Ellen M. Wijsman

31.7k citations

200 papers · 13.4k indexed · 5 hit papers · h-index 55

Molecular Biology top 1%
Physiology top 0.1%
Genetics top 0.2%
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience top 1%
Psychiatry and Mental health top 1%

Co-authors: Gerard D. Schellenberg Thomas D. Bird Ellen Nemens Chang-En Yu Leojean Anderson Junko Oshima Parvoneh Poorkaj Ying‐Hui Fu
Topics: Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (82 papers)Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (41 papers)Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (35 papers)
Cited by: Physiology Aging Genetics
Journals: Science Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Nucleic Acids Research
Partner nations: United States Germany Canada

In The Last Decade

Ellen M. Wijsman

195 papers receiving 13.0k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

Candidate Gene for the Chromosome 1 Familial Alzheimer's Disease Locus

1995 2.0k citations Ellen M. Wijsman, Thomas D. Bird et al. profile →
Positional Cloning of the Werner's Syndrome Gene

1996 1.4k citations Ellen M. Wijsman, Jun Nakura et al. profile →
Tau is a candidate gene for chromosome 17 frontotemporal dementia

1998 1.1k citations Thomas D. Bird, Ellen M. Wijsman et al. profile →
Genetic Linkage Evidence for a Familial Alzheimer's Disease Locus on Chromosome 14

1992 683 citations Gerard D. Schellenberg, Thomas D. Bird et al. profile →
A Familial Alzheimer's Disease Locus on Chromosome 1

1995 594 citations Ellen M. Wijsman, Thomas D. Bird et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Frequency of variants in Mendelian Alzheimer's disease genes within the Alzheimer's Disease Sequencing Project 2025 ·Journal of Alzheimer s Disease ·Dongyu Wang,(unknown),Yanbing Wang,Honghuang Lin,Achilleas Pitsillides,Nancy L. Heard‐Costa,Carlos Cruchaga,(unknown),Joshua C. Bis,Myriam Fornage,Eric Boerwinkle,Philip L. De Jager,Ellen M. Wijsman,Josée Dupuis,Alan E. Renton,Sudha Seshadri,Alison Goate,(unknown),Anita L. DeStefano,Gina M. Peloso	1
2	Genomic Exploration of Essential Hypertension in African‐Brazilian Quilombo Populations: A Comprehensive Approach With Pedigree Analysis and Family‐Based Association Studies 2025 ·Journal of the American Heart Association ·(unknown),Andréa R. V. R. Horimoto,Ellen M. Wijsman,(unknown),Kelly Nunes,Alejandro Q. Nato,Regina Célia Mingroni‐Netto	0
3	Neuropathological correlates of vulnerability and resilience in the cerebellum in Alzheimer's disease 2024 ·Alzheimer s & Dementia ·(unknown),Nicola H. Chapman,Laura E. Gibbons,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Mayumi Yagi,David G. Cook,Kathleen F. Pagulayan,Paul K. Crane,Eric B. Larson,Ellen M. Wijsman,Caitlin S. Latimer,Thomas D. Bird,C. Dirk Keene,Erik S. Carlson	3
4	Key variants via the Alzheimer's Disease Sequencing Project whole genome sequence data 2024 ·Alzheimer s & Dementia ·Yanbing Wang,Chloé Sarnowski,Honghuang Lin,Achilleas Pitsillides,Nancy L. Heard‐Costa,Seung Hoan Choi,(unknown),Joshua C. Bis,Elizabeth Blue,(unknown),Eric Boerwinkle,Philip L. De Jager,Myriam Fornage,Ellen M. Wijsman,Sudha Seshadri,Josée Dupuis,Gina M. Peloso,Anita L. DeStefano,(unknown)	7
5	Biomarker disclosure protocols in prodromal Alzheimer's disease clinical trials 2023 ·Alzheimer s & Dementia ·Annalise Rahman‐Filipiak,(unknown),Joshua D. Grill,Ayda Rostamzadeh,Nathaniel A. Chin,Judith L. Heidebrink,Sarah J Getz,Nicole R. Fowler,Allyson Rosen,Jennifer H. Lingler,Ellen M. Wijsman,Lindsay R. Clark,(unknown)	2
6	Genome-Wide Association of Familial Late-Onset Alzheimer's Disease Replicates BIN1 and CLU and Nominates CUGBP2 in Interaction with APOE 2011 ·PLoS Genetics ·Ellen M. Wijsman,Nathan Pankratz,Yoonha Choi,Joseph H. Rothstein,Kelley Faber,Rong Cheng,Joseph H. Lee,Thomas D. Bird,David A. Bennett,Ramon Diaz‐Arrastia,Alison Goate,Martin R. Farlow,Bernardino Ghetti,Robert A. Sweet,Tatiana Foroud,Richard Mayeux,(unknown)	172
7	Linkage and association of phospholipid transfer protein activity to LASS4 2011 ·Journal of Lipid Research ·Elisabeth A. Rosenthal,James Ronald,Joseph H. Rothstein,Ramakrishnan Rajagopalan,Jane Ranchalis,Gertrud Wolfbauer,John J. Albers,John D. Brunzell,Arno G. Motulsky,Mark J. Rieder,Deborah A. Nickerson,Ellen M. Wijsman,Gail P. Jarvik	16
8	A Macrophage Sterol-Responsive Network Linked to Atherogenesis 2010 ·Cell Metabolism ·Lev Becker,Sina A. Gharib,Angela D. Irwin,Ellen M. Wijsman,Tomáš Vaisar,John F. Oram,Jay W. Heinecke	65
9	Evidence for three loci modifying age‐at‐onset of Alzheimer's disease in early‐onset PSEN2 families 2010 ·American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B Neuropsychiatric Genetics ·Elizabeth E. Marchani,Thomas D. Bird,Ellen J. Steinbart,Elisabeth A. Rosenthal,Chang‐En Yu,Gerard D. Schellenberg,Ellen M. Wijsman	19
10	A common VLDLR polymorphism interacts with APOE genotype in the prediction of carotid artery disease risk 2007 ·Journal of Lipid Research ·Dana C. Crawford,Alex S. Nord,Michael D. Badzioch,Jane Ranchalis,Laura McKinstry,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Michelle Wong,Mark J. Rieder,Gerard D. Schellenberg,Deborah A. Nickerson,Patrick J. Heagerty,Ellen M. Wijsman,Gail P. Jarvik	22
11	Multipoint Linkage Analysis with Many Multiallelic or Dense Diallelic Markers: Markov Chain–Monte Carlo Provides Practical Approaches for Genome Scans on General Pedigrees 2006 ·The American Journal of Human Genetics ·Ellen M. Wijsman,Joseph H. Rothstein,E. A. Thompson	56
12	Comparison of marker types and map assumptions using Markov chain Monte Carlo-based linkage analysis of COGA data 2005 ·BMC Genetics ·Weiva Sieh,Saonli Basu,Audrey Qiuyan Fu,Joseph H. Rothstein,Paul Scheet,William C. Stewart,Yun Ju Sung,E. A. Thompson,Ellen M. Wijsman	15
13	Evidence of linkage of HDL level variation to APOC3 in two samples with different ascertainment 2003 ·Human Genetics ·France Gagnon,Gail P. Jarvik,Arno G. Motulsky,Samir S. Deeb,John D. Brunzell,Ellen M. Wijsman	27
14	Genetic variation at the 22q11 PRODH2/DGCR6 locus presents an unusual pattern and increases susceptibility to schizophrenia 2002 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Hui Liu,Simon Heath,Christina Sobin,Johannes L. Roos,Brandi L. Galke,Maude L. Blundell,Marge Lenane,Brian Robertson,Ellen M. Wijsman,Judith L. Rapoport,Joseph A. Gogos,Maria Karayiorgou	245
15	A Missense Mutation in the Desmin Rod Domain Is Associated with Autosomal Dominant Distal Myopathy, and Exerts a Dominant Negative Effect on Filament Formation 1999 ·Human Molecular Genetics ·Gunnar Sjöberg,Carlos A. Saavedra‐Matiz,D.R. Rosen,Ellen M. Wijsman,Kristian Borg,Steven H. Horowitz,Thomas Sejersen	118
16	βAPP mRNA transcription is increased in cultured fibroblasts from the familial Alzheimer's disease-1 family 1995 ·Molecular Brain Research ·Henry Querfurth,Ellen M. Wijsman,Peter St George‐Hyslop,Dennis J. Selkoe	50
17	Monte Carlo multipoint linkage analysis 1994 ·The American Journal of Human Genetics ·(unknown),Ellen M. Wijsman	1
18	Genetic heterogeneity and Alzheimer`s disease 1994 ·The American Journal of Human Genetics ·Gerald D. Schellenberg,Ellen M. Wijsman,Thomas D. Bird	2
19	Close Linkage of the Gene for Werner’s Syndrome to ANK1 and D8S87 on the Short Arm of Chromosome 8 1993 ·Gerontology ·Jun Nakura,Tetsuro Miki,Keiko Nagano,(unknown),Lin Ye,Kouzin Kamino,Yoshisada Fujiwara,(unknown),Shunichi Murano,Ken‐ichiro Fukuchi,Ellen M. Wijsman,George M. Martin,Gerard D. Schellenberg,Toshio Ogihara	6
20	Linkage analysis of malignant melanoma with the chromosome 1 markers D1S47 and PND 1992 ·Cytogenetic and Genome Research ·(unknown),(unknown),Barbara McKnight,(unknown),Elizabeth Thompson,Ellen M. Wijsman	1

About Ellen M. Wijsman

Ellen M. Wijsman is a scholar working on Genetics, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Statistics and Probability, having authored 200 papers that have together received 13.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (82 papers), Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (41 papers) and Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (35 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Physiology (5.7k citations), Aging (277 citations) and Genetics (3.6k citations). Ellen M. Wijsman has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Germany and Canada. Frequent co-authors include Gerard D. Schellenberg, Thomas D. Bird, Ellen Nemens, Chang-En Yu, Leojean Anderson, Junko Oshima, Parvoneh Poorkaj, Ying‐Hui Fu, George M. Martin and Wendy H. Raskind. Their work appears in journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

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