David Witonsky

4.7k citations

37 papers · 2.5k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 22

Impact in

Genetics top 1%
- Genetic diversity and population structure
- Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
- Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
- Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
- High Altitude and Hypoxia
- Forensic and Genetic Research
- Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
- Digestive system and related health
Ecological Modeling top 5%

Papers in ⓘ

Genetics 23
- Genetic Associations and Epidemiology 6
- High Altitude and Hypoxia 6
- Forensic and Genetic Research 5
- Genetic diversity and population structure 5
- Estrogen and related hormone effects 3
Pharmacology 4
- Pharmacogenetics and Drug Metabolism 4

Co-authors: Anna Di Rienzo (30 shared papers)Jonathan K. Pritchard (6 shared papers)Graham Coop (4 shared papers)Gorka Alkorta‐Aranburu (5 shared papers)Angela M. Hancock (4 shared papers)Cynthia M. Beall (8 shared papers)Amha Gebremedhin (3 shared papers)Lujie Yang (2 shared papers)
Journals: PLoS Genetics (8 papers)Physiological Genomics (3 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (3 papers)Nature Communications (2 papers)The Pharmacogenomics Journal (2 papers)
Partner nations: United States Nepal Ethiopia

In The Last Decade

David Witonsky

35 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

align trajectories log scale

Using Environmental Correlations to Identify Loci Underlying Local Adaptation 2010 · 528 citations

Peers

Countries citing papers authored by David Witonsky

Since Specialization

Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of David Witonsky's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by David Witonsky with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites David Witonsky more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by David Witonsky

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by David Witonsky. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by David Witonsky. The network helps show where David Witonsky may publish in the future.

Co-authors

The 25 scholars most cited alongside David Witonsky, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

Border = papers with David Witonsky Line = papers co-authored together David Witonsky links everyone, so they are left out of the graph.

All Works

Sort: Min cites: Since: Top N: Style:

20 of 20 papers shown

Showing the 20 most-cited of 37 papers — load more, or switch the sort, to bring in the rest.

#	Work
1	Using Environmental Correlations to Identify Loci Underlying Local Adaptation Genetics ·Graham Coop, David Witonsky, Anna Di Rienzo, Jonathan K. Pritchard Hit paper breakdown →	2010	528
2	CYP3A Variation and the Evolution of Salt-Sensitivity Variants The American Journal of Human Genetics ·Emma E. Thompson, Hala Kuttab-Boulos, David Witonsky, Lujie Yang, B.A. Roe, Anna Di Rienzo	2004	236
3	Adaptations to Climate in Candidate Genes for Common Metabolic Disorders PLoS Genetics ·Angela M. Hancock, David Witonsky, Allan Gordon, Gidon Eshel, Jonathan K. Pritchard, Graham Coop, Anna Di Rienzo	2008	216
4	Adaptations to Climate-Mediated Selective Pressures in Humans PLoS Genetics ·Angela M. Hancock, David Witonsky, Gorka Alkorta‐Aranburu, Cynthia M. Beall, Amha Gebremedhin, R. I. Sukernik, Gerd Utermann, Jonathan K. Pritchard, Graham Coop, Anna Di Rienzo	2011	206
5	Human adaptations to diet, subsistence, and ecoregion are due to subtle shifts in allele frequency Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Angela M. Hancock, David Witonsky, Edvard Ehler, Gorka Alkorta‐Aranburu, Cynthia M. Beall, Amha Gebremedhin, R. I. Sukernik, Gerd Utermann, Jonathan K. Pritchard, Graham Coop, Anna Di Rienzo	2010	192
6	The Genetic Architecture of Adaptations to High Altitude in Ethiopia PLoS Genetics ·Gorka Alkorta‐Aranburu, Cynthia M. Beall, David Witonsky, Amha Gebremedhin, Jonathan K. Pritchard, Anna Di Rienzo	2012	157
7	Admixture facilitates genetic adaptations to high altitude in Tibet Nature Communications ·Choongwon Jeong, Gorka Alkorta‐Aranburu, Buddha Basnyat, Maniraj Neupane, David Witonsky, Jonathan K. Pritchard, Cynthia M. Beall, Anna Di Rienzo	2014	144
8	Adaptations to new environments in humans: the role of subtle allele frequency shifts Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Angela M. Hancock, Gorka Alkorta‐Aranburu, David Witonsky, Anna Di Rienzo	2010	108
9	Long-term genetic stability and a high-altitude East Asian origin for the peoples of the high valleys of the Himalayan arc Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Choongwon Jeong, Andrew T. Ozga, David Witonsky, Helena Malmström, Hanna Edlund, Courtney A. Hofman, Richard Hagan, Mattias Jakobsson, Cecil M. Lewis, Mark Aldenderfer, Anna Di Rienzo, Christina Warinner	2016	95
10	Interactions between Glucocorticoid Treatment and Cis-Regulatory Polymorphisms Contribute to Cellular Response Phenotypes PLoS Genetics ·Joseph Maranville, Francesca Luca, Allison L. Richards, Xiaoquan Wen, David Witonsky, Shaneen S. Baxter, Matthew Stephens, Anna Di Rienzo	2011	83
11	The genetic prehistory of the Andean highlands 7000 years BP though European contact Science Advances ·John Lindo, Randall Haas, Courtney A. Hofman, Mario Apata, Mauricio Moraga, Ricardo A. Verdugo, James T. Watson, Carlos Viviano Llave, David Witonsky, Cynthia M. Beall, Christina Warinner, John Novembre, Mark Aldenderfer, Anna Di Rienzo	2018	69
12	Detecting past and ongoing natural selection among ethnically Tibetan women at high altitude in Nepal PLoS Genetics ·Choongwon Jeong, David Witonsky, Buddha Basnyat, Maniraj Neupane, Cynthia M. Beall, Geoff Childs, Sienna R. Craig, John Novembre, Anna Di Rienzo	2018	47
13	The classification of quadrilaterals : a study of definition Medical Entomology and Zoology ·Zalman Usiskin, Jennifer R. Griffin, David Witonsky, Edwin Willmore	2007	42
14	A reduced representation approach to population genetic analyses and applications to human evolution Genome Research ·Francesca Luca, Richard R. Hudson, David Witonsky, Anna Di Rienzo	2011	41
15	Ancient genomes from the Himalayas illuminate the genetic history of Tibetans and their Tibeto-Burman speaking neighbors Nature Communications ·Chi‐Chun Liu, David Witonsky, Anna L. Gosling, Ju Hyeon Lee, Harald Ringbauer, Richard Hagan, Nisha B. Patel, Raphaela Stahl, John Novembre, Mark Aldenderfer, Christina Warinner, Anna Di Rienzo, Choongwon Jeong	2022	41
16	Prevalence of common disease-associated variants in Asian Indians BMC Genetics ·Trevor J. Pemberton, Niyati U. Mehta, David Witonsky, Anna Di Rienzo, Hooman Allayee, David V. Conti, Pragna I. Patel	2008	38
17	Adaptive Variation Regulates the Expression of the Human SGK1 Gene in Response to Stress PLoS Genetics ·Francesca Luca, Sonal Kashyap, Catherine Southard, Min Zou, David Witonsky, Anna Di Rienzo, Suzanne D. Conzen	2009	36
18	Comparative genomics analysis of human sequence variation in the UGT1A gene cluster The Pharmacogenomics Journal ·Michael L. Maitland, C. Grimsley, Hala Kuttab-Boulos, David Witonsky, Kristen Kasza, Lujie Yang, B.A. Roe, Anna Di Rienzo	2005	31
19	Allelic imbalance (AI) identifies novel tissue-specificcis-regulatory variation for humanUGT2B15 Human Mutation ·Chang Sun, Catherine Southard, David Witonsky, Olufunmilayo I. Olopade, Anna Di Rienzo	2009	29
20	A signature of balancing selection in the region upstream to the human UGT2B4 gene and implications for breast cancer risk Human Genetics ·Chang Sun, Dezheng Huo, Catherine Southard, Barbara Nemesure, Anselm Hennis, M. Cristina Leske, Szu‐Yuan Wu, David Witonsky, Olufunmilayo I. Olopade, Anna Di Rienzo	2011	26

About David Witonsky

David Witonsky is a scholar working on Genetics, Pharmacology, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Cancer Research and Archeology, having authored 37 papers that have together received 2.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (6 papers), High Altitude and Hypoxia (6 papers), Forensic and Genetic Research (5 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (5 papers), Vitamin D Research Studies (4 papers), Pharmacogenetics and Drug Metabolism (4 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (4 papers) and Estrogen and related hormone effects (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Genetics (1.6k citations), Ecological Modeling (85 citations), Endocrine and Autonomic Systems (114 citations), Pharmacology (123 citations) and Archeology (111 citations). David Witonsky has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Nepal and Ethiopia. Frequent co-authors include Anna Di Rienzo, Jonathan K. Pritchard, Graham Coop, Gorka Alkorta‐Aranburu, Angela M. Hancock, Cynthia M. Beall, Amha Gebremedhin, Lujie Yang, B.A. Roe and Emma E. Thompson. Their work appears in journals such as PLoS Genetics, Physiological Genomics, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and The Pharmacogenomics Journal.

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact