Kathryn L. Evans

12.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
132 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Kathryn L. Evans is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Psychiatry and Mental health. According to data from OpenAlex, Kathryn L. Evans has authored 132 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 80 papers in Molecular Biology, 39 papers in Genetics and 14 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health. Recurrent topics in Kathryn L. Evans's work include Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (42 papers), Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (22 papers) and Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (12 papers). Kathryn L. Evans is often cited by papers focused on Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (42 papers), Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (22 papers) and Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (12 papers). Kathryn L. Evans collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. Kathryn L. Evans's co-authors include David J. Porteous, Andrew M. McIntosh, Ben Pickard, Rosie M. Walker, Pippa A. Thomson, Stewart W. Morris, Douglas Blackwood, Euan Adie, Daniel L. McCartney and Riccardo E. Marioni and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Nature Communications and Nature Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Kathryn L. Evans

119 papers receiving 4.1k citations

Hit Papers

GWAS on family history of Alzheimer’s disease 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 2023 100 200 300
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.

  1. GWAS on family history of Alzheimer’s disease
    2018 345 citations Riccardo E. Marioni, Sarah E. Harris et al. profile →
  2. Refining epigenetic prediction of chronological and biological age
    2023 65 citations Elena Bernabeu, Daniel L. McCartney et al. Genome Medicine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kathryn L. Evans United Kingdom 35 2.2k 1.1k 549 428 343 132 4.2k
Stuart MacGregor Australia 42 1.5k 0.7× 2.1k 1.8× 471 0.9× 335 0.8× 285 0.8× 187 5.7k
Michael Zitzmann Germany 48 3.0k 1.3× 1.6k 1.4× 905 1.6× 416 1.0× 300 0.9× 168 8.0k
Jo Knight United Kingdom 33 1.0k 0.5× 917 0.8× 625 1.1× 460 1.1× 198 0.6× 106 3.3k
Brion S. Maher United States 36 1.1k 0.5× 1.5k 1.3× 678 1.2× 309 0.7× 242 0.7× 140 4.8k
Kyoko Watanabe Netherlands 16 1.3k 0.6× 1.9k 1.7× 333 0.6× 361 0.8× 179 0.5× 34 3.9k
Anders D. Børglum Denmark 41 2.3k 1.0× 1.9k 1.6× 965 1.8× 419 1.0× 141 0.4× 217 6.1k
Josué Feingold France 34 1.3k 0.6× 791 0.7× 408 0.7× 303 0.7× 154 0.4× 89 3.8k
Audrey C. Papp United States 33 1.7k 0.8× 444 0.4× 298 0.5× 357 0.8× 375 1.1× 57 3.9k
Michael Knapp Germany 43 1.9k 0.8× 2.4k 2.1× 660 1.2× 473 1.1× 362 1.1× 147 5.2k
Stefano Luisi Italy 46 1.3k 0.6× 787 0.7× 269 0.5× 374 0.9× 324 0.9× 232 6.9k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kathryn L. Evans

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Bernabeu, Elena, Paul Yousefi, Matthew Suderman, et al.. (2025). A blood- and brain-based EWAS of smoking. Nature Communications. 16(1). 3210–3210. 1 indexed citations
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Evans, Kathryn L., Christopher M. Smith, Eric J. Earley, et al.. (2024). In vivo activity of the second-generation proteasome inhibitor ixazomib against pediatric T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia xenografts. Experimental Hematology. 132. 104176–104176.
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Gadd, Danni A., Yipeng Cheng, Elena Bernabeu, et al.. (2024). Epigenetic Contributions to Clinical Risk Prediction of Cardiovascular Disease. Circulation Genomic and Precision Medicine. 17(1). e004265–e004265. 10 indexed citations
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Hillary, Robert F., Daniel L. McCartney, Elena Bernabeu, et al.. (2023). Blood-based epigenome-wide analyses of 19 common disease states: A longitudinal, population-based linked cohort study of 18,413 Scottish individuals. PLoS Medicine. 20(7). e1004247–e1004247. 33 indexed citations
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Bernabeu, Elena, Daniel L. McCartney, Danni A. Gadd, et al.. (2023). Refining epigenetic prediction of chronological and biological age. Genome Medicine. 15(1). 12–12. 65 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hillary, Robert F., Daniel L. McCartney, Allan F. McRae, et al.. (2022). Identification of influential probe types in epigenetic predictions of human traits: implications for microarray design. Clinical Epigenetics. 14(1). 100–100. 4 indexed citations
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Hillary, Robert F., Danni A. Gadd, Daniel L. McCartney, et al.. (2022). Genome‐ and epigenome‐wide studies of plasma protein biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease implicate TBCA and TREM2 in disease risk. Alzheimer s & Dementia Diagnosis Assessment & Disease Monitoring. 14(1). e12280–e12280. 5 indexed citations
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Vaher, Kadi, Laura de Nooij, Matthew Harris, et al.. (2021). Associations between alcohol use and accelerated biological ageing. Addiction Biology. 27(1). e13100–e13100. 30 indexed citations
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Stevenson, Anna J., Danni A. Gadd, Robert F. Hillary, et al.. (2021). Creating and Validating a DNA Methylation-Based Proxy for Interleukin-6. The Journals of Gerontology Series A. 76(12). 2284–2292. 20 indexed citations
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Barbu, Miruna C., Mathew A. Harris, Xueyi Shen, et al.. (2021). Epigenome-wide association study of global cortical volumes in generation Scotland: Scottish family health study. Epigenetics. 17(10). 1143–1158. 3 indexed citations
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Amador, Carmen, Yanni Zeng, M. Barber, et al.. (2021). Genome-wide methylation data improves dissection of the effect of smoking on body mass index. PLoS Genetics. 17(9). e1009750–e1009750. 5 indexed citations
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Barbu, Miruna C., Archie Campbell, Carmen Amador, et al.. (2021). Methylome-wide association study of antidepressant use in Generation Scotland and the Netherlands Twin Register implicates the innate immune system. Molecular Psychiatry. 27(3). 1647–1657. 10 indexed citations
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McCartney, Daniel L., Rosie M. Walker, Robert F. Hillary, et al.. (2020). Birth weight associations with DNA methylation differences in an adult population. Epigenetics. 16(7). 783–796. 16 indexed citations
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Hillary, Robert F., Daniel L. McCartney, Sarah E. Harris, et al.. (2019). Genome and epigenome wide studies of neurological protein biomarkers in the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936. Nature Communications. 10(1). 3160–3160. 36 indexed citations
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Gibson, Jude, Tom C. Russ, Toni‐Kim Clarke, et al.. (2019). A meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies of epigenetic age acceleration. PLoS Genetics. 15(11). e1008104–e1008104. 74 indexed citations
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Evans, Kathryn L.. (2014). Bridging the Silos: Curriculum Development As a Tool for Crossing Disciplines in the Arts, Sciences and Humanities. XVIII ISA World Congress of Sociology (July 13-19, 2014).
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Blackwood, Douglas, Ben Pickard, Pippa A. Thomson, et al.. (2007). Are some genetic risk factors common to schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and depression? evidence fromDISC1, GRIK4 andNRG1. Neurotoxicity Research. 11(1). 73–83. 54 indexed citations
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Blackwood, D., Walter Muir, Patrick O. McKeon, et al.. (1996). No evidence for an allelic association between bipolar disorder and the dopamine DRD5 receptor. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 59. 1 indexed citations

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