George Busby

4.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 883 citations indexed

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George Busby is a scholar working on Genetics, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, George Busby has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 883 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Genetics, 3 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 2 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in George Busby's work include Forensic and Genetic Research (8 papers), Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (7 papers) and Race, Genetics, and Society (6 papers). George Busby is often cited by papers focused on Forensic and Genetic Research (8 papers), Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (7 papers) and Race, Genetics, and Society (6 papers). George Busby collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Italy and United States. George Busby's co-authors include Cristian Capelli, Simon Myers, Garrett Hellenthal, Gavin Band, Daniel Falush, James F. Wilson, Francesco Montinaro, Vincenzo L. Pascali, Paolo Di Domenico and Giordano Bottà and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Circulation and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

George Busby

18 papers receiving 870 citations

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A Genetic Atlas of Human Admixture History

2014 451 citations Garrett Hellenthal, George Busby et al. Science profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
George Busby United Kingdom	13	648	154	113	45	41	22	883
Constanza Duque Colombia	12	566 0.9×	156 1.0×	88 0.8×	26 0.6×	24 0.6×	24	892
Jiayou Chu China	15	534 0.8×	381 2.5×	99 0.9×	40 0.9×	29 0.7×	45	1.1k
Tábita Hünemeier Brazil	17	476 0.7×	187 1.2×	125 1.1×	97 2.2×	112 2.7×	51	909
Andrés Moreno‐Estrada United States	15	895 1.4×	313 2.0×	108 1.0×	30 0.7×	32 0.8×	35	1.4k
Daoroong Kangwanpong Thailand	15	572 0.9×	304 2.0×	121 1.1×	50 1.1×	24 0.6×	37	994
Jean‐Michel Dugoujon France	21	703 1.1×	282 1.8×	162 1.4×	70 1.6×	74 1.8×	80	1.3k
Alessio Boattini Italy	20	511 0.8×	374 2.4×	86 0.8×	42 0.9×	18 0.4×	56	1.1k
Brian K. Maples United States	4	688 1.1×	189 1.2×	70 0.6×	23 0.5×	23 0.6×	4	856
Iván Darío Soto‐Calderón Colombia	12	559 0.9×	206 1.3×	73 0.6×	30 0.7×	24 0.6×	32	895
Sandra Beleza Portugal	20	805 1.2×	387 2.5×	115 1.0×	32 0.7×	43 1.0×	35	1.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of George Busby

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20 of 20 papers shown

Domenico, Paolo Di, et al.. (2025). Precision Medicine in Cardiovascular Disease Prevention: Clinical Validation of Multi-Ancestry Polygenic Risk Scores in a U.S. Cohort. Nutrients. 17(5). 926–926. 1 indexed citations

Parra, H J, Alicia Cock‐Rada, Scott Kulm, et al.. (2025). Clinical validation of an integrated risk assessment test incorporating genomic and non-genomic data for sporadic breast cancer in Colombia. Frontiers in Genetics. 16. 1556907–1556907.

Cesare, Mariateresa de, Mulenga Mwenda, Anna E. Jeffreys, et al.. (2024). Flexible and cost-effective genomic surveillance of P. falciparum malaria with targeted nanopore sequencing. Nature Communications. 15(1). 1413–1413. 13 indexed citations

Papadopoulou, Eirini, Κωνσταντίνος Αγιαννιτόπουλος, Georgios Tsaousis, et al.. (2024). Polygenic Risk Score (PRS) Combined with NGS Panel Testing Increases Accuracy in Hereditary Breast Cancer Risk Estimation. Diagnostics. 14(16). 1826–1826.

Hayeck, Tristan J., George Busby, Sung Chun, et al.. (2023). Polygenic Risk Scores: Genomes to Risk Prediction. Clinical Chemistry. 69(6). 551–557.

Domenico, Paolo Di, et al.. (2023). Cost-effectiveness analysis of implementing polygenic risk score in a workplace cardiovascular disease prevention program. Frontiers in Public Health. 11. 1139496–1139496. 11 indexed citations

Busby, George, et al.. (2023). Ancestry-specific polygenic risk scores are risk enhancers for clinical cardiovascular disease assessments. Nature Communications. 14(1). 7105–7105. 16 indexed citations

Bolli, Alessandro, Paolo Di Domenico, Roberta Pastorino, George Busby, & Giordano Bottà. (2021). Risk of Coronary Artery Disease Conferred by Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Depends on Polygenic Background. Circulation. 143(14). 1452–1454. 23 indexed citations

Montinaro, Francesco, George Busby, Miguel González‐Santos, et al.. (2016). Complex Ancient Genetic Structure and Cultural Transitions in Southern African Populations. Genetics. 205(1). 303–316. 34 indexed citations

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Busby, George. (2016). Genotype data for a set of 163 worldwide populations. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 1. 1 indexed citations

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Busby, George, Gavin Band, Si Quang Le, et al.. (2016). Admixture into and within sub-Saharan Africa. eLife. 5. 106 indexed citations

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Tofanelli, Sergio, Francesca Brisighelli, Paolo Anagnostou, et al.. (2015). The Greeks in the West: genetic signatures of the Hellenic colonisation in southern Italy and Sicily. European Journal of Human Genetics. 24(3). 429–436. 19 indexed citations

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Montinaro, Francesco, George Busby, Vincenzo L. Pascali, et al.. (2015). Unravelling the hidden ancestry of American admixed populations. Nature Communications. 6(1). 6596–6596. 70 indexed citations

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Martínez‐Cadenas, Conrado, Alejandro Blanco‐Verea, Bárbara Hernando, et al.. (2015). The relationship between surname frequency and Y chromosome variation in Spain. European Journal of Human Genetics. 24(1). 120–128. 23 indexed citations

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Cini, Alessandro, Solenn Patalano, Anne Segonds-Pichon, et al.. (2015). Social parasitism and the molecular basis of phenotypic evolution. Frontiers in Genetics. 6. 32–32. 19 indexed citations

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Hellenthal, Garrett, George Busby, Gavin Band, et al.. (2014). A Genetic Atlas of Human Admixture History. Science. 343(6172). 747–751. 451 indexed citations breakdown →

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Marks, Sarah J., Francesco Montinaro, Francesca Brisighelli, et al.. (2014). Static and Moving Frontiers: The Genetic Landscape of Southern African Bantu-Speaking Populations. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 32(1). 29–43. 38 indexed citations

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Coia, Valentina, Marco Capocasa, Paolo Anagnostou, et al.. (2013). Demographic Histories, Isolation and Social Factors as Determinants of the Genetic Structure of Alpine Linguistic Groups. PLoS ONE. 8(12). e81704–e81704. 13 indexed citations

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Busby, George, Dada Gottelli, Tim Wacher, et al.. (2009). Genetic analysis of scat reveals leopard Panthera pardus and cheetah Acinonyx jubatus in southern Algeria. Oryx. 43(3). 412–415. 12 indexed citations

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Busby, George, Dada Gottelli, Tim Wacher, et al.. (2006). A REPORT FROM THE SAHELO SAHARAN INTEREST GROUP - PARC NATIONAL DE L'AHAGGAR SURVEY, ALGERIA (March 2005), Part 5: Using Molecular Genetics to study the Presence of Endangered Carnivores (Nov.2006).. 3 indexed citations

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