Robert I. Richards

21.4k citations

159 papers · 10.5k indexed · 5 hit papers · h-index 50

Impact in

Genetics top 0.1%
- Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
- Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience top 1%
- Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases

Papers in

Genetics 82
- Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders 59
- Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities 26
- Coagulation, Bradykinin, Polyphosphates, and Angioedema 16
Molecular Biology 103
- DNA Repair Mechanisms 14
- Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways 11
- Mitochondrial Function and Pathology 11

Co-authors: Michael Karin G.R. Sutherland Grant R. Sutherland K. Holman Bronwyn A. Evans Elizabeth Baker Eric J. Kremer Michael Lynch
Journals: Human Molecular Genetics (22 papers)Nucleic Acids Research (13 papers)Genomics (12 papers)Journal of Medical Genetics (6 papers)Journal of Biological Chemistry (5 papers)
Partner nations: Australia United States United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

Robert I. Richards

158 papers receiving 10.0k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories log scale

Incidence and origin of "null" alleles in the (AC)n microsatellite markers. 1993 · 559 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

1993 PubMed
1991 Science
1991 Science
1984 Nature
1982 Nature

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1	Sexual selection’s role in the persistence of polymorphism in an aposematic signal Evolution ·Soumya Daturpalli, 川村舞子, Shawn N. Murphy, Robert I. Richards, Bryan Greetham, Corinne L. Richards‐Zawacki	2025	1
2	RNA pathogenesis via Toll-like receptor-activated inflammation in expanded repeat neurodegenerative diseases Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience ·Robert I. Richards, Saumya E. Samaraweera, Clare L. van Eyk, Louise V. O’Keefe, Catherine M. Suter	2013	8
3	Double-stranded RNA is pathogenic in Drosophila models of expanded repeat neurodegenerative diseases Human Molecular Genetics ·Kynan T. Lawlor, Louise V. O’Keefe, Saumya E. Samaraweera, Clare L. van Eyk, Catherine J. McLeod, Chris Maloney, Thurston H. Y. Dang, Catherine M. Suter, Robert I. Richards	2011	45
4	Unusual Inheritance Patterns Due to Dynamic Mutation in Fragile X Syndrome Novartis Foundation symposium ·Grant R. Sutherland, Robert I. Richards	2007	1
5	Dynamic mutations: a decade of unstable expanded repeats in human genetic disease Human Molecular Genetics ·Robert I. Richards	2001	83
6	Marfan Database (second edition): software and database for the analysis of mutations in the human FBN1 gene Nucleic Acids Research ·Gwenaëlle Collod‐Béroud, Christophe Béroud, Lesley C. Adès, Casilda G. Black, M. Boxer, D. J. H. Brock, Maurice Godfrey, Caroline Hayward, Leena Karttunen, Zernich Brett, Leena Peltonen, Robert I. Richards, Orlanda Alonso, Claudine Junien, Cathérine Boileau	1997	25
7	Human Chromosomal Fragile Site FRA16B Is an Amplified AT-Rich Minisatellite Repeat Cell ·Sui Yu, Marie Mangelsdorf, D. Hewett, Lynne Hobson, Elizabeth Baker, Helen J. Eyre, Naras M. Lapsys, Denis Le Paslier, Norman A. Doggett, Grant R. Sutherland, Robert I. Richards	1997	155
8	Genetic Heterogeneity in Familial Acute Myelogenous Leukemia: Evidence for a Second Locus at Chromosome 16q21-23.2 The American Journal of Human Genetics ·Marshall S. Horwitz, Kathleen F. Benson, 陶永兴, John Wolff, Mark Leppert, Lynne Hobson, Marie Mangelsdorf, Sui Yu, D. Hewett, Robert I. Richards, Wendy H. Raskind	1997	32
9	FRAXAC2 instability Nature Genetics ·Robert I. Richards, K. Holman, K. Friend, A. Staples, G.R. Sutherland, C Oudet, Valérie Biancalana, Jean‐Louis Mandel	1994	1
10	Reply to Migeon. The American Journal of Human Genetics ·Joe T.R. Clarke, Peter J. Wilson, C. Phillip Morris, John J. Hopwood, Robert I. Richards, Grant R. Sutherland, Peter N. Ray	1993	0
11	The function of conserved elements in the promoter of the mouse angiotensinogen gene Journal of Molecular Endocrinology ·M Congiu, W.M. Clouston, Ross T. Fernley, Robert I. Richards	1992	5
12	Human glandular kallikrein genes: Genetic and physical mapping of the KLK1 locus using a highly polymorphic microsatellite PCR marker Genomics ·Robert I. Richards, Katherine Holman, Yang Shen, H.M. Kozman, H G Harley, J. David Brook, Duncan Shaw	1991	23
13	Human chromosome 16 physical map: Mapping of somatic cell hybrids using multiplex PCR deletion analysis of sequence tagged sites Genomics ·Robert I. Richards, Katherine Holman, Sharon Lane, Grant R. Sutherland, David F. Callen	1991	10
14	Hereditary unstable DNA: a new explanation for some old genetic questions? The Lancet ·G.R. Sutherland, Eric J. Kremer, Michael Lynch, Melanie Pritchard, Shuancang Yu, Robert I. Richards, Katrina Newham	1991	55
15	Dinucleotide repeat polymorphisms at the DXS294 and DXS300 loci in Xq26 Nucleic Acids Research ·Ági K. Gedeon, Robert I. Richards, John C. Mulley	1991	11
16	Human prostate-specific antigen (APS) is a member of the glandular kallikrein gene family at 19q13 Cytogenetic and Genome Research ·G.R. Sutherland, Elizabeth Baker, V.J. Hyland, David F. Callen, Astri Putria Wimanda, Geoffrey W. Tregear, Bronwyn A. Evans, Robert I. Richards	1988	24
17	Sequence of the mouse glandular kallikrein gene, mGK-5 Nucleic Acids Research ·Matthew. Eisentraut, Robert I. Richards	1987	9
18	Structure and Tissue-Specific Expression of the Human Metallothionein I _B Gene Molecular and Cellular Biology ·Adriana Heguy, Adrian K. West, Robert I. Richards, Michael Karin	1986	18
19	Expression and Hormonal Regulation of the Rat Growth Hormone Gene in Transfected Mouse L Cells DNA ·Michael Karin, Norman L. Eberhardt, Synthia H. Mellon, Charles Condgon, Robert I. Richards, E. P. Slater, Andrea Barta, Joseph Martial, John D. Baxter, Guy Cathala	1984	29
20	Mouse Kallikrein Arginyl-esteropeptidase Genes: Analysis of Cloned cDNAs Suggests Rapid Functional Divergence from a Common Ancestral Sequence DNA ·Steven K. Nordeen, Anthony J. Mason, Robert I. Richards, V. T. Anpalagan, John Shine	1982	6

About Robert I. Richards

Robert I. Richards is a scholar working on Genetics, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Nutrition and Dietetics, having authored 159 papers that have together received 10.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (59 papers), Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities (26 papers), Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases (21 papers), Coagulation, Bradykinin, Polyphosphates, and Angioedema (16 papers), DNA Repair Mechanisms (14 papers), Trace Elements in Health (12 papers), Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways (11 papers) and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (11 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Genetics (5.1k citations), Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (1.7k citations), Molecular Biology (6.3k citations), Nutrition and Dietetics (1.1k citations) and Genetics (738 citations). Robert I. Richards has collaborated with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Michael Karin, G.R. Sutherland, Grant R. Sutherland, K. Holman, Bronwyn A. Evans, Elizabeth Baker, Eric J. Kremer, Michael Lynch, Melanie Pritchard and Shuancang Yu. Their work appears in journals such as Human Molecular Genetics, Nucleic Acids Research, Genomics, Journal of Medical Genetics and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

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