William K. Scott

24.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
211 papers, 10.1k citations indexed

About

William K. Scott is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ophthalmology and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, William K. Scott has authored 211 papers receiving a total of 10.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 81 papers in Molecular Biology, 43 papers in Ophthalmology and 36 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in William K. Scott's work include Retinal Diseases and Treatments (42 papers), Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (27 papers) and Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (27 papers). William K. Scott is often cited by papers focused on Retinal Diseases and Treatments (42 papers), Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (27 papers) and Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (27 papers). William K. Scott collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Canada. William K. Scott's co-authors include Jonathan L. Haines, Margaret A. Pericak‐Vance, Jeffery M. Vance, Anita Agarwal, Eric A. Postel, Eden R. Martin, John R. Gilbert, Silke Schmidt, Paul J. Gallins and Michael A. Hauser and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, The Lancet and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

William K. Scott

205 papers receiving 9.8k citations

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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.

Complement Factor H Variant Increases the Risk of Age-Related Macular Degeneration

2005 1.9k citations Jonathan L. Haines, Michael A. Hauser et al. Science profile →
Common genetic variation in the HLA region is associated with late-onset sporadic Parkinson's disease

2010 584 citations William K. Scott et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	307. Exploring HLA genotypes as contributing risk factors in Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia 2023 ·Open Forum Infectious Diseases ·Yazhong Tao, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Derek M. Dykxhoorn, Felicia Ruffin, William K. Scott, Cliburn Chan, Vance G. Fowler, Annette M. Jackson	1
2	Methylome-wide Analysis Reveals Epigenetic Marks Associated With Resistance to Tuberculosis in Human Immunodeficiency Virus–Infected Individuals From East Africa 2021 ·The Journal of Infectious Diseases ·Catherine M. Stein, Penelope Benchek, Jacquelaine Bartlett, Robert P. Igo, Rafal S. Sobota, Keith Chervenak, Harriet Mayanja‐Kizza, C. Fordham von Reyn, Timothy Lahey, William S. Bush, W. Henry Boom, William K. Scott, Carmen J. Marsit, Giorgio Sirugo, Scott M. Williams	1
3	Transdisciplinary Perspectives on Precision Medicine 2021 ·Health Equity ·Héctor F. Myers, Alecia M. Fair, Fernando Villalta, Katherina Walz, Bettina M. Beech, William K. Scott, David W. Haas	1
4	Retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) pigmentary changes are associated with progression from early to advanced age-related macular degeneration (AMD) independent of CFH and ARMS2 risk genotypes. 2020 ·Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science ·William K. Scott, Susan H. Slifer, (unknown), Stephen G. Schwartz, Jaclyn L. Kovach, Srinivas R. Sadda, Muneeswar Gupta Nittala, Jonathan L. Haines, Margaret A. Pericak‐Vance	2
5	A population-specific reference panel empowers genetic studies of Anabaptist populations 2017 ·Scientific Reports ·Liping Hou, Rachel L. Kember, Jared C. Roach, Jeffrey R. O’Connell, David W. Craig, Maja Bućan, William K. Scott, Margaret A. Pericak‐Vance, Jonathan L. Haines, Michael H. Crawford, Alan R. Shuldiner, Francis J. McMahon	9
6	A genome-wide association study of variants associated with acquisition of Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia in a healthcare setting 2014 ·BMC Infectious Diseases ·Charlotte Nelson, Kimberly Pelak, Mihai V. Podgoreanu, Sun Hee Ahn, William K. Scott, Andrew S. Allen, Lindsay G. Cowell, Thomas H. Rude, Yurong Zhang, (unknown), Felicia Ruffin, Batu K. Sharma‐Kuinkel, Vance G. Fowler	29
7	Coding Variants In The ARMS2 Gene And The Risk Of Age-related Macular Degeneration 2012 ·Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science ·Gaofeng Wang, William H. Cade, William K. Scott, (unknown), Brenda L. Court, Margaret A. Pericak‐Vance, Stephen G. Schwartz, Jaclyn L. Kovach, Anita Agarwal, Jonathan L. Haines	2
8	The Role of Genetics and Smoking in Response to Anti-VEGF Therapy for Wet AMD 2011 ·Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science ·Jaclyn L. Kovach, Anita Agarwal, William H. Cade, William K. Scott, (unknown), Stephen G. Schwartz, Paul J. Gallins, Gaofeng Wang, Jonathan L. Haines, Margaret A. Pericak‐Vance	2
9	CD4 Intragenic SNPs Associate With HIV-2 Plasma Viral Load and CD4 Count in a Community-Based Study From Guinea-Bissau, West Africa 2010 ·JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes ·Branwen J. Hennig, Digna Velez-Edwards, Maarten F. Schim van der Loeff, Cyrille Bisseyé, Todd L. Edwards, Alessandra Tacconelli, Giuseppe Novelli, Peter Aaby, Steve Kaye, William K. Scott, Assan Jaye, Hilton Whittle, Scott M. Williams, Adrian V. S. Hill, Giorgio Sirugo	16
10	Retinoblastoma Molecular Genomics: Regional Differences in the Molecular Genomics Expression Following Treatment With 2-Deoxy-D-Glucose in LHBETATAG Retinal Tumors 2010 ·Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science ·Yolanda Piña, Samuel K. Houston, William K. Scott, Larry Nathanson, Amy C Schefler, Théodore J. Lampidis, (unknown), (unknown), Todd W. Murray	1
11	Association of SLC11A1 with tuberculosis and interactions with NOS2A and TLR2 in African-Americans and Caucasians. 2009 ·PubMed ·Digna R. Velez, (unknown), Jamie L. Myers, Martín E. Stryjewski, Eduardo Abbate, (unknown), (unknown), James R. Gilbert, Carol Hamilton, William K. Scott	38
12	C3 R102G Polymorphism Is Associated With Increased Risk of Age-Related Macular Degeneration 2008 ·Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science ·(unknown), Lana M. Olson, Paul J. Gallins, William K. Scott, Nathalie Schnetz‐Boutaud, Anita Agarwal, Eric A. Postel, Margaret A. Pericak‐Vance, Jonathan L. Haines	1
13	Complement Factor H Variant Increases the Risk of Age-Related Macular Degeneration breakdown → 2005 ·Science ·Jonathan L. Haines, Michael A. Hauser, Silke Schmidt, William K. Scott, Lana M. Olson, Paul J. Gallins, Kylee L. Spencer, (unknown), Maher Noureddine, John R. Gilbert, Nathalie Schnetz‐Boutaud, Anita Agarwal, Eric A. Postel, Margaret A. Pericak‐Vance	1898
14	Maternal lineages and Alzheimer disease risk in the Old Order Amish 2005 ·Human Genetics ·Joelle M. van der Walt, William K. Scott, Susan Slifer, P. C. Gaskell, Eden R. Martin, Kathleen A. Welsh‐Bohmer, (unknown), Amy Crunk, (unknown), Lynne L. McFarland, (unknown), Charles E. Jackson, Jonathan L. Haines, Margaret A. Pericak‐Vance	24
15	Ordered-Subsets Linkage Analysis Detects Novel Alzheimer Disease Loci on Chromosomes 2q34 and 15q22 2003 ·The American Journal of Human Genetics ·William K. Scott, Elizabeth R. Hauser, Donald E. Schmechel, Kathleen A. Welsh‐Bohmer, Gary W. Small, Allen D. Roses, Ann M. Saunders, John R. Gilbert, Jeffery M. Vance, Jonathan L. Haines, Margaret A. Pericak‐Vance	82
16	The Q7R Saitohin gene polymorphism is not associated with Alzheimer disease 2003 ·Neuroscience Letters ·Sofia A. Oliveira, Eden R. Martin, William K. Scott, Kristin K. Nicodemus, Gary W. Small, Donald E. Schmechel, P. Murali Doraiswamy, Allen D. Roses, Ann M. Saunders, John R. Gilbert, Jonathan L. Haines, Jeffery M. Vance, Margaret A. Pericak‐Vance	11
17	The VSOP 5 GHz AGN Survey 2001 ·S. Horiuchi, J. E. J. Lovell, G. Moellenbrock, William K. Scott, Richard Dodson, (unknown), P. G. Edwards, E. B. Fomalont, H. Hirabayashi	1
18	Analysis of association between Alzheimer disease and the K variant of butyrylcholinesterase (BCHE-K) 1999 ·Neuroscience Letters ·Janet M. Grubber, Ann M. Saunders, (unknown), William K. Scott, Eden R. Martin, Carol Haynes, P.M. Conneally, Gary W. Small, Allen D. Roses, Jonathan L. Haines, Margaret A. Pericak‐Vance	32
19	Functional health status as a predictor of mortality in men and women over 65 1997 ·Journal of Clinical Epidemiology ·William K. Scott, Caroline A. Macera, Carol B. Cornman, Patricia A. Sharpe	168
20	False positive rates in a genomic screen for complex quantitative traits 1997 ·Genetic Epidemiology ·William K. Scott, Marcy C. Speer, Suzanne M. Leal, Linda M. Brzustowicz, Carol Haynes, Margaret A. Pericak‐Vance	1

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