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D-Index
78
Citations
20685
World Ranking
4567
National Ranking
23

Overview

John M. Scott was affiliated with Trinity College Dublin in Ireland. Their research primarily focused on the field of Medicine, with particular emphasis on Infectious Diseases, Rheumatology, Epidemiology, Modeling and Simulation, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

Their work covered a range of topics including:

  • SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • Folate and B Vitamins Research
  • Nutritional Studies and Diet
  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • COVID-19 and healthcare impacts

Among their recent papers were:

  • "Impact of the common MTHFR 677C→T polymorphism on blood pressure in adulthood and role of riboflavin in modifying the genetic risk of hypertension: evidence from the JINGO project," 2020, published in BMC Medicine
  • "COVID-19 and liver cancer: lost patients and larger tumours," 2022, published in BMJ Open Gastroenterology
  • "SARS-CoV-2 Load does not Predict Transmissibility in College Students," 2021, published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • "Web-decorating Sequences by the Spider Argiope luzona (Walckenaer, 1841)," 2024, published in The Philippine journal of science
  • "Onboard energy storage for discontinuous, safer third rail DC electrified rail systems," 2025, published in Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part F Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit

Frequent coauthors during their career included:

  • Di Tian
  • Zhen Lin
  • Ellie M. Kriner
  • Dalton J. Esneault
  • Jonathan Tran

John M. Scott published in several venues covering medicine and science, including:

  • BMC Medicine
  • BMJ Open Gastroenterology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The Philippine journal of science
  • Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part F Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit

Best Publications

  • Facts and Recommendations about Total Homocysteine Determinations: An Expert Opinion

    Helga Refsum;A. David Smith;Per M. Ueland;Ebba Nexo

  • Homocysteine metabolism in pregnancies complicated by neural-tube defects

    J.L. Mills;Y.J. Lee;M.R. Conley;P.N. Kirke

  • Maternal plasma folate and vitamin B12 are independent risk factors for neural tube defects.

    P. N. Kirke;A. M. Molloy;L. E. Daly;H. Burke

  • A genome-wide association study of cleft lip with and without cleft palate identifies risk variants near MAFB and ABCA4

    Terri H. Beaty;Jeffrey C. Murray;Mary L. Marazita;Ronald G. Munger

  • Homocysteine and Ischemic Heart Disease Results of a Prospective Study With Implications Regarding Prevention

    Nicholas J. Wald;Hilary C. Watt;Malcolm R. Law;Donald G. Weir

  • Unmetabolized folic acid in serum: Acute studies in subjects consuming fortified food and supplements

    Patrick Kelly;Joseph McPartlin;Michael Goggins;Donald G. Weir

  • Microbiological assay for serum, plasma, and red cell folate using cryopreserved, microtiter plate method.

    Anne M. Molloy;John M. Scott

  • Thermolabile variant of 5, 10-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductaseassociated with low red-cell folates: implications for folate intake recommendations

    Anne M Molloy;Sean Daly;James L Mills;Peadar N Kirke

  • Effect of increasing dietary folate on red-cell folate: implications for prevention of neural tube defects.

    G.J Cuskelly;H McNulty;J.M Scott

  • A genetic defect in 5,10 methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase in neural tube defects

    A S Whitehead;P Gallagher;J L Mills;P N Kirke

  • Folate and vitamin B12.

    John M. Scott

  • Maternal Vitamin B12 Status and Risk of Neural Tube Defects in a Population With High Neural Tube Defect Prevalence and No Folic Acid Fortification

    Anne M. Molloy;Peadar N. Kirke;James F. Troendle;Helen Burke

  • Folic acid and folates: the feasibility for nutritional enhancement in plant foods

    John Scott;Fabrice Rébeillé;John Fletcher

  • The methyl folate trap. A physiological response in man to prevent methyl group deficiency in kwashiorkor (methionine deficiency) and an explanation for folic-acid induced exacerbation of subacute combined degeneration in pernicious anaemia.

    JohnM. Scott;DonaldG. Weir

  • Screening for vitamin B-12 and folate deficiency in older persons

    Robert Clarke;Helga Refsum;Jacqueline Birks;John Grimley Evans

  • A Polymorphism, R653Q, in the Trifunctional Enzyme Methylenetetrahydrofolate Dehydrogenase/Methenyltetrahydrofolate Cyclohydrolase/Formyltetrahydrofolate Synthetase Is a Maternal Genetic Risk Factor for Neural Tube Defects: Report of the Birth Defects Research Group

    Lawrence C. Brody;Mary Conley;Christopher Cox;Peadar N. Kirke

  • Genetic and nutritional factors contributing to hyperhomocysteinemia in young adults.

    Leo A. J. Kluijtmans;Ian S. Young;Colin A. Boreham;Liam Murray

  • Pathogenesis of subacute combined degeneration: a result of methyl group deficiency.

    J M Scott;J J Dinn;P Wilson;D G Weir

  • Plasma homocysteine, a risk factor for cardiovascular disease, is lowered by physiological doses of folic acid.

    M Ward;H McNulty;J McPartlin;J J Strain

  • Randomized trial of folic acid supplementation and serum homocysteine levels.

    David S. Wald;Lucy Bishop;Nicholas J. Wald;Malcolm Law

Frequent Co-Authors

Anne M. Molloy
Anne M. Molloy Trinity College Dublin
James L. Mills
James L. Mills National Institutes of Health
Lawrence C. Brody
Lawrence C. Brody National Institutes of Health
Per Magne Ueland
Per Magne Ueland University of Bergen
Alexander S. Whitehead
Alexander S. Whitehead University of Pennsylvania
Barry Shane
Barry Shane University of California, Berkeley
Ebba Nexo
Ebba Nexo Aarhus University Hospital
Ian S. Young
Ian S. Young Queen's University Belfast
Liam J. Murray
Liam J. Murray Queen's University Belfast
Derek W. Morris
Derek W. Morris University of Galway

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