Timothy D. Spector

11.5k citations

39 papers · 6.2k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 29

Co-authors: Jordana T. Bell Ruth E. Ley Julia K. Goodrich Andrew G. Clark Ran Blekhman Omry Koren Michelle Beaumont William Van Treuren
Topics: Gut microbiota and health (8 papers)Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (7 papers)Diet and metabolism studies (5 papers)
Cited by: Biological Psychiatry Molecular Biology Aging
Journals: Cell Nature Communications Nature Genetics
Partner nations: United Kingdom United States Canada

In The Last Decade

Timothy D. Spector

39 papers receiving 6.1k citations

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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.

Human Genetics Shape the Gut Microbiome

2014 2.2k citations Julia K. Goodrich, Michelle Beaumont et al. profile →
Human aging-associated DNA hypermethylation occurs preferentially at bivalent chromatin domains

2010 556 citations Ana M. Valdes, Panos Deloukas et al. profile →
Host genetic variation impacts microbiome composition across human body sites

2015 514 citations Julia K. Goodrich, Jordana T. Bell et al. Genome biology profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	The gut microbiome: what the oncologist ought to know 2021 ·British Journal of Cancer ·Karla A. Lee,(unknown),Heather Shaw,Paul Nathan,Véronique Bataille,Timothy D. Spector	89
2	Blue poo: impact of gut transit time on the gut microbiome using a novel marker 2021 ·Gut ·Francesco Asnicar,Emily R. Leeming,Eirini Dimidi,Mohsen Mazidi,Paul W. Franks,Haya Al Khatib,Ana M. Valdes,Richard Davies,Elco Bakker,Lucy Francis,Andrew T. Chan,Rachel Gibson,George Hadjigeorgiou,Jonathan Wolf,Timothy D. Spector,Nicola Segata,Sarah Berry	119
3	Virome Diversity Correlates with Intestinal Microbiome Diversity in Adult Monozygotic Twins 2019 ·Cell Host & Microbe ·(unknown),(unknown),Sara C. Di Rienzi,Julia K. Goodrich,Timothy D. Spector,Jordana T. Bell,Nicholas D. Youngblut,Ian Hewson,Alejandro Reyes,Ruth E. Ley	141
4	TwinsUK: The UK Adult Twin Registry Update 2019 ·Twin Research and Human Genetics ·Serena Verdi,(unknown),Ruth C. E. Bowyer,Geneviève Lachance,Darioush Yarand,Paraskevi Christofidou,Massimo Mangino,Cristina Menni,Jordana T. Bell,Mario Falchi,Kerrin S. Small,Frances M. K. Williams,Christopher J. Hammond,Deborah Hart,Timothy D. Spector,Claire J. Steves	98
5	Heritable components of the human fecal microbiome are associated with visceral fat 2017 ·Gut Microbes ·Caroline Le Roy,Michelle Beaumont,Matthew Jackson,Claire J. Steves,Timothy D. Spector,Jordana T. Bell	39
6	Multivariate discovery and replication of five novel loci associated with Immunoglobulin G N-glycosylation 2017 ·Nature Communications ·Xia Shen,Lucija Klarić,Sodbo Sharapov,Massimo Mangino,Ning Zheng,(unknown),Irena Trbojević‐Akmačić,Maja Pučić‐Baković,Igor Rudan,Ozren Polašek,Caroline Hayward,Timothy D. Spector,James F. Wilson,Gordan Lauc,Yurii S. Aulchenko	60
7	Age-dependent changes in mean and variance of gene expression across tissues in a twin cohort 2017 ·Human Molecular Genetics ·Ana Viñuela,Andrew Brown,Alfonso Buil,Pei-Chien Tsai,Matthew N Davies,Jordana T. Bell,Emmanouil T. Dermitzakis,Timothy D. Spector,Kerrin S. Small	68
8	Population whole-genome bisulfite sequencing across two tissues highlights the environment as the principal source of human methylome variation 2015 ·Genome biology ·(unknown),Stephan Busche,Xiaojian Shao,Maxime Caron,Tony Kwan,Fiona Allum,Warren Cheung,Bing Ge,Susan Westfall,Marie-Michelle Simon,Amy Barrett,Jordana T. Bell,Mark I. McCarthy,Panos Deloukas,Mathieu Blanchette,Guillaume Bourque,Timothy D. Spector,Mark Lathrop,Tomi Pastinen,Elin Grundberg	59
9	Gene-gene and gene-environment interactions detected by transcriptome sequence analysis in twins 2014 ·Nature Genetics ·Alfonso Buil,Andrew Brown,Tuuli Lappalainen,Ana Viñuela,Matthew N Davies,Hou-Feng Zheng,J. Brent Richards,Daniel Glass,Kerrin S. Small,Richard Durbin,Timothy D. Spector,Emmanouil T. Dermitzakis	116
10	Somatic point mutations occurring early in development: a monozygotic twin study 2013 ·Journal of Medical Genetics ·Rui Li,Alexandre Montpetit,Marylène Rousseau,Si Wu,Celia M.T. Greenwood,Timothy D. Spector,Michaël Pollak,Constantin Polychronakos,J. Brent Richards	53
11	Ageing, genes, environment and epigenetics: what twin studies tell us now, and in the future 2012 ·Age and Ageing ·Claire J. Steves,Timothy D. Spector,Stephen H. Jackson	111
12	Mitochondrial DNA heteroplasmy in diabetes and normal adults: role of acquired and inherited mutational patterns in twins 2012 ·Human Molecular Genetics ·Gal Avital,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Eitan Rubin,Dan Glass,Timothy D. Spector,Dan Mishmar	70
13	Insights into the genetics of osteoporosis from recent genome-wide association studies 2011 ·Expert Reviews in Molecular Medicine ·Hou‐Feng Zheng,Timothy D. Spector,J. Brent Richards	30
14	Evidence that bone mineral density plays a role in degenerative disc disease: the UK Twin Spine Study 2010 ·Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases ·Gregory Livshits,Sergey Ermakov,Maria Popham,Alex J. MacGregor,Philip N. Sambrook,Timothy D. Spector,Frances M. K. Williams	64
15	SHP-2 and PI3-kinase genes PTPN11 and PIK3R1 may influence serum apoB and LDL cholesterol levels in normal women 2007 ·Atherosclerosis ·Yalda Jamshidi,(unknown),Harold Snieder,(unknown),Dongliang Ge,R. Swaminathan,Timothy D. Spector,Sandra D. O’Dell	21
16	Heritability of DNA-damage-induced apoptosis and its relationship with age in lymphocytes from female twins 2006 ·British Journal of Cancer ·Richard S. Camplejohn,SV Hodgson,(unknown),Bernet Kato,Timothy D. Spector	21
17	A study of osteoblast-like cells and osteoclast activity in identical twins discordant for osteoporosis 2000 ·Journal of Bone and Mineral Research ·(unknown),Susan Walsh,M Jevon,A Sabokbar,N A Athanasou,J.N. Beresford,Timothy D. Spector	1
18	Early menopausal bone loss at the spine is associated with polymorphism at the interleukin 1 receptor antagonist locus 1997 ·Journal of Bone and Mineral Research ·Richard Keen,(unknown),P J Major,J. S. Lanchbury,Timothy D. Spector	1
19	Dietary retinol intake and bone mineral density: A study of postmenopausal monozygous twins 1997 ·Journal of Bone and Mineral Research ·N K Arden,Richard Keen,(unknown),Cyrus Cooper,Hazel Inskip,Timothy D. Spector	2
20	Influence of vitamin D receptor genotype on bone mineral density in postmenopausal women: a twin study in Britain 1995 ·BMJ ·Timothy D. Spector,Richard Keen,Nigel Arden,N A Morrison,P J Major,Tuan V. Nguyen,P J Kelly,Jason Baker,Philip N. Sambrook,J. S. Lanchbury,J. A. Eisman	157

About Timothy D. Spector

Timothy D. Spector is a scholar working on Rheumatology, Molecular Biology and Gastroenterology, having authored 39 papers that have together received 6.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Gut microbiota and health (8 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (7 papers) and Diet and metabolism studies (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Biological Psychiatry (170 citations), Molecular Biology (3.9k citations) and Aging (92 citations). Timothy D. Spector has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Canada. Frequent co-authors include Jordana T. Bell, Ruth E. Ley, Julia K. Goodrich, Andrew G. Clark, Ran Blekhman, Omry Koren, Michelle Beaumont, William Van Treuren, Jillian L. Waters and Rob Knight. Their work appears in journals such as Cell, Nature Communications and Nature Genetics.

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