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Jian Yang

Nanyang Technological University · SG
Area of research
Genetics · Molecular Biology
Research interest
Research interests include Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals, Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, and Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks.
h-index
132
citations
128,488
works
575
NIH funding
primary concept
Biology
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Recent publications

The China Brain Multi-omics Atlas Project (CBMAP)
Molecular Psychiatry 2025cited by 4position: middledoi
VCF2PCACluster: a simple, fast and memory-efficient tool for principal component analysis of tens of millions of SNPs
BMC Bioinformatics 2024cited by 28position: middledoi
Exome-wide association study identifies KDELR3 mutations in extreme myopia
Nature Communications 2024cited by 17position: middledoi
A pangenome reference of 36 Chinese populations
Nature 2023cited by 171position: middledoi
Genome-wide association study using whole-genome sequencing identifies risk loci for Parkinson’s disease in Chinese population
npj Parkinson s Disease 2023cited by 64position: middledoi
Genome-wide genotype-serum proteome mapping provides insights into the cross-ancestry differences in cardiometabolic disease susceptibility
Nature Communications 2023cited by 59position: middledoi
OTTERS: a powerful TWAS framework leveraging summary-level reference data
Nature Communications 2023cited by 53position: middledoi
mBAT-combo: A more powerful test to detect gene-trait associations from GWAS data
The American Journal of Human Genetics 2023cited by 50position: middledoi
Larger cerebral cortex is genetically correlated with greater frontal area and dorsal thickness
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2023cited by 15position: middledoi
<i>Ggnbp2</i> regulates synaptic development and autophagy in motor neurons
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) 2023cited by 1position: middledoi
Discovery of genomic loci of the human cerebral cortex using genetically informed brain atlases
Science 2022cited by 70position: middledoi
Identification of 371 genetic variants for age at first sex and birth linked to externalising behaviour
Nature Human Behaviour 2021cited by 161position: middledoi
Meta-analysis of genome-wide DNA methylation identifies shared associations across neurodegenerative disorders
Genome biology 2021cited by 104position: middledoi
Circulating vitamin C concentration and risk of cancers: a Mendelian randomization study
BMC Medicine 2021cited by 68position: middledoi
Association and prediction of phenotypic traits from neuroimaging data using a multi-component mixed model excluding the target vertex
2021cited by 1position: middledoi
Genetic mechanisms of critical illness in COVID-19
Nature 2020cited by 1,491position: middledoi
Genomic and drug target evaluation of 90 cardiovascular proteins in 30,931 individuals
Nature Metabolism 2020cited by 766position: middledoi
Risk prediction of late-onset Alzheimer’s disease implies an oligogenic architecture
Nature Communications 2020cited by 283position: middledoi
Analysis of DNA methylation associates the cystine–glutamate antiporter SLC7A11 with risk of Parkinson’s disease
Nature Communications 2020cited by 144position: middledoi
The interplay between host genetics and the gut microbiome reveals common and distinct microbiome features for complex human diseases
Microbiome 2020cited by 141position: middledoi
Conditional GWAS analysis to identify disorder-specific SNPs for psychiatric disorders
Molecular Psychiatry 2020cited by 78position: middledoi
<i>ATXN1</i> repeat expansions confer risk for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and contribute to TDP-43 mislocalization
Brain Communications 2020cited by 55position: middledoi
Significant out-of-sample classification from methylation profile scoring for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
npj Genomic Medicine 2020cited by 35position: middledoi
A unified framework for association and prediction from vertex‐wise grey‐matter structure
Human Brain Mapping 2020cited by 25position: middledoi
Identification of novel risk loci, causal insights, and heritable risk for Parkinson's disease: a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies
The Lancet Neurology 2019cited by 2,513position: middledoi
Genome-wide association analyses of risk tolerance and risky behaviors in over 1 million individuals identify hundreds of loci and shared genetic influences
Nature Genetics 2019cited by 838position: middledoi
Improved precision of epigenetic clock estimates across tissues and its implication for biological ageing
Genome Medicine 2019cited by 499position: middledoi
Mendelian randomization integrating GWAS and eQTL data reveals genetic determinants of complex and clinical traits
Nature Communications 2019cited by 345position: middledoi
Prioritizing natural-selection signals from the deep-sequencing genomic data suggests multi-variant adaptation in Tibetan highlanders
National Science Review 2019cited by 76position: middledoi
Comprehensive Multiple eQTL Detection and Its Application to GWAS Interpretation
Genetics 2019cited by 35position: middledoi

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Frequent collaborators

Peter M. Visscher · University Medical Center Groningen40 papers (2012–2023)Naomi R. Wray · University of Oulu21 papers (2012–2023)Michael E. Goddard · The University of Melbourne14 papers (2012–2020)Tõnu Esko · Jewish General Hospital9 papers (2014–2019)Timothy M. Frayling · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill9 papers (2012–2018)Joel N. Hirschhorn · Harvard University8 papers (2012–2018)Loïc Yengo · The University of Queensland7 papers (2018–2020)Andrew R. Wood · University of Exeter7 papers (2015–2018)Grant W. Montgomery · Marshall University7 papers (2012–2019)Zhihong Zhu · The University of Queensland7 papers (2012–2020)Andrew Bakshi · Monash University6 papers (2015–2023)Matthew R. Robinson · Institute of Science and Technology Austria6 papers (2015–2018)Patrik K. E. Magnusson · Karolinska Institutet6 papers (2012–2017)Anna A. E. Vinkhuyzen · Universitätsmedizin Greifswald6 papers (2012–2015)Maciej Trzaskowski · Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona5 papers (2013–2019)Ruth J. F. Loos · Baylor Genetics5 papers (2012–2018)Matthew C. Keller · Massachusetts Institute of Technology5 papers (2012–2018)Joseph E. Powell · Garvan Institute of Medical Research5 papers (2013–2019)Alkes L. Price · Broad Institute4 papers (2013–2015)Ilja M. Nolte · University Medical Center Groningen4 papers (2015–2017)