Thomas A. Down
Impact in
- Aging top 1%
- Molecular Biology top 0.5%
- Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
- RNA modifications and cancer
- Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
- Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks
- Cancer-related gene regulation
- RNA Research and Splicing
Papers in
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- Epigenetics and DNA Methylation 23
- Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics 19
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies 12
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms 11
- RNA modifications and cancer 9
- RNA Research and Splicing 8
- Cancer-related gene regulation 5
- Genetics 16
- Genetic Syndromes and Imprinting 10
- Co-authors
- Tim Hubbard (18 shared papers)Vardhman K. Rakyan (14 shared papers)Stephan Beck (8 shared papers)Mhairi Marshall (1 shared paper)Richard Wooster (1 shared paper)Nazneen Rahman (1 shared paper)P. Andrew Futreal (1 shared paper)Lachlan Coin (1 shared paper)
- Journals
- Genome Research (10 papers)BMC Bioinformatics (6 papers)PLoS ONE (6 papers)Bioinformatics (5 papers)PLoS Genetics (3 papers)
- Partner nations
- United KingdomUnited StatesGermany
In The Last Decade
Thomas A. Down
52 papers receiving 8.0k citations
Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 153
- Aging 197
- Molecular Biology 6.6k
- Cancer Research 1.4k
- Genetics 2.1k
- Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 753
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All Works
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| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A census of human cancer genes Hit paper breakdown → | 2004 | 2214 |
| 2 | Epigenome-wide association studies for common human diseases Hit paper breakdown → | 2011 | 863 |
| 3 | Germline DNA Demethylation Dynamics and Imprint Erasure Through 5-Hydroxymethylcytosine Hit paper breakdown → | 2012 | 570 |
| 4 | Human aging-associated DNA hypermethylation occurs preferentially at bivalent chromatin domains Hit paper breakdown → | 2010 | 556 |
| 5 | Differential chromatin marking of introns and expressed exons by H3K36me3 Hit paper breakdown → | 2009 | 503 |
| 6 | 2008 | 290 | |
| 7 | 2011 | 241 | |
| 8 | 2011 | 217 | |
| 9 | 2002 | 208 | |
| 10 | 2009 | 198 | |
| 11 | 2010 | 185 | |
| 12 | 2010 | 159 | |
| 13 | 2011 | 118 | |
| 14 | 2012 | 98 | |
| 15 | 2013 | 96 | |
| 16 | 2010 | 91 | |
| 17 | 2005 | 89 | |
| 18 | 2008 | 81 | |
| 19 | 2011 | 81 | |
| 20 | 2010 | 76 |
About Thomas A. Down
Thomas A. Down is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics, Aging, Surgery and Cancer Research, having authored 53 papers that have together received 8.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (23 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (19 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (12 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (11 papers), Genetic Syndromes and Imprinting (10 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (9 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (8 papers) and Cancer-related gene regulation (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Aging (197 citations), Molecular Biology (6.6k citations), Cancer Research (1.4k citations), Genetics (2.1k citations) and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health (753 citations). Thomas A. Down has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Tim Hubbard, Vardhman K. Rakyan, Stephan Beck, Mhairi Marshall, Richard Wooster, Nazneen Rahman, P. Andrew Futreal, Lachlan Coin, Michael R. Stratton and David J. Balding. Their work appears in journals such as Genome Research, BMC Bioinformatics, PLoS ONE, Bioinformatics and PLoS Genetics.
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