Loïc Yengo

47.5k total citations · 4 hit papers
70 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Loïc Yengo is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Loïc Yengo has authored 70 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Genetics, 15 papers in Molecular Biology and 9 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Loïc Yengo's work include Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (47 papers), Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock (24 papers) and Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (20 papers). Loïc Yengo is often cited by papers focused on Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (47 papers), Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock (24 papers) and Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (20 papers). Loïc Yengo collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and France. Loïc Yengo's co-authors include Peter M. Visscher, Jian Yang, Kathryn E. Kemper, Zhili Zheng, Julia Sidorenko, Timothy M. Frayling, Naomi R. Wray, Joel N. Hirschhorn, Andrew R. Wood and Michael N. Weedon and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Loïc Yengo

68 papers receiving 4.4k 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.

Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies for height and body mass index in ∼700000 individuals of European ancestry

2018 1.3k citations Loïc Yengo, Julia Sidorenko et al. profile →
Improved polygenic prediction by Bayesian multiple regression on summary statistics

2019 263 citations Jian Zeng, Julia Sidorenko et al. Nature Communications profile →
15 years of GWAS discovery: Realizing the promise

2023 215 citations Abdel Abdellaoui, Loïc Yengo et al. The American Journal of Human Genetics profile →
Leveraging functional genomic annotations and genome coverage to improve polygenic prediction of complex traits within and between ancestries

2024 38 citations Zhili Zheng, Shouye Liu et al. Nature Genetics profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Loïc Yengo Australia	31	2.6k	1.3k	553	382	369	70	4.4k
Gavin Band United Kingdom	7	2.7k 1.0×	1.3k 1.0×	460 0.8×	404 1.1×	460 1.2×	10	5.0k
Jared O’Connell United Kingdom	9	2.4k 0.9×	1.3k 1.1×	457 0.8×	381 1.0×	464 1.3×	13	4.8k
Zhili Zheng Australia	15	2.3k 0.9×	1.1k 0.9×	413 0.7×	321 0.8×	329 0.9×	31	3.7k
Tōnu Esko Estonia	36	2.1k 0.8×	1.6k 1.2×	422 0.8×	343 0.9×	295 0.8×	118	4.4k
Felix R. Day United Kingdom	27	2.3k 0.9×	1.1k 0.9×	562 1.0×	633 1.7×	411 1.1×	58	4.6k
John R. B. Perry United Kingdom	30	2.6k 1.0×	1.4k 1.1×	542 1.0×	581 1.5×	433 1.2×	75	5.2k
Stuart MacGregor Australia	42	2.1k 0.8×	1.5k 1.2×	335 0.6×	366 1.0×	580 1.6×	187	5.7k
Andrew R. Wood United Kingdom	32	2.2k 0.9×	1.2k 1.0×	798 1.4×	718 1.9×	410 1.1×	79	4.8k
Mara Helena Hutz Brazil	43	2.2k 0.9×	1.3k 1.1×	498 0.9×	371 1.0×	515 1.4×	273	7.4k
Harald H.H. Göring United States	40	2.1k 0.8×	2.2k 1.7×	582 1.1×	282 0.7×	528 1.4×	147	5.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Loïc Yengo

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Wainschtein, Pierrick, Jeremy Schwartzentruber, Irfahan Kassam, et al.. (2025). Estimation and mapping of the missing heritability of human phenotypes. Nature. 649(8099). 1219–1227.

Zheng, Zhili, Shouye Liu, Julia Sidorenko, et al.. (2024). Leveraging functional genomic annotations and genome coverage to improve polygenic prediction of complex traits within and between ancestries. Nature Genetics. 56(5). 767–777. 38 indexed citations breakdown →

Davies, Neil M, Gibran Hemani, Jenae M. Neiderhiser, et al.. (2024). The importance of family-based sampling for biobanks. Nature. 634(8035). 795–803. 8 indexed citations

Abdellaoui, Abdel, Loïc Yengo, Karin J. H. Verweij, & Peter M. Visscher. (2023). 15 years of GWAS discovery: Realizing the promise. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 110(2). 179–194. 215 indexed citations breakdown →

Campos, Adrián I., Shinichi Namba, Shu‐Chin Lin, et al.. (2023). Boosting the power of genome-wide association studies within and across ancestries by using polygenic scores. Nature Genetics. 55(10). 1769–1776. 11 indexed citations

Yengo, Loïc. (2023). Mate choice through a genomic lens. Nature Reviews Genetics. 24(10). 664–664. 2 indexed citations

Bartell, Eric, Anders Eliasen, John G. Doench, et al.. (2023). Genome-wide CRISPR screening of chondrocyte maturation newly implicates genes in skeletal growth and height-associated GWAS loci. Cell Genomics. 3(5). 100299–100299. 6 indexed citations

Hivert, Valentin, Ying Wang, Loïc Yengo, et al.. (2023). Cross-ancestry analyses identify new genetic loci associated with 25-hydroxyvitamin D. PLoS Genetics. 19(11). e1011033–e1011033. 4 indexed citations

Colodro‐Conde, Lucía, Luis M. García‐Marín, Chloe X. Yap, et al.. (2022). Phenotypic and genetic factors associated with donation of DNA and consent to record linkage for prescription history in the Australian Genetics of Depression Study. European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience. 273(6). 1359–1368. 1 indexed citations

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Yamamoto, Kenichi, Kyuto Sonehara, Shinichi Namba, et al.. (2022). Genetic footprints of assortative mating in the Japanese population. Nature Human Behaviour. 7(1). 65–73. 4 indexed citations

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Porcu, Eleonora, Federica Gilardi, Loïc Yengo, et al.. (2021). Triangulating evidence from longitudinal and Mendelian randomization studies of metabolomic biomarkers for type 2 diabetes. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 6197–6197. 23 indexed citations

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Yengo, Loïc, Morgan J. Sidari, Karin J. H. Verweij, et al.. (2019). No Evidence for Social Genetic Effects or Genetic Similarity Among Friends Beyond that Due to Population Stratification: A Reappraisal of Domingue et al (2018). Behavior Genetics. 50(1). 67–71. 5 indexed citations

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Wu, Yeda, Enda M. Byrne, Zhili Zheng, et al.. (2019). Genome-wide association study of medication-use and associated disease in the UK Biobank. Nature Communications. 10(1). 1891–1891. 138 indexed citations

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Yengo, Loïc, Matthew R. Robinson, Matthew C. Keller, et al.. (2018). Imprint of assortative mating on the human genome. Nature Human Behaviour. 2(12). 948–954. 71 indexed citations

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Gopalacharyulu, Peddinti, Jeff E. Cobb, Loïc Yengo, et al.. (2017). Early metabolic markers identify potential targets for the prevention of type 2 diabetes. Diabetologia. 60(9). 1740–1750. 99 indexed citations

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Field, Yair, Evan A. Boyle, Natalie Telis, et al.. (2016). Detection of human adaptation during the past 2000 years. Science. 354(6313). 760–764. 233 indexed citations

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Hennart, Benjamin, Robert Caïazzo, Audrey Leloire, et al.. (2015). The kynurenine pathway is activated in human obesity and shifted toward kynurenine monooxygenase activation. Obesity. 23(10). 2066–2074. 208 indexed citations

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Bonnefond, Amélie, Boris Skrobek, Stéphane Lobbens, et al.. (2013). Association between large detectable clonal mosaicism and type 2 diabetes with vascular complications. Nature Genetics. 45(9). 1040–1043. 102 indexed citations

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Cauchi, Stéphane, Intissar Ezzidi, Youness El Achhab, et al.. (2012). European genetic variants associated with type 2 diabetes in North African Arabs. Diabetes & Metabolism. 38(4). 316–323. 49 indexed citations

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Creemers, John W.M., Hélène Choquet, Pieter Stijnen, et al.. (2011). Heterozygous Mutations Causing Partial Prohormone Convertase 1 Deficiency Contribute to Human Obesity. Diabetes. 61(2). 383–390. 82 indexed citations

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