22 RESPONSIBLE FOR ISOLATED HEART MALFORMATIONS. UCL Discovery (University College London). 2 indexed citations

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Porteous, Mary, et al.. (1990). Abstracts of the joint meeting of the Clinical Genetics Society and the Clinical Molecular Genetics Society held on 19 and 20 April 1990 at University of Newcastle upon Tyne Medical School. Journal of Medical Genetics. 27(10). 645–661. 4 indexed citations

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Chapman, Pamela, et al.. (1989). Congenital hypertrophy of retinal pigment epithelium: a sign of familial adenomatous polyposis.. BMJ. 298(6670). 353–354. 48 indexed citations

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Burn, John, et al.. (1986). A terminal deletion of the long arm of chromosome 4 [46,XX,del(4)(q33)] in an infant with phenotypic features of Williams syndrome.. Journal of Medical Genetics. 23(5). 474–477. 32 indexed citations

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Burn, John, S Povey, Yvonne Boyd, et al.. (1986). Duchenne muscular dystrophy in one of monozygotic twin girls.. Journal of Medical Genetics. 23(6). 494–500. 73 indexed citations

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Burn, John, M Baraitser, & L. J. Butler. (1983). An avoidable recurrence of cri du chat syndrome in the next generation.. BMJ. 287(6401). 1287–1288. 15 indexed citations

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Burn, John. (1983). Responsible use of resources: day surgery.. BMJ. 286(6363). 492–493. 25 indexed citations

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Burn, John & G V Gill. (1979). "Pseudonormonatraemia".. BMJ. 2(6198). 1110.2–1111. 9 indexed citations

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Burn, John, et al.. (1976). Benign liver tumors: what is their relationship to oral contraceptives?. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 42(10). 744–60. 8 indexed citations

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