Neil Risch

67.9k total citations · 20 hit papers
318 papers, 40.0k citations indexed

About

Neil Risch is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Neil Risch has authored 318 papers receiving a total of 40.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 183 papers in Genetics, 53 papers in Molecular Biology and 34 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Neil Risch's work include Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (105 papers), Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (40 papers) and Genomics and Rare Diseases (29 papers). Neil Risch is often cited by papers focused on Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (105 papers), Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (40 papers) and Genomics and Rare Diseases (29 papers). Neil Risch collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Neil Risch's co-authors include Kathleen R. Merikangas, W. Douglas Thompson, Elizabeth B. Claus, Bernie Devlin, David Botstein, Hua Tang, George C. Ebers, A. Dessa Sadovnick, Heping Zhang and R Myers and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Neil Risch

316 papers receiving 38.5k citations

Hit Papers

The Future of Genetic Studies of Complex Human Diseases 1988 2026 2000 2013 1996 1994 2000 2009 2003 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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. The Future of Genetic Studies of Complex Human Diseases
    1996 3.9k citations Neil Risch, Kathleen R. Merikangas profile →
  2. Protective effect of apolipoprotein E type 2 allele for late onset Alzheimer disease
    1994 1.4k citations Neil Risch et al. Nature Genetics profile →
  3. Searching for genetic determinants in the new millennium
    2000 1.3k citations Neil Risch profile →
  4. Interaction Between the Serotonin Transporter Gene (5-HTTLPR), Stressful Life Events, and Risk of Depression
    2009 1.2k citations Neil Risch, Jürg Ott et al. profile →
  5. Discovering genotypes underlying human phenotypes: past successes for mendelian disease, future approaches for complex disease
    2003 1.1k citations Neil Risch et al. Nature Genetics profile →
  6. Linkage strategies for genetically complex traits. I. Multilocus models.
    1990 1.0k citations Neil Risch profile →
  7. Genetic Susceptibility to Death from Coronary Heart Disease in a Study of Twins
    1994 933 citations Neil Risch et al. profile →
  8. A Comparison of Linkage Disequilibrium Measures for Fine-Scale Mapping
    1995 813 citations Neil Risch et al. profile →
  9. The early-onset torsion dystonia gene (DYT1) encodes an ATP-binding protein
    1997 770 citations Laurie J. Ozelius, Susan Bressman et al. Nature Genetics profile →
  10. The Importance of Race and Ethnic Background in Biomedical Research and Clinical Practice
    2003 769 citations Esteban G. Burchard, Elad Ziv et al. profile →
  11. Candidate-gene approaches for studying complex genetic traits: practical considerations
    2002 744 citations Neil Risch et al. profile →
  12. Autosomal dominant inheritance of early-onset breast cancer. Implications for risk prediction
    1994 700 citations Neil Risch et al. profile →
  13. Genetic analysis of breast cancer in the cancer and steroid hormone study.
    1991 691 citations Neil Risch et al. profile →
  14. Linkage strategies for genetically complex traits. II. The power of affected relative pairs.
    1990 677 citations Neil Risch profile →
  15. Positional Cloning of the Human Quantitative Trait Locus Underlying Taste Sensitivity to Phenylthiocarbamide
    2003 655 citations Eric Jorgenson, Neil Risch et al. profile →
  16. The continuous performance test, identical pairs version (CPT-IP): I. new findings about sustained attention in normal families
    1988 585 citations Neil Risch et al. profile →
  17. The genetic attributable risk of breast and ovarian cancer
    1996 553 citations Neil Risch et al. profile →
  18. Categorization of humans in biomedical research: genes, race and disease.
    2002 543 citations Neil Risch, Esteban G. Burchard et al. profile →
  19. Global Patterns of Linkage Disequilibrium at the CD4 Locus and Modern Human Origins
    1996 452 citations Sarah A. Tishkoff, Neil Risch et al. profile →
  20. A brief history of human disease genetics
    2020 349 citations Neil Risch, Charles N. Rotimi 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
Neil Risch United States 96 18.8k 10.4k 3.9k 3.4k 3.2k 318 40.0k
Pak C. Sham Hong Kong 97 24.3k 1.3× 16.4k 1.6× 4.3k 1.1× 2.9k 0.9× 1.4k 0.4× 695 62.0k
Nicholas G. Martin Australia 115 15.7k 0.8× 10.6k 1.0× 3.0k 0.8× 3.1k 0.9× 650 0.2× 1.4k 63.3k
John M. Opitz United States 90 24.7k 1.3× 20.7k 2.0× 2.0k 0.5× 2.1k 0.6× 1.5k 0.5× 1.7k 50.4k
Cornelia M. van Duijn Netherlands 96 7.1k 0.4× 11.8k 1.1× 3.1k 0.8× 2.0k 0.6× 4.7k 1.5× 676 40.3k
Håkon Håkonarson United States 76 11.6k 0.6× 12.4k 1.2× 1.1k 0.3× 1.7k 0.5× 1.6k 0.5× 587 34.7k
Stephen W. Scherer Canada 97 18.5k 1.0× 22.5k 2.2× 2.0k 0.5× 1.5k 0.4× 1.2k 0.4× 534 40.0k
Jaakko Kaprio Finland 117 9.6k 0.5× 8.6k 0.8× 1.8k 0.5× 4.9k 1.4× 1.3k 0.4× 1.2k 61.3k
George P. Chrousos Greece 147 6.6k 0.3× 11.4k 1.1× 4.2k 1.1× 2.9k 0.9× 2.4k 0.7× 1.4k 96.8k
Tatiana Foroud United States 76 4.5k 0.2× 7.1k 0.7× 4.7k 1.2× 2.0k 0.6× 3.7k 1.2× 405 20.1k
David A. Greenberg United States 90 5.4k 0.3× 11.1k 1.1× 9.0k 2.3× 982 0.3× 2.2k 0.7× 435 30.5k

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All Works

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Zimmerman, Scott C., Minhyuk Choi, Thomas J. Hoffmann, et al.. (2025). Statin Initiation and Dementia Incidence in a Large Health Care System From 1997 to 2020. Neurology. 105(2). e213855–e213855. 1 indexed citations
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Mathiyalagan, Prabhu, Santhi K. Ganesh, Luke Zhu, et al.. (2024). Identification of the Molecular Components of Enhancer-Mediated Gene Expression Variation in Multiple Tissues Regulating Blood Pressure. Hypertension. 81(7). 1500–1510. 2 indexed citations
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Zimmerman, Scott C., Minhyuk Choi, Kaitlin N. Swinnerton, et al.. (2023). Low- and High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol and Dementia Risk Over 17 Years of Follow-up Among Members of a Large Health Care Plan. Neurology. 101(21). e2172–e2184. 22 indexed citations
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Nandakumar, Priyanka, Dongwon Lee, Thomas J. Hoffmann, et al.. (2020). Analysis of putative cis-regulatory elements regulating blood pressure variation. Human Molecular Genetics. 29(11). 1922–1932. 9 indexed citations
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Choquet, Hélène, Khanh K. Thai, J Chen, et al.. (2020). Meta-Analysis of 26 638 Individuals Identifies Two Genetic Loci Associated With Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction. Circulation Genomic and Precision Medicine. 13(4). e002804–e002804. 14 indexed citations
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Jorgenson, Eric, Hélène Choquet, Jie Yin, et al.. (2020). Genetic ancestry, skin pigmentation, and the risk of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma in Hispanic/Latino and non-Hispanic white populations. Communications Biology. 3(1). 765–765. 6 indexed citations
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Mendelsohn, Bryce A., Daniah Beleford, Zuhair Rahbeeni, et al.. (2019). A novel truncating variant in ring finger protein 113A (RNF113A) confirms the association of this gene with X‐linked trichothiodystrophy. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. 182(3). 513–520. 12 indexed citations
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Hoffmann, Thomas J., et al.. (2016). A Large Genome-Wide Association Study of Age-Related Hearing Impairment Using Electronic Health Records. PLoS Genetics. 12(10). e1006371–e1006371. 70 indexed citations
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Choudhry, Shweta, Esteban G. Burchard, Luisa N. Borrell, et al.. (2006). Ancestry–Environment Interactions and Asthma Risk among Puerto Ricans. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 174(10). 1088–1093. 50 indexed citations
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Urban, Thomas, Ronnie Sebro, Evan H. Hurowitz, et al.. (2005). Functional genomics of membrane transporters in human populations. Genome Research. 16(2). 223–230. 42 indexed citations
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Axton, Myles, Francis S. Collins, Charles N. Rotimi, et al.. (2004). Genetics for the Human Race. Nature Genetics. 36(11). 7 indexed citations
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Hemminki, Kari & Neil Risch. (2002). Genetic epidemiology of cancer: Interpreting family and twin studies and their implications for molecular genetic approaches Cancer Epidemiol. Biomark. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 11(4). 423–426. 11 indexed citations
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Risch, Neil. (2001). Implications of Multilocus Inheritance for Gene–Disease Association Studies. Theoretical Population Biology. 60(3). 215–220. 38 indexed citations
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Díaz, George A., Bruce D. Gelb, Neil Risch, et al.. (2000). Gaucher Disease: The Origins of the Ashkenazi Jewish N370S and 84GG Acid β-Glucosidase Mutations. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 66(6). 1821–1832. 52 indexed citations
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Brin, Mitchell F., D. de Leon, Limborskaia Sa, et al.. (1998). De Novo Mutations (GAG Deletion) in the DYT1 Gene in Two Non-Jewish Patients with Early-onset Dystonia. Human Molecular Genetics. 7(7). 1133–1136. 47 indexed citations
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Giuffra, L. & Neil Risch. (1994). Diminished recall and the cohort effect of major depression: a simulation study. Psychological Medicine. 24(2). 375–383. 72 indexed citations
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Risch, Neil, et al.. (1994). Predicting the age of the mutation for Usher syndrome type I in the Acadian population. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 55. 1 indexed citations
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Baron, Miron, R. Hamburger, L. A. Sandkuyl, et al.. (1990). The impact of phenotypic variation on genetic analysis: application to X‐linkage in manic‐depressive illness. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. 82(3). 196–203. 28 indexed citations
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Kramer, Patricia L., Deborah de Leon, Laurie J. Ozelius, et al.. (1990). Dystonia gene in Ashkenazi Jewish population is located on chromosome 9q32–34. Annals of Neurology. 27(2). 114–120. 109 indexed citations
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Merikangas, Kathleen R., Neil Risch, James R. Merikangas, Myrna M. Weissman, & Kenneth K. Kídd. (1988). Migraine and depression: Association and familial transmission. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 22(2). 119–129. 112 indexed citations

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