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Adrian Bird

Active 1974–2025

144
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79,760
Citations
114
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Citations

Citations per year for Adrian Bird1966: 1 citations1970: 1 citations1976: 3 citations1977: 2 citations1978: 9 citations1979: 21 citations1980: 32 citations1981: 35 citations1982: 36 citations1983: 38 citations1984: 42 citations1985: 27 citations1986: 46 citations1987: 106 citations1988: 92 citations1989: 90 citations1990: 141 citations1991: 135 citations1992: 147 citations1993: 172 citations1994: 133 citations1995: 115 citations1996: 150 citations1997: 298 citations1998: 256 citations1999: 498 citations2000: 768 citations2001: 901 citations2002: 851 citations2003: 927 citations2004: 726 citations2005: 822 citations2006: 817 citations2007: 732 citations2008: 847 citations2009: 856 citations2010: 980 citations2011: 1,144 citations2012: 1,002 citations2013: 1,087 citations2014: 995 citations2015: 869 citations2016: 849 citations2017: 797 citations2018: 572 citations2019: 1,769 citations2020: 1,644 citations2021: 1,512 citations2022: 1,099 citations2023: 649 citations2024: 1,102 citations2025: 424 citations2026: 12 citations1967–1969: no citations, so these years are not shown1971–1975: no citations, so these years are not shown

Citation sources

Countries

World map of the countries and regions citing this authorUnited States: 7,132 citing papers, 32.1% of this breakdownUnited Kingdom: 2,000 citing papers, 9% of this breakdownChina: 1,793 citing papers, 8.1% of this breakdownGermany: 1,388 citing papers, 6.3% of this breakdownCanada: 949 citing papers, 4.3% of this breakdownFrance: 849 citing papers, 3.8% of this breakdownJapan: 769 citing papers, 3.5% of this breakdownItaly: 674 citing papers, 3% of this breakdownAustralia: 602 citing papers, 2.7% of this breakdownSpain: 602 citing papers, 2.7% of this breakdownNetherlands: 486 citing papers, 2.2% of this breakdownSwitzerland: 380 citing papers, 1.7% of this breakdown
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Institutions

Fields

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology72.1%
  • Medicine13.8%
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences4.2%
  • Neuroscience3.4%
  • Immunology and Microbiology3.3%
  • Environmental Science1.1%
  • Other2.1%

Topics

  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation16.7%
  • RNA modifications and cancer5.5%
  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics5.2%
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders4.7%
  • Cancer-related gene regulation4.5%
  • Genetic Syndromes and Imprinting2%
  • Other61.4%

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  1. DNA methylation patterns and epigenetic memory

    Authors: Adrian Bird - Genes & Development 2002 cited by 7,099

  2. CpG islands and the regulation of transcription

    Authors: Aimée M. Deaton, Adrian Bird - Genes & Development 2011 cited by 3,213

  3. Epigenetic regulation of gene expression: how the genome integrates intrinsic and environmental signals

    Authors: Rudolf Jaenisch, Adrian Bird - Nature Genetics 2003 cited by 6,302

  4. Perceptions of epigenetics

    Authors: Adrian Bird - Nature 2007 cited by 2,958

  5. DNA methylation landscapes: provocative insights from epigenomics

    Authors: Miho Suzuki, Adrian Bird - Nature Reviews Genetics 2008 cited by 3,063

  6. Transcriptional repression by the methyl-CpG-binding protein MeCP2 involves a histone deacetylase complex

    Authors: Xinsheng Nan, Huck‐Hui Ng, Colin A. Johnson, Carol D. Laherty, Bryan M. Turner, Robert N. Eisenman, Adrian Bird - Nature 1998 cited by 3,444

  7. Genomic DNA methylation: the mark and its mediators

    Authors: Robert J. Klose, Adrian Bird - Trends in Biochemical Sciences 2006 cited by 2,465

  8. CpG-rich islands and the function of DNA methylation

    Authors: Adrian Bird - Nature 1986 cited by 3,818

  9. A mouse Mecp2-null mutation causes neurological symptoms that mimic Rett syndrome

    Authors: Jacky Guy, Brian Hendrich, Megan C. Holmes, Joanne E. Martin, Adrian Bird - Nature Genetics 2001 cited by 1,576

  10. Reversal of Neurological Defects in a Mouse Model of Rett Syndrome

    Authors: Jacky Guy, Jian Gan, Jim Selfridge, Stuart Cobb, Adrian Bird - Science 2007 cited by 1,256

  11. Neuronal MeCP2 Is Expressed at Near Histone-Octamer Levels and Globally Alters the Chromatin State

    Authors: Peter J. Skene, Robert S. Illingworth, Shaun Webb, Alastair Kerr, Keith James, Daniel J. Turner, Robert Andrews, Adrian Bird - Molecular Cell 2010 cited by 707

  12. The International Human Epigenome Consortium: A Blueprint for Scientific Collaboration and Discovery

    Authors: H.G. Stunnenberg, Sergio Abrignani, David J. Adams, Melanie de Almeida, Lucia Altucci, Viren Amin, Ido Amit, Stylianos E. Antonarakis, Samuel Aparício, Takahiro Arima, Laura Arrigoni, Rob J.W. Arts, Vahid Asnafi, Manel Esteller, Jae‐Bum Bae, Kevin Baßler, Stephan Beck, Benjamin E. Berkman, B Bernstein, Mikhail Bilenky, Adrian Bird, Christoph Bock, Bernhard O. Boehm, Guillaume Bourque, Charles E. Breeze, Benedikt Brors, David Bujold, Oliver S. Burren, Marion J.G. Bussemakers, Adam S. Butterworth, Elı́as Campo, Enrique Carrillo de Santa Pau, Lisa H. Chadwick, Kui Ming Chan, Wei Chen, Tom H. Cheung, Luca Chiapperino, Nak Hyen Choi, Ho‐Ryun Chung, Laura Clarke, Joseph M. Connors, Philippe Cronet, John Danesh, Manolis Dermitzakis, Gerard Drewes, Pawel Durek, Stephanie O. M. Dyke, Tomasz Dyląg, Connie J. Eaves, Peter Ebert, Roland Eils, Jürgen Eils, Catherine Ennis, Tariq Enver, Elise A. Feingold, Bärbel Felder, Anne C. Ferguson‐Smith, Jude Fitzgibbon, Paul Flicek, Roger Foo, Peter Fraser, Mattia Frontini, Eileen E. M. Furlong, Sitanshu Gakkhar, Nina Gasparoni, Gilles Gasparoni, Daniel H. Geschwind, Petar Glažar, Thomas Graf, Frank Grosveld, Xin‐Yuan Guan, Roderic Guigó, Marta Gut, Alf Hamann, Bok-Ghee Han, R. Alan Harris, Simon Heath, Kristian Helin, Jan G. Hengstler, Alireza Heravi‐Moussavi, Karl Herrup, Steven Hill, Jason A. Hilton, Benjamin C. Hitz, Bernhard Horsthemke, Ming Hu, Jooyeon Hwang, Nancy Y. Ip, Takashi Ito, Biola M. Javierre, Sasa Jenko, Thomas Jenuwein, Yann Joly, Steven J.M. Jones, Yae Kanai, Hee Gyung Kang, Aly Karsan, Alexandra K. Kiemer, Song Cheol Kim, Bong-Jo Kim and 130 more - Cell 2016 cited by 566

  13. MeCP2 Is a Transcriptional Repressor with Abundant Binding Sites in Genomic Chromatin

    Authors: Xinsheng Nan, Francisco J. Campoy, Adrian Bird - Cell 1997 cited by 1,292

  14. The Methyl-CpG-binding Protein MeCP2 Links DNA Methylation to Histone Methylation

    Authors: François Fuks, Paul J. Hurd, Daniel Wolf, Xinsheng Nan, Adrian Bird, Tony Kouzarides - Journal of Biological Chemistry 2003 cited by 986

  15. The Molecular Basis of MeCP2 Function in the Brain

    Authors: Rebekah Tillotson, Adrian Bird - Journal of Molecular Biology 2019 cited by 178

  16. Rett syndrome mutations abolish the interaction of MeCP2 with the NCoR/SMRT co-repressor

    Authors: Matthew J. Lyst, Robert Ekiert, Daniel H. Ebert, Cara Merusi, Jakub Nowak, Jim Selfridge, Jacky Guy, Nathaniel R. Kastan, Nathaniel D. Robinson, Flávia de Lima Alves, Juri Rappsilber, Michael E. Greenberg, Adrian Bird - Nature Neuroscience 2013 cited by 411

  17. Purification, sequence, and cellular localization of a novel chromosomal protein that binds to Methylated DNA

    Authors: Joe Lewis, Richard R. Meehan, William J. Henzel, Ingrid Maurer-Fogy, Peter Jeppesen, Franz Klein, Adrian Bird - Cell 1992 cited by 1,379

  18. Rett syndrome: a complex disorder with simple roots

    Authors: Matthew J. Lyst, Adrian Bird - Nature Reviews Genetics 2015 cited by 356

  19. Non-CpG methylation is prevalent in embryonic stem cells and may be mediated by DNA methyltransferase 3a

    Authors: Bernard Ramsahoye, Detlev Biniszkiewicz, Frank Lyko, Victoria H. Clark, Adrian Bird, Rudolf Jaenisch - National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2000 cited by 974

  20. Identification and Characterization of a Family of Mammalian Methyl-CpG Binding Proteins

    Authors: Brian Hendrich, Adrian Bird - Molecular and Cellular Biology 1998 cited by 1,351

  21. CpG islands – ‘A rough guide’

    Authors: Robert S. Illingworth, Adrian Bird - FEBS Letters 2009 cited by 889

  22. Analysis of the NuRD subunits reveals a histone deacetylase core complex and a connection with DNA methylation

    Authors: Yi Zhang, Huck‐Hui Ng, H. Erdjument-Bromage, Paul Tempst, Adrian Bird, Danny Reinberg - Genes & Development 1999 cited by 1,094

  23. DNA methylation and the frequency of CpG in animal DNA

    Authors: Adrian Bird - Nucleic Acids Research 1980 cited by 1,193

  24. MeCP2 recognizes cytosine methylated tri-nucleotide and di-nucleotide sequences to tune transcription in the mammalian brain

    Authors: Sabine Lagger, John Connelly, Gabriele Schweikert, Shaun Webb, Jim Selfridge, Bernard Ramsahoye, Miao Yu, Chuan He, Guido Sanguinetti, Lawrence C. Sowers, Malcolm D. Walkinshaw, Adrian Bird - PLoS Genetics 2017 cited by 153