Robert C. Elston

32.2k citations
602 papers · 22.2k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 75

Impact in

  • Genetics top 0.02%
    • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
    • Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
    • Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
    • Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities
  • Ophthalmology top 0.5%

Papers in

    • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology 205
    • Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals 142
    • Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock 79
    • Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities 30
    • BRCA gene mutations in cancer 18

Robert C. Elston

593 papers receiving 21.0k citations

Hit Papers

The investigation of linkage between a quantitative trait and a marker locus 1972 · 1.0k citations
1.0k19712026198920074008001.2k

Peers

Robert C. Elston
Comparison fields: 5 of 213
  • Genetics 9.8k
  • Ophthalmology 967
  • Statistics and Probability 735
  • Physiology 2.3k
  • Endocrine and Autonomic Systems 587
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
#Work
1 20217
2 20176
3 201610
4 20142
5 201212
6 201033
7 2009119
8 200744
9 2004111
10
Model Free Linkage Analysis in Extended Families Confirms a Susceptibility Locus for Age Related Macular Degeneration (ARMD) on 1q31
20032
11 20011
12 199322
13 19857
14
The mathematical theory of quantitative genetics
198215
15
Likelihood models in human quantitative genetics.
19793
16
The phenotypic range of hemophilia A carriers.
197628
17 197332
18 197368
19
A General Model for the Genetic Analysis of Pedigree Data
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19711205
20 196212

About Robert C. Elston

Robert C. Elston is a scholar working on Genetics, Statistics and Probability, Molecular Biology, Biological Psychiatry and Hematology, having authored 602 papers that have together received 22.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (205 papers), Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (142 papers), Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock (79 papers), Gene expression and cancer classification (35 papers), Genetics and Plant Breeding (31 papers), Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities (30 papers), Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks (29 papers) and BRCA gene mutations in cancer (18 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Genetics (9.8k citations), Ophthalmology (967 citations), Statistics and Probability (735 citations), Physiology (2.3k citations) and Endocrine and Autonomic Systems (587 citations). Robert C. Elston has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and China. Frequent co-authors include Jason A. Stewart, Joseph K. Haseman, D. C. Rao, Xiaofeng Zhu, Newton E. Morton, Joan E. Bailey‐Wilson, Sudha K. Iyengar, William C. Blackwelder, Ming D. Li and Sarah G. Buxbaum. Their work appears in journals such as Genetic Epidemiology, The American Journal of Human Genetics, Human Heredity, Biometrics and BMC Genetics.

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