Rebecca Sims

25.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
51 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

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Rebecca Sims is a scholar working on Physiology, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Rebecca Sims has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Physiology, 22 papers in Molecular Biology and 19 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Rebecca Sims's work include Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (23 papers), Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (17 papers) and Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks (11 papers). Rebecca Sims is often cited by papers focused on Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (23 papers), Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (17 papers) and Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks (11 papers). Rebecca Sims collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Rebecca Sims's co-authors include Julie Williams, Matthew Hill, Valentina Escott‐Price, John Hardy, Ganna Leonenko, Michael O’Donovan, Paul Hollingworth, B. Paul Morgan, Michael J. Owen and Richard Abraham and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, The EMBO Journal and Nature Neuroscience.

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Rebecca Sims

50 papers receiving 1.5k citations

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The multiplex model of the genetics of Alzheimer’s disease

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Whole-exome sequencing analysis identifies risk genes for schizophrenia 2025 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown), Peter Holmans, Darren Cameron, Detelina Grozeva, Rebecca Sims, Julie Williams, Nicholas J. Bray, Michael J. Owen, Michael O’Donovan, James Walters, Elliott Rees	2
2	The Early‐Onset Alzheimer's Disease Whole‐Genome Sequencing Project: Study design and methodology 2023 ·Alzheimer s & Dementia ·(unknown), Temitope Ayodele, (unknown), (unknown), María Victoria Fernández, Joseph Bradley, Paul K. Crane, Clifton L. Dalgard, Amanda B Kuzma, (unknown), Rebecca Sims, Julie Williams, Michael L. Cuccaro, Margaret A. Pericak‐Vance, Richard Mayeux, Weixin Wang, Gerard D. Schellenberg, Carlos Cruchaga, Gary W. Beecham, Christiane Reitz	2
3	The synthetic TRPML1 agonist ML-SA1 rescues Alzheimer-related alterations of the endosomal-autophagic-lysosomal system 2023 ·Journal of Cell Science ·(unknown), (unknown), Emyr Lloyd‐Evans, (unknown), Nicholas D. Allen, John J. Mackrill, Karen E. Anderson, Phillip T. Hawkins, (unknown), Helen Waller‐Evans, Rebecca Sims, Barry Boland, Cora O’Neill	29
4	PIP2 depletion and altered endocytosis caused by expression of Alzheimer's disease‐protective variant PLCγ2 R522 2021 ·The EMBO Journal ·(unknown), Georgina Menzies, Tom J. Phillips, Michael Sasner, Harriet M. Williams, (unknown), Neil D. Evans, (unknown), Rebecca Sims, Gareth R. Howell, Emyr Lloyd‐Evans, Julie Williams, Nicholas D. Allen, Philip R. Taylor	23
5	The Impact of Complement Genes on the Risk of Late-Onset Alzheimer’s Disease 2021 ·Genes ·Sarah M. Carpanini, Janet Harwood, Emily Baker, Megan Torvell, Rebecca Sims, Julie Williams, B. Paul Morgan	19
6	Genetic risk for Alzheimer’s disease influences neuropathology via multiple biological pathways 2020 ·Brain Communications ·Eilís Hannon, Gemma Shireby, Keeley J. Brookes, Johannes Attems, Rebecca Sims, Nigel J. Cairns, Seth Love, Alan Thomas, Kevin Morgan, Paul T. Francis, Jonathan Mill	6
7	Genetic risk for alzheimer disease is distinct from genetic risk for amyloid deposition 2019 ·Annals of Neurology ·Ganna Leonenko, Maryam Shoai, Eftychia Bellou, Rebecca Sims, Julie Williams, John Hardy, Valentina Escott‐Price, (unknown)	67
8	Polygenic risk and hazard scores for Alzheimer's disease prediction 2019 ·Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology ·Ganna Leonenko, Rebecca Sims, Maryam Shoai, Aura Frizzati, Paola Bossù, Gianfranco Spalletta, Nick C. Fox, Julie Williams, John Hardy, Valentina Escott‐Price	62
9	Microglia – mediated immunity partly contributes to the genetic association between Alzheimer’s disease and hippocampal volume 2019 ·Brain Behavior and Immunity ·T. Lancaster, Matthew Hill, Rebecca Sims, Julie Williams	19
10	POLARIS: Polygenic LD‐adjusted risk score approach for set‐based analysis of GWAS data 2018 ·Genetic Epidemiology ·Emily Baker, Karl Michael Schmidt, Rebecca Sims, Michael O’Donovan, Julie Williams, Peter Holmans, Valentina Escott‐Price	18
11	Increased posterior default mode network activity and structural connectivity in young adult APOE-ε4 carriers: a multimodal imaging investigation 2018 ·Neurobiology of Aging ·Carl J. Hodgetts, Jonathan Shine, Huw D. Williams, Mark Postans, Rebecca Sims, Julie Williams, Andrew D. Lawrence, Kim S. Graham	29
12	Genetic risk for schizophrenia and psychosis in Alzheimer disease 2017 ·Molecular Psychiatry ·Mary Ann A. DeMichele‐Sweet, Elise A. Weamer, Lambertus Klei, (unknown), (unknown), Howard Seltman, Rebecca Sims, Tatiana Foroud, Isabel Hernández, Sonia Moreno–Grau, Lluís Tárraga, Merçé Boada, Agustı́n Ruiz, Julie Williams, Richard Mayeux, Oscar L. López, Etienne Sibille, M. Ilyas Kamboh, Bernie Devlin, Robert A. Sweet	48
13	Defining the Genetic Architecture of Alzheimer's Disease: Where Next? 2015 ·Neurodegenerative Diseases ·Rebecca Sims, Julie Williams	10
14	Polymorphisms in BACE2 may affect the age of onset Alzheimer's dementia in Down syndrome 2014 ·Neurobiology of Aging ·Kin Y. Mok, Emma L. Jones, (unknown), Denise Harold, Rebecca Sims, Julie Williams, Clive Ballard, John Hardy	30
15	Evidence that PICALM affects age at onset of Alzheimer's dementia in Down syndrome 2013 ·Neurobiology of Aging ·Emma L. Jones, Kin Y. Mok, (unknown), Denise Harold, Rebecca Sims, Julie Williams, Clive Ballard	37
16	P4‐106: Alzheimer's disease with agitation: A genome‐wide association study 2012 ·Alzheimer s & Dementia ·Jade Chapman, Rebecca Sims, Denise Harold, Amy Gerrish, Paul Hollingworth, Julie Williams	0
17	Evidence that variation in the oligodendrocyte lineage transcription factor 2 (OLIG2) gene is associated with psychosis in Alzheimer's disease 2009 ·Neuroscience Letters ·Rebecca Sims, Paul Hollingworth, Valentina Moskvina, Kimberley Dowzell, Michael O’Donovan, John Powell, Simon Lovestone, Carol Brayne, David C. Rubinsztein, Michael J. Owen, Julie Williams, Richard Abraham	24
18	Education, occupation and retirement age effects on the age of onset of Alzheimer's disease 2009 ·International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry ·Michelle K. Lupton, Daniel Ståhl, Nicola Archer, Catherine Foy, Michaela Poppe, Simon Lovestone, Paul Hollingworth, Julie Williams, (unknown), Kimberley Dowzell, Richard Abraham, Rebecca Sims, Carol Brayne, David C. Rubinsztein, Michael Gill, Brian Lawlor, Aoibhinn Lynch, John Powell	30
19	Katrina Kids! Helping Kids Exposed to Population-Wide Trauma. 2007 ·Teaching Exceptional Children ·William N. Bender, Rebecca Sims	2
20	Increased familial risk and genomewide significant linkage for Alzheimer's disease with psychosis 2007 ·American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B Neuropsychiatric Genetics ·Paul Hollingworth, Marian L. Hamshere, Peter Holmans, Michael O’Donovan, Rebecca Sims, John Powell, Simon Lovestone, A. Myers, Fabienne Wavrant DeVriéze, John Hardy, Alison Goate, Michael J. Owen, Julie Williams	32

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