Neil Brockdorff

21.7k total citations · 8 hit papers
136 papers, 16.2k citations indexed

About

Neil Brockdorff is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Neil Brockdorff has authored 136 papers receiving a total of 16.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 117 papers in Molecular Biology, 77 papers in Genetics and 20 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Neil Brockdorff's work include Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities (61 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (46 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (39 papers). Neil Brockdorff is often cited by papers focused on Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities (61 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (46 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (39 papers). Neil Brockdorff collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Japan. Neil Brockdorff's co-authors include Tatyana B. Nesterova, Graham F. Kay, Sarah Cooper, Haruhiko Koseki, Steven A. Sheardown, Sohaila Rastan, Arie P. Otte, Tianyi Zhang, Dominic P. Norris and Jacqueline E. Mermoud and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Neil Brockdorff

132 papers receiving 16.0k citations

Hit Papers

Requirement for Xist in X chromosome inactivation 1991 2026 2002 2014 1996 1992 2004 2015 2014 250 500 750
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. Requirement for Xist in X chromosome inactivation
    1996 954 citations Graham F. Kay, Steven A. Sheardown et al. profile →
  2. The product of the mouse Xist gene is a 15 kb inactive X-specific transcript containing no conserved ORF and located in the nucleus
    1992 824 citations Neil Brockdorff, Alan Ashworth et al. Cell profile →
  3. Polycomb Group Proteins Ring1A/B Link Ubiquitylation of Histone H2A to Heritable Gene Silencing and X Inactivation
    2004 728 citations Tatyana B. Nesterova, Haruhiko Koseki et al. profile →
  4. The interplay of histone modifications – writers that read
    2015 577 citations Tianyi Zhang, Sarah Cooper et al. EMBO Reports profile →
  5. Variant PRC1 Complex-Dependent H2A Ubiquitylation Drives PRC2 Recruitment and Polycomb Domain Formation
    2014 553 citations Joanna F. McGouran, Sarah Cooper et al. Cell profile →
  6. Establishment of Histone H3 Methylation on the Inactive X Chromosome Requires Transient Recruitment of Eed-Enx1 Polycomb Group Complexes
    2003 529 citations Tatyana B. Nesterova, Neil Brockdorff et al. profile →
  7. Conservation of position and exclusive expression of mouse Xist from the inactive X chromosome
    1991 520 citations Neil Brockdorff, Alan Ashworth et al. profile →
  8. Reactivation of the Paternal X Chromosome in Early Mouse Embryos
    2004 428 citations Tatyana B. Nesterova, Neil Brockdorff et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Neil Brockdorff United Kingdom 61 14.3k 6.1k 3.5k 1.6k 667 136 16.2k
Jeannie T. Lee United States 70 17.0k 1.2× 6.3k 1.0× 8.0k 2.3× 1.9k 1.2× 785 1.2× 160 20.0k
Anton Wutz Switzerland 43 9.4k 0.7× 3.6k 0.6× 2.1k 0.6× 898 0.5× 482 0.7× 103 10.8k
Arie P. Otte Netherlands 60 16.5k 1.1× 3.8k 0.6× 2.7k 0.8× 949 0.6× 742 1.1× 98 18.3k
Kathrin Plath United States 60 19.1k 1.3× 3.9k 0.6× 2.3k 0.7× 1.0k 0.6× 875 1.3× 124 21.2k
Jeanne B. Lawrence United States 60 12.8k 0.9× 3.7k 0.6× 3.7k 1.1× 1.4k 0.9× 1.2k 1.8× 143 15.8k
Emily Bernstein United States 39 14.7k 1.0× 2.2k 0.4× 4.8k 1.4× 2.4k 1.4× 1.1k 1.6× 65 17.6k
Dónal O’Carroll United Kingdom 43 13.4k 0.9× 2.0k 0.3× 3.9k 1.1× 2.3k 1.4× 1.0k 1.5× 68 15.9k
David I. K. Martin United States 52 9.1k 0.6× 2.8k 0.4× 1.6k 0.5× 1.1k 0.7× 987 1.5× 94 11.5k
Douglas R. Higgs United Kingdom 83 13.1k 0.9× 5.4k 0.9× 1.4k 0.4× 1.9k 1.1× 696 1.0× 323 21.4k
Barbara J. Trask United States 53 6.9k 0.5× 4.6k 0.8× 1.0k 0.3× 2.7k 1.6× 742 1.1× 120 12.1k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wei, Guifeng, et al.. (2025). m6A and the NEXT complex direct Xist RNA turnover and X-inactivation dynamics. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 32(11). 2242–2251. 1 indexed citations
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Djeghloul, Dounia, Bhavik Anil Patel, Holger Kramer, et al.. (2025). Hbo1 and Msl complexes preserve differential compaction and H3K27me3 marking of active and inactive X chromosomes during mitosis. Nature Cell Biology. 27(9). 1482–1495.
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Bowness, Joseph S., Mafalda Almeida, Tatyana B. Nesterova, & Neil Brockdorff. (2024). YY1 binding is a gene-intrinsic barrier to Xist-mediated gene silencing. EMBO Reports. 25(5). 2258–2277. 3 indexed citations
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Wei, Guifeng, Mafalda Almeida, Greta Pintacuda, et al.. (2021). Acute depletion of METTL3 implicates N 6 -methyladenosine in alternative intron/exon inclusion in the nascent transcriptome. Genome Research. 31(8). 1395–1408. 47 indexed citations
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Coker, Heather, Roel Oldenkamp, Guifeng Wei, et al.. (2021). Time-resolved structured illumination microscopy reveals key principles of Xist RNA spreading. Science. 372(6547). 51 indexed citations
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Hirst, Claire, et al.. (2021). Prion-like domains drive CIZ1 assembly formation at the inactive X chromosome. The Journal of Cell Biology. 221(4). 10 indexed citations
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Wei, Guifeng, Neil Brockdorff, & Tianyi Zhang. (2020). The PWWP2A Histone Deacetylase Complex Represses Intragenic Spurious Transcription Initiation in mESCs. iScience. 23(11). 101741–101741. 9 indexed citations
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Nesterova, Tatyana B., Guifeng Wei, Heather Coker, et al.. (2019). Systematic allelic analysis defines the interplay of key pathways in X chromosome inactivation. Nature Communications. 10(1). 3129–3129. 100 indexed citations
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Coker, Heather, Guifeng Wei, & Neil Brockdorff. (2018). m6A modification of non-coding RNA and the control of mammalian gene expression. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Gene Regulatory Mechanisms. 1862(3). 310–318. 124 indexed citations
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Zhang, Tianyi, Guifeng Wei, Christopher J. Millard, et al.. (2018). A variant NuRD complex containing PWWP2A/B excludes MBD2/3 to regulate transcription at active genes. Nature Communications. 9(1). 3798–3798. 42 indexed citations
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Almeida, Mafalda, Greta Pintacuda, Osamu Masui, et al.. (2017). PCGF3/5–PRC1 initiates Polycomb recruitment in X chromosome inactivation. Science. 356(6342). 1081–1084. 198 indexed citations
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Godwin, Jonathan, Haruhiko Koseki, Michał R. Gdula, et al.. (2016). Functional analysis of AEBP2, a PRC2 Polycomb protein, reveals a Trithorax phenotype in embryonic development and in ESCs. Development. 143(15). 2716–2723. 75 indexed citations
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Cooper, Sarah, E. Underwood, Katia Ancelin, et al.. (2016). Jarid2 binds mono-ubiquitylated H2A lysine 119 to mediate crosstalk between Polycomb complexes PRC1 and PRC2. Nature Communications. 7(1). 13661–13661. 187 indexed citations
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Brockdorff, Neil. (2013). Noncoding RNA and Polycomb recruitment. RNA. 19(4). 429–442. 236 indexed citations
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Григорьева, Е. В., Alexander I. Shevchenko, N. A. Mazurok, et al.. (2009). FGF4 Independent Derivation of Trophoblast Stem Cells from the Common Vole. PLoS ONE. 4(9). e7161–e7161. 25 indexed citations
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Sheardown, Steven A., Sarah M. Duthie, Colette M. Johnston, et al.. (1997). Stabilization of Xist RNA Mediates Initiation of X Chromosome Inactivation. Cell. 91(1). 99–107. 207 indexed citations
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Thakker, Rajesh V., Neil Brockdorff, Graham F. Kay, C Wooding, & Sohaila Rastan. (1992). MOLECULAR GENETIC-ANALYSIS OF THE MOUSE X-LINKED HYPOPHOSPHATEMIA LOCUS BY USE OF AN INTERSPECIFIC BACKCROSS AND LINKING CLONES. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. 64. 189–189. 2 indexed citations
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Brockdorff, Neil, Alan Ashworth, Graham F. Kay, et al.. (1992). The product of the mouse Xist gene is a 15 kb inactive X-specific transcript containing no conserved ORF and located in the nucleus. Cell. 71(3). 515–526. 824 indexed citations breakdown →
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Norris, Dominic P., Neil Brockdorff, & Sohaila Rastan. (1991). Methylation status of CpG-rich islands on active and inactive mouse X chromosomes. Mammalian Genome. 1(2). 78–83. 96 indexed citations
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Fisher, Elizabeth, et al.. (1986). THE MOLECULAR MAPPING OF THE MOUSE X-CHROMOSOME. UCL Discovery (University College London).

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