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Researcher · University of Ottawa · Canada

Ruth McPherson

Ruth McPherson publishes mostly in Molecular Biology, Genetics and Surgery, on topics such as Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, RNA modifications and cancer and Lipid metabolism and disorders.

World rank
#3,589
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Canada
#85
of 38,960
Works
66
Citations
2.1k
Citations per work
31.6

What does Ruth McPherson research?

Molecular Biology: 23.8%Genetics: 13.8%Surgery: 11.3%Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 11.3%other fields: 39.8%24%top field
Molecular Biology23.8%Genetics13.8%Surgery11.3%Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine11.3%other fields39.8%

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

  1. 1Molecular Biology24% of their works
  2. 2Genetics14% of their works
  3. 3Surgery11% of their works
  4. 4Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine11% of their works
  5. 5Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism8% of their works
  6. 6Epidemiology5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Ruth McPherson's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Atherosclerosis, Cholesterol, Metabolic Syndrome, Diabetes, Metabolism, Obesity, Genetic Variation and Genome-Wide Association.

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 22 words, with their numbers
  1. Atherosclerosis123 topics
  2. Cholesterol82 topics
  3. Metabolic Syndrome82 topics
  4. Diabetes72 topics
  5. Metabolism72 topics
  6. Obesity72 topics
  7. Genetic Variation61 topic
  8. Genome-Wide Association61 topic
  9. ANGPTL341 topic
  10. Cardiovascular Disease41 topic
  11. Cholesterol-lowering41 topic
  12. Insulin Resistance41 topic
  13. LXR41 topic
  14. Lipoprotein Lipase41 topic
  15. RNA methylation41 topic
  16. SREBP41 topic
  17. Statins41 topic
  18. m6A-seq41 topic
  19. Mitochondria31 topic
  20. PPARs31 topic
  21. Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors31 topic
  22. Reactive Oxygen Species31 topic

Where does Ruth McPherson work?

Ruth McPherson's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Ottawa, Canada.

How many publications and citations does Ruth McPherson have?

Science Explorer counts 66 works and 2,085 citations for Ruth McPherson, ranking #3,589 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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