Neil Vargesson

4.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
68 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Neil Vargesson is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Hematology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Neil Vargesson has authored 68 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 52 papers in Molecular Biology, 18 papers in Hematology and 18 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Neil Vargesson's work include Multiple Myeloma Research and Treatments (18 papers), Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (17 papers) and Protein Degradation and Inhibitors (16 papers). Neil Vargesson is often cited by papers focused on Multiple Myeloma Research and Treatments (18 papers), Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (17 papers) and Protein Degradation and Inhibitors (16 papers). Neil Vargesson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Neil Vargesson's co-authors include Lynda Erskine, Cheryll Tickle, Jonathan D. W. Clarke, William D. Figg, Ed Laufer, Julian Lewis, Erin R. Gardner, Cécile Crosnier, Linda Ariza‐McNaughton and Alastair Morrison and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Genetics and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Neil Vargesson

66 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Thalidomide‐induced teratogenesis: History and mechanisms

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Neil Vargesson United Kingdom	26	1.9k	430	408	368	207	68	2.9k
Kevin P. Williams United States	32	3.1k 1.6×	599 1.4×	454 1.1×	177 0.5×	204 1.0×	78	3.9k
Larry L. Deaven United States	33	3.3k 1.7×	1.1k 2.5×	347 0.9×	386 1.0×	177 0.9×	70	5.0k
Michael B. Gorin United States	40	3.0k 1.6×	781 1.8×	415 1.0×	97 0.3×	276 1.3×	147	5.5k
Toshihiro Takizawa Japan	35	2.2k 1.1×	331 0.8×	376 0.9×	74 0.2×	271 1.3×	142	3.9k
Margaret Fox United Kingdom	30	3.3k 1.7×	817 1.9×	216 0.5×	98 0.3×	147 0.7×	99	4.5k
Antony P. Jackson United Kingdom	34	2.2k 1.1×	225 0.5×	925 2.3×	122 0.3×	116 0.6×	102	3.5k
Park S. Gerald United States	34	1.8k 0.9×	1.2k 2.7×	321 0.8×	473 1.3×	162 0.8×	111	3.6k
Anne Slavotinek United States	38	2.4k 1.2×	2.4k 5.6×	336 0.8×	84 0.2×	1.0k 4.8×	205	4.8k
Michele D’Urso Italy	35	2.8k 1.4×	1.4k 3.3×	469 1.1×	130 0.4×	283 1.4×	100	4.2k
Laurie Jackson‐Grusby United States	27	5.0k 2.6×	1.5k 3.4×	172 0.4×	145 0.4×	311 1.5×	37	5.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Neil Vargesson

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Luo, Weiming, David Tweedie, Cindy H. Chau, et al.. (2025). Monoterpenoid fluorophthalimide IMiDs that lack human cereblon binding: synthesis and anti-proliferative, anti-angiogenic and anti-inflammatory activities. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 779. 152428–152428.

Murcia‐Belmonte, Verónica, Shokoofeh Shamsi, Sophie Shaw, et al.. (2025). Identification of lens-regulated genes driving anterior eye development. Developmental Biology. 520. 91–107. 1 indexed citations

Fraga, Lucas Rosa, et al.. (2025). Cereblon E3 ligase complex genes are expressed in tissues sensitive to thalidomide in chicken and zebrafish embryos but are unchanged following thalidomide exposure. Developmental Biology. 522. 156–170. 2 indexed citations

Glotfelty, Elliot J., Shih‐Chang Hsueh, David Tweedie, et al.. (2023). A New Generation of IMiDs as Treatments for Neuroinflammatory and Neurodegenerative Disorders. Biomolecules. 13(5). 747–747. 13 indexed citations

Peach, Megan L., Shaunna Beedie, Cindy H. Chau, et al.. (2020). Antiangiogenic Activity and in Silico Cereblon Binding Analysis of Novel Thalidomide Analogs. Molecules. 25(23). 5683–5683. 14 indexed citations

Vargesson, Neil. (2019). Positional Information—A concept underpinning our understanding of developmental biology. Developmental Dynamics. 249(3). 298–312. 10 indexed citations

Fraga, Lucas Rosa, et al.. (2018). The Primodos components Norethisterone acetate and Ethinyl estradiol induce developmental abnormalities in zebrafish embryos. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 2917–2917. 9 indexed citations

Hootnick, David R. & Neil Vargesson. (2018). The syndrome of proximal femur, fibula, and midline metatarsal long bone deficiencies. Birth Defects Research. 110(15). 1188–1193. 11 indexed citations

Collinson, J. Martin, Nils O. Lindström, Karen Wallace, et al.. (2018). The developmental and genetic basis of ‘clubfoot’ in the peroneal muscular atrophy mutant mouse. Development. 145(3). 13 indexed citations

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Luo, Weiming, David Tweedie, Shaunna Beedie, et al.. (2018). Design, synthesis and biological assessment of N-adamantyl, substituted adamantyl and noradamantyl phthalimidines for nitrite, TNF-α and angiogenesis inhibitory activities. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 26(8). 1547–1559. 16 indexed citations

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Hettmer, Simone, et al.. (2018). Analysis of the relationship between the KRAS G12V oncogene and the Hippo effector YAP1 in embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 15674–15674. 9 indexed citations

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Kuffová, Lucia, et al.. (2018). Limbal epithelial stem cell activity and corneal epithelial cell cycle parameters in adult and aging mice. Stem Cell Research. 33. 185–198. 37 indexed citations

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Thompson, Hannah, et al.. (2018). Lens-regulated retinoic acid signalling controls expansion of the developing eye. Development. 145(19). 19 indexed citations

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Fraga, Lucas Rosa, et al.. (2017). CPS49‐induced neurotoxicity does not cause limb patterning anomalies in developing chicken embryos. Journal of Anatomy. 232(4). 568–574. 6 indexed citations

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Erskine, Lynda, et al.. (2017). VEGF-A and neuropilin 1 (NRP1) shape axon projections in the developing CNS via dual roles in neurons and blood vessels. Development. 144(13). 2504–2516. 41 indexed citations

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Vargesson, Neil. (2013). Thalidomide Embryopathy: An Enigmatic Challenge. Aberdeen University Research Archive (Aberdeen University). 2013. 1–18. 41 indexed citations

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Erskine, Lynda, et al.. (2009). Thalidomide induces limb defects by preventing angiogenic outgrowth during early limb formation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(21). 8573–8578. 181 indexed citations

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Vargesson, Neil, et al.. (2001). Characterisation of Hoxa gene expression in the chick limb bud in response to FGF. Developmental Dynamics. 220(1). 87–90. 2 indexed citations

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Vargesson, Neil, et al.. (2001). Characterisation ofHoxa gene expression in the chick limb bud in response to FGF. Developmental Dynamics. 220(1). 87–90. 31 indexed citations

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Vargesson, Neil, et al.. (1997). Local origin of cells in FGF-4 - induced outgrowth of amputated chick wing bud stumps. The International Journal of Developmental Biology. 41(5). 747–750. 14 indexed citations

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