Philip L. Townes

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
65 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Philip L. Townes is a scholar working on Genetics, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Philip L. Townes has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Genetics, 22 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 20 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Philip L. Townes's work include Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities (10 papers), Neonatal Health and Biochemistry (9 papers) and Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics (9 papers). Philip L. Townes is often cited by papers focused on Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities (10 papers), Neonatal Health and Biochemistry (9 papers) and Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics (9 papers). Philip L. Townes collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Africa and Italy. Philip L. Townes's co-authors include Johannes Holtfreter, I. Michael Samloff, James Manning, Gerald Miller, Frederick Hecht, Thomas W. Griffin, Frank R. Reale, Suzanne Graham, Arthur E. Bogdén and Martin Morrison and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, New England Journal of Medicine and JAMA.

In The Last Decade

Philip L. Townes

63 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

Directed movements and selective adhesion of embryonic am... 1955 2026 1978 2002 1955 200 400 600
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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. Directed movements and selective adhesion of embryonic amphibian cells
    1955 688 citations Philip L. Townes et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Philip L. Townes United States 23 915 584 354 351 257 65 2.2k
Richard Rodewald United States 19 1.3k 1.4× 255 0.4× 572 1.6× 293 0.8× 86 0.3× 20 2.7k
J Reimer Wolter United States 31 1.2k 1.3× 244 0.4× 179 0.5× 410 1.2× 104 0.4× 370 4.8k
Donald F. Patterson United States 38 1.7k 1.8× 1.2k 2.1× 325 0.9× 369 1.1× 95 0.4× 99 3.8k
Brigid Hogan United States 4 2.9k 3.2× 1.4k 2.5× 318 0.9× 360 1.0× 201 0.8× 5 4.2k
Susan Lindsay United Kingdom 37 2.7k 2.9× 1.3k 2.1× 332 0.9× 503 1.4× 296 1.2× 108 4.2k
Sarah A. Luse United States 28 570 0.6× 163 0.3× 257 0.7× 374 1.1× 132 0.5× 63 2.6k
Roy D. Schmickel United States 28 2.4k 2.6× 1.1k 1.9× 161 0.5× 224 0.6× 315 1.2× 50 3.4k
Takuro MURAKAMI Japan 32 1.1k 1.2× 315 0.5× 735 2.1× 870 2.5× 105 0.4× 161 3.6k
Brenda J. Tripathi United States 34 1.3k 1.4× 315 0.5× 500 1.4× 206 0.6× 76 0.3× 103 4.4k
Roberts Rugh United States 20 776 0.8× 369 0.6× 119 0.3× 115 0.3× 366 1.4× 117 2.4k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

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Bassi, Maria Teresa, Raj Ramesar, Ingrid Winship, et al.. (1999). X-Linked Late-Onset Sensorineural Deafness Caused by a Deletion Involving OA1 and a Novel Gene Containing WD-40 Repeats. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 64(6). 1604–1616. 82 indexed citations
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Shen, Qichang, Philip L. Townes, Carolyn Padden, & Peter E. Newburger. (1994). An In-Frame Trinucleotide Repeat in the Coding Region of the Human Cellular Glutathione Peroxidase (GPX1) Gene: In Vivo Polymorphism and in Vitro Instability. Genomics. 23(1). 292–294. 18 indexed citations
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Townes, Philip L., et al.. (1988). XK aprosencephaly and anencephaly in sibs. American Journal of Medical Genetics. 29(3). 523–528. 17 indexed citations
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Townes, Philip L.. (1976). Ectopia Lentis et Pupillae. Archives of Ophthalmology. 94(7). 1126–1128. 16 indexed citations
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Townes, Philip L.. (1975). Double Aneuploidy. American journal of diseases of children. 129(9). 1062–1062. 20 indexed citations
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Townes, Philip L., et al.. (1973). Physiologic deficiency of pancreatic amylase in infancy: A factor in iatrogenic diarrhea. The Journal of Pediatrics. 82(2). 279–282. 24 indexed citations
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Townes, Philip L., et al.. (1973). Norrie's Disease (Hereditary Oculo-Acoustic-Cerebral Degeneration). American Journal of Ophthalmology. 76(5). 797–803. 18 indexed citations
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Townes, Philip L., et al.. (1972). Hereditary syndrome of imperforate anus with hand, foot, and ear anomalies. The Journal of Pediatrics. 81(2). 321–326. 112 indexed citations
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Townes, Philip L. & Bernard T. Ferrari. (1972). Pepsinogen 7 as an indicator of neonatal maturity: Preliminary studies. The Journal of Pediatrics. 80(5). 809–814. 16 indexed citations
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Townes, Philip L.. (1969). Proteolytic and lipolytic deficiency of the exocrine pancreas. The Journal of Pediatrics. 75(2). 221–228. 26 indexed citations
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Townes, Philip L.. (1968). Latent aneuploidy in father and grandfather of doubly aneuploid child: Mongolism in a child with 48 chromosomes. The Journal of Pediatrics. 73(1). 97–100. 2 indexed citations
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Townes, Philip L.. (1965). Trypsinogen deficiency disease. The Journal of Pediatrics. 66(2). 275–285. 52 indexed citations
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Townes, Philip L., et al.. (1965). An XXYY variant of the Klinefelter syndrome in a prepubertal boy. The Journal of Pediatrics. 67(3). 410–414. 14 indexed citations
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Townes, Philip L.. (1965). Transplacentally acquired erythrodontia. The Journal of Pediatrics. 67(4). 600–602. 3 indexed citations
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Townes, Philip L.. (1965). D/E (13-15/17-18) Translocation. American journal of diseases of children. 110(6). 686–686. 10 indexed citations
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Townes, Philip L., et al.. (1964). Trisomy 17–18—an evaluation of preconceptional parental irradiation as a possible etiologic factor. The Journal of Pediatrics. 65(6). 870–879. 19 indexed citations
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Townes, Philip L., et al.. (1964). A probable G/G translocation trisomy. The Journal of Pediatrics. 65(3). 400–405. 5 indexed citations
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Townes, Philip L., et al.. (1963). Observations on the pathology of the trisomy 17–18 syndrome. The Journal of Pediatrics. 62(5). 703–709. 39 indexed citations
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Townes, Philip L., et al.. (1962). Trisomy 13–15 in a male infant. The Journal of Pediatrics. 60(4). 528–532. 55 indexed citations
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Townes, Philip L., et al.. (1962). Trisomy 18 (16–18) associated with congenital glaucoma and optic atrophy. The Journal of Pediatrics. 61(5). 755–758. 39 indexed citations

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