John Blangero

74.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
644 papers, 28.6k citations indexed

About

John Blangero is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, John Blangero has authored 644 papers receiving a total of 28.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 282 papers in Genetics, 170 papers in Molecular Biology and 83 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in John Blangero's work include Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (193 papers), Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (97 papers) and Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock (90 papers). John Blangero is often cited by papers focused on Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (193 papers), Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (97 papers) and Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock (90 papers). John Blangero collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and United Kingdom. John Blangero's co-authors include Laura Almasy, Thomas D. Dyer, Anthony G. Comuzzie, David C. Glahn, Ravindranath Duggirala, Michael C. Mahaney, Joanne E. Curran, Jeff T. Williams, Jean W. MacCluer and Michael P. Stern and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

John Blangero

626 papers receiving 28.0k 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.

Multipoint Quantitative-Trait Linkage Analysis in General Pedigrees

1998 2.5k citations Laura Almasy, John Blangero profile →
Cortical thickness or grey matter volume? The importance of selecting the phenotype for imaging genetics studies

2009 874 citations Anderson M. Winkler, Peter Kochunov et al. profile →
Quantitative trait loci on chromosomes 3 and 17 influence phenotypes of the metabolic syndrome

2000 528 citations Lisa J. Martin, John Blangero et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
John Blangero United States	81	9.8k	7.2k	4.4k	3.5k	3.5k	644	28.6k
Nicholas J. Schork United States	94	10.9k 1.1×	10.9k 1.5×	3.4k 0.8×	2.8k 0.8×	1.7k 0.5×	460	32.3k
Pak C. Sham Hong Kong	97	24.3k 2.5×	16.4k 2.3×	3.5k 0.8×	3.6k 1.0×	6.0k 1.7×	695	62.0k
Laura Almasy United States	67	6.3k 0.6×	4.9k 0.7×	2.1k 0.5×	2.3k 0.7×	2.5k 0.7×	373	18.3k
Neil Risch United States	96	18.8k 1.9×	10.4k 1.5×	3.0k 0.7×	2.1k 0.6×	2.7k 0.8×	318	40.0k
Håkon Håkonarson United States	76	11.6k 1.2×	12.4k 1.7×	3.2k 0.7×	2.2k 0.6×	5.5k 1.6×	587	34.7k
Cornelia M. van Duijn Netherlands	96	7.1k 0.7×	11.8k 1.6×	9.6k 2.2×	3.2k 0.9×	1.2k 0.3×	676	40.3k
Shaun Purcell United States	53	22.3k 2.3×	11.7k 1.6×	2.7k 0.6×	2.2k 0.6×	2.1k 0.6×	136	39.1k
Peter D. Gluckman New Zealand	102	4.2k 0.4×	7.6k 1.1×	6.0k 1.4×	2.5k 0.7×	1.1k 0.3×	630	45.9k
Julian Maller United States	14	17.9k 1.8×	11.0k 1.5×	2.5k 0.6×	2.5k 0.7×	1.1k 0.3×	15	35.6k
Benjamin M. Neale United States	55	24.7k 2.5×	12.4k 1.7×	2.9k 0.7×	3.1k 0.9×	2.0k 0.6×	165	42.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Blangero

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Rodrigue, Amanda, Emma Knowles, Samuel R. Mathias, et al.. (2025). Genetic Associations Among Inflammation, White Matter Architecture, and Extracellular Free Water. Human Brain Mapping. 46(1). e70101–e70101.

Kumar, Satish, Miriam Aceves, José A. Tapia Granados, et al.. (2025). Neurocellular Stress Response to Mojave Type A Rattlesnake Venom: Study of Molecular Mechanisms Using Human iPSC-Derived Neural Stem Cell Model. Biomolecules. 15(3). 381–381. 1 indexed citations

Melgarejo, Jesús D., Sokratis Charisis, Kristina Vatcheva, et al.. (2024). ASSOCIATION OF OFFICE AND AMBULATORY BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING WITH COGNITIVE FUNCTION AND DEMENTIA PREVALENCE. Journal of Hypertension. 42(Suppl 1). e93–e93.

Knowles, Emma, Juan M. Peralta, Laura Almasy, et al.. (2021). Genetic Overlap Profiles of Cognitive Ability in Psychotic and Affective Illnesses: A Multisite Study of Multiplex Pedigrees. Biological Psychiatry. 90(6). 373–384. 5 indexed citations

Rodrigue, Amanda, D. Mastrovito, Oscar Estéban, et al.. (2020). Searching for Imaging Biomarkers of Psychotic Dysconnectivity. Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging. 6(12). 1135–1144. 9 indexed citations

Pizzagalli, Fabrizio, Guillaume Auzias, Samuel R. Mathias, et al.. (2020). The reliability and heritability of cortical folds and their genetic correlations across hemispheres. Communications Biology. 3(1). 510–510. 47 indexed citations

Mathias, Samuel R., Emma Knowles, Josephine Mollon, et al.. (2019). Minimal Relationship between Local Gyrification and General Cognitive Ability in Humans. Cerebral Cortex. 30(6). 3439–3450. 7 indexed citations

Ramstetter, Monica D., Thomas D. Dyer, Donna M. Lehman, et al.. (2017). Benchmarking Relatedness Inference Methods with Genome-Wide Data from Thousands of Relatives. Genetics. 207(1). 75–82. 56 indexed citations

Knowles, Emma, Jack W. Kent, Dean McKay, et al.. (2015). Genome-wide linkage on chromosome 10q26 for a dimensional scale of major depression. Journal of Affective Disorders. 191. 123–131. 19 indexed citations

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Williams, Amy L., Giulio Genovese, Thomas D. Dyer, et al.. (2015). Non-crossover gene conversions show strong GC bias and unexpected clustering in humans. eLife. 4. 69 indexed citations

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Zheng, Hou‐Feng, Emma L. Duncan, Laura M. Yerges‐Armstrong, et al.. (2013). Meta-analysis of genome-wide studies identifies MEF2C SNPs associated with bone mineral density at forearm. QUT ePrints (Queensland University of Technology). 1 indexed citations

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Kochunov, Peter, David C. Glahn, Laura M. Rowland, et al.. (2012). Testing the Hypothesis of Accelerated Cerebral White Matter Aging in Schizophrenia and Major Depression. Biological Psychiatry. 73(5). 482–491. 94 indexed citations

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Blangero, John. (2009). Statistical Genetic Approaches to Human Adaptability. Human Biology. 81(5-6). 523–546. 19 indexed citations

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Towne, Bradford, John Blangero, Stefan A. Czerwinski, et al.. (2008). Presentation, Heritability, and Genome-Wide Linkage Analysis of the Midchildhood Growth Spurt in Healthy Children from the Fels Longitudinal Study. Human Biology. 80(6). 623–636. 2 indexed citations

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Farook, Vidya S., Gerald D. Dodd, Sobha Puppala, et al.. (2008). Autosomal Genome-Wide Linkage Analysis to Identify Loci for Gallbladder Wall Thickness in Mexican Americans. Human Biology. 80(1). 11–28.

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Santamaría, Amparo, Vincent P. Diego, Laura Almasy, et al.. (2007). Quantitative Trait Locus on Chromosome 12q14.1 Influences Variation in Plasma Plasminogen Levels in the San Antonio Family Heart Study. Human Biology. 79(5). 515–523. 6 indexed citations

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Bastarrachea, Raúl A., Joanne E. Curran, Jack W. Kent, et al.. (2006). Vinculando la respuesta inflamatoria, la obesidad y la diabetes con la sobrecarga (estrés) del retículo endoplásmico a través de las acciones de la selenoproteína S. 14(2). 89–101. 2 indexed citations

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Peralta, Juan M., et al.. (2005). Linkage disequilibrium across two different single-nucleotide polymorphism genome scans. BMC Genetics. 6(S1). S86–S86. 9 indexed citations

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Martin, Lisa J., Kari E. North, Tom Dyer, et al.. (2003). Phenotypic, genetic, and genome-wide structure in the metabolic syndrome. BMC Genetics. 4(S1). S95–S95. 22 indexed citations

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Williams‐Blangero, Sarah, John Blangero, & Bradford Towne. (1990). Quantitative Traits and Population Structure: Introduction. Human Biology. 62(1). 1–4. 9 indexed citations

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