Roger Cox

18.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
232 papers, 10.7k citations indexed

About

Roger Cox is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Roger Cox has authored 232 papers receiving a total of 10.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 130 papers in Molecular Biology, 47 papers in Genetics and 33 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Roger Cox's work include DNA Repair Mechanisms (31 papers), Pancreatic function and diabetes (23 papers) and Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (22 papers). Roger Cox is often cited by papers focused on DNA Repair Mechanisms (31 papers), Pancreatic function and diabetes (23 papers) and Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (22 papers). Roger Cox collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and France. Roger Cox's co-authors include W.K. Masson, Martha J. Cox, E. Mavis Hetherington, D.T. Goodhead, John Thacker, Frances M. Ashcroft, Simon Bouffler, Lee Moir, Margaret Buckingham and Fiona McMurray and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Roger Cox

226 papers receiving 10.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

  1. Overexpression of Fto leads to increased food intake and results in obesity
    2010 556 citations Fiona McMurray, Sara Wells et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Roger Cox United Kingdom 57 5.9k 1.7k 1.6k 1.2k 1.1k 232 10.7k
Giuseppe Novelli Italy 61 8.1k 1.4× 2.2k 1.3× 1.3k 0.8× 1.0k 0.9× 1.5k 1.3× 636 15.5k
Randy L. Jirtle United States 66 9.4k 1.6× 4.5k 2.6× 1.9k 1.2× 1.2k 1.0× 1.6k 1.5× 210 18.5k
Fumihiko Matsuda Japan 54 4.3k 0.7× 1.6k 0.9× 823 0.5× 1.2k 1.0× 621 0.6× 343 13.4k
Michael Carey United States 74 12.3k 2.1× 2.9k 1.7× 1.2k 0.7× 1.7k 1.5× 1.5k 1.4× 238 18.9k
James C. Metcalfe United Kingdom 54 5.7k 1.0× 714 0.4× 942 0.6× 956 0.8× 546 0.5× 157 10.4k
David A. Lawrence United States 58 9.1k 1.5× 986 0.6× 2.2k 1.4× 754 0.6× 642 0.6× 282 17.4k
David Robertson Australia 74 7.8k 1.3× 2.1k 1.2× 1.1k 0.7× 798 0.7× 966 0.9× 366 18.3k
Takashi Yamamoto Japan 72 10.9k 1.8× 3.1k 1.8× 1.4k 0.9× 1.4k 1.2× 1.3k 1.2× 689 21.2k
Jong Eun Lee South Korea 62 4.4k 0.7× 857 0.5× 976 0.6× 1.7k 1.5× 607 0.6× 501 13.2k
Mariza de Andrade United States 60 4.0k 0.7× 2.9k 1.7× 1.4k 0.9× 885 0.7× 906 0.8× 248 12.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Roger Cox

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Fields of papers citing papers by Roger Cox

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Roger Cox

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Roger Cox. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Roger Cox based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Roger Cox. Roger Cox is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Laber, Samantha, Shuntaro Yamada, Xu Zhao, et al.. (2025). IRX3 controls a SUMOylation-dependent differentiation switch in adipocyte precursor cells. Nature Communications. 16(1). 7248–7248.
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Dumbell, Rebecca & Roger Cox. (2024). The genetics of adipose tissue metabolism. Royal Society Open Science. 11(2). 231478–231478.
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Cyranka, Małgorzata, Anna Veprik, Elisabete Pires, et al.. (2019). Abcc5 Knockout Mice Have Lower Fat Mass and Increased Levels of Circulating GLP‐1. Obesity. 27(8). 1292–1304. 13 indexed citations
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McMurray, Fiona, Marina Demetriades, Wei Shen Aik, et al.. (2015). Pharmacological Inhibition of FTO. PLoS ONE. 10(4). e0121829–e0121829. 31 indexed citations
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Hugill, A., Kenju Shimomura, Frances M. Ashcroft, & Roger Cox. (2010). A mutation in KCNJ11 causing human hyperinsulinism (Y12X) results in a glucose-intolerant phenotype in the mouse. Diabetologia. 53(11). 2352–2356. 20 indexed citations
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Esapa, Christopher T., Michael Cheeseman, Tertius Hough, et al.. (2009). A mouse with a Trp589Arg mutation in N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase 3 (Galnt3) provides a model for familial tumoural calcinosis. 19. 1 indexed citations
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Girard, Christiane, Thomas F. Wunderlich, Stephan C. Collins, et al.. (2008). A mouse model of neonatal diabetes caused by the K-ATP channel mutation Kir6.2-V59M. Diabetologia. 51. 3 indexed citations
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Hannan, Fadil, Gerard Walls, Enikö Kállay, et al.. (2008). The calcilytic agent NPS2143 rectifies hypocalcaemia in a mouse model, Nuf, that is due to an activating calcium-sensing-receptor (CaSR) mutation: relevance to autosomal dominant hypocalcaemia with hypercalciuria. 15. 1 indexed citations
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McKenzie, Colin A., Janet S. Sinsheimer, Adebowale Adeyemo, et al.. (2005). SNP Haplotypes in the Angiotensin I-Converting Enzyme (ACE) Gene: Analysis of Nigerian Family Data Using Gamete Competition Models. Annals of Human Genetics. 69(2). 227–232. 21 indexed citations
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McKenzie, Colin A., Janet S. Sinsheimer, Adebowale Adeyemo, et al.. (2005). SNP Haplotypes in the Angiotensin I‐Converting Enzyme (ACE) Gene: Analysis of Nigerian Family Data Using Gamete Competition Models. Annals of Human Genetics. 69(2). 227–232. 14 indexed citations
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Twells, Rebecca C.J., Michael L. Metzker, Sheryl D. Brown, et al.. (2001). The Sequence and Gene Characterization of a 400-kb Candidate Region for IDDM4 on Chromosome 11q13. Genomics. 72(3). 231–242. 28 indexed citations
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Southam, Lorraine, Rebecca Ashfield, Roger Cox, Mark Lathrop, & Stephen J.H. Ashcroft. (1999). Human islets of Langerhans express theδC isoform of calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II. Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews. 15(4). 243–246. 4 indexed citations
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Goodhead, D.T., J. Thacker, & Roger Cox. (1993). Effects of Radiations of Different Qualities on Cells: Molecular Mechanisms of Damage and Repair. International Journal of Radiation Biology. 63(5). 543–556. 253 indexed citations
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Cox, Roger, et al.. (1990). The Molecular Biology of Radiation-induced Carcinogenesis: Thymic Lymphoma, Myeloid Leukaemia and Osteosarcoma. International Journal of Radiation Biology. 57(4). 677–691. 20 indexed citations
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Masson, W.K., et al.. (1988). Preliminary Molecular Studies on Two Chromosome 2 Encoded Genes, c-abl and β 2M , in Radiation-induced Murine Myeloid Leukaemias. International Journal of Radiation Biology. 53(1). 57–63. 7 indexed citations
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Thacker, John, Roger Cox, & D.T. Goodhead. (1980). Do Carbon Ultrasoft X-rays Induce Exchange Aberrations in Cultured Mammalian Cells?. International Journal of Radiation Biology and Related Studies in Physics Chemistry and Medicine. 38(4). 469–472. 19 indexed citations
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Harder, D., et al.. (1980). Chromosome Aberrations Induced in Human Lymphocytes by Ultrasoft Al K and C K X-rays. International Journal of Radiation Biology and Related Studies in Physics Chemistry and Medicine. 38(5). 545–557. 61 indexed citations
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Cox, Martha J. & Roger Cox. (1979). Socialization of Young Children in the Divorced Family.. Journal of research and development in education. 13(1). 58–67. 4 indexed citations
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Goodhead, D.T., John Thacker, Roger Cox, & R.E. Wilkinson. (1979). Effectiveness of 0·3 keV Carbon Ultrasoft X-rays for the Inactivation and Mutation of Cultured Mammalian Cells. International Journal of Radiation Biology and Related Studies in Physics Chemistry and Medicine. 36(2). 101–115. 119 indexed citations

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