Walter Muir

24.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
116 papers, 6.2k citations indexed

About

Walter Muir is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Psychiatry and Mental health. According to data from OpenAlex, Walter Muir has authored 116 papers receiving a total of 6.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in Genetics, 42 papers in Molecular Biology and 27 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health. Recurrent topics in Walter Muir's work include Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (32 papers), Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities (23 papers) and Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (22 papers). Walter Muir is often cited by papers focused on Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (32 papers), Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities (23 papers) and Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (22 papers). Walter Muir collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Canada and Denmark. Walter Muir's co-authors include Douglas Blackwood, David J. Porteous, Ben Pickard, David M. St. Clair, Daniel J. Smıth, Maura T. Walker, Pippa A. Thomson, Alison Fordyce, J. Kirsty Millar and M. P. Malloy and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Walter Muir

115 papers receiving 6.0k 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.

Association within a family of a balanced autosomal translocation with major mental illness

1990 557 citations David St Clair, Douglas Blackwood et al. The Lancet profile →
Schizophrenia and Affective Disorders—Cosegregation with a Translocation at Chromosome 1q42 That Directly Disrupts Brain-Expressed Genes: Clinical and P300 Findings in a Family

2001 557 citations Douglas Blackwood, David M. St. Clair et al. The American Journal of Human Genetics profile →
DISC1 and PDE4B Are Interacting Genetic Factors in Schizophrenia That Regulate cAMP Signaling

2005 507 citations J. Kirsty Millar, Ben Pickard et al. Science profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Walter Muir United Kingdom	42	2.8k	2.2k	1.5k	1.1k	1.0k	116	6.2k
Fabìo Macciardi Italy	52	2.8k 1.0×	2.3k 1.0×	2.3k 1.5×	2.1k 1.8×	1.3k 1.2×	206	7.8k
Douglas Blackwood United Kingdom	51	3.4k 1.2×	2.5k 1.1×	2.4k 1.6×	1.6k 1.4×	2.0k 1.9×	166	8.6k
Herbert M. Lachman United States	43	3.1k 1.1×	1.8k 0.8×	1.7k 1.1×	1.7k 1.6×	1.6k 1.5×	107	7.4k
Sven Cichon Germany	50	2.8k 1.0×	3.1k 1.4×	2.0k 1.3×	1.7k 1.5×	1.6k 1.5×	217	8.8k
Peter Holmans United Kingdom	55	3.8k 1.3×	4.3k 2.0×	1.9k 1.2×	1.9k 1.7×	1.3k 1.2×	209	9.4k
Margot Albus Germany	41	1.2k 0.4×	1.3k 0.6×	1.9k 1.2×	1.1k 1.0×	735 0.7×	132	4.8k
Maria Karayiorgou United States	34	2.9k 1.0×	1.6k 0.8×	633 0.4×	1.5k 1.4×	981 0.9×	63	5.5k
Wade H. Berrettini United States	44	2.3k 0.8×	1.7k 0.8×	1.6k 1.0×	2.0k 1.8×	725 0.7×	138	7.2k
Stephen J. Glatt United States	45	2.2k 0.8×	2.0k 0.9×	2.4k 1.6×	1.1k 1.0×	1.4k 1.4×	156	7.1k
Maria Karayiorgou United States	38	4.0k 1.4×	2.9k 1.3×	653 0.4×	2.0k 1.8×	1.6k 1.5×	63	7.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Walter Muir

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MacIntyre, Donald J., Kevin A. McGhee, Alan Maclean, et al.. (2010). Association of GPR50, an X-linked orphan G protein-coupled receptor, and affective disorder in an independent sample of the Scottish population. Neuroscience Letters. 475(3). 169–173. 18 indexed citations

Blackwood, Douglas, Ben Pickard, Pippa A. Thomson, et al.. (2007). Are some genetic risk factors common to schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and depression? evidence fromDISC1, GRIK4 andNRG1. Neurotoxicity Research. 11(1). 73–83. 54 indexed citations

Spencer, Michael D., T. William J. Moorhead, Andrew M. McIntosh, et al.. (2007). Grey matter correlates of early psychotic symptoms in adolescents at enhanced risk of psychosis: A voxel-based study. NeuroImage. 35(3). 1181–1191. 37 indexed citations

Christoforou, A., Stéphanie Le Hellard, Pippa A. Thomson, et al.. (2007). Association analysis of the chromosome 4p15–p16 candidate region for bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. Molecular Psychiatry. 12(11). 1011–1025. 35 indexed citations

Pickard, Ben, A. Christoforou, Pippa A. Thomson, et al.. (2006). A case-control association study on the NPAS3 gene. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. 1 indexed citations

Pickard, Ben, Andrew A. Pieper, David J. Porteous, Douglas Blackwood, & Walter Muir. (2006). TheNPAS3gene—emerging evidence for a role in psychiatric illness. Annals of Medicine. 38(6). 439–448. 37 indexed citations

Pickard, Ben, M. P. Malloy, A. Christoforou, et al.. (2006). Cytogenetic and genetic evidence supports a role for the kainate-type glutamate receptor gene, GRIK4, in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Molecular Psychiatry. 11(9). 847–857. 92 indexed citations

Spencer, Michael D., T. William J. Moorhead, G. Katherine S. Lymer, et al.. (2006). Structural correlates of intellectual impairment and autistic features in adolescents. NeuroImage. 33(4). 1136–1144. 44 indexed citations

Millar, J. Kirsty, Ben Pickard, Shaun Mackie, et al.. (2005). DISC1 and PDE4B Are Interacting Genetic Factors in Schizophrenia That Regulate cAMP Signaling. Science. 310(5751). 1187–1191. 507 indexed citations breakdown →

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Pickard, Ben, M. P. Malloy, David J. Porteous, Douglas Blackwood, & Walter Muir. (2005). Disruption of a brain transcription factor, NPAS3, is associated with schizophrenia and learning disability. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B Neuropsychiatric Genetics. 136B(1). 26–32. 62 indexed citations

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Massat, Isabelle, Daniel Souery, Jurgen Del‐Favero, et al.. (2004). Association between COMT (Val158Met) functional polymorphism and early onset in patients with major depressive disorder in a European multicenter genetic association study. Molecular Psychiatry. 10(6). 598–605. 126 indexed citations

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Mackie, Shaun, Ben Pickard, Rachel James, et al.. (2004). DISC1: Progress from discovery towards an understanding. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. 3 indexed citations

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MacGregor, Stuart, Peter M. Visscher, Sara Knott, et al.. (2004). A genome scan and follow-up study identify a bipolar disorder susceptibility locus on chromosome 1q42. Molecular Psychiatry. 9(12). 1083–1090. 81 indexed citations

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Doody, Gillian A., et al.. (1998). ‘Pfropfschizophrenie’ revisited. The British Journal of Psychiatry. 173(2). 145–153. 103 indexed citations

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Asherson, Philip, R. Mant, Nigel Williams, et al.. (1998). A study of chromosome 4p markers and dopamine D5 receptor gene in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Molecular Psychiatry. 3(4). 310–320. 57 indexed citations

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Blackwood, D., Walter Muir, Patrick O. McKeon, et al.. (1996). No evidence for an allelic association between bipolar disorder and the dopamine DRD5 receptor. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 59. 1 indexed citations

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Sharp, C. W., Walter Muir, Douglas Blackwood, et al.. (1994). Schizophrenia and mental retardation associated in a pedigree with retinitis pigmentosa and sensorineural deafness. American Journal of Medical Genetics. 54(4). 354–360. 12 indexed citations

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Clair, David St, Douglas Blackwood, Walter Muir, et al.. (1990). Association within a family of a balanced autosomal translocation with major mental illness. The Lancet. 336(8706). 13–16. 557 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kutcher, Stan, et al.. (1989). Auditory P300 does not differentiate borderline personality disorder from schizotypal personality disorder. Biological Psychiatry. 26(8). 766–774. 44 indexed citations

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Boersma, Frederic J. & Walter Muir. (1975). Eye movements and information processing in mentally retarded children. 7 indexed citations

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