Laura J. Scott

66.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
65 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

Laura J. Scott is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Laura J. Scott has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Molecular Biology, 23 papers in Genetics and 8 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Laura J. Scott's work include Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (17 papers), Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (8 papers) and Pancreatic function and diabetes (6 papers). Laura J. Scott is often cited by papers focused on Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (17 papers), Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (8 papers) and Pancreatic function and diabetes (6 papers). Laura J. Scott collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Finland. Laura J. Scott's co-authors include Michael Boehnke, Gonçalo R. Abecasis, Andrew D. Skol, Francis S. Collins, Michael R. Erdos, Amalia Dutra, Sandra G. Durkin, Peter Berglund, Christiane M. Robbins and Thomas W. Glover and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Laura J. Scott

64 papers receiving 4.9k citations

Hit Papers

Recurrent de novo point mutations in lamin A cause Hutchi... 2003 2026 2010 2018 2003 2006 500 1000 1.5k
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. Recurrent de novo point mutations in lamin A cause Hutchinson–Gilford progeria syndrome
    2003 1.6k citations Maria Eriksson, W. Ted Brown et al. Nature profile →
  2. Joint analysis is more efficient than replication-based analysis for two-stage genome-wide association studies
    2006 823 citations Andrew D. Skol, Laura J. Scott et al. profile →

Peers

Laura J. Scott
Colin P. Sibley United Kingdom
Daniel K. Burns United States
Emmanuelle Génin France
V. Reid Sutton United States
Giulio Genovese United States
Miguel A. Martı́n Spain
Janna Saarela Finland
Eric D. Wieben United States
Andreas Braun Germany
Ken Yamamoto Japan
Colin P. Sibley United Kingdom
Laura J. Scott
Citations per year, relative to Laura J. Scott Laura J. Scott (= 1×) peers Colin P. Sibley

Countries citing papers authored by Laura J. Scott

Since Specialization
Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Laura J. Scott's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Laura J. Scott with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Laura J. Scott more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Laura J. Scott

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Laura J. Scott. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Laura J. Scott. The network helps show where Laura J. Scott may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Laura J. Scott

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Laura J. Scott. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Laura J. Scott 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 Laura J. Scott. Laura J. Scott is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
1.
Forer, Lukas, Sebastian Schönherr, Jonathon LeFaive, et al.. (2022). Extent to which array genotyping and imputation with large reference panels approximate deep whole-genome sequencing. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 109(9). 1653–1666. 15 indexed citations
2.
Song, Peter X.‐K., et al.. (2021). Prediction of suicidal ideation risk in a prospective cohort study of medical interns. PLoS ONE. 16(12). e0260620–e0260620. 12 indexed citations
3.
Dutta, Diptavo, Peter VandeHaar, Lars G. Fritsche, et al.. (2021). A powerful subset-based method identifies gene set associations and improves interpretation in UK Biobank. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 108(4). 669–681. 9 indexed citations
4.
Flickinger, Matthew, Sarah A. Gagliano Taliun, Gonçalo R. Abecasis, et al.. (2020). Ancestry-agnostic estimation of DNA sample contamination from sequence reads. Genome Research. 30(2). 185–194. 30 indexed citations
5.
Dutta, Diptavo, Chad M. Brummett, Stephanie E. Moser, et al.. (2019). Heritability of the Fibromyalgia Phenotype Varies by Age. Arthritis & Rheumatology. 72(5). 815–823. 22 indexed citations
6.
Fang, Yu, Laura J. Scott, Peter X.‐K. Song, Margit Burmeister, & Srijan Sen. (2019). Genomic prediction of depression risk and resilience under stress. Nature Human Behaviour. 4(1). 111–118. 25 indexed citations
7.
8.
Lucas, Claire, Michael Butterworth, Laura J. Scott, et al.. (2016). High CIP2A levels correlate with an antiapoptotic phenotype that can be overcome by targeting BCL-XL in chronic myeloid leukemia. Leukemia. 30(6). 1273–1281. 22 indexed citations
9.
10.
Welch, Ryan, Chee Khoon Lee, Snehal Patil, et al.. (2014). ChIP-Enrich: gene set enrichment testing for ChIP-seq data. Nucleic Acids Research. 42(13). e105–e105. 89 indexed citations
11.
Mohlke, Karen L. & Laura J. Scott. (2012). What Will Diabetes Genomes Tell Us?. Current Diabetes Reports. 12(6). 643–650. 7 indexed citations
12.
Xiao, Rui & Laura J. Scott. (2011). Detection of cis-acting regulatory SNPs using allelic expression data. Genetic Epidemiology. 35(6). n/a–n/a. 9 indexed citations
13.
Lee, Bum-Kyu, Lingyun Song, Zheng Liu, et al.. (2010). Heritable Individual-Specific and Allele-Specific Chromatin Signatures in Humans. Science. 328(5975). 235–239. 233 indexed citations
14.
Stitzel, Michael L., Praveen Sethupathy, Daniel S. Pearson, et al.. (2010). Global Epigenomic Analysis of Primary Human Pancreatic Islets Provides Insights into Type 2 Diabetes Susceptibility Loci. Cell Metabolism. 12(5). 443–455. 136 indexed citations
15.
Mohlke, Karen L., Anne Jackson, Laura J. Scott, et al.. (2005). Mitochondrial polymorphisms and susceptibility to type 2 diabetes-related traits in Finns. Human Genetics. 118(2). 245–254. 63 indexed citations
16.
Li, Chun, Laura J. Scott, & Michael Boehnke. (2004). Assessing Whether an Allele Can Account in Part for a Linkage Signal: The Genotype-IBD Sharing Test (GIST). The American Journal of Human Genetics. 74(3). 418–431. 46 indexed citations
17.
Mohlke, Karen L., Kaisa Silander, Laura J. Scott, et al.. (2003). Common non-coding SNPs near the Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor-4 Alpha gene are associated with type 2 diabetes. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 73(5). 210. 2 indexed citations
18.
Scott, Laura J., Michael J. Schell, & Ann L. Hubbard. (2003). Isolation of Plasma Membrane Sheets and Plasma Membrane Domains from Rat Liver. Humana Press eBooks. 19. 59–70. 3 indexed citations
19.
Eriksson, Maria, W. Ted Brown, Leslie B. Gordon, et al.. (2003). Recurrent de novo point mutations in lamin A cause Hutchinson–Gilford progeria syndrome. Nature. 423(6937). 293–298. 1613 indexed citations breakdown →
20.
Moczulski, Dariusz, Laura J. Scott, Anthony Antonellis, et al.. (2000). Aldose reductase gene polymorphisms and susceptibility to diabetic nephropathy in Type 1 diabetes mellitus. Diabetic Medicine. 17(2). 111–118. 58 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact

Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Colin P. Sibley Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Daniel K. Burns Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Emmanuelle Génin Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by V. Reid Sutton Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Giulio Genovese Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Miguel A. Martı́n Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Janna Saarela Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Eric D. Wieben Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Andreas Braun Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Ken Yamamoto
Rankless by CCL
2026