Verena Zuber

6.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
77 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Verena Zuber is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Verena Zuber has authored 77 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Genetics, 17 papers in Molecular Biology and 12 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Verena Zuber's work include Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (40 papers), Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (7 papers) and Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock (6 papers). Verena Zuber is often cited by papers focused on Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (40 papers), Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (7 papers) and Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock (6 papers). Verena Zuber collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Norway. Verena Zuber's co-authors include Stephen Burgess, Christopher N. Foley, Dipender Gill, Korbinian Strimmer, Ole A. Andreassen, Apostolos Gkatzionis, Wesley K. Thompson, Johanna M. Colijn, Caroline C. W. Klaver and Ashish Patel and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, Nucleic Acids Research and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Verena Zuber

73 papers receiving 2.8k 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.

Combining evidence from Mendelian randomization and colocalization: Review and comparison of approaches

2022 245 citations Verena Zuber, Dipender Gill et al. The American Journal of Human Genetics profile →
Risk factors for human papillomavirus infection, cervical intraepithelial neoplasia and cervical cancer: an umbrella review and follow-up Mendelian randomisation studies

2023 76 citations Emmanouil Bouras, Georgios Markozannes et al. BMC Medicine profile →
Using genetic association data to guide drug discovery and development: Review of methods and applications

2023 60 citations Stephen Burgess, Amy M. Mason et al. The American Journal of Human Genetics profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Verena Zuber United Kingdom	31	1.0k	784	394	346	301	77	2.9k
Tom G. Richardson United Kingdom	29	1.3k 1.3×	786 1.0×	485 1.2×	427 1.2×	249 0.8×	92	2.8k
James R Staley United Kingdom	12	1.5k 1.5×	902 1.2×	482 1.2×	345 1.0×	274 0.9×	17	3.2k
Alanna C. Morrison United States	32	1.0k 1.0×	1.1k 1.4×	229 0.6×	357 1.0×	484 1.6×	119	2.8k
Craig Hyde United States	18	768 0.7×	548 0.7×	316 0.8×	515 1.5×	343 1.1×	38	2.3k
Saurabh Ghosh India	31	878 0.8×	892 1.1×	522 1.3×	247 0.7×	179 0.6×	157	2.8k
Leslie A. Lange United States	31	654 0.6×	1.2k 1.5×	455 1.2×	290 0.8×	259 0.9×	87	3.0k
Jaana Hartiala United States	29	686 0.7×	600 0.8×	247 0.6×	396 1.1×	261 0.9×	58	2.5k
Todd L. Edwards United States	30	596 0.6×	750 1.0×	250 0.6×	381 1.1×	305 1.0×	111	2.9k
N. Charlotte Onland‐Moret Netherlands	30	847 0.8×	813 1.0×	414 1.1×	337 1.0×	416 1.4×	114	3.5k
Samantha Welsh United Kingdom	2	2.2k 2.1×	1.2k 1.5×	458 1.2×	318 0.9×	368 1.2×	5	4.5k

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Kanellopoulou, Afroditi, Emmanouil Bouras, Andrew T. Chan, et al.. (2025). Investigating the association between anthropometry and colorectal cancer survival: a two-sample Mendelian randomization analysis. International Journal of Epidemiology. 54(6).

Desai, Roopal, Amber John, Rob Saunders, et al.. (2023). Examining the Lancet Commission risk factors for dementia using Mendelian randomisation. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 26(1). e300555–e300555. 17 indexed citations

Appadurai, Vivek, Morten Dybdahl Krebs, Andrew J. Schork, et al.. (2023). Polygenic Analyses Show Important Differences Between Major Depressive Disorder Symptoms Measured Using Various Instruments. Biological Psychiatry. 95(12). 1110–1121. 3 indexed citations

Zuber, Verena, Alex Lewin, Michael G. Levin, et al.. (2023). Multi-response Mendelian randomization: Identification of shared and distinct exposures for multimorbidity and multiple related disease outcomes. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 110(7). 1177–1199. 13 indexed citations

Zagkos, Loukas, Marie‐Joe Dib, Rui Pinto, et al.. (2022). Associations of genetically predicted fatty acid levels across the phenome: A mendelian randomisation study. PLoS Medicine. 19(12). e1004141–e1004141. 25 indexed citations

Watts, Eleanor L., Aurora Perez‐Cornago, Elizabeth A. Platz, et al.. (2022). The relationship between lipoprotein A and other lipids with prostate cancer risk: A multivariable Mendelian randomisation study. PLoS Medicine. 19(1). e1003859–e1003859. 29 indexed citations

Zuber, Verena, et al.. (2022). Identifying and ranking causal biochemical biomarkers for breast cancer: a Mendelian randomisation study. BMC Medicine. 20(1). 457–457. 16 indexed citations

Daghlas, Iyas, Ville Karhunen, Verena Zuber, et al.. (2021). Genetic Evidence for Repurposing of GLP1R (Glucagon‐Like Peptide‐1 Receptor) Agonists to Prevent Heart Failure. Journal of the American Heart Association. 10(13). e020331–e020331. 19 indexed citations

Levin, Michael G., Verena Zuber, Venexia Walker, et al.. (2021). Prioritizing the Role of Major Lipoproteins and Subfractions as Risk Factors for Peripheral Artery Disease. Circulation. 144(5). 353–364. 38 indexed citations

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Karhunen, Ville, Iyas Daghlas, Verena Zuber, et al.. (2021). Leveraging human genetic data to investigate the cardiometabolic effects of glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide signalling. Diabetologia. 64(12). 2773–2778. 17 indexed citations

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Zuber, Verena, Dipender Gill, Mika Ala‐Korpela, et al.. (2020). High-throughput multivariable Mendelian randomization analysis prioritizes apolipoprotein B as key lipid risk factor for coronary artery disease. International Journal of Epidemiology. 50(3). 893–901. 50 indexed citations

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Gill, Dipender, Alan C. Cameron, Stephen Burgess, et al.. (2020). Urate, Blood Pressure, and Cardiovascular Disease. Hypertension. 77(2). 383–392. 91 indexed citations

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Guldvik, Ingrid Jenny, Verena Zuber, Helene Hartvedt Grytli, et al.. (2020). Identification and Validation of Leucine-rich α-2-glycoprotein 1 as a Noninvasive Biomarker for Improved Precision in Prostate Cancer Risk Stratification. European Urology Open Science. 21. 51–60. 17 indexed citations

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Khandaker, Golam M., Verena Zuber, Jessica M. B. Rees, et al.. (2019). Shared mechanisms between coronary heart disease and depression: findings from a large UK general population-based cohort. Molecular Psychiatry. 25(7). 1477–1486. 179 indexed citations

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Ochoa, Eguzkine, Verena Zuber, Nora Fernández‐Jiménez, et al.. (2019). MethylCal: Bayesian calibration of methylation levels. Nucleic Acids Research. 47(14). e81–e81. 6 indexed citations

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Bettella, Francesco, Andrew Brown, Olav B. Smeland, et al.. (2018). Cross-tissue eQTL enrichment of associations in schizophrenia. PLoS ONE. 13(9). e0202812–e0202812. 2 indexed citations

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Zuber, Verena, Erik G. Jönsson, Oleksandr Frei, et al.. (2018). Identification of shared genetic variants between schizophrenia and lung cancer. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 674–674. 23 indexed citations

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Reppe, Sjur, Yunpeng Wang, Wesley K. Thompson, et al.. (2015). Genetic Sharing with Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors and Diabetes Reveals Novel Bone Mineral Density Loci. PLoS ONE. 10(12). e0144531–e0144531. 34 indexed citations

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Hughes, Timothy, L. Hansson, Ida E. Sønderby, et al.. (2015). A Loss-of-Function Variant in a Minor Isoform of ANK3 Protects Against Bipolar Disorder and Schizophrenia. Biological Psychiatry. 80(4). 323–330. 30 indexed citations

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Zuber, Verena & Korbinian Strimmer. (2010). Variable importance and model selection by decorrelation. arXiv (Cornell University). 8 indexed citations

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