Thomas Illig

8.1k total citations
20 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Thomas Illig is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Illig has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Genetics, 11 papers in Molecular Biology and 3 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Thomas Illig's work include Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (9 papers), Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease (4 papers) and BRCA gene mutations in cancer (3 papers). Thomas Illig is often cited by papers focused on Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (9 papers), Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease (4 papers) and BRCA gene mutations in cancer (3 papers). Thomas Illig collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Austria and Australia. Thomas Illig's co-authors include Christian Gieger, Hans Wichmann, Harald Grallert, André Scherag, Anke Hinney, Johannes Hebebrand, Thuy Trang Nguyen, H.-Erich Wichmann, H. Schäfer and Susann Friedel and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Diabetes and Biological Psychiatry.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Illig

20 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Thomas Illig Germany 14 695 466 183 174 127 20 1.4k
Amber Burt United States 23 474 0.7× 540 1.2× 138 0.8× 179 1.0× 90 0.7× 57 1.6k
Josefin A. Jacobsson Sweden 18 527 0.8× 466 1.0× 231 1.3× 71 0.4× 69 0.5× 27 1.3k
Nancy L. Heard‐Costa United States 18 493 0.7× 371 0.8× 227 1.2× 39 0.2× 106 0.8× 37 1.2k
Satoru Takahashi Japan 17 281 0.4× 382 0.8× 164 0.9× 225 1.3× 130 1.0× 95 1.1k
Séverine Trabado France 21 275 0.4× 424 0.9× 123 0.7× 72 0.4× 429 3.4× 70 1.4k
Mary L. Thomas United States 22 473 0.7× 471 1.0× 121 0.7× 279 1.6× 309 2.4× 53 1.7k
Limor Raz United States 13 274 0.4× 288 0.6× 220 1.2× 156 0.9× 218 1.7× 15 1.2k
Andrea Tedde Italy 24 189 0.3× 455 1.0× 490 2.7× 237 1.4× 58 0.5× 67 1.3k
Phu V. Tran United States 21 179 0.3× 376 0.8× 178 1.0× 185 1.1× 87 0.7× 52 1.4k
Mario Mastrangelo Italy 23 330 0.5× 594 1.3× 200 1.1× 279 1.6× 49 0.4× 99 1.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Thomas Illig

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas Illig

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All Works

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Wappenschmidt, Barbara, Brigitte Pabst, Saki Chan, et al.. (2018). A tandem duplication of BRCA1 exons 1–19 through DHX8 exon 2 in four families with hereditary breast and ovarian cancer syndrome. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. 172(3). 561–569. 11 indexed citations
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Schubert, Stephanie, Bernd Auber, Gunnar Schmidt, et al.. (2018). The identification of pathogenic variants in BRCA1/2 negative, high risk, hereditary breast and/or ovarian cancer patients: High frequency of FANCM pathogenic variants. International Journal of Cancer. 144(11). 2683–2694. 41 indexed citations
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Wang, Haijun, Anke Hinney, Jie‐Yun Song, et al.. (2016). Association of common variants identified by recent genome-wide association studies with obesity in Chinese children: a case-control study. BMC Medical Genetics. 17(1). 7–7. 33 indexed citations
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Walker, Celia G., Christina Holzapfel, Ruth J. F. Loos, et al.. (2013). Genetic predisposition to an adverse lipid profile limits the improvement in total cholesterol in response to weight loss. Obesity. 21(12). 2589–2595. 9 indexed citations
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Mehta, Divya, Katharina Heim, Christian Herder, et al.. (2012). Impact of common regulatory single-nucleotide variants on gene expression profiles in whole blood. European Journal of Human Genetics. 21(1). 48–54. 25 indexed citations
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Winkler, Christiane, Kerstin Adler, Harald Grallert, et al.. (2011). An Interferon-Induced Helicase (IFIH1) Gene Polymorphism Associates With Different Rates of Progression From Autoimmunity to Type 1 Diabetes. Diabetes. 60(2). 685–690. 55 indexed citations
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Finner, Helmut, Klaus Straßburger, Iris M. Heid, et al.. (2010). How to link call rate and p‐values for Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium as measures of genome‐wide SNP data quality. Statistics in Medicine. 29(22). 2347–2358. 9 indexed citations
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Wagener, Asja, et al.. (2010). A unique genetic defect on chromosome 3 is responsible for juvenile obesity in the Berlin Fat Mouse. International Journal of Obesity. 34(12). 1706–1714. 21 indexed citations
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Gohlke, Henning, Uta Ferrari, Kerstin Koczwara, et al.. (2008). SLC30A8 (ZnT8) Polymorphism is Associated with Young Age at Type 1 Diabetes Onset. The Review of Diabetic Studies. 5(1). 25–27. 40 indexed citations
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Lücking, C.B., Peter Lichtner, Edgar R. Kramer, et al.. (2008). Polymorphisms in the receptor for GDNF (RET) are not associated with Parkinson's disease in Southern Germany. Neurobiology of Aging. 31(1). 167–168. 3 indexed citations
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Hinney, Anke, Thuy Trang Nguyen, André Scherag, et al.. (2007). Genome Wide Association (GWA) Study for Early Onset Extreme Obesity Supports the Role of Fat Mass and Obesity Associated Gene (FTO) Variants. PLoS ONE. 2(12). e1361–e1361. 384 indexed citations
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Justenhoven, Christina, Christiane Barbara Pierl, Susanne Haas, et al.. (2007). The CYP1B1_1358_GG genotype is associated with estrogen receptor-negative breast cancer. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. 111(1). 171–177. 30 indexed citations
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Justenhoven, Christina, Ute Hamann, Falk Schubert, et al.. (2007). Breast cancer: a candidate gene approach across the estrogen metabolic pathway. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. 108(1). 137–149. 67 indexed citations
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Mueller, Jakob C., Markus J. Riemenschneider, Henning Gohlke, et al.. (2006). Weak independent association signals between IDE polymorphisms, Alzheimer's disease and cognitive measures. Neurobiology of Aging. 28(5). 727–734. 17 indexed citations
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Heid, Iris M., Claudia Lamina, Guido Fischer, et al.. (2005). Wie gut können Haplotypen in den populationsbasierten KORA-Studien rekonstruiert werden?. Das Gesundheitswesen. 67(S 01). 132–136. 3 indexed citations
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Herder, Christian, Thomas Illig, Wolfgang Rathmann, et al.. (2005). Inflammation and Type 2 Diabetes: Results from KORA Augsburg. Das Gesundheitswesen. 67(S 01). 115–121. 72 indexed citations
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Wichmann, Hans, Christian Gieger, & Thomas Illig. (2005). KORA-gen - Resource for Population Genetics, Controls and a Broad Spectrum of Disease Phenotypes. Das Gesundheitswesen. 67(S 01). 26–30. 191 indexed citations
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Schumacher, Johannes, Rami Abou Jamra, Tim Becker, et al.. (2005). Evidence for a Relationship Between Genetic Variants at the Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) Locus and Major Depression. Biological Psychiatry. 58(4). 307–314. 247 indexed citations
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Mueller, Jakob C., Elin Lõhmussaar, Reedik Mägi, et al.. (2005). Linkage Disequilibrium Patterns and tagSNP Transferability among European Populations. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 76(3). 387–398. 100 indexed citations
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Illig, Thomas & Matthias Wjst. (2002). Genetics of asthma and related phenotypes. Paediatric Respiratory Reviews. 3(1). 47–51. 12 indexed citations

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