Abigail W. Bigham

13.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
61 papers, 6.2k citations indexed

About

Abigail W. Bigham is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Abigail W. Bigham has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 6.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Genetics, 16 papers in Molecular Biology and 10 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in Abigail W. Bigham's work include High Altitude and Hypoxia (26 papers), Birth, Development, and Health (10 papers) and Neuroscience of respiration and sleep (9 papers). Abigail W. Bigham is often cited by papers focused on High Altitude and Hypoxia (26 papers), Birth, Development, and Health (10 papers) and Neuroscience of respiration and sleep (9 papers). Abigail W. Bigham collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Peru. Abigail W. Bigham's co-authors include Michael J. Bamshad, Sarah Ng, Jay Shendure, Deborah A. Nickerson, Holly K. Tabor, Choli Lee, Mary J. Emond, Frank S. Lee, Kati J. Buckingham and Mark D. Shriver and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Abigail W. Bigham

59 papers receiving 6.1k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Targeted capture and massively parallel sequencing of 12 human exomes

2009 1.3k citations Abigail W. Bigham, Michael J. Bamshad et al. profile →
Exome sequencing identifies the cause of a mendelian disorder

2009 1.3k citations Kati J. Buckingham, Abigail W. Bigham et al. profile →
Exome sequencing as a tool for Mendelian disease gene discovery

2011 1.1k citations Michael J. Bamshad, Abigail W. Bigham et al. profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Abigail W. Bigham United States	27	3.6k	2.6k	1.0k	526	493	61	6.2k
Esteban J. Parra Canada	47	3.7k 1.0×	1.5k 0.6×	305 0.3×	457 0.9×	648 1.3×	125	7.2k
Joseph Glessner United States	39	3.4k 1.0×	2.2k 0.8×	623 0.6×	426 0.8×	254 0.5×	138	5.5k
Eleftheria Zeggini United Kingdom	47	3.8k 1.1×	2.9k 1.1×	824 0.8×	226 0.4×	598 1.2×	192	7.7k
Chad D. Huff United States	27	3.1k 0.9×	2.2k 0.8×	769 0.8×	168 0.3×	365 0.7×	66	4.9k
Devin Absher United States	41	3.2k 0.9×	4.0k 1.5×	622 0.6×	609 1.2×	526 1.1×	96	7.3k
Olivier Delaneau Switzerland	23	4.2k 1.2×	2.6k 1.0×	632 0.6×	306 0.6×	586 1.2×	47	7.8k
Ranjan Deka United States	44	3.4k 1.0×	2.1k 0.8×	342 0.3×	291 0.6×	482 1.0×	159	6.9k
John M. Greally United States	53	2.3k 0.6×	6.8k 2.6×	1.0k 1.0×	936 1.8×	502 1.0×	196	9.1k
Joseph E. Powell Australia	35	2.4k 0.7×	3.3k 1.3×	712 0.7×	215 0.4×	345 0.7×	97	6.2k
Jeffrey R. Gulcher Iceland	47	2.7k 0.8×	2.9k 1.1×	381 0.4×	353 0.7×	779 1.6×	81	7.5k

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Johnson, Nicole, Nicholas D. J. Strzalkowski, Ajaya Jang Kunwar, et al.. (2025). No altitude required: differential ventilatory and blood acid-base homeostasis between unacclimatized lowlanders and Tibetan highlanders at 1,400 m. Journal of Applied Physiology. 139(4). 1064–1072.

Brutsaert, Tom D., et al.. (2024). Larger spleens and greater splenic contraction during exercise may be an adaptive characteristic of Nepali Sherpa at high‐altitude. American Journal of Human Biology. 36(9). e24090–e24090. 4 indexed citations

Johnson, Nicole, Nicholas D. J. Strzalkowski, Ajaya Jang Kunwar, et al.. (2024). Comparing integrative ventilatory and renal acid–base acclimatization in lowlanders and Tibetan highlanders during ascent to 4,300 m. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(1). e2412561121–e2412561121. 7 indexed citations

Song, Daisheng, Obed Garcia, Laurel N. Pearson, et al.. (2023). High-Altitude Andean H194R HIF2A Allele Is a Hypomorphic Allele. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 40(7). 10 indexed citations

Childebayeva, Ainash, Jaclyn M. Goodrich, Fabiola Lèon‐Velarde, et al.. (2021). Blood lead levels in Peruvian adults are associated with proximity to mining and DNA methylation. Environment International. 155. 106587–106587. 13 indexed citations

Bigham, Abigail W., et al.. (2019). Prime Labelings of Snake Graphs. 2. 131–149. 3 indexed citations

Norton, Heather, Ellen E. Quillen, Abigail W. Bigham, Laurel N. Pearson, & Holly Dunsworth. (2019). Human races are not like dog breeds: refuting a racist analogy. Evolution Education and Outreach. 12(1). 19 indexed citations

Neto, Fernando Buarque de Lima, Ulisses Braga-Neto, Abigail W. Bigham, et al.. (2019). Severe Dengue Prognosis Using Human Genome Data and Machine Learning. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering. 66(10). 2861–2868. 51 indexed citations

Childebayeva, Ainash, Jaclyn M. Goodrich, Dana C. Dolinoy, et al.. (2019). DNA Methylation Changes Are Associated With an Incremental Ascent to High Altitude. Frontiers in Genetics. 10. 1062–1062. 30 indexed citations

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Bigham, Abigail W., et al.. (2018). Complex signatures of natural selection at GYPA. Human Genetics. 137(2). 151–160. 11 indexed citations

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Bigham, Abigail W.. (2016). Genetics of human origin and evolution: high-altitude adaptations. Current Opinion in Genetics & Development. 41. 8–13. 70 indexed citations

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Bigham, Abigail W. & Amy L. Non. (2015). The Genetic Anthropologist's Contribution to Understanding Race and Racial Health Disparities. Human Biology. 87(4). 291–291. 1 indexed citations

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Emery, Leslie S., Kevin M. Magnaye, Abigail W. Bigham, Joshua M. Akey, & Michael J. Bamshad. (2015). Estimates of Continental Ancestry Vary Widely among Individuals with the Same mtDNA Haplogroup. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 96(2). 183–193. 26 indexed citations

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Bigham, Abigail W., Romel D. Mackelprang, Connie Celum, et al.. (2014). Variants in Host Viral Replication Cycle Genes Are Associated With Heterosexual HIV-1 Acquisition in Africans. JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 66(2). 127–134. 5 indexed citations

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Bigham, Abigail W. & Frank S. Lee. (2014). Human high-altitude adaptation: forward genetics meets the HIF pathway. Genes & Development. 28(20). 2189–2204. 231 indexed citations

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Mackelprang, Romel D., Abigail W. Bigham, Connie Celum, et al.. (2013). Toll-like Receptor Polymorphism Associations With HIV-1 Outcomes Among Sub-Saharan Africans. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 209(10). 1623–1627. 28 indexed citations

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Julian, Colleen G., Enrique Vargas, Vaughn A. Browne, et al.. (2011). Potential role for elevated maternal enzymatic antioxidant status in Andean protection against altitude-associated SGA. The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine. 25(8). 1233–1240. 24 indexed citations

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Bigham, Abigail W., Kati J. Buckingham, Mary J. Emond, et al.. (2011). Host Genetic Risk Factors for West Nile Virus Infection and Disease Progression. PLoS ONE. 6(9). e24745–e24745. 97 indexed citations

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Bigham, Abigail W., Melisa Kiyamu, Fabiola Lèon‐Velarde, et al.. (2008). Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Genotype and Arterial Oxygen Saturation at High Altitude in Peruvian Quechua. High Altitude Medicine & Biology. 9(2). 167–178. 47 indexed citations

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Wilson, Megan J., Colleen G. Julian, Wilma Téllez, et al.. (2007). Greater uterine artery blood flow during pregnancy in multigenerational (Andean) than shorter-term (European) high-altitude residents. American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology. 293(3). R1313–R1324. 76 indexed citations

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