Scott D. Gordon

55.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
83 papers, 6.2k citations indexed

About

Scott D. Gordon is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Astronomy and Astrophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Scott D. Gordon has authored 83 papers receiving a total of 6.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Genetics, 15 papers in Molecular Biology and 8 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Recurrent topics in Scott D. Gordon's work include Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (29 papers), Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (12 papers) and Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (5 papers). Scott D. Gordon is often cited by papers focused on Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (29 papers), Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (12 papers) and Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (5 papers). Scott D. Gordon collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. Scott D. Gordon's co-authors include Nicholas G. Martin, Grant W. Montgomery, Andrew C. Heath, Anjali K. Henders, Peter M. Visscher, Dale R. Nyholt, Pamela A. F. Madden, Beben Benyamin, Brian P. McEvoy and Jian Yang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Genetics.

In The Last Decade

Scott D. Gordon

77 papers receiving 6.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Common SNPs explain a large proportion of the heritability for human height

2010 2.8k citations Jian Yang, Beben Benyamin et al. Nature Genetics profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Scott D. Gordon Australia	31	3.0k	1.2k	502	456	421	83	6.2k
R E Ferrell United States	51	3.2k 1.0×	2.8k 2.4×	190 0.4×	388 0.9×	911 2.2×	193	8.8k
Perikles Simon Germany	47	635 0.2×	2.5k 2.1×	200 0.4×	491 1.1×	853 2.0×	220	7.0k
D. C. Rao United States	63	6.3k 2.1×	2.4k 2.0×	608 1.2×	761 1.7×	2.9k 7.0×	391	14.4k
Judith G. Hall Canada	76	5.9k 2.0×	5.8k 4.8×	318 0.6×	580 1.3×	1.4k 3.4×	536	19.7k
Aarno Palotie Finland	63	4.1k 1.4×	5.7k 4.8×	329 0.7×	804 1.8×	1.2k 2.8×	334	14.9k
Leena Peltonen Finland	51	2.9k 0.9×	3.3k 2.8×	194 0.4×	870 1.9×	1.8k 4.4×	146	9.6k
Jeffrey M. Craig Australia	52	1.8k 0.6×	4.8k 4.0×	636 1.3×	199 0.4×	539 1.3×	185	8.2k
Mark D. Shriver United States	63	7.1k 2.4×	3.1k 2.6×	438 0.9×	1.2k 2.7×	807 1.9×	198	13.3k
Andrew D. Paterson Canada	59	3.9k 1.3×	5.2k 4.3×	139 0.3×	1.0k 2.2×	851 2.0×	329	12.9k
William F. Crowley United States	70	4.0k 1.3×	5.9k 5.0×	198 0.4×	320 0.7×	358 0.9×	194	16.5k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Abdellaoui, Abdel, Laura W. Wesseldijk, Scott D. Gordon, et al.. (2025). Life without sex: Large-scale study links sexlessness to physical, cognitive, and personality traits, socioecological factors, and DNA. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(38). e2418257122–e2418257122.

Colodro‐Conde, Lucía, Sarah E. Medland, Scott D. Gordon, et al.. (2024). Anorexia nervosa polygenic risk, beyond diagnoses: relationship with adolescent disordered eating and behaviors in an Australian female twin population. Psychological Medicine. 54(13). 3646–3654. 1 indexed citations

Ingold, Nathan, Jue‐Sheng Ong, Scott D. Gordon, et al.. (2024). Genetic Analysis of Perceived Youthfulness Reveals Differences in How Men's and Women’s Age Is Assessed. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 144(10). 2230–2239.e10. 1 indexed citations

Gordon, Scott D., David L. Duffy, David C. Whiteman, et al.. (2023). GWAS of Dizygotic Twinning in an Enlarged Australian Sample of Mothers of DZ Twins. Twin Research and Human Genetics. 26(6). 327–338. 2 indexed citations

Law, Matthew H., Annika Antonsson, Maria Celia B. Hughes, et al.. (2022). Polygenic risk score as a determinant of risk of keratinocyte cancer in an Australian population‐based cohort. Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology. 36(11). 2036–2042. 1 indexed citations

Buchwald, Jadwiga, Meghan J. Chenoweth, Teemu Palviainen, et al.. (2020). Genome-wide association meta-analysis of nicotine metabolism and cigarette consumption measures in smokers of European descent. Molecular Psychiatry. 26(6). 2212–2223. 37 indexed citations

Donelly, Michelle, Scott D. Gordon, & Alison Bowling. (2020). Income and employment equity of graduates with and without disabilities. Work. 65(3). 547–561. 4 indexed citations

Law, Matthew H., Xikun Han, Jiyuan An, et al.. (2019). Combined analysis of keratinocyte cancers identifies novel genome-wide loci. Human Molecular Genetics. 28(18). 3148–3160. 34 indexed citations

Niemi, Mari, Hilary C. Martin, Daniel L Rice, et al.. (2018). Common genetic variants contribute to risk of rare severe neurodevelopmental disorders. Nature. 562(7726). 268–271. 184 indexed citations

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Zhong, Kaiyin, Gu Zhu, Emile Hendriks, et al.. (2017). Genome-wide compound heterozygote analysis highlights alleles associated with adult height in Europeans. Human Genetics. 136(11-12). 1407–1417. 14 indexed citations

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Maciejewski, Dominique, Miguel E. Rentería, Abdel Abdellaoui, et al.. (2016). The Association of Genetic Predisposition to Depressive Symptoms with Non-suicidal and Suicidal Self-Injuries. Behavior Genetics. 47(1). 3–10. 22 indexed citations

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Sapkota, Yadav, John Attia, Scott D. Gordon, et al.. (2015). Genetic burden associated with varying degrees of disease severity in endometriosis. QUT ePrints (Queensland University of Technology).

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Sapkota, Yadav, Siew‐Kee Low, John Attia, et al.. (2015). Association between endometriosis and the interleukin 1A (IL1A) locus. QUT ePrints (Queensland University of Technology). 3 indexed citations

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Norman, Robert, et al.. (2011). Space Weather Effects on the GPS Scintillation Levels Received From Radio Occultations. RMIT Research Repository (RMIT University Library).

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Yang, Jian, Beben Benyamin, Brian P. McEvoy, et al.. (2010). Common SNPs explain a large proportion of the heritability for human height. Nature Genetics. 42(7). 565–569. 2800 indexed citations breakdown →

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Benyamin, Beben, Manuel A. R. Ferreira, Gonneke Willemsen, et al.. (2009). Common variants in TMPRSS6 are associated with iron status and erythrocyte volume. Nature Genetics. 41(11). 1173–1175. 188 indexed citations

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Hansell, Narelle K., Arpana Agrawal, John B. Whitfield, et al.. (2009). Can We Identify Genes For Alcohol Consumption In Samples Ascertained For Heterogeneous Purposes?. Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research. 33(4). 729–739. 11 indexed citations

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Middelberg, Rita P. S., Scott D. Gordon, Gu Zhu, et al.. (2008). Linkage and Association Analyses of Longitudinally Measured Lipid Phenotypes in Adolescence. Twin Research and Human Genetics. 11(6). 603–620. 3 indexed citations

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Benyamin, Beben, Allan F. McRae, Gu Zhu, et al.. (2008). Variants in TF and HFE Explain ∼40% of Genetic Variation in Serum-Transferrin Levels. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 84(1). 60–65. 133 indexed citations

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Luciano, Michelle, Katherine M. Kirk, Scott D. Gordon, et al.. (2007). "No thanks, it keeps me awake": The genetics of coffee-attributed sleep disturbance. Journal of Sleep Research. 30(10). 1378–1386. 1 indexed citations

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