Peter M. Visscher

Professor · Nagoya University

Nagoya University

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Publications991
Last 5y136
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Research focus

Recurring themes across recent publications include Complex Trait, Heritability Human, Years Gwas, Gwas Discovery. Work appears regularly in Nature Genetics, The American Journal of Human Genetics, Nature. See the publication list below for the most-cited works compiled from OpenAlex.

Recent publications

  1. GCTA: A Tool for Genome-wide Complex Trait Analysis2010 · The American Journal of Human Genetics · 9189 citationsDOI
  2. Finding the missing heritability of complex diseases2009 · Nature · 8505 citationsDOI
  3. Common polygenic variation contributes to risk of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder2009 · Nature · 5024 citationsDOI
  4. Common SNPs explain a large proportion of the heritability for human height2010 · Nature Genetics · 4820 citationsDOI
  5. 10 Years of GWAS Discovery: Biology, Function, and Translation2017 · The American Journal of Human Genetics · 4005 citationsDOI
  6. Integration of summary data from GWAS and eQTL studies predicts complex trait gene targets2016 · Nature Genetics · 3383 citationsDOI
  7. Gene discovery and polygenic prediction from a genome-wide association study of educational attainment in 1.1 million individuals2018 · Nature Genetics · 2826 citationsDOI
  8. Five Years of GWAS Discovery2012 · The American Journal of Human Genetics · 2545 citationsDOI
  9. Meta-analysis of the heritability of human traits based on fifty years of twin studies2015 · Nature Genetics · 2545 citationsDOI
  10. Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies for height and body mass index in ∼700000 individuals of European ancestry2018 · Human Molecular Genetics · 2520 citationsDOI

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