Ward Ortmann

14.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
39 papers, 5.7k citations indexed

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Ward Ortmann is a scholar working on Immunology, Rheumatology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Ward Ortmann has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 5.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Immunology, 25 papers in Rheumatology and 11 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Ward Ortmann's work include Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research (23 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (17 papers) and Diabetes and associated disorders (8 papers). Ward Ortmann is often cited by papers focused on Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research (23 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (17 papers) and Diabetes and associated disorders (8 papers). Ward Ortmann collaborates with scholars based in United States, Sweden and Spain. Ward Ortmann's co-authors include Timothy W. Behrens, Peter K. Gregersen, Emily C. Baechler, Patrick M. Gaffney, Karl J. Espe, Franak Batliwalla, Katherine B. Shark, George Karypis, William J. Grande and Vivek Kapur and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Genetics.

In The Last Decade

Ward Ortmann

39 papers receiving 5.6k 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.

Interferon-inducible gene expression signature in peripheral blood cells of patients with severe lupus

2003 1.7k citations Emily C. Baechler, Franak Batliwalla et al. profile →
A common haplotype of interferon regulatory factor 5 (IRF5) regulates splicing and expression and is associated with increased risk of systemic lupus erythematosus

2006 502 citations Robert Graham, Sergey V. Kozyrev et al. Nature Genetics profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Ward Ortmann	3.8k	3.1k	1.3k	924	911	39	5.7k
Susan L. Kalled	4.6k 1.2×	1.4k 0.5×	774 0.6×	593 0.6×	589 0.6×	55	6.5k
Ann B. Begovich	3.0k 0.8×	1.2k 0.4×	848 0.7×	472 0.5×	982 1.1×	48	4.6k
Stacey R. Dillon	3.2k 0.8×	975 0.3×	680 0.5×	606 0.7×	246 0.3×	73	5.2k
Stamatis‐Nick C. Liossis	1.9k 0.5×	1.5k 0.5×	802 0.6×	416 0.5×	251 0.3×	100	4.0k
Roberta Pelanda	3.2k 0.9×	348 0.1×	1.5k 1.2×	774 0.8×	343 0.4×	84	4.9k
Anne B. Satterthwaite	2.5k 0.7×	664 0.2×	1.1k 0.9×	445 0.5×	242 0.3×	57	3.7k
Dhavalkumar D. Patel	2.3k 0.6×	511 0.2×	793 0.6×	1.7k 1.8×	252 0.3×	53	4.0k
Christophe Jamin	1.8k 0.5×	791 0.3×	764 0.6×	324 0.4×	311 0.3×	136	3.7k
Gisela Orozco	1.3k 0.3×	858 0.3×	764 0.6×	264 0.3×	624 0.7×	75	2.6k
Yoshinao Muro	839 0.2×	1.3k 0.4×	2.0k 1.6×	241 0.3×	456 0.5×	160	4.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ward Ortmann

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Bryois, Julien, Daniela Calini, Will Macnair, et al.. (2022). Cell-type-specific cis-eQTLs in eight human brain cell types identify novel risk genes for psychiatric and neurological disorders. Nature Neuroscience. 25(8). 1104–1112. 106 indexed citations

Owczarczyk, Kasia, Matthew D. Cascino, Cécile Holweg, et al.. (2020). Fc receptor-like 5 and anti-CD20 treatment response in granulomatosis with polyangiitis and microscopic polyangiitis. JCI Insight. 5(18). 9 indexed citations

Haug-Baltzell, Asher, Tushar Bhangale, Diana Chang, et al.. (2018). Previously reported placebo-response-associated variants do not predict patient outcomes in inflammatory disease Phase III trial placebo arms. Genes and Immunity. 20(2). 172–179. 2 indexed citations

Bronson, Paola G., Diana Chang, Tushar Bhangale, et al.. (2016). Common variants at PVT1, ATG13–AMBRA1, AHI1 and CLEC16A are associated with selective IgA deficiency. Nature Genetics. 48(11). 1425–1429. 48 indexed citations

Ho, Yen-Yi, Emily C. Baechler, Ward Ortmann, et al.. (2014). Using Gene Expression to Improve the Power of Genome-Wide Association Analysis. Human Heredity. 78(2). 94–103. 9 indexed citations

Ferreira, Ricardo C., Qiang Pan‐Hammarström, Robert Graham, et al.. (2012). High-Density SNP Mapping of the HLA Region Identifies Multiple Independent Susceptibility Loci Associated with Selective IgA Deficiency. PLoS Genetics. 8(1). e1002476–e1002476. 43 indexed citations

Chung, Sharon A., Robert P. Kimberly, Robert Graham, et al.. (2011). Differential Genetic Associations for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Based on Anti–dsDNA Autoantibody Production. PLoS Genetics. 7(3). e1001323–e1001323. 157 indexed citations

Sorani, Marco D., et al.. (2010). Clinical and biological data integration for biomarker discovery. Drug Discovery Today. 15(17-18). 741–748. 11 indexed citations

Ferreira, Ricardo C., Qiang Pan‐Hammarström, Robert Graham, et al.. (2010). Association of IFIH1 and other autoimmunity risk alleles with selective IgA deficiency. Nature Genetics. 42(9). 777–780. 111 indexed citations

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Musone, Stacy L., Kimberly E. Taylor, Timothy T. Lu, et al.. (2008). Multiple polymorphisms in the TNFAIP3 region are independently associated with systemic lupus erythematosus. Nature Genetics. 40(9). 1062–1064. 332 indexed citations

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Baechler, Emily C., Jason W. Bauer, Ward Ortmann, et al.. (2007). An Interferon Signature in the Peripheral Blood of Dermatomyositis Patients is Associated with Disease Activity. Molecular Medicine. 13(1-2). 59–68. 232 indexed citations

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Graham, Robert, Sergey V. Kozyrev, Emily C. Baechler, et al.. (2006). A common haplotype of interferon regulatory factor 5 (IRF5) regulates splicing and expression and is associated with increased risk of systemic lupus erythematosus. Nature Genetics. 38(5). 550–555. 502 indexed citations breakdown →

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Gaffney, Patrick M., Carl D. Langefeld, Robert Graham, et al.. (2006). Fine-Mapping Chromosome 20 in 230 Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Sib Pair and Multiplex Families: Evidence for Genetic Epistasis with Chromosome 16q12. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 78(5). 747–758. 23 indexed citations

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Stoeckman, Angela K., et al.. (2006). A distinct inflammatory gene expression profile in patients with psoriatic arthritis. Genes and Immunity. 7(7). 583–591. 32 indexed citations

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Behrens, Timothy W., Robert Graham, Chieko Kyogoku, et al.. (2005). Progress towards Understanding the Genetic Pathogenesis of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. Novartis Foundation symposium. 267. 145–164. 10 indexed citations

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Criswell, Lindsey A., Raymond F. Lum, Jill Novitzke, et al.. (2005). Analysis of Families in the Multiple Autoimmune Disease Genetics Consortium (MADGC) Collection: the PTPN22 620W Allele Associates with Multiple Autoimmune Phenotypes. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 76(4). 561–571. 452 indexed citations

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Batliwalla, Franak, Xu Xiao, Wentian Li, et al.. (2005). Peripheral blood gene expression profiling in rheumatoid arthritis. Genes and Immunity. 6(5). 388–397. 132 indexed citations

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Langefeld, Carl D., Adrienne H. Williams, Ward Ortmann, et al.. (2004). Fine mapping chromosome 16q12 in a collection of 231 systemic lupus erythematosus sibpair and multiplex families. Genes and Immunity. 6(1). 19–23. 6 indexed citations

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Graham, Robert, Carl D. Langefeld, Patrick M. Gaffney, et al.. (2001). Genetic linkage and transmission disequilibrium of marker haplotypes at chromosome 1q41 in human systemic lupus erythematosus. Arthritis Research & Therapy. 3(5). 299–305. 32 indexed citations

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Gaffney, Patrick M., Ward Ortmann, Scott Selby, et al.. (2000). Genome Screening in Human Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Results from a Second Minnesota Cohort and Combined Analyses of 187 Sib-Pair Families. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 66(2). 547–556. 174 indexed citations

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