R S Sparkes

6.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
142 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

R S Sparkes is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, R S Sparkes has authored 142 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 73 papers in Molecular Biology, 65 papers in Genetics and 20 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in R S Sparkes's work include Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities (35 papers), Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics (16 papers) and Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (15 papers). R S Sparkes is often cited by papers focused on Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities (35 papers), Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics (16 papers) and Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (15 papers). R S Sparkes collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Japan. R S Sparkes's co-authors include T. Mohandas, Larry J. Shapiro, D.T. Arakaki, T. Mohandas, Aldons J. Lusis, M.C. Sparkes, Camilla Heinzmann, M. Anne Spence, Steve J. Funderburk and Ivana Klisak and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

R S Sparkes

140 papers receiving 4.7k citations

Hit Papers

Reactivation of an Inactive Human X Chromosome: Evidence ... 1981 2026 1996 2011 1981 100 200 300 400 500
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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. Reactivation of an Inactive Human X Chromosome: Evidence for X Inactivation by DNA Methylation
    1981 572 citations T. Mohandas, R S Sparkes et al. profile →

Peers

R S Sparkes
Helen J. Eyre Australia
Kirby D. Smith United States
Roger V. Lebo United States
Gail Stetten United States
T. Mohandas United States
Elizabeth Baker Australia
Mark Leppert United States
Batsheva Kerem Israel
Daniela Toniolo Italy
J. Weissenbach France
Helen J. Eyre Australia
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Citations per year, relative to R S Sparkes R S Sparkes (= 1×) peers Helen J. Eyre

Countries citing papers authored by R S Sparkes

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Fields of papers citing papers by R S Sparkes

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of R S Sparkes

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of R S Sparkes. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of R S Sparkes 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 R S Sparkes. R S Sparkes 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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Kierans, Sarah J., Raphael R. Fagundes, R S Sparkes, et al.. (2023). Hypoxia induces a glycolytic complex in intestinal epithelial cells independent of HIF-1-driven glycolytic gene expression. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(35). e2208117120–e2208117120. 24 indexed citations
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Delgado‐Escueta, Antonio V., Manyee Gee, José M. Serratosa, et al.. (1996). Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy in chromosome 6p12-p11: Locus heterogeneity and recombinations. American Journal of Medical Genetics. 63(3). 438–446. 54 indexed citations
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Noble, Ernest P., Sachiko T. St. Jeor, T. Ritchíe, et al.. (1994). D2 dopamine receptor gene and cigarette smoking: A reward gene?. Medical Hypotheses. 42(4). 257–260. 183 indexed citations
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Bateman, J. Bronwyn, Rita M. Cantor, Camilla Heinzmann, et al.. (1993). 2×0．30ST钢丝帘线的开发. PubMed Central. 30(7). 299–434. 3 indexed citations
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Xia, Yu, R S Sparkes, Ivana Klisak, et al.. (1992). Mapping of the gene for the cardiac sarcolemmal Na+Ca2+ exchanger to human chromosome 2p21–p23. Genomics. 12(3). 616–617. 19 indexed citations
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Bateman, J. Bronwyn, I Klisak, T. Mohandas, et al.. (1992). Assignment of the ?-subunit of rod photoreceptor cGMP phosphodiesterase gene PDEB (homolog of the mouse gene) to human chromosome 4p16. Genomics. 12(3). 601–603. 7 indexed citations
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Heinzmann, Camilla, et al.. (1991). Three polymorphisms detected b aretinal degeneration slow (rds)probe (RDS). Nucleic Acids Research. 19(19). 5446–5446. 2 indexed citations
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Shohat, Tami, Mordechai Shohat, Dolly B. Tyan, et al.. (1990). Familial Mediterranean Fever ‐ linkage studies with genetic markers on chromosome 6. Tissue Antigens. 36(3). 103–107. 4 indexed citations
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Neiswanger, Katherine, David R. Stanford, R S Sparkes, et al.. (1990). Assignment of the gene for the small nuclear ribonucleoprotein E (SNRPE) to human chromosome 1q25–q43. Genomics. 7(4). 503–508. 6 indexed citations
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Lusis, Aldons J., T B Rajavashisth, Ivana Klisak, et al.. (1990). Mapping of the gene for CNBP, a finger protein, to human chromosome 3q13.3–q24. Genomics. 8(2). 411–414. 11 indexed citations
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Sparkes, R S. (1989). Assignment of defensin gene(s) to human chromosome 8p23. Genomics. 5(2). 240–244. 61 indexed citations
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Pakstis, A.J., J.R. Kidd, Carmela M. Castiglione, R S Sparkes, & Kenneth K. Kídd. (1986). Close linkage of <i>MT2P1 </i>with <i>GC </i>on chromosome 4. Cytogenetic and Genome Research. 41(3). 189–190. 12 indexed citations
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Bass, Harold N., et al.. (1985). A family with three independent autosomal translocations associated with 7q32----7qter syndrome.. Journal of Medical Genetics. 22(1). 59–63. 34 indexed citations
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Crist, Michol, et al.. (1985). Glutamate Pyruvate Transaminase Null Allele (GPT°) in the Navajo. Human Heredity. 35(1). 59–61. 2 indexed citations
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Sparkes, R S, M. Anne Spence, Robert G. Gray, et al.. (1985). Genetic Linkage Analysis of the Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. Human Heredity. 35(5). 288–291. 9 indexed citations
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Sparkes, R S, L. Leigh Field, M.C. Sparkes, et al.. (1984). Genetic Linkage Studies of Transf errin, Pseudocholinesterase, and Chromosome 1 Loci. Human Heredity. 34(2). 96–100. 23 indexed citations
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Sparkes, R S, T. Mohandas, & M.C. Sparkes. (1983). The human phosphoserine phosphatase gene (<i>PSP</i>) is mapped to chromosome 7 by somatic cell genetic analysis. Cytogenetic and Genome Research. 35(1). 70–71. 1 indexed citations
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Mohandas, T., R S Sparkes, Merry Passage, et al.. (1980). Regional mapping of ADA and ITP on human chromosome 20: cytogenetic and somatic cell studies in an X/20 translocation. Cytogenetic and Genome Research. 26(1). 28–35. 32 indexed citations
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Mohandas, T., et al.. (1980). Assignment of <i>PGM3 </i>to the long arm of human chromosome 6. Cytogenetic and Genome Research. 28(1-2). 116–120. 16 indexed citations
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Sparkes, R S, et al.. (1978). Aconitase (E.C. 4.2.1.3) mitochondrial locus (<i>ACON<sub>M</sub></i>) mapped to human chromosome 22. Cytogenetic and Genome Research. 22(1-6). 226–227. 6 indexed citations

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