Robert McFarland

16.3k citations

181 papers · 8.7k · 2 hit papers · h-index 49

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Clinical Biochemistry top 0.01%
- Metabolism and Genetic Disorders
Molecular Biology top 0.5%
- Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
- ATP Synthase and ATPases Research
- RNA modifications and cancer
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
- Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies

Papers in

Molecular Biology 162
- Mitochondrial Function and Pathology 147
- ATP Synthase and ATPases Research 61
- RNA modifications and cancer 26
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms 12
Clinical Biochemistry 113
- Metabolism and Genetic Disorders 113

Co-authors: Douglass M. Turnbull (82 shared papers)Robert W. Taylor (112 shared papers)Patrick F. Chinnery (24 shared papers)Emma L. Blakely (37 shared papers)Andrew M. Schaefer (35 shared papers)Gráinne S. Gorman (46 shared papers)Charlotte L. Alston (38 shared papers)Yi Shiau Ng (29 shared papers)
Journals: Neuromuscular Disorders (18 papers)Neurology (9 papers)European Journal of Human Genetics (8 papers)Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease (8 papers)Annals of Neurology (8 papers)
Partner nations: United Kingdom United States Germany

In The Last Decade

Robert McFarland

176 papers receiving 8.6k citations

Robert McFarland's Hit Papers

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Mitochondrial diseases 2016 · 1.0k 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.

2016 Nature Reviews Disease Primers
2015 Annals of Neurology

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1	Mitochondrial diseases Nature Reviews Disease Primers ·Gráinne S. Gorman, Patrick F. Chinnery, Salvatore DiMauro, Michio Hirano, Yasutoshi Koga, Robert McFarland, Anu Suomalainen, David R. Thorburn, Massimo Zeviani, Douglass M. Turnbull Hit paper breakdown →	2016	1003
2	Prevalence of nuclear and mitochondrial DNA mutations related to adult mitochondrial disease Annals of Neurology ·Gráinne S. Gorman, Andrew M. Schaefer, Yi Shiau Ng, Nicholas C. Gomez, Emma L. Blakely, Charlotte L. Alston, Catherine Feeney, Rita Horváth, Patrick Yu‐Wai‐Man, Patrick F. Chinnery, Robert W. Taylor, Douglass M. Turnbull, Robert McFarland Hit paper breakdown →	2015	643
3	Prevalence of mitochondrial DNA disease in adults Annals of Neurology ·Andrew M. Schaefer, Robert McFarland, Emma L. Blakely, Langping He, Roger G. Whittaker, Robert W. Taylor, Patrick F. Chinnery, Douglass M. Turnbull	2007	422
4	Mutation of OPA1 causes dominant optic atrophy with external ophthalmoplegia, ataxia, deafness and multiple mitochondrial DNA deletions: a novel disorder of mtDNA maintenance Brain ·Gavin Hudson, Patrizia Amati‐Bonneau, Emma L. Blakely, Joanna D. Stewart, Langping He, Andrew M. Schaefer, Philip G. Griffiths, Kati J. Ahlqvist, Anu Suomalainen, Pascal Reynier, Robert McFarland, Douglass M. Turnbull, Patrick F. Chinnery, Robert W. Taylor	2007	304
5	A neurological perspective on mitochondrial disease The Lancet Neurology ·Robert McFarland, Robert W. Taylor, Douglass M. Turnbull	2010	220
6	mt DNA heteroplasmy level and copy number indicate disease burden in m.3243A>G mitochondrial disease EMBO Molecular Medicine ·John P. Grady, Sarah J. Pickett, Yi Shiau Ng, Charlotte L. Alston, Emma L. Blakely, Steven Hardy, Catherine Feeney, Alexandra Bright, Andrew M. Schaefer, Gráinne S. Gorman, Richard McNally, Robert W. Taylor, Douglass M. Turnbull, Robert McFarland	2018	190
7	The Spectrum of Mitochondrial Ultrastructural Defects in Mitochondrial Myopathy Scientific Reports ·Amy E. Vincent, Yi Shiau Ng, Kathryn White, Tracey Davey, Carmen A. Mannella, Gavin Falkous, Catherine Feeney, Andrew M. Schaefer, Robert McFarland, Gráinne S. Gorman, Robert W. Taylor, Douglass M. Turnbull, Martin Picard	2016	169
8	The UK MRC Mitochondrial Disease Patient Cohort Study: clinical phenotypes associated with the m.3243A>G mutation--implications for diagnosis and management Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry ·Victoria Nesbitt, Robert D. S. Pitceathly, Douglass M. Turnbull, Robert W. Taylor, Mary G. Sweeney, Ese Mudanohwo, Shahana A Rahman, Michael G. Hanna, Robert McFarland	2013	167
9	De novo mutations in the mitochondrial ND3 gene as a cause of infantile mitochondrial encephalopathy and complex I deficiency Annals of Neurology ·Robert McFarland, Denise M. Kirby, Kerry J. Fowler, Akira Ohtake, Michael T. Ryan, David J. Amor, Janice M. Fletcher, Joanne Dixon, Felicity Collins, Douglass M. Turnbull, Robert W. Taylor, David R. Thorburn	2003	145
10	Mitochondrial tRNA mutations and disease Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews - RNA ·John W. Yarham, Joanna L. Elson, Emma L. Blakely, Robert McFarland, Robert W. Taylor	2010	139
11	The diagnosis of mitochondrial muscle disease Neuromuscular Disorders ·Robert W. Taylor, Andrew M. Schaefer, Martin Barron, Robert McFarland, Douglass M. Turnbull	2004	137
12	Multiple neonatal deaths due to a homoplasmic mitochondrial DNA mutation Nature Genetics ·Robert McFarland, Kim M. Clark, Andrew A.M. Morris, Robert W. Taylor, Sheila Macphail, Robert N. Lightowlers, Douglass M. Turnbull	2002	136
13	A comparative analysis approach to determining the pathogenicity of mitochondrial tRNA mutations Human Mutation ·John W. Yarham, Mazhor Aldosary, Emma L. Blakely, Charlotte L. Alston, Robert W. Taylor, Joanna L. Elson, Robert McFarland	2011	136
14	Assigning pathogenicity to mitochondrial tRNA mutations: when ‘definitely maybe’ is not good enough Trends in Genetics ·Robert McFarland, Joanna L. Elson, Robert W. Taylor, Neil Howell, Douglass M. Turnbull	2004	134
15	Mitochondrial disease in adults: A scale to monitor progression and treatment Neurology ·Andrew M. Schaefer, C. Phoenix, Joanna L. Elson, Robert McFarland, Patrick F. Chinnery, Douglass M. Turnbull	2006	131
16	New treatments for mitochondrial disease—no time to drop our standards Nature Reviews Neurology ·Gerald Pfeffer, Rita Horváth, Thomas Klopstock, Vamsi K. Mootha, Anu Suomalainen, Saskia Koene, Michio Hirano, Massimo Zeviani, Laurence A. Bindoff, Patrick Yu‐Wai‐Man, Michael G. Hanna, Valério Carelli, Robert McFarland, Kari Majamaa, Douglass M. Turnbull, Jan Smeıtınk, Patrick F. Chinnery	2013	125
17	Mitochondrial disease in adults: recent advances and future promise The Lancet Neurology ·Yi Shiau Ng, Laurence A. Bindoff, Gráinne S. Gorman, Thomas Klopstock, Cornelia Kornblum, Michelangelo Mancuso, Robert McFarland, Carolyn M. Sue, Anu Suomalainen, Robert W. Taylor, David R. Thorburn, Douglass M. Turnbull	2021	120
18	The GABA Transaminase, ABAT, Is Essential for Mitochondrial Nucleoside Metabolism Cell Metabolism ·Arnaud Besse, Ping Chun Wu, Francesco Bruni, Taraka Donti, Brett H. Graham, William J. Craigen, Robert McFarland, Paolo Moretti, Seema R. Lalani, Kenneth L. Scott, Robert W. Taylor, Penelope E. Bonnen	2015	112
19	Recent advances in understanding the molecular genetic basis of mitochondrial disease Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease ·Kyle Thompson, Jack J. Collier, Ruth I.C. Glasgow, Fiona Robertson, Angela Pyle, Emma L. Blakely, Charlotte L. Alston, Monika Oláhová, Robert McFarland, Robert W. Taylor	2019	112
20	The neurology of mitochondrial DNA disease The Lancet Neurology ·Robert McFarland, Robert W. Taylor, Douglass M. Turnbull	2002	105

About Robert McFarland

Robert McFarland is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Clinical Biochemistry, Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Neurology, having authored 181 papers that have together received 8.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (147 papers), Metabolism and Genetic Disorders (113 papers), ATP Synthase and ATPases Research (61 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (26 papers), Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases (13 papers), Genomics and Rare Diseases (13 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (12 papers) and Metalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins (7 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Clinical Biochemistry (4.3k citations), Molecular Biology (7.5k citations), Aging (87 citations), Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (829 citations) and Neurology (277 citations). Robert McFarland has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Douglass M. Turnbull, Robert W. Taylor, Patrick F. Chinnery, Emma L. Blakely, Andrew M. Schaefer, Gráinne S. Gorman, Charlotte L. Alston, Yi Shiau Ng, Anu Suomalainen and David R. Thorburn. Their work appears in journals such as Neuromuscular Disorders, Neurology, European Journal of Human Genetics, Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease and Annals of Neurology.

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