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Roderick R. McInnes

Roderick R. McInnes

D-Index & Metrics

Genetics

D-Index
59
Citations
13218
World Ranking
3234
National Ranking
122

Roderick R. McInnes 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 Roderick R. McInnes sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 134 publications — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Roderick R. McInnes 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 Roderick R. McInnes sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 59 D-Index — 27th percentile

27% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Roderick R. McInnes is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada and focuses primarily on research within Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a specific emphasis on Molecular Biology.

Their research encompasses several specialized topics, including:

  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • RNA regulation and disease

Roderick R. McInnes has contributed to the scientific literature with papers published in known venues such as Genome Biology, Genes & Development, and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory). Notable publications include:

  • "The Deep Genome Project", 2020, Genome biology
  • "Uncovering a mammalian neural-specific poly(A) binding protein with unique properties", 2023, Genes & Development
  • "The microtubule-binding protein EML3 is required for mammalian embryonic growth and cerebral cortical development; Eml3 null mice are a model of cobblestone brain malformation", 2025, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Their frequent coauthors include Isabelle Carrier, with whom they have collaborated on multiple occasions, as well as K. C. Kent Lloyd, David J. Adams, Gareth Baynam, and Arthur L. Beaudet.

Best Publications

  • Retinal Stem Cells in the Adult Mammalian Eye

    Vincent Tropepe;Brenda L. K. Coles;Bernard J. Chiasson;D. Jonathan Horsford

  • Cone-rod dystrophy due to mutations in a novel photoreceptor-specific homeobox gene (CRX) essential for maintenance of the photoreceptor

    Carol L. Freund;Cheryl Y. Gregory-Evans;Takahisa Furukawa;Myrto Papaioannou

  • Ocular retardation mouse caused by Chx10 homeobox null allele: impaired retinal progenitor proliferation and bipolar cell differentiation.

    Margit Burmeister;Jakub Novak;Mei Ying Liang;Sharmila Basu

  • Loss of Inhibitory Interneurons in the Dorsal Spinal Cord and Elevated Itch in Bhlhb5 Mutant Mice

    Sarah E. Ross;Alan R. Mardinly;Alejandra E. McCord;Jonathan Zurawski

  • Facile isolation and the characterization of human retinal stem cells

    Brenda L. K. Coles;Brigitte Angénieux;Tomoyuki Inoue;Katia Del Rio-Tsonis

  • Common acute lymphocytic leukemia antigen is identical to neutral endopeptidase.

    M. Letarte;S. Vera;R. Tran;J. B. L. Addis

  • E.coli host strains significantly affect the quality of small scale plasmid DNA preparations used for sequencing

    R G Taylor;D C Walker;R R McInnes

  • Photoreceptor peripherin is the normal product of the gene responsible for retinal degeneration in the rds mouse

    Greg Connell;Roger Bascom;Laurie Molday;Delyth Reid

  • A one-hit model of cell death in inherited neuronal degenerations

    Geoff Clarke;Richard A. Collins;Blair R. Leavitt;David F. Andrews

  • De novo mutations in the CRX homeobox gene associated with Leber congenital amaurosis.

    C. L. Freund;Q.-L. Wang;Shiming Chen;B. L. Muskat

  • A Range of Clinical Phenotypes Associated with Mutations in CRX, a Photoreceptor Transcription-Factor Gene

    Melanie M. Sohocki;Lori S. Sullivan;Helen A. Mintz-Hittner;David Birch

  • VSX1: A gene for posterior polymorphous dystrophy and keratoconus

    Elise Héon;Alex Greenberg;Kelly K. Kopp;David Rootman

  • Human microphthalmia associated with mutations in the retinal homeobox gene CHX10.

    E Ferda Percin;L A Ploder;J J Yu;K Arici

  • Pax-6, Prox 1, and Chx10 homeobox gene expression correlates with phenotypic fate of retinal precursor cells.

    T Belecky-Adams;S Tomarev;H S Li;L Ploder

  • Chx10 repression of Mitf is required for the maintenance of mammalian neuroretinal identity

    D. Jonathan Horsford;Minh-Thanh T. Nguyen;Grant C. Sellar;Rashmi Kothary

  • PROGRESS TOWARD UNDERSTANDING THE GENETIC AND BIOCHEMICAL MECHANISMS OF INHERITED PHOTORECEPTOR DEGENERATIONS

    Laura R. Pacione;Michael J. Szego;Sakae Ikeda;Patsy M. Nishina

  • Neto1 is a novel CUB-domain NMDA receptor-interacting protein required for synaptic plasticity and learning.

    David Ng;Graham M Pitcher;Graham M Pitcher;Rachel K Szilard;Andréa Sertié

  • Rom-1 is required for rod photoreceptor viability and the regulation of disk morphogenesis.

    Geoff Clarke;Andrew F.X. Goldberg;Danka Vidgen;Leslie Collins

  • The Genomic, Biochemical, and Cellular Responses of the Retina in Inherited Photoreceptor Degenerations and Prospects for the Treatment of These Disorders

    Alexa N. Bramall;Alan F. Wright;Samuel G. Jacobson;Roderick R. McInnes

  • Renal handling of phosphate in vivo and in vitro by the X-linked hypophosphatemic male mouse: evidence for a defect in the brush border membrane.

    Harriet S. Tenenhouse;Charles R. Scriver;Roderick McInnes;Francis H. Glorieux

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert L. Nussbaum
Robert L. Nussbaum University of California, San Francisco
Samuel G. Jacobson
Samuel G. Jacobson University of Pennsylvania
John Christodoulou
John Christodoulou University of Melbourne
David G. Birch
David G. Birch The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Edwin M. Stone
Edwin M. Stone University of Iowa
Val C. Sheffield
Val C. Sheffield University of Iowa
Charles R. Scriver
Charles R. Scriver McGill University
Derek van der Kooy
Derek van der Kooy University of Toronto
Artur V. Cideciyan
Artur V. Cideciyan University of Pennsylvania
John R. Heckenlively
John R. Heckenlively University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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