Joel Gelernter

55.5k total citations · 4 hit papers
589 papers, 26.7k citations indexed

About

Joel Gelernter is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Joel Gelernter has authored 589 papers receiving a total of 26.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 200 papers in Genetics, 167 papers in Molecular Biology and 161 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Joel Gelernter's work include Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (164 papers), Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (128 papers) and Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes (128 papers). Joel Gelernter is often cited by papers focused on Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (164 papers), Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (128 papers) and Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes (128 papers). Joel Gelernter collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Thailand. Joel Gelernter's co-authors include Henry R. Kranzler, Lindsay A. Farrer, Hongyu Zhao, Bao‐Zhu Yang, Murray B. Stein, John H. Krystal, Huiping Zhang, Joan Kaufman, Joseph F. Cubells and Renato Polimanti and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and JAMA.

In The Last Decade

Joel Gelernter

565 papers receiving 26.1k 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.

Social supports and serotonin transporter gene moderate depression in maltreated children

2004 574 citations John H. Krystal, Joel Gelernter et al. profile →
Psychiatric Genomics: An Update and an Agenda

2017 341 citations Arpana Agrawal, Anders D. Børglum et al. profile →
Genome-wide association study of alcohol consumption and use disorder in 274,424 individuals from multiple populations

2019 283 citations Henry R. Kranzler, Hang Zhou et al. Nature Communications profile →
Bi-ancestral depression GWAS in the Million Veteran Program and meta-analysis in >1.2 million individuals highlight new therapeutic directions

2021 215 citations Daniel F. Levey, Murray B. Stein et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	The genetics of cannabis lifetime use 2025 ·Neuropsychopharmacology ·(unknown), (unknown), Marco Galimberti, Priya Gupta, (unknown), Cecilia Dao, Yaira Z. Nuñez, Henry R. Kranzler, (unknown), Yingzhe Zhang, Karmel W. Choi, Daniel F. Levey, Joel Gelernter	0
2	Human genetics and epigenetics of alcohol use disorder 2024 ·Journal of Clinical Investigation ·Hang Zhou, Joel Gelernter	8
3	Shared genetics of ADHD, cannabis use disorder and cannabis use and prediction of cannabis use disorder in ADHD 2024 ·Nature Mental Health ·Trine Tollerup Nielsen, Jinjie Duan, Daniel F. Levey, G. Bragi Walters, Emma C. Johnson, Thorgeir E. Thorgeirsson, (unknown), Joel Gelernter, Thomas Werge, Preben Bo Mortensen, Hreinn Stefánsson, Kāri Stefánsson, David M. Hougaard, Arpana Agrawal, Jakob Grove, Anders D. Børglum, Ditte Demontis	1
4	A genome-wide investigation into the underlying genetic architecture of personality traits and overlap with psychopathology 2024 ·Nature Human Behaviour ·Priya Gupta, Marco Galimberti, Yue Liu, (unknown), Aliza P. Wingo, Thomas S. Wingo, (unknown), Henry R. Kranzler, (unknown), Murray B. Stein, Joel Gelernter, Daniel F. Levey	12
5	Genetic influences and causal pathways shared between cannabis use disorder and other substance use traits 2024 ·Molecular Psychiatry ·Marco Galimberti, Daniel F. Levey, Joseph D. Deak, Hang Zhou, Murray B. Stein, Joel Gelernter	5
6	Whole-exome sequencing in UK Biobank reveals rare genetic architecture for depression 2024 ·Nature Communications ·Ruoyu Tian, Tian Ge, Hyeokmoon Kweon, Daniel Rocha, Max Lam, Jimmy Z. Liu, Kritika Singh, (unknown), Daniel F. Levey, Joel Gelernter, Murray B. Stein, Ellen Tsai, Hailiang Huang, Christopher F. Chabris, Todd Lencz, Heiko Runz, Chia‐Yen Chen	11
7	Polygenic risk score for problematic alcohol use predicts heavy drinking and alcohol use disorder symptoms in young adulthood after accounting for adolescent alcohol use and parental alcohol use disorder 2023 ·Drug and Alcohol Dependence ·(unknown), Brian M. Hicks, Hang Zhou, Henry R. Kranzler, Joel Gelernter, Robert A. Zucker	3
8	Does polygenic risk for substance‐related traits predict ages of onset and progression of symptoms? 2023 ·Addiction ·Henry R. Kranzler, Richard Feinn, Heng Xu, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Sylvanus Toikumo, Joel Gelernter, Emily E. Hartwell, Rachel L. Kember	5
9	Genome-wide association studies and cross-population meta-analyses investigating short and long sleep duration 2023 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown), Daniel F. Levey, Olga Giannakopoulou, Joseph D. Deak, Marco Galimberti, (unknown), Hang Zhou, Spiros Denaxas, (unknown), Karoline Kuchenbaecker, Andrew McQuillin, (unknown), John Concato, Daniel J. Buysse, J. Michael Gaziano, Daniel J. Gottlieb, Renato Polimanti, Murray B. Stein, Elvira Bramon, Joel Gelernter	17
10	Multi‐omics cannot replace sample size in genome‐wide association studies 2023 ·Genes Brain & Behavior ·David A. A. Baranger, Alexander S. Hatoum, Renato Polimanti, Joel Gelernter, Howard J. Edenberg, Ryan Bogdan, Arpana Agrawal	7
11	Dissecting the epigenomic differences between smoking and nicotine dependence in a veteran cohort 2022 ·Addiction Biology ·Sheila T. Nagamatsu, Robert H. Pietrzak, Ke Xu, John H. Krystal, Joel Gelernter, Janitza L. Montalvo‐Ortiz	2
12	Collective genomic segments with differential pleiotropic patterns between cognitive dimensions and psychopathology 2022 ·Nature Communications ·Max Lam, Chia‐Yen Chen, W. David Hill, Charley Xia, Ruoyu Tian, Daniel F. Levey, Joel Gelernter, Murray B. Stein, Alexander S. Hatoum, Hailiang Huang, Anil K. Malhotra, Heiko Runz, Tian Ge, Todd Lencz	5
13	Integrating human brain proteomes with genome-wide association data implicates novel proteins in post-traumatic stress disorder 2022 ·Molecular Psychiatry ·Thomas S. Wingo, Ekaterina S. Gerasimov, Yue Liu, Duc M. Duong, Selina Vattathil, Adriana Lori, Jake Gockley, Michael S. Breen, Adam X. Maihofer, Caroline M. Nievergelt, Karestan C. Koenen, Daniel F. Levey, Joel Gelernter, Murray B. Stein, Kerry J. Ressler, David A. Bennett, Allan I. Levey, Nicholas T. Seyfried, Aliza P. Wingo	17
14	Epigenomic Profiles of African-American Transthyretin Val122Ile Carriers Reveals Putatively Dysregulated Amyloid Mechanisms 2021 ·Circulation Genomic and Precision Medicine ·Gita A. Pathak, Frank R. Wendt, (unknown), Yaira Z. Nuñez, (unknown), Flavio De Angelis, Maria Fuciarelli, Henry R. Kranzler, Joel Gelernter, Renato Polimanti	7
15	Pleiotropic effects of telomere length loci with brain morphology and brain tissue expression 2021 ·Human Molecular Genetics ·Gita A. Pathak, Frank R. Wendt, Daniel F. Levey, Adam P. Mecca, Christopher H. van Dyck, Joel Gelernter, Renato Polimanti	5
16	The addiction risk factor: A unitary genetic vulnerability characterizes substance use disorders and their associations with common correlates 2021 ·Neuropsychopharmacology ·Alexander S. Hatoum, Emma C. Johnson, Sarah M. C. Colbert, Renato Polimanti, Hang Zhou, Raymond K. Walters, Joel Gelernter, Howard J. Edenberg, Ryan Bogdan, Arpana Agrawal	63
17	Ancestry may confound genetic machine learning: Candidate-gene prediction of opioid use disorder as an example 2021 ·Drug and Alcohol Dependence ·Alexander S. Hatoum, Frank R. Wendt, Marco Galimberti, Renato Polimanti, Benjamin M. Neale, Henry R. Kranzler, Joel Gelernter, Howard J. Edenberg, Arpana Agrawal	10
18	Psychological trauma and the genetic overlap between posttraumatic stress disorder and major depressive disorder 2021 ·Psychological Medicine ·(unknown), Christopher Hübel, Joel Gelernter, Daniel F. Levey, Robin Murray, Megan Skelton, Murray B. Stein, Evangelos Vassos, Gerome Breen, Jonathan R. I. Coleman	15
19	Genome‐wide association study of cognitive flexibility assessed by the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test 2018 ·American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B Neuropsychiatric Genetics ·Huiping Zhang, Hang Zhou, Todd Lencz, Lindsay A. Farrer, Henry R. Kranzler, Joel Gelernter	4
20	Genetic Association between Dopamine Transporter Protein Alleles and Cocaine-Induced Paranoia 1995 ·Neuropsychopharmacology ·Joel Gelernter, Henry R. Kranzler, Sally L. Satel, Peter A. Rao	2

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