Michael E. Weale

21.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
95 papers, 6.1k citations indexed

About

Michael E. Weale is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael E. Weale has authored 95 papers receiving a total of 6.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 52 papers in Genetics, 34 papers in Molecular Biology and 8 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Michael E. Weale's work include Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (26 papers), Forensic and Genetic Research (14 papers) and Genetic diversity and population structure (10 papers). Michael E. Weale is often cited by papers focused on Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (26 papers), Forensic and Genetic Research (14 papers) and Genetic diversity and population structure (10 papers). Michael E. Weale collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Canada. Michael E. Weale's co-authors include David B. Goldstein, Mina Ryten, John Hardy, Mark Thomas, Nicholas Wood, Neil Bradman, Alice C. Smith, Daniah Trabzuni, Colin Smith and Robert Walker and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, New England Journal of Medicine and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Michael E. Weale

94 papers receiving 5.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Genetic variability in the regulation of gene expression in ten regions of the human brain

2014 410 citations Adaikalavan Ramasamy, Daniah Trabzuni et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael E. Weale United Kingdom	40	2.7k	2.0k	644	632	593	95	6.1k
John C. Whittaker United Kingdom	48	3.3k 1.2×	2.3k 1.2×	618 1.0×	652 1.0×	384 0.6×	220	8.4k
Stephan Ripke United States	36	4.9k 1.8×	2.4k 1.2×	387 0.6×	196 0.3×	473 0.8×	100	8.8k
Mara Helena Hutz Brazil	43	2.2k 0.8×	1.3k 0.7×	428 0.7×	438 0.7×	498 0.8×	273	7.4k
David A. Hinds United States	50	4.9k 1.8×	4.2k 2.1×	271 0.4×	415 0.7×	981 1.7×	95	11.3k
Suzanne M. Leal United States	47	4.7k 1.8×	5.0k 2.5×	396 0.6×	296 0.5×	692 1.2×	211	10.8k
Jeffrey R. Gulcher Iceland	47	2.7k 1.0×	2.9k 1.5×	353 0.5×	700 1.1×	779 1.3×	81	7.5k
Hreinn Stefánsson Iceland	39	2.9k 1.1×	2.7k 1.4×	488 0.8×	390 0.6×	475 0.8×	98	7.5k
Anders D. Børglum Denmark	41	1.9k 0.7×	2.3k 1.2×	341 0.5×	233 0.4×	419 0.7×	217	6.1k
Yin Yao Shugart United States	47	2.2k 0.8×	2.8k 1.4×	606 0.9×	764 1.2×	248 0.4×	153	6.8k
Nicole Soranzo United Kingdom	35	2.3k 0.8×	2.5k 1.3×	455 0.7×	531 0.8×	438 0.7×	78	5.8k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Ormond, Louise, Paschal Kum Awah, Elizabeth Caldwell, et al.. (2023). Dense sampling of ethnic groups within African countries reveals fine-scale genetic structure and extensive historical admixture. Science Advances. 9(13). eabq2616–eabq2616. 9 indexed citations

Riveros-Mckay, Fernando, Michael E. Weale, Rachel Moore, et al.. (2021). Integrated Polygenic Tool Substantially Enhances Coronary Artery Disease Prediction. Circulation Genomic and Precision Medicine. 14(2). e003304–e003304. 96 indexed citations

Zanetti, Daniela & Michael E. Weale. (2018). Transethnic differences in GWAS signals: A simulation study. Annals of Human Genetics. 82(5). 280–286. 16 indexed citations

Klarin, Derek, Qiuyu Zhu, Connor A. Emdin, et al.. (2017). Genetic analysis in UK Biobank links insulin resistance and transendothelial migration pathways to coronary artery disease. Nature Genetics. 49(9). 1392–1397. 150 indexed citations

Botía, Juan A., Jana Vandrovcová, Paola Forabosco, et al.. (2017). An additional k-means clustering step improves the biological features of WGCNA gene co-expression networks. BMC Systems Biology. 11(1). 47–47. 186 indexed citations

Taliun, Sarah A. Gagliano, Andrew D. Paterson, Michael E. Weale, & Jo Knight. (2015). Assessing models for genetic prediction of complex traits: a comparison of visualization and quantitative methods. BMC Genomics. 16(1). 405–405. 2 indexed citations

Ramasamy, Adaikalavan, Daniah Trabzuni, J. Raphael Gibbs, et al.. (2013). Resolving the polymorphism-in-probe problem is critical for correct interpretation of expression QTL studies. Nucleic Acids Research. 41(7). e88–e88. 66 indexed citations

Patani, Rickie, Patrick A. Lewis, Daniah Trabzuni, et al.. (2012). Investigating the utility of human embryonic stem cell‐derived neurons to model ageing and neurodegenerative disease using whole‐genome gene expression and splicing analysis. Journal of Neurochemistry. 122(4). 738–751. 45 indexed citations

Ermini, Luca, Timothy H.J. Goodship, Lisa Strain, et al.. (2011). Common genetic variants in complement genes other than CFH, CD46 and the CFHRs are not associated with aHUS. Molecular Immunology. 49(4). 640–648. 29 indexed citations

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Trabzuni, Daniah, Mina Ryten, Robert Walker, et al.. (2011). Quality control parameters on a large dataset of regionally dissected human control brains for whole genome expression studies. Journal of Neurochemistry. 119(2). 275–282. 145 indexed citations

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Weale, Michael E.. (2010). Quality Control for Genome-Wide Association Studies. Methods in molecular biology. 628. 341–372. 87 indexed citations

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Tate, Sarah K., Peter Kinirons, Michael E. Weale, et al.. (2008). No major role of common SV2A variation for predisposition or levetiracetam response in epilepsy. Epilepsy Research. 83(1). 44–51. 30 indexed citations

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Veeramah, Krishna R., Mark Thomas, Michael E. Weale, et al.. (2008). The potentially deleterious functional variant flavin-containing monooxygenase 2*1 is at high frequency throughout sub-Saharan Africa. Pharmacogenetics and Genomics. 18(10). 877–886. 39 indexed citations

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Thomas, Mark, Ian Barnes, Michael E. Weale, et al.. (2007). New genetic evidence supports isolation and drift in the Ladin communities of the South Tyrolean Alps but not an ancient origin in the Middle East. European Journal of Human Genetics. 16(1). 124–134. 16 indexed citations

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Soranzo, Nicole, Gianpiero L. Cavalleri, Michael E. Weale, et al.. (2004). Identifying Candidate Causal Variants Responsible for Altered Activity of the ABCB1 Multidrug Resistance Gene. Genome Research. 14(7). 1333–1344. 98 indexed citations

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Depondt, Chantal, Gianpiero L. Cavalleri, Michael E. Weale, et al.. (2004). Common variation in the SCN1A gene is a risk factor for common forms of epilepsy associated with febrile seizures. Epilepsia. 45. 120–120. 8 indexed citations

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Weale, Michael E., Tina Shah, Abigail Jones, et al.. (2003). Rare deep-rooting Y chromosome lineages in humans. Genetics. 165(1). 2 indexed citations

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Weale, Michael E., et al.. (2002). Y Chromosome Evidence for Anglo-Saxon Mass Migration. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 19(7). 1008–1021. 77 indexed citations

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Goldstein, David B. & Michael E. Weale. (2001). Population genomics: Linkage disequilibrium holds the key. Current Biology. 11(14). R576–R579. 110 indexed citations

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Nebel, Almut, Dvora Filon, Michael E. Weale, et al.. (2000). High-resolution Y chromosome haplotypes of Israeli and Palestinian Arabs reveal geographic substructure and substantial overlap with haplotypes of Jews. Human Genetics. 107(6). 630–641. 59 indexed citations

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