Shaun S. Abeysinghe

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
8 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Shaun S. Abeysinghe is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Shaun S. Abeysinghe has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Genetics, 5 papers in Molecular Biology and 4 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Shaun S. Abeysinghe's work include Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities (7 papers), Genomics and Rare Diseases (4 papers) and Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (4 papers). Shaun S. Abeysinghe is often cited by papers focused on Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities (7 papers), Genomics and Rare Diseases (4 papers) and Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (4 papers). Shaun S. Abeysinghe collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Germany and Russia. Shaun S. Abeysinghe's co-authors include D.N. Cooper, Michael Krawczak, Edward V. Ball, Peter D. Stenson, Nick Thomas, Matthew Mort, Andrew D. Phillips, Nadia Chuzhanova, Iain Fenton and Jacquelynn E. Larson and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Human Mutation and PubMed.

In The Last Decade

Shaun S. Abeysinghe

8 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

Human Gene Mutation Database (HGMD®): 2003 update 2003 2026 2010 2018 2003 400 800 1.2k
What are hit papers?

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. Human Gene Mutation Database (HGMD®): 2003 update
    2003 1.4k citations Peter D. Stenson, Edward V. Ball et al. Human Mutation profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Shaun S. Abeysinghe United Kingdom 8 1.4k 845 186 185 156 8 2.1k
Philip D. Cotter United States 26 1.3k 0.9× 994 1.2× 298 1.6× 318 1.7× 87 0.6× 95 2.4k
Gerard Merkx Netherlands 25 1.6k 1.1× 570 0.7× 184 1.0× 219 1.2× 71 0.5× 52 2.2k
Gregory M. Landes United States 26 2.5k 1.8× 1.0k 1.2× 114 0.6× 158 0.9× 94 0.6× 35 3.3k
P. Pearson Netherlands 21 879 0.6× 710 0.8× 109 0.6× 276 1.5× 60 0.4× 50 1.6k
Barbara K. Goodman United States 25 811 0.6× 360 0.4× 146 0.8× 109 0.6× 71 0.5× 48 1.5k
David R. Bachinsky United States 12 1.2k 0.9× 380 0.4× 81 0.4× 65 0.4× 150 1.0× 13 1.7k
Véronique Paquis‐Flucklinger France 27 2.0k 1.4× 413 0.5× 178 1.0× 67 0.4× 175 1.1× 88 2.5k
Amy Tang United States 21 2.1k 1.5× 560 0.7× 301 1.6× 174 0.9× 74 0.5× 25 2.6k
Masoud Garshasbi Iran 24 1.5k 1.0× 729 0.9× 354 1.9× 48 0.3× 114 0.7× 127 2.4k
Erica Woollatt Australia 18 988 0.7× 367 0.4× 135 0.7× 85 0.5× 88 0.6× 25 1.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Shaun S. Abeysinghe

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Shaun S. Abeysinghe

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Shaun S. Abeysinghe. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Shaun S. Abeysinghe 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 Shaun S. Abeysinghe. Shaun S. Abeysinghe is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

8 of 8 papers shown
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Abeysinghe, Shaun S., Nadia Chuzhanova, & D.N. Cooper. (2006). Gross Deletions and Translocations in Human Genetic Disease. PubMed. 1. 17–34. 7 indexed citations
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Ball, Edward V., Peter D. Stenson, Shaun S. Abeysinghe, et al.. (2005). Microdeletions and microinsertions causing human genetic disease: common mechanisms of mutagenesis and the role of local DNA sequence complexity. Human Mutation. 26(3). 205–213. 116 indexed citations
3.
Abeysinghe, Shaun S., Peter D. Stenson, Michael Krawczak, & D.N. Cooper. (2004). Gross rearrangement breakpoint database (GRaBD?). Human Mutation. 23(3). 219–221. 18 indexed citations
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Bacolla, Albino, Adam Jaworski, Jacquelynn E. Larson, et al.. (2004). Breakpoints of gross deletions coincide with non-B DNA conformations. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101(39). 14162–14167. 161 indexed citations
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Chuzhanova, Nadia, Shaun S. Abeysinghe, Michael Krawczak, & D.N. Cooper. (2003). Translocation and gross deletion breakpoints in human inherited disease and cancer II: Potential involvement of repetitive sequence elements in secondary structure formation between DNA ends. Human Mutation. 22(3). 245–251. 85 indexed citations
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Abeysinghe, Shaun S., Nadia Chuzhanova, Michael Krawczak, Edward V. Ball, & D.N. Cooper. (2003). Translocation and gross deletion breakpoints in human inherited disease and cancer I: Nucleotide composition and recombination-associated motifs. Human Mutation. 22(3). 229–244. 186 indexed citations
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Stenson, Peter D., Edward V. Ball, Matthew Mort, et al.. (2003). Human Gene Mutation Database (HGMD®): 2003 update. Human Mutation. 21(6). 577–581. 1356 indexed citations breakdown →
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Krawczak, Michael, Edward V. Ball, Iain Fenton, et al.. (2000). Human Gene Mutation Database?A biomedical information and research resource. Human Mutation. 15(1). 45–51. 212 indexed citations

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