Manir Ali

6.3k citations

95 papers · 5.1k · 2 hit papers · h-index 34

Impact in

Ophthalmology top 0.5%
- Retinal Diseases and Treatments
- Glaucoma and retinal disorders
Immunology top 2%
- interferon and immune responses

Papers in

Ophthalmology 18
- Retinal Diseases and Treatments 13
- Glaucoma and retinal disorders 6
Molecular Biology 47
- Retinal Development and Disorders 28

Co-authors: Chris F. Inglehearn (41 shared papers)Timothy Martin Cox (7 shared papers)Peter Rellos (3 shared papers)Martin McKibbin (24 shared papers)Carmel Toomes (20 shared papers)Alexander F. Markham (9 shared papers)James A. Poulter (10 shared papers)P.M. Hocking (10 shared papers)
Journals: Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science (13 papers)The American Journal of Human Genetics (11 papers)Human Mutation (5 papers)Nature Genetics (4 papers)Journal of Medical Genetics (4 papers)
Partner nations: United Kingdom United States Netherlands

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Manir Ali

93 papers receiving 4.9k citations

Manir Ali's Hit Papers

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Mutations involved in Aicardi-Goutières syndrome implicate SAMHD1 as regulator of the innate immune response 2009 · 606 citations

What are hit papers?

Paper score: A paper's citations measured against the top-1% bar of its own field and year: the square root of citations ÷ bar, so 1 means right at the bar and 2 means four times its citations. The bar blends the citation counts that enter the top 1% of the paper's subfields in its year (weighted 89.5%), of those subfields over all years (0.5%) and of its year across all fields (10%); a subfield and year with fewer than 400 papers takes its year's bar. Papers from 2026 are not scored yet: in an unfinished year, when a paper appeared matters more than how it is cited.

Hit paper: A paper cited at least 1.5× the top-1% bar of its field and year: a paper score of at least √1.5.

2009 Nature Genetics
2006 Nature Genetics

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1	Mutations in the gene encoding the 3′-5′ DNA exonuclease TREX1 cause Aicardi-Goutières syndrome at the AGS1 locus Nature Genetics ·Yanick Joseph Crow, Bruce E. Hayward, Rekha Parmar, Peter Robins, Andrea Leitch, Manir Ali, Deborah N. Black, Hans van Bokhoven Hit paper breakdown →	2006	776
2	Mutations involved in Aicardi-Goutières syndrome implicate SAMHD1 as regulator of the innate immune response Nature Genetics ·Gillian Rice, Jacquelyn Bond, Aruna Asipu, Rebecca L. Brunette, Iain W. Manfield, Ian Carr, Jonathan C. Fuller, Richard M. Jackson Hit paper breakdown →	2009	606
3	Mutations in genes encoding ribonuclease H2 subunits cause Aicardi-Goutières syndrome and mimic congenital viral brain infection Nature Genetics ·Yanick Joseph Crow, Andrea Leitch, Bruce E. Hayward, Anna Garner, Rekha Parmar, Elen Griffith, Manir Ali, Colin A M Semple	2006	596
4	Null Mutations in LTBP2 Cause Primary Congenital Glaucoma The American Journal of Human Genetics ·Manir Ali, Martin McKibbin, Adam P. Booth, David A.D. Parry, Payal Jain, Sheikh Amer Riazuddin, James Fielding Hejtmancik, Shaheen N. Khan	2009	259
5	Mutations in TSPAN12 Cause Autosomal-Dominant Familial Exudative Vitreoretinopathy The American Journal of Human Genetics ·James A. Poulter, Manir Ali, David Francis Gilmour, Aine Rice, Hiroyuki Kondo, Kenshi Hayashi, David Anthony Mackey, Lisa S. Kearns	2010	163
6	Hereditary fructose intolerance. Journal of Medical Genetics ·Manir Ali, Peter Rellos, Timothy Martin Cox	1998	146
7	ZNF408 is mutated in familial exudative vitreoretinopathy and is crucial for the development of zebrafish retinal vasculature Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Rob Collin, Konstantinos Nikopoulos, Margo Dona, Christian Gilissen, Alexander Hoischen, F. Nienke Boonstra, James A. Poulter, Hiroyuki Kondo	2013	143
8	Mutations in REEP6 Cause Autosomal-Recessive Retinitis Pigmentosa The American Journal of Human Genetics ·Gavin Arno, Smriti A. Agrawal, Aiden Eblimit, James Bellingham, Mingchu Xu, Feng Wang, Christina F. Chakarova, David A. Parfitt	2016	97
9	CFH,VEGFandHTRA1promoter genotype may influence the response to intravitreal ranibizumab therapy for neovascular age-related macular degeneration British Journal of Ophthalmology ·Martin McKibbin, Manir Ali, Shveta Bansal, Paul David Baxter, Kumi West, G. A. Williams, Frances Cassidy, Chris F. Inglehearn	2011	94
10	Fcγ receptor type IIIA is associated with rheumatoid arthritis in two distinct ethnic groups Arthritis & Rheumatism ·Ann Wendy Morgan, Bridget Griffiths, Frédérique Ponchel, Bridget M. N. Montague, Manir Ali, Philip P. Gardner, Hock‐Chye Gooi, Rohan Deva Situnayake	2000	83
11	Defects in the Cell Signaling Mediator β-Catenin Cause the Retinal Vascular Condition FEVR The American Journal of Human Genetics ·Evangelia S. Panagiotou, Carla Sanjurjo Soriano, James A. Poulter, Emma C. Lord, Denisa Dzulova, Hiroyuki Kondo, Atsushi Hiyoshi, Brian Hon‐Yin Chung	2017	76
12	Homozygous Mutations in PXDN Cause Congenital Cataract, Corneal Opacity, and Developmental Glaucoma The American Journal of Human Genetics ·Kamron N. Khan, Adam K Rudkin, David A.D. Parry, Kathryn P. Burdon, Martin McKibbin, Clare V. Logan, Zakia Abdelhamed, James S. Muecke	2011	72
13	Mutational Analysis ofMIR184in Sporadic Keratoconus and Myopia Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science ·Judith Lechner, Ha Ae Bae, Jasenka Guduric‐Fuchs, Aine Rice, Gowthaman Govindarajan, Salina Siddiqui, Layal Abi Farraj, Shea Ping Yip	2013	72
14	A multi-ethnic genome-wide association study implicates collagen matrix integrity and cell differentiation pathways in keratoconus Communications Biology ·Alison J. Hardcastle, Petra Lišková, Yelena Bykhovskaya, Bennet J. McComish, Alice E. Davidson, Chris F. Inglehearn, Xiaohui Li, Hélène Choquet	2021	70
15	Recessive Mutations in SLC38A8 Cause Foveal Hypoplasia and Optic Nerve Misrouting without Albinism The American Journal of Human Genetics ·James A. Poulter, Musallam Al‐Araimi, Iván Conte, Maria M. van Genderen, Eamonn G. Sheridan, Ian Carr, David A.D. Parry, Mike Shires	2013	69
16	Loss of the Metalloprotease ADAM9 Leads to Cone-Rod Dystrophy in Humans and Retinal Degeneration in Mice The American Journal of Human Genetics ·David A.D. Parry, Carmel Toomes, L. Bida, Michael Danciger, Katherine V. Towns, Martin McKibbin, Samuel G. Jacobson, Clare V. Logan	2009	68
17	Detection of a novel familial deletion of four genes between BP1 and BP2 of the Prader-Willi/Angelman syndrome critical region by oligo-array CGH in a child with neurological disorder and speech impairment Cytogenetic and Genome Research ·Sabita K. Murthy, Anders O.H. Nygren, Hanan El Shakankiry, Jan P. Schouten, A.I. Al Khayat, Ali Ridha, Manir Ali	2007	66
18	Next generation sequencing identifies mutations in Atonal homolog 7 (ATOH7) in families with global eye developmental defects Human Molecular Genetics ·Kamron N. Khan, Clare V. Logan, Martin McKibbin, Eamonn G. Sheridan, Nursel H Elcioglu, Özlem Yenice, David A.D. Parry, Narcis Fernandez-Fuentes	2011	66
19	Recessive Mutations inTSPAN12Cause Retinal Dysplasia and Severe Familial Exudative Vitreoretinopathy (FEVR) Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science ·James A. Poulter, Alice E. Davidson, Manir Ali, David Francis Gilmour, David A.D. Parry, Helen A. Mintz-Hittner, Ian Carr, Helen M. Bottomley	2012	64
20	Matrix metalloproteinases in keratoconus – Too much of a good thing? Experimental Eye Research ·Erica di Martino, Manir Ali, Chris F. Inglehearn	2019	63

About Manir Ali

Manir Ali is a scholar working on Ophthalmology, Molecular Biology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Genetics and Cell Biology, having authored 95 papers that have together received 5.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Retinal Development and Disorders (28 papers), Retinal Diseases and Treatments (13 papers), Corneal surgery and disorders (7 papers), Genomics and Rare Diseases (6 papers), Diet, Metabolism, and Disease (6 papers), interferon and immune responses (6 papers), Glaucoma and retinal disorders (6 papers) and Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Ophthalmology (727 citations), Immunology (1.5k citations), Virology (243 citations), Molecular Biology (2.6k citations) and Rheumatology (421 citations). Manir Ali has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Netherlands. Frequent co-authors include Chris F. Inglehearn, Timothy Martin Cox, Peter Rellos, Martin McKibbin, Carmel Toomes, Alexander F. Markham, James A. Poulter, P.M. Hocking, Erica di Martino and Louise Downey. Their work appears in journals such as Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, The American Journal of Human Genetics, Human Mutation, Nature Genetics and Journal of Medical Genetics.

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