Wei‐Min Chen

30.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
66 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Wei‐Min Chen is a scholar working on Genetics, Surgery and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. According to data from OpenAlex, Wei‐Min Chen has authored 66 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Genetics, 21 papers in Surgery and 17 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. Recurrent topics in Wei‐Min Chen's work include Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (24 papers), Diabetes and associated disorders (21 papers) and Pancreatic function and diabetes (16 papers). Wei‐Min Chen is often cited by papers focused on Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (24 papers), Diabetes and associated disorders (21 papers) and Pancreatic function and diabetes (16 papers). Wei‐Min Chen collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Netherlands. Wei‐Min Chen's co-authors include Stephen S. Rich, Ani Manichaikul, Josyf C. Mychaleckyj, Michèle M. Sale, Kathleen Daly, Gonçalo R. Abecasis, Hong‐Wen Deng, Suna Önengüt-Gümüşcü, Soumya Raychaudhuri and Robert R. Recker and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Genetics, Bioinformatics and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Wei‐Min Chen

64 papers receiving 4.4k 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.

Robust relationship inference in genome-wide association studies

2010 1.7k citations Ani Manichaikul, Josyf C. Mychaleckyj et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Wei‐Min Chen United States	26	2.6k	1.2k	662	572	474	66	4.4k
Matthew DeFelice United States	5	2.4k 0.9×	2.0k 1.7×	491 0.7×	314 0.5×	262 0.6×	7	5.1k
Turk Rhen United States	28	1.2k 0.4×	727 0.6×	484 0.7×	304 0.5×	436 0.9×	60	4.2k
Brendan Blumenstiel United States	8	2.4k 0.9×	2.1k 1.8×	505 0.8×	315 0.6×	262 0.6×	12	5.4k
Nicholas Smith Australia	17	3.0k 1.1×	2.4k 2.0×	760 1.1×	303 0.5×	321 0.7×	62	7.2k
Rafał Płoski Poland	38	1.6k 0.6×	2.8k 2.3×	1.0k 1.6×	533 0.9×	631 1.3×	396	6.6k
Kirk E. Lohmueller United States	35	4.0k 1.5×	2.0k 1.7×	348 0.5×	259 0.5×	214 0.5×	73	6.2k
Benjamin F. Voight United States	32	4.5k 1.7×	2.3k 2.0×	363 0.5×	390 0.7×	427 0.9×	87	7.1k
Esteban J. Parra Canada	47	3.7k 1.4×	1.5k 1.3×	284 0.4×	272 0.5×	265 0.6×	125	7.2k
David H. Barad United States	55	2.3k 0.9×	1.1k 1.0×	1.3k 1.9×	374 0.7×	2.0k 4.2×	270	10.0k
Michèle M. Sale United States	27	2.0k 0.8×	1.1k 1.0×	203 0.3×	494 0.9×	456 1.0×	76	3.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wei‐Min Chen

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Robertson, Catherine C., et al.. (2025). HLA-focused type 1 diabetes genetic risk prediction in populations of diverse ancestry. Diabetologia. 69(1). 146–156.

Zhou, Wei, Catherine C. Robertson, Emily Farber, et al.. (2024). A multi-ancestry genome-wide association study in type 1 diabetes. Human Molecular Genetics. 33(11). 958–968. 12 indexed citations

Önengüt-Gümüşcü, Suna, Wei‐Min Chen, Todd M. Brusko, et al.. (2024). 155-OR: Genetic Variation and Time to Progression in TN10 (Teplizumab). Diabetes. 73(Supplement_1). 1 indexed citations

Johnson, Randi K., Lauren A. Vanderlinden, Patrick M. Carry, et al.. (2023). Genome-wide analysis of oxylipins and oxylipin profiles in a pediatric population. Frontiers in Nutrition. 10. 1040993–1040993. 6 indexed citations

Armstrong, Nicole D., Wei‐Min Chen, Fang‐Chi Hsu, et al.. (2021). DNA methylation analyses identify an intronic ZDHHC6 locus associated with time to recurrent stroke in the Vitamin Intervention for Stroke Prevention (VISP) clinical trial. PLoS ONE. 16(7). e0254562–e0254562. 6 indexed citations

Armstrong, Nicole D., Wei‐Min Chen, Fang‐Chi Hsu, et al.. (2021). Multi-omic analysis of stroke recurrence in African Americans from the Vitamin Intervention for Stroke Prevention (VISP) clinical trial. PLoS ONE. 16(3). e0247257–e0247257. 8 indexed citations

Önengüt-Gümüşcü, Suna, Umadevi Paila, Wei‐Min Chen, et al.. (2020). Novel genetic risk factors influence progression of islet autoimmunity to type 1 diabetes. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 19193–19193. 9 indexed citations

Sharma, Ashok, Xiang Liu, David Hadley, et al.. (2018). Identification of non-HLA genes associated with development of islet autoimmunity and type 1 diabetes in the prospective TEDDY cohort. Journal of Autoimmunity. 89. 90–100. 44 indexed citations

Sharma, Ashok, Xiang Liu, David Hadley, et al.. (2016). Identification of Non-HLA Genes Associated with Celiac Disease and Country-Specific Differences in a Large, International Pediatric Cohort. PLoS ONE. 11(3). e0152476–e0152476. 41 indexed citations

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Hadley, David, William Hagopian, Edwin Liu, et al.. (2015). HLA-DPB1*04:01 Protects Genetically Susceptible Children from Celiac Disease Autoimmunity in the TEDDY Study. The American Journal of Gastroenterology. 110(6). 915–920. 24 indexed citations

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Pontikos, Nikolas, Deborah J. Smyth, Helen Schuilenburg, et al.. (2014). A hybrid qPCR/SNP array approach allows cost efficient assessment of KIR gene copy numbers in large samples. BMC Genomics. 15(1). 274–274. 13 indexed citations

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Dongen, Jenny van, Gonneke Willemsen, Wei‐Min Chen, Eco J. C. de Geus, & Dorret I. Boomsma. (2013). Heritability of metabolic syndrome traits in a large population-based sample. Journal of Lipid Research. 54(10). 2914–2923. 68 indexed citations

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Jia, Xiaoming, Buhm Han, Suna Önengüt-Gümüşcü, et al.. (2013). Imputing Amino Acid Polymorphisms in Human Leukocyte Antigens. PLoS ONE. 8(6). e64683–e64683. 352 indexed citations

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Chen, Ming‐Huei, Jie Huang, Wei‐Min Chen, et al.. (2012). Using Family-Based Imputation in Genome-Wide Association Studies with Large Complex Pedigrees: The Framingham Heart Study. PLoS ONE. 7(12). e51589–e51589. 14 indexed citations

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Sale, Michèle M., Wei‐Min Chen, Daniel E. Weeks, et al.. (2011). Evaluation of 15 Functional Candidate Genes for Association with Chronic Otitis Media with Effusion and/or Recurrent Otitis Media (COME/ROM). PLoS ONE. 6(8). e22297–e22297. 24 indexed citations

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Morahan, Grant, Munish Mehta, Ian James, et al.. (2011). Tests for Genetic Interactions in Type 1 Diabetes. Diabetes. 60(3). 1030–1040. 36 indexed citations

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Sale, Michèle M., Josyf C. Mychaleckyj, & Wei‐Min Chen. (2009). Planning and Executing a Genome Wide Association Study (GWAS). Methods in molecular biology. 590. 403–418. 14 indexed citations

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Chen, Wei‐Min, Ani Manichaikul, & Stephen S. Rich. (2009). A Generalized Family-Based Association Test for Dichotomous Traits. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 85(3). 364–376. 37 indexed citations

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Deng, Hong‐Wen, Wei‐Min Chen, Theresa Conway, et al.. (2000). Determination of bone mineral density of the hip and spine in human pedigrees by genetic and life-style factors. Genetic Epidemiology. 19(2). 160–177. 97 indexed citations

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Chen, Wei‐Min. (1997). Some new Sequence Spaces Defined by a Sequence of Moduli. TURKISH JOURNAL OF MATHEMATICS. 21(1). 61–68. 8 indexed citations

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