Daniel E. Weeks

29.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
214 papers, 10.7k citations indexed

About

Daniel E. Weeks is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Ophthalmology. According to data from OpenAlex, Daniel E. Weeks has authored 214 papers receiving a total of 10.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 113 papers in Genetics, 83 papers in Molecular Biology and 19 papers in Ophthalmology. Recurrent topics in Daniel E. Weeks's work include Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (79 papers), Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (42 papers) and Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities (23 papers). Daniel E. Weeks is often cited by papers focused on Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (79 papers), Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (42 papers) and Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities (23 papers). Daniel E. Weeks collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Samoa. Daniel E. Weeks's co-authors include Kenneth Lange, Jeffrey R. O’Connell, Michael B. Gorin, Yvette P. Conley, Robert E. Ferrell, Jóhanna Jakobsdóttir, Tammy S. Mah, G. Mark Lathrop, Lynn R. Goldin and Sean Davis and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Genetics and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Daniel E. Weeks

206 papers receiving 10.3k citations

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PedCheck: A Program for Identification of Genotype Incompatibilities in Linkage Analysis

1998 1.7k citations Daniel E. Weeks et al. The American Journal of Human Genetics profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Daniel E. Weeks United States	53	4.6k	3.4k	1.3k	1.1k	1.1k	214	10.7k
Shrikant Mane United States	41	2.8k 0.6×	6.5k 1.9×	1.8k 1.3×	1.1k 1.1×	1.3k 1.2×	100	12.5k
André Reis Germany	60	4.4k 1.0×	7.7k 2.3×	744 0.6×	449 0.4×	1.6k 1.5×	320	13.6k
Kāri Stefánsson Iceland	80	6.1k 1.3×	6.5k 1.9×	484 0.4×	776 0.7×	1.5k 1.4×	246	17.8k
Alan F. Wright United Kingdom	58	3.6k 0.8×	6.9k 2.0×	3.0k 2.3×	1.7k 1.6×	924 0.9×	227	11.9k
Paul A. Overbeek United States	64	3.2k 0.7×	9.6k 2.8×	843 0.6×	873 0.8×	609 0.6×	166	13.0k
Robert S. Sparkes United States	47	2.7k 0.6×	4.0k 1.2×	962 0.7×	391 0.4×	1.5k 1.4×	205	9.8k
Fumihiko Matsuda Japan	54	1.6k 0.3×	4.3k 1.3×	1.1k 0.8×	2.1k 2.0×	3.2k 3.0×	343	13.4k
Michael Boehnke United States	64	8.8k 1.9×	8.3k 2.4×	550 0.4×	442 0.4×	676 0.6×	208	17.2k
Mark Leppert United States	65	4.3k 0.9×	8.0k 2.4×	737 0.6×	501 0.5×	1.8k 1.7×	164	20.9k
Grant W. Montgomery Australia	75	11.3k 2.4×	7.8k 2.3×	416 0.3×	637 0.6×	2.6k 2.4×	507	26.1k

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Ray, Mitali, Rebecca B. McNeil, William A. Grobman, et al.. (2025). Allostatic Load Mediates Associations Between Race and Ethnicity and Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy. Obstetrics and Gynecology. 147(2). 242–254.

Liu, Dongjing, Catherine M. Bender, Kirk I. Erickson, et al.. (2025). DNA methylation associations with cognitive function in early-stage hormone receptor-positive breast cancer patients. Epigenomics. 17(13). 879–889. 1 indexed citations

Russell, Emily M., Jenna C. Carlson, Nicola L. Hawley, et al.. (2022). CREBRF missense variant rs373863828 has both direct and indirect effects on type 2 diabetes and fasting glucose in Polynesian peoples living in Samoa and Aotearoa New Zealand. BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care. 10(1). e002275–e002275. 4 indexed citations

Hawley, Nicola L., Rachel L. Duckham, Take Naseri, et al.. (2022). Validity of anthropometric equation‐based estimators of fat mass in Samoan adults. American Journal of Human Biology. 35(3). e23838–e23838. 3 indexed citations

Weeks, Daniel E., Sheila Alexander, Ryan L. Minster, et al.. (2021). Iron homeostasis pathway DNA methylation trajectories reveal a role for STEAP3 metalloreductase in patient outcomes after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. PubMed. 1(1). 14 indexed citations

Naseri, Take, Rachel L. Duckham, Stephen T. McGarvey, et al.. (2020). A missense variant in CREBRF, rs373863828, is associated with fat-free mass, not fat mass in Samoan infants. International Journal of Obesity. 45(1). 45–55. 14 indexed citations

Chen, Wei, Nadia Boutaoui, John M. Brehm, et al.. (2013). ADCYAP1R1 and Asthma in Puerto Rican Children. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 187(6). 584–588. 73 indexed citations

Shaffer, John R., Eleanor Feingold, Xiaojing Wang, et al.. (2012). Heritable patterns of tooth decay in the permanent dentition: principal components and factor analyses. BMC Oral Health. 12(1). 7–7. 29 indexed citations

Tsai, Hui‐Ju, Xiumei Hong, Jinbo Chen, et al.. (2011). Role of African Ancestry and Gene–Environment Interactions in Predicting Preterm Birth. Obstetrics and Gynecology. 118(5). 1081–1089. 18 indexed citations

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Mukhopadhyay, Indranil, Eleanor Feingold, Daniel E. Weeks, & Anbupalam Thalamuthu. (2009). Association tests using kernel‐based measures of multi‐locus genotype similarity between individuals. Genetic Epidemiology. 34(3). 213–221. 61 indexed citations

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Åberg, Karolina A., Guangyun Sun, Diane T. Smelser, et al.. (2008). Applying Novel Genome-Wide Linkage Strategies to Search for Loci Influencing Type 2 Diabetes and Adult Height in American Samoa. Human Biology. 80(2). 99–123. 3 indexed citations

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Conley, Yvette P., Jóhanna Jakobsdóttir, Tammy S. Mah, et al.. (2007). CFH, ELOVL4, PLEKHA1, and LOC387715 genes and susceptibility to age-related maculopathy: AREDS and CHS cohorts and meta-analyses. American Journal of Ophthalmology. 143(4). 732–733. 6 indexed citations

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Bhattacharjee, Samsiddhi, et al.. (2006). The elusive goal of pedigree weights. Genetic Epidemiology. 31(1). 51–65. 5 indexed citations

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Conley, Yvette P., Jóhanna Jakobsdóttir, Tammy S. Mah, et al.. (2006). CFH, ELOVL4, PLEKHA1 and LOC387715 genes and susceptibility to age-related maculopathy: AREDS and CHS cohorts and meta-analyses. Human Molecular Genetics. 15(21). 3206–3218. 121 indexed citations

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Zondervan, Krina T., Ronald C. Desrosiers, Dallas M. Hyde, et al.. (2002). The Genetic Epidemiology of Spontaneous Endometriosis in the Rhesus Monkey. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 955(1). 233–238. 17 indexed citations

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Zabaneh, Delilah, Susan A. Treloar, Ruth M. Hadfield, et al.. (2002). International Endogene Study finds strong evidence of susceptibility loci for endometriosis at two genomic regions. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 71. 215–215. 4 indexed citations

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Weeks, Daniel E., et al.. (1995). A high-resolution genetic linkage map of the pericentromeric region of the human X chromosome. Genomics. 26(1). 39–46. 10 indexed citations

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Matise, Tara C., Aravinda Chakravarti, Pragna I. Patel, et al.. (1994). Detection of tandem duplications and implications for linkage analysis.. PubMed Central. 54(6). 1110–21. 16 indexed citations

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Lange, Kenneth & Daniel E. Weeks. (1989). Efficient computation of lod scores: genotype elimination, genotype redefinition, and hybrid maximum likelihood algorithms. Annals of Human Genetics. 53(1). 67–83. 27 indexed citations

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Weeks, Daniel E.. (1988). New mathematical methods for human gene mapping. UMI eBooks. 2 indexed citations

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