Michael E. Goddard

98.7k total citations · 20 hit papers
439 papers, 43.6k citations indexed

About

Michael E. Goddard is a scholar working on Genetics, Plant Science and Agronomy and Crop Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael E. Goddard has authored 439 papers receiving a total of 43.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 370 papers in Genetics, 115 papers in Plant Science and 64 papers in Agronomy and Crop Science. Recurrent topics in Michael E. Goddard's work include Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock (330 papers), Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (246 papers) and Genetics and Plant Breeding (91 papers). Michael E. Goddard is often cited by papers focused on Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock (330 papers), Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (246 papers) and Genetics and Plant Breeding (91 papers). Michael E. Goddard collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. Michael E. Goddard's co-authors include Ben J. Hayes, Peter M. Visscher, T.H.E. Meuwissen, Jian Yang, Sang Lee, Naomi R. Wray, P.J. Bowman, Amanda J. Chamberlain, Grant W. Montgomery and J.E. Pryce and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Michael E. Goddard

426 papers receiving 42.5k citations

Hit Papers

Prediction of Total Genetic Value Using Genome-Wide Dense... 2001 2026 2009 2017 2001 2010 2010 2016 2009 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k 5.0k
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. Prediction of Total Genetic Value Using Genome-Wide Dense Marker Maps
    2001 5.4k citations Ben J. Hayes, Michael E. Goddard et al. profile →
  2. GCTA: A Tool for Genome-wide Complex Trait Analysis
    2010 4.6k citations Jian Yang, Sang Lee et al. profile →
  3. Common SNPs explain a large proportion of the heritability for human height
    2010 2.8k citations Jian Yang, Dale R. Nyholt et al. Nature Genetics profile →
  4. Integration of summary data from GWAS and eQTL studies predicts complex trait gene targets
    2016 1.6k citations Grant W. Montgomery, Michael E. Goddard et al. Nature Genetics profile →
  5. Invited review: Genomic selection in dairy cattle: Progress and challenges
    2009 1.3k citations Ben J. Hayes, P.J. Bowman et al. Journal of Dairy Science profile →
  6. Genomic selection: prediction of accuracy and maximisation of long term response
    2008 811 citations Michael E. Goddard profile →
  7. Mapping genes for complex traits in domestic animals and their use in breeding programmes
    2009 762 citations Michael E. Goddard, Ben J. Hayes Nature Reviews Genetics profile →
  8. Conditional and joint multiple-SNP analysis of GWAS summary statistics identifies additional variants influencing complex traits
    2012 736 citations Jian Yang, Grant W. Montgomery et al. Nature Genetics profile →
  9. Data and Theory Point to Mainly Additive Genetic Variance for Complex Traits
    2008 713 citations Michael E. Goddard, Peter M. Visscher et al. profile →
  10. Estimating Missing Heritability for Disease from Genome-wide Association Studies
    2011 645 citations Sang Lee, Naomi R. Wray et al. profile →
  11. Advantages and pitfalls in the application of mixed-model association methods
    2014 614 citations Jian Yang, Michael E. Goddard et al. Nature Genetics profile →
  12. Genomic selection
    2007 502 citations Michael E. Goddard, Ben J. Hayes profile →
  13. Improving accuracy of genomic predictions within and between dairy cattle breeds with imputed high-density single nucleotide polymorphism panels
    2012 474 citations Ben J. Hayes, P.J. Bowman et al. Journal of Dairy Science profile →
  14. Increased accuracy of artificial selection by using the realized relationship matrix
    2009 473 citations Ben J. Hayes, Peter M. Visscher et al. profile →
  15. Pitfalls of predicting complex traits from SNPs
    2013 465 citations Naomi R. Wray, Jian Yang et al. Nature Reviews Genetics profile →
  16. Estimating the proportion of variation in susceptibility to schizophrenia captured by common SNPs
    2012 381 citations Sang Lee, Stephan Ripke et al. Nature Genetics profile →
  17. Estimation of pleiotropy between complex diseases using single-nucleotide polymorphism-derived genomic relationships and restricted maximum likelihood
    2012 378 citations Sang Lee, Jian Yang et al. profile →
  18. Genomic selection: A paradigm shift in animal breeding
    2016 339 citations Ben J. Hayes, Michael E. Goddard et al. profile →
  19. Concepts, estimation and interpretation of SNP-based heritability
    2017 267 citations Jian Yang, Michael E. Goddard et al. Nature Genetics profile →
  20. Improved polygenic prediction by Bayesian multiple regression on summary statistics
    2019 263 citations Kathryn E. Kemper, Naomi R. Wray et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael E. Goddard Australia 92 34.8k 12.0k 6.9k 4.8k 3.5k 439 43.6k
Ben J. Hayes Australia 79 22.9k 0.7× 11.1k 0.9× 3.3k 0.5× 4.6k 0.9× 2.7k 0.8× 369 28.0k
Peter M. Visscher Australia 95 30.7k 0.9× 4.9k 0.4× 12.5k 1.8× 1.5k 0.3× 2.7k 0.8× 453 47.3k
Leif Andersson Sweden 79 13.8k 0.4× 2.8k 0.2× 6.9k 1.0× 954 0.2× 1.5k 0.4× 377 23.4k
Matthew Stephens United States 66 43.7k 1.3× 15.7k 1.3× 21.8k 3.2× 1.6k 0.3× 2.7k 0.8× 132 75.0k
Chris Haley United Kingdom 59 11.9k 0.3× 4.5k 0.4× 3.0k 0.4× 940 0.2× 1.0k 0.3× 348 15.8k
Shaun Purcell United States 53 22.3k 0.6× 3.3k 0.3× 11.7k 1.7× 947 0.2× 2.7k 0.8× 136 39.1k
Jonathan K. Pritchard United States 92 47.6k 1.4× 15.7k 1.3× 24.9k 3.6× 1.3k 0.3× 2.8k 0.8× 182 77.5k
Eric Banks United States 20 18.3k 0.5× 7.9k 0.7× 18.6k 2.7× 824 0.2× 5.3k 1.5× 28 40.4k
Julian Maller United States 14 17.9k 0.5× 3.2k 0.3× 11.0k 1.6× 972 0.2× 2.7k 0.8× 15 35.6k
William G. Hill United Kingdom 69 16.9k 0.5× 5.0k 0.4× 3.6k 0.5× 1.9k 0.4× 376 0.1× 331 22.5k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Xiang, Ruidong, Lingzhao Fang, George E. Liu, et al.. (2025). Genetic score omics regression and multitrait meta-analysis detect widespread cis -regulatory effects shaping bovine complex traits. PNAS Nexus. 4(7). pgaf208–pgaf208. 1 indexed citations
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Xiang, Ruidong, Edmond J. Breen, Sunduimijid Bolormaa, et al.. (2025). Integrating extensive functional annotations and multiomics of cattle enhances climate resilience prediction and mapping. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(49). e2514736122–e2514736122.
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Swart, Maarten, Andia N. Redpath, Joy Ogbechi, et al.. (2024). The extracellular heparan sulfatase SULF2 limits myeloid IFNβ signaling and Th17 responses in inflammatory arthritis. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 81(1). 350–350. 1 indexed citations
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Charlesworth, Brian, Michael E. Goddard, Karin Meyer, et al.. (2022). From Mendel to quantitative genetics in the genome era: the scientific legacy of W. G. Hill. Nature Genetics. 54(7). 934–939. 4 indexed citations
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Xiang, Ruidong, Sunduimijid Bolormaa, Christy J. Vander Jagt, et al.. (2021). Mutant alleles differentially shape fitness and other complex traits in cattle. Communications Biology. 4(1). 9 indexed citations
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Xiang, Ruidong, Irene van den Berg, Iona M. MacLeod, et al.. (2019). Quantifying the contribution of sequence variants with regulatory and evolutionary significance to 34 bovine complex traits. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(39). 19398–19408. 102 indexed citations
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Kemper, Kathryn E., P.J. Bowman, Ben J. Hayes, Peter M. Visscher, & Michael E. Goddard. (2018). A multi-trait Bayesian method for mapping QTL and genomic prediction. Genetics Selection Evolution. 50(1). 10–10. 30 indexed citations
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Masson-Lecomte, A., Evangelina López de Maturana, Michael E. Goddard, et al.. (2016). Inflammatory-Related Genetic Variants in Non–Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer Prognosis: A Multimarker Bayesian Assessment. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 25(7). 1144–1150. 4 indexed citations
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Cole, J. E., et al.. (2013). Macrophage heterogeneity in developing vulnerable atherosclerotic plaques modulated by shear stress. Proceedings of The Physiological Society. 21. 113–8. 1 indexed citations
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Wray, Naomi R., Jian Yang, Ben J. Hayes, et al.. (2013). Author reply to A commentary on Pitfalls of predicting complex traits from SNPs. Nature Reviews Genetics. 14(12). 894–894. 5 indexed citations
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Bolormaa, Sunduimijid, J.E. Pryce, Kathryn E. Kemper, et al.. (2013). Detection of quantitative trait loci in Bos indicus and Bos taurus cattle using genome-wide association studies. Genetics Selection Evolution. 45(1). 43–43. 47 indexed citations
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Lee, Sang, Denise Harold, Dale R. Nyholt, et al.. (2012). Estimation and partitioning of polygenic variation captured by common SNPs for Alzheimer's disease, multiple sclerosis and endometriosis. Human Molecular Genetics. 22(4). 832–841. 128 indexed citations
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Lee, Sang, Stephan Ripke, Jian Yang, et al.. (2012). Estimating the proportion of variation in susceptibility to schizophrenia captured by common SNPs. Nature Genetics. 44(3). 247–250. 381 indexed citations breakdown →
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Deary, Ian J., Jian Yang, Gail Davies, et al.. (2012). Genetic contributions to stability and change in intelligence from childhood to old age. Nature. 482(7384). 212–215. 169 indexed citations
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Bolormaa, Sunduimijid, Ben J. Hayes, Keith W. Savin, et al.. (2011). Genome-wide association studies for feedlot and growth traits in cattle1. Journal of Animal Science. 89(6). 1684–1697. 143 indexed citations
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Goddard, Michael E., et al.. (2009). Invited review: Genomic selection in dairy cattle: progress and challenges (vol 92, pg 433, 2009). Journal of Dairy Science. 92(3). 6 indexed citations
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Hayes, Ben J., Amanda J. Chamberlain, & Michael E. Goddard. (2006). Use of markers in linkage disequilibrium with QTL in breeding programs.. Proceedings of the 8th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 13-18 August, 2006. 15 indexed citations
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MacLeod, Iona M., Ben J. Hayes, & Michael E. Goddard. (2006). Efficiency of dense bovine single-nucleotide polymorphisms to detect and position quantitative trait loci.. Proceedings of the 8th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 13-18 August, 2006. 7 indexed citations
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Poole, Rebecca K, et al.. (2004). Cross breeding in dairy cattle: The effect on calving ease. Bulletin - International Bull Evaluation Service/Interbull bulletin. 113. 5 indexed citations
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Goddard, Michael E., et al.. (2003). Relationships between calving traits in heifers and mature cows in Australia. Bulletin - International Bull Evaluation Service/Interbull bulletin. 102. 14 indexed citations

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