Neil Risch
Impact in
- Genetics top 0.01%
- Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
- Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
- BRCA gene mutations in cancer
- Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
- Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities
- Genomics and Rare Diseases
- Neurology top 0.2%
- Neurological disorders and treatments
Papers in
- Genetics 203
- Genetic Associations and Epidemiology 114
- Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals 43
- Genomics and Rare Diseases 32
- BRCA gene mutations in cancer 28
- Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock 26
- Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities 23
- Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders 23
- Neurology 29
- Neurological disorders and treatments 25
- Co-authors
- Kathleen Ries Merikangas (12 shared papers)W. Douglas Thompson (11 shared papers)Elizabeth B. Claus (10 shared papers)Bernie Devlin (17 shared papers)David Botstein (5 shared papers)Hua Tang (27 shared papers)George C. Ebers (16 shared papers)Adele Dessa Sadovnick (15 shared papers)
- Journals
- Nature Genetics (27 papers)The American Journal of Human Genetics (27 papers)Genetic Epidemiology (18 papers)Science (17 papers)Neurology (12 papers)
- Partner nations
- United StatesUnited KingdomCanada
In The Last Decade
Neil Risch
358 papers receiving 50.8k citations
Neil Risch's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 211
- Genetics 21.7k
- Neurology 4.0k
- Hematology 2.8k
- Psychiatry and Mental health 3.4k
- Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 4.3k
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All Works
Showing the 20 most-cited of 365 papers — load more, or switch the sort, to bring in the rest.
| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Future of Genetic Studies of Complex Human Diseases Hit paper breakdown → | 1996 | 4266 |
| 2 | A novel MHC class I–like gene is mutated in patients with hereditary haemochromatosis Hit paper breakdown → | 1996 | 3152 |
| 3 | Protective effect of apolipoprotein E type 2 allele for late onset Alzheimer disease Hit paper breakdown → | 1994 | 1596 |
| 4 | Searching for genetic determinants in the new millennium Hit paper breakdown → | 2000 | 1465 |
| 5 | Interaction Between the Serotonin Transporter Gene (5-HTTLPR), Stressful Life Events, and Risk of Depression Hit paper breakdown → | 2009 | 1332 |
| 6 | Discovering genotypes underlying human phenotypes: past successes for mendelian disease, future approaches for complex disease Hit paper breakdown → | 2003 | 1153 |
| 7 | Linkage strategies for genetically complex traits. I. Multilocus models. Hit paper breakdown → | 1990 | 1127 |
| 8 | Genetic Susceptibility to Death from Coronary Heart Disease in a Study of Twins Hit paper breakdown → | 1994 | 1010 |
| 9 | The Importance of Race and Ethnic Background in Biomedical Research and Clinical Practice Hit paper breakdown → | 2003 | 884 |
| 10 | A Comparison of Linkage Disequilibrium Measures for Fine-Scale Mapping Hit paper breakdown → | 1995 | 881 |
| 11 | The early-onset torsion dystonia gene (DYT1) encodes an ATP-binding protein Hit paper breakdown → | 1997 | 858 |
| 12 | Candidate-gene approaches for studying complex genetic traits: practical considerations Hit paper breakdown → | 2002 | 791 |
| 13 | Autosomal dominant inheritance of early-onset breast cancer. Implications for risk prediction Hit paper breakdown → | 1994 | 782 |
| 14 | Genetic analysis of breast cancer in the cancer and steroid hormone study. Hit paper breakdown → | 1991 | 776 |
| 15 | Positional Cloning of the Human Quantitative Trait Locus Underlying Taste Sensitivity to Phenylthiocarbamide Hit paper breakdown → | 2003 | 749 |
| 16 | Linkage strategies for genetically complex traits. II. The power of affected relative pairs. Hit paper breakdown → | 1990 | 748 |
| 17 | The continuous performance test, identical pairs version (CPT-IP): I. new findings about sustained attention in normal families Hit paper breakdown → | 1988 | 620 |
| 18 | 1996 | 612 | |
| 19 | 2002 | 601 | |
| 20 | 2002 | 594 |
About Neil Risch
Neil Risch is a scholar working on Genetics, Neurology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Mental health and Pathology and Forensic Medicine, having authored 365 papers that have together received 54.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (114 papers), Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (43 papers), Genomics and Rare Diseases (32 papers), BRCA gene mutations in cancer (28 papers), Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock (26 papers), Neurological disorders and treatments (25 papers), Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities (23 papers) and Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (23 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Genetics (21.7k citations), Neurology (4.0k citations), Hematology (2.8k citations), Psychiatry and Mental health (3.4k citations) and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (4.3k citations). Neil Risch has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Frequent co-authors include Kathleen Ries Merikangas, W. Douglas Thompson, Elizabeth B. Claus, Bernie Devlin, David Botstein, Hua Tang, George C. Ebers, Adele Dessa Sadovnick, Richard M. Myers and Susan Bressman. Their work appears in journals such as Nature Genetics, The American Journal of Human Genetics, Genetic Epidemiology, Science and Neurology.
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