Anna C. Need

15.9k citations

33 papers · 3.0k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 26

Impact in

Genetics top 1%
- Genomics and Rare Diseases
- Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
- Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities
- Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Psychiatry and Mental health top 5%

Papers in ⓘ

Genetics 24
- Genetic Associations and Epidemiology 13
- Genomics and Rare Diseases 13
- Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities 13
- Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders 9
Cognitive Neuroscience 7
- Memory and Neural Mechanisms 6

Co-authors: David B. Goldstein (19 shared papers)Kevin V. Shianna (5 shared papers)Dongliang Ge (7 shared papers)Elizabeth T. Cirulli (8 shared papers)Vandana Shashi (4 shared papers)Kelly Schoch (3 shared papers)Marie McDonald (2 shared papers)Deborah K. Attix (4 shared papers)
Journals: European Journal of Human Genetics (2 papers)Nature Genetics (2 papers)Journal of Medical Genetics (2 papers)Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience (2 papers)Annals of Human Genetics (1 paper)
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom Germany

In The Last Decade

Anna C. Need

33 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

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2022 · 190 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2022 Oxford University Research Archive (ORA) (University of Oxford)
2009 PLoS Genetics

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1	A Genome-Wide Association Study in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD): Identification of Two Major Susceptibility Loci PLoS Genetics ·Sreekumar Pillai, Dongliang Ge, Guohua Zhu, Xiangyang Kong, Kevin V. Shianna, Anna C. Need, Sheng Feng, Craig P. Hersh, Per Bakke, Amund Gulsvik, Andreas Ruppert, Karin C. Lødrup Carlsen, Allen D. Roses, W. J. Anderson, (unknown), Stephen I. Rennard, David A. Lomas, Edwin K. Silverman, David B. Goldstein Hit paper breakdown →	2009	480
2	Clinical application of exome sequencing in undiagnosed genetic conditions Journal of Medical Genetics ·Anna C. Need, Vandana Shashi, Yuki Hitomi, Kelly Schoch, Kevin V. Shianna, Marie McDonald, Miriam H. Meisler, David B. Goldstein	2012	289
3	Next generation disparities in human genomics: concerns and remedies Trends in Genetics ·Anna C. Need, David B. Goldstein	2009	244
4	The utility of the traditional medical genetics diagnostic evaluation in the context of next-generation sequencing for undiagnosed genetic disorders Genetics in Medicine ·Vandana Shashi, Allyn McConkie‐Rosell, Bruce Rosell, Kelly Schoch, Kasturi Vellore, Marie McDonald, Yong‐hui Jiang, Pingxing Xie, Anna C. Need, David B. Goldstein	2013	190
5	Oxford University Research Archive (ORA) (University of Oxford) ·Damian Smedley, Katherine R. Smith, A. Martı́n, (unknown), Ellen M. McDonagh, (unknown), Jamie M. Ellingford, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), G. C. Chan, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Anna C. Need, Michael R. Barnes Hit paper breakdown →	2022	190
6	Temporal lobe functional activity and connectivity in young adult APOE ɛ4 carriers Alzheimer s & Dementia ·Nancy A. Dennis, Jeffrey N. Browndyke, Jared Stokes, Anna C. Need, James R. Burke, Kathleen A. Welsh‐Bohmer, Roberto Cabeza	2009	169
7	A comparison of the Cambridge Automated Neuropsychological Test Battery (CANTAB) with “traditional” neuropsychological testing instruments Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology ·Patrick J. Smith, Anna C. Need, Elizabeth T. Cirulli, Ornit Chiba‐Falek, Deborah K. Attix	2013	125
8	WGAViewer: Software for genomic annotation of whole genome association studies: Figure 1. Genome Research ·Dongliang Ge, Kunlin Zhang, Anna C. Need, Olivier Martin, Jacques Fellay, Thomas Urban, Amalio Telenti, David B. Goldstein	2008	113
9	A genome-wide study of common SNPs and CNVs in cognitive performance in the CANTAB Human Molecular Genetics ·Anna C. Need, Deborah K. Attix, Jill M. McEvoy, Elizabeth T. Cirulli, Kristen L. Linney, Priscilla Hunt, Dongliang Ge, Erin L. Heinzen, Jessica M. Maia, Kevin V. Shianna, Michael E. Weale, Lynn Cherkas, Gail Clement, Tim D. Spector, Greg Gibson, David B. Goldstein	2009	105
10	Control of Axonal Growth and Regeneration of Sensory Neurons by the p110δ PI 3-Kinase PLoS ONE ·Britta J. Eickholt, Aminul I. Ahmed, Meirion Davies, Evangelia A. Papakonstanti, Wayne Pearce, Michelle L. Starkey, Antonio Bilancio, Anna C. Need, Andrew J. H. Smith, Susan Hall, Frank P.T. Hamers, Karl-Peter Giese, Elizabeth J. Bradbury, Bart Vanhaesebroeck	2007	96
11	Genome-Wide Scan of Copy Number Variation in Late-Onset Alzheimer's Disease Journal of Alzheimer s Disease ·Erin L. Heinzen, Anna C. Need, Kathleen M. Hayden, Ornit Chiba‐Falek, Allen D. Roses, Warren J. Strittmatter, James R. Burke, Christine M. Hulette, Kathleen A. Welsh‐Bohmer, David Goldstein	2010	95
12	One gene, many neuropsychiatric disorders: lessons from Mendelian diseases Nature Neuroscience ·Xiaolin Zhu, Anna C. Need, Slavé Petrovski, David B. Goldstein	2014	90
13	Using ERDS to Infer Copy-Number Variants in High-Coverage Genomes The American Journal of Human Genetics ·Mingfu Zhu, Anna C. Need, Yujun Han, Dongliang Ge, Jessica M. Maia, Qianqian Zhu, Erin L. Heinzen, Elizabeth T. Cirulli, Kimberly Pelak, Min He, Elizabeth K. Ruzzo, Curtis Gumbs, Abanish Singh, Sheng Feng, Kevin V. Shianna, David B. Goldstein	2012	86
14	Priorities and standards in pharmacogenetic research Nature Genetics ·Anna C. Need, Arno G. Motulsky, David B. Goldstein	2005	79
15	Pharmacogenetics of antipsychotic response in the CATIE trial: a candidate gene analysis European Journal of Human Genetics ·Anna C. Need, Richard S.E. Keefe, Dongliang Ge, Iris Grossman, Sam Dickson, Joseph P. McEvoy, David B. Goldstein	2009	77
16	Common genetic variation and performance on standardized cognitive tests European Journal of Human Genetics ·Elizabeth T. Cirulli, Dalia Kasperavičiūtė, Deborah K. Attix, Anna C. Need, Dongliang Ge, Greg Gibson, David B. Goldstein	2010	74
17	Failure to replicate effect of kibra on human memory in two large cohorts of European origin American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B Neuropsychiatric Genetics ·Anna C. Need, Deborah K. Attix, Jill M. McEvoy, Elizabeth T. Cirulli, Kristen N. Linney, Ana Patricia Wagoner, Curtis Gumbs, Ina Giegling, Hans‐Jürgen Möller, Clyde Francks, Pierandrea Muglia, Allen D. Roses, Greg Gibson, Michael E. Weale, Dan Rujescu, David B. Goldstein	2008	60
18	Obesity is Associated with Genetic Variants That Alter Dopamine Availability Annals of Human Genetics ·Anna C. Need, Kourosh R. Ahmadi, Tim D. Spector, David B. Goldstein	2005	59
19	COMT Val108/158 Met Genotype Affects Neural but not Cognitive Processing in Healthy Individuals Cerebral Cortex ·Nancy A. Dennis, Anna C. Need, Kevin S. LaBar, Sheena Waters‐Metenier, Elizabeth T. Cirulli, James E. Kragel, David B. Goldstein, Roberto Cabeza	2009	49
20	SVA: software for annotating and visualizing sequenced human genomes Bioinformatics ·Dongliang Ge, Elizabeth K. Ruzzo, Kevin V. Shianna, Min He, Kimberly Pelak, Erin L. Heinzen, Anna C. Need, Elizabeth T. Cirulli, Jessica M. Maia, Samuel P. Dickson, Mingfu Zhu, Abanish Singh, Andrew S. Allen, David B. Goldstein	2011	46

About Anna C. Need

Anna C. Need is a scholar working on Genetics, Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Developmental Neuroscience and Pharmacology, having authored 33 papers that have together received 3.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (13 papers), Genomics and Rare Diseases (13 papers), Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities (13 papers), Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (9 papers), Memory and Neural Mechanisms (6 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (3 papers), Genetic factors in colorectal cancer (2 papers) and Pharmacogenetics and Drug Metabolism (2 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Genetics (1.3k citations), Psychiatry and Mental health (284 citations), Cognitive Neuroscience (353 citations), Physiology (447 citations) and Molecular Biology (1.1k citations). Anna C. Need has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Frequent co-authors include David B. Goldstein, Kevin V. Shianna, Dongliang Ge, Elizabeth T. Cirulli, Vandana Shashi, Kelly Schoch, Marie McDonald, Deborah K. Attix, David B. Goldstein and Allen D. Roses. Their work appears in journals such as European Journal of Human Genetics, Nature Genetics, Journal of Medical Genetics, Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience and Annals of Human Genetics.

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