Thomas A. Down
Impact in
- Aging top 1%
- Molecular Biology top 0.5%
- Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
- RNA modifications and cancer
- Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
- Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks
- Cancer-related gene regulation
- RNA Research and Splicing
Papers in
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- Epigenetics and DNA Methylation 19
- Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics 19
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies 10
- RNA Research and Splicing 7
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms 7
- RNA modifications and cancer 5
- Genetics 16
- Genetic Syndromes and Imprinting 8
- Co-authors
- Tim Hubbard (20 shared papers)Vardhman K. Rakyan (14 shared papers)Stephan Beck (8 shared papers)P. Andrew Futreal (1 shared paper)Mhairi Marshall (1 shared paper)Michael R. Stratton (1 shared paper)Richard Wooster (1 shared paper)Lachlan Coin (1 shared paper)
- Journals
- Genome Research (10 papers)PLoS ONE (6 papers)BMC Bioinformatics (6 papers)Bioinformatics (5 papers)PLoS Genetics (3 papers)
- Partner nations
- United KingdomUnited StatesGermany
In The Last Decade
Thomas A. Down
53 papers receiving 8.5k citations
Thomas A. Down's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 149
- Aging 202
- Molecular Biology 6.3k
- Cancer Research 1.3k
- Genetics 2.0k
- Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 693
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All Works
Showing the 20 most-cited of 56 papers — load more, or switch the sort, to bring in the rest.
| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A census of human cancer genes Hit paper breakdown → | 2004 | 2335 |
| 2 | Epigenome-wide association studies for common human diseases Hit paper breakdown → | 2011 | 947 |
| 3 | Germline DNA Demethylation Dynamics and Imprint Erasure Through 5-Hydroxymethylcytosine Hit paper breakdown → | 2012 | 634 |
| 4 | Human aging-associated DNA hypermethylation occurs preferentially at bivalent chromatin domains Hit paper breakdown → | 2010 | 596 |
| 5 | Differential chromatin marking of introns and expressed exons by H3K36me3 Hit paper breakdown → | 2009 | 517 |
| 6 | 2008 | 310 | |
| 7 | 2011 | 278 | |
| 8 | 2011 | 233 | |
| 9 | 2002 | 217 | |
| 10 | 2009 | 214 | |
| 11 | 2010 | 206 | |
| 12 | 2010 | 175 | |
| 13 | 2011 | 122 | |
| 14 | 2012 | 105 | |
| 15 | 2013 | 97 | |
| 16 | 2010 | 94 | |
| 17 | 2011 | 91 | |
| 18 | 2005 | 91 | |
| 19 | 2008 | 83 | |
| 20 | 2010 | 81 |
About Thomas A. Down
Thomas A. Down is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics, Aging, Surgery and Cancer Research, having authored 56 papers that have together received 8.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (19 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (19 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (10 papers), Genetic Syndromes and Imprinting (8 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (7 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (7 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (5 papers) and Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Aging (202 citations), Molecular Biology (6.3k citations), Cancer Research (1.3k citations), Genetics (2.0k citations) and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health (693 citations). Thomas A. Down has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Tim Hubbard, Vardhman K. Rakyan, Stephan Beck, P. Andrew Futreal, Mhairi Marshall, Michael R. Stratton, Richard Wooster, Lachlan Coin, Nazneen Rahman and David J. Balding. Their work appears in journals such as Genome Research, PLoS ONE, BMC Bioinformatics, Bioinformatics and PLoS Genetics.
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