James L. Weber

22.0k citations

131 papers · 13.2k indexed · 7 hit papers · h-index 51

Impact in

Genetics top 0.1%
- Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
- Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
- Genetic diversity and population structure
- Forensic and Genetic Research
- Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities
- Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
Molecular Biology top 1%

Papers in

Genetics 49
- Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities 16
- Genetic Associations and Epidemiology 15
- Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals 14
Molecular Biology 68
- DNA Repair Mechanisms 16
- Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications 16
- RNA modifications and cancer 13
- Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics 11

Co-authors: Karl W. Broman Kenneth K. Kídd Noah A. Rosenberg Jonathan K. Pritchard Howard M. Cann Marcus W. Feldman Lev A. Zhivotovsky Val C. Sheffield
Journals: Nucleic Acids Research (21 papers)Genomics (19 papers)The American Journal of Human Genetics (12 papers)Human Molecular Genetics (9 papers)Science (6 papers)
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom Canada

In The Last Decade

James L. Weber

130 papers receiving 12.6k citations

Hit Papers

7 papers align trajectories log scale

Genetic Structure of Human Populations 2002 · 2.0k citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2002 Science
2000 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
1998 The American Journal of Human Genetics
1995 Science
1992 Science
1990 Genomics
1984 Science

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1	Updated variant curation expert panel criteria and pathogenicity classifications for 251 variants for RYR1 -related malignant hyperthermia susceptibility Human Molecular Genetics ·Jennifer J. Johnston, Robert T. Dirksen, Thierry Girard, Philip M. Hopkins, Natalia Kraeva, Ognoon Mungunsukh, K. Bailey Radenbaugh, Sheila Riazi, Rachel L. Robinson, Louis Saddic, Nyamkhishig Sambuughin, Richa Saxena, Sarah Shepherd, Kathryn M. Stowell, James L. Weber, Seeley Yoo, Henry Rosenberg, Leslie G. Biesecker	2022	15
2	The Genetic Structure of Pacific Islanders PLoS Genetics ·Jonathan S. Friedlaender, Françoise R. Friedlaender, Floyd A. Reed, Kenneth K. Kídd, Judith R. Kidd, Geoffrey K. Chambers, Rod A. Lea, Jun-Hun Loo, George Koki, Jason A. Hodgson, D. Andrew Merriwether, James L. Weber	2008	208
3	Quantifying the increase in average human heterozygosity due to urbanisation European Journal of Human Genetics ·Igor Rudan, Andrew D. Carothers, Ozren Polašek, Caroline Hayward, Véronique Vitart, Zrinka Biloglav, Ivana Kolčić, Lina Zgaga, Davor Ivanković, Ariana Vorko-Jović, James F. Wilson, James L. Weber, Nick Hastie, Alan F. Wright, Harry Campbell	2008	18
4	Paternal uniparental isodisomy of the entire chromosome 3 revealed in a person with no apparent phenotypic disorders Human Mutation ·Peng Xiao, Pengyuan Liu, James L. Weber, Christopher J. Papasian, Robert R. Recker, Hong‐Wen Deng	2006	27
5	Mutant deoxynucleotide carrier is associated with congenital microcephaly Nature Genetics ·Marjorie Rosenberg, Richa Agarwala, Gerard G. Bouffard, Joie Davis, Giuseppe Fiermonte, Mark S. Hilliard, Thorsten Koch, Linda M. Kalikin, Izabela Makałowska, D. Holmes Morton, Elizabeth M. Petty, James L. Weber, Ferdinando Palmieri, Richard I. Kelley, Alejandro A. Schäffer, Leslie G. Biesecker	2002	121
6	Method for constructing confidently ordered linkage maps Genetic Epidemiology ·Karl W. Broman, James L. Weber	1999	5
7	Long Homozygous Chromosomal Segments in Reference Families from the Centre d'Étude du Polymorphisme Humain The American Journal of Human Genetics ·Karl W. Broman, James L. Weber	1999	246
8	Linkage analysis of Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus–specific IgE responsiveness with polymorphic markers on chromosome 6p21 (HLA-D region) in Caucasian families by the transmission/disequilibrium test Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology ·Nobuyuki Hizawa, Gary D. Collins, Þórunn Rafnar, Shau-Ku Huang, David L. Duffy, James L. Weber, Linda R. Freidhoff, Eva Ehrlich, David G. Marsh, Terri H. Beaty, Kathleen C. Barnes	1998	24
9	Comprehensive Human Genetic Maps: Individual and Sex-Specific Variation in Recombination The American Journal of Human Genetics ·Karl W. Broman, Jeffrey C. Murray, Val C. Sheffield, R. White, James L. Weber Hit paper breakdown →	1998	852
10	Homozygosity Mapping of Autosomal Recessive Retinitis Pigmentosa Locus (RP22) on Chromosome 16p12.1–p12.3 Genomics ·Ulrich Finckh, Suying Xu, Govindasamy Kumaramanickavel, Manfred Schürmann, J K Mukkadan, Sylvaine Fernandez, Sheila John, James L. Weber, Michael J. Denton, Andreas Gal	1998	15
11	Gene–based sequence–tagged–sites (STSs) as the basis for a human gene map Nature Genetics ·Rebecca Berry, T.J. Stevens, Nicole A. R. Walter, Andrea S. Wilcox, Todd Rubano, Janet A. Hopkins, James L. Weber, Richard D. Goold, Marcelo B. Soares, James M. Sikela	1995	55
12	Mapping the locus of atrophia areata, a helicoid peripapillary chorioretinal degeneration with autosomal dominant inheritance, to chromosome 11p15 Human Molecular Genetics ·Ragnheiður Fossdal, Loftur Magnússon, James L. Weber, Ólafur Jensson	1995	18
13	Sets of short tandem repeat polymorphisms for efficient linkage screening of the human genome Human Molecular Genetics ·Jan Dubovsky, Val C. Sheffield, Geoffrey M. Duyk, James L. Weber	1995	70
14	Linkage analysis in familial melanoma kindreds to markers on chromosome 6p International Journal of Cancer ·Graeme J. Walker, Derek J. Nancarrow, Marilyn K. Walters, Jane M. Palmer, James L. Weber, Nicholas K. Hayward	1994	26
15	Comparison of Fluorescence-Based Semi-automated Genotyping of Multiple Microsatellite Loci with Autoradiographic Techniques Genomics ·Deborah A. Schwengel, Anne Jedlicka, Elizabeth Nanthakumar, James L. Weber, Roy C. Levitt	1994	86
16	Linkage of Rieger syndrome to the region of the epidermal growth factor gene on chromosome 4 Nature Genetics ·Jeffrey C. Murray, Steven R. Bennett, Anne E. Kwitek, Kent W. Small, Albert Schinzel, Wallace L.M. Alward, James L. Weber, Graeme I. Bell, Kenneth H. Buetow	1992	84
17	Mapping of facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy gene to chromosome 4q35-qter by multipoint linkage analysis and in situ hybridization Genomics ·Cisca Wijmenga, George W. Padberg, Petra Moerer, Joop Wiegant, Linda Liem, Oebele F. Brouwer, E C Milner, James L. Weber, Gert‐Jan B. van Ommen, L. A. Sandkuyl, Rune R. Frants	1991	98
18	Dinucleotide repeat polymorphisms at the D8S85, D8S87, and D8S88 loci Nucleic Acids Research ·James L. Weber, Anne E. Kwitek, Paula E. May, David Patterson, Harry A. Drabkin	1990	29
19	Merozoite surface protein sequence from the Camp strain of the human malaria parasitePlasmodium falciparum Nucleic Acids Research ·James L. Weber, B. Kim Lee Sim, Jeffrey A. Lyon, Ruth Wolff	1988	7
20	Job's syndrome—a variant of chronic granulomatous disease The Journal of Pediatrics ·Robert M. Bannatyne, Pryma N. Skowron, James L. Weber	1969	40

About James L. Weber

James L. Weber is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology, Ophthalmology, Developmental Biology and Immunology, having authored 131 papers that have together received 13.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include DNA Repair Mechanisms (16 papers), Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities (16 papers), Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications (16 papers), Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (15 papers), Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (14 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (13 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (11 papers) and Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (10 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Genetics (5.8k citations), Molecular Biology (5.6k citations), Physiology (1.6k citations), Immunology (1.1k citations) and Aging (82 citations). James L. Weber has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Frequent co-authors include Karl W. Broman, Kenneth K. Kídd, Noah A. Rosenberg, Jonathan K. Pritchard, Howard M. Cann, Marcus W. Feldman, Lev A. Zhivotovsky, Val C. Sheffield, R. White and Paula E. May. Their work appears in journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Genomics, The American Journal of Human Genetics, Human Molecular Genetics and Science.

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