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Douglass M. Turnbull

Douglass M. Turnbull

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Genetics
UK
2024
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Genetics and Molecular Biology
UK
2024

D-Index & Metrics

Genetics

D-Index
138
Citations
70210
World Ranking
201
National Ranking
37

Medicine

D-Index
140
Citations
72151
World Ranking
1697
National Ranking
173

Douglass M. Turnbull 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 Douglass M. Turnbull sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 745 publications — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Douglass M. Turnbull 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 Douglass M. Turnbull sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 138 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% 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

  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics in United Kingdom Leader Award

Overview

Douglass M. Turnbull is affiliated with Newcastle University in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a significant focus on Medicine as well. Within these areas, they have contributed to subfields such as Molecular Biology, Clinical Biochemistry, Genetics, Physiology, and Neurology.

The main topics of their work include:

  • Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
  • Metabolism and Genetic Disorders
  • ATP Synthase and ATPases Research
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases
  • Muscle Physiology and Disorders
  • Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research

Douglass M. Turnbull has published extensively in various scientific venues. Their frequent publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Scientific Reports
  • Wellcome Open Research
  • Nature Cancer
  • New England Journal of Medicine

Some recent papers associated with their research focus are:

  • Mitochondrial Diseases: Hope for the Future, 2020, Cell
  • The rise and rise of mitochondrial DNA mutations, 2020, Open Biology
  • Mitochondrial disease in adults: recent advances and future promise, 2021, The Lancet Neurology
  • Mitochondrial dysfunction impairs osteogenesis, increases osteoclast activity, and accelerates age related bone loss, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Age-associated mitochondrial DNA mutations cause metabolic remodeling that contributes to accelerated intestinal tumorigenesis, 2020, Nature Cancer

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Amy E. Vincent
  • Yi Shiau Ng
  • Gráinne S. Gorman
  • Robert W. Taylor
  • Conor Lawless

Best Publications

  • Reanalysis and revision of the Cambridge reference sequence for human mitochondrial DNA

    Richard M. Andrews;Iwona Kubacka;Patrick F. Chinnery;Robert N. Lightowlers

  • MITOCHONDRIAL DNA MUTATIONS IN HUMAN DISEASE

    Robert W. Taylor;Doug M. Turnbull

  • High levels of mitochondrial DNA deletions in substantia nigra neurons in aging and Parkinson disease.

    Andreas Bender;Kim J Krishnan;Christopher M Morris;Geoffrey A Taylor

  • Ageing and Parkinson's disease: why is advancing age the biggest risk factor?

    Amy V. Reeve;Eve Simcox;Doug Turnbull

  • Prevalence of nuclear and mitochondrial DNA mutations related to adult mitochondrial disease.

    Gráinne S. Gorman;Andrew M. Schaefer;Yi Ng;Nicholas Gomez

  • Mitochondrial DNA mutations and human disease

    Helen A.L. Tuppen;Emma L. Blakely;Douglass M. Turnbull;Robert W. Taylor

  • Mitochondrial DNA mutations in human colonic crypt stem cells

    Robert W. Taylor;Martin J. Barron;Gillian M. Borthwick;Amy Gospel

  • Prevalence of mitochondrial DNA disease in adults

    Andrew M. Schaefer;Robert McFarland;Emma L. Blakely;Langping He

  • Leber hereditary optic neuropathy

    P Y W Man;D M Turnbull;D M Turnbull;P F Chinnery;P F Chinnery

  • Reduced-Median-Network Analysis of Complete Mitochondrial DNA Coding-Region Sequences for the Major African, Asian, and European Haplogroups

    Corinna Herrnstadt;Joanna L. Elson;Eoin Fahy;Gwen Preston

  • Mammalian mitochondrial genetics: heredity, heteroplasmy and disease

    Robert N. Lightowlers;Patrick F. Chinnery;Douglass M. Turnbull;Neil Howell

  • The epidemiology of Leber hereditary optic neuropathy in the North East of England.

    P.Y.W. Man;P.G. Griffiths;D.T. Brown;N. Howell

  • Mitochondrial changes within axons in multiple sclerosis

    Don J. Mahad;Iryna Ziabreva;Graham Campbell;Nichola Lax

  • Pronuclear transfer in human embryos to prevent transmission of mitochondrial DNA disease

    Lyndsey Craven;Helen A. Tuppen;Gareth D. Greggains;Stephen J. Harbottle

  • Mutation of OPA1 causes dominant optic atrophy with external ophthalmoplegia, ataxia, deafness and multiple mitochondrial DNA deletions: a novel disorder of mtDNA maintenance.

    Gavin Hudson;Patrizia Amati-Bonneau;Emma L. Blakely;Joanna D. Stewart

  • What causes mitochondrial DNA deletions in human cells

    Kim J Krishnan;Amy K Reeve;David C Samuels;Patrick F Chinnery

  • The epidemiology of pathogenic mitochondrial DNA mutations.

    P. F. Chinnery;M. A. Johnson;T. M. Wardell;R. Singh-Kler

  • The epidemiology of mitochondrial disorders—past, present and future

    Andrew M. Schaefer;Robert W. Taylor;Douglass M. Turnbull;Patrick F. Chinnery

  • Molecular pathology of MELAS and MERRF. The relationship between mutation load and clinical phenotypes.

    Patrick F. Chinnery;Neil Howell;Robert N. Lightowlers;Douglass M. Turnbull

  • Mitochondrial enzyme activity in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: implications for the role of mitochondria in neuronal cell death.

    Gillian M. Borthwick;Margaret A. Johnson;Paul G. Ince;Pamela J. Shaw

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert W. Taylor
Robert W. Taylor Newcastle University
Patrick F. Chinnery
Patrick F. Chinnery University of Cambridge
Robert McFarland
Robert McFarland Newcastle University
Emma L. Blakely
Emma L. Blakely Newcastle University
Robert N. Lightowlers
Robert N. Lightowlers Newcastle University
Charlotte L. Alston
Charlotte L. Alston Newcastle University
Laurence A. Bindoff
Laurence A. Bindoff Haukeland University Hospital
Neil Howell
Neil Howell The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Rita Horvath
Rita Horvath University of Cambridge
Mark Walker
Mark Walker University of Ottawa

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