Robert J. Osborne

4.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
27 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Robert J. Osborne is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert J. Osborne has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 6 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Robert J. Osborne's work include Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases (8 papers), Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics (6 papers) and Muscle Physiology and Disorders (5 papers). Robert J. Osborne is often cited by papers focused on Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases (8 papers), Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics (6 papers) and Muscle Physiology and Disorders (5 papers). Robert J. Osborne collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Canada. Robert J. Osborne's co-authors include Charles A. Thornton, Krzysztof Sobczak, Xiaoyan Lin, Maurice S. Swanson, Thurman M. Wheeler, John D. Lueck, Robert T. Dirksen, Stephen Welle, Melissa Cline and Marion Hamshere and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Robert J. Osborne

26 papers receiving 2.2k 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.

Population dynamics of normal human blood inferred from somatic mutations

2018 374 citations Henry Lee-Six, Nina Friesgaard Øbro et al. Nature profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Robert J. Osborne	1.7k	821	379	318	288	27	2.2k
Brenda Lilly	2.1k 1.2×	220 0.3×	407 1.1×	355 1.1×	149 0.5×	54	3.1k
António Duarte	3.1k 1.8×	400 0.5×	241 0.6×	561 1.8×	205 0.7×	54	4.1k
Mary Shago	1.4k 0.8×	132 0.2×	613 1.6×	183 0.6×	224 0.8×	57	2.3k
Van N. Pham	1.6k 0.9×	371 0.5×	116 0.3×	208 0.7×	115 0.4×	24	2.2k
Luc Pardanaud	2.6k 1.5×	604 0.7×	249 0.7×	270 0.8×	150 0.5×	46	3.4k
Arndt F. Siekmann	2.1k 1.2×	285 0.3×	155 0.4×	318 1.0×	128 0.4×	43	3.0k
Anthony B. Firulli	3.3k 1.9×	172 0.2×	713 1.9×	362 1.1×	97 0.3×	85	4.0k
Jacquelyn Joseph‐Silverstein	1.2k 0.7×	256 0.3×	172 0.5×	357 1.1×	59 0.2×	20	1.8k
Alison Miyamoto	1.7k 1.0×	162 0.2×	193 0.5×	194 0.6×	98 0.3×	17	2.1k
Jürgen Neesen	582 0.3×	312 0.4×	475 1.3×	84 0.3×	150 0.5×	54	1.5k

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Crawford, R. M. M., et al.. (2025). 5mC and 5hmC methylation sequencing: the power of 6-base sequencing in a multiomic era. Epigenomics. 18(1). 101–115. 1 indexed citations

Knudsen, Katherine, Rebecca Palmer, Ryan Evans, et al.. (2025). Abstract 5573: Validation of Aspyre Clinical Test for Lung at low input levels: Simplified genomic profiling for NSCLC with minimal tissue requirements. Cancer Research. 85(8_Supplement_1). 5573–5573.

Gray, Eleanor R., Kristine von Bargen, Ana-Luisa Silva, et al.. (2022). Ultra-sensitive molecular detection of gene fusions from RNA using ASPYRE. BMC Medical Genomics. 15(1). 215–215. 2 indexed citations

Ellis, Peter, Luiza Moore, Mathijs A. Sanders, et al.. (2020). Reliable detection of somatic mutations in solid tissues by laser-capture microdissection and low-input DNA sequencing. Nature Protocols. 16(2). 841–871. 67 indexed citations

Marsico, Giovanni, Garima Sharma, Sophie Hackinger, et al.. (2020). Abstract 3097: Analytical development of the RaDaRTM assay, a highly sensitive and specific assay for the monitoring of minimal residual disease. Cancer Research. 80(16_Supplement). 3097–3097. 9 indexed citations

Lee-Six, Henry, Nina Friesgaard Øbro, Mairi Shepherd, et al.. (2018). Population dynamics of normal human blood inferred from somatic mutations. Nature. 561(7724). 473–478. 374 indexed citations breakdown →

Pragst, Fritz, et al.. (2016). High concentrations of lead and barium in hair of the rural population caused by water pollution in the Thar Jath oilfields in South Sudan. Forensic Science International. 274. 99–106. 41 indexed citations

Osborne, Robert J., et al.. (2011). A method for counting PCR template molecules with application to next-generation sequencing. Nucleic Acids Research. 39(12). e81–e81. 125 indexed citations

Dubé, Valérie, Kathy Chun, Robert J. Osborne, et al.. (2010). Androgenetic complete mole with trisomy 13: Report of a case with microsatellite genotyping and review of the literature. Pathology - Research and Practice. 206(11). 776–781. 7 indexed citations

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Wyatt, Alexander W., Robert J. Osborne, Helen Stewart, & Nicola Ragge. (2010). Bone morphogenetic protein 7 (BMP7) mutations are associated with variable ocular, brain, ear, palate, and skeletal anomalies. Human Mutation. 31(7). 781–787. 66 indexed citations

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Cline, Melissa, Robert J. Osborne, Daniel L. Tuttle, et al.. (2010). Aberrant alternative splicing and extracellular matrix gene expression in mouse models of myotonic dystrophy. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 17(2). 187–193. 269 indexed citations

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Wheeler, Thurman M., Krzysztof Sobczak, John D. Lueck, et al.. (2009). Reversal of RNA Dominance by Displacement of Protein Sequestered on Triplet Repeat RNA. Science. 325(5938). 336–339. 303 indexed citations

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Gestri, Gaia, Robert J. Osborne, Alexander W. Wyatt, et al.. (2009). Reduced TFAP2A function causes variable optic fissure closure and retinal defects and sensitizes eye development to mutations in other morphogenetic regulators. Human Genetics. 126(6). 791–803. 60 indexed citations

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İşerı̇, Sı̇bel Aylı̇n Uğur, Robert J. Osborne, Martin Farrall, et al.. (2009). Seeing clearly: the dominant and recessive nature ofFOXE3in eye developmental anomalies. Human Mutation. 30(10). 1378–1386. 67 indexed citations

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Wyatt, Alexander W., Preeti Bakrania, David J. Bunyan, et al.. (2008). Novel heterozygousOTX2mutations and whole gene deletions in anophthalmia, microphthalmia and coloboma. Human Mutation. 29(11). E278–E283. 82 indexed citations

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Osborne, Robert J. & Charles A. Thornton. (2007). Cell-free cloning of highly expanded CTG repeats by amplification of dimerized expanded repeats. Nucleic Acids Research. 36(4). e24–e24. 23 indexed citations

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Osborne, Robert J., Stephen Welle, Shannon L. Venance, Charles A. Thornton, & Rabi Tawil. (2006). Expression profile of FSHD supports a link between retinal vasculopathy and muscular dystrophy. Neurology. 68(8). 569–577. 112 indexed citations

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Osborne, Robert J. & Charles A. Thornton. (2006). RNA-dominant diseases. Human Molecular Genetics. 15(suppl_2). R162–R169. 169 indexed citations

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Lueck, John D., Codrin Lungu, Ami Mankodi, et al.. (2006). Chloride channelopathy in myotonic dystrophy resulting from loss of posttranscriptional regulation for CLCN1. American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology. 292(4). C1291–C1297. 54 indexed citations

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Osborne, Robert J., et al.. (1996). An entomopoxvirus homologue of the vaccinia virus D13L-encoded 'rifampicin resistance' protein. Journal of General Virology. 77(5). 839–846. 14 indexed citations

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