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Michael A. Patton 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 Michael A. Patton sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 154 publications — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Michael A. Patton 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 Michael A. Patton sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 64 D-Index — 37th percentile

37% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Michael A. Patton is affiliated with St George's, University of London in the United Kingdom. Their scholarly work primarily spans the field of medicine, with a focus on subfields such as epidemiology, infectious diseases, molecular biology, surgery, and neurology.

The main topics covered in their research include:

  • Respiratory viral infections research
  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
  • Parvovirus B19 infection studies
  • Protein tyrosine phosphatases
  • Antimicrobial resistance in Staphylococcus
  • Surgical site infection prevention
  • Orthopedic infections and treatments

Michael A. Patton has contributed to several publication venues, with multiple works appearing in:

  • Open Forum Infectious Diseases
  • Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • Vaccines
  • Physiology
  • Journal of Medical Genetics

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Alejandra Gurtman
  • Iona Munjal
  • Annaliesa S. Anderson
  • Kena A. Swanson
  • David Cooper

Their recent papers reflect a concentration on vaccines and infectious diseases. Selected recent publications are:

  • Efficacy of a 4-Antigen Staphylococcus aureus Vaccine in Spinal Surgery: The STaphylococcus aureus suRgical Inpatient Vaccine Efficacy (STRIVE) Randomized Clinical Trial, 2023, Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • Efficacy, Immunogenicity, and Safety of the Bivalent Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Prefusion F Vaccine in Older Adults Over 2 RSV Seasons, 2025, Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • Refining nosology by modelling variation among facial phenotypes: the RASopathies, 2022, Journal of Medical Genetics
  • Immunogenicity and Safety of the Bivalent Respiratory Syncytial Virus Prefusion F Subunit Vaccine in Immunocompromised or Renally Impaired Adults, 2025, Vaccines
  • P-596. Immunobridging Demonstrating Effectiveness of the Bivalent Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Prefusion F Subunit Vaccine in Adults 18-59 Years of Age at High Risk of Severe RSV Disease in a Phase 3 Trial: The C3671023 MONeT Study Results, 2025, Open Forum Infectious Diseases

Best Publications

  • Mutations in PTPN11, encoding the protein tyrosine phosphatase SHP-2, cause Noonan syndrome.

    Marco Tartaglia;Marco Tartaglia;Ernest L. Mehler;Rosalie Goldberg;Giuseppe Zampino

  • PTPN11 mutations in Noonan syndrome: molecular spectrum, genotype-phenotype correlation, and phenotypic heterogeneity

    Marco Tartaglia;Marco Tartaglia;Kamini Kalidas;Adam Shaw;Xiaoling Song

  • Infantile-onset symptomatic epilepsy syndrome caused by a homozygous loss-of-function mutation of GM3 synthase.

    Michael A Simpson;Harold Cross;Christos Proukakis;David A Priestman

  • Heterozygous mutations in the gene encoding noggin affect human joint morphogenesis.

    Yaoqin Gong;Deborah Krakow;Deborah Krakow;Jose Marcelino;Douglas Wilkin

  • Mapping a gene for Noonan syndrome to the long arm of chromosome 12

    Jamieson Cr;van der Burgt I;Brady Af;van Reen M

  • A restricted spectrum of NRAS mutations causes Noonan syndrome

    Ion C. Cirstea;Kerstin Kutsche;Radovan Dvorsky;Lothar Gremer

  • Recessive Robinow syndrome, allelic to dominant brachydactyly type B, is caused by mutation of ROR2

    Ali R. Afzal;Anna Rajab;Christiane D. Fenske;Michael Oldridge

  • The T-box transcription factor gene TBX22 is mutated in X-linked cleft palate and ankyloglossia.

    Claire Braybrook;Kit Doudney;Ana Carolina B. Marçano;Alfred Arnason

  • SPG20 is mutated in Troyer syndrome, an hereditary spastic paraplegia

    Heema Patel;Harold Cross;Christos Proukakis;Ruth Hershberger

  • The natural history of Noonan syndrome: a long-term follow-up study

    Adam C Shaw;Kamini Kalidas;Andrew H Crosby;Steve Jeffery

  • The X-Linked Gene G4.5 Is Responsible for Different Infantile Dilated Cardiomyopathies

    Patrizia D'Adamo;Lucia Fassone;Agi Gedeon;Emiel A.M. Janssen

  • 3D analysis of facial morphology

    Peter Hammond;Tim J. Hutton;Judith E. Allanson;Linda E. Campbell

  • Mutations in the PAX3 gene causing Waardenburg syndrome type 1 and type 2.

    May Tassabehji;Andrew P. Read;Valerie E. Newton;Michael Patton

  • Parental Somatic Mosaicism Is Underrecognized and Influences Recurrence Risk of Genomic Disorders

    Ian M. Campbell;Bo Yuan;Caroline Robberecht;Rolph P. Pfundt

  • Cardiologic abnormalities in Noonan syndrome: phenotypic diagnosis and echocardiographic assessment of 118 patients.

    Michael Burch;Michael Sharland;Elliot Shinebourne;Gillian Smith

  • Sequence Alterations within CYP7B1 Implicate Defective Cholesterol Homeostasis in Motor-Neuron Degeneration

    Maria K. Tsaousidou;Karim Ouahchi;Tom T. Warner;Yi Yang

  • Mutations in FAM20C Are Associated with Lethal Osteosclerotic Bone Dysplasia (Raine Syndrome), Highlighting a Crucial Molecule in Bone Development

    M. A. Simpson;R. Hsu;L. S. Keir;J. Hao

  • Maspardin is mutated in mast syndrome, a complicated form of hereditary spastic paraplegia associated with dementia.

    Michael A. Simpson;Harold Cross;Christos Proukakis;Anna Pryde

  • Mutation of FA2H underlies a complicated form of hereditary spastic paraplegia (SPG35).

    Katherine J. Dick;Matthias Eckhardt;Coro Paisán-Ruiz;Aisha Alkhayat Alshehhi

  • Clinical features of boys with fragile X premutations and intermediate alleles.

    Monica Aziz;Eleni Stathopulu;Maria Callias;Catherine Taylor

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew H. Crosby
Andrew H. Crosby University of Exeter
Michael A. Simpson
Michael A. Simpson King's College London
Marco Tartaglia
Marco Tartaglia Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital
I. Karen Temple
I. Karen Temple University of Southampton
Bruce D. Gelb
Bruce D. Gelb Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Raju Kucherlapati
Raju Kucherlapati Harvard University
Philip Stanier
Philip Stanier University College London
Mike Sharland
Mike Sharland St George's, University of London
Diana Baralle
Diana Baralle University of Southampton
Robin M. Winter
Robin M. Winter Northwick Park Hospital

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