Sailaja Vedantam
Impact in
- Genetics top 0.05%
- Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
- Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
- Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
- Endocrine and Autonomic Systems top 0.5%
Papers in
- Genetics 42
- Genetic Associations and Epidemiology 38
- Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock 11
- Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals 10
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- RNA modifications and cancer 6
- Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks 4
- Co-authors
- Joel N. Hirschhorn (10 shared papers)Tõnu Esko (3 shared papers)Lude Franke (2 shared papers)Tune H. Pers (2 shared papers)Yingleong Chan (2 shared papers)Andrew R. Wood (2 shared papers)Timothy Mark Frayling (2 shared papers)Soumya Raychaudhuri (1 shared paper)
- Journals
- Nature Genetics (14 papers)Nature (9 papers)The American Journal of Human Genetics (4 papers)PLoS Genetics (3 papers)Nature Communications (3 papers)
- Partner nations
- United StatesUnited KingdomFinland
In The Last Decade
Sailaja Vedantam
58 papers receiving 23.5k citations
Sailaja Vedantam's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 184
- Genetics 11.7k
- Endocrine and Autonomic Systems 936
- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 2.1k
- Physiology 3.0k
- Cancer Research 1.4k
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All Works
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|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology Hit paper breakdown → | 2015 | 3477 |
| 2 | Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index Hit paper breakdown → | 2010 | 2419 |
| 3 | Discovery and refinement of loci associated with lipid levels Hit paper breakdown → | 2013 | 2380 |
| 4 | Large-scale association analysis provides insights into the genetic architecture and pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes Hit paper breakdown → | 2012 | 1560 |
| 5 | Hundreds of variants clustered in genomic loci and biological pathways affect human height Hit paper breakdown → | 2010 | 1546 |
| 6 | Defining the role of common variation in the genomic and biological architecture of adult human height Hit paper breakdown → | 2014 | 1377 |
| 7 | New genetic loci link adipose and insulin biology to body fat distribution Hit paper breakdown → | 2015 | 1228 |
| 8 | Genome-wide trans-ancestry meta-analysis provides insight into the genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes susceptibility Hit paper breakdown → | 2014 | 868 |
| 9 | Meta-analysis identifies 13 new loci associated with waist-hip ratio and reveals sexual dimorphism in the genetic basis of fat distribution Hit paper breakdown → | 2010 | 782 |
| 10 | Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index Hit paper breakdown → | 2010 | 761 |
| 11 | Common variants associated with plasma triglycerides and risk for coronary artery disease Hit paper breakdown → | 2013 | 727 |
| 12 | Biological interpretation of genome-wide association studies using predicted gene functions Hit paper breakdown → | 2015 | 586 |
| 13 | The power of genetic diversity in genome-wide association studies of lipids Hit paper breakdown → | 2021 | 583 |
| 14 | Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 11 new loci for anthropometric traits and provides insights into genetic architecture Hit paper breakdown → | 2013 | 512 |
| 15 | Rare and low-frequency coding variants alter human adult height Hit paper breakdown → | 2017 | 476 |
| 16 | Rare variant in scavenger receptor BI raises HDL cholesterol and increases risk of coronary heart disease Hit paper breakdown → | 2016 | 469 |
| 17 | A saturated map of common genetic variants associated with human height Hit paper breakdown → | 2022 | 456 |
| 18 | Multiancestry association study identifies new asthma risk loci that colocalize with immune-cell enhancer marks Hit paper breakdown → | 2017 | 392 |
| 19 | 2014 | 369 | |
| 20 | 2013 | 334 |
About Sailaja Vedantam
Sailaja Vedantam is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology, Physiology, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems and Cancer Research, having authored 64 papers that have together received 24.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (38 papers), Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock (11 papers), Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (10 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (6 papers), Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (5 papers), Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (4 papers), Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks (4 papers) and Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Genetics (11.7k citations), Endocrine and Autonomic Systems (936 citations), Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism (2.1k citations), Physiology (3.0k citations) and Cancer Research (1.4k citations). Sailaja Vedantam has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Finland. Frequent co-authors include Joel N. Hirschhorn, Tõnu Esko, Lude Franke, Tune H. Pers, Yingleong Chan, Andrew R. Wood, Timothy Mark Frayling, Soumya Raychaudhuri, Julian C. K. Lui and Stefan Gustafsson. Their work appears in journals such as Nature Genetics, Nature, The American Journal of Human Genetics, PLoS Genetics and Nature Communications.
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