OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Medical Genetics is 8. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Next generation of free? Points to consider when navigating sponsored genetic testing	85
Reclassification of candidate splicing variants refines clinically conflicting interpretations in SLC26A4-associated hearing loss	66
The International Fragile X Premutation Registry: building a resource for research and clinical trial readiness	62
Estimating cancer risk in carriers of Lynch syndrome variants in UK Biobank	58
Heterozygous deletion of HOXC10-HOXC9 causes lower limb abnormalities in congenital vertical talus	57
Comprehensive evidence for the pathogenicity of the BRCA2 c.7847C>T (p.Ser2616Phe) variant specific to the Japanese population	56
CDK4 and CDK6 variants in patients with primary microcephaly lead to cell cycle defects and mitochondria-induced apoptosis	49
Biallelic TTBK1 variant causes a severe syndromic neurodevelopmental disorder: clinical and genetic insights from two siblings	46
First estimates of diffuse gastric cancer risks for carriers of CTNNA1 germline pathogenic variants	41
Variant characterisation and clinical profile in a large cohort of patients with Ellis-van Creveld syndrome and a family with Weyers acrofacial dysostosis	39
Heterozygous pathogenic variants involving CBFB cause a new skeletal disorder resembling cleidocranial dysplasia	37
OTX2 duplications: a recurrent cause of oculo-auriculo-vertebral spectrum	35
Familial Alzheimer’s disease associated with heterozygous NPC1 mutation	33
MGRN1 is linked to recessive heart and laterality defects: the first genotype-phenotype report in humans	33
Mutation in mitral valve prolapse susceptible gene DCHS1 causes familial mitral annular disjunction	32
Providing recurrence risk counselling for parents after diagnosis of a serious genetic condition caused by an apparently de novo mutation in their child: a qualitative investigation of the PREGCARE st	32
Robust detection of pathogenic HYDIN variants that cause primary ciliary dyskinesia using RNA-seq of nasal mucosa	32
Histones: coming of age in Mendelian genetic disorders	31
Sephardic origins revealed for rare skin disorder, recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa, in individuals carrying the unique c.6527insC mutation	29
Cardiac rhabdomyoma: a rare feature of Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome	28
Long-read sequencing identifies an SVA_D retrotransposon insertion deep within the intron of ATP7A as a novel cause of occipital horn syndrome	27
PSMD3 gene mutations cause pathological myopia	27
UK clinical practice guidelines for the management of patients with constitutional POT1 pathogenic variants	24
Comprehensive genetic landscapes and clinical heterogeneity in nanophthalmos: new insights from a large Chinese cohort	24
Economic evaluation of personalised versus conventional risk assessment for women who have undergone testing for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer genes: a modelling study	23

Heterozygous de novo variants in HSPD1 cause hypomyelinating leukodystrophy through impaired HSP60 oligomerisation	23
First intragenic inversion of CYP11B1 gene causing 11β-hydroxylase deficiency: a molecular diagnosis easily overlooked	23
Mosaic BRCA1 promoter methylation contribution in hereditary breast/ovarian cancer pedigrees	22
Development of a functional assay for the characterisation of SMAD4 variants from the French haemorrhagic hereditary telangiectasia cohort	21
Hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia in Danish patients with pathogenic variants in SMAD4: a nationwide study	21
Evaluation of European-based polygenic risk score for breast cancer in Ashkenazi Jewish women in Israel	21
Reproductive choices and intrafamilial communication in neurogenetic diseases with different self-estimated severities	20
Germline HPF1 retrogene insertion in RB1 gene involved in cancer predisposition	19
Targeting autophagy in Duchenne muscular dystrophy: mechanistic insights and emerging therapeutic strategies	19
Co-design of patient information leaflets for germline predisposition to cancer: recommendations for clinical practice from the UK Cancer Genetics Group (UKCGG), Cancer Research UK (CRUK) funded CanGe	19
A 132 bp deletion affecting the KCNQ1OT1 gene associated with Silver-Russell syndrome clinical phenotype	19
Extent of investigation and management of cases of ‘unexplained’ mismatch repair deficiency (u-dMMR): a UK Cancer Genetics Group consensus	19
Identification of MACF1 as a causative gene of generalised epilepsy	18
Pulmonary function and structure abnormalities in children and young adults with osteogenesis imperfecta point to intrinsic and extrinsic lung abnormalities	18
Reverse haplotyping: taking full advantage of 25% risk testing for the 50% at-risk parent in Huntington’s disease	17
Advances in research on the mechanism of tsRNA action in tumours	17
Clinical description, molecular delineation and genotype–phenotype correlation in 340 patients with KBG syndrome: addition of 67 new patients	17
Commentary on Estimating cancer risk in carriers of Lynch syndrome variants in UK Biobank	17
Expanding the genetic and clinical spectrum of Tatton-Brown-Rahman syndrome in a series of 24 French patients	17
Refining the phenotypic spectrum of PNKP -related microcephaly: a study of 27 new patients	16
Clinicogenetic characterisation of SLC29A3-related syndromes: a case series, tracing ancestral variants and molecular dynamics simulation	16
Experience of reassessing FBN1 variants of uncertain significance by gene-specific guidelines	16
Authors’ response to the commentary by Kivela et al on Hany et al (2024)	16
Enhancing variant of uncertain significance (VUS) interpretation in neurogenetics: collaborative experiences from a tertiary care centre	16
Transcript capture and ultradeep long-read RNA sequencing (CAPLRseq) to diagnose HNPCC/Lynch syndrome	16
Homologous recombination deficiency in unselected cases of high-grade ovarian carcinoma	16
Long-term outcomes of very early treated infantile-onset Pompe disease with short-term steroid premedication: experiences from a nationwide newborn screening programme	16
Haplotype studies and the use of a nearby tagging variant confirm a founder origin for an intragenic CYP11B1 inversion	15
Genotype and phenotype correlation of PHACTR1-related neurological disorders	15
Association between SCN5A R225Q variant and dilated cardiomyopathy: potential role of intracellular pH and WNT/β-catenin pathway	15
Dissecting genetic architecture of rare dystonia: genetic, molecular and clinical insights	15
Expanded targeted preconception screening panel in Israel: findings and insights	15
Validation of the BOADICEA model in a prospective cohort of BRCA1/2 pathogenic variant carriers	14
Inherited variants in autosomal dominant disease genes are a significant cause of fetal structural anomalies	14
Complex structural variation and nonsense variant in trans cause VPS50-related disorder	14
RNU4-2 monoallelic variants as a leading cause of syndromic neurodevelopmental disorder, including in patients with parental consanguinity	14
Six at Sixty. ‘No gain, no pain’: medical genetics taking Nav1.7 from target to pharmacy	14
Familial risk of epithelial ovarian cancer after accounting for gynaecological surgery: a population-based study	14
New variants and genotype–phenotype correlation in KIF5A mutation: the contribution of a large Italian cohort	13
Integration of genetic counselling into a multidisciplinary urological oncology programme enhances access and detection of hereditary prostate cancer syndromes	13
Portraying the full picture of Neurofibromatosis–Noonan syndrome: a systematic review of literature	13
A founder UMOD variant is a common cause of hereditary nephropathy in the British population	13
Diagnostic genetic testing indications and findings in type II, IX and XI collagenopathies	12
ACTB deletions or single-nucleotide loss-of-function variants: expansion and further delineation of the phenotype and review of the literature	12
Molecular diagnosis, clinical evaluation and phenotypic spectrum of Townes-Brocks syndrome: insights from a large Chinese hearing loss cohort	12
COP27 climate change conference: urgent action needed for Africa and the world	12
Optimising clinical care through CDH1-specific germline variant curation: improvement of clinical assertions and updated curation guidelines	12
Long-read sequencing for detection and subtyping of Prader-Willi and Angelman syndromes	12
Using long-read sequencing to detect and subtype a case with Temple syndrome	12
Six at Sixty. The revised Ghent nosology for Marfan syndrome turns 15 – what we have gained, what we have missed	11

Congenital urinary tract anomalies are a variable finding associated with nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome	11
Loss-of-function variants in JPH1 cause congenital myopathy with prominent facial and ocular involvement	11
Male–female phenotype correlation and dissociation related to mutations in the ARX gene	11
Novel biallelic NUP107 variants affect the nuclear pore complex and expand the clinical spectrum to include brain malformations	11
Neurofibromatosis type 1 mosaicism in patients with constitutional mismatch repair deficiency	10
Further delineation of the rare GDACCF (global developmental delay, absent or hypoplastic corpus callosum, dysmorphic facies syndrome): genotype and phenotype of 22 patients with ZNF148 mutatio	10
Spectrum of LYST mutations in Chediak-Higashi syndrome: a report of novel variants and a comprehensive review of the literature	10
Short stature, brachydactyly and joint contractures associated with novel FBN2 variants in two families	10
Novel germline TP53 variant (p.(Phe109Ile)) confers high risk of cancer	10
APC germline pathogenic variants and epithelial ovarian cancer: causal or coincidental findings?	10
Correction 2: A common SLC26A4 -linked haplotype underlying non-syndromic hearing loss with enlargement of the vestibular aque	10
Histone modifications in Duchenne muscular dystrophy: pathogenesis insights and therapeutic implications	10
Systematic reanalysis of copy number losses of uncertain clinical significance	10
Intermediate-effect size p.Arg637Gln in FHOD3 increases risk of HCM and is associated with an aggressive phenotype in homozygous carriers	10
Congenital mirror movements are associated with defective polymerisation of RAD51	10
Six at Sixty. Commentary on osteogenesis imperfecta 1975–2025	10
Homozygous SMAD6 variants in two unrelated patients with craniosynostosis and radioulnar synostosis	10
Pathogenic variations in MAML2 and MAMLD1 contribute to congenital hypothyroidism due to dyshormonogenesis by regulating the Notch signalling pathway	10
Evidence of a genetic background predisposing to complex regional pain syndrome type 1	10
Comprehensive RNA and protein functional assessments contribute to the clinical interpretation of MSH2 variants causing in-frame splicing alterations	10
MITF (p.E318K) and renal cell carcinoma: current evidence does not support an effect	10
MRM2 variants in families with complex dystonic syndromes: evidence for phenotypic heterogeneity	10
Test the grandfather! Incidental in-frame DMD deletions in three asymptomatic families	10
Expanding the phenotype of Kleefstra syndrome: speech, language and cognition in 103 individuals	9
AOPEP-related autosomal recessive dystonia: update on Zech-Boesch syndrome	9
GOLM1: expanding our understanding of melanoma susceptibility	9
Genotype–phenotype associations in Alström syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis	9
Ability of a polygenic risk score to refine colorectal cancer risk in Lynch syndrome	9
Diagnostic genome sequencing improves diagnostic yield: a prospective single-centre study in 1000 patients with inherited eye diseases	9
Disease-specific variant interpretation highlighted the genetic findings in 2325 Japanese patients with retinitis pigmentosa and allied diseases	9
BTB domain mutations perturbing KCTD15 oligomerisation cause a distinctive frontonasal dysplasia syndrome	9
Clinical, genetic and biochemical signatures of RBP4-related ocular malformations	9
Long-term multisystemic efficacy of migalastat on Fabry-associated clinical events, including renal, cardiac and cerebrovascular outcomes	9
GAPO syndrome: a comprehensive examination and review of 105 clinical cases	9
Subcellular localisation of truncated MAGEL2 proteins: insight into the molecular pathology of Schaaf-Yang syndrome	9
Shprintzen-Goldberg syndrome: follow-up of the cardiovascular features in an international cohort of 29 patients with SGS	9
ATM c.7374_7375insAlu is a French-Canadian founder pathogenic variant associated with predisposition to pancreatic and breast cancer	9
X-linked variations in SHROOM4 are implicated in congenital anomalies of the urinary tract and the anorectal, cardiovascular and central nervous systems	8
Genetic features and pharmacological rescue of novel Kv7.2 variants in patients with epilepsy	8
Bi-allelic variants in WNT7B disrupt the development of multiple organs in humans	8
Clinical diversity and molecular mechanism of VPS35L-associated Ritscher-Schinzel syndrome	8
Risk perception and surveillance uptake in individuals at increased risk for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma	8
The γ-Actin with pathogenic variants of sites on actin-binding proteins caused earlier onset and more malignant progressive hearing loss	8
Craniosynostosis, inner ear, and renal anomalies in a child with complete loss of SPRY1 (sprouty homolog 1) function	8
Update of the UMD-VHL database: classification of 164 challenging variants based on genotype–phenotype correlation among 605 entries	8
Validation of the NCCN/Yale criteria for the identification of CDH1 pathogenic variant carriers	8
Further evidence of RNU4ATAC variants causing Joubert syndrome with skeletal involvement	8
Damaging missense variants in innate immunity genes are associated with earlier age of breast cancer onset in BRCA1 185delAG carriers	8
Genomic sequencing in paediatric oncology: navigating conflicting roles and responsibilities	8
No association of Alzheimer disease with the joint effect of HFE and TF in the mid-western Amish	8
POT1 and multiple primary melanomas: the dermatological phenotype	8
Heterozygous COL17A1 variants are a frequent cause of amelogenesis imperfecta	8
Gain-of-function p.F28S variant in RAC3 disrupts neuronal differentiation, migration and axonogenesis during cortical development, leading to neurodevelopmental disorder	8
ZFYVE19 deficiency: a ciliopathy involving failure of cell division, with cell death	8
De novo variants in KCNJ3 are associated with early-onset epilepsy	8