Sarah A. Tishkoff

52.7k total citations · 6 hit papers
112 papers, 10.6k citations indexed

About

Sarah A. Tishkoff is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sarah A. Tishkoff has authored 112 papers receiving a total of 10.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 68 papers in Genetics, 40 papers in Molecular Biology and 9 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Sarah A. Tishkoff's work include Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (35 papers), Forensic and Genetic Research (26 papers) and Race, Genetics, and Society (17 papers). Sarah A. Tishkoff is often cited by papers focused on Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (35 papers), Forensic and Genetic Research (26 papers) and Race, Genetics, and Society (17 papers). Sarah A. Tishkoff collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Cameroon. Sarah A. Tishkoff's co-authors include Scott M. Williams, Michael C. Campbell, Giorgio Sirugo, Kenneth K. Kídd, Brian C. Verrelli, Joseph Lachance, Floyd A. Reed, Laura Scheinfeldt, Jibril Hirbo and Thomas Nyambo and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Sarah A. Tishkoff

111 papers receiving 10.3k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Convergent adaptation of human lactase persistence in Africa and Europe

2006 937 citations Sarah A. Tishkoff, Floyd A. Reed et al. Nature Genetics profile →
The Missing Diversity in Human Genetic Studies

2019 743 citations Giorgio Sirugo, Scott M. Williams et al. Cell profile →
African Genetic Diversity: Implications for Human Demographic History, Modern Human Origins, and Complex Disease Mapping

2008 540 citations Michael C. Campbell, Sarah A. Tishkoff profile →
Global Patterns of Linkage Disequilibrium at the CD4 Locus and Modern Human Origins

1996 452 citations Sarah A. Tishkoff, Neil Risch et al. Science profile →
Tracing the peopling of the world through genomics

2017 369 citations Joshua M. Akey, Sarah A. Tishkoff et al. profile →
Taking race out of human genetics

2016 349 citations Sarah A. Tishkoff et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sarah A. Tishkoff United States	52	5.9k	3.0k	753	726	660	112	10.6k
Joshua M. Akey United States	49	7.0k 1.2×	4.8k 1.6×	526 0.7×	362 0.5×	708 1.1×	111	11.4k
Joanna L. Mountain United States	36	5.1k 0.9×	1.9k 0.6×	557 0.7×	558 0.8×	403 0.6×	63	8.9k
Lluís Quintana‐Murci France	60	5.5k 0.9×	3.3k 1.1×	334 0.4×	710 1.0×	1.1k 1.6×	195	10.8k
Kenneth M. Weiss United States	48	4.4k 0.7×	3.3k 1.1×	537 0.7×	447 0.6×	1.4k 2.1×	256	10.2k
Anna Di Rienzo United States	48	5.4k 0.9×	3.2k 1.1×	465 0.6×	417 0.6×	354 0.5×	118	9.4k
John C. Whittaker United Kingdom	48	3.3k 0.6×	2.3k 0.8×	384 0.5×	318 0.4×	232 0.4×	220	8.4k
Lynn B. Jorde United States	68	7.7k 1.3×	5.9k 2.0×	629 0.8×	620 0.9×	367 0.6×	222	15.2k
Mark D. Shriver United States	63	7.1k 1.2×	3.1k 1.0×	807 1.1×	683 0.9×	361 0.5×	198	13.3k
Ryk Ward United States	46	7.9k 1.4×	4.0k 1.3×	634 0.8×	744 1.0×	528 0.8×	79	14.5k
Kenneth K. Kídd United States	81	10.0k 1.7×	7.1k 2.4×	839 1.1×	881 1.2×	463 0.7×	389	24.1k

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Verhulst, Simon, Matthew E.B. Hansen, William Beggs, et al.. (2024). Association between telomere length and Plasmodium falciparum malaria endemicity in sub-Saharan Africans. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 111(5). 927–938. 5 indexed citations

Kelly, Derek E., Shweta Ramdas, Rong Ma, et al.. (2023). The genetic and evolutionary basis of gene expression variation in East Africans. Genome biology. 24(1). 6 indexed citations

Ranciaro, Alessia, Matthew E.B. Hansen, Shaohua Fan, et al.. (2022). Signatures of Convergent Evolution and Natural Selection at the Alcohol Dehydrogenase Gene Region are Correlated with Agriculture in Ethnically Diverse Africans. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 39(10). 8 indexed citations

Evans, Michele K., Joseph L. Graves, Ruth S. Shim, Sarah A. Tishkoff, & Winfred W. Williams. (2021). Race in Medicine — Genetic Variation, Social Categories, and Paths to Health Equity. New England Journal of Medicine. 385(14). e45–e45. 15 indexed citations

Bartlett, Jacquelaine, Robert P. Igo, Eddie M. Wampande, et al.. (2020). Interaction between host genes and Mycobacterium tuberculosis lineage can affect tuberculosis severity: Evidence for coevolution?. PLoS Genetics. 16(4). e1008728–e1008728. 40 indexed citations

Hansen, Matthew E.B., Meagan Rubel, Aubrey Bailey, et al.. (2019). Population structure of human gut bacteria in a diverse cohort from rural Tanzania and Botswana. Genome biology. 20(1). 16–16. 61 indexed citations

Gouveia, Mateus H., Cibele Comini César, Meddly L. Santolalla, et al.. (2019). Genetics of cognitive trajectory in Brazilians: 15 years of follow-up from the Bambuí-Epigen Cohort Study of Aging. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 18085–18085. 8 indexed citations

Lachance, Joseph, Ali J. Berens, Matthew E.B. Hansen, et al.. (2018). Genetic Hitchhiking and Population Bottlenecks Contribute to Prostate Cancer Disparities in Men of African Descent. Cancer Research. 78(9). 2432–2443. 41 indexed citations

Rubel, Meagan, Matthew E.B. Hansen, Aubrey Bailey, et al.. (2016). Environmental and Dietary Factors Shaping African Gut Microbiomes. 1 indexed citations

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Campbell, Michael C., et al.. (2014). Global population-specific variation in miRNA associated with cancer risk and clinical biomarkers. BMC Medical Genomics. 7(1). 53–53. 101 indexed citations

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Lachance, Joseph & Sarah A. Tishkoff. (2013). SNP ascertainment bias in population genetic analyses: Why it is important, and how to correct it. BioEssays. 35(9). 780–786. 234 indexed citations

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Scheinfeldt, Laura, Sameer Soi, Simon R. Thompson, et al.. (2012). Genetic adaptation to high altitude in the Ethiopian highlands. Genome biology. 13(1). R1–R1. 217 indexed citations

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Jarvis, Joseph P., Laura Scheinfeldt, Sameer Soi, et al.. (2012). Patterns of Ancestry, Signatures of Natural Selection, and Genetic Association with Stature in Western African Pygmies. PLoS Genetics. 8(4). e1002641–e1002641. 101 indexed citations

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Lachance, Joseph, Benjamin Vernot, Clara C. Elbers, et al.. (2012). Evolutionary History and Adaptation from High-Coverage Whole-Genome Sequences of Diverse African Hunter-Gatherers. Cell. 150(3). 457–469. 204 indexed citations

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Sirugo, Giorgio, Branwen J. Hennig, Adebowale Adeyemo, et al.. (2008). Genetic studies of African populations: an overview on disease susceptibility and response to vaccines and therapeutics. Human Genetics. 123(6). 557–598. 64 indexed citations

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Mekel-Bobrov, Nitzan, Sandra L. Gilbert, Patrick Evans, et al.. (2005). Ongoing Adaptive Evolution of ASPM , a Brain Size Determinant in Homo sapiens. Science. 309(5741). 1720–1722. 280 indexed citations

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Reed, Floyd A. & Sarah A. Tishkoff. (2005). Positive Selection Can Create False Hotspots of Recombination. Genetics. 172(3). 2011–2014. 42 indexed citations

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Evans, Patrick, Sandra L. Gilbert, Nitzan Mekel-Bobrov, et al.. (2005). Microcephalin , a Gene Regulating Brain Size, Continues to Evolve Adaptively in Humans. Science. 309(5741). 1717–1720. 304 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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Tarazona‐Santos, Eduardo & Sarah A. Tishkoff. (2004). Divergent patterns of linkage disequilibrium and haplotype structure across global populations at the interleukin-13 (IL13) locus. Genes and Immunity. 6(1). 53–65. 33 indexed citations

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