Wes Spiller

2.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
14 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Wes Spiller is a scholar working on Genetics, Statistics and Probability and Nephrology. According to data from OpenAlex, Wes Spiller has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Genetics, 3 papers in Statistics and Probability and 2 papers in Nephrology. Recurrent topics in Wes Spiller's work include Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (9 papers), Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock (5 papers) and Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (4 papers). Wes Spiller is often cited by papers focused on Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (9 papers), Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock (5 papers) and Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (4 papers). Wes Spiller collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, South Korea and United States. Wes Spiller's co-authors include Jack Bowden, Eleanor Sanderson, George Davey Smith, Nuala A. Sheehan, Cosetta Minelli, Fabiola Del Greco M, John R. Thompson, Neil M Davies, Tom Palmer and Keum Ji Jung and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology and International Journal of Epidemiology.

In The Last Decade

Wes Spiller

12 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

Improving the visualization, interpretation and analysis ... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 2021 100 200 300 400 500
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.

  1. Improving the visualization, interpretation and analysis of two-sample summary data Mendelian randomization via the Radial plot and Radial regression
    2018 536 citations Jack Bowden, Wes Spiller et al. International Journal of Epidemiology profile →
  2. Testing and correcting for weak and pleiotropic instruments in two‐sample multivariable Mendelian randomization
    2021 302 citations Eleanor Sanderson, Wes Spiller et al. Statistics in Medicine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Wes Spiller United Kingdom 8 632 252 179 147 119 14 1.1k
Alice R Carter United Kingdom 10 430 0.7× 206 0.8× 191 1.1× 121 0.8× 86 0.7× 23 1.0k
Konstantin Shakhbazov Australia 8 629 1.0× 367 1.5× 207 1.2× 140 1.0× 153 1.3× 8 1.4k
Benjamin B. Sun United Kingdom 10 689 1.1× 444 1.8× 179 1.0× 172 1.2× 128 1.1× 15 1.4k
Nina Mars Finland 16 420 0.7× 166 0.7× 119 0.7× 113 0.8× 96 0.8× 38 973
Maiken E. Gabrielsen Norway 13 524 0.8× 297 1.2× 133 0.7× 125 0.9× 69 0.6× 26 1.1k
Eric A. W. Slob United Kingdom 10 405 0.6× 202 0.8× 123 0.7× 83 0.6× 72 0.6× 21 872
Jessica N. Cooke Bailey United States 23 330 0.5× 374 1.5× 250 1.4× 91 0.6× 48 0.4× 64 1.7k
Laura M. Raffield United States 20 208 0.3× 277 1.1× 122 0.7× 150 1.0× 67 0.6× 79 1.1k
Maggie C. Y. Ng United States 22 724 1.1× 565 2.2× 158 0.9× 179 1.2× 60 0.5× 49 1.6k
Jiahao Cai China 9 249 0.4× 200 0.8× 110 0.6× 113 0.8× 68 0.6× 18 709

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wes Spiller

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wes Spiller

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Wes Spiller. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Wes Spiller based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Wes Spiller. Wes Spiller is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

14 of 14 papers shown
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Spiller, Wes, Eleanor Sanderson, Kate Tilling, et al.. (2025). Elucidating the causal role of age of menarche, adiposity, lipid fractions, and blood pressure upon cardiovascular disease: a multivariable Mendelian randomization study. Journal of Human Hypertension. 39(10). 723–734.
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Hamilton, Fergus, David A. Hughes, Wes Spiller, Kate Tilling, & George Davey Smith. (2024). Non-linear Mendelian randomization: detection of biases using negative controls with a focus on BMI, Vitamin D and LDL cholesterol. European Journal of Epidemiology. 39(5). 451–465. 20 indexed citations
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Spiller, Wes, Jack Bowden, & Eleanor Sanderson. (2024). Estimating and visualising multivariable Mendelian randomization analyses within a radial framework. PLoS Genetics. 20(12). e1011506–e1011506.
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Spiller, Wes, Fernando Pires Hartwig, Eleanor Sanderson, George Davey Smith, & Jack Bowden. (2022). Interaction-based Mendelian randomization with measured and unmeasured gene-by-covariate interactions. PLoS ONE. 17(8). e0271933–e0271933. 7 indexed citations
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Clarke, Sarah L. N., Rebecca C. Richmond, Jie Zheng, et al.. (2022). Examining Health Outcomes in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: A Genetic Epidemiology Study. ACR Open Rheumatology. 4(4). 363–370. 2 indexed citations
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Sanderson, Eleanor, Wes Spiller, & Jack Bowden. (2021). Testing and correcting for weak and pleiotropic instruments in two‐sample multivariable Mendelian randomization. Statistics in Medicine. 40(25). 5434–5452. 302 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lee, Sun Ju, Wes Spiller, Keum Ji Jung, et al.. (2019). Causal Associations Between Serum Bilirubin Levels and Decreased Stroke Risk. Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology. 40(2). 437–445. 56 indexed citations
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Jung, Keum Ji, et al.. (2019). Causal effect of alcohol consumption on hyperuricemia using a Mendelian randomization design. International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases. 22(10). 1912–1919. 26 indexed citations
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Spiller, Wes, Keum Ji Jung, Ji‐Young Lee, & Sun Ha Jee. (2019). Precision Medicine and Cardiovascular Health: Insights from Mendelian Randomization Analyses. Korean Circulation Journal. 50(2). 91–91. 5 indexed citations
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Zhao, Qingyuan, Jingshu Wang, Wes Spiller, Jack Bowden, & Dylan S. Small. (2019). Two-Sample Instrumental Variable Analyses Using Heterogeneous Samples. Statistical Science. 34(2). 29 indexed citations
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Bowden, Jack, Wes Spiller, Fabiola Del Greco M, et al.. (2018). Improving the visualization, interpretation and analysis of two-sample summary data Mendelian randomization via the Radial plot and Radial regression. International Journal of Epidemiology. 47(4). 1264–1278. 536 indexed citations breakdown →
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Spiller, Wes, Neil M Davies, & Tom Palmer. (2018). Software application profile: mrrobust—a tool for performing two-sample summary Mendelian randomization analyses. International Journal of Epidemiology. 48(3). 684–690. 91 indexed citations
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Spiller, Wes, et al.. (2018). Detecting and correcting for bias in Mendelian randomization analyses using Gene-by-Environment interactions. International Journal of Epidemiology. 48(3). 702–712. 53 indexed citations
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Perkowski, Marek, et al.. (2002). Ovulo-computer: application of image processing and recognition to mucus ferning patterns. 52–59. 2 indexed citations

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