Jonathan K. Pritchard

127.1k total citations · 30 hit papers
182 papers, 77.5k citations indexed

About

Jonathan K. Pritchard is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Jonathan K. Pritchard has authored 182 papers receiving a total of 77.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 107 papers in Genetics, 101 papers in Molecular Biology and 14 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Jonathan K. Pritchard's work include Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (56 papers), Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (35 papers) and Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (30 papers). Jonathan K. Pritchard is often cited by papers focused on Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (56 papers), Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (35 papers) and Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (30 papers). Jonathan K. Pritchard collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Jonathan K. Pritchard's co-authors include Matthew Stephens, Peter Donnelly, Daniel Falush, Joseph K. Pickrell, Noah A. Rosenberg, Yoav Gilad, Yang Li, Sridhar Kudaravalli, Xiaoquan Wen and Benjamin F. Voight and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Jonathan K. Pritchard

176 papers receiving 75.6k citations

Hit Papers

Inference of Population Structure Using Multilocus Genoty... 1999 2026 2008 2017 2000 2003 2007 2009 2002 5.0k 10.0k 15.0k 20.0k 25.0k
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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.

  1. Inference of Population Structure Using Multilocus Genotype Data
    2000 27.5k citations Jonathan K. Pritchard, Matthew Stephens et al. Genetics profile →
  2. Inference of Population Structure Using Multilocus Genotype Data: Linked Loci and Correlated Allele Frequencies
    2003 6.6k citations Daniel Falush, Matthew Stephens et al. Genetics profile →
  3. Inference of population structure using multilocus genotype data: dominant markers and null alleles
    2007 2.8k citations Daniel Falush, Matthew Stephens et al. profile →
  4. Inferring weak population structure with the assistance of sample group information
    2009 2.8k citations Daniel Falush, Matthew Stephens et al. profile →
  5. Genetic Structure of Human Populations
    2002 2.0k citations Jonathan K. Pritchard et al. Science profile →
  6. A Map of Recent Positive Selection in the Human Genome
    2006 2.0k citations Sridhar Kudaravalli, Jonathan K. Pritchard et al. profile →
  7. An Expanded View of Complex Traits: From Polygenic to Omnigenic
    2017 1.7k citations Evan A. Boyle, Yang Li et al. profile →
  8. Inference of Population Splits and Mixtures from Genome-Wide Allele Frequency Data
    2012 1.7k citations Joseph K. Pickrell, Jonathan K. Pritchard PLoS Genetics profile →
  9. Association Mapping in Structured Populations
    2000 1.5k citations Jonathan K. Pritchard, Matthew Stephens et al. profile →
  10. fastSTRUCTURE: Variational Inference of Population Structure in Large SNP Data Sets
    2014 1.1k citations Anil Raj, Matthew Stephens et al. Genetics profile →
  11. Convergent adaptation of human lactase persistence in Africa and Europe
    2006 937 citations Jonathan K. Pritchard et al. profile →
  12. Understanding mechanisms underlying human gene expression variation with RNA sequencing
    2010 908 citations Joseph K. Pickrell, John C. Marioni et al. Nature profile →
  13. Linkage Disequilibrium in Humans: Models and Data
    2001 885 citations Jonathan K. Pritchard, Molly Przeworski profile →
  14. Use of Unlinked Genetic Markers to Detect Population Stratification in Association Studies
    1999 882 citations Jonathan K. Pritchard et al. profile →
  15. Are Rare Variants Responsible for Susceptibility to Complex Diseases?
    2001 823 citations Jonathan K. Pritchard profile →
  16. Traces of Human Migrations in Helicobacter pylori Populations
    2003 742 citations Daniel Falush, Thierry Wirth et al. Science profile →
  17. Population growth of human Y chromosomes: a study of Y chromosome microsatellites
    1999 685 citations Jonathan K. Pritchard et al. profile →
  18. Lineage-specific and single-cell chromatin accessibility charts human hematopoiesis and leukemia evolution
    2016 656 citations Jonathan K. Pritchard, William J. Greenleaf et al. profile →
  19. The Genetics of Human Adaptation: Hard Sweeps, Soft Sweeps, and Polygenic Adaptation
    2010 655 citations Jonathan K. Pritchard, Joseph K. Pickrell et al. profile →
  20. DNA methylation patterns associate with genetic and gene expression variation in HapMap cell lines
    2011 633 citations Joseph K. Pickrell, Yoav Gilad et al. Genome biology profile →
  21. Informativeness of Genetic Markers for Inference of Ancestry*
    2003 554 citations Jonathan K. Pritchard et al. profile →
  22. Signals of recent positive selection in a worldwide sample of human populations
    2009 535 citations Joseph K. Pickrell, Graham Coop et al. Genome Research profile →
  23. Using Environmental Correlations to Identify Loci Underlying Local Adaptation
    2010 528 citations Graham Coop, David Witonsky et al. Genetics profile →
  24. DNase I sensitivity QTLs are a major determinant of human expression variation
    2012 429 citations Joseph K. Pickrell, Katelyn Michelini et al. Nature profile →
  25. RNA splicing is a primary link between genetic variation and disease
    2016 382 citations Yang Li, Bryce van de Geijn et al. Science profile →
  26. Tracing the peopling of the world through genomics
    2017 369 citations Jonathan K. Pritchard et al. Nature profile →
  27. Sequencing and Analysis of Neanderthal Genomic DNA
    2006 359 citations James P. Noonan, Graham Coop et al. Science profile →
  28. Trans Effects on Gene Expression Can Drive Omnigenic Inheritance
    2019 298 citations Yang Li, Jonathan K. Pritchard et al. profile →
  29. Variable prediction accuracy of polygenic scores within an ancestry group
    2020 225 citations Hakhamanesh Mostafavi, Arbel Harpak et al. eLife profile →
  30. Systematic differences in discovery of genetic effects on gene expression and complex traits
    2023 108 citations Hakhamanesh Mostafavi, Jonathan K. Pritchard et al. profile →

Peers

Jonathan K. Pritchard
Matthew Stephens United States
Peter Donnelly United Kingdom
Laurent Excoffier Switzerland
David Posada Spain
Michael Lynch United States
Makoto Kimura Japan
Alexei J. Drummond New Zealand
Rasmus Nielsen United States
Marc A. Suchard United States
Arndt von Haeseler Austria
Matthew Stephens United States
Jonathan K. Pritchard
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Li, Qin, Michael J. Gloudemans, Jonathan M. Geisinger, et al.. (2022). RNA editing underlies genetic risk of common inflammatory diseases. Nature. 608(7923). 569–577. 95 indexed citations
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Trevino, Alexandro E., Nasa Sinnott-Armstrong, Jimena Andersen, et al.. (2020). Chromatin accessibility dynamics in a model of human forebrain development. Science. 367(6476). 149 indexed citations
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Mostafavi, Hakhamanesh, Arbel Harpak, Ipsita Agarwal, et al.. (2020). Variable prediction accuracy of polygenic scores within an ancestry group. eLife. 9. 225 indexed citations breakdown →
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Berg, Jeremy J., Arbel Harpak, Nasa Sinnott-Armstrong, et al.. (2019). Reduced signal for polygenic adaptation of height in UK Biobank. eLife. 8. 209 indexed citations
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Knowles, David A., Courtney K. Burrows, John Blischak, et al.. (2018). Determining the genetic basis of anthracycline-cardiotoxicity by molecular response QTL mapping in induced cardiomyocytes. eLife. 7. 71 indexed citations
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Harpak, Arbel, Xun Lan, Ziyue Gao, & Jonathan K. Pritchard. (2017). Frequent nonallelic gene conversion on the human lineage and its effect on the divergence of gene duplicates. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(48). 12779–12784. 29 indexed citations
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Sharon, Eilon, Hao Shi, Sandhya Kharbanda, et al.. (2017). Quantification of transplant-derived circulating cell-free DNA in absence of a donor genotype. PLoS Computational Biology. 13(8). e1005629–e1005629. 65 indexed citations
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Field, Yair, Evan A. Boyle, Natalie Telis, et al.. (2016). Detection of human adaptation during the past 2000 years. Science. 354(6313). 760–764. 233 indexed citations
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Kumar, Santosh, et al.. (2016). Whole Genome Sequencing Identifies a Novel Factor Required for Secretory Granule Maturation in Tetrahymena thermophila. G3 Genes Genomes Genetics. 6(8). 2505–2516. 9 indexed citations
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Lan, Xun & Jonathan K. Pritchard. (2016). Coregulation of tandem duplicate genes slows evolution of subfunctionalization in mammals. Science. 352(6288). 1009–1013. 123 indexed citations
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Li, Yang, Bryce van de Geijn, Anil Raj, et al.. (2016). RNA splicing is a primary link between genetic variation and disease. Science. 352(6285). 600–604. 382 indexed citations breakdown →
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Raj, Anil, Sidney H. Wang, Heejung Shim, et al.. (2016). Thousands of novel translated open reading frames in humans inferred by ribosome footprint profiling. eLife. 5. 109 indexed citations
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Harpak, Arbel, Anand Bhaskar, & Jonathan K. Pritchard. (2016). Mutation Rate Variation is a Primary Determinant of the Distribution of Allele Frequencies in Humans. PLoS Genetics. 12(12). e1006489–e1006489. 42 indexed citations
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Raj, Anil, Matthew Stephens, & Jonathan K. Pritchard. (2014). fastSTRUCTURE: Variational Inference of Population Structure in Large SNP Data Sets. Genetics. 197(2). 573–589. 1149 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zhou, Xiang, Carolyn E Cain, Marsha Myrthil, et al.. (2014). Epigenetic modifications are associated with inter-species gene expression variation in primates. Genome biology. 15(12). 547–547. 53 indexed citations
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Perry, George H., Páll Melsted, John C. Marioni, et al.. (2011). Comparative RNA sequencing reveals substantial genetic variation in endangered primates. Genome Research. 22(4). 602–610. 102 indexed citations
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Hancock, Angela M., David Witonsky, Edvard Ehler, et al.. (2010). Human adaptations to diet, subsistence, and ecoregion are due to subtle shifts in allele frequency. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(supplement_2). 8924–8930. 192 indexed citations
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Noonan, James P., Graham Coop, Sridhar Kudaravalli, et al.. (2006). Sequencing and Analysis of Neanderthal Genomic DNA. Science. 314(5802). 1113–1118. 359 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zöllner, Sebastian & Jonathan K. Pritchard. (2004). Coalescent-Based Association Mapping and Fine Mapping of Complex Trait Loci. Genetics. 169(2). 1071–1092. 94 indexed citations
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Falush, Daniel, Thierry Wirth, Bodo Linz, et al.. (2003). Traces of Human Migrations in Helicobacter pylori Populations. Science. 299(5612). 1582–1585. 742 indexed citations breakdown →

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