Shannon K. McDonnell

22.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
115 papers, 9.0k citations indexed

About

Shannon K. McDonnell is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Shannon K. McDonnell has authored 115 papers receiving a total of 9.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Genetics, 34 papers in Molecular Biology and 26 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Shannon K. McDonnell's work include Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (27 papers), Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research (24 papers) and Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (23 papers). Shannon K. McDonnell is often cited by papers focused on Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (27 papers), Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research (24 papers) and Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (23 papers). Shannon K. McDonnell collaborates with scholars based in United States, Belarus and China. Shannon K. McDonnell's co-authors include Daniel J. Schaid, Demetrius M. Maraganore, Walter A. Rocca, James H. Bower, Stephen N. Thibodeau, Julie M. Cunningham, J. Eric Ahlskog, Brett J. Peterson, Robert B. Jenkins and Lynn C. Hartmann and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Nature Communications and Nature Genetics.

In The Last Decade

Shannon K. McDonnell

112 papers receiving 8.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Efficacy of Bilateral Prophylactic Mastectomy in Women with a Family History of Breast Cancer

1999 982 citations Lynn C. Hartmann, Daniel J. Schaid et al. profile →
Efficacy of Bilateral Prophylactic Mastectomy in BRCA1 and BRCA2 Gene Mutation Carriers

2001 546 citations Lynn C. Hartmann, Daniel J. Schaid et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Shannon K. McDonnell United States	48	3.0k	2.4k	2.3k	2.0k	1.9k	115	9.0k
Dick Lindhout Netherlands	45	1.5k 0.5×	983 0.4×	744 0.3×	4.1k 2.1×	1.1k 0.6×	174	10.8k
Bauke M. de Jong Netherlands	50	807 0.3×	552 0.2×	1.7k 0.7×	2.2k 1.1×	711 0.4×	304	8.1k
Benjamin Gläser Israel	57	2.8k 0.9×	886 0.4×	611 0.3×	4.4k 2.2×	764 0.4×	219	11.0k
Hans Scheffer Netherlands	47	2.7k 0.9×	480 0.2×	697 0.3×	3.7k 1.9×	341 0.2×	191	7.9k
Ephrat Levy‐Lahad Israel	44	3.2k 1.1×	562 0.2×	300 0.1×	4.0k 2.1×	748 0.4×	163	10.0k
Marcella Devoto Italy	45	1.8k 0.6×	303 0.1×	896 0.4×	2.7k 1.4×	490 0.3×	161	6.6k
John B. Kwok Australia	41	930 0.3×	270 0.1×	1.8k 0.8×	2.4k 1.2×	796 0.4×	136	6.3k
M. A. Pericak‐Vance United States	24	680 0.2×	455 0.2×	824 0.4×	2.7k 1.4×	434 0.2×	57	7.1k
Carol Nelson‐Williams United States	33	1.7k 0.6×	451 0.2×	391 0.2×	6.8k 3.5×	435 0.2×	56	10.4k
Dong Kim United States	39	474 0.2×	498 0.2×	1.2k 0.5×	1.2k 0.6×	253 0.1×	185	4.7k

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Zhou, Le‐Ting, Muthuvel Jayachandran, Peter C. Harris, et al.. (2025). The Genetic Associations Between Kidney Stones, Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes, and Hypertension. Mayo Clinic Proceedings. 100(11). 1883–1896.

Zhou, Le‐Ting, Muthuvel Jayachandran, Peter C. Harris, et al.. (2024). Association between Kidney Stones and CKD. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 35(12). 1746–1757. 3 indexed citations

DeRycke, Melissa S., Melissa C. Larson, Asha Nair, et al.. (2019). An expanded variant list and assembly annotation identifies multiple novel coding and noncoding genes for prostate cancer risk using a normal prostate tissue eQTL data set. PLoS ONE. 14(4). e0214588–e0214588. 3 indexed citations

Takahashi, Paul Y., Gregory D. Jenkins, Shannon K. McDonnell, et al.. (2018). Association of mitochondrial DNA copy number with self-rated health status. The Application of Clinical Genetics. Volume 11. 121–127. 9 indexed citations

Winter, Jean M., Derek Gildea, Jonathan Andreas, et al.. (2016). Mapping Complex Traits in a Diversity Outbred F1 Mouse Population Identifies Germline Modifiers of Metastasis in Human Prostate Cancer. Cell Systems. 4(1). 31–45.e6. 38 indexed citations

FitzGerald, Liesel M., Shannon K. McDonnell, Erin E. Carlson, et al.. (2010). Genome-wide linkage analyses of hereditary prostate cancer families with colon cancer provide further evidence for a susceptibility locus on 15q11–q14. European Journal of Human Genetics. 18(10). 1141–1147. 7 indexed citations

Schaid, Daniel J., Shannon K. McDonnell, Shaun M. Riska, Erin E. Carlson, & Stephen N. Thibodeau. (2009). Estimation of genotype relative risks from pedigree data by retrospective likelihoods. Genetic Epidemiology. 34(4). 287–298. 11 indexed citations

Schaid, Daniel J., Janet L. Stanford, Shannon K. McDonnell, et al.. (2007). Genome-wide linkage scan of prostate cancer Gleason score and confirmation of chromosome 19q. Human Genetics. 121(6). 729–735. 15 indexed citations

Elbaz, Alexis, Brett J. Peterson, James H. Bower, et al.. (2005). Risk of cancer after the diagnosis of Parkinson's disease: A historical cohort study. Movement Disorders. 20(6). 719–725. 54 indexed citations

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Schaid, Daniel J., Shannon K. McDonnell, Scott J. Hebbring, Julie M. Cunningham, & Stephen N. Thibodeau. (2005). Nonparametric Tests of Association of Multiple Genes with Human Disease. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 76(5). 780–793. 106 indexed citations

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Elbaz, Alexis, James H. Bower, Brett J. Peterson, et al.. (2003). Survival Study of Parkinson Disease in Olmsted County, Minnesota. Archives of Neurology. 60(1). 91–91. 130 indexed citations

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Wang, Liang, Shannon K. McDonnell, Julie M. Cunningham, et al.. (2003). No association of germline alteration of MSR1 with prostate cancer risk. Nature Genetics. 35(2). 128–129. 39 indexed citations

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El‐Baz, Ayman, Shannon K. McDonnell, Demetrius M. Maraganore, et al.. (2003). Validity of family history data on PD. Neurology. 61(1). 11–17. 48 indexed citations

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Wang, Liang, Shannon K. McDonnell, David A. Elkins, et al.. (2002). Analysis of the RNASEL Gene in Familial and Sporadic Prostate Cancer. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 71(1). 116–123. 92 indexed citations

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Maraganore, Demetrius M., Matthew J. Farrer, Shannon K. McDonnell, et al.. (2001). Case‐control study of estrogen receptor gene polymorphisms in Parkinson's disease. Movement Disorders. 17(3). 509–512. 15 indexed citations

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Cunningham, Julie M., Eric R. Christensen, David J. Tester, et al.. (2001). The Frequency of Hereditary Defective Mismatch Repair in a Prospective Series of Unselected Colorectal Carcinomas. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 69(4). 780–790. 275 indexed citations

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Maraganore, Demetrius M., Dena G. Hernandez, Matthew J. Farrer, et al.. (2001). Case‐control study of the extended tau gene haplotype in Parkinson's disease. Annals of Neurology. 50(5). 658–661. 47 indexed citations

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Boardman, Lisa A., Fergus J. Couch, Lawrence J. Burgart, et al.. (2000). Genetic heterogeneity in Peutz-Jeghers syndrome. Human Mutation. 16(1). 23–30. 93 indexed citations

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Maraganore, Demetrius M., James H. Bower, Karen M. Kuntz, et al.. (1999). Detection of Preclinical Parkinson Disease in At-Risk Family Members With Use of [123I]β-CIT and SPECT: An Exploratory Study. Mayo Clinic Proceedings. 74(7). 681–685. 8 indexed citations

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McDonnell, Shannon K., Daniel J. Schaid, Amy J. French, et al.. (1997). Allelic Imbalance and Microsatellite Instability in Resected Dukeʼs D Colorectal Cancer. Diagnostic Molecular Pathology. 6(2). 78–84. 30 indexed citations

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