Robert Griffiths

13.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
171 papers, 9.0k citations indexed

About

Robert Griffiths is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Mathematical Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Griffiths has authored 171 papers receiving a total of 9.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 64 papers in Genetics, 50 papers in Molecular Biology and 37 papers in Mathematical Physics. Recurrent topics in Robert Griffiths's work include Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (41 papers), Stochastic processes and statistical mechanics (35 papers) and Bayesian Methods and Mixture Models (30 papers). Robert Griffiths is often cited by papers focused on Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (41 papers), Stochastic processes and statistical mechanics (35 papers) and Bayesian Methods and Mixture Models (30 papers). Robert Griffiths collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and United Kingdom. Robert Griffiths's co-authors include Simon Tavaré, Thomas M. Coffman, Steven D. Crowley, Phillip Ruiz, Paul Marjoram, Peter Donnelly, David J. Balding, Susan B. Gurley, Hyung‐Suk Kim and Thu H. Le and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Circulation and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Robert Griffiths

163 papers receiving 8.7k 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.

Inferring Coalescence Times From DNA Sequence Data

1997 573 citations Simon Tavaré, Robert Griffiths et al. profile →
Angiotensin II causes hypertension and cardiac hypertrophy through its receptors in the kidney

2006 548 citations Steven D. Crowley, Susan B. Gurley et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert Griffiths United States	46	3.6k	2.6k	1.5k	1.1k	855	171	9.0k
Augustine Kong Iceland	54	6.0k 1.7×	4.8k 1.8×	548 0.4×	343 0.3×	130 0.2×	95	13.6k
Vincent Plagnol United Kingdom	54	5.5k 1.5×	5.2k 2.0×	647 0.4×	965 0.9×	111 0.1×	142	13.4k
Erik Christensen Denmark	61	901 0.3×	7.4k 2.8×	456 0.3×	967 0.9×	962 1.1×	198	14.2k
David J. Balding United Kingdom	58	9.3k 2.6×	4.7k 1.8×	197 0.1×	336 0.3×	180 0.2×	169	15.0k
David Barton United Kingdom	41	1.2k 0.3×	2.6k 1.0×	186 0.1×	381 0.3×	224 0.3×	182	6.7k
Warren J. Ewens United States	34	8.0k 2.2×	3.4k 1.3×	151 0.1×	250 0.2×	85 0.1×	129	12.8k
John D. Storey United States	40	5.5k 1.5×	15.2k 5.8×	429 0.3×	382 0.3×	324 0.4×	83	26.0k
Carson C. Chow United States	47	4.8k 1.3×	4.0k 1.5×	444 0.3×	487 0.4×	256 0.3×	151	14.9k
Christopher J. Rhodes United States	83	3.7k 1.0×	7.3k 2.8×	1.3k 0.9×	4.4k 3.9×	1.6k 1.9×	277	20.1k
Fiona Cunningham United Kingdom	32	3.7k 1.0×	4.4k 1.7×	307 0.2×	192 0.2×	181 0.2×	132	9.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Robert Griffiths

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Fields of papers citing papers by Robert Griffiths

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert Griffiths

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Griffiths, Robert, et al.. (2024). Dual process in the two-parameter Poisson–Dirichlet diffusion. Stochastic Processes and their Applications. 179. 104500–104500.

Burden, Conrad J. & Robert Griffiths. (2023). Coalescence and sampling distributions for Feller diffusions. Theoretical Population Biology. 155. 67–76. 1 indexed citations

Burden, Conrad J. & Robert Griffiths. (2022). The stationary and quasi-stationary properties of neutral multi-type branching process diffusions. Stochastic Models. 39(1). 185–218. 1 indexed citations

Lu, Xiaohan, Nathan P. Rudemiller, Jiafa Ren, et al.. (2019). Opposing actions of renal tubular- and myeloid-derived porcupine in obstruction-induced kidney fibrosis. Kidney International. 96(6). 1308–1319. 11 indexed citations

Griffiths, Robert. (2016). Lancaster distributions and Markov chains with multivariate Poisson–Charlier, Meixner and Hermite–Chebycheff polynomial eigenfunctions. Journal of Approximation Theory. 207. 139–164.

Zhang, Jiandong, Nathan P. Rudemiller, Mehul Patel, et al.. (2015). Interleukin-1 Receptor Activation Potentiates Salt Reabsorption in Angiotensin II-Induced Hypertension via the NKCC2 Co-transporter in the Nephron. Cell Metabolism. 23(2). 360–368. 123 indexed citations

Griffiths, Robert. (2014). The Λ-Fleming-Viot Process and a Connection with Wright-Fisher Diffusion. Advances in Applied Probability. 46(4). 1009–1035. 16 indexed citations

Etheridge, Alison, Robert Griffiths, & Jesse E. Taylor. (2010). A coalescent dual process in a Moran model with genic selection, and the lambda coalescent limit. Theoretical Population Biology. 78(2). 77–92. 27 indexed citations

Griffiths, Robert. (2009). Stochastic processes with orthogonal polynomial eigenfunctions. Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics. 233(3). 739–744. 3 indexed citations

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Griffiths, Robert, Paul A. Jenkins, & Yun S. Song. (2008). Importance sampling and the two-locus model with subdivided population structure. Advances in Applied Probability. 40(2). 473–500. 25 indexed citations

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Crowley, Steven D., Susan B. Gurley, M Herrera, et al.. (2006). Angiotensin II causes hypertension and cardiac hypertrophy through its receptors in the kidney. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(47). 17985–17990. 548 indexed citations breakdown →

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Griffiths, Robert. (2006). Coalescent lineage distributions. Advances in Applied Probability. 38(2). 405–429. 10 indexed citations

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Goulet, Jennifer L., Robert Griffiths, Phillip Ruiz, et al.. (2001). Deficiency of 5-Lipoxygenase Accelerates Renal Allograft Rejection in Mice. The Journal of Immunology. 167(11). 6631–6636. 25 indexed citations

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Hammer, Michael F., Elizabeth T Wood, Tasha K. Altheide, et al.. (1998). Out of Africa and back again: nested cladistic analysis of human Y chromosome variation. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 15(4). 427–441. 251 indexed citations

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Griffiths, Robert & Simon Tavaré. (1994). Sampling theory for neutral alleles in a varying environment. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 344(1310). 403–410. 435 indexed citations

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Griffiths, Robert, et al.. (1993). The coalescent in two colonies with symmetric migration. Journal of Mathematical Biology. 31(8). 841–851. 46 indexed citations

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Nesbitt, Teresa, Thomas M. Coffman, Robert Griffiths, & M. K. Drezner. (1992). Crosstransplantation of kidneys in normal and Hyp mice. Evidence that the Hyp mouse phenotype is unrelated to an intrinsic renal defect.. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 89(5). 1453–1459. 169 indexed citations

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Griffiths, Robert. (1991). Two chromosomes with multigene families. Theoretical Population Biology. 39(3). 263–272. 5 indexed citations

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Griffiths, Robert. (1987). Counting genealogical trees. Journal of Mathematical Biology. 25(4). 423–431. 7 indexed citations

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Griffiths, Robert & Robin K. Milne. (1978). A class of bivariate Poisson processes. Journal of Multivariate Analysis. 8(3). 380–395. 19 indexed citations

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