Linda McCardle

4.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
19 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Linda McCardle is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Neurology and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Linda McCardle has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Neurology and 4 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Linda McCardle's work include Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding (18 papers), Neurological diseases and metabolism (7 papers) and Alcoholism and Thiamine Deficiency (4 papers). Linda McCardle is often cited by papers focused on Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding (18 papers), Neurological diseases and metabolism (7 papers) and Alcoholism and Thiamine Deficiency (4 papers). Linda McCardle collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Poland. Linda McCardle's co-authors include James W. Ironside, Robert Will, Simon Cousens, D. Drummond, Christopher J. Bostock, I. McConnell, M. E. Bruce, Christopher R. Birkett, A. Chree and Jayne C. Hope and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Annals of Neurology and American Journal Of Pathology.

In The Last Decade

Linda McCardle

19 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

Transmissions to mice indicate that ‘new variant’ CJD is ... 1997 2026 2006 2016 1997 400 800 1.2k
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. Transmissions to mice indicate that ‘new variant’ CJD is caused by the BSE agent
    1997 1.5k citations M. E. Bruce, Robert Will 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
Linda McCardle United Kingdom 17 2.9k 1.2k 689 211 131 19 3.0k
A. Chree United Kingdom 7 2.1k 0.7× 989 0.8× 604 0.9× 91 0.4× 57 0.4× 8 2.2k
H. Diringer Germany 26 2.8k 1.0× 1.3k 1.0× 1.3k 1.8× 193 0.9× 168 1.3× 56 3.0k
Richard F. Marsh United States 29 3.0k 1.0× 1.5k 1.2× 1.3k 1.8× 139 0.7× 181 1.4× 66 3.3k
D. Drummond United Kingdom 7 1.5k 0.5× 660 0.5× 436 0.6× 60 0.3× 44 0.3× 9 1.6k
G. A. H. Wells United Kingdom 23 1.7k 0.6× 1.0k 0.8× 544 0.8× 59 0.3× 28 0.2× 41 1.9k
Fiona Houston United Kingdom 18 1.3k 0.5× 502 0.4× 488 0.7× 44 0.2× 43 0.3× 34 1.4k
Marion M. Simmons United Kingdom 22 1.5k 0.5× 750 0.6× 548 0.8× 31 0.1× 43 0.3× 74 1.6k
G.C. Millson United States 21 1.2k 0.4× 327 0.3× 498 0.7× 57 0.3× 78 0.6× 47 1.4k
Karim Tarik Adjou France 19 835 0.3× 422 0.3× 335 0.5× 65 0.3× 117 0.9× 42 1.1k
Nathaniel D. Denkers United States 19 852 0.3× 183 0.1× 140 0.2× 27 0.1× 40 0.3× 27 1.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Linda McCardle

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Linda McCardle

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All Works

19 of 19 papers shown
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Gill, O Nöel, Y. I. Spencer, Angela Richard-Loendt, et al.. (2020). Prevalence in Britain of abnormal prion protein in human appendices before and after exposure to the cattle BSE epizootic. Acta Neuropathologica. 139(6). 965–976. 23 indexed citations
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Peden, Alexander, Linda McCardle, Mark Head, et al.. (2010). Variant CJD infection in the spleen of a neurologically asymptomatic UK adult patient with haemophilia. Haemophilia. 16(2). 296–304. 175 indexed citations
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Clewley, Jonathan P., Catherine M. Kelly, Nick Andrews, et al.. (2009). Prevalence of disease related prion protein in anonymous tonsil specimens in Britain: cross sectional opportunistic survey. BMJ. 338(may21 2). b1442–b1442. 68 indexed citations
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Ironside, James W., Matthew Bishop, Doha Hegazy, et al.. (2006). Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: prion protein genotype analysis of positive appendix tissue samples from a retrospective prevalence study. BMJ. 332(7551). 1186–1188. 107 indexed citations
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Hilton, David A., Mark Penney, P. G. Edwards, et al.. (2004). Specificity of lymphoreticular accumulation of prion protein for variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease. Journal of Clinical Pathology. 57(3). 300–302. 51 indexed citations
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Head, Mark, Diane Ritchie, William H. Nailon, et al.. (2004). Peripheral Tissue Involvement in Sporadic, Iatrogenic, and Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease. American Journal Of Pathology. 164(1). 143–153. 133 indexed citations
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Hilton, David A., Azra C. Ghani, P. G. Edwards, et al.. (2004). Prevalence of lymphoreticular prion protein accumulation in UK tissue samples. The Journal of Pathology. 203(3). 733–739. 293 indexed citations
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Head, Mark, Tristan Bunn, Matthew Bishop, et al.. (2004). Prion protein heterogeneity in sporadic but not variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease: U.K. cases 1991–2002. Annals of Neurology. 55(6). 851–859. 112 indexed citations
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Head, Mark, Diane Ritchie, Linda McCardle, et al.. (2003). Prion Protein Accumulation in Eyes of Patients with Sporadic and Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 44(1). 342–342. 74 indexed citations
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Ironside, James W., et al.. (2002). Pathological diagnosis of variant Creutzfeldt‐Jakob disease. Apmis. 110(1). 79–87. 57 indexed citations
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Kovács, Gábor G., Mark Head, Ivan Hegyi, et al.. (2002). Immunohistochemistry for the Prion Protein: Comparison of Different Monoclonal Antibodies in Human Prion Disease Subtypes. Brain Pathology. 12(1). 1–11. 86 indexed citations
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Liberski, Paweł P., et al.. (2000). Ultrastructural analysis of the florid plaque in variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.. PubMed. 38(4). 167–70. 12 indexed citations
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Ironside, James W., Mark Head, J. E. Bell, Linda McCardle, & Robert Will. (2000). Laboratory diagnosis of variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease. Histopathology. 37(1). 1–9. 116 indexed citations
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Richard, M., et al.. (1999). Protection of personnel and environment against Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in pathology laboratories.. PubMed. 47(3-4). 192–200. 10 indexed citations
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Bruce, M. E., Robert Will, James W. Ironside, et al.. (1997). Transmissions to mice indicate that ‘new variant’ CJD is caused by the BSE agent. Nature. 389(6650). 498–501. 1485 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bell, Jeanne E., Steve Gentleman, James W. Ironside, et al.. (1997). Prion protein immunocytochemistry – UK five centre consensus report. Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology. 23(1). 26–35. 98 indexed citations
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Ironside, James W., J. E. Bell, Linda McCardle, et al.. (1996). . Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. 61(1). 523–530. 50 indexed citations
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Silva, Rajith de, James W. Ironside, Linda McCardle, et al.. (1994). Neuropathological phenotype and ‘prion protein’ genotype correlation in sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Neuroscience Letters. 179(1-2). 50–52. 28 indexed citations
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Ironside, James W., et al.. (1993). Ubiquitin immunocytochemistry in human spongiform encephalopathies. Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology. 19(2). 134–140. 41 indexed citations

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