James F. Wilson

111.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
157 papers, 6.6k citations indexed

About

James F. Wilson is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, James F. Wilson has authored 157 papers receiving a total of 6.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 75 papers in Genetics, 50 papers in Molecular Biology and 14 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in James F. Wilson's work include Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (51 papers), Forensic and Genetic Research (16 papers) and Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (16 papers). James F. Wilson is often cited by papers focused on Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (51 papers), Forensic and Genetic Research (16 papers) and Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (16 papers). James F. Wilson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Croatia. James F. Wilson's co-authors include Peter K. Joshi, David B. Goldstein, Harry Campbell, Igor Rudan, David W. Clark, Michèle Ramsay, Francisco C. Ceballos, Mark Thomas, Alan F. Wright and Neil Bradman and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

James F. Wilson

152 papers receiving 6.4k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Runs of homozygosity: windows into population history and trait architecture

2018 485 citations Francisco C. Ceballos, Peter K. Joshi et al. profile →
A Genetic Atlas of Human Admixture History

2014 451 citations James F. Wilson et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
James F. Wilson United Kingdom	40	3.2k	2.2k	546	507	477	157	6.6k
John C. Whittaker United Kingdom	48	3.3k 1.0×	2.3k 1.1×	525 1.0×	182 0.4×	626 1.3×	220	8.4k
Daníel F. Guðbjartsson Iceland	41	3.9k 1.2×	3.2k 1.5×	359 0.7×	326 0.6×	705 1.5×	81	8.1k
Antti Sajantila Finland	46	3.8k 1.2×	2.6k 1.2×	242 0.4×	253 0.5×	226 0.5×	198	7.2k
Jeffrey R. Gulcher Iceland	47	2.7k 0.9×	2.9k 1.3×	780 1.4×	278 0.5×	430 0.9×	81	7.5k
Itsik Pe’er United States	35	3.1k 1.0×	2.7k 1.2×	485 0.9×	147 0.3×	335 0.7×	99	6.8k
R E Ferrell United States	51	3.2k 1.0×	2.8k 1.3×	307 0.6×	235 0.5×	190 0.4×	193	8.8k
Hua Tang United States	38	4.6k 1.4×	2.2k 1.0×	335 0.6×	81 0.2×	324 0.7×	134	7.9k
Howard M. Cann United States	31	4.0k 1.2×	3.2k 1.5×	700 1.3×	186 0.4×	473 1.0×	122	8.3k
Robert M. Plenge United States	24	5.5k 1.7×	3.1k 1.5×	858 1.6×	260 0.5×	885 1.9×	36	9.7k
Fan Liu China	43	1.5k 0.5×	2.8k 1.3×	193 0.4×	117 0.2×	683 1.4×	333	7.3k

Countries citing papers authored by James F. Wilson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of James F. Wilson

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of James F. Wilson. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of James F. Wilson based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with James F. Wilson. James F. Wilson is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Valo, Erkka, Anne Richmond, Stefan Mutter, et al.. (2025). Genome-wide characterization of 54 urinary metabolites reveals molecular impact of kidney function. Nature Communications. 16(1). 325–325. 1 indexed citations

Timofeeva, Maria, Cathy Wyse, Jos van Geffen, et al.. (2025). Genome-wide gene-environment interaction study uncovers 162 vitamin D status variants using a precise ambient UVB measure. Nature Communications. 16(1). 10774–10774.

Kerr, Shona M., Lucija Klarić, Gannie Tzoneva, et al.. (2024). Two founder variants account for over 90% of pathogenic BRCA alleles in the Orkney and Shetland Isles in Scotland. European Journal of Human Genetics. 32(12). 1624–1631. 1 indexed citations

Wagner, Jennifer K., Joon‐Ho Yu, Duana Fullwiley, et al.. (2023). Guidelines for genetic ancestry inference created through roundtable discussions. Human Genetics and Genomics Advances. 4(2). 100178–100178. 1 indexed citations

Kentistou, Katherine A., Jian’an Luan, Laura B. L. Wittemans, et al.. (2023). Large scale phenotype imputation and in vivo functional validation implicate ADAMTS14 as an adiposity gene. Nature Communications. 14(1). 307–307. 2 indexed citations

Trbojević‐Akmačić, Irena, Frano Vučković, Marija Vilaj, et al.. (2023). Comparative analysis of transferrin and IgG N-glycosylation in two human populations. Communications Biology. 6(1). 312–312. 10 indexed citations

Wilson, James F., et al.. (2023). Mendelian randomisation identifies priority groups for prophylactic EBV vaccination. BMC Infectious Diseases. 23(1). 65–65. 1 indexed citations

Kerr, Shona M., Lucija Klarić, Christine Bell, et al.. (2023). Clinical case study meets population cohort: identification of a BRCA1 pathogenic founder variant in Orcadians. European Journal of Human Genetics. 31(5). 588–595. 3 indexed citations

Klimentidis, Yann C., Matthijs D. van der Zee, Sebastian May-Wilson, et al.. (2022). Genome-wide Association Study of Liking for Several Types of Physical Activity in the UK Biobank and Two Replication Cohorts. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. 54(8). 1252–1260. 5 indexed citations

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Trbojević‐Akmačić, Irena, Pau Navarro, Yakov A. Tsepilov, et al.. (2022). Genetic regulation of post-translational modification of two distinct proteins. Nature Communications. 13(1). 1586–1586. 23 indexed citations

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Barysenka, Andrei, Pau Navarro, Xia Shen, et al.. (2021). Mapping the serum proteome to neurological diseases using whole genome sequencing. Nature Communications. 12(1). 7042–7042. 34 indexed citations

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Amador, Carmen, Yanni Zeng, M. Barber, et al.. (2021). Genome-wide methylation data improves dissection of the effect of smoking on body mass index. PLoS Genetics. 17(9). e1009750–e1009750. 5 indexed citations

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Bretherick, Andrew D., Oriol Canela‐Xandri, Peter K. Joshi, et al.. (2020). Linking protein to phenotype with Mendelian Randomization detects 38 proteins with causal roles in human diseases and traits. PLoS Genetics. 16(7). e1008785–e1008785. 21 indexed citations

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Ceballos, Francisco C., Scott Hazelhurst, David W. Clark, et al.. (2020). Autozygosity influences cardiometabolic disease-associated traits in the AWI-Gen sub-Saharan African study. Nature Communications. 11(1). 5754–5754. 9 indexed citations

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Kerr, Shona M., Lucija Klarić, Mihail Halachev, et al.. (2019). An actionable KCNH2 Long QT Syndrome variant detected by sequence and haplotype analysis in a population research cohort. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 10964–10964. 16 indexed citations

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Halachev, Mihail, Alison Meynert, Martin S. Taylor, et al.. (2019). Increased ultra-rare variant load in an isolated Scottish population impacts exonic and regulatory regions. PLoS Genetics. 15(11). e1008480–e1008480. 14 indexed citations

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McDaid, Aaron F., Peter K. Joshi, Eleonora Porcu, et al.. (2017). Bayesian association scan reveals loci associated with human lifespan and linked biomarkers. Nature Communications. 8(1). 15842–15842. 47 indexed citations

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Sobrin, Lucia, et al.. (2013). Epidemiology of retinopathy in African Americans with impaired fasting glucose and type 2 diabetes in the Jackson Heart Study. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 54(15). 2171–2171. 1 indexed citations

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Tong, Pin, James Prendergast, Amanda J. Lohan, et al.. (2010). Sequencing and analysis of an Irish human genome. Genome biology. 11(9). R91–R91. 38 indexed citations

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Chandran, Urmila, Daniel Paquette, Donald J. Scholten, et al.. (2006). An observational study of sun and heat protection during Canada Day outdoor celebration, 2003.. PubMed. 26(2-3). 59–64. 1 indexed citations

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