Chia‐Yen Chen

34.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
95 papers, 9.3k citations indexed

About

Chia‐Yen Chen is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Chia‐Yen Chen has authored 95 papers receiving a total of 9.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Genetics, 24 papers in Molecular Biology and 10 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Chia‐Yen Chen's work include Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (40 papers), Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (7 papers) and BRCA gene mutations in cancer (6 papers). Chia‐Yen Chen is often cited by papers focused on Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (40 papers), Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (7 papers) and BRCA gene mutations in cancer (6 papers). Chia‐Yen Chen collaborates with scholars based in United States, Taiwan and United Kingdom. Chia‐Yen Chen's co-authors include Benjamin M. Neale, Ron Do, Marie Verbanck, Jordan W. Smoller, Tian Ge, Yen‐Chen Anne Feng, Yang Ni, Kuan‐Teh Jeang, Murray B. Stein and Karmel W. Choi and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Chia‐Yen Chen

88 papers receiving 9.2k 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.

Detection of widespread horizontal pleiotropy in causal relationships inferred from Mendelian randomization between complex traits and diseases

2018 4.9k citations Chia‐Yen Chen et al. profile →
Polygenic prediction via Bayesian regression and continuous shrinkage priors

2019 823 citations Tian Ge, Chia‐Yen Chen et al. Nature Communications profile →
Assessment of Bidirectional Relationships Between Physical Activity and Depression Among Adults

2019 475 citations Chia‐Yen Chen, Murray B. Stein et al. profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chia‐Yen Chen

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Genetic architectures of childhood maltreatment and causal influence of childhood maltreatment on health outcomes in adulthood 2025 ·Molecular Psychiatry ·Tzu‐Ting Chen, Chia‐Yen Chen, Chao-Yu Liu, Jiwoo Lee, Andrea Ganna, Yen‐Chen Anne Feng, Kuang Lin	1
2	Whole-exome sequencing in UK Biobank reveals rare genetic architecture for depression 2024 ·Nature Communications ·Ruoyu Tian, Tian Ge, Hyeokmoon Kweon, Daniel Rocha, Max Lam, Jimmy Z. Liu, Kritika Singh, (unknown), Daniel F. Levey, Joel Gelernter, Murray B. Stein, Ellen Tsai, Hailiang Huang, Christopher F. Chabris, Todd Lencz, Heiko Runz, Chia‐Yen Chen	11
3	INTEGRATION OF -OMICS DATA INTO PTSD GWAS PRIORITIZES 126 TARGET GENES 2023 ·European Neuropsychopharmacology ·Adam X. Maihofer, Chia‐Yen Chen, Jonathan R. I. Coleman, Nikos Daskalakis, Murray B. Stein, Kerry J. Ressler, Karestan C. Koenen, Caroline M. Nievergelt	1
4	Mendelian randomization: methods for causal inference using genetic variants 2nd edition By Stephen Burgess and Simon G. Thompson. New York: Chapman & Hall. https://doi.org/10.1201/9780429324352 2023 ·Biometrics ·Chia‐Yen Chen	2
5	GWAS quality score for evaluating associated regions in GWAS analyses 2023 ·Bioinformatics ·Swapnil Awasthi, Chia‐Yen Chen, Max Lam, Hailiang Huang, Stephan Ripke, C. Anthony Altar	1
6	Collective genomic segments with differential pleiotropic patterns between cognitive dimensions and psychopathology 2022 ·Nature Communications ·Max Lam, Chia‐Yen Chen, W. David Hill, Charley Xia, Ruoyu Tian, Daniel F. Levey, Joel Gelernter, Murray B. Stein, Alexander S. Hatoum, Hailiang Huang, Anil K. Malhotra, Heiko Runz, Tian Ge, Todd Lencz	5
7	Familial aggregation and shared genetic loading for major psychiatric disorders and type 2 diabetes 2022 ·Diabetologia ·Mei‐Hsin Su, (unknown), Kuang Lin, Pei‐Chun Chen, Chia‐Yen Chen, Po‐Chang Hsiao, Yi‐Jiun Pan, Yu‐Li Liu, Shih‐Jen Tsai, Po‐Hsiu Kuo, Chi‐Shin Wu, Yen‐Tsung Huang, Shi‐Heng Wang	15
8	Genetic associations of protein-coding variants in human disease 2022 ·Nature ·(unknown), Mitja Kurki, Christopher N. Foley, (unknown), Chia‐Yen Chen, Eric Marshall, Jemma B. Wilk, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Heiko Runz, Mohamed Chahine, Philippe Chevalier, Georges Christé, (unknown), (unknown), Mark J. Daly, (unknown)	70
9	Pairwise effects between lipid GWAS genes modulate lipid plasma levels and cellular uptake 2021 ·Nature Communications ·M. Zimoń, Yunfeng Huang, (unknown), Aliaksandr Halavatyi, Jimmy Z. Liu, Chia‐Yen Chen, Peter Blattmann, Bernd Klaus, Christopher D. Whelan, David Sexton, Sally John, Wolfgang Huber, Ellen Tsai, Rainer Pepperkok, Heiko Runz	5
10	The schizophrenia risk locus in SLC39A8 alters brain metal transport and plasma glycosylation 2020 ·Scientific Reports ·Robert G. Mealer, Bruce G. Jenkins, Chia‐Yen Chen, Mark J. Daly, Tian Ge, Sylvain Lehoux, Thorsten Marquardt, Christopher D. Palmer, Julien H. Park, Patrick J. Parsons, Robert Sackstein, Sarah Williams, Richard D. Cummings, Edward M. Scolnick, Jordan W. Smoller	44
11	Penetrance and Pleiotropy of Polygenic Risk Scores for Schizophrenia in 106,160 Patients Across Four Health Care Systems 2019 ·American Journal of Psychiatry ·Amanda B. Zheutlin, Jessica Dennis, Richard Karlsson Linnér, Arden Moscati, Nicole Restrepo, Péter Straub, Douglas M. Ruderfer, Víctor M. Castro, Chia‐Yen Chen, Tian Ge, Laura M. Huckins, Alexander W. Charney, H. Lester Kirchner, Eli A. Stahl, Christopher F. Chabris, Lea K. Davis, Jordan W. Smoller	129
12	The Shared Genetic Basis of Educational Attainment and Cerebral Cortical Morphology 2018 ·Cerebral Cortex ·Tian Ge, Chia‐Yen Chen, Alysa E. Doyle, (unknown), Lauri Tuominen, Daphne J. Holt, Mert R. Sabuncu, Jordan W. Smoller	18
13	Genome-wide analysis of insomnia disorder 2018 ·Molecular Psychiatry ·Murray B. Stein, Michael J. McCarthy, Chia‐Yen Chen, Sonia Jain, Joel Gelernter, Feng He, Steven G. Heeringa, Ronald C. Kessler, Matthew K. Nock, Stephan Ripke, Xiaoying Sun, Gary H. Wynn, Jordan W. Smoller, Robert J. Ursano	68
14	Polygenic pleiotropy and potential causal relationships between educational attainment, neurobiological profile, and positive psychotic symptoms 2018 ·Translational Psychiatry ·Kuang Lin, Chia‐Yen Chen, Döst Öngür, Rebecca A. Betensky, Jordan W. Smoller, Deborah Blacker, (unknown)	7
15	Genome-wide association study of depressive symptoms in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos 2017 ·Journal of Psychiatric Research ·Erin C. Dunn, Tamar Sofer, Min‐Jung Wang, Thomas W. Soare, Linda C. Gallo, Stephanie M. Gogarten, Kathleen F. Kerr, Chia‐Yen Chen, Murray B. Stein, Robert J. Ursano, Xiuqing Guo, Yucheng Jia, Jie Yao, Jerome I. Rotter, Maria Argos, Jianwen Cai, Krista M. Perreira, Sylvia Wassertheil‐Smoller, Jordan W. Smoller	7
16	Cross-Phenotype Polygenic Risk Score Analysis of Persistent Post-Concussive Symptoms in U.S. Army Soldiers with Deployment-Acquired Traumatic Brain Injury 2016 ·Journal of Neurotrauma ·Renato Polimanti, Chia‐Yen Chen, Robert J. Ursano, Steven G. Heeringa, Sonia Jain, Ronald C. Kessler, Matthew K. Nock, Jordan W. Smoller, Xiaoying Sun, Joel Gelernter, Murray B. Stein, (unknown)	20
17	Explicit Modeling of Ancestry Improves Polygenic Risk Scores and BLUP Prediction 2015 ·Genetic Epidemiology ·Chia‐Yen Chen, Jiali Han, David J. Hunter, Peter Kraft, Alkes L. Price	19
18	Interpreting overall survival results when progression-free survival benefits exist in today's oncology landscape: a metastatic renal cell carcinoma case study 2014 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Yuan Tang, Paul Bycott, Örjan Åkerborg, Linus Jönsson, Sylvie Négrier, Chia‐Yen Chen	1
19	The Influence of Integrating Pre-Online Lecture Videos in Classrooms: a Case Study 2011 ·E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education ·(unknown), Chia‐Yen Chen	3
20	Characterization of a glycine N‐methyltransferase gene knockout mouse model for hepatocellular carcinoma: Implications of the gender disparity in liver cancer susceptibility 2008 ·International Journal of Cancer ·Yi‐Jen Liao, Shih‐Ping Liu, (unknown), Chia‐Hung Yen, (unknown), Chia‐Yen Chen, Ting‐Fen Tsai, Shiu‐Feng Huang, Yan‐Hwa Wu Lee, (unknown)	73

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