Joshua Backman

7.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
9 papers, 605 citations indexed

About

Joshua Backman is a scholar working on Genetics, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Joshua Backman has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 605 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Genetics, 4 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 3 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Joshua Backman's work include Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (6 papers), Antiplatelet Therapy and Cardiovascular Diseases (4 papers) and Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock (2 papers). Joshua Backman is often cited by papers focused on Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (6 papers), Antiplatelet Therapy and Cardiovascular Diseases (4 papers) and Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock (2 papers). Joshua Backman collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and India. Joshua Backman's co-authors include Aris Baras, Colm O’Dushlaine, Jonathan Marchini, Gonçalo R. Abecasis, Anthony Marcketta, Jeffrey G. Reid, Boris Boutkov, Leland Barnard, Evan K. Maxwell and Mathew Barber and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Genetics, PLoS ONE and The American Journal of Human Genetics.

In The Last Decade

Joshua Backman

9 papers receiving 604 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.

Computationally efficient whole-genome regression for quantitative and binary traits

2021 512 citations Joelle Mbatchou, Leland Barnard et al. Nature Genetics profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Joshua Backman United States	7	315	177	73	70	68	9	605
Anthony Marcketta United States	4	313 1.0×	158 0.9×	65 0.9×	42 0.6×	47 0.7×	7	537
Boris Boutkov United States	2	304 1.0×	154 0.9×	58 0.8×	42 0.6×	46 0.7×	2	518
Brooke N. Wolford United States	7	391 1.2×	251 1.4×	79 1.1×	65 0.9×	78 1.1×	12	759
Jonathon LeFaive United States	8	462 1.5×	283 1.6×	94 1.3×	55 0.8×	63 0.9×	10	793
Zari Dastani Canada	15	256 0.8×	152 0.9×	99 1.4×	55 0.8×	100 1.5×	23	605
Peter VandeHaar United States	8	526 1.7×	328 1.9×	116 1.6×	73 1.0×	82 1.2×	9	937
Ganesh Chauhan India	16	275 0.9×	240 1.4×	183 2.5×	76 1.1×	106 1.6×	28	769
Mathew Barber United Kingdom	6	510 1.6×	275 1.6×	121 1.7×	88 1.3×	182 2.7×	8	940
Lauren E. Mokry Canada	9	238 0.8×	123 0.7×	71 1.0×	37 0.5×	34 0.5×	10	782
Fotios Koskeridis Greece	9	137 0.4×	65 0.4×	55 0.8×	55 0.8×	47 0.7×	13	348

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Fields of papers citing papers by Joshua Backman

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Joshua Backman

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Joshua Backman. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Joshua Backman based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Joshua Backman. Joshua Backman is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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9 of 9 papers shown

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Gaynor, Sheila M., Tyler Joseph, Yuxin Zou, et al.. (2024). Yield of genetic association signals from genomes, exomes and imputation in the UK Biobank. Nature Genetics. 56(11). 2345–2351. 6 indexed citations

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Ziyatdinov, Andrey, Joelle Mbatchou, Anthony Marcketta, et al.. (2024). Joint testing of rare variant burden scores using non-negative least squares. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 111(10). 2139–2149. 4 indexed citations

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Gao, Chuan, Anthony Marcketta, Joshua Backman, et al.. (2021). Genome‐wide association analysis of serum alanine and aspartate aminotransferase, and the modifying effects of BMI in 388k European individuals. Genetic Epidemiology. 45(6). 664–681. 9 indexed citations

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Mbatchou, Joelle, Leland Barnard, Joshua Backman, et al.. (2021). Computationally efficient whole-genome regression for quantitative and binary traits. Nature Genetics. 53(7). 1097–1103. 512 indexed citations breakdown →

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Backman, Joshua, Jeffrey R. O’Connell, Keith Tanner, et al.. (2017). Genome-wide analysis of clopidogrel active metabolite levels identifies novel variants that influence antiplatelet response. Pharmacogenetics and Genomics. 27(4). 159–163. 19 indexed citations

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Chen, Ming‐Huei, Lisa R. Yanek, Joshua Backman, et al.. (2017). Exome-chip meta-analysis identifies association between variation in ANKRD26 and platelet aggregation. Platelets. 30(2). 164–173. 12 indexed citations

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Perry, James A., Joshua Backman, Kathleen A. Ryan, et al.. (2016). From Genotype to Phenotype: Nonsense Variants in SLC13A1 Are Associated with Decreased Serum Sulfate and Increased Serum Aminotransferases. G3 Genes Genomes Genetics. 6(9). 2909–2918. 13 indexed citations

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Wang, Hong, Joshua P. Lewis, Xing Wang, et al.. (2016). Effect of Two Lipoprotein (a)-Associated Genetic Variants on Plasminogen Levels and Fibrinolysis. G3 Genes Genomes Genetics. 6(11). 3525–3532. 8 indexed citations

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Fisch, Adam S., Laura M. Yerges‐Armstrong, Joshua Backman, et al.. (2015). Genetic Variation in the Platelet Endothelial Aggregation Receptor 1 Gene Results in Endothelial Dysfunction. PLoS ONE. 10(9). e0138795–e0138795. 22 indexed citations

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