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Jian Yang

Boston University ORCID

599

Works

127,397

Citations

132

h-index

339

i10-index

Research Topics

Genetic Associations and Epidemiology Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock

Affiliations

BGI Group (China)2002–2002

University of Siena2021–2021

Broad Institute2014–2014

Qingdao University2022–2022

Ningbo University2021–2023

Top Works

GCTA: A Tool for Genome-wide Complex Trait Analysis

Jian Yang,Sang Lee,et al.

20109,121 citations

Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks

Epigenetics and DNA Methylation

LD Score regression distinguishes confounding from polygenicity in genome-wide association studies

Brendan Bulik‐Sullivan,Po‐Ru Loh,et al.

20156,104 citations

Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology

The LifeLines Cohort Study,Adam E. Locke,et al.

20154,847 citations

Common SNPs explain a large proportion of the heritability for human height

Jian Yang,Beben Benyamin,et al.

20104,794 citations

10 Years of GWAS Discovery: Biology, Function, and Translation

Peter M. Visscher,Naomi R. Wray,et al.

20173,970 citations

Integration of summary data from GWAS and eQTL studies predicts complex trait gene targets

Zhihong Zhu,Futao Zhang,et al.

20163,331 citations

Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index

MAGIC,Elizabeth K. Speliotes,et al.

20102,969 citations

Gene discovery and polygenic prediction from a genome-wide association study of educational attainment in 1.1 million individuals

James J. Lee,Robbee Wedow,et al.

20182,806 citations

Five Years of GWAS Discovery

Peter M. Visscher,Matthew A. Brown,et al.

20122,534 citations