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Richard S. Houlston

Richard S. Houlston publishes mostly in Genetics, Molecular Biology and Pathology and Forensic Medicine, on topics such as Genetic factors in colorectal cancer, BRCA gene mutations in cancer and Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics.

World rank
#88,031
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#8,285
of 90,785
Works
140
Citations
636
Citations per work
4.5

What does Richard S. Houlston research?

Genetics: 16.9%Molecular Biology: 16.4%Pathology and Forensic Medicine: 11.3%Oncology: 11.3%other fields: 44.1%17%top field
Genetics16.9%Molecular Biology16.4%Pathology and Forensic Medicine11.3%Oncology11.3%other fields44.1%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Genetics17% of their works
  2. 2Molecular Biology16% of their works
  3. 3Pathology and Forensic Medicine11% of their works
  4. 4Oncology11% of their works
  5. 5Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine9% of their works
  6. 6Cancer Research6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Richard S. Houlston's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Cancer Risk, Genetic Testing, Molecular Characterization, Hereditary Syndromes, Microsatellite Instability, Prognostic Factors, BRCA1 and BRCA2.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Cancer Risk282 topics
  2. Genetic Testing282 topics
  3. Molecular Characterization242 topics
  4. Hereditary Syndromes161 topic
  5. Microsatellite Instability161 topic
  6. Prognostic Factors152 topics
  7. BRCA1121 topic
  8. BRCA2121 topic
  9. Cancer Genomics111 topic
  10. Mutational Signatures111 topic
  11. Colorectal Cancer81 topic
  12. Metastatic81 topic
  13. Renal Cell Carcinoma81 topic
  14. Screening81 topic
  15. Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia71 topic
  16. Genomic Aberrations71 topic
  17. Copy Number Variation51 topic
  18. Genetic Variation51 topic
  19. Genome-Wide Association51 topic
  20. Genomic Rearrangements51 topic

Where does Richard S. Houlston work?

Richard S. Houlston's main affiliation in the publication record is Institute of Cancer Research, United Kingdom.

How many publications and citations does Richard S. Houlston have?

Science Explorer counts 140 works and 636 citations for Richard S. Houlston, ranking #88,031 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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