Lon R. Cardon

85.1k total citations · 12 hit papers
188 papers, 28.2k citations indexed

About

Lon R. Cardon is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Lon R. Cardon has authored 188 papers receiving a total of 28.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 118 papers in Genetics, 62 papers in Molecular Biology and 15 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Lon R. Cardon's work include Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (78 papers), Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (40 papers) and Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock (23 papers). Lon R. Cardon is often cited by papers focused on Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (78 papers), Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (40 papers) and Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock (23 papers). Lon R. Cardon collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and France. Lon R. Cardon's co-authors include Michael C. Neale, Gonçalo R. Abecasis, Stacey S. Cherny, William Cookson, Krina T. Zondervan, John I. Bell, Lyle J. Palmer, Jonathan Marchini, Peter Donnelly and Mark I. McCarthy and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Lon R. Cardon

188 papers receiving 27.4k 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.

Methodology for Genetic Studies of Twins and Families

1992 3.5k citations Lon R. Cardon et al. profile →
Merlin—rapid analysis of dense genetic maps using sparse gene flow trees

2001 2.6k citations Stacey S. Cherny, Lon R. Cardon et al. Nature Genetics profile →
Genome-wide association studies for complex traits: consensus, uncertainty and challenges

2008 1.9k citations Mark I. McCarthy, Lon R. Cardon et al. profile →
Association study designs for complex diseases

2001 1.0k citations Lon R. Cardon et al. profile →
A General Test of Association for Quantitative Traits in Nuclear Families

2000 933 citations Lon R. Cardon et al. The American Journal of Human Genetics profile →
Population stratification and spurious allelic association

2003 882 citations Lon R. Cardon et al. profile →
The support of human genetic evidence for approved drug indications

2015 874 citations Lon R. Cardon, John C. Whittaker et al. Nature Genetics profile →
Data quality control in genetic case-control association studies

2010 790 citations Carl A. Anderson, Fredrik Pettersson et al. profile →
Thousands of chemical starting points for antimalarial lead identification

2010 705 citations Lon R. Cardon et al. profile →
Genome-wide strategies for detecting multiple loci that influence complex diseases

2005 677 citations Jonathan Marchini, Peter Donnelly et al. Nature Genetics profile →
The effects of human population structure on large genetic association studies

2004 633 citations Jonathan Marchini, Lon R. Cardon et al. Nature Genetics profile →
An 18-kDa Translocator Protein (TSPO) Polymorphism Explains Differences in Binding Affinity of the PET Radioligand PBR28

2011 593 citations Astrid Yeo, Lon R. Cardon et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lon R. Cardon United Kingdom	74	13.6k	8.9k	2.6k	2.2k	2.1k	188	28.2k
Neil Risch United States	96	18.8k 1.4×	10.4k 1.2×	2.7k 1.1×	1.5k 0.7×	2.1k 1.0×	318	40.0k
Shaun Purcell United States	53	22.3k 1.6×	11.7k 1.3×	2.2k 0.9×	1.5k 0.7×	2.2k 1.1×	136	39.1k
Nicholas J. Schork United States	94	10.9k 0.8×	10.9k 1.2×	2.0k 0.8×	865 0.4×	2.8k 1.4×	460	32.3k
Peter M. Visscher Australia	95	30.7k 2.3×	12.5k 1.4×	1.7k 0.7×	2.6k 1.2×	2.3k 1.1×	453	47.3k
Naomi R. Wray Australia	88	13.0k 1.0×	7.5k 0.8×	904 0.3×	1.7k 0.7×	2.1k 1.0×	410	31.1k
Grant W. Montgomery Australia	75	11.3k 0.8×	7.8k 0.9×	2.6k 1.0×	948 0.4×	1.4k 0.7×	507	26.1k
Benjamin M. Neale United States	55	24.7k 1.8×	12.4k 1.4×	2.3k 0.9×	1.3k 0.6×	3.1k 1.5×	165	42.0k
Jian Yang Australia	59	18.6k 1.4×	8.6k 1.0×	1.2k 0.5×	1.2k 0.6×	1.7k 0.8×	208	28.6k
Håkon Håkonarson United States	76	11.6k 0.9×	12.4k 1.4×	2.7k 1.1×	1.4k 0.6×	2.2k 1.0×	587	34.7k
Kenneth K. Kídd United States	81	10.0k 0.7×	7.1k 0.8×	1.4k 0.5×	950 0.4×	2.6k 1.3×	389	24.1k

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Millwood, Iona Y., Derrick Bennett, Robin Walters, et al.. (2016). A phenome-wide association study of a lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A₂loss-of-function variant in 90 000 Chinese adults. International Journal of Epidemiology. 45(5). 1588–1599. 29 indexed citations

Spraggs, Colin F., Linda P. Briley, Nan Bing, et al.. (2011). HLA-DQA1 * 02:01 Is a Major Risk Factor for Lapatinib-Induced Hepatotoxicity in Women With Advanced Breast Cancer. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 29(6). 667–673. 199 indexed citations

Xu, Chun‐Fang, Vicki Goodman, Zhengyu Xue, et al.. (2010). Association of the hemochromatosis gene with pazopanib-induced transaminase elevation in renal cell carcinoma. Journal of Hepatology. 54(6). 1237–1243. 41 indexed citations

Ke, Xiayi, Martin S. Taylor, & Lon R. Cardon. (2008). Singleton SNPs in the human genome and implications for genome-wide association studies. European Journal of Human Genetics. 16(4). 506–515. 28 indexed citations

Anderson, Carl A., Fredrik Pettersson, Jeffrey C. Barrett, et al.. (2008). Evaluating the Effects of Imputation on the Power, Coverage, and Cost Efficiency of Genome-wide SNP Platforms. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 83(1). 112–119. 64 indexed citations

Andresen, J. Michael, Javier Gayán, Stacey S. Cherny, et al.. (2006). Replication of twelve association studies for Huntington’s disease residual age of onset in large Venezuelan kindreds. Journal of Medical Genetics. 44(1). 44–50. 66 indexed citations

Gayán, Javier, Erik G. Willcutt, Simon E. Fisher, et al.. (2005). Bivariate linkage scan for reading disability and attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder localizes pleiotropic loci. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 46(10). 1045–1056. 69 indexed citations

Zeggini, Eleftheria, W Rayner, Andrew P. Morris, et al.. (2005). An evaluation of HapMap sample size and tagging SNP performance in large-scale empirical and simulated data sets. Nature Genetics. 37(12). 1320–1322. 79 indexed citations

Ralston, S H, N. W. Galwey, Ian Mackay, et al.. (2004). LOCI FOR REGULATION OF BMD IN MEN AND WOMEN THE FAMOS STUDY. Calcified Tissue International. 74. 3 indexed citations

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Evans, David M. & Lon R. Cardon. (2004). Guidelines for Genotyping in Genomewide Linkage Studies: Single-Nucleotide–Polymorphism Maps Versus Microsatellite Maps. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 75(4). 687–692. 109 indexed citations

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Marchini, Jonathan, Lon R. Cardon, Michael Phillips, & Peter Donnelly. (2004). The effects of human population structure on large genetic association studies. Nature Genetics. 36(5). 512–517. 633 indexed citations breakdown →

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Durrant, Caroline, et al.. (2003). Linkage disequilibrium mapping via cladistic analysis of SNP haplotypes.. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 73(5). 613–613. 7 indexed citations

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Zondervan, Krina T., Ashley B. Morris, & Lon R. Cardon. (2003). Determinants of success in genetic association studies of complex traits.. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 73. 216–216. 1 indexed citations

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Brown, Matthew A., Sinéad Brophy, Linda A. Bradbury, et al.. (2003). Identification of major loci controlling clinical manifestations of ankylosing spondylitis. Arthritis & Rheumatism. 48(8). 2234–2239. 61 indexed citations

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Wiltshire, Steven, Timothy M. Frayling, Andrew T. Hattersley, et al.. (2002). Evidence for Linkage of Stature to Chromosome 3p26 in a Large U.K. Family Data Set Ascertained for Type 2 Diabetes. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 70(2). 543–546. 48 indexed citations

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Fortin, Anny, Lon R. Cardon, Mifong Tam, et al.. (2001). Identification of a new malaria susceptibility locus (Char4) in recombinant congenic strains of mice. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 98(19). 10793–10798. 78 indexed citations

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Garner, C., Thanusak Tatu, Laurence Gamé, et al.. (1999). A candidate gene study of F cell levels in sibling pairs using a joint linkage and association analysis.. Blood. 94. 2 indexed citations

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Curran, Michael A., Kin-tak Lau, Jochen Hampe, et al.. (1998). Genetic analysis of inflammatory bowel disease in a large European cohort supports linkage to chromosomes 12 and 16. Gastroenterology. 115(5). 1066–1071. 148 indexed citations

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Garner, Chad, Mary T. Kelly, Lon R. Cardon, et al.. (1996). Linkage analyses of schizophrenia to chromosome 6p24‐p22: An attempt to replicate. American Journal of Medical Genetics. 67(6). 595–610. 1 indexed citations

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Cardon, Lon R., Chris Burge, Gabriel Schachtel, B. Edwin Blaisdell, & Samuel Karlin. (1993). Comparative DNA sequence features in two longEscherichia colicontigs. Nucleic Acids Research. 21(16). 3875–3884. 12 indexed citations

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