Richard A. Spritz

19.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
210 papers, 12.5k citations indexed

About

Richard A. Spritz is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Molecular Biology and Nutrition and Dietetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard A. Spritz has authored 210 papers receiving a total of 12.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 109 papers in Cell Biology, 94 papers in Molecular Biology and 58 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics. Recurrent topics in Richard A. Spritz's work include melanin and skin pigmentation (104 papers), Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques (56 papers) and RNA regulation and disease (37 papers). Richard A. Spritz is often cited by papers focused on melanin and skin pigmentation (104 papers), Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques (56 papers) and RNA regulation and disease (37 papers). Richard A. Spritz collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Richard A. Spritz's co-authors include Lutz B. Giebel, Pamela R. Fain, Dorothy C. Bennett, Kathleen M. Strunk, Vicky L. van Santen, Ying Jin, Vincent J. Hearing, Katherine Gowan, Greggory S. LaBerge and Asem Alkhateeb and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, New England Journal of Medicine and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Richard A. Spritz

207 papers receiving 12.0k 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.

Epidemiology of Vitiligo and Associated Autoimmune Diseases in Caucasian Probands and Their Families

2003 500 citations Richard A. Spritz et al. profile →
Revised classification/nomenclature of vitiligo and related issues: the Vitiligo Global Issues Consensus Conference

2012 457 citations Tamio Suzuki, Richard A. Spritz et al. profile →
The Structure and Evolution of the Human /?-Globin Gene Family

1980 253 citations Richard A. Spritz et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Richard A. Spritz United States	63	6.4k	5.5k	3.0k	3.0k	1.8k	210	12.5k
Nicholas K. Hayward Australia	70	3.0k 0.5×	9.4k 1.7×	1.9k 0.6×	557 0.2×	2.2k 1.2×	331	16.5k
David R. Beier United States	58	1.7k 0.3×	7.1k 1.3×	2.1k 0.7×	1.0k 0.3×	3.4k 1.8×	175	13.7k
Sachiko Tsukita Japan	70	5.2k 0.8×	10.0k 1.8×	1.2k 0.4×	397 0.1×	1.3k 0.7×	166	17.2k
Jennifer L. Stow Australia	63	4.4k 0.7×	6.2k 1.1×	2.1k 0.7×	436 0.1×	619 0.3×	174	10.6k
N.A. Jenkins United States	44	1.3k 0.2×	4.9k 0.9×	2.5k 0.8×	487 0.2×	1.3k 0.7×	115	9.5k
G.M. Lathrop United States	56	1.2k 0.2×	6.7k 1.2×	1.9k 0.6×	238 0.1×	7.1k 3.9×	235	16.2k
Masahiko Hibi Japan	64	2.9k 0.5×	13.1k 2.4×	5.7k 1.9×	286 0.1×	1.6k 0.9×	146	21.8k
Maaike van den Born Netherlands	33	1.9k 0.3×	12.2k 2.2×	1.7k 0.6×	605 0.2×	4.5k 2.5×	34	20.7k
Hugo J.G. Snippert Netherlands	37	1.8k 0.3×	8.6k 1.6×	1.4k 0.4×	492 0.2×	2.9k 1.6×	53	16.9k
Frans van Roy Belgium	70	3.8k 0.6×	15.2k 2.8×	1.6k 0.5×	275 0.1×	1.7k 1.0×	251	21.7k

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Matthews, Harold, Meng Yuan, Giorgos Bouritsas, et al.. (2024). A 3D Clinical Face Phenotype Space of Genetic Syndromes Using a Triplet-Based Singular Geometric Autoencoder. IEEE Access. 13. 7258–7272.

Yuan, Meng, Harold Matthews, Hanne Hoskens, et al.. (2024). Mapping genes for human face shape: Exploration of univariate phenotyping strategies. PLoS Computational Biology. 20(12). e1012617–e1012617.

Matthews, Harold, Michael A. Patton, Peter Hammond, et al.. (2022). Refining nosology by modelling variation among facial phenotypes: the RASopathies. Journal of Medical Genetics. 60(3). 285–293. 2 indexed citations

Bannister, Jordan J., Matthias Wilms, J. David Aponte, et al.. (2022). A Deep Invertible 3-D Facial Shape Model for Interpretable Genetic Syndrome Diagnosis. IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics. 26(7). 3229–3239. 11 indexed citations

Bannister, Jordan J., J. David Aponte, David C. Katz, et al.. (2020). Fully Automatic Landmarking of Syndromic 3D Facial Surface Scans Using 2D Images. Sensors. 20(11). 3171–3171. 19 indexed citations

Cole, Joanne B., Mange Manyama, Paula González, et al.. (2017). Facial shape manifestations of growth faltering in Tanzanian children. Journal of Anatomy. 232(2). 250–262. 4 indexed citations

Mao, Li, Joanne B. Cole, Mange Manyama, et al.. (2017). Rapid automated landmarking for morphometric analysis of three‐dimensional facial scans. Journal of Anatomy. 230(4). 607–618. 26 indexed citations

Hayashi, Masahiro, Ying Jin, Daniel Yorgov, et al.. (2016). Autoimmune vitiligo is associated with gain-of-function by a transcriptional regulator that elevates expression of HLA-A*02:01 in vivo. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(5). 1357–1362. 43 indexed citations

Cavalli, Giulio, Masahiro Hayashi, Ying Jin, et al.. (2016). MHC class II super-enhancer increases surface expression of HLA-DR and HLA-DQ and affects cytokine production in autoimmune vitiligo. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(5). 1363–1368. 72 indexed citations

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Brinkley, James F., Shannon Fisher, Matthew P. Harris, et al.. (2016). The FaceBase Consortium: A comprehensive resource for craniofacial researchers. Development. 143(14). 2677–88. 41 indexed citations

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Manyama, Mange, Jacinda R. Larson, Denise K. Liberton, et al.. (2014). Facial morphometrics of children with non-syndromic orofacial clefts in Tanzania. BMC Oral Health. 14(1). 93–93. 15 indexed citations

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Spritz, Richard A.. (2011). The Genetics of Vitiligo. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 131(E1). E18–E20. 33 indexed citations

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Sözen, Mehmet A., Jacqueline T. Hecht, & Richard A. Spritz. (2009). Mutation Analysis of the PVRL1 Gene in Caucasians with Nonsyndromic Cleft Lip/Palate. Genetic Testing and Molecular Biomarkers. 13(5). 617–621. 14 indexed citations

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Spritz, Richard A., et al.. (2008). Comprehensive Analysis of Oculocutaneous Albinism among Non-Hispanic Caucasians Shows that OCA1 Is the Most Prevalent OCA Type. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 128(10). 2442–2450. 88 indexed citations

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Ito, Shiro, Tamio Suzuki, Katsuhiko Inagaki, et al.. (2005). High Frequency of Hermansky–Pudlak Syndrome Type 1 (HPS1) Among Japanese Albinism Patients and Functional Analysis of HPS1 Mutant Protein. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 125(4). 715–720. 39 indexed citations

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Spritz, Richard A., et al.. (1999). Multi-organellar disorders of pigmentation: intracellular traffic jams in mammals, flies and yeast. Trends in Genetics. 15(9). 337–340. 38 indexed citations

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Morell, Robert J., et al.. (1997). Apparent Digenic Inheritance of Waardenburg Syndrome Type 2 (WS2) and Autosomal Recessive Ocular Albinism (AROA). Human Molecular Genetics. 6(5). 659–664. 68 indexed citations

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Spritz, Richard A., Lutz B. Giebel, & Stuart A. Holmes. (1992). Reply to Fleischman. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 51(3). 678. 1 indexed citations

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Spritz, Richard A., Kathleen M. Strunk, William S. Oetting, & Richard A. King. (1988). RFLP for TaqI at the human tyrosinase locus. Nucleic Acids Research. 16(20). 9890–9890. 17 indexed citations

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Spritz, Richard A., Beverly S. Emanuel, C.J. Chern, & William J. Mellman. (1979). Gene dosage effect: intraband mapping of human soluble glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase. Cytogenetic and Genome Research. 23(3). 149–156. 5 indexed citations

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