Robbee Wedow

9.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
18 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Robbee Wedow is a scholar working on Genetics, Sociology and Political Science and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Robbee Wedow has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Genetics, 4 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 4 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Robbee Wedow's work include Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (9 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (4 papers) and Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock (3 papers). Robbee Wedow is often cited by papers focused on Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (9 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (4 papers) and Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock (3 papers). Robbee Wedow collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Sweden. Robbee Wedow's co-authors include Benjamin M. Neale, Meghan Zacher, Kathleen Mullan Harris, Raymond K. Walters, David Cesarini, David Laibson, Patrick Turley, Mark Alan Fontana, Sven Oskarsson and Omeed Maghzian and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Genetics.

In The Last Decade

Robbee Wedow

17 papers receiving 1.1k citations

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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.

Multi-trait analysis of genome-wide association summary statistics using MTAG

2017 538 citations Patrick Turley, Raymond K. Walters et al. Nature Genetics profile →
Large-scale GWAS reveals insights into the genetic architecture of same-sex sexual behavior

2019 213 citations Andrea Ganna, Karin J. H. Verweij et al. Science profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robbee Wedow United States	8	563	209	198	162	125	18	1.1k
Aysu Okbay Netherlands	12	705 1.3×	209 1.0×	229 1.2×	85 0.5×	39 0.3×	22	1.2k
Alexander I. Young United Kingdom	14	891 1.6×	307 1.5×	245 1.2×	153 0.9×	39 0.3×	19	1.5k
Saskia Selzam United Kingdom	19	565 1.0×	523 2.5×	133 0.7×	136 0.8×	79 0.6×	28	1.4k
Marc Adélard Tremblay Canada	16	330 0.6×	220 1.1×	179 0.9×	209 1.3×	85 0.7×	80	1.2k
Stefania Benónísdóttir United Kingdom	8	464 0.8×	196 0.9×	149 0.8×	114 0.7×	23 0.2×	12	952
Meghan Zacher United States	14	403 0.7×	74 0.4×	144 0.7×	134 0.8×	44 0.4×	31	1.2k
Gillian R. Bentley United Kingdom	23	323 0.6×	184 0.9×	136 0.7×	166 1.0×	146 1.2×	56	1.6k
Christopher F. Chabris United States	7	333 0.6×	232 1.1×	89 0.4×	81 0.5×	82 0.7×	8	743
Jenny van Dongen Netherlands	21	511 0.9×	171 0.8×	642 3.2×	65 0.4×	69 0.6×	66	1.6k
Ásmundur Oddsson Iceland	9	348 0.6×	156 0.7×	227 1.1×	90 0.6×	19 0.2×	12	890

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18 of 18 papers shown

Wedow, Robbee, et al.. (2025). How and for whom can genetics education reduce beliefs in genetic essentialism?. Human Genetics and Genomics Advances. 7(1). 100548–100548.

Lippert, Adam M., Daniel J. Corsi, Rockli Kim, et al.. (2024). Polygenic and Socioeconomic Contributions to Nicotine Use and Cardiometabolic Health in Early Mid-Life. Nicotine & Tobacco Research. 26(12). 1616–1625. 1 indexed citations

Carey, Caitlin E., Rebecca Shafee, Robbee Wedow, et al.. (2024). Principled distillation of UK Biobank phenotype data reveals underlying structure in human variation. Nature Human Behaviour. 8(8). 1599–1615. 8 indexed citations

Martschenko, Daphne Oluwaseun, Robbee Wedow, James Tabery, et al.. (2024). The methodological and ethical concerns of genetic studies of same-sex sexual behavior. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 111(10). 2107–2116. 1 indexed citations

Carey, Caitlin E., Robbee Wedow, Nikolas Baya, et al.. (2023). Patterns of item nonresponse behaviour to survey questionnaires are systematic and associated with genetic loci. Nature Human Behaviour. 7(8). 1371–1387. 14 indexed citations

Atteberry, Allison, et al.. (2021). A Replication of a Quasi-Experimental Approach to Estimating Middle School Structural Transition Effects on Student Learning Trajectories. Educational Policy. 36(7). 1612–1651. 5 indexed citations

Ganna, Andrea, Robbee Wedow, Abdel Abdellaoui, et al.. (2020). Large-scale GWAS reveals insights into the genetic architecture of same-sex sexual behavior. Yearbook of pediatric endocrinology. 3 indexed citations

Kim, Rockli, Adam M. Lippert, Robbee Wedow, Marcia Pescador Jimenez, & S. V. Subramanian. (2020). The Relative Contributions of Socioeconomic and Genetic Factors to Variations in Body Mass Index Among Young Adults. American Journal of Epidemiology. 189(11). 1333–1341. 7 indexed citations

Ganna, Andrea, Karin J. H. Verweij, Michel G. Nivard, et al.. (2019). Large-scale GWAS reveals insights into the genetic architecture of same-sex sexual behavior. Science. 365(6456). 213 indexed citations breakdown →

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Belsky, Daniel W., Benjamin W. Domingue, Robbee Wedow, et al.. (2018). Genetic analysis of social-class mobility in five longitudinal studies. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(31). E7275–E7284. 201 indexed citations

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Wedow, Robbee, Meghan Zacher, Brooke M. Huibregtse, et al.. (2018). Education, Smoking, and Cohort Change: Forwarding a Multidimensional Theory of the Environmental Moderation of Genetic Effects. American Sociological Review. 83(4). 802–832. 46 indexed citations

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Okbay, Aysu, Robbee Wedow, Edward Kong, et al.. (2017). GWAS of educational attainment: phase 3-main results. Behavior Genetics. 47(6). 699–700. 2 indexed citations

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Turley, Patrick, Raymond K. Walters, Omeed Maghzian, et al.. (2017). Multi-trait analysis of genome-wide association summary statistics using MTAG. Nature Genetics. 50(2). 229–237. 538 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wedow, Robbee, et al.. (2017). “I’m Gay and I’m Catholic”: Negotiating Two Complex Identities at a Catholic University. Sociology of Religion. 78(3). 289–317. 28 indexed citations

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Wedow, Robbee, Ryan K. Masters, Stefanie Mollborn, Landon Schnabel, & Jason D. Boardman. (2017). Body size reference norms and subjective weight status: A gender and life course approach. Social Forces. 96(3). 1377–1409. 11 indexed citations

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Domingue, Benjamin W., et al.. (2016). Genome-Wide Estimates of Heritability for Social Demographic Outcomes. Biodemography and Social Biology. 62(1). 1–18. 7 indexed citations

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Wedow, Robbee, Daniel A. Briley, Susan E. Short, & Jason D. Boardman. (2016). Gender and genetic contributions to weight identity among adolescents and young adults in the U.S.. Social Science & Medicine. 165. 99–107. 3 indexed citations

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Herzog, Patricia Snell & Robbee Wedow. (2012). Youth Group Cliques: How Religious Goals Can Disguise Discriminatory Group Dynamics. Review of Religious Research. 54(2). 217–238. 5 indexed citations

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