Jibril Hirbo

6.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
30 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Jibril Hirbo is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Jibril Hirbo has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Genetics, 9 papers in Molecular Biology and 6 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Jibril Hirbo's work include Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (6 papers), Forensic and Genetic Research (6 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (4 papers). Jibril Hirbo is often cited by papers focused on Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (6 papers), Forensic and Genetic Research (6 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (4 papers). Jibril Hirbo collaborates with scholars based in United States, Kenya and Tanzania. Jibril Hirbo's co-authors include Sarah A. Tishkoff, Alessia Ranciaro, Thomas Nyambo, Sabah A. Omar, Muntaser E. Ibrahim, Godfrey Lema, Suzannah Bumpstead, Benjamin F. Voight, Gregory A. Wray and Courtney C. Babbitt and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Jibril Hirbo

27 papers receiving 1.8k citations

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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.

Convergent adaptation of human lactase persistence in Africa and Europe

2006 937 citations Sarah A. Tishkoff, Floyd A. Reed et al. Nature Genetics profile →
Principles and methods for transferring polygenic risk scores across global populations

2023 103 citations Linda Kachuri, Nilanjan Chatterjee et al. Nature Reviews Genetics profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Gene and phenome-based analysis of the shared genetic architecture of eye diseases 2025 ·The American Journal of Human Genetics ·(unknown), Tyne W. Miller‐Fleming, Megan M. Shuey, (unknown), (unknown), Jibril Hirbo, Ela W. Knapik, Nancy J. Cox	0
2	Population-specific patterns in assessing molecular subtypes of young black females with triple-negative breast cancer 2025 ·npj Breast Cancer ·Padma Sheila Rajagopal, Sonya Reid, Run Fan, (unknown), Anne Weidner, Mya L. Roberson, Susan T. Vadaparampil, Xuefeng Wang, Sean Yoder, Marilin Rosa, Melinda E. Sanders, Paula I. González-Ericsson, Jibril Hirbo, Jennifer G. Whisenant, Jennifer A. Pietenpol, Fei Ye, Tuya Pal, Brian D. Lehmann	0
3	West African Genetic Ancestry and Breast Cancer Outcomes Among Black Women 2024 ·JAMA Network Open ·Sonya Reid, Run Fan, (unknown), Anne Weidner, (unknown), Mya L. Roberson, Susan T. Vadaparampil, (unknown), Sean Yoder, Marilin Rosa, Jibril Hirbo, Jennifer G. Whisenant, Jennifer A. Pietenpol, Padma Sheila Rajagopal, Brian D. Lehmann, Fei Ye, Tuya Pal	1
4	Analysis of genetically determined gene expression suggests role of inflammatory processes in exfoliation syndrome 2023 ·BMC Genomics ·Jibril Hirbo, Francesca Pasutto, Eric R. Gamazon, Patrick Evans, (unknown), Daniel Berner, Julia Sealock, Ran Tao, Péter Straub, Anuar Konkashbaev, (unknown), Ursula Schlötzer‐Schrehardt, André Reis, Milam A. Brantley, Chiea Chuen Khor, Karen M. Joos, Nancy J. Cox	6
5	Principles and methods for transferring polygenic risk scores across global populations breakdown → 2023 ·Nature Reviews Genetics ·Linda Kachuri, Nilanjan Chatterjee, Jibril Hirbo, Daniel J. Schaid, Iman K. Martin, Iftikhar J. Kullo, Eimear E. Kenny, Bogdan Paşaniuc, Paul L. Auer, Matthew P. Conomos, David V. Conti, Yi Ding, Ying Wang, Haoyu Zhang, Yuji Zhang, John S. Witte, Tian Ge	103
6	The genetic and evolutionary basis of gene expression variation in East Africans 2023 ·Genome biology ·Derek E. Kelly, Shweta Ramdas, Rong Ma, (unknown), Gregory R. Grant, Alessia Ranciaro, Jibril Hirbo, William Beggs, Meredith Yeager, Stephen J. Chanock, Thomas Nyambo, Sabah A. Omar, Dawit Woldemeskel, Gurja Belay, Hongzhe Li, Christopher D. Brown, Sarah A. Tishkoff	6
7	Whole-genome sequencing reveals a complex African population demographic history and signatures of local adaptation 2023 ·Cell ·Shaohua Fan, Jeffrey P. Spence, Yuanqing Feng, Matthew E.B. Hansen, Jonathan Terhorst, Márcia Holsbach Beltrame, Alessia Ranciaro, Jibril Hirbo, William Beggs, Neil Thomas, Thomas Nyambo, Sununguko Wata Mpoloka, Gaonyadiwe George Mokone, Alfred K. Njamnshi, (unknown), Dawit Wolde Meskel, Gurja Belay, Yun S. Song, Sarah A. Tishkoff	44
8	Best practices for multi-ancestry, meta-analytic transcriptome-wide association studies: Lessons from the Global Biobank Meta-analysis Initiative 2022 ·Cell Genomics ·Arjun Bhattacharya, Jibril Hirbo, Dan Zhou, Wei Zhou, Jie Zheng, Masahiro Kanai, Bogdan Paşaniuc, Eric R. Gamazon, Nancy J. Cox	15
9	African evolutionary history inferred from whole genome sequence data of 44 indigenous African populations 2019 ·Genome biology ·Shaohua Fan, Derek E. Kelly, Márcia Holsbach Beltrame, Matthew E.B. Hansen, Swapan Mallick, Alessia Ranciaro, Jibril Hirbo, Simon R. Thompson, William Beggs, Thomas Nyambo, Sabah A. Omar, Dawit Wolde Meskel, Gurja Belay, Alain Froment, Nick Patterson, David Reich, Sarah A. Tishkoff	78
10	Identifying genes that underlie Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma using genetically determined gene expression 2018 ·Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science ·Jibril Hirbo, Jessica N. Cooke Bailey, Patrick Evans, Eric R. Gamazon, Ran Tao, Karen M. Joos, Milam A. Brantley, Janey L. Wiggs, Nancy J. Cox	0
11	Shorter telomere length in Europeans than in Africans due to polygenetic adaptation 2016 ·Human Molecular Genetics ·Matthew E.B. Hansen, Steven C. Hunt, R. Stone, Kent Horvath, Utz Herbig, Alessia Ranciaro, Jibril Hirbo, William Beggs, Alexander P. Reiner, James G. Wilson, Masayuki Kimura, Immaculata De Vivo, Maxine Chen, Jeremy D. Kark, Daniel Levy, Thomas Nyambo, Sarah A. Tishkoff, Abraham Aviv	81
12	GEneSTATION 1.0: a synthetic resource of diverse evolutionary and functional genomic data for studying the evolution of pregnancy-associated tissues and phenotypes 2015 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·(unknown), Brian A. Cooper, (unknown), (unknown), Haley Eidem, Jibril Hirbo, (unknown), Scott M. Williams, Louis J. Muglia, John A. Capra, Kenneth Petren, Patrick Abbot, Antonis Rokas, Kriston L. McGary	5
13	Genetic Origins of Lactase Persistence and the Spread of Pastoralism in Africa 2014 ·The American Journal of Human Genetics ·Alessia Ranciaro, Michael C. Campbell, Jibril Hirbo, Wen‐Ya Ko, Alain Froment, Paolo Anagnostou, Maritha J. Kotze, Muntaser E. Ibrahim, Thomas Nyambo, Sabah A. Omar, Sarah A. Tishkoff	135
14	The Episode of Genetic Drift Defining the Migration of Humans out of Africa Is Derived from a Large East African Population Size 2014 ·PLoS ONE ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), John B. A. Okello, (unknown), (unknown), Jibril Hirbo, (unknown), Muntaser E. Ibrahim	13
15	Limited evidence for adaptive evolution and functional effect of allelic variation at rs702424 in the promoter of the TAS2R16 bitter taste receptor gene in Africa 2014 ·Journal of Human Genetics ·Michael C. Campbell, Alessia Ranciaro, (unknown), (unknown), Jibril Hirbo, Simon R. Thompson, Dawit Woldemeskel, Alain Froment, Sabah A. Omar, Jean-Marie Bodo, Thomas Nyambo, Gurja Belay, Dennis Drayna, Paul Breslin, Sarah A. Tishkoff	4
16	Identifying Darwinian Selection Acting on Different Human APOL1 Variants among Diverse African Populations 2013 ·The American Journal of Human Genetics ·Wen‐Ya Ko, (unknown), Felicia Gomez, Laura Scheinfeldt, Ping An, Cheryl A. Winkler, (unknown), Thomas Nyambo, Sabah A. Omar, Charles Wambebe, Alessia Ranciaro, Jibril Hirbo, Sarah A. Tishkoff	2
17	Identifying Darwinian Selection Acting on Different Human APOL1 Variants among Diverse African Populations 2013 ·The American Journal of Human Genetics ·Wen‐Ya Ko, (unknown), Felicia Gomez, Laura Scheinfeldt, Ping An, Cheryl A. Winkler, Alain Froment, Thomas Nyambo, Sabah A. Omar, Charles Wambebe, Alessia Ranciaro, Jibril Hirbo, Sarah A. Tishkoff	70
18	Origin and Differential Selection of Allelic Variation at TAS2R16 Associated with Salicin Bitter Taste Sensitivity in Africa 2013 ·Molecular Biology and Evolution ·Michael C. Campbell, Alessia Ranciaro, (unknown), (unknown), Jibril Hirbo, Simon R. Thompson, Dawit Woldemeskel, Alain Froment, Joseph Rucker, Sabah A. Omar, Jean-Marie Bodo, Thomas Nyambo, Gurja Belay, Dennis Drayna, Paul Breslin, Sarah A. Tishkoff	39
19	Effects of Natural Selection and Gene Conversion on the Evolution of Human Glycophorins Coding for MNS Blood Polymorphisms in Malaria-Endemic African Populations 2011 ·The American Journal of Human Genetics ·Wen‐Ya Ko, (unknown), Emanuela Giombini, Paolo Marcatili, Alain Froment, Muntaser E. Ibrahim, Godfrey Lema, Thomas Nyambo, Sabah A. Omar, Charles Wambebe, Alessia Ranciaro, Jibril Hirbo, Sarah A. Tishkoff	36
20	Convergent adaptation of human lactase persistence in Africa and Europe breakdown → 2006 ·Nature Genetics ·Sarah A. Tishkoff, Floyd A. Reed, Alessia Ranciaro, Benjamin F. Voight, Courtney C. Babbitt, (unknown), (unknown), Holly M. Mortensen, Jibril Hirbo, Maha M. Osman, Muntaser E. Ibrahim, Sabah A. Omar, Godfrey Lema, Thomas Nyambo, Jilur Ghori, Suzannah Bumpstead, Jonathan K. Pritchard, Gregory A. Wray, Panos Deloukas	937

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