Richard A. Spritz

19.6k citations

210 papers · 12.5k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 63

Co-authors: Lutz B. Giebel Pamela R. Fain Dorothy C. Bennett Kathleen M. Strunk Vicky L. van Santen Vincent J. Hearing Ying Jin Katherine Gowan
Topics: melanin and skin pigmentation (104 papers)Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques (56 papers)RNA regulation and disease (37 papers)
Cited by: Cell Biology Nutrition and Dietetics Sensory Systems
Journals: Science New England Journal of Medicine Cell
Partner nations: United States Canada United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

Richard A. Spritz

207 papers receiving 12.0k citations

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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.

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, Naoki Oiso et al. profile →
The Structure and Evolution of the Human /?-Globin Gene Family

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

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	A 3D Clinical Face Phenotype Space of Genetic Syndromes Using a Triplet-Based Singular Geometric Autoencoder 2024 ·IEEE Access ·(unknown),(unknown),Harold Matthews,(unknown),(unknown),Meng Yuan,Giorgos Bouritsas,Gareth Baynam,Peter Hammond,Richard A. Spritz,Ophir D. Klein,Michael M. Bronstein,Benedikt Hallgrímsson,Hilde Peeters,Peter Claes	0
2	A Deep Invertible 3-D Facial Shape Model for Interpretable Genetic Syndrome Diagnosis 2022 ·IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics ·Jordan J. Bannister,Matthias Wilms,J. David Aponte,David C. Katz,Ophir D. Klein,François P. Bernier,Richard A. Spritz,Benedikt Hallgrímsson,Nils D. Forkert	11
3	Refining nosology by modelling variation among facial phenotypes: the RASopathies 2022 ·Journal of Medical Genetics ·Harold Matthews,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Michael A. Patton,Peter Hammond,Gareth Baynam,Richard A. Spritz,Ophir D. Klein,Benedikt Hallgrímsson,Hilde Peeters,Peter Claes	2
4	Fully Automatic Landmarking of Syndromic 3D Facial Surface Scans Using 2D Images 2020 ·Sensors ·Jordan J. Bannister,(unknown),J. David Aponte,David C. Katz,Matthias Wilms,Ophir D. Klein,François P. Bernier,Richard A. Spritz,Benedikt Hallgrímsson,Nils D. Forkert	19
5	Rapid automated landmarking for morphometric analysis of three‐dimensional facial scans 2017 ·Journal of Anatomy ·Li Mao,Joanne B. Cole,Mange Manyama,Jacinda R. Larson,Denise K. Liberton,Sheri L. Riccardi,Tracey M. Ferrara,Stephanie A. Santorico,Jordan J. Bannister,Nils D. Forkert,Richard A. Spritz,Washington Mio,Benedikt Hallgrímsson	26
6	MHC class II super-enhancer increases surface expression of HLA-DR and HLA-DQ and affects cytokine production in autoimmune vitiligo 2016 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Giulio Cavalli,Masahiro Hayashi,Ying Jin,Daniel Yorgov,Stephanie A. Santorico,Cherie L. Holcomb,(unknown),(unknown),Isak W. Tengesdal,Lorenzo Dagna,C. Preston Neff,Brent E. Palmer,Richard A. Spritz,Charles A. Dinarello	72
7	Autoimmune vitiligo is associated with gain-of-function by a transcriptional regulator that elevates expression of HLA-A02:01* in vivo 2016 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Masahiro Hayashi,Ying Jin,Daniel Yorgov,Stephanie A. Santorico,James Hagman,Tracey M. Ferrara,Kenneth L. Jones,Giulio Cavalli,Charles A. Dinarello,Richard A. Spritz	43
8	The FaceBase Consortium: A comprehensive resource for craniofacial researchers 2016 ·Development ·James F. Brinkley,Shannon Fisher,Matthew P. Harris,Greg Holmes,Joan E. Hooper,Ethylin Wang Jabs,Kenneth L. Jones,Carl Kesselman,Ophir D. Klein,Richard L. Maas,Mary L. Marazita,Licia Selleri,Richard A. Spritz,Harm van Bakel,Axel Visel,Trevor Williams,Joanna Wysocka,Yang Chai	41
9	Facial morphometrics of children with non-syndromic orofacial clefts in Tanzania 2014 ·BMC Oral Health ·Mange Manyama,Jacinda R. Larson,Denise K. Liberton,Campbell Rolian,Francis J. Smith,(unknown),Japhet M Gilyoma,Ken Lukowiak,Richard A. Spritz,Benedikt Hallgrímsson	15
10	The Genetics of Vitiligo 2011 ·Journal of Investigative Dermatology ·Richard A. Spritz	33
11	Mutation Analysis of the PVRL1 Gene in Caucasians with Nonsyndromic Cleft Lip/Palate 2009 ·Genetic Testing and Molecular Biomarkers ·Mehmet A. Sözen,Jacqueline T. Hecht,Richard A. Spritz	14
12	Spatial and Temporal Analysis of Gene Expression during Growth and Fusion of the Mouse Facial Prominences 2009 ·PLoS ONE ·Weiguo Feng,Sonia M. Leach,Hannah Tipney,Tzulip Phang,Mark W. Geraci,Richard A. Spritz,Lawrence Hunter,Trevor Williams	50
13	Comprehensive Analysis of Oculocutaneous Albinism among Non-Hispanic Caucasians Shows that OCA1 Is the Most Prevalent OCA Type 2008 ·Journal of Investigative Dermatology ·(unknown),Richard A. Spritz	88
14	High Frequency of Hermansky–Pudlak Syndrome Type 1 (HPS1) Among Japanese Albinism Patients and Functional Analysis of HPS1 Mutant Protein 2005 ·Journal of Investigative Dermatology ·Shiro Ito,Tamio Suzuki,Katsuhiko Inagaki,Noriyuki Suzuki,Kenji Takamori,Tomoko Yamada,Mitsuru Nakazawa,(unknown),Hirotsugu Takiwaki,(unknown),Richard A. Spritz,Yasushi Tomita	39
15	The Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome 1 (HPS1) and HPS4 Proteins Are Components of Two Complexes, BLOC-3 and BLOC-4, Involved in the Biogenesis of Lysosome-related Organelles 2003 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·(unknown),Naoki Oiso,Rashi Gautam,Tamio Suzuki,Richard T. Swank,Richard A. Spritz	84
16	Multi-organellar disorders of pigmentation: intracellular traffic jams in mammals, flies and yeast 1999 ·Trends in Genetics ·Richard A. Spritz,(unknown)	38
17	Apparent Digenic Inheritance of Waardenburg Syndrome Type 2 (WS2) and Autosomal Recessive Ocular Albinism (AROA) 1997 ·Human Molecular Genetics ·Robert J. Morell,Richard A. Spritz,(unknown),(unknown),Wei Guo,Thomas B. Friedman,James H. Asher	68
18	Reply to Fleischman 1992 ·The American Journal of Human Genetics ·Richard A. Spritz,Lutz B. Giebel,Stuart A. Holmes	1
19	RFLP for TaqI at the human tyrosinase locus 1988 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·Richard A. Spritz,Kathleen M. Strunk,William S. Oetting,Richard A. King	17
20	Gene dosage effect: intraband mapping of human soluble glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase 1979 ·Cytogenetic and Genome Research ·Richard A. Spritz,Beverly S. Emanuel,C.J. Chern,William J. Mellman	5

About Richard A. Spritz

Richard A. Spritz is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Nutrition and Dietetics and Immunology, having authored 210 papers that have together received 12.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include melanin and skin pigmentation (104 papers), Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques (56 papers) and RNA regulation and disease (37 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Cell Biology (6.4k citations), Nutrition and Dietetics (3.0k citations) and Sensory Systems (842 citations). Richard A. Spritz has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Lutz B. Giebel, Pamela R. Fain, Dorothy C. Bennett, Kathleen M. Strunk, Vicky L. van Santen, Vincent J. Hearing, Ying Jin, Katherine Gowan, Greggory S. LaBerge and Asem Alkhateeb. Their work appears in journals such as Science, New England Journal of Medicine and Cell.

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