Kenneth M. Weiss

14.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
256 papers, 10.2k citations indexed

About

Kenneth M. Weiss is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and History and Philosophy of Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Kenneth M. Weiss has authored 256 papers receiving a total of 10.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 110 papers in Genetics, 72 papers in Molecular Biology and 21 papers in History and Philosophy of Science. Recurrent topics in Kenneth M. Weiss's work include Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (40 papers), dental development and anomalies (22 papers) and Race, Genetics, and Society (21 papers). Kenneth M. Weiss is often cited by papers focused on Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (40 papers), dental development and anomalies (22 papers) and Race, Genetics, and Society (21 papers). Kenneth M. Weiss collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Australia. Kenneth M. Weiss's co-authors include Kazuhiko Kawasaki, Joseph D. Terwilliger, Andrew G. Clark, Ranajit Chakraborty, Anne V. Buchanan, Charles F. Sing, Eric Boerwinkle, Stephanie M. Fullerton, Deborah A. Nickerson and David W. Stock and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

Kenneth M. Weiss

229 papers receiving 9.6k citations

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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.

The Osteological Paradox: Problems of Inferring Prehistoric Health from Skeletal Samples [and Comments and Reply]

1992 868 citations James W. Wood, George R. Milner et al. Current Anthropology profile →
The Settlement of the Americas: A Comparison of the Linguistic, Dental, and Genetic Evidence [and Comments and Reply]

1986 300 citations Kenneth M. Weiss et al. Current Anthropology profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	The Four Horsemen of the ‘Omicsalypse’: ontology, replicability, probability and epistemology 2019 ·Human Genetics ·Kenneth M. Weiss	1
2	William J. “Jack” Schull (1922–2017): Gentleman, Scientist 2017 ·The American Journal of Human Genetics ·Kenneth M. Weiss	1
3	The Fleagle Factor 2012 ·Evolutionary Anthropology Issues News and Reviews ·Kenneth M. Weiss	0
4	Attitudes on DNA ancestry tests 2011 ·Human Genetics ·Jennifer K. Wagner, Kenneth M. Weiss	23
5	Identification and characterization of integrin-binding sialoprotein (IBSP) genes in reptile and amphibian 2008 ·Gene ·Seikou Shintani, (unknown), (unknown), Satoru Toyosawa, Tomoyuki Onishi, Akie Sato, Kazuhiko Kawasaki, Kenneth M. Weiss, Takashi Ooshima	8
6	Confounding, ascertainment bias, and the blind quest for a genetic ‘fountain of youth’ 2003 ·Annals of Medicine ·Joseph D. Terwilliger, Kenneth M. Weiss	52
7	Richard H. Ward, Ph.D. (June 7, 1943–February 14, 2003): Wild Ride of the Valkyries 2003 ·The American Journal of Human Genetics ·Kenneth M. Weiss	2
8	Sequence polymorphism at the human apolipoprotein AII gene (APOA2): unexpected deficit of variation in an African-American sample 2002 ·Human Genetics ·Stephanie M. Fullerton, Andrew G. Clark, Kenneth M. Weiss, Scott L. Taylor, Jari Stengård, Veikko Salomaa, Eric Boerwinkle, Deborah A. Nickerson	26
9	James V. Neel, M.D., Ph.D. (March 22, 1915–January 31, 2000): Founder Effect 2000 ·The American Journal of Human Genetics ·Kenneth M. Weiss, Ryk Ward	7
10	Recombinational and Mutational Hotspots within the Human Lipoprotein Lipase Gene 2000 ·The American Journal of Human Genetics ·Alan R. Templeton, Andrew G. Clark, Kenneth M. Weiss, Deborah A. Nickerson, Eric Boerwinkle, Charles F. Sing	143
11	DNA sequence diversity in a 9.7-kb region of the human lipoprotein lipase gene 1998 ·Nature Genetics ·Deborah A. Nickerson, Scott L. Taylor, Kenneth M. Weiss, Andrew G. Clark, Richard G. Hutchinson, Jari Stengård, Veikko Salomaa, Erkki Vartiainen, Eric Boerwinkle, Charles F. Sing	389
12	Haplotype Structure and Population Genetic Inferences from Nucleotide-Sequence Variation in Human Lipoprotein Lipase 1998 ·The American Journal of Human Genetics ·Andrew G. Clark, Kenneth M. Weiss, Deborah A. Nickerson, Scott L. Taylor, Anne V. Buchanan, Jari Stengård, Veikko Salomaa, Erkki Vartiainen, Markus Perola, Eric Boerwinkle, Charles F. Sing	365
13	Patterning of the mammalian dentition in development and evolution 1997 ·BioEssays ·David W. Stock, Kenneth M. Weiss, Zhiyong Zhao	57
14	The Osteological Paradox: Problems of Inferring Prehistoric Health from Skeletal Samples [and Comments and Reply] breakdown → 1992 ·Current Anthropology ·James W. Wood, George R. Milner, Henry Harpending, Kenneth M. Weiss, Mark Nathan Cohen, Leslie E. Eisenberg, Dale L. Hutchinson, Rimantas Jankauskas, Gintautas Česnys, M. Anne Katzenberg, John R. Lukacs, Janet W. McGrath, Eric Abella Roth, Douglas H. Ubelaker, Richard G. Wilkinson	868
15	Native American mitochondrial DNA analysis indicates that the Amerind and the Nadene populations were founded by two independent migrations. 1992 ·Genetics ·Antonio Torroni, Theodore G. Schurr, Chih-Ting Yang, Emőke J. E. Szathmáry, Robert C. Williams, Moses S. Schanfield, (unknown), William C. Knowler, Dale N. Lawrence, Kenneth M. Weiss	356
16	Visual information decoding deficits in schizophrenia 1992 ·Psychiatry Research ·Kenneth M. Weiss, Heather Chapman, Milton E. Strauss, Grover C. Gilmore	15
17	DNA Polymorphisms of the Apolipoprotein AI/CIII/ AIV Gene Cluster Influence Plasma Cholesterol and Triglyceride Levels in the Mayans of the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico 1991 ·Human Heredity ·(unknown), Rodolfo Valdéz, (unknown), Shelley A. Cole, Kenneth M. Weiss, R. E. Ferrel	29
18	Genetic studies of human apolipoproteins. XVI. APOE polymorphism and cholesterol levels in the Mayans of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico 1991 ·Clinical Genetics ·M. Ilyas Kamboh, Kenneth M. Weiss, R E Ferrell	43
19	Genetic Studies of Human Apolipoproteins 1990 ·Human Heredity ·R E Ferrell, M. Ilyas Kamboh, Partha P. Majumder, Rodolfo Valdéz, Kenneth M. Weiss	10
20	A Simple Test for the Aggregation of Disease Occurrence in Genealogical Data 1981 ·Human Heredity ·Peter E. Smouse, Kenneth M. Weiss, Ranajit Chakraborty	14

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