Melissa Lees

7.9k total citations
37 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Melissa Lees is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Melissa Lees has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Genetics, 16 papers in Molecular Biology and 8 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Melissa Lees's work include Cleft Lip and Palate Research (11 papers), Craniofacial Disorders and Treatments (8 papers) and Congenital Ear and Nasal Anomalies (8 papers). Melissa Lees is often cited by papers focused on Cleft Lip and Palate Research (11 papers), Craniofacial Disorders and Treatments (8 papers) and Congenital Ear and Nasal Anomalies (8 papers). Melissa Lees collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Netherlands. Melissa Lees's co-authors include R M Winter, Natalie J. Prescott, S Malcolm, Robin M. Winter, Brian C. Sommerlad, Lyn S. Chitty, Debbie Sell, Malcolm Birch, Howard M. Saal and Adrian Barnett and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, The American Journal of Human Genetics and PLoS Genetics.

In The Last Decade

Melissa Lees

35 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Melissa Lees United Kingdom 20 673 511 164 154 140 37 1.1k
Jan M. Cobben Netherlands 20 613 0.9× 360 0.7× 167 1.0× 234 1.5× 110 0.8× 42 1.1k
Sabine Sigaudy France 21 535 0.8× 629 1.2× 217 1.3× 205 1.3× 215 1.5× 70 1.3k
Lilian Bomme Ousager Denmark 17 420 0.6× 428 0.8× 114 0.7× 186 1.2× 157 1.1× 57 1.1k
Luitgard M. Neumann Germany 20 1.0k 1.5× 708 1.4× 110 0.7× 207 1.3× 208 1.5× 46 1.7k
Ann Haskins Olney United States 19 716 1.1× 842 1.6× 93 0.6× 169 1.1× 142 1.0× 43 1.4k
Louise Brueton United Kingdom 24 604 0.9× 908 1.8× 198 1.2× 154 1.0× 75 0.5× 34 1.5k
Víctor Martínez‐Glez Spain 22 813 1.2× 603 1.2× 119 0.7× 155 1.0× 87 0.6× 61 1.4k
Nara Sobreira United States 19 671 1.0× 690 1.4× 60 0.4× 113 0.7× 103 0.7× 61 1.3k
Louise C. Wilson United Kingdom 20 638 0.9× 629 1.2× 122 0.7× 178 1.2× 88 0.6× 46 1.2k
Jean‐Pierre Fryns Belgium 18 635 0.9× 664 1.3× 101 0.6× 249 1.6× 104 0.7× 72 1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Melissa Lees

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Fields of papers citing papers by Melissa Lees

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Melissa Lees

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wai, Htoo A., Tessy Thomas, David J. Bunyan, et al.. (2022). A systematic analysis of splicing variants identifies new diagnoses in the 100,000 Genomes Project. Genome Medicine. 14(1). 79–79. 20 indexed citations
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Sommerlad, Brian C., et al.. (2019). Familial Absent Uvula With Velopharyngeal Incompetence—A New Syndrome?. The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal. 57(4). 514–519. 1 indexed citations
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Gomes, Larissa Garcia, Marina Cunha-Silva, Carolina Ramos, et al.. (2018). DLK1 Is a Novel Link Between Reproduction and Metabolism. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 104(6). 2112–2120. 91 indexed citations
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Munye, Mustafa M., Anna Dı́az-Font, Louise Ocaka, et al.. (2017). COLEC10 is mutated in 3MC patients and regulates early craniofacial development. PLoS Genetics. 13(3). e1006679–e1006679. 60 indexed citations
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Athanasakis, Emmanouil, Sophie Dahoun, Ambroise Wonkam, et al.. (2013). Complex rearrangement of the exon 6 genomic region among Opitz G/BBB Syndrome MID1 alterations. European Journal of Medical Genetics. 56(8). 404–410. 7 indexed citations
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Ghassibe‐Sabbagh, Michella, Nicole Revençu, Odile Boute, et al.. (2012). IRF6 Screening of Syndromic and a priori Non-Syndromic Cleft Lip and Palate Patients: Identification of a New Type of Minor VWS Sign. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 59. 1 indexed citations
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Pauws, Erwin, et al.. (2012). Investigation of SUMO pathway genes in the etiology of nonsyndromic cleft lip with or without cleft palate. Birth Defects Research Part A Clinical and Molecular Teratology. 94(6). 459–463. 5 indexed citations
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Scurr, Ingrid, Louise C. Wilson, Melissa Lees, et al.. (2011). Cantú syndrome: Report of nine new cases and expansion of the clinical phenotype. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. 155(3). 508–518. 54 indexed citations
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Robb, S., Caroline A. Sewry, James J. Dowling, et al.. (2011). Impaired neuromuscular transmission and response to acetylcholinesterase inhibitors in centronuclear myopathies. Neuromuscular Disorders. 21(6). 379–386. 80 indexed citations
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Kenny, Janna, Melissa Lees, Susan Drury, et al.. (2011). Sotos syndrome, infantile hypercalcemia, and nephrocalcinosis: a contiguous gene syndrome. Pediatric Nephrology. 26(8). 1331–1334. 24 indexed citations
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Twigg, Stephen R.F., Sarah L. Versnel, Gudrun Nürnberg, et al.. (2009). Frontorhiny, a Distinctive Presentation of Frontonasal Dysplasia Caused by Recessive Mutations in the ALX3 Homeobox Gene. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 84(5). 698–705. 93 indexed citations
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Lacaille, Florence, et al.. (2008). Congenital bile duct anomalies (biliary atresia) and chromosome 22 aneuploidy. Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 43(9). 1736–1740. 31 indexed citations
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Lees, Melissa, et al.. (2006). Midline cleft lip and nasal dermoids over five generations: a distinct entity or autosomal dominant Pai syndrome?. Clinical Dysmorphology. 15(3). 155–159. 13 indexed citations
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Turnbull, Clare, Melissa Lees, & Lyn S. Chitty. (2006). Prenatal sonographic diagnosis of Malpuech syndrome. Prenatal Diagnosis. 26(12). 1121–1123. 2 indexed citations
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Feenstra, Ilse, Jiayi Fang, David A. Koolen, et al.. (2005). European Cytogeneticists Association Register of Unbalanced Chromosome Aberrations (ECARUCA); an online database for rare chromosome abnormalities. European Journal of Medical Genetics. 49(4). 279–291. 59 indexed citations
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Baralle, Diana, Kamini Kalidas, Frances Elmslie, et al.. (2003). Different mutations in theNF1gene are associated with Neurofibromatosis–Noonan syndrome (NFNS). American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. 119A(1). 1–8. 46 indexed citations
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Vries, Bert B.A. de, Melissa Lees, Samantha J.L. Knight, et al.. (2001). Submicroscopic 8pter deletion, mild mental retardation, and behavioral problems caused by a familial t(8;20)(p23;p13). American Journal of Medical Genetics. 99(4). 314–319. 18 indexed citations
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Prescott, Natalie J., Melissa Lees, R M Winter, & S Malcolm. (2000). Identification of susceptibility loci for nonsyndromic cleft lip with or without cleft palate in a two stage genome scan of affected sib-pairs. Human Genetics. 106(3). 345–350. 112 indexed citations
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Lees, Melissa, David Taylor, David J. Atherton, & William Reardon. (2000). Oculo-ectodermal syndrome: Report of two further cases. American Journal of Medical Genetics. 91(5). 391–395. 17 indexed citations
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Lees, Melissa, P R Hodgkins, William Reardon, et al.. (1998). Frontonasal dysplasia with optic disc anomalies and other midline craniofacial defects: a report of six cases. Clinical Dysmorphology. 7(3). 157–162. 26 indexed citations

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