David Cesarini

22.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
57 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

David Cesarini is a scholar working on Genetics, Sociology and Political Science and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, David Cesarini has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Genetics, 16 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 13 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in David Cesarini's work include Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (16 papers), Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies (10 papers) and Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis (9 papers). David Cesarini is often cited by papers focused on Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (16 papers), Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies (10 papers) and Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis (9 papers). David Cesarini collaborates with scholars based in United States, Sweden and Netherlands. David Cesarini's co-authors include Magnus Johannesson, Björn Wallace, Paul Lichtenstein, Christopher T. Dawes, Erik Lindqvist, Robert Östling, Daniel J. Benjamin, Patrik K. E. Magnusson, David Laibson and Peter M. Visscher and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, New England Journal of Medicine and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

David Cesarini

54 papers receiving 3.7k citations

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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.

Multi-trait analysis of genome-wide association summary statistics using MTAG

2017 538 citations Patrick Turley, Raymond K. Walters et al. Nature Genetics profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
David Cesarini	1.1k	807	801	469	465	57	3.9k
Daniel J. Benjamin	831 0.7×	449 0.6×	335 0.4×	226 0.5×	391 0.8×	55	2.6k
Philipp Koellinger	661 0.6×	439 0.5×	439 0.5×	116 0.2×	791 1.7×	67	3.6k
Dalton Conley	951 0.8×	791 1.0×	2.6k 3.3×	393 0.8×	553 1.2×	127	6.0k
Rick K. Wilson	128 0.1×	437 0.5×	1.9k 2.3×	1.2k 2.6×	655 1.4×	104	4.2k
Guang Guo	411 0.4×	593 0.7×	1.5k 1.9×	342 0.7×	291 0.6×	98	5.0k
W. van Dijk	106 0.1×	400 0.5×	1.5k 1.8×	281 0.6×	240 0.5×	165	5.1k
Rose McDermott	121 0.1×	355 0.4×	2.3k 2.9×	421 0.9×	308 0.7×	143	4.2k
Christopher G. Davis	239 0.2×	790 1.0×	1.1k 1.3×	86 0.2×	186 0.4×	102	7.6k
Melissa A. Lewis	382 0.3×	835 1.0×	1.4k 1.8×	179 0.4×	53 0.1×	182	8.1k
Pablo Brañas‐Garza	67 0.1×	268 0.3×	903 1.1×	1.2k 2.6×	414 0.9×	125	2.3k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Cesarini, David, et al.. (2024). Pocketbook Politics: The Impact of Wealth on Political Preferences and Participation. SSRN Electronic Journal.

Young, Alexander I., Stefania Benónísdóttir, Aysu Okbay, et al.. (2022). Mendelian imputation of parental genotypes improves estimates of direct genetic effects. Nature Genetics. 54(6). 897–905. 43 indexed citations

Turley, Patrick, Michelle N. Meyer, Nancy Wang, et al.. (2021). Problems With Using Polygenic Scores to Select Embryos. Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey. 76(10). 609–610. 2 indexed citations

Lindqvist, Erik, Robert Östling, & David Cesarini. (2018). Long-Run Effects of Lottery Wealth on Psychological Well-Being. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

Yengo, Loïc, Matthew R. Robinson, Matthew C. Keller, et al.. (2018). Imprint of assortative mating on the human genome. Nature Human Behaviour. 2(12). 948–954. 71 indexed citations

Okbay, Aysu, Robbee Wedow, Edward Kong, et al.. (2017). GWAS of educational attainment: phase 3-main results. Behavior Genetics. 47(6). 699–700. 2 indexed citations

Turley, Patrick, Raymond K. Walters, Omeed Maghzian, et al.. (2017). Multi-trait analysis of genome-wide association summary statistics using MTAG. Nature Genetics. 50(2). 229–237. 538 indexed citations breakdown →

Cesarini, David & Peter M. Visscher. (2017). Genetics and educational attainment. npj Science of Learning. 2(1). 4–4. 65 indexed citations

Benjamin, Daniel J., Andrew Caplin, David Cesarini, Kevin Thom, & Patrick Turley. (2015). Smoking, Genes, and Health: Evidence from the Health and Retirement Study. 1 indexed citations

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Briggs, Joseph, David Cesarini, Erik Lindqvist, & Robert Östling. (2015). Windfall Gains and Stock Market Participation. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Östling, Robert, Erik Lindqvist, David Cesarini, & Joseph Briggs. (2015). Wealth and Stock Market Participation: Estimating the Causal Effect From Swedish Lotteries. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 5 indexed citations

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Chabris, Christopher F., James J. Lee, David Cesarini, Daniel J. Benjamin, & David Laibson. (2015). The Fourth Law of Behavior Genetics. Current Directions in Psychological Science. 24(4). 304–312. 191 indexed citations

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Bierut, Laura J. & David Cesarini. (2015). How Genetic and Other Biological Factors Interact with Smoking Decisions. Big Data. 3(3). 198–202. 3 indexed citations

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Conley, Dalton, Benjamin W. Domingue, David Cesarini, et al.. (2015). Is the Effect of Parental Education on Offspring Biased or Moderated by Genotype?. Sociological Science. 2(6). 82–105. 90 indexed citations

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McMahon, George, Beaté St Pourcain, David M. Evans, et al.. (2014). Genetic Variation Associated with Differential Educational Attainment in Adults Has Anticipated Associations with School Performance in Children. PLoS ONE. 9(7). e100248–e100248. 31 indexed citations

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Rietveld, Cornelius A., Philipp Koellinger, Daniel J. Benjamin, et al.. (2013). Are SNPs associated with educational attainment also associated with cognitive function?. Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland). 1 indexed citations

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Mosing, Miriam A., Nancy L. Pedersen, David Cesarini, et al.. (2012). Genetic and Environmental Influences on the Relationship between Flow Proneness, Locus of Control and Behavioral Inhibition. PLoS ONE. 7(11). e47958–e47958. 35 indexed citations

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Beauchamp, Jonathan, David Cesarini, Magnus Johannesson, et al.. (2011). Molecular Genetics and Economics. The Journal of Economic Perspectives. 25(4). 57–82. 88 indexed citations

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Apicella, Coren L., David Cesarini, Magnus Johannesson, et al.. (2010). No Association between Oxytocin Receptor (OXTR) Gene Polymorphisms and Experimentally Elicited Social Preferences. PLoS ONE. 5(6). e11153–e11153. 83 indexed citations

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Beauchamp, Jonathan, David Cesarini, Magnus Johannesson, Erik Lindqvist, & Coren L. Apicella. (2010). On the sources of the height–intelligence correlation: New insights from a bivariate ACE model with assortative mating. Behavior Genetics. 41(2). 242–252. 44 indexed citations

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