Chris Finan

10.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
48 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Chris Finan is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Chris Finan has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Molecular Biology, 20 papers in Genetics and 8 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Chris Finan's work include Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (18 papers), Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health (8 papers) and Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks (6 papers). Chris Finan is often cited by papers focused on Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (18 papers), Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health (8 papers) and Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks (6 papers). Chris Finan collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Netherlands and United States. Chris Finan's co-authors include Amand F. Schmidt, Aroon D. Hingorani, Juan P. Casas, John P. Overington, Anna Gaulton, Felix Krüger, Melanie J. Newport, Rita Santos, R Thomas Lumbers and Jorgen Engmann and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Circulation and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Chris Finan

43 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

The druggable genome and support for target identification and validation in drug development

2017 494 citations Chris Finan, Anna Gaulton et al. profile →
Linear regression and the normality assumption

2017 399 citations Amand F. Schmidt, Chris Finan Journal of Clinical Epidemiology profile →
Genetic drug target validation using Mendelian randomisation

2020 267 citations Amand F. Schmidt, Chris Finan et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Chris Finan United Kingdom	19	709	521	233	230	154	48	2.1k
Ambroise Wonkam South Africa	30	976 1.4×	635 1.2×	145 0.6×	152 0.7×	166 1.1×	211	3.4k
Degui Zhi United States	33	1.8k 2.5×	882 1.7×	286 1.2×	265 1.2×	321 2.1×	131	3.8k
Paul Lacaze Australia	24	591 0.8×	463 0.9×	169 0.7×	244 1.1×	207 1.3×	103	1.8k
Darren J. Burgess United States	30	1.6k 2.2×	287 0.6×	276 1.2×	297 1.3×	148 1.0×	250	4.9k
Collet Dandara South Africa	35	1.2k 1.6×	424 0.8×	121 0.5×	380 1.7×	411 2.7×	157	4.1k
Nicki Tiffin South Africa	26	604 0.9×	284 0.5×	112 0.5×	85 0.4×	211 1.4×	75	1.6k
Xu Liu China	32	1.7k 2.5×	237 0.5×	249 1.1×	201 0.9×	277 1.8×	203	4.2k
Eimear E. Kenny United States	25	1.4k 2.0×	2.1k 4.1×	134 0.6×	157 0.7×	221 1.4×	62	3.8k
Ana Rath France	24	816 1.2×	1.2k 2.3×	157 0.7×	542 2.4×	116 0.8×	51	2.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Chris Finan

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chris Finan

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20 of 20 papers shown

Vugt, Marion van, Chris Finan, Diederick E. Grobbee, et al.. (2025). Integrating multi-modal omics to identify therapeutic atherosclerosis pathways for coronary heart disease. EBioMedicine. 121. 105966–105966.

Schmidt, Amand F., Chris Finan, Sandesh Chopade, et al.. (2024). Genetic evidence for serum amyloid P component as a drug target in neurodegenerative disorders. Open Biology. 14(7). 230419–230419. 4 indexed citations

Vugt, Marion van, Chris Finan, Sandesh Chopade, et al.. (2024). Integrating metabolomics and proteomics to identify novel drug targets for heart failure and atrial fibrillation. Genome Medicine. 16(1). 120–120. 5 indexed citations

Hingorani, Aroon D., et al.. (2024). Prioritising genetic findings for drug target identification and validation. Atherosclerosis. 390. 117462–117462. 4 indexed citations

Schmidt, Amand F., Michael H. Davidson, Marc Ditmarsch, John J.P. Kastelein, & Chris Finan. (2024). Lower activity of cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) and the risk of dementia: a Mendelian randomization analysis. Alzheimer s Research & Therapy. 16(1). 228–228. 2 indexed citations

Gratton, Jasmine, Steve E. Humphries, Amand F. Schmidt, et al.. (2023). Modelling a two-stage adult population screen for autosomal dominant familial hypercholesterolaemia: cross-sectional analysis within the UK Biobank. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(1). e000021–e000021. 2 indexed citations

Almramhi, Mona Mohammad, Chris Finan, Amand F. Schmidt, et al.. (2023). Exploring the Role of Plasma Lipids and Statin Interventions on Multiple Sclerosis Risk and Severity. Neurology. 101(17). e1729–e1740. 2 indexed citations

Hingorani, Aroon D., Jasmine Gratton, Chris Finan, et al.. (2023). Performance of polygenic risk scores in screening, prediction, and risk stratification: secondary analysis of data in the Polygenic Score Catalog. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(1). e000554–e000554. 38 indexed citations

Schmidt, Amand F., María Gordillo‐Marañón, Fotios Drenos, et al.. (2023). Biomedical consequences of elevated cholesterol-containing lipoproteins and apolipoproteins on cardiovascular and non-cardiovascular outcomes. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(1). 9–9. 14 indexed citations

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Gratton, Jasmine, Marta Futema, Steve E. Humphries, et al.. (2023). A Machine Learning Model to Aid Detection of Familial Hypercholesterolemia. JACC Advances. 2(4). 100333–100333. 8 indexed citations

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Gratton, Jasmine, Chris Finan, Aroon D. Hingorani, Steve E. Humphries, & Marta Futema. (2022). LDL-C Concentrations and the 12-SNP LDL-C Score for Polygenic Hypercholesterolaemia in Self-Reported South Asian, Black and Caribbean Participants of the UK Biobank. Frontiers in Genetics. 13. 845498–845498. 5 indexed citations

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Pietzner, Maik, Eleanor Wheeler, Julia Carrasco-Zanini, et al.. (2021). Author Correction: Genetic architecture of host proteins involved in SARS-CoV-2 infection. Nature Communications. 12(1). 845–845.

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Finan, Chris, Dániel Süveges, Tesfaye Sisay Tessema, et al.. (2021). Replication of HLA class II locus association with susceptibility to podoconiosis in three Ethiopian ethnic groups. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 3285–3285. 4 indexed citations

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Howe, Laurence J, Frank Dudbridge, Amand F. Schmidt, et al.. (2020). Polygenic risk scores for coronary artery disease and subsequent event risk amongst established cases. Human Molecular Genetics. 29(8). 1388–1395. 23 indexed citations

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Pietzner, Maik, Eleanor Wheeler, Julia Carrasco-Zanini, et al.. (2020). Genetic architecture of host proteins involved in SARS-CoV-2 infection. Nature Communications. 11(1). 6397–6397. 69 indexed citations

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Hingorani, Aroon D., Valerie Kuan, Chris Finan, et al.. (2019). Improving the odds of drug development success through human genomics: modelling study. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 18911–18911. 129 indexed citations

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Schmidt, Amand F. & Chris Finan. (2017). Linear regression and the normality assumption. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 98. 146–151. 399 indexed citations breakdown →

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Finan, Chris, et al.. (2015). DNA entropy reveals a significant difference in complexity between housekeeping and tissue specific gene promoters. Computational Biology and Chemistry. 58. 19–24. 6 indexed citations

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Wang, Yongze, Tian Tian, Jinfang Zhao, et al.. (2012). Homofermentative production of d-lactic acid from sucrose by a metabolically engineered Escherichia coli. Biotechnology Letters. 34(11). 2069–2075. 46 indexed citations

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Tekola‐Ayele, Fasil, Elena Hailu, Chris Finan, et al.. (2012). Prediction of HLA Class II Alleles Using SNPs in an African Population. PLoS ONE. 7(6). e40206–e40206. 10 indexed citations

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