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.
Identification of a Gene That Causes Primary Open Angle Glaucoma
19971.1k citationsEdwin M. Stone, John H. Fingert et al.profile →
Cloning and characterization of a novel bicoid-related homeobox transcription factor gene, RIEG, involved in Rieger syndrome
1996720 citationsWallace L.M. Alward et al.profile →
Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma
2009669 citationsYoung H. Kwon, John H. Fingert et al.New England Journal of Medicineprofile →
Acute Hepatitis B Virus Infection: Relation of Age to the Clinical Expression of Disease and Subsequent Development of the Carrier State
1985593 citationsWallace L.M. Alward et al.profile →
Nocturnal Arterial Hypotension and Its Role in Optic Nerve Head and Ocular Ischemic Disorders
1994587 citationsWallace L.M. Alward et al.profile →
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Fields of papers citing papers by Wallace L.M. Alward
This network shows the impact of papers produced by Wallace L.M. Alward. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Wallace L.M. Alward. The network helps show where Wallace L.M. Alward may publish in the future.
Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wallace L.M. Alward
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Goins, Kenneth M., Anna S. Kitzmann, Mark A. Greiner, et al.. (2016). Boston Type 1 Keratoprosthesis. Cornea. 35(9). 1165–1174.40 indexed citations
4.
Choi, Michael, Ben R. Roos, Edwin M. Stone, et al.. (2015). Novel TMEM98 mutations in pedigrees with autosomal dominant nanophthalmos.. PubMed. 21. 1017–23.22 indexed citations
Kuehn, Markus H., Kai Wang, Ben R. Roos, et al.. (2011). Chromosome 7q31 POAG locus: ocular expression of caveolins and lack of association with POAG in a US cohort.. PubMed. 17. 430–5.44 indexed citations
Tang, Li, Young H. Kwon, Wallace L.M. Alward, et al.. (2010). Automated Measurement of Optic Nerve Head Shape From Stereo Color Photographs of the Optic Disc: Validation With SD-OCT. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 51(13). 1774–1774.1 indexed citations
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Kwon, Young H., John H. Fingert, Markus H. Kuehn, & Wallace L.M. Alward. (2009). Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma. New England Journal of Medicine. 360(11). 1113–1124.669 indexed citations breakdown →
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Pramanik, Sudeep, Kenneth M. Goins, John E. Sutphin, et al.. (2006). Evaluation Of Changes In Intraocular Pressure And Incidence Of Glaucoma Following Endothelial Keratoplasty. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 47(13). 3600–3600.1 indexed citations
13.
Doan, Andrew, M. Bridget Zimmerman, Wallace L.M. Alward, Emily C. Greenlee, & Young H. Kwon. (2005). Diurnal Fluctuation and Concordance of Intraocular Pressure in Glaucoma Suspects and Ocular Hypertension Patients. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 46(13). 4833–4833.1 indexed citations
Fingert, John H., A.F. Clark, Jamie E. Craig, et al.. (2001). Evaluation of the myocilin (MYOC) glaucoma gene in monkey and human steroid-induced ocular hypertension.. PubMed. 42(1). 145–52.98 indexed citations
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Swiderski, Ruth E., John H. Fingert, A.F. Clark, et al.. (2000). Localization of MYOC transcripts in human eye and optic nerve by in situ hybridization.. PubMed. 41(11). 3420–8.80 indexed citations
Sunden, Sara L.F., Brian E. Nichols, & Wallace L.M. Alward. (1994). Exclusion of candidate genes from the chromosome 1q juvenile glaucoma region and mapping of the peripheral cannabis receptor gene (CNR2) to chromosome 1. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 55.1 indexed citations
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