Joanna L. Mountain

26.5k total citations · 6 hit papers
63 papers, 8.9k citations indexed

About

Joanna L. Mountain is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Archeology. According to data from OpenAlex, Joanna L. Mountain has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 8.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Genetics, 16 papers in Molecular Biology and 5 papers in Archeology. Recurrent topics in Joanna L. Mountain's work include Forensic and Genetic Research (22 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (19 papers) and Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (11 papers). Joanna L. Mountain is often cited by papers focused on Forensic and Genetic Research (22 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (19 papers) and Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (11 papers). Joanna L. Mountain collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and United Kingdom. Joanna L. Mountain's co-authors include Bruce Rannala, L. Luca Cavalli-Sforza, Alberto Piazza, Paolo Menozzi, J. Michael Macpherson, Joyce Y. Tung, Amy K. Kiefer, Uta Francke, Brenna M. Henn and Neil Risch and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Genetics.

In The Last Decade

Joanna L. Mountain

62 papers receiving 8.5k citations

Hit Papers

Detecting immigration by ... 1988 2026 2000 2013 1997 2007 2003 1988 2014 500 1000 1.5k
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.

  1. Detecting immigration by using multilocus genotypes
    1997 1.9k citations Joanna L. Mountain et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  2. Diet and the evolution of human amylase gene copy number variation
    2007 965 citations Joanna L. Mountain et al. Nature Genetics profile →
  3. The Importance of Race and Ethnic Background in Biomedical Research and Clinical Practice
    2003 769 citations Joanna L. Mountain, Neil Risch et al. profile →
  4. Reconstruction of human evolution: bringing together genetic, archaeological, and linguistic data.
    1988 609 citations L. Luca Cavalli-Sforza, Joanna L. Mountain et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  5. The Genetic Ancestry of African Americans, Latinos, and European Americans across the United States
    2014 415 citations Katarzyna Bryc, Éric Durand et al. The American Journal of Human Genetics profile →
  6. Hunter-gatherer genomic diversity suggests a southern African origin for modern humans
    2011 260 citations Brenna M. Henn, Christopher R. Gignoux et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Joanna L. Mountain United States 36 5.1k 1.9k 995 657 558 63 8.9k
Anders Albrechtsen Denmark 39 5.5k 1.1× 3.2k 1.7× 1.3k 1.3× 491 0.7× 353 0.6× 118 8.7k
Anna Di Rienzo United States 48 5.4k 1.1× 3.2k 1.7× 798 0.8× 409 0.6× 417 0.7× 118 9.4k
Francisco M. Salzano Brazil 45 4.7k 0.9× 2.0k 1.0× 518 0.5× 337 0.5× 309 0.6× 424 9.5k
L. L. Cavalli‐Sforza United States 45 6.8k 1.3× 2.5k 1.3× 979 1.0× 547 0.8× 342 0.6× 97 10.9k
Jeffrey C. Long United States 37 2.9k 0.6× 959 0.5× 785 0.8× 458 0.7× 224 0.4× 70 5.9k
John Novembre United States 41 8.3k 1.6× 2.8k 1.5× 1.6k 1.6× 540 0.8× 376 0.7× 85 11.9k
Graham Coop United States 46 7.3k 1.4× 3.2k 1.7× 870 0.9× 642 1.0× 299 0.5× 84 10.1k
Daniel G. Bradley Ireland 65 9.0k 1.8× 2.8k 1.5× 1.2k 1.2× 267 0.4× 183 0.3× 172 13.5k
Ryk Ward United States 46 7.9k 1.6× 4.0k 2.1× 919 0.9× 184 0.3× 744 1.3× 79 14.5k
Mark D. Shriver United States 63 7.1k 1.4× 3.1k 1.6× 415 0.4× 196 0.3× 683 1.2× 198 13.3k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Nemat‐Gorgani, Neda, Lisbeth A. Guethlein, Brenna M. Henn, et al.. (2019). Diversity of KIR, HLA Class I, and Their Interactions in Seven Populations of Sub-Saharan Africans. The Journal of Immunology. 202(9). 2636–2647. 20 indexed citations
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Hinds, David A., Kimberly E. Barnholt, Ruben A. Mesa, et al.. (2016). Germ line variants predispose to both JAK2 V617F clonal hematopoiesis and myeloproliferative neoplasms. Blood. 128(8). 1121–1128. 171 indexed citations
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Carere, Deanna Alexis, Tyler J. VanderWeele, Tanya A. Moreno, et al.. (2015). The impact of direct-to-consumer personal genomic testing on perceived risk of breast, prostate, colorectal, and lung cancer: findings from the PGen study. BMC Medical Genomics. 8(1). 63–63. 18 indexed citations
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Carere, Deanna Alexis, Mick P. Couper, Scott Crawford, et al.. (2014). Design, methods, and participant characteristics of the Impact of Personal Genomics (PGen) Study, a prospective cohort study of direct-to-consumer personal genomic testing customers. Genome Medicine. 6(12). 96–96. 38 indexed citations
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Bryc, Katarzyna, Éric Durand, J. Michael Macpherson, David Reich, & Joanna L. Mountain. (2014). The Genetic Ancestry of African Americans, Latinos, and European Americans across the United States. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 96(1). 37–53. 415 indexed citations breakdown →
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Francke, Uta, et al.. (2013). Dealing with the unexpected: consumer responses to direct-access BRCA mutation testing. PeerJ. 1. e8–e8. 57 indexed citations
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Wojcicki, Anne, et al.. (2013). Gamete Donor Selection Based on Genetic Calculations. U.S. Patent 8,543,339. Chapman University Digital Commons (Chapman University).
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Eriksson, Nicholas, Joyce Y. Tung, Amy K. Kiefer, et al.. (2012). Novel Associations for Hypothyroidism Include Known Autoimmune Risk Loci. PLoS ONE. 7(4). e34442–e34442. 93 indexed citations
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Henn, Brenna M., Christopher R. Gignoux, Matthew J. Jobin, et al.. (2011). Hunter-gatherer genomic diversity suggests a southern African origin for modern humans. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(13). 5154–5162. 260 indexed citations breakdown →
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Tung, Joyce Y., Elizabeth H. Dorfman, Amy K. Kiefer, et al.. (2011). Web-Based Genome-Wide Association Study Identifies Two Novel Loci and a Substantial Genetic Component for Parkinson's Disease. PLoS Genetics. 7(6). e1002141–e1002141. 394 indexed citations
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Gignoux, Christopher R., Brenna M. Henn, & Joanna L. Mountain. (2011). Rapid, global demographic expansions after the origins of agriculture. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(15). 6044–6049. 178 indexed citations
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Eriksson, Nicholas, J. Michael Macpherson, Joyce Y. Tung, et al.. (2010). Web-Based, Participant-Driven Studies Yield Novel Genetic Associations for Common Traits. PLoS Genetics. 6(6). e1000993–e1000993. 302 indexed citations
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Belle, Elise M. S., Uma Ramakrishnan, Joanna L. Mountain, & Guido Barbujani. (2006). Serial coalescent simulations suggest a weak genealogical relationship between Etruscans and modern Tuscans. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(21). 8012–8017. 34 indexed citations
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Axton, Myles, Francis S. Collins, Charles N. Rotimi, et al.. (2004). Genetics for the Human Race. Nature Genetics. 36(11). 7 indexed citations
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Knight, Alec, Peter A. Underhill, Holly M. Mortensen, et al.. (2003). African Y Chromosome and mtDNA Divergence Provides Insight into the History of Click Languages. Current Biology. 13(8). 705–705. 8 indexed citations
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Mountain, Joanna L., Alec Knight, Matthew J. Jobin, et al.. (2002). SNPSTRs: Empirically Derived, Rapidly Typed, Autosomal Haplotypes for Inference of Population History and Mutational Processes. Genome Research. 12(11). 1766–1772. 65 indexed citations
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Nielsen, Rasmus, Joanna L. Mountain, John P. Huelsenbeck, & Montgomery Slatkin. (1998). MAXIMUM-LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION OF POPULATION DIVERGENCE TIMES AND POPULATION PHYLOGENY IN MODELS WITHOUT MUTATION. Evolution. 52(3). 669–677. 55 indexed citations
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Mountain, Joanna L. & Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza. (1997). Multilocus Genotypes, a Tree of Individuals, and Human Evolutionary History. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 61(3). 705–718. 122 indexed citations
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Kurth, Janice, Joanna L. Mountain, & Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza. (1993). Subclustering of Human Immunoglobulin Kappa Light Chain Variable Region Genes. Genomics. 16(1). 69–77. 7 indexed citations
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Mountain, Joanna L., Ashleigh Lin, A. Bowcock, & L. Luca Cavalli-Sforza. (1992). Evolution of modern humans: evidence from nuclear DNA polymorphisms. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 337(1280). 159–165. 39 indexed citations

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