Lon R. Cardon

85.1k citations

188 papers · 28.2k indexed · 12 hit papers · h-index 74

Genetics top 0.01%
Molecular Biology top 0.5%
Immunology top 0.5%
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology top 0.5%
Epidemiology top 1%

Co-authors: Michael C. Neale Gonçalo R. Abecasis Stacey S. Cherny William Cookson Krina T. Zondervan John I. Bell Lyle J. Palmer Jonathan Marchini
Topics: Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (78 papers)Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (40 papers)Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock (23 papers)
Cited by: Genetics Experimental and Cognitive Psychology Molecular Biology
Journals: Nature Science Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Partner nations: United Kingdom United States France

In The Last Decade

Lon R. Cardon

188 papers receiving 27.4k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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 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, Lyle J. Palmer The Lancet 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. Nature Protocols 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 Lon R. Cardon, Vincent Mooser et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	HLA-DQA1 * 02:01 Is a Major Risk Factor for Lapatinib-Induced Hepatotoxicity in Women With Advanced Breast Cancer 2011 ·Journal of Clinical Oncology ·Colin F. Spraggs,(unknown),Linda P. Briley,Nan Bing,Charles Cox,Karen S. King,John C. Whittaker,Vincent Mooser,A. Preston,Steven H. Stein,Lon R. Cardon	199
2	Basic statistical analysis in genetic case-control studies 2011 ·Nature Protocols ·Geraldine M Clarke,Carl A. Anderson,Fredrik Pettersson,Lon R. Cardon,Andrew P. Morris,Krina T. Zondervan	311
3	Singleton SNPs in the human genome and implications for genome-wide association studies 2008 ·European Journal of Human Genetics ·Xiayi Ke,Martin S. Taylor,Lon R. Cardon	28
4	Evaluating the Effects of Imputation on the Power, Coverage, and Cost Efficiency of Genome-wide SNP Platforms 2008 ·The American Journal of Human Genetics ·Carl A. Anderson,Fredrik Pettersson,Jeffrey C. Barrett,Joanna Zhuang,Jiannis Ragoussis,Lon R. Cardon,Andrew P. Morris	64
5	Designing candidate gene and genome-wide case–control association studies 2007 ·Nature Protocols ·Krina T. Zondervan,Lon R. Cardon	112
6	An evaluation of HapMap sample size and tagging SNP performance in large-scale empirical and simulated data sets 2005 ·Nature Genetics ·Eleftheria Zeggini,W Rayner,Andrew P. Morris,Andrew T. Hattersley,Mark S. Walker,G. A. Hitman,Panos Deloukas,Lon R. Cardon,Mark I. McCarthy	79
7	Bivariate linkage scan for reading disability and attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder localizes pleiotropic loci 2005 ·Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry ·Javier Gayán,Erik G. Willcutt,Simon E. Fisher,Clyde Francks,Lon R. Cardon,Richard K. Olson,Bruce F. Pennington,S. D. Smith,Anthony P. Monaco,J. C. DeFries	69
8	Shaking the tree: mapping complex disease genes with linkage disequilibrium 2005 ·The Lancet ·Lyle J. Palmer,Lon R. Cardon	138
9	Genome-wide strategies for detecting multiple loci that influence complex diseasesbreakdown → 2005 ·Nature Genetics ·Jonathan Marchini,Peter Donnelly,Lon R. Cardon	677
10	LOCI FOR REGULATION OF BMD IN MEN AND WOMEN THE FAMOS STUDY 2004 ·Calcified Tissue International ·S H Ralston,N. W. Galwey,Ian Mackay,(unknown),Lon R. Cardon,J. Compston,Cyrus Cooper,Emma L. Duncan,Richard Keen,Bente Langdahl,A. R. McLellan,J. L. H. O’Riordan,H.A.P. Pols,Donald Reid,André G. Uitterlinden,(unknown),(unknown)	3
11	Guidelines for Genotyping in Genomewide Linkage Studies: Single-Nucleotide–Polymorphism Maps Versus Microsatellite Maps 2004 ·The American Journal of Human Genetics ·David M. Evans,Lon R. Cardon	109
12	The Interleukin 1 Gene Cluster Contains a Major Susceptibility Locus for Ankylosing Spondylitis 2004 ·The American Journal of Human Genetics ·Andrew E. Timms,Alison M. Crane,(unknown),Heather J. Cordell,Linda A. Bradbury,(unknown),Mark Coyne,(unknown),(unknown),Gordon W. Duff,Andrei Călin,Lon R. Cardon,B P Wordsworth,Matthew A. Brown	98
13	Linkage disequilibrium mapping via cladistic analysis of SNP haplotypes. 2003 ·The American Journal of Human Genetics ·(unknown),Caroline Durrant,Krina T. Zondervan,(unknown),Panos Deloukas,Lon R. Cardon	7
14	Determinants of success in genetic association studies of complex traits. 2003 ·The American Journal of Human Genetics ·Krina T. Zondervan,Ashley B. Morris,Lon R. Cardon	1
15	Evidence for Linkage of Stature to Chromosome 3p26 in a Large U.K. Family Data Set Ascertained for Type 2 Diabetes 2002 ·The American Journal of Human Genetics ·Steven Wiltshire,Timothy M. Frayling,Andrew T. Hattersley,G. A. Hitman,Mark Walker,J Lévy,Stephen O’Rahilly,Christopher J. Groves,Stephan Menzel,Lon R. Cardon,Mark I. McCarthy	48
16	Identification of a new malaria susceptibility locus (Char4) in recombinant congenic strains of mice 2001 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Anny Fortin,Lon R. Cardon,Mifong Tam,Emil Skamene,Mary M. Stevenson,Piet Gros	78
17	A candidate gene study of F cell levels in sibling pairs using a joint linkage and association analysis. 1999 ·Blood ·C. Garner,Thanusak Tatu,Laurence Gamé,Lon R. Cardon,Tim D. Spector,Martin Farrall,S L Thein	2
18	Osteoarthritis-Susceptibility Locus on Chromosome 11q, Detected by Linkage 1999 ·The American Journal of Human Genetics ·Kay Chapman,Zehra Mustafa,Catherine Irven,Andrew Carr,K Clipsham,(unknown),Jai Chitnavis,Janet S. Sinsheimer,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Lon R. Cardon,Bryan Sykes,John Loughlin	91
19	Genetic analysis of inflammatory bowel disease in a large European cohort supports linkage to chromosomes 12 and 16 1998 ·Gastroenterology ·Michael A. Curran,Kin-tak Lau,Jochen Hampe,Stefan Schreiber,Stephen Bridger,(unknown),Lon R. Cardon,H. Sakul,Tamara Harris,Pieter Stokkers	148
20	A Simple Method for Automated Allele Binning in Microsatellite Markers 1997 ·Genome Research ·Ramana M. Idury,Lon R. Cardon	97

About Lon R. Cardon

Lon R. Cardon is a scholar working on Genetics, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Molecular Biology, having authored 188 papers that have together received 28.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this 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). The work is most often cited by research in Genetics (13.6k citations), Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (2.2k citations) and Molecular Biology (8.9k citations). Lon R. Cardon has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and France. Frequent 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. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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