Stephen Sawcer

43.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
130 papers, 7.1k citations indexed

About

Stephen Sawcer is a scholar working on Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Immunology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephen Sawcer has authored 130 papers receiving a total of 7.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 60 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine, 49 papers in Immunology and 39 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Stephen Sawcer's work include Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies (58 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (28 papers) and Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (20 papers). Stephen Sawcer is often cited by papers focused on Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies (58 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (28 papers) and Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (20 papers). Stephen Sawcer collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Canada. Stephen Sawcer's co-authors include Maria Ban, Alastair Compston, An Goris, Jorge R. Oksenberg, Thomas Foltynie, Roger A. Barker, Caroline H. Williams‐Gray, Stephen L. Hauser, D. A. S. Compston and David Clayton and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Stephen Sawcer

128 papers receiving 6.9k citations

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The distinct cognitive syndromes of Parkinson's disease: 5 year follow-up of the CamPaIGN cohort

2009 736 citations Caroline H. Williams‐Gray, Jonathan Evans et al. Brain profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Transcript specific regulation of expression influences susceptibility to multiple sclerosis 2020 ·European Journal of Human Genetics ·Maria Ban, (unknown), Amie Baker, Alastair Compston, John Thorpe, Paul Molyneux, M Fraser, Jyoti Khadake, Joanne Jones, Alasdair Coles, Stephen Sawcer	9
2	Mononeuritis multiplex: an unexpectedly frequent feature of severe COVID-19 2020 ·Journal of Neurology ·Edward Needham, Virginia Newcombe, Andrew W. Michell, John S. Thornton, Andrew J. Grainger, Fahim Anwar, Elizabeth A. Warburton, David Menon, (unknown), Stephen Sawcer	50
3	Age Related Multiple Sclerosis Severity Score: Disability ranked by age 2017 ·Multiple Sclerosis Journal ·Ali Manouchehrinia, Helga Westerlind, Elaine Kingwell, Feng Zhu, Robert Carruthers, Ryan Ramanujam, Maria Ban, Anna Glaser, Stephen Sawcer, Helen Tremlett, Jan Hillert	102
4	Confounding in association studies: month of birth and multiple sclerosis 2014 ·Journal of Neurology ·Barnaby Fiddes, James Wason, Stephen Sawcer	16
5	Neurodegeneration caused by intronic expansions of C9ORF72 is a clinically heterogeneous but pathologically distinct disease 2013 ·The Lancet ·Johnathan Cooper‐Knock, J. Robin Highley, Judith Hartley, Antonio Milano, Stephen Sawcer, (unknown), (unknown), Gavin Charlesworth, Nicholas Wood, Oliver Bandmann, Christopher McDermott, Janine Kirby, Paul G. Ince, Pamela J. Shaw	1
6	Confounding underlies the apparent month of birth effect in multiple sclerosis 2013 ·Annals of Neurology ·Barnaby Fiddes, James Wason, Anu Kemppinen, Maria Ban, Alastair Compston, Stephen Sawcer	48
7	The problems and promises of research into human immunology and autoimmune disease 2012 ·Nature Medicine ·Bart O. Roep, Jane H. Buckner, Stephen Sawcer, René E. M. Toes, Frauke Zipp	37
8	Genetic risk and a primary role for cell-mediated immune mechanisms in multiple sclerosis 2011 ·Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich) ·Stephen Sawcer, Garrett Hellenthal, (unknown)	1
9	IL2RA Genetic Heterogeneity in Multiple Sclerosis and Type 1 Diabetes Susceptibility and Soluble Interleukin-2 Receptor Production 2009 ·PLoS Genetics ·Lisa M. Maier, Christopher E. Lowe, Jason D. Cooper, Kate Downes, David E. Anderson, Christopher Severson, Pamela Clark, Brian C. Healy, Neil Walker, Cristin Aubin, Jorge R. Oksenberg, Stephen L. Hauser, (unknown), Stephen Sawcer, Philip L. De Jager, Linda S. Wicker, John A. Todd, David A. Hafler	186
10	The distinct cognitive syndromes of Parkinson's disease: 5 year follow-up of the CamPaIGN cohort breakdown → 2009 ·Brain ·Caroline H. Williams‐Gray, Jonathan Evans, An Goris, Thomas Foltynie, Maria Ban, Trevor W. Robbins, Carol Brayne, Bhaskar Kolachana, Daniel R. Weinberger, Stephen Sawcer, Roger A. Barker	736
11	HERV-K113 Is Not Associated with Multiple Sclerosis in a Large Family-Based Study 2008 ·AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses ·David L. Moyes, An Goris, Maria Ban, (unknown), David J. Griffiths, Stephen Sawcer, Patrick J Venables	20
12	A Taqman assay for high‐throughput genotyping of the multiple sclerosis‐associated HLA‐DRB11501 allele 2008 ·Tissue Antigens* ·An Goris, Andrew Walton, Maria Ban, Bénédicte Dubois, Alastair Compston, Stephen Sawcer	23
13	Tau and α‐synuclein in susceptibility to, and dementia in, Parkinson's disease 2007 ·Annals of Neurology ·An Goris, Caroline H. Williams‐Gray, Graeme R. Clark, Thomas Foltynie, Simon J.G. Lewis, Joanne Brown, Maria Ban, Maria Grazia Spillantini, Alastair Compston, David J. Burn, Patrick F. Chinnery, Roger A. Barker, Stephen Sawcer	224
14	The role of inflammatory bowel disease susceptibility loci in multiple sclerosis and systemic lupus erythematosus 2006 ·Genes and Immunity ·Philip L. De Jager, Robert Graham, Lisa Farwell, Stephen Sawcer, Angela M. Richardson, Timothy W. Behrens, Alastair Compston, David A. Hafler, Juha Kere, Timothy J. Vyse, John D. Rioux	29
15	Fundamentals of neurology. An illustrated guide 2006 ·Acta Neurochirurgica ·Stephen Sawcer	6
16	Association Between Tau H2 Haplotype and Age at Onset in Frontotemporal Dementia 2005 ·Archives of Neurology ·Barbara Borroni, Despina Yancopoulou, (unknown), Alessandro Padovani, Stephen Sawcer, John R. Hodges, Maria Grazia Spillantini	30
17	A whole genome association study in Finnish multiple sclerosis patients with 3669 markers 2003 ·Journal of Neuroimmunology ·Mikko Laaksonen, Áslaug Jónasdóttir, Ragnheiður Fossdal, Juhani Ruutiainen, Stephen Sawcer, Alastair Compston, (unknown), Theodora Thorlacius, Jeffrey R. Gulcher, Jorma Ilonen	12
18	A whole genome association study in multiple sclerosis patients from north Portugal 2003 ·Journal of Neuroimmunology ·Berta Martins da Silva, Theodora Thorlacius, (unknown), Clara Pereira, Ragnheiður Fossdal, Hjörtur H. Jónsson, Ana Silva, Isabel Cristina Gonçalves Leite, João Cerqueira, Paulo Costa, Mónica Marta, Thomas Foltynie, Stephen Sawcer, Alastair Compston, Áslaug Jónasdóttir	9
19	A genome screen for multiple sclerosis in Italian families 2001 ·Genes and Immunity ·Simon Broadley, Stephen Sawcer, Sandra D’Alfonso, Anke Hensiek, Francesca Coraddu, Jeffrey J. Gray, Richard Roxburgh, David Clayton, Carla Buttinelli, Aldo Quattrone, María Trojano, Luca Massacesi, Alastair Compston	54
20	Response to Kruglyak 1998 ·The American Journal of Human Genetics ·Stephen Sawcer, Hywel B. Jones, David Clayton	2

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