Peter M. Visscher

186.1k citations

453 papers · 47.3k indexed · 29 hit papers · h-index 95

Impact in

Genetics top 0.01%
- Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
- Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
- Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
- Genetic diversity and population structure
Aging top 0.5%

Papers in

Genetics 383
- Genetic Associations and Epidemiology 214
- Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals 212
- Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock 200
- Genomics and Rare Diseases 23
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 26
- Cognitive Abilities and Testing 25

Co-authors: Michael E. Goddard Jian Yang Naomi R. Wray Sang Lee Grant W. Montgomery Mark I. McCarthy William G. Hill Nicholas G. Martin
Journals: Genetics (28 papers)The American Journal of Human Genetics (25 papers)Nature Communications (23 papers)Nature Genetics (20 papers)Twin Research and Human Genetics (16 papers)
Partner nations: Australia United Kingdom United States

In The Last Decade

Peter M. Visscher

447 papers receiving 46.4k citations

Hit Papers

15 papers align trajectories log scale

15 years of GWAS discovery: Realizing the promise 2023 · 215 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2023 The American Journal of Human Genetics
2021 Nature Communications
2020 JAMA Psychiatry
2019 Nature Communications
2019 Nature Genetics
2018 Translational Psychiatry
2018 Human Molecular Genetics
2018 Nature Communications
2018 Nature Communications
2017 Nature Genetics
2017 The American Journal of Human Genetics
2017 Nature Genetics
2016 Nature Genetics
2015 International Journal of Epidemiology
2015 Nature Genetics
2014 Nature Genetics
2013 Nature Reviews Genetics
2012 International Journal of Epidemiology
2012 The American Journal of Human Genetics
2012 Bioinformatics
2012 Nature Genetics
2012 Nature Genetics
2011 The American Journal of Human Genetics
2010 The American Journal of Human Genetics
2010 The American Journal of Human Genetics
2010 Nature Genetics
2009 Genetics Research
2008 PLoS Genetics
2008 Nature Reviews Genetics

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All Works

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#	Work
1	Genetic control of DNA methylation is largely shared across European and East Asian populations Nature Communications ·Alesha Hatton, Feifei Cheng, Tian Lin, Ren‐Juan Shen, Jie Chen, Zhili Zheng, Jia Qu, Fan Lyu, Sarah E. Harris, Simon R. Cox, Zi‐Bing Jin, Nicholas G. Martin, Dongsheng Fan, Grant W. Montgomery, Jian Yang, Naomi R. Wray, Riccardo E. Marioni, Peter M. Visscher, Allan F. McRae	2024	5
2	GENOME-WIDE FINE-MAPPING IMPROVES IDENTIFICATION OF CAUSAL VARIANTS European Neuropsychopharmacology ·Jian Zeng, Yang Wu, Zhili Zheng, L Thibaut, Michael E. Goddard, Naomi R. Wray, Peter M. Visscher	2024	1
3	Boosting the power of genome-wide association studies within and across ancestries by using polygenic scores Nature Genetics ·Adrián I. Campos, Shinichi Namba, Shu‐Chin Lin, Kisung Nam, Julia Sidorenko, Huanwei Wang, Yoichiro Kamatani, (unknown), Ling-Hua Wang, Seunggeun Lee, Kuang Lin, Yen‐Chen Anne Feng, Yukinori Okada, Peter M. Visscher, Loïc Yengo	2023	11
4	15 years of GWAS discovery: Realizing the promise The American Journal of Human Genetics ·Abdel Abdellaoui, Loïc Yengo, Karin J. H. Verweij, Peter M. Visscher Hit paper breakdown →	2023	215
5	Improving GWAS discovery and genomic prediction accuracy in biobank data Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Etienne Orliac, Daniel Trejo Baños, Sven E. Ojavee, Kristi Läll, Reedik Mägi, Peter M. Visscher, Matthew R. Robinson	2022	17
6	Creating and Validating a DNA Methylation-Based Proxy for Interleukin-6 The Journals of Gerontology Series A ·Anna J. Stevenson, Danni A. Gadd, Robert F. Hillary, Daniel L. McCartney, Archie Campbell, Rosie M. Walker, Kathryn L. Evans, Sarah E. Harris, Tara L. Spires‐Jones, Allan F. McRae, Peter M. Visscher, Andrew M. McIntosh, Ian J. Deary, Riccardo E. Marioni	2021	20
7	Evolutionary history and adaptation of a human pygmy population of Flores Island, Indonesia Science ·Serena Tucci, Samuel H. Vohr, Rajiv C. McCoy, Benjamin Vernot, Matthew R. Robinson, Chiara Barbieri, Bradley J. Nelson, Wenqing Fu, Gludhug A. Purnomo, Herawati Sudoyo, Evan E. Eichler, Guido Barbujani, Peter M. Visscher, Joshua M. Akey, Richard E. Green	2018	36
8	Constraints on eQTL Fine Mapping in the Presence of Multisite Local Regulation of Gene Expression G3 Genes Genomes Genetics ·Biao Zeng, Luke R. Lloyd‐Jones, Alexander Holloway, Urko M. Marigorta, Andres Metspalu, Grant W. Montgomery, Tōnu Esko, Kenneth L. Brigham, Arshed A. Quyyumi, Youssef Idaghdour, Jian Yang, Peter M. Visscher, Joseph E. Powell, Greg Gibson	2017	19
9	Concepts and Misconceptions about the Polygenic Additive Model Applied to Disease Human Heredity ·Peter M. Visscher, Naomi R. Wray	2015	18
10	Are SNPs associated with educational attainment also associated with cognitive function? Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland) ·Cornelius A. Rietveld, Philipp Koellinger, Daniel J. Benjamin, David Cesarini, George Davey Smith, Gail Davies, Ian J. Deary, Magnus Johannesson, Robert Plomin, Daniëlle Posthuma, Peter M. Visscher	2013	1
11	A simple and fast two-locus quality control test to detect false positives due to batch effects in genome-wide association studies QUT ePrints (Queensland University of Technology) ·S. H. Lee, Dale R. Nyholt, Stuart MacGregor, Anjali K. Henders, Krina T. Zondervan, Grant W. Montgomery, Peter M. Visscher	2010	0
12	A Localized Negative Genetic Correlation Constrains Microevolution of Coat Color in Wild Sheep Science ·Jacob Gratten, Alastair J. Wilson, Allan F. McRae, Dario Beraldi, Peter M. Visscher, Josephine M. Pemberton, Jon Slate	2008	91
13	Identification of Twin Pairs From Large Population-Based Samples Twin Research and Human Genetics ·Dinand Webbink, Jaap Roeleveld, Peter M. Visscher	2006	12
14	A Note on the Asymptotic Distribution of Likelihood Ratio Tests to Test Variance Components Twin Research and Human Genetics ·Peter M. Visscher	2006	126
15	Estimation of the Rate of SNP Genotyping Errors From DNA Extracted From Different Tissues Twin Research and Human Genetics ·Grant W. Montgomery, Megan Campbell, Peter A. Dickson, Shane Herbert, Kirby Siemering, Kelly R. Ewen-White, Peter M. Visscher, Nicholas G. Martin	2005	37
16	Estimation of the Rate of SNP Genotyping Errors From DNA Extracted From Different Tissues Twin Research and Human Genetics ·Grant W. Montgomery, Megan Campbell, Peter A. Dickson, Shane Herbert, Kirby Siemering, Kelly R. Ewen-White, Peter M. Visscher, Nicholas G. Martin	2005	33
17	Power of the Classical Twin Design Revisited Twin Research ·Peter M. Visscher	2004	11
18	Power of the Classical Twin Design Revisited Twin Research ·Peter M. Visscher	2004	86
19	Genetic analysis of longevity data in the UK: present practice and considerations for the future Rothamsted Repository (Rothamsted Repository) ·Peter M. Visscher, Ron Thompson, HanihalSadat Bagheri Yazdi, W. G. Hill, S. Brotherstone	1999	10
20	Power of a chromosomal test to detect genetic variation using genetic markers Heredity ·Peter M. Visscher, Chris Haley	1998	5

About Peter M. Visscher

Peter M. Visscher is a scholar working on Genetics, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Plant Science, Agronomy and Crop Science and Molecular Biology, having authored 453 papers that have together received 47.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (214 papers), Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (212 papers), Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock (200 papers), Genetics and Plant Breeding (56 papers), Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks (32 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (25 papers), Cognitive Abilities and Testing (25 papers) and Genomics and Rare Diseases (23 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Genetics (30.7k citations), Aging (374 citations), Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (2.6k citations), Cancer Research (2.7k citations) and Molecular Biology (12.5k citations). Peter M. Visscher has collaborated with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and United States. Frequent co-authors include Michael E. Goddard, Jian Yang, Naomi R. Wray, Sang Lee, Grant W. Montgomery, Mark I. McCarthy, William G. Hill, Nicholas G. Martin, Matthew A. Brown and Chris Haley. Their work appears in journals such as Genetics, The American Journal of Human Genetics, Nature Communications, Nature Genetics and Twin Research and Human Genetics.

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