Michael C. O’Donovan
Impact in
- Biological Psychiatry top 0.01%
- Tryptophan and brain disorders
- Genetics top 0.01%
- Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
- Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
- Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities
- Genomics and Rare Diseases
Papers in
- Genetics 430
- Genetic Associations and Epidemiology 300
- Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities 128
- Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders 126
- Genomics and Rare Diseases 106
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- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder 51
- Schizophrenia research and treatment 47
- Bipolar Disorder and Treatment 40
- Co-authors
- Michael Owen (251 shared papers)Kirov George (98 shared papers)Nick J. Craddock (60 shared papers)Anita Thapar (68 shared papers)Nigel M. Williams (61 shared papers)Patrick F Sullivan (17 shared papers)Peter Holmans (75 shared papers)James Walters (92 shared papers)
- Journals
- Molecular Psychiatry (94 papers)American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B Neuropsychiatric Genetics (50 papers)Biological Psychiatry (46 papers)Nature Genetics (37 papers)Human Molecular Genetics (26 papers)
- Partner nations
- United KingdomUnited StatesGermany
In The Last Decade
Michael C. O’Donovan
727 papers receiving 106.9k citations
Michael C. O’Donovan's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 220
- Biological Psychiatry 5.7k
- Genetics 45.2k
- Psychiatry and Mental health 15.8k
- Neurology 4.8k
- Cognitive Neuroscience 10.5k
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All Works
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| 1 | Genome-wide association study of 14,000 cases of seven common diseases and 3,000 shared controls Hit paper breakdown → | 2007 | 7865 |
| 2 | The mutational constraint spectrum quantified from variation in 141,456 humans Hit paper breakdown → | 2020 | 6616 |
| 3 | Biological insights from 108 schizophrenia-associated genetic loci Hit paper breakdown → | 2014 | 6062 |
| 4 | Meta-analysis of 74,046 individuals identifies 11 new susceptibility loci for Alzheimer's disease Hit paper breakdown → | 2013 | 3446 |
| 5 | Genome-wide association study identifies variants at CLU and PICALM associated with Alzheimer's disease Hit paper breakdown → | 2009 | 2879 |
| 6 | Genome-wide association analyses identify 44 risk variants and refine the genetic architecture of major depression Hit paper breakdown → | 2018 | 2171 |
| 7 | Genetic meta-analysis of diagnosed Alzheimer’s disease identifies new risk loci and implicates Aβ, tau, immunity and lipid processing Hit paper breakdown → | 2019 | 2087 |
| 8 | Genetic relationship between five psychiatric disorders estimated from genome-wide SNPs Hit paper breakdown → | 2013 | 1775 |
| 9 | Common variants at ABCA7, MS4A6A/MS4A4E, EPHA1, CD33 and CD2AP are associated with Alzheimer's disease Hit paper breakdown → | 2011 | 1656 |
| 10 | Mapping genomic loci implicates genes and synaptic biology in schizophrenia Hit paper breakdown → | 2022 | 1614 |
| 11 | New insights into the genetic etiology of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias Hit paper breakdown → | 2022 | 1436 |
| 12 | Gene-Wide Analysis Detects Two New Susceptibility Genes for Alzheimer's Disease Hit paper breakdown → | 2014 | 1332 |
| 13 | De novo mutations in schizophrenia implicate synaptic networks Hit paper breakdown → | 2014 | 1284 |
| 14 | Genome-wide association analysis identifies 13 new risk loci for schizophrenia Hit paper breakdown → | 2013 | 1231 |
| 15 | Association scan of 14,500 nonsynonymous SNPs in four diseases identifies autoimmunity variants Hit paper breakdown → | 2007 | 1188 |
| 16 | Large-scale genome-wide association analysis of bipolar disorder identifies a new susceptibility locus near ODZ4 Hit paper breakdown → | 2011 | 1099 |
| 17 | Common schizophrenia alleles are enriched in mutation-intolerant genes and in regions under strong background selection Hit paper breakdown → | 2018 | 1079 |
| 18 | Genome-wide association study identifies 30 loci associated with bipolar disorder Hit paper breakdown → | 2019 | 1065 |
| 19 | Collaborative genome-wide association analysis supports a role for ANK3 and CACNA1C in bipolar disorder Hit paper breakdown → | 2008 | 1024 |
| 20 | Genomic Relationships, Novel Loci, and Pleiotropic Mechanisms across Eight Psychiatric Disorders Hit paper breakdown → | 2019 | 965 |
About Michael C. O’Donovan
Michael C. O’Donovan is a scholar working on Genetics, Psychiatry and Mental health, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Cognitive Neuroscience, having authored 740 papers that have together received 109.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (300 papers), Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities (128 papers), Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (126 papers), Genomics and Rare Diseases (106 papers), Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (51 papers), Schizophrenia research and treatment (47 papers), Bipolar Disorder and Treatment (40 papers) and Congenital heart defects research (37 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Biological Psychiatry (5.7k citations), Genetics (45.2k citations), Psychiatry and Mental health (15.8k citations), Neurology (4.8k citations) and Cognitive Neuroscience (10.5k citations). Michael C. O’Donovan has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Michael Owen, Kirov George, Nick J. Craddock, Anita Thapar, Nigel M. Williams, Patrick F Sullivan, Peter Holmans, James Walters, Hywel J. Williams and Nadine Norton. Their work appears in journals such as Molecular Psychiatry, American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B Neuropsychiatric Genetics, Biological Psychiatry, Nature Genetics and Human Molecular Genetics.
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