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Duncan Martin Baird

Duncan Martin Baird

D-Index & Metrics

Genetics

D-Index
45
Citations
7521
World Ranking
4228
National Ranking
479

Duncan Martin Baird 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 Duncan Martin Baird sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 110 publications — 11th percentile

11% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Duncan Martin Baird 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 Duncan Martin Baird sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 45 D-Index — 4th percentile

4% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Duncan Martin Baird is affiliated with Cardiff University in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple areas within medicine and the biological sciences, with a focus on molecular biology, physiology, genetics, immunology, and oncology. Their work contributes to an understanding of telomeres and telomerase, DNA repair mechanisms, genetic engineering including CRISPR technologies, and immunology related to T-cell and B-cell function.

Their recent scholarly output includes the following papers:

  • Two subsets of stem-like CD8+ memory T cell progenitors with distinct fate commitments in humans, 2020, Nature Immunology
  • Dysgu: efficient structural variant calling using short or long reads, 2022, Nucleic Acids Research
  • UPF1 promotes the formation of R loops to stimulate DNA double-strand break repair, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Catastrophic Endgames: Emerging Mechanisms of Telomere-Driven Genomic Instability, 2020, Trends in Genetics
  • CD57+ Memory T Cells Proliferate In Vivo, 2020, Cell Reports

Baird frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including Kez Cleal, Kevin Norris, Rhiannon E. Jones, Julia W. Grimstead, and Chris Pepper. These collaborations have contributed to a range of studies published in various scientific venues.

The primary publication venues for their work include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Neuro-Oncology
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • NAR Cancer
  • DNA Repair

Main fields of study for Baird are:

  • Medicine
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

More specifically, their subfields of study include:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Physiology
  • Genetics
  • Immunology
  • Oncology

The principal topics within their research oeuvre cover:

  • Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence
  • DNA Repair Mechanisms
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Algorithms and Data Compression
  • T-cell and B-cell Immunology

Best Publications

  • Extensive allelic variation and ultrashort telomeres in senescent human cells

    Duncan Martin Baird;Janet Maud Rowson;David Wynford-Thomas;David Glyn Kipling

  • Identification and Clonal Characterisation of a Progenitor Cell Sub-Population in Normal Human Articular Cartilage

    Rebecca Williams;Ilyas M. Khan;Kirsty Richardson;Larissa Nelson

  • The nature of telomere fusion and a definition of the critical telomere length in human cells

    Rebecca Capper;Bethan Britt-Compton;Maira Tankimanova;Janet Maud Rowson

  • Two subsets of stem-like CD8+ memory T cell progenitors with distinct fate commitments in humans.

    Giovanni Galletti;Gabriele De Simone;Emilia M C Mazza;Simone Puccio

  • Fibroblast Dysfunction Is a Key Factor in the Non-Healing of Chronic Venous Leg Ulcers

    Ivan Bernard Wall;Ryan Moseley;Duncan Martin Baird;David Glyn Kipling

  • Telomere dysfunction and fusion during the progression of chronic lymphocytic leukemia: evidence for a telomere crisis

    Thet Thet Lin;Boitelo T. Letsolo;Rhiannon E. Jones;Jan Rowson

  • Measuring telomere length and telomere dynamics in evolutionary biology and ecology

    Daniel H Nussey;Duncan Baird;Emma Barrett;Winnie Boner

  • Telomere instability in the male germline

    Duncan Martin Baird;Bethan Britt-Compton;Janet Maud Rowson;Nazar Najib Amso

  • Reproducibility of telomere length assessment: an international collaborative study

    Carmen M Martin-Ruiz;Duncan Baird;Laureline Roger;Petra Boukamp

  • Blood cell telomere length is a dynamic feature

    Ulrika Svenson;Katarina Nordfjäll;Duncan Martin Baird;Laureline Roger

  • Structural stability and chromosome-specific telomere length is governed by cis-acting determinants in humans

    Bethan Britt-Compton;Janet Maud Rowson;Matthew Locke;Ian Mackenzie

  • Mechanisms underlying telomere repeat turnover, revealed by hypervariable variant repeat distribution patterns in the human Xp/Yp telomere.

    Duncan Martin Baird;A. J. Jeffreys;N. J. Royle

  • Telomerase Reverse Transcriptase Locus Polymorphisms and Cancer Risk: A Field Synopsis and Meta-Analysis

    Simone Mocellin;Daunia Verdi;Karen A. Pooley;Maria T. Landi

  • Variation at the TERT locus and predisposition for cancer

    Duncan M. Baird

  • New developments in telomere length analysis

    Duncan Martin Baird

  • Signalling of DNA damage and cytokines across cell barriers exposed to nanoparticles depends on barrier thickness

    A. Sood;S. Salih;D. Roh;L. Lacharme-Lora

  • Fusion of short telomeres in human cells is characterized by extensive deletion and microhomology, and can result in complex rearrangements.

    Boitelo Theresiah Letsolo;Janet Maud Rowson;Duncan Martin Baird

  • Extensive Telomere Erosion in the Initiation of Colorectal Adenomas and Its Association With Chromosomal Instability

    Laureline Roger;Rhiannon E. Jones;Nicole Heppel;Geraint Trefor Williams

  • Genotoxic effects of particles of surgical cobalt chrome alloy on human cells of different age in vitro.

    Iraklis Papageorgiou;Zhirong Yin;Dariusz Ladon;Duncan Martin Baird

  • Structural and functional analysis of the human POT1-TPP1 telomeric complex.

    Cory Rice;Prashanth Krishna Shastrula;Andrew V. Kossenkov;Robert Kerrin Hills

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Hillmen
Peter Hillmen St James's University Hospital
Robert Kerrin Hills
Robert Kerrin Hills University of Oxford
Andy C. Rawstron
Andy C. Rawstron Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
David Price
David Price University of Aberdeen
Kristin Ladell
Kristin Ladell Cardiff University
Thomas von Zglinicki
Thomas von Zglinicki Newcastle University
Petra Boukamp
Petra Boukamp German Cancer Research Center
Richard M. Cawthon
Richard M. Cawthon University of Utah
Alec J. Jeffreys
Alec J. Jeffreys University of Leicester
Sohrab P. Shah
Sohrab P. Shah Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

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