John S. Witte

22.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
220 papers, 8.5k citations indexed

About

John S. Witte is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, John S. Witte has authored 220 papers receiving a total of 8.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 105 papers in Genetics, 69 papers in Molecular Biology and 60 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in John S. Witte's work include Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (72 papers), Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research (41 papers) and Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (25 papers). John S. Witte is often cited by papers focused on Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (72 papers), Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research (41 papers) and Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (25 papers). John S. Witte collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Poland. John S. Witte's co-authors include Graham Casey, Iona Cheng, David V. Conti, Robert W. Haile, Sarah J. Plummer, Eric Jorgenson, Jeff Hall, Eric A. Klein, Thomas J. Hoffmann and W. James Gauderman and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Communications and Nature Genetics.

In The Last Decade

John S. Witte

214 papers receiving 8.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

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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Author						Papers	Cites
John S. Witte	2.8k	2.6k	1.8k	1.3k	1.1k	220	8.5k
Shuk‐Mei Ho	2.9k 1.1×	2.2k 0.8×	1.7k 1.0×	954 0.7×	1.2k 1.1×	177	8.3k
Christopher A. Haiman	2.9k 1.0×	2.9k 1.1×	1.6k 0.9×	2.1k 1.7×	1.4k 1.3×	264	8.8k
Jack A. Taylor	5.7k 2.0×	2.2k 0.8×	872 0.5×	1.4k 1.1×	1.7k 1.5×	220	11.0k
Fred A. Wright	3.7k 1.3×	1.8k 0.7×	836 0.5×	767 0.6×	954 0.8×	195	8.2k
Sue A. Ingles	2.0k 0.7×	1.6k 0.6×	1.1k 0.6×	1.4k 1.1×	809 0.7×	126	6.6k
Sue K. Park	1.9k 0.7×	1.0k 0.4×	907 0.5×	1.5k 1.2×	1.0k 0.9×	300	7.1k
Rebecca Troisi	2.0k 0.7×	919 0.3×	1.6k 0.9×	2.0k 1.6×	1.2k 1.0×	152	8.3k
Sonja I. Berndt	1.9k 0.7×	804 0.3×	1.1k 0.6×	1.2k 0.9×	928 0.8×	164	5.5k
Emanuela Taioli	3.1k 1.1×	1.2k 0.4×	2.8k 1.6×	2.5k 2.0×	1.7k 1.5×	431	12.9k
Ronald K. Ross	2.1k 0.8×	2.5k 0.9×	1.5k 0.8×	3.3k 2.6×	1.5k 1.3×	117	9.7k

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Gibson, David R., Eduardo A. Rodríguez, Susan M. Chang, et al.. (2023). Quantitative analysis of MGMT promoter methylation in glioblastoma suggests nonlinear prognostic effect. Neuro-Oncology Advances. 5(1). vdad115–vdad115. 6 indexed citations

Kachuri, Linda, Nilanjan Chatterjee, Jibril Hirbo, et al.. (2023). Principles and methods for transferring polygenic risk scores across global populations. Nature Reviews Genetics. 25(1). 8–25. 103 indexed citations breakdown →

Steurer, Martina A., et al.. (2021). Residential particulate matter, proximity to major roads, traffic density and traffic volume as risk factors for preterm birth in California. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology. 36(1). 70–79. 8 indexed citations

Majumdar, Arunabha, Kathryn S. Burch, Tanushree Haldar, et al.. (2020). A two-step approach to testing overall effect of gene–environment interaction for multiple phenotypes. Bioinformatics. 36(24). 5640–5648. 8 indexed citations

Emami, Nima C., Linda Kachuri, Travis J. Meyers, et al.. (2019). Association of imputed prostate cancer transcriptome with disease risk reveals novel mechanisms. Nature Communications. 10(1). 3107–3107. 22 indexed citations

Zhang, Chenan, Joseph L. Wiemels, Helen M. Hansen, et al.. (2018). Two HLA Class II Gene Variants Are Independently Associated with Pediatric Osteosarcoma Risk. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 27(10). 1151–1158. 5 indexed citations

Hoffman, Joshua, Rebecca E. Graff, Nima C. Emami, et al.. (2017). Cis-eQTL-based trans-ethnic meta-analysis reveals novel genes associated with breast cancer risk. PLoS Genetics. 13(3). e1006690–e1006690. 39 indexed citations

Lindquist, Karla, Pamela L. Paris, Thomas J. Hoffmann, et al.. (2016). Mutational Landscape of Aggressive Prostate Tumors in African American Men. Cancer Research. 76(7). 1860–1868. 54 indexed citations

Witte, John S.. (2016). Prostate Cancer: A Closer Look at Risk Factors. 3(1). 21–22. 1 indexed citations

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Uricchio, Lawrence H., Noah Zaitlen, Chun Ye, John S. Witte, & Ryan D. Hernandez. (2016). Selection and explosive growth alter genetic architecture and hamper the detection of causal rare variants. Genome Research. 26(7). 863–873. 33 indexed citations

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Virlogeux, Victor, Rebecca E. Graff, Thomas J. Hoffmann, & John S. Witte. (2015). Replication and Heritability of Prostate Cancer Risk Variants: Impact of Population-Specific Factors. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 24(6). 938–943. 14 indexed citations

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Majumdar, Arunabha, John S. Witte, & Saurabh Ghosh. (2015). Semiparametric Allelic Tests for Mapping Multiple Phenotypes: Binomial Regression and Mahalanobis Distance. Genetic Epidemiology. 39(8). 635–650. 12 indexed citations

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Levin, Albert M., et al.. (2014). Performance of the Genomic Evaluators of Metastatic Prostate Cancer (GEMCaP) Tumor Biomarker for Identifying Recurrent Disease in African American Patients. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 23(8). 1677–1682. 6 indexed citations

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Koch, Inga, et al.. (2013). Influence of hyperoxia and physical exercise on *OH-radical stress in humans as measured by dihydroxylated benzoates (DHB) in urine.. PubMed. 40(3). 231–8. 6 indexed citations

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Baldwin, R. Michael, Kouros Owzar, Hitoshi Zembutsu, et al.. (2012). A Genome-Wide Association Study Identifies Novel Loci for Paclitaxel-Induced Sensory Peripheral Neuropathy in CALGB 40101. Clinical Cancer Research. 18(18). 5099–5109. 160 indexed citations

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Reynolds, Philip L., et al.. (2007). To Have and to Hold. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 8 indexed citations

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Cheng, Iona, Xin Liu, Sarah J. Plummer, Graham Casey, & John S. Witte. (2006). COX-2 genetic variation, NSAIDs, and advanced prostate cancer risk.. Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention Biomarkers. 15. 3 indexed citations

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Singer, Jonathan B., Annie E. Hill, Lindsay C. Burrage, et al.. (2004). Genetic Dissection of Complex Traits with Chromosome Substitution Strains of Mice. Science. 304(5669). 445–448. 260 indexed citations

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Haile, Robert W., John S. Witte, Mark Gold, et al.. (1999). The Health Effects of Swimming in Ocean Water Contaminated by Storm Drain Runoff. Epidemiology. 10(4). 355–363. 294 indexed citations

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Lin, Henry J., N M Probst-Hensch, Andrew D. Louie, et al.. (1998). Glutathione transferase null genotype, broccoli, and lower prevalence of colorectal adenomas.. PubMed. 7(8). 647–52. 178 indexed citations

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