Robert G. Best

3.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
65 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Robert G. Best is a scholar working on Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Surgery and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert G. Best has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, 10 papers in Surgery and 10 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Robert G. Best's work include Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics (25 papers), Folate and B Vitamins Research (9 papers) and Parvovirus B19 Infection Studies (8 papers). Robert G. Best is often cited by papers focused on Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics (25 papers), Folate and B Vitamins Research (9 papers) and Parvovirus B19 Infection Studies (8 papers). Robert G. Best collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Robert G. Best's co-authors include Kristin G. Monaghan, Anthony R. Gregg, Brian G. Skotko, Komal Bajaj, Susan Klugman, Judith Benkendorf, Michael S. Watson, Shirley Thompson, Roger E. Stevenson and Jane H. Dean and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Blood and PEDIATRICS.

In The Last Decade

Robert G. Best

61 papers receiving 2.0k 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.

Noninvasive prenatal screening for fetal aneuploidy, 2016 update: a position statement of the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics

2016 472 citations Anthony R. Gregg, Brian G. Skotko et al. Genetics in Medicine profile →
Noninvasive prenatal screening (NIPS) for fetal chromosome abnormalities in a general-risk population: An evidence-based clinical guideline of the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG)

2022 101 citations Susan Klugman, Kristin G. Monaghan et al. Genetics in Medicine profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert G. Best United States	25	1.4k	615	326	319	314	65	2.1k
Patricia A. Boyd United Kingdom	32	1.3k 1.0×	870 1.4×	198 0.6×	727 2.3×	225 0.7×	66	3.3k
J. Lee Nelson United States	36	1.5k 1.1×	800 1.3×	703 2.2×	593 1.9×	360 1.1×	75	4.7k
Laura Arbour Canada	27	632 0.5×	487 0.8×	325 1.0×	626 2.0×	37 0.1×	121	2.5k
Sallie B. Freeman United States	20	1.2k 0.9×	963 1.6×	756 2.3×	812 2.5×	38 0.1×	28	2.5k
Susan J. Gross United States	40	4.0k 3.0×	1.3k 2.1×	859 2.6×	687 2.2×	1.4k 4.3×	116	5.7k
Théodore H. Ingalls United States	24	480 0.4×	369 0.6×	270 0.8×	278 0.9×	75 0.2×	113	2.0k
Roger Mieusset France	31	389 0.3×	449 0.7×	1.2k 3.6×	774 2.4×	52 0.2×	101	3.2k
A. Borrell Spain	35	2.7k 2.0×	706 1.1×	551 1.7×	870 2.7×	844 2.7×	193	4.2k
Dorothy Warburton United States	30	930 0.7×	1.2k 2.0×	340 1.0×	1.2k 3.7×	40 0.1×	73	3.1k
Harold Kalter United States	22	823 0.6×	592 1.0×	233 0.7×	527 1.7×	28 0.1×	58	2.2k

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Palomaki, Glenn E., Rossa W. K. Chiu, Mark D. Pertile, et al.. (2020). International Society for Prenatal Diagnosis Position Statement: cell free (cf)DNA screening for Down syndrome in multiple pregnancies. Prenatal Diagnosis. 41(10). 1222–1232. 41 indexed citations

Palomaki, Glenn E., Caleb Bupp, Anthony R. Gregg, et al.. (2019). Laboratory screening and diagnosis of open neural tube defects, 2019 revision: a technical standard of the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG). Genetics in Medicine. 22(3). 462–474. 18 indexed citations

Skotko, Brian G., Megan Allyse, Komal Bajaj, et al.. (2019). Adherence of cell-free DNA noninvasive prenatal screens to ACMG recommendations. Genetics in Medicine. 21(10). 2285–2292. 22 indexed citations

David, Karen L., Robert G. Best, Joshua L. Deignan, et al.. (2018). Patient re-contact after revision of genomic test results: points to consider—a statement of the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG). Genetics in Medicine. 21(4). 769–771. 85 indexed citations

Gregg, Anthony R., Brian G. Skotko, Judith Benkendorf, et al.. (2017). Noninvasive Prenatal Screening for Fetal Aneuploidy, 2016 Update: A Position Statement of the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics. Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey. 72(1). 6–8. 11 indexed citations

Pusic, Martin, et al.. (2016). Exploring Medical Student Learning Needs in the Pediatric Emergency Department. Pediatric Emergency Care. 32(4). 217–221. 1 indexed citations

Palomaki, Glenn E., Edward R. Ashwood, Robert G. Best, Geralyn Lambert‐Messerlian, & George J. Knight. (2015). Is maternal plasma DNA testing impacting serum-based screening for aneuploidy in the United States?. Genetics in Medicine. 17(11). 897–900. 3 indexed citations

Berrier, Kathryn L., et al.. (2011). Información equilibrada sobre el síndrome de Down: ¿Qué es lo esencial?. 86–101.

Gormley, Gerry, Martin Dempster, & Robert G. Best. (2008). Right-left discrimination among medical students: questionnaire and psychometric study. BMJ. 337(dec16 1). a2826–a2826. 21 indexed citations

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Best, Robert G. & George Khushf. (2006). The Social Conditions for Nanomedicine: Disruption, Systems, and Lock-In. The Journal of Law Medicine & Ethics. 34(4). 733–740. 9 indexed citations

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Thompson, Shirley, Myriam E. Torres, Roger E. Stevenson, Jane H. Dean, & Robert G. Best. (2003). Periconceptional Multivitamin Folic Acid Use, Dietary Folate, Total Folate and Risk of Neural Tube Defects in South Carolina. Annals of Epidemiology. 13(6). 412–418. 14 indexed citations

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Moore, Charleen M., et al.. (2003). Spontaneous ovarian tumors in twelve baboons: a review of ovarian neoplasms in non‐human primates. Journal of Medical Primatology. 32(1). 48–56. 33 indexed citations

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Collins, Julianne S., et al.. (2002). Prevalence of aneuploidies in South Carolina in the 1990s. Genetics in Medicine. 4(3). 131–135. 9 indexed citations

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Robinson, Wendy P., Deborah E. McFadden, Irene Barrett, et al.. (2002). Origin of amnion and implications for evaluation of the fetal genotype in cases of mosaicism. Prenatal Diagnosis. 22(12). 1076–1085. 41 indexed citations

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Thompson, Shirley, et al.. (2001). Dietary Methionine Is Involved in the Etiology of Neural Tube Defect–Affected Pregnancies in Humans. Journal of Nutrition. 131(10). 2653–2658. 26 indexed citations

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Robinson, Wendy P., Irene Barrett, L.E. Bernard, et al.. (1997). Meiotic origin of trisomy in confined placental mosaicism is correlated with presence of fetal uniparental disomy, high levels of trisomy in trophoblast, and increased risk of fetal intrauterine growth restriction.. PubMed. 60(4). 917–27. 164 indexed citations

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Brock, Jo‐Ann & Robert G. Best. (1994). Interphase study by fluorescence in situ hybridization of spermatozoa of a paracentric inversion heterozygote. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 55. 1 indexed citations

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Best, Robert G. & Wendell H. McKenzie. (1988). Sister chromatid exchange induction near the baseline with low doses of the alkylating agent ccnu. Environmental Mutagenesis. 12(2). 209–217. 6 indexed citations

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Best, Robert G., et al.. (1982). Aerial thermal infrared census of Canada geese in South Dakota. Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing. 48. 8 indexed citations

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Best, Robert G. & Jeremy Russell‐Smith. (1978). Photographic contrast enhancement of Landsat imagery. Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing. 44. 1 indexed citations

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