2026 Andrew H. Sinclair: Genetics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Genetics	69	2325	2210	78	76	234	21936

Overview

Andrew H. Sinclair is affiliated with the University of Melbourne in Australia. Their research primarily lies within the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a notable focus on the subfields of Molecular Biology and Genetics. Their scholarly contributions also extend into related areas such as Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Urology, and Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health.

The body of work by Sinclair covers several main topics, including Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities, Sexual Differentiation and Disorders, Reproductive Biology and Fertility, Urological Disorders and Treatments, Renal and related cancers, BRCA gene mutations in cancer, and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology.

Sinclair contributes frequently to several publication venues. These include Sexual Development, Human Genetics, Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology, Stem Cell Research, and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).

Among notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Sinclair are:

"Australian Genomics: Outcomes of a 5-year national program to accelerate the integration of genomics in healthcare" (2023) published in The American Journal of Human Genetics
"New insights into the genetic basis of premature ovarian insufficiency: Novel causative variants and candidate genes revealed by genomic sequencing" (2020) published in Maturitas
"STAG3 homozygous missense variant causes primary ovarian insufficiency and male non-obstructive azoospermia" (2020) published in Molecular Human Reproduction
"An In Vitro Differentiation Protocol for Human Embryonic Bipotential Gonad and Testis Cell Development" (2020) published in Stem Cell Reports
"Premature ovarian insufficiency" (2024) published in Nature Reviews Disease Primers

Sinclair has collaborated frequently with a group of co-authors in their research efforts. These co-authors include Katie Ayers, Gorjana Robevska, Elena J. Tucker, Jocelyn van den Bergen, and Sylvie Jaillard.

Best Publications

A gene from the human sex-determining region encodes a protein with homology to a conserved DNA-binding motif

Sinclair Ah;Berta P;Berta P;Palmer Ms;Hawkins

4292
Citations
Genetic evidence equating SRY and the testis-determining factor

Berta P;Hawkins;Sinclair Ah;Taylor A

1234
Citations
The avian Z-linked gene DMRT1 is required for male sex determination in the chicken

Craig A. Smith;Kelly N. Roeszler;Thomas Ohnesorg;David M. Cummins

871
Citations
A male-specific role for SOX9 in vertebrate sex determination

Jill Kent;Susan C. Wheatley;Jane E. Andrews;Andrew H. Sinclair

838
Citations
Sex determination: insights from the chicken.

Craig A. Smith;Andrew H. Sinclair

437
Citations
Conservation of a sex-determining gene

Craig A. Smith;Peter J. McClive;Patrick S. Western;Kirsty J. Reed

432
Citations
Genetic evidence that ZFY is not the testis-determining factor

M. S. Palmer;A. H. Sinclair;P. Berta;Nathan Ellis

364
Citations
Disorders of sex development: insights from targeted gene sequencing of a large international patient cohort

Stefanie Eggers;Simon Sadedin;Jocelyn A. van den Bergen;Gorjana Robevska

338
Citations
Identification of SOX3 as an XX male sex reversal gene in mice and humans

Edwina Sutton;James Hughes;Stefan John White;Ryohei Sekido

301
Citations
Dynamic regulation of mitotic arrest in fetal male germ cells.

Patrick S. Western;Denise C. Miles;Jocelyn A. van den Bergen;Matt Burton

283
Citations
Evolution of sex determination and the Y chromosome: SRY -related sequences in marsupials

Jamie W. Foster;Francine E. Brennan;Gregory K. Hampikian;Peter N. Goodfellow

281
Citations
Mutations in SRY and SOX9: Testis‐determining genes

Fergus J. Cameron;Andrew H. Sinclair

264
Citations
The human SRY transcript

Christian Clepet;Alan J. Schater;Andrew H. Sinclair;Mark S. Palmer

261
Citations
Vertebrate sex determination: many means to an end.

Bronwyn C Morrish;Andrew H Sinclair

259
Citations
Sites of estrogen receptor and aromatase expression in the chicken embryo.

Jane E. Andrews;Craig A. Smith;Andrew H. Sinclair

251
Citations
Genetic regulation of mammalian gonad development.

Stefanie Eggers;Thomas Ohnesorg;Andrew Sinclair

228
Citations
The Genetic and Environmental Factors Underlying Hypospadias

Aurore Bouty;Katie L. Ayers;Katie L. Ayers;Andrew Pask;Yves Heloury;Yves Heloury

228
Citations
DMRT1 Is Upregulated in the Gonads During Female-to-Male Sex Reversal in ZW Chicken Embryos

Craig A. Smith;Melissa Katz;Andrew H. Sinclair

218
Citations
Premature Ovarian Insufficiency: New Perspectives on Genetic Cause and Phenotypic Spectrum.

Elena J Tucker;Elena J Tucker;Sonia R Grover;Sonia R Grover;Anne Bachelot;Anne Bachelot;Philippe Touraine;Philippe Touraine

218
Citations
Sequences homologous to ZFY, a candidate human sex-determining gene, are autosomal in marsupials.

Andrew H. Sinclair;Andrew H. Sinclair;Jamie W. Foster;James A. Spencer;David C. Page

211
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Craig A. Smith Monash University

Peter Koopman University of Queensland

Vincent R. Harley Hudson Institute of Medical Research

Dagmar Wilhelm University of Melbourne

Jennifer A. Marshall Graves La Trobe University

Josephine Bowles University of Queensland

John M. Hutson Royal Children's Hospital

Alicia Oshlack Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

Leendert H. J. Looijenga Princess Máxima Center

Robin Lovell-Badge The Francis Crick Institute

External Links

Personal website of Andrew H. Sinclair

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