Laramie E. Duncan

33.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
42 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

About

Laramie E. Duncan is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Laramie E. Duncan has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Genetics, 12 papers in Molecular Biology and 9 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Laramie E. Duncan's work include Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (12 papers), Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research (5 papers) and Cognitive Abilities and Testing (4 papers). Laramie E. Duncan is often cited by papers focused on Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (12 papers), Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research (5 papers) and Cognitive Abilities and Testing (4 papers). Laramie E. Duncan collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Laramie E. Duncan's co-authors include Matthew C. Keller, Mark J. Daly, Elise Robinson, Felix R. Day, Alkes L. Price, Benjamin M. Neale, Brendan Bulik‐Sullivan, Alexander Gusev, Hilary K. Finucane and Po‐Ru Loh and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Laramie E. Duncan

41 papers receiving 5.2k 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.

An atlas of genetic correlations across human diseases and traits

2015 2.2k citations Laramie E. Duncan, Elise Robinson et al. profile →
A Critical Review of the First 10 Years of Candidate Gene-by-Environment Interaction Research in Psychiatry

2011 720 citations Laramie E. Duncan, Matthew C. Keller profile →
Analysis of polygenic risk score usage and performance in diverse human populations

2019 536 citations Laramie E. Duncan, Hanyang Shen et al. Nature Communications profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Laramie E. Duncan United States	23	2.8k	1.4k	885	635	425	42	5.2k
Christiaan de Leeuw Netherlands	22	2.6k 0.9×	1.7k 1.3×	501 0.6×	624 1.0×	321 0.8×	47	5.4k
A.J. Pakstis United States	49	3.5k 1.2×	2.8k 2.1×	779 0.9×	281 0.4×	719 1.7×	145	7.6k
Anjali K. Henders Australia	35	3.3k 1.2×	1.8k 1.4×	349 0.4×	311 0.5×	359 0.8×	83	6.5k
Beben Benyamin Australia	23	3.2k 1.2×	1.0k 0.8×	364 0.4×	574 0.9×	275 0.6×	55	5.7k
Abraham A. Palmer United States	47	2.1k 0.8×	2.4k 1.7×	733 0.8×	483 0.8×	548 1.3×	225	7.5k
Scott D. Gordon Australia	31	3.0k 1.1×	1.2k 0.9×	399 0.5×	377 0.6×	270 0.6×	83	6.2k
Gail Davies United Kingdom	35	1.8k 0.6×	910 0.7×	273 0.3×	608 1.0×	352 0.8×	69	4.0k
Douglas F. Levinson United States	37	1.6k 0.6×	1.4k 1.0×	740 0.8×	418 0.7×	320 0.8×	96	5.2k
Anders D. Børglum Denmark	41	1.9k 0.7×	2.3k 1.7×	654 0.7×	276 0.4×	358 0.8×	217	6.1k
Gu Zhu Australia	39	1.3k 0.5×	796 0.6×	762 0.9×	589 0.9×	388 0.9×	109	4.7k

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Duncan, Laramie E., Leili Mortazavi, Sam Vesuna, et al.. (2025). Mapping the cellular etiology of schizophrenia and complex brain phenotypes. Nature Neuroscience. 28(2). 248–258. 6 indexed citations

Shen, Hanyang, Joeri Meijsen, Lijin Zhang, et al.. (2025). Associations between testosterone and future PTSD symptoms among middle age and older UK residents. Translational Psychiatry. 15(1). 268–268. 1 indexed citations

Larrabure-Torrealva, Gloria T., et al.. (2024). Characterization of hair cortisol concentration pre-conception and during pregnancy. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 167. 107089–107089. 2 indexed citations

Cusack, Shannon E., et al.. (2024). Genetic influences on testosterone and PTSD. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 174. 8–11. 5 indexed citations

Tan, Longzhi, Bibudha Parasar, Inma Cobos, et al.. (2023). Lifelong restructuring of 3D genome architecture in cerebellar granule cells. Science. 381(6662). 1112–1119. 28 indexed citations

Duncan, Laramie E. & Karl Deisseroth. (2023). Are novel treatments for brain disorders hiding in plain sight?. Neuropsychopharmacology. 49(1). 276–281. 4 indexed citations

Duncan, Laramie E., Hanyang Shen, Anton Schulmann, et al.. (2023). Polygenic scores for psychiatric disorders in a diverse postmortem brain tissue cohort. Neuropsychopharmacology. 48(5). 764–772. 2 indexed citations

Domingue, Benjamin W., Laramie E. Duncan, Amal Harrati, & Daniel W. Belsky. (2020). Short-Term Mental Health Sequelae of Bereavement Predict Long-Term Physical Health Decline in Older Adults: U.S. Health and Retirement Study Analysis. The Journals of Gerontology Series B. 76(6). 1231–1240. 23 indexed citations

Sheerin, Christina M., Kaitlin E. Bountress, Jacquelyn L. Meyers, et al.. (2020). Shared molecular genetic risk of alcohol dependence and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors. 34(5). 613–619. 27 indexed citations

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Shen, Hanyang, Bizu Gelaye, Hailiang Huang, et al.. (2020). Polygenic prediction and GWAS of depression, PTSD, and suicidal ideation/self-harm in a Peruvian cohort. Neuropsychopharmacology. 45(10). 1595–1602. 21 indexed citations

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Duncan, Laramie E., Michael J. Ostacher, & Jacob S. Ballon. (2019). How genome-wide association studies (GWAS) made traditional candidate gene studies obsolete. Neuropsychopharmacology. 44(9). 1518–1523. 136 indexed citations

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Duncan, Laramie E., Hanyang Shen, Bizu Gelaye, et al.. (2019). Analysis of polygenic risk score usage and performance in diverse human populations. Nature Communications. 10(1). 3328–3328. 536 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sperling, Erik A., et al.. (2019). Statistical inference and reproducibility in geobiology. Geobiology. 17(3). 261–271. 2 indexed citations

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Logue, Mark W., Ananda B. Amstadter, Dewleen G. Baker, et al.. (2015). The Psychiatric Genomics Consortium Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Workgroup: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Enters the Age of Large-Scale Genomic Collaboration. Neuropsychopharmacology. 40(10). 2287–2297. 93 indexed citations

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Duncan, Laramie E., Alisha R. Pollastri, & Jordan W. Smoller. (2014). Mind the gap: Why many geneticists and psychological scientists have discrepant views about gene–environment interaction (G×E) research.. American Psychologist. 69(3). 249–268. 85 indexed citations

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Duncan, Laramie E., Peter Holmans, Phil H. Lee, et al.. (2014). Pathway Analyses Implicate Glial Cells in Schizophrenia. PLoS ONE. 9(2). e89441–e89441. 40 indexed citations

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McGrath, Lauren M., Marilyn C. Cornelis, Phil H. Lee, et al.. (2013). Genetic predictors of risk and resilience in psychiatric disorders: A cross‐disorder genome‐wide association study of functional impairment in major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B Neuropsychiatric Genetics. 162(8). 779–788. 34 indexed citations

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Willcutt, Erik G., Bruce F. Pennington, Laramie E. Duncan, et al.. (2010). Understanding the Complex Etiologies of Developmental Disorders: Behavioral and Molecular Genetic Approaches. Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics. 31(7). 533–544. 92 indexed citations

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Keller, Matthew C., Sarah E. Medland, Laramie E. Duncan, et al.. (2009). Modeling Extended Twin Family Data I: Description of the Cascade Model. Twin Research and Human Genetics. 12(1). 8–18. 86 indexed citations

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Duncan, Laramie E., Kent E. Hutchison, Gregory Carey, & W. Edward Craighead. (2008). Variation in brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) gene is associated with symptoms of depression. Journal of Affective Disorders. 115(1-2). 215–219. 74 indexed citations

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