Kay E. Davies

33.1k citations

380 papers · 24.4k · 4 hit papers · h-index 79

Impact in

Genetics top 0.1%
- Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research
- Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
- Virus-based gene therapy research
Rehabilitation top 0.05%
- Exercise and Physiological Responses

Papers in

Molecular Biology 304
- Muscle Physiology and Disorders 170
- RNA modifications and cancer 45
- RNA Research and Splicing 41
Genetics 127
- Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders 63
- Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research 51
- Virus-based gene therapy research 28

Co-authors: Jonathon M. Tinsley (32 shared papers)Derek J. Blake (24 shared papers)Peter L. Oliver (33 shared papers)Sarah E. Newey (7 shared papers)Theodore L. Munsat (1 shared paper)Donald R. Love (19 shared papers)Kristen L. Nowak (7 shared papers)Allyson C. Potter (11 shared papers)
Journals: Human Molecular Genetics (29 papers)Human Genetics (23 papers)Neuromuscular Disorders (23 papers)Journal of Medical Genetics (18 papers)Genomics (15 papers)
Partner nations: United Kingdom United States India

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375 papers receiving 23.8k citations

Kay E. Davies's Hit Papers

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Function and Genetics of Dystrophin and Dystrophin-Related Proteins in Muscle 2002 · 907 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

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it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2002 Physiological Reviews
1997 Cell
1992 Neuromuscular Disorders
1985 Nature

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1	Function and Genetics of Dystrophin and Dystrophin-Related Proteins in Muscle Physiological Reviews ·Derek J. Blake, Andrew Weir, Sarah E. Newey, Kay E. Davies Hit paper breakdown →	2002	907
2	Utrophin-Dystrophin-Deficient Mice as a Model for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Cell ·Anne E. Deconinck, Jill A. Rafael, Judith A. Skinner, S. Brown, Allyson C. Potter, Laurent Metzinger, Diana J. Watt, J.G. Dickson, Jonathon M. Tinsley, Kay E. Davies Hit paper breakdown →	1997	603
3	International SMA Consortium Meeting (26–28 June 1992, Bonn, Germany) Neuromuscular Disorders ·Theodore L. Munsat, Kay E. Davies Hit paper breakdown →	1992	552
4	A highly polymorphic DNA marker linked to adult polycystic kidney disease on chromosome 16 Nature ·Stephen T. Reeders, M.H. Breuning, Kay E. Davies, Robert D. Nicholls, Andrew P. Jarman, Douglas R. Higgs, P. Pearson, D. J. Weatherall Hit paper breakdown →	1985	518
5	Report of the committee on the genetic constitution of the X chromosome (Part 1 of 3) Cytogenetic and Genome Research ·Kay E. Davies, Jean‐Louis Mandel, Anthony P. Monaco, Robert L. Nussbaum, H.F. Willard, M.V. Bell, Yvonne Boyd, Simon C. Riley	1990	489
6	Expression of full-length utrophin prevents muscular dystrophy in mdx mice Nature Medicine ·Jonathon M. Tinsley, Nicolas Deconinck, Rosie Fisher, David Kahn, Steve Phelps, Jean‐Marie Gillis, Kay E. Davies	1998	484
7	Very mild muscular dystrophy associated with the deletion of 46% of dystrophin Nature ·Sarah England, L. V. B. Nicholson, Mark Johnson, S. M. Forrest, Donald R. Love, Elizabeth E. Zubrzycka‐Gaarn, Dennis E. Bulman, J.B. Harris, Kay E. Davies	1990	482
8	A Functional Genetic Link between Distinct Developmental Language Disorders New England Journal of Medicine ·Sonja C. Vernes, Dianne F. Newbury, Brett S. Abrahams, Laura Winchester, Jérôme Nicod, Matthias Groszer, Maricela Alarcón, Peter L. Oliver, Kay E. Davies, Daniel H. Geschwind, Anthony P. Monaco, Simon E. Fisher	2008	459
9	Trinucleotide repeat amplification and hypermethylation of a CpG island in FRAXE mental retardation Cell ·Samantha J.L. Knight, A Flannery, Mark C. Hirst, Louise J. Campbell, Zóe Christodoulou, Stephanie Phelps, J. J. Pointon, Helen Middleton‐Price, Angela Barnicoat, Marcus Pembrey, Jill Holland, B. A. Oostra, Martin Bobrow, Kay E. Davies	1993	436
10	Amelioration of the dystrophic phenotype of mdx mice using a truncated utrophin transgene Nature ·Jonathon M. Tinsley, Allyson C. Potter, Steven R. Phelps, Rosie Fisher, Jeffrey I. Trickett, Kay E. Davies	1996	402
11	Human dystrophin expression in mdx mice after intramuscular injection of DNA constructs Nature ·Gyula Acsádi, George Dickson, Donald R. Love, Ágnes Jáni, Frank S. Walsh, Asitha Gurusinghe, Jon A. Wolff, Kay E. Davies	1991	382
12	Primary structure of dystrophin-related protein Nature ·Jonathon M. Tinsley, Derek J. Blake, A. Roche, U. L. Fairbrother, Joseph Riss, Barbara C. Byth, Alex E. Knight, John Kendrick‐Jones, G K Suthers, Donald R. Love, Yvonne H. Edwards, Kay E. Davies	1992	339
13	Report of the committee on the genetic constitution of the X and Y chromosomes Cytogenetic and Genome Research ·P.N. Goodfellow, Kay E. Davies, H.-H. Ropers	1985	311
14	Linkage analysis of two cloned DNA sequences flanking the Duchenne muscular dystrophy locus on the short arm of the human X chromosome Nucleic Acids Research ·Kay E. Davies, P. Pearson, Peter S. Harper, Jeffrey Murray, T O'Brien, M. Sarfarazi, R. Williamson	1983	309
15	An autosomal genetic linkage map of the sheep genome. Genetics ·A. M. Crawford, K. G. Dodds, A J Ede, C. A. Pierson, Grant W. Montgomery, H. G. Garmonsway, A. E. Beattie, Kay E. Davies, Jill F. Maddox, S W Kappes	1995	304
16	Physical mapping across the fragile X: Hypermethylation and clinical expression of the fragile X syndrome Cell ·M.V. Bell, Mark C. Hirst, Yutaka Nakahori, Ruth N. MacKinnon, A. Roche, Tracey Flint, P. A. Jacobs, Niels Tommerup, Lisbeth Tranebjærg, U. Froster‐Iskenius, Bredford Kerr, Gillian Turner, R H Lindenbaum, Robin Winter, M. Prembrey, Stephen N. Thibodeau, Kay E. Davies	1991	287
17	PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS AND CARRIER DETECTION OF DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY WITH CLOSELY LINKED RFLPs The Lancet ·Egbert Bakker, Nicole Goor, Klaus Wrogemann, Louis M. Kunkel, Wayne A. Fenton, Daniëlle Majoor‐Krakauer, M. G. J. Jahoda, G.J.B. van Ommen, Marten H. Hofker, Jean‐Louis Mandel, Kay E. Davies, H.F. Willard, L. A. Sandkuyl, A.J. van Essen, E. S. Sachs, P. Pearson	1985	284
18	Genomic Variation and Gene Conversion in Spinal Muscular Atrophy: Implications for Disease Process and Clinical Phenotype The American Journal of Human Genetics ·Louise J. Campbell, Allyson C. Potter, Jaakko Ignatius, Victor Dubowitz, Kay E. Davies	1997	261
19	Genetic homogeneity between acute and chronic forms of spinal muscular atrophy Nature ·T. Conrad Gilliam, Linda M. Brzustowicz, Lucio H. Castilla, Thomas Lehner, Graciela K. Penchaszadeh, R.J. Daniels, Barbara C. Byth, James A. Knowles, Jenni Hislop, Yehudah Shapira, Victor Dubowitz, T. L. Munsat, Jürg Ott, Kay E. Davies	1990	257
20	Linkage relationship of a cloned DNA sequence on the short arm of the X chromosome to Duchenne muscular dystrophy Nature ·Jeffrey Murray, Kay E. Davies, P S Harper, Linda Meredith, C R Mueller, R. Williamson	1982	256

About Kay E. Davies

Kay E. Davies is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Genetics and Physiology, having authored 380 papers that have together received 24.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Muscle Physiology and Disorders (170 papers), Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (63 papers), Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research (51 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (45 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (41 papers), Exercise and Physiological Responses (37 papers), Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (30 papers) and Virus-based gene therapy research (28 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Genetics (3.7k citations), Rehabilitation (2.0k citations), Molecular Biology (19.3k citations), Genetics (6.9k citations) and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (3.8k citations). Kay E. Davies has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and India. Frequent co-authors include Jonathon M. Tinsley, Derek J. Blake, Peter L. Oliver, Sarah E. Newey, Theodore L. Munsat, Donald R. Love, Kristen L. Nowak, Allyson C. Potter, Andrew Weir and Glenn E. Morris. Their work appears in journals such as Human Molecular Genetics, Human Genetics, Neuromuscular Disorders, Journal of Medical Genetics and Genomics.

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