Deborah A. Nickerson

101.8k total citations · 11 hit papers
290 papers, 25.3k citations indexed

About

Deborah A. Nickerson is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Deborah A. Nickerson has authored 290 papers receiving a total of 25.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 154 papers in Genetics, 130 papers in Molecular Biology and 31 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Deborah A. Nickerson's work include Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (56 papers), Genomics and Rare Diseases (41 papers) and Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities (35 papers). Deborah A. Nickerson is often cited by papers focused on Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (56 papers), Genomics and Rare Diseases (41 papers) and Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities (35 papers). Deborah A. Nickerson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Germany. Deborah A. Nickerson's co-authors include Mark J. Rieder, Leonid Kruglyak, Michael J. Bamshad, Jay Shendure, Christopher S. Carlson, Michael A. Eberle, Sarah Ng, Evan E. Eichler, Abigail W. Bigham and Holly K. Tabor and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, New England Journal of Medicine and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Deborah A. Nickerson

288 papers receiving 24.7k 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.

Targeted capture and massively parallel sequencing of 12 human exomes

2009 1.3k citations Michelle Wong, Evan E. Eichler et al. profile →
Exome sequencing identifies the cause of a mendelian disorder

2009 1.3k citations Kati J. Buckingham, Deborah A. Nickerson et al. profile →
Selecting a Maximally Informative Set of Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms for Association Analyses Using Linkage Disequilibrium

2004 1.2k citations Mark J. Rieder, Deborah A. Nickerson et al. profile →
Exome sequencing as a tool for Mendelian disease gene discovery

2011 1.1k citations Michael J. Bamshad, Deborah A. Nickerson et al. profile →
Effect of VKORC1 Haplotypes on Transcriptional Regulation and Warfarin Dose

2005 988 citations Mark J. Rieder, Alexander P. Reiner et al. profile →
Exome sequencing in sporadic autism spectrum disorders identifies severe de novo mutations

2011 806 citations Emre Karakoç, Mark J. Rieder et al. profile →
PolyPhred: automating the detection and genotyping of single nucleotide substitutions using fluorescence-based resequencing

1997 800 citations Deborah A. Nickerson profile →
Analysis of 6,515 exomes reveals the recent origin of most human protein-coding variants

2012 620 citations Mark J. Rieder, Jay Shendure et al. profile →
Variation is the spice of life

2001 613 citations Deborah A. Nickerson et al. profile →
Optimal Unified Approach for Rare-Variant Association Testing with Application to Small-Sample Case-Control Whole-Exome Sequencing Studies

2012 597 citations Michael J. Bamshad, Mark J. Rieder et al. profile →
A Multivariate Genome-Wide Association Analysis of 10 LDL Subfractions, and Their Response to Statin Treatment, in 1868 Caucasians

2015 324 citations Joshua D. Smith, Deborah A. Nickerson et al. profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Deborah A. Nickerson	12.8k	11.0k	2.2k	1.8k	1.8k	290	25.3k
Julian Maller	17.9k 1.4×	11.0k 1.0×	2.7k 1.2×	1.2k 0.7×	1.9k 1.1×	15	35.6k
Paul I. W. de Bakker	16.6k 1.3×	12.8k 1.2×	2.2k 1.0×	1.2k 0.7×	2.2k 1.2×	89	34.6k
Joel N. Hirschhorn	12.9k 1.0×	10.7k 1.0×	1.5k 0.7×	1.7k 0.9×	2.5k 1.4×	210	26.7k
D.N. Cooper	10.5k 0.8×	19.9k 1.8×	3.0k 1.4×	1.4k 0.7×	2.2k 1.2×	568	34.9k
Manuel A. R. Ferreira	14.9k 1.2×	7.9k 0.7×	1.9k 0.9×	843 0.5×	1.4k 0.8×	87	27.6k
Stephen W. Scherer	18.5k 1.4×	22.5k 2.0×	3.1k 1.4×	935 0.5×	1.6k 0.9×	534	40.0k
Håkon Håkonarson	11.6k 0.9×	12.4k 1.1×	3.7k 1.7×	1.3k 0.7×	3.2k 1.8×	587	34.7k
Eric E. Schadt	6.9k 0.5×	13.8k 1.3×	2.1k 0.9×	662 0.4×	1.2k 0.7×	298	26.1k
David B. Goldstein	11.0k 0.9×	7.6k 0.7×	1.2k 0.5×	774 0.4×	792 0.4×	276	27.1k
Yusuke Nakamura	5.7k 0.4×	11.8k 1.1×	3.4k 1.5×	578 0.3×	1.9k 1.1×	426	22.7k

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Gaedigk, Andrea, Erin C. Boone, Steven E. Scherer, et al.. (2022). CYP2C8, CYP2C9, and CYP2C19 Characterization Using Next-Generation Sequencing and Haplotype Analysis. Journal of Molecular Diagnostics. 24(4). 337–350. 28 indexed citations

Sofer, Tamar, Nuzulul Kurniansyah, François Aguet, et al.. (2021). Benchmarking association analyses of continuous exposures with RNA-seq in observational studies. Briefings in Bioinformatics. 22(6). 3 indexed citations

Olson, Nels C., Laura M. Raffield, Tyne W. Miller‐Fleming, et al.. (2021). Soluble Urokinase Plasminogen Activator Receptor: Genetic Variation and Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Black Adults. Circulation Genomic and Precision Medicine. 14(6). e003421–e003421. 9 indexed citations

Etheridge, Amy S., Deborah A. Nickerson, Nancy J. Cox, et al.. (2021). Integration of DNA sequencing with population pharmacokinetics to improve the prediction of irinotecan exposure in cancer patients. British Journal of Cancer. 126(4). 640–651. 8 indexed citations

Patel, Nisha, John M. Graham, Michael J. Bamshad, et al.. (2021). Further delineation of van den Ende‐Gupta syndrome: Genetic heterogeneity and overlap with congenital heart defects and skeletal malformations syndrome. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. 185(7). 2136–2149. 3 indexed citations

Fohner, Alison E., Rachel Dalton, Katrina G. Claw, et al.. (2021). Characterization of CYP3A pharmacogenetic variation in American Indian and Alaska Native communities, targetingCYP3A4*1Gallele function. Clinical and Translational Science. 14(4). 1292–1302. 8 indexed citations

Raffield, Laura M., Ake T. Lu, Mindy D Szeto, et al.. (2020). Coagulation factor VIII: Relationship to cardiovascular disease risk and whole genome sequence and epigenome‐wide analysis in African Americans. Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis. 18(6). 1335–1347. 14 indexed citations

Dinardo, Carla Luana, Théo Gremen Mimary de Oliveira, Shannon Kelly, et al.. (2020). Diversity of variant alleles encoding Kidd, Duffy, and Kell antigens in individuals with sickle cell disease using whole genome sequencing data from the NHLBI TOPMed Program. Transfusion. 61(2). 603–616. 9 indexed citations

Ng, Bobby G., Charles Marques Lourenço, Marie‐Estelle Losfeld, et al.. (2019). Mutations in the translocon‐associated protein complex subunit SSR3 cause a novel congenital disorder of glycosylation. Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease. 42(5). 993–997. 19 indexed citations

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Claw, Katrina G., Julie A. Beans, Seung‐been Lee, et al.. (2019). Pharmacogenomics of Nicotine Metabolism: Novel CYP2A6 and CYP2B6 Genetic Variation Patterns in Alaska Native and American Indian Populations. Nicotine & Tobacco Research. 22(6). 910–918. 15 indexed citations

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Lee, Seung‐been, Marsha M. Wheeler, Kenneth E. Thummel, & Deborah A. Nickerson. (2019). Calling Star Alleles With Stargazer in 28 Pharmacogenes With Whole Genome Sequences. Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 106(6). 1328–1337. 59 indexed citations

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Lessel, Davor, Ayse Bilge Ozel, Susan Campbell, et al.. (2018). Analyses of LMNA-negative juvenile progeroid cases confirms biallelic POLR3A mutations in Wiedemann–Rautenstrauch-like syndrome and expands the phenotypic spectrum of PYCR1 mutations. Human Genetics. 137(11-12). 921–939. 16 indexed citations

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Rope, Alan F., Tia L. Kauffman, Laura M. Amendola, et al.. (2018). A case for expanding carrier testing to include actionable X‐linked disorders. Clinical Case Reports. 6(11). 2092–2095. 2 indexed citations

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Ng, Bobby G., Carla Asteggiano, Martin Kircher, et al.. (2017). Encephalopathy caused by novel mutations in the CMP‐sialic acid transporter, SLC35A1. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. 173(11). 2906–2911. 26 indexed citations

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Said, Edith, Jessica X. Chong, Maja Hempel, et al.. (2017). Survival beyond the perinatal period expands the phenotypes caused by mutations in GLE1. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. 173(11). 3098–3103. 8 indexed citations

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Weinstein, Michael M., Taekyu Kang, Ralph S. Lachman, et al.. (2016). Somatic mosaicism for a lethal TRPV4 mutation results in non‐lethal metatropic dysplasia. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. 170(12). 3298–3302. 8 indexed citations

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Korvatska, Olena, Nicholas S. Strand, Jason D. Berndt, et al.. (2013). Altered splicing of ATP6AP2 causes X-linked parkinsonism with spasticity (XPDS). Human Molecular Genetics. 22(16). 3259–3268. 101 indexed citations

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Innocenti, Federico, Gregory M. Cooper, Ian B. Stanaway, et al.. (2011). Identification, Replication, and Functional Fine-Mapping of Expression Quantitative Trait Loci in Primary Human Liver Tissue. PLoS Genetics. 7(5). e1002078–e1002078. 134 indexed citations

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Rosenthal, Elisabeth A., James Ronald, Joseph H. Rothstein, et al.. (2011). Linkage and association of phospholipid transfer protein activity to LASS4. Journal of Lipid Research. 52(10). 1837–1846. 16 indexed citations

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Crawford, Dana C., Alex S. Nord, Michael D. Badzioch, et al.. (2007). A common VLDLR polymorphism interacts with APOE genotype in the prediction of carotid artery disease risk. Journal of Lipid Research. 49(3). 588–596. 22 indexed citations

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