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Researcher · McGill University · Canada

William D. Foulkes

William D. Foulkes publishes mostly in Genetics, Molecular Biology and Oncology, on topics such as BRCA gene mutations in cancer, Genetic factors in colorectal cancer and Breast Cancer Treatment Studies.

World rank
#12,808
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Canada
#339
of 38,960
Works
125
Citations
1.1k
Citations per work
8.7

What does William D. Foulkes research?

Genetics: 21.9%Molecular Biology: 13.0%Oncology: 10.1%Pathology and Forensic Medicine: 10.1%other fields: 44.9%22%top field
Genetics21.9%Molecular Biology13.0%Oncology10.1%Pathology and Forensic Medicine10.1%other fields44.9%

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

  1. 1Genetics22% of their works
  2. 2Molecular Biology13% of their works
  3. 3Oncology10% of their works
  4. 4Pathology and Forensic Medicine10% of their works
  5. 5Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine8% of their works
  6. 6Cancer Research7% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe William D. Foulkes's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Cancer Risk, Genetic Testing, Precision Medicine, BRCA1, BRCA2, Microsatellite Instability, Molecular Characterization and Breast Tumours.

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 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Cancer Risk332 topics
  2. Genetic Testing332 topics
  3. Precision Medicine232 topics
  4. BRCA1201 topic
  5. BRCA2201 topic
  6. Microsatellite Instability131 topic
  7. Molecular Characterization131 topic
  8. Breast Tumours71 topic
  9. Gene Expression71 topic
  10. Cancer Genomics51 topic
  11. Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia51 topic
  12. Fetal Surgery51 topic
  13. Mutational Signatures51 topic
  14. Chromatin Remodeling31 topic
  15. Genetic Variants31 topic
  16. Nutrigenomics31 topic
  17. Personalized Nutrition31 topic
  18. SWI/SNF Complexes31 topic
  19. Sequence Interpretation31 topic

Where does William D. Foulkes work?

William D. Foulkes's main affiliation in the publication record is McGill University, Canada.

How many publications and citations does William D. Foulkes have?

Science Explorer counts 125 works and 1,085 citations for William D. Foulkes, ranking #12,808 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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