Steve Best

4.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
31 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Steve Best is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Hematology. According to data from OpenAlex, Steve Best has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Genetics, 11 papers in Molecular Biology and 11 papers in Hematology. Recurrent topics in Steve Best's work include Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders (16 papers), Iron Metabolism and Disorders (7 papers) and Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics (6 papers). Steve Best is often cited by papers focused on Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders (16 papers), Iron Metabolism and Disorders (7 papers) and Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics (6 papers). Steve Best collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and France. Steve Best's co-authors include Swee Lay Thein, Jie Jiang, Nicholas Silver, Paul Le Tissier, Jonathan P. Stoye, Greg J. Towers, Stephan Menzel, Chad Garner, Tim D. Spector and Helen Rooks and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Steve Best

30 papers receiving 3.2k 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.

Selection of housekeeping genes for gene expression studies in human reticulocytes using real-time PCR

2006 1.4k citations Nicholas Silver, Steve Best et al. BMC Molecular Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Steve Best United Kingdom	18	2.0k	1.1k	757	494	410	31	3.3k
Ralph Stadhouders Netherlands	29	2.2k 1.1×	238 0.2×	202 0.3×	344 0.7×	83 0.2×	67	3.4k
Urban Gullberg Sweden	35	1.6k 0.8×	192 0.2×	579 0.8×	502 1.0×	55 0.1×	132	4.0k
T Sekiya Japan	20	2.0k 1.0×	167 0.2×	247 0.3×	826 1.7×	149 0.4×	53	4.3k
Kyle Vogan United States	18	2.2k 1.1×	139 0.1×	211 0.3×	791 1.6×	100 0.2×	45	3.4k
Xiaowu Gai United States	33	2.2k 1.1×	237 0.2×	93 0.1×	574 1.2×	249 0.6×	90	4.2k
Anselm Enders United States	37	1.4k 0.7×	125 0.1×	259 0.3×	568 1.1×	427 1.0×	119	4.4k
Jochen Hecht Germany	32	2.1k 1.1×	126 0.1×	194 0.3×	987 2.0×	118 0.3×	77	3.5k
Edward J. Hollox United Kingdom	28	1.2k 0.6×	129 0.1×	81 0.1×	1.4k 2.8×	144 0.4×	72	3.1k
A. Friedmann Israel	30	830 0.4×	198 0.2×	90 0.1×	786 1.6×	55 0.1×	102	3.0k
Matthew Breen United States	44	2.1k 1.1×	151 0.1×	96 0.1×	2.5k 5.0×	45 0.1×	189	5.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Steve Best

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Smith, Alexander, Tala Shahin, Austin Kulasekararaj, et al.. (2017). Neoantigens in MDS Are Associated with Two Novel CD4+ T Cell Subsets and Improved Overall Survival. Blood. 130. 2958–2958. 3 indexed citations

Best, Steve & Dan G. Pavel. (2017). Treatment of post-anesthesia dementia with perispinal etanercept injection and hyperbaric oxygen therapy: a case report. Journal of Medical Case Reports. 11(1). 105–105. 1 indexed citations

Stadhouders, Ralph, Süleyman Aktuna, Supat Thongjuea, et al.. (2014). HBS1L-MYB intergenic variants modulate fetal hemoglobin via long-range MYB enhancers. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 124(4). 1699–1710. 142 indexed citations

Rooks, Helen, et al.. (2012). A novel 506 kb deletion causing εγδβ thalassemia. Blood Cells Molecules and Diseases. 49(3-4). 121–127. 26 indexed citations

Wahlberg, Karin, et al.. (2010). Binding patterns of BCL11A in the globin and GATA1 loci and characterization of the BCL11A fetal hemoglobin locus. Blood Cells Molecules and Diseases. 45(2). 140–146. 48 indexed citations

Lai, Mei I, Chad Garner, Jie Jiang, et al.. (2010). A Twins Heritability Study on Alpha Hemoglobin Stabilizing Protein (AHSP) Expression Variability. Twin Research and Human Genetics. 13(6). 567–572. 2 indexed citations

Best, Steve, et al.. (2009). Bio-electrospraying whole human blood: analysing cellular viability at a molecular level. Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine. 3(7). 562–566. 19 indexed citations

Lai, Mei I, Jie Jiang, Nicholas Silver, et al.. (2006). α‐Haemoglobin stabilising protein is a quantitative trait gene that modifies the phenotype of β‐thalassaemia. British Journal of Haematology. 133(6). 675–682. 54 indexed citations

Silver, Nicholas, Steve Best, Jie Jiang, & Swee Lay Thein. (2006). Selection of housekeeping genes for gene expression studies in human reticulocytes using real-time PCR. BMC Molecular Biology. 7(1). 33–33. 1359 indexed citations breakdown →

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Jiang, Jie, Steve Best, Stephan Menzel, et al.. (2006). cMYB is involved in the regulation of fetal hemoglobin production in adults. Blood. 108(3). 1077–1083. 139 indexed citations

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Garner, Chad, Steve Best, Stephan Menzel, et al.. (2005). Two candidate genes for low platelet count identified in an Asian Indian kindred by genome-wide linkage analysis: glycoprotein IX and thrombopoietin. European Journal of Human Genetics. 14(1). 101–108. 13 indexed citations

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Rooks, Helen, Jean Bergounioux, Laurence Gamé, et al.. (2005). Heterogeneity of the ɛγδβ‐thalassaemias: characterization of three novel English deletions. British Journal of Haematology. 128(5). 722–729. 20 indexed citations

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Lai, Mei I, Jie Jiang, Nicholas Silver, et al.. (2005). AHSP Is a Quantitative Trait Gene That Modifies the Phenotype of β Thalassemia.. Blood. 106(11). 3638–3638.

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Best, Steve, Filippo Salvati, Chad Garner, et al.. (2003). Lamin B‐receptor mutations in Pelger–Huët anomaly. British Journal of Haematology. 123(3). 542–544. 39 indexed citations

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Garner, Chad, Thanusak Tatu, Steve Best, Lisa E. Creary, & Swee Lay Thein. (2002). Evidence of Genetic Interaction between the β-Globin Complex and Chromosome 8q in the Expression of Fetal Hemoglobin. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 70(3). 793–799. 61 indexed citations

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Gamé, Laurence, James Close, Steve Best, et al.. (2000). An Integrated Map of Human 6q22.3–q24 Including a 3-Mb High-Resolution BAC/PAC Contig Encompassing a QTL for Fetal Hemoglobin. Genomics. 64(3). 264–276. 10 indexed citations

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Cox, Roger, Alison Hugill, Alexandra Shedlovsky, et al.. (1999). Contrasting Effects of ENU Induced Embryonic Lethal Mutations of thequakingGene. Genomics. 57(3). 333–341. 58 indexed citations

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Best, Steve, Paul Le Tissier, & Jonathan P. Stoye. (1997). Endogenous retroviruses and the evolution of resistance to retroviral infection. Trends in Microbiology. 5(8). 313–318. 74 indexed citations

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Best, Steve, Paul Le Tissier, Greg J. Towers, & Jonathan P. Stoye. (1996). Positional cloning of the mouse retrovirus restriction gene Fvl. Nature. 382(6594). 826–829. 397 indexed citations

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Best, Steve, et al.. (1982). Relationship of Interest Measurement Derived from the Copsystem Interest Inventory and the Kuder General Interest Survey: Construct Validation of Two Measures of Occupational Activity Preferences. Educational and Psychological Measurement. 42(4). 1289–1293. 3 indexed citations

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