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Andrew Collins

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Genetics
Norway
2026
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Genetics and Molecular Biology
Norway
2024

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
120
Citations
57060
World Ranking
3727
National Ranking
13

Genetics

D-Index
120
Citations
55566
World Ranking
376
National Ranking
1

Andrew Collins publication distribution in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Genetics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Andrew Collins sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 619 publications — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 703 publications or more.

Andrew Collins D-index placement in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Genetics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Andrew Collins sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 120 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Genetics in Norway Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Genetics in Norway Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics in Norway Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Norway Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics in Norway Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Norway Leader Award

Overview

Andrew Collins is a researcher affiliated with the University of Oslo in Norway. Their work primarily focuses on Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with particular attention to Genetics, Molecular Biology, Oncology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, and Management Science and Operations Research.

The main topics of their research cover a diverse range of areas including:

  • Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research
  • Genetic factors in colorectal cancer
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Evacuation and Crowd Dynamics
  • Forensic and Genetic Research
  • Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer

Their recent publications include:

  • "Predicting Pancreatic Cancer in the UK Biobank Cohort Using Polygenic Risk Scores and Diabetes Mellitus" (2022), published in Gastroenterology
  • "Towards digital engineering: the advent of digital systems engineering" (2020), published in the International Journal of System of Systems Engineering
  • "Analysis of rare disruptive germline mutations in 2135 enriched BRCA-negative breast cancers excludes additional high-impact susceptibility genes" (2022), published in Annals of Oncology
  • "Clinical and Descriptive Study of Orofacial Clefts in Colombia: 2069 Patients From Operation Smile Foundation" (2021), published in The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal
  • "Essentiality-specific pathogenicity prioritization gene score to improve filtering of disease sequence data" (2020), published in Briefings in Bioinformatics

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Andrew Collins include:

  • Ignacio Briceño
  • William Tapper
  • Zaed Hamady
  • Julian Adlard
  • Julian Barwell

The scientists' work has also been published repeatedly in several venues, notably:

  • International Journal of System of Systems Engineering
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Genes
  • Gastroenterology
  • Annals of Oncology

Best Publications

  • The Comet Assay for DNA Damage and Repair: Principles, Applications, and Limitations

    Andrew R. Collins

  • Recommendations for conducting the in vivo alkaline Comet assay

    A. Hartmann;E. Agurell;C. Beevers;S. Brendler-Schwaab

  • The single cell gel electrophoresis assay (comet assay): A European review

    V.J. McKelvey-Martin;M.H.L. Green;P. Schmezer;B.L. Pool-Zobel

  • An efficient procedure for genotyping single nucleotide polymorphisms.

    Shu Ye;Sahar Dhillon;Xiayi Ke;Andrew R. Collins

  • Direct enzymic detection of endogenous oxidative base damage in human lymphocyte DNA

    Andrew R. Collins;Susan J. Duthie;Victoria L. Dobson

  • The comet assay: topical issues

    Andrew R Collins;Amaia Azqueta Oscoz;Gunnar Brunborg;Isabel Gaivão;Isabel Gaivão

  • The kinetics of repair of oxidative DNA damage (strand breaks and oxidised pyrimidines) in human cells

    A R Collins;A G Ma;Susan Joyce Duthie

  • The comet assay: what can it really tell us?

    Andrew R Collins;Victoria L Dobson;Mária Dušinská;Gayle Kennedy

  • Comet assay in human biomonitoring studies: Reliability, validation, and applications

    Andrew Collins;Mária Dušinská;Michael Franklin;Martina Somorovská

  • Oxidative damage to DNA: do we have a reliable biomarker?

    A R Collins;M Dusinská;C M Gedik;R Stĕtina

  • Genome-wide association analysis of metabolic traits in a birth cohort from a founder population

    Chiara Sabatti;Anna-Liisa Hartikainen;Anneli Pouta

  • Antioxidant Supplementation Decreases Oxidative DNA Damage in Human Lymphocytes

    Susan J. Duthie;Aiguo Ma;Marion A. Ross;Andrew R. Collins

  • Mechanisms of genotoxicity. A review of in vitro and in vivo studies with engineered nanoparticles.

    Zuzana Magdolenova;Andrew Collins;Ashutosh Kumar;Alok Dhawan

  • Establishing the background level of base oxidation in human lymphocyte DNA: results of an interlaboratory validation study

    Catherine M. Gedik;Andrew Collins

  • Fourth International Workgroup on Genotoxicity testing: results of the in vivo Comet assay workgroup.

    Brian Burlinson;Raymond R. Tice;Günter Speit;Eva Agurell

  • Self-Assembling Cages from Coiled-Coil Peptide Modules

    Jordan M. Fletcher;Robert L. Harniman;Frederick R. H. Barnes;Aimee L. Boyle

  • The essential comet assay: a comprehensive guide to measuring DNA damage and repair

    Amaya Azqueta;Andrew R. Collins

  • Extended tracts of homozygosity in outbred human populations

    Jane Gibson;Newton E. Morton;Andrew Collins

  • JAK2 haplotype is a major risk factor for the development of myeloproliferative neoplasms.

    Amy V Jones;Andrew Chase;Richard T Silver;David Oscier

  • ANTIOXIDANT EFFICACY OF PHYTOESTROGENS IN CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL MODEL SYSTEMS

    Julie H. Mitchell;Peter T. Gardner;Donald B. McPhail;Philip C. Morrice

Frequent Co-Authors

Newton E. Morton
Newton E. Morton University of Southampton
David Oscier
David Oscier Royal Bournemouth Hospital
Gunnar Brunborg
Gunnar Brunborg Norwegian Institute of Public Health
Johannes M. H. M. Reul
Johannes M. H. M. Reul University of Bristol
Peter Møller
Peter Møller University of Copenhagen
Stephen Mann
Stephen Mann University of Bristol
John R. Speakman
John R. Speakman University of Aberdeen
Pavel Vodicka
Pavel Vodicka Czech Academy of Sciences
Diana Eccles
Diana Eccles University of Southampton

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