Kelly Springell

4.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Kelly Springell is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kelly Springell has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Genetics and 5 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Kelly Springell's work include Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (6 papers), Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (4 papers) and Retinal Development and Disorders (2 papers). Kelly Springell is often cited by papers focused on Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (6 papers), Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (4 papers) and Retinal Development and Disorders (2 papers). Kelly Springell collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and India. Kelly Springell's co-authors include C. Geoffrey Woods, Emma Roberts, Gulshan Karbani, Jacquelyn Bond, Hussain Jafri, Daniel J. Hampshire, James J. Cox, Lihadh Al‐Gazali, Christopher A. Walsh and Adeline K. Nicholas and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Genetics and Brain.

In The Last Decade

Kelly Springell

13 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

An SCN9A channelopathy causes congenital inability to exp... 2006 2026 2012 2019 2006 250 500 750 1000
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. An SCN9A channelopathy causes congenital inability to experience pain
    2006 1.1k citations James J. Cox, Frank Reimann et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kelly Springell United Kingdom 11 1.7k 823 664 603 501 13 2.7k
Gulshan Karbani United Kingdom 15 1.6k 0.9× 824 1.0× 568 0.9× 610 1.0× 459 0.9× 18 2.6k
Emma Roberts United Kingdom 18 2.3k 1.3× 1.1k 1.3× 1.0k 1.5× 612 1.0× 512 1.0× 21 3.4k
Manfred W. Kilimann Germany 38 2.2k 1.3× 738 0.9× 1.0k 1.6× 546 0.9× 811 1.6× 95 4.1k
Mario Vallejo Spain 32 2.0k 1.1× 819 1.0× 290 0.4× 295 0.5× 844 1.7× 81 3.8k
Nael Nadif Kasri Netherlands 37 2.3k 1.3× 837 1.0× 516 0.8× 277 0.5× 959 1.9× 103 3.5k
Mathew T. Pletcher United States 27 1.7k 1.0× 871 1.1× 210 0.3× 348 0.6× 641 1.3× 44 3.2k
Juan José Toledo‐Aral Spain 26 2.1k 1.2× 432 0.5× 246 0.4× 479 0.8× 1.2k 2.4× 50 3.3k
Emerald Perlas Italy 27 1.4k 0.8× 345 0.4× 445 0.7× 273 0.5× 401 0.8× 39 2.8k
Marjo Salminen Finland 29 1.6k 0.9× 406 0.5× 572 0.9× 276 0.5× 468 0.9× 49 2.7k
Fadi F. Hamdan Canada 34 2.2k 1.2× 1.3k 1.6× 403 0.6× 245 0.4× 774 1.5× 57 3.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Kelly Springell

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kelly Springell

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kelly Springell

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

All Works

13 of 13 papers shown
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Towns, Katherine V., Vernon Long, Martin McKibbin, et al.. (2010). Prognosis for splicing factor PRPF8 retinitis pigmentosa, novel mutations and correlation between human and yeast phenotypes. Human Mutation. 31(5). E1361–E1376. 30 indexed citations
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Abdollahi, Mohammad Reza, Ewan E. Morrison, Tamara Sirey, et al.. (2009). Mutation of the Variant α-Tubulin TUBA8 Results in Polymicrogyria with Optic Nerve Hypoplasia. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 85(5). 737–744. 122 indexed citations
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Anand, Seema, Eamonn Sheridan, Chris F. Inglehearn, et al.. (2009). MACULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATED WITH THE ARG172TRP SUBSTITUTION IN PERIPHERIN/RDS. Retina. 29(5). 682–688. 4 indexed citations
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Nicholas, Adeline K., Eric A. Swanson, James J. Cox, et al.. (2008). The molecular landscape of ASPM mutations in primary microcephaly. Journal of Medical Genetics. 46(4). 249–253. 68 indexed citations
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Cossée, Mireille, Bénédicte Demeer, Patricia Blanchet, et al.. (2006). Exonic microdeletions in the X-linked PQBP1 gene in mentally retarded patients: a pathogenic mutation and in-frame deletions of uncertain effect. European Journal of Human Genetics. 14(4). 418–425. 19 indexed citations
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Cox, James J., Frank Reimann, Adeline K. Nicholas, et al.. (2006). An SCN9A channelopathy causes congenital inability to experience pain. Nature. 444(7121). 894–898. 1094 indexed citations breakdown →
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Woods, C. Geoffrey, James J. Cox, Kelly Springell, et al.. (2006). Quantification of Homozygosity in Consanguineous Individuals with Autosomal Recessive Disease. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 78(5). 889–896. 192 indexed citations
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Woods, C. Geoffrey, Sigmar Stricker, Petra Seemann, et al.. (2006). Mutations in WNT7A Cause a Range of Limb Malformations, Including Fuhrmann Syndrome and Al-Awadi/Raas-Rothschild/Schinzel Phocomelia Syndrome. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 79(2). 402–408. 116 indexed citations
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Hampshire, Daniel J., Muhammad Ayub, Kelly Springell, et al.. (2006). MORM syndrome (mental retardation, truncal obesity, retinal dystrophy and micropenis), a new autosomal recessive disorder, links to 9q34. European Journal of Human Genetics. 14(5). 543–548. 52 indexed citations
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Chandler, Kate, Karl Rakshi, Kelly Springell, et al.. (2005). Leucodysplasia, microcephaly, cerebral malformation (LMC): a novel recessive disorder linked to 2p16. Brain. 129(1). 272–277. 6 indexed citations
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Bond, Jacquelyn, Emma Roberts, Kelly Springell, et al.. (2005). A centrosomal mechanism involving CDK5RAP2 and CENPJ controls brain size. Nature Genetics. 37(4). 353–355. 423 indexed citations
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Bond, Jacquelyn, Daniel J. Hampshire, Kelly Springell, et al.. (2003). Protein-Truncating Mutations in ASPM Cause Variable Reduction in Brain Size. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 73(5). 1170–1177. 133 indexed citations
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Bond, Jacquelyn, Emma Roberts, Ganeshwaran H. Mochida, et al.. (2002). ASPM is a major determinant of cerebral cortical size. Nature Genetics. 32(2). 316–320. 420 indexed citations

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