Richard Hift

2.6k total citations
58 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Richard Hift is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Rheumatology and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard Hift has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Molecular Biology, 13 papers in Rheumatology and 12 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in Richard Hift's work include Porphyrin Metabolism and Disorders (33 papers), Heme Oxygenase-1 and Carbon Monoxide (24 papers) and Folate and B Vitamins Research (13 papers). Richard Hift is often cited by papers focused on Porphyrin Metabolism and Disorders (33 papers), Heme Oxygenase-1 and Carbon Monoxide (24 papers) and Folate and B Vitamins Research (13 papers). Richard Hift collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United Kingdom and Australia. Richard Hift's co-authors include Peter N. Meissner, P.N. Meissner, A. Anstey, George H. Elder, Anne V. Corrigall, Doreen Meissner, Ralph E. Kirsch, M.F.M. James, G.G. HARRISON and Mel Ziman and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Nature Genetics and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Richard Hift

56 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Richard Hift South Africa 23 1.1k 377 307 287 165 58 1.7k
Edgar J. Schoen United States 23 300 0.3× 511 1.4× 265 0.9× 117 0.4× 200 1.2× 60 1.5k
Andrew Cotterill Australia 30 673 0.6× 285 0.8× 45 0.1× 110 0.4× 143 0.9× 88 2.3k
Aris Antsaklis Greece 24 260 0.2× 334 0.9× 229 0.7× 105 0.4× 362 2.2× 104 1.6k
G Segni Italy 15 197 0.2× 168 0.4× 91 0.3× 87 0.3× 66 0.4× 55 802
Mei Zhong China 27 571 0.5× 635 1.7× 61 0.2× 83 0.3× 240 1.5× 116 2.2k
Banu Aygün United States 29 320 0.3× 644 1.7× 86 0.3× 69 0.2× 112 0.7× 114 2.8k
Gaobin Bao United States 17 631 0.6× 91 0.2× 368 1.2× 91 0.3× 47 0.3× 35 1.4k
Mark Juckett United States 20 557 0.5× 291 0.8× 26 0.1× 96 0.3× 238 1.4× 73 1.5k
Fadi Bitar Lebanon 21 364 0.3× 116 0.3× 24 0.1× 281 1.0× 93 0.6× 109 1.2k
Annemie L. M. Boehmer Netherlands 21 926 0.8× 118 0.3× 78 0.3× 264 0.9× 90 0.5× 41 1.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Richard Hift

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Richard Hift

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All Works

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Morris, David, et al.. (2024). Palliative care in the emergency department: An observational study of doctors in KwaZulu-Natal. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 66(1). e1–e6. 1 indexed citations
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Hift, Richard, et al.. (2021). The impact of basic dermatology education and training on primary healthcare providers in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 63(1). e1–e5. 2 indexed citations
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Hift, Richard, et al.. (2019). HIV viraemia during pregnancy in women receiving preconception antiretroviral therapy in KwaDukuza, KwaZulu-Natal. Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine. 20(1). 847–847. 10 indexed citations
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Pillay, S, et al.. (2017). A retrospective analysis of electrocardiographic abnormalities found in black South African patients with diabetes attending a regional hospital in KwaZulu-Natal. Journal of Endocrinology Metabolism and Diabetes of South Africa. 23(1). 9–16. 3 indexed citations
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Wood, Darryl, et al.. (2016). Classifying snakebite in South Africa: Validating a scoring system. South African Medical Journal. 107(1). 46–46. 7 indexed citations
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Iputo, Jehu, Sharon Fonn, Lionel Green‐Thompson, et al.. (2015). South African medical schools: Current state of selection criteria and medical students’ demographic profile. South African Medical Journal. 106(1). 76–76. 45 indexed citations
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Hift, Richard, Timothy J. Peters, & Peter N. Meissner. (2011). A review of the clinical presentation, natural history and inheritance of variegate porphyria: its implausibility as the source of the ‘Royal Malady’. Journal of Clinical Pathology. 65(3). 200–205. 25 indexed citations
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Hift, Richard, Stig Thunell, & Atle Brun. (2011). Drugs in porphyria: From observation to a modern algorithm-based system for the prediction of porphyrogenicity. Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 132(2). 158–169. 36 indexed citations
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Setshedi, Mashiko, D. Epstein, Trevor A. Winter, et al.. (2011). Use of thiopurines in the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease is associated with an increased risk of non‐melanoma skin cancer in an at‐risk population: A cohort study. Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 27(2). 385–389. 82 indexed citations
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Whatley, Sharon D., Sarah Ducamp, Laurent Gouya, et al.. (2008). C-Terminal Deletions in the ALAS2 Gene Lead to Gain of Function and Cause X-linked Dominant Protoporphyria without Anemia or Iron Overload. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 83(3). 408–414. 200 indexed citations
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Corrigall, Anne V., et al.. (2008). Molecular characterization of erythropoietic protoporphyria in South Africa. British Journal of Dermatology. 159(1). 182–191. 19 indexed citations
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Hift, Richard, Gail Todd, P.N. Meissner, & Ralph E. Kirsch. (2003). Administration of oral activated charcoal in variegate porphyria results in a paradoxical clinical and biochemical deterioration. British Journal of Dermatology. 149(6). 1266–1269. 1 indexed citations
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Hift, Richard, et al.. (2002). Porphyria cutanea tarda: the etiological importance of mutations in the HFE gene and viral infection is population-dependent.. PubMed. 48(8). 853–9. 12 indexed citations
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Corrigall, Anne V., Richard Hift, Lester M. Davids, et al.. (2000). Homozygous Variegate Porphyria in South Africa: Genotypic Analysis in Two Cases. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism. 69(4). 323–330. 19 indexed citations
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Meissner, P.N., et al.. (1998). Variegate Porphyria. Seminars in Liver Disease. 18(1). 33–41. 47 indexed citations
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Elder, George H., Richard Hift, & Peter N. Meissner. (1997). The acute porphyrias. The Lancet. 349(9065). 1613–1617. 99 indexed citations
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Lanyon, George, et al.. (1996). Detection of four mutations in six unrelated South African patients with acute intermittent porphyria. Molecular and Cellular Probes. 10(1). 57–61. 11 indexed citations
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Meissner, Peter N., Tamara A. Dailey, Richard Hift, et al.. (1996). A R59W mutation in human protoporphyrinogen oxidase results in decreased enzyme activity and is prevalent in South Africans with variegate porphyria. Nature Genetics. 13(1). 95–97. 156 indexed citations
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Hift, Richard, P.N. Meissner, & Ralph E. Kirsch. (1993). The effect of oral activated charcoal on the course of congenital erythropoietic porphyria. British Journal of Dermatology. 129(1). 14–17. 11 indexed citations

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