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Biology and Biochemistry
UK
2026

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
102
Citations
33327
World Ranking
1389
National Ranking
81

Medicine

D-Index
102
Citations
33407
World Ranking
7747
National Ranking
757

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 1982 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Paul A. Kelly is affiliated with Queen Mary University of London in the United Kingdom. Their research predominantly focuses on medicine, with 18 publications in the field. Subfields of study include epidemiology, general health professions, surgery, economics and econometrics, and pharmacology.

The scientist has contributed to multiple research topics, notably chronic disease management strategies, health systems and economic evaluations, quality of life, primary care and health outcomes, health disparities and outcomes, drug-induced adverse reactions, eosinophilic disorders and syndromes, and urticaria and related conditions.

Paul A. Kelly has published in a variety of venues, frequently appearing in PLoS Medicine, arXiv (Cornell University), the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Cureus, and the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health.

Recent papers include the following:

  • Depression and physical multimorbidity: A cohort study of physical health condition accrual in UK Biobank (2025) - PLoS Medicine
  • Drug Rash With Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms (DRESS) Syndrome Due to Vancomycin (2022) - Cureus
  • Frailty or frailties: exploring frailty index subdimensions in the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (2024) - Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health
  • HIV infection and domestic smoke exposure, but not human papillomavirus, are risk factors for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma in Zambia: a case-control study (2020) - UNC Libraries
  • Robustly measuring multimorbidity using disparate linked datasets (2025) - Communications Medicine

Frequent coauthors with whom Paul A. Kelly has collaborated include Bruce Guthrie, Kelly Fleetwood, Caroline Jackson, Stewart W Mercer, and Daniel R. Morales.

Paul A. Kelly received the award of Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 1982.

Best Publications

  • Prolactin (PRL) and Its Receptor: Actions, Signal Transduction Pathways and Phenotypes Observed in PRL Receptor Knockout Mice

    Christine Bole-Feysot;Vincent Goffin;Marc Edery;Nadine Binart

  • The prolactin/growth hormone receptor family.

    Paul A. Kelly;Jean Djiane;Marie-Catherine Postel-Vinay;Marc Edery

  • Studies of insulin, growth hormone and prolactin binding: tissue distribution, species variation and characterization.

    Barry I. Posner;Paul A. Kelly;Robert P. C. Shiu;Henry G. Friesen

  • Cloning and expression of the rat prolactin receptor, a member of the growth hormone/prolactin receptor gene family

    Jean-Marie Boutin;Christine Jolicoeur;Hiroaki Okamura;Jean Gagnon

  • Radioreceptor Assay for Prolactin and Other Lactogenic Hormones

    R. P. C. Shiu;P. A. Kelly;H. G. Friesen

  • PROLACTIN: The New Biology of an Old Hormone

    Vincent Goffin;Nadine Binart;Philippe Touraine;Paul A Kelly

  • Atrophy of S6K1 −/− skeletal muscle cells reveals distinct mTOR effectors for cell cycle and size control

    Mickaël Ohanna;Andrew K. Sobering;Thomas Lapointe;Lazaro Lorenzo

  • Expression of prolactin and its receptor in human lymphoid cells.

    I. Pellegrini;J.-J. Lebrun;Suhad Ali;P. A. Kelly

  • Sequence-function relationships within the expanding family of prolactin, growth hormone, placental lactogen, and related proteins in mammals

    Vincent Goffin;Kathleen T. Shiverick;Paul A. Kelly;Joseph A. Martial

  • Identification of a cDNA Encoding a Long Form of Prolactin Receptor in Human Hepatoma and Breast Cancer Cells

    Jean-Marie Boutin;Marc Edery;Mariko Shirota;Christine Jolicoeur

  • Tissue distribution and regulation of rat prolactin receptor gene expression. Quantitative analysis by polymerase chain reaction.

    M Nagano;P A Kelly

  • Null mutation of the prolactin receptor gene produces a defect in maternal behavior.

    B. K. Lucas;C. J. Ormandy;N. Binart;R. S. Bridges

  • Prolactin receptors in rat liver: possible induction by prolactin.

    Barry I. Posner;Paul A. Kelly;Henry G. Friesen

  • Expression of two forms of prolactin receptor in rat ovary and liver.

    Mariko Shirota;Denis Banville;Suhad Ali;Christine Jolicoeur

  • Prolactin, growth hormone, and epidermal growth factor activate Stat5 in different compartments of mammary tissue and exert different and overlapping developmental effects.

    Marta I. Gallego;Nadine Binart;Gertraud W. Robinson;Ryugo Okagaki

  • Activation of JAK2 tyrosine kinase by prolactin receptors in Nb2 cells and mouse mammary gland explants

    George S. Campbell;Lawrence S. Argetsinger;James N. Ihle;Paul A. Kelly

  • Prolactin-induced proliferation of Nb2 cells involves tyrosine phosphorylation of the prolactin receptor and its associated tyrosine kinase JAK2.

    J.-J. Lebrun;Suhad Ali;L. Sofer;A. Ullrich

  • The growth hormone/prolactin receptor family.

    Kelly Pa;Ali S;Rozakis M;Goujon L

  • Targeted deletion of the PRL receptor: effects on islet development, insulin production, and glucose tolerance.

    Michael Freemark;Isabelle Avril;D. O N Fleenor;Phyllis Driscoll

  • Studies of insulin, growth hormone and prolactin binding: ontogenesis, effects of sex and pregnancy.

    Paul A. Kelly;Barry I. Posner;Toshio Tsushima;Henry G. Friesen

Frequent Co-Authors

Vincent Goffin
Vincent Goffin Université Paris Cité
Jean Djiane
Jean Djiane INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
John J. Kopchick
John J. Kopchick Ohio University
Henry G. Friesen
Henry G. Friesen University of Manitoba
Christine Bole-Feysot
Christine Bole-Feysot Imagine Institute for Genetic Diseases
Barry I. Posner
Barry I. Posner McGill University
Robert L. Sutherland
Robert L. Sutherland Garvan Institute of Medical Research
Oreste Gualillo
Oreste Gualillo Servicio Gallego de Salud
Fernand Labrie
Fernand Labrie Université Laval

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