Niall Armes

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Niall Armes is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Niall Armes has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 1 paper in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Niall Armes's work include Biosensors and Analytical Detection (4 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (4 papers) and TGF-β signaling in diseases (3 papers). Niall Armes is often cited by papers focused on Biosensors and Analytical Detection (4 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (4 papers) and TGF-β signaling in diseases (3 papers). Niall Armes collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Germany and United States. Niall Armes's co-authors include Olaf Piepenburg, Derek L. Stemple, Colin H. Williams, James C. Smith, C. Michael Jones, Dara A. Lehman, Lorraine Lillis, Mitra C. Singhal, David S. Boyle and Julie Overbaugh and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Molecular and Cellular Biology and Development.

In The Last Decade

Niall Armes

13 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

DNA Detection Using Recombination Proteins 2006 2026 2012 2019 2006 500 1000 1.5k
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. DNA Detection Using Recombination Proteins
    2006 1.8k citations Olaf Piepenburg, Colin H. Williams et al. PLoS Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Niall Armes United Kingdom 12 1.6k 1.4k 534 324 262 13 2.7k
Hidetoshi Kanda Japan 15 1.5k 0.9× 1.8k 1.3× 493 0.9× 323 1.0× 299 1.1× 26 2.9k
Olaf Piepenburg United Kingdom 17 1.9k 1.2× 2.0k 1.5× 852 1.6× 439 1.4× 428 1.6× 22 3.6k
T. HASE Japan 3 843 0.5× 1.1k 0.8× 282 0.5× 267 0.8× 228 0.9× 7 1.6k
Norihiro Tomita Japan 6 2.2k 1.4× 3.0k 2.1× 753 1.4× 584 1.8× 508 1.9× 8 4.3k
Eiichi Honda Japan 13 552 0.3× 697 0.5× 254 0.5× 223 0.7× 216 0.8× 36 1.3k
Wansika Kiatpathomchai Thailand 25 1.0k 0.6× 1.1k 0.8× 287 0.5× 111 0.3× 147 0.6× 72 2.0k
Hélène Ohayon France 23 1.3k 0.8× 229 0.2× 619 1.2× 198 0.6× 348 1.3× 33 3.8k
Doug E. Brackney United States 28 739 0.5× 402 0.3× 2.0k 3.8× 367 1.1× 211 0.8× 57 3.5k
Rana Daher Canada 9 423 0.3× 333 0.2× 163 0.3× 132 0.4× 119 0.5× 9 933
Mohammed A. Bakheit Germany 20 367 0.2× 369 0.3× 516 1.0× 89 0.3× 258 1.0× 57 1.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Niall Armes

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Fields of papers citing papers by Niall Armes

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Niall Armes

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Niall Armes. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Niall Armes 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 Niall Armes. Niall Armes 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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Powell, Michael, et al.. (2017). New Fpg probe chemistry for direct detection of recombinase polymerase amplification on lateral flow strips. Analytical Biochemistry. 543. 108–115. 27 indexed citations
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Boyle, David S., Dara A. Lehman, Lorraine Lillis, et al.. (2013). Rapid Detection of HIV-1 Proviral DNA for Early Infant Diagnosis Using Recombinase Polymerase Amplification. mBio. 4(2). 227 indexed citations
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Lutz, S., Patrick Weber, Bernd Faltin, et al.. (2010). Microfluidic lab-on-a-foil for nucleic acid analysis based on isothermal recombinase polymerase amplification (RPA). Lab on a Chip. 10(7). 887–887. 291 indexed citations
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Lutz, S., Patrick Weber, Bernd Faltin, et al.. (2009). Isothermal Polymerase Amplification in a Centrifugal Microfluidic Foil Cartridge. Procedia Chemistry. 1(1). 529–531. 3 indexed citations
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Piepenburg, Olaf, Colin H. Williams, Derek L. Stemple, & Niall Armes. (2006). DNA Detection Using Recombination Proteins. PLoS Biology. 4(7). e204–e204. 1821 indexed citations breakdown →
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Armes, Niall, et al.. (1999). A Short Loop on the ALK-2 and ALK-4 Activin Receptors Regulates Signaling Specificity but Cannot Account for All Their Effects on EarlyXenopus Development. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 274(12). 7929–7935. 11 indexed citations
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Armes, Niall, Jonathan Gilley, & Mike Fried. (1997). The Comparative Genomic Structure and Sequence of the Surfeit Gene Homologs in the Puffer Fish Fugu rubripes and their Association with CpG-Rich Islands. Genome Research. 7(12). 1138–1152. 25 indexed citations
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Smith, James C., Niall Armes, Frank L. Conlon, et al.. (1997). . Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. 62(1). 337–346. 13 indexed citations
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Jones, C. Michael, Niall Armes, & James C. Smith. (1996). Signalling by TGF-β family members: short-range effects of Xnr-2 and BMP-4 contrast with the long-range effects of activin. Current Biology. 6(11). 1468–1475. 122 indexed citations
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Armes, Niall & Mike Fried. (1996). Surfeit Locus Gene Homologs Are Widely Distributed in Invertebrate Genomes. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 16(10). 5591–5596. 11 indexed citations
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Armes, Niall & Mike Fried. (1995). The Genomic Organization of the Region Containing the Drosophila melanogaster rpL7a (Surf-3) Gene Differs from Those of the Mammalian and Avian Surfeit Loci. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 15(5). 2367–2373. 12 indexed citations
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