Brian J. O’Roak

Active 2005–2023

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Brian J. O'Roak
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Citations

Citations per year for Brian J. O’Roak1989: 2 citations1998: 1 citations2001: 1 citations2003: 1 citations2005: 2 citations2006: 29 citations2007: 44 citations2008: 65 citations2009: 95 citations2010: 99 citations2011: 131 citations2012: 290 citations2013: 376 citations2014: 525 citations2015: 713 citations2016: 596 citations2017: 609 citations2018: 531 citations2019: 1,352 citations2020: 1,161 citations2021: 1,089 citations2022: 862 citations2023: 553 citations2024: 856 citations2025: 323 citations2026: 16 citations1990–1997: no citations, so these years are not shown1999–2000: no citations, so these years are not shown2002: no citations, so this year is not shown2004: no citations, so this year is not shown

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World map of the countries and regions citing this authorUnited States: 4,551 citing papers, 25.3% of this breakdownUnited Kingdom: 1,420 citing papers, 7.9% of this breakdownGermany: 1,007 citing papers, 5.6% of this breakdownChina: 944 citing papers, 5.3% of this breakdownCanada: 853 citing papers, 4.7% of this breakdownFrance: 815 citing papers, 4.5% of this breakdownNetherlands: 784 citing papers, 4.4% of this breakdownItaly: 731 citing papers, 4.1% of this breakdownAustralia: 628 citing papers, 3.5% of this breakdownSpain: 440 citing papers, 2.4% of this breakdownJapan: 384 citing papers, 2.1% of this breakdownSweden: 356 citing papers, 2% of this breakdown
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Fields

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology59.4%
  • Medicine17.1%
  • Neuroscience16.8%
  • Immunology and Microbiology2.3%
  • Psychology2.2%
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.6%
  • Other1.6%

Topics

  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders7.8%
  • Genomics and Rare Diseases7.6%
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder Research5.9%
  • Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities5.1%
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology3.3%
  • Congenital heart defects research2.4%
  • Other67.9%

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  1. A general framework for estimating the relative pathogenicity of human genetic variants

    Authors: , , , , , - Nature Genetics 2014 cited by 6,554

  2. The contribution of de novo coding mutations to autism spectrum disorder

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Peter Andrews, Anthony Leotta, Jude Kendall, Inessa Hakker, Julie Rosenbaum, Beicong Ma, Linda Rodgers, Jennifer Troge, Giuseppe Narzisi, Seungtai Yoon, Michael C. Schatz, Kenny Ye, W. Richard McCombie, Jay Shendure, Evan E. Eichler, Matthew W. State, Michael Wigler - Nature, Nat. 2014 cited by 2,823

  3. Integrating de novo and inherited variants in 42,607 autism cases identifies mutations in new moderate-risk genes

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Amanda C. Gulsrud, Anthony D. Krentz, Amanda D. Shocklee, Amy Esler, Alex Lash, Anne Fanta, Ali Fatemi, Angela Fish, Alexandra Goler, Antonio González, Anibal Gutierrez, Antonio Y. Hardan, Amy Hess, Anna Hirshman, Alison Holbrook, Andrea J. Ace, Anthony J. Griswold, Angela Gruber, A Jarratt, Anna Jelinek, Alissa Jorgenson, Aline Juárez, Annes Kim, Alex Kitaygorodsky, Addie Luo, Angela L. Rachubinski, Allison Wainer, Amy M. Daniels, Anup Mankar, Andrew L. Mason, Alexandra Miceli, Anna Milliken, Amy Morales-Lara, Alexandra N. Stephens, Ai Nhu Nguyen, Amy Nicholson, Anna Marie Paolicelli, Alexander P. McKenzie, Abha R. Gupta, A Raven, Anna Rhea, Andrea Simon, Aubrie Soucy, Amy Swanson, Anthony Sziklay, Amber Tallbull, Angela Tesng, Audrey W. M. Ward, Allyson Zick, Brittani A. Hilscher, Brandi Bell, Barbara Enright, B. E. Robertson, Brenda Hauf, Bill Jensen, Brandon Lobisi, Brianna M. Vernoia, Brady Schwind, Bonnie VanMetre, Craig A. Erickson, Catherine Sullivan, Charles F. Albright, Claudine Anglo, Cate Buescher, Catherine C. Bradley, Claudia Campo-Soria, Cheryl Cohen, Costanza Colombi, Chris Diggins, Catherine Edmonson and 322 more - Nature Genetics 2022 cited by 461

  4. SPARK: A US Cohort of 50,000 Families to Accelerate Autism Research

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Christina Harkins, Caitlin Hayes, Catherine Lord, Christa Lese Martin, Crissy Ortiz, Cesar Ochoa‐Lubinoff, Christine Peura, Catherine E. Rice, Cordelia Robinson Rosenberg, Christopher J. Smith, Carrie A. Thomas, Cora Taylor, L. Casey White, Corrie H. Walston, David G. Amaral, Daniel L. Coury, Dustin E. Sarver, Dalia Istephanous, Deana Li, Dzung Cong Nugyen, Emily A. Fox, Eric Butter, Elizabeth Berry‐Kravis, Eric Courchesne, Éric Fombonne, Eugenia Hofammann, Elena Lamarche, Ericka L. Wodka, Emily T. Matthews, Eirene O’Connor, Emily Palen, Fiona K. Miller, Gabriel S. Dichter, Gabriela Marzano, Gail Stein, Hanna Hutter, Hannah E. Kaplan, Hai Li, Holly Lechniak, Hoa Lam Schneider, Hana Zaydens, Ivette Arriaga, Jennifer Gerdts, Joseph F. Cubells, Jeanette M Cordova, Jaclyn Gunderson, Joseph Lillard, Julie Manoharan, James T. McCracken, Jacob J. Michaelson, Jason Neely, Jéssica Orobio, Juhi Pandey, Joseph Piven, Jessica Scherr, James S. Sutcliffe, Jennifer Tjernagel, Jermel Wallace, Kristen Callahan, Katherine Ann Dent, Kathryn A. Schweers, Kira E. Hamer, Kiely Law, Kathryn Lowe, Kaela O’Brien, Kaitlin Smith, Katherine G. Pawlowski, Karen Pierce, Katherine Roeder, Leonard Abbeduto and 110 more - Neuron 2018 cited by 492

  5. Sporadic autism exomes reveal a highly interconnected protein network of de novo mutations

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , - Nature 2012 cited by 2,241

  6. Disruptive CHD8 Mutations Define a Subtype of Autism Early in Development

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Corrado Romano, Bert de Vries, Nicholas Katsanis, Evan E. Eichler - Cell 2014 cited by 837

  7. Multiplex Targeted Sequencing Identifies Recurrently Mutated Genes in Autism Spectrum Disorders

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , - Science 2012 cited by 1,300

  8. Refining analyses of copy number variation identifies specific genes associated with developmental delay

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Marco Fichera, Jayne Y. Hehir‐Kwa, Jay Shendure, Heather C. Mefford, Eric Haan, Jozef Gécz, Bert B A de Vries, Corrado Romano, Evan E Eichler - Nature Genetics 2014 cited by 758

  9. Highly scalable generation of DNA methylation profiles in single cells

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , - Nature Biotechnology 2018 cited by 330

  10. Recent ultra-rare inherited variants implicate new autism candidate risk genes

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , William T. Harvey, Andrew Nishida, Ryan N. Doan, Aubrey Soucy, Brian J. O’Roak, Timothy W. Yu, Daniel H. Geschwind, Jacob J. Michaelson, Natalia Volfovsky, Yufeng Shen, Wendy K. Chung, Michael C. Zody, Evan E. Eichler - Nature Genetics 2021 cited by 143

  11. Targeted resequencing in epileptic encephalopathies identifies de novo mutations in CHD2 and SYNGAP1

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Jay Shendure, Samuel F. Berkovic, Ingrid E. Scheffer, Heather C. Mefford - Nature Genetics 2013 cited by 694

  12. Copy number variation detection and genotyping from exome sequence data

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , - Genome Research 2012 cited by 676

  13. Multiple Recurrent De Novo CNVs, Including Duplications of the 7q11.23 Williams Syndrome Region, Are Strongly Associated with Autism

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Anna D. McGrew, Kyle A. Meyer, William J. Moffat, John D. Murdoch, Brian J. O’Roak, G Ober, Rebecca S. Pottenger, Melanie J. Raubeson, Youeun Song, Qi Wang, Brian L. Yaspan, Timothy W. Yu, Ilana R. Yurkiewicz, Arthur L. Beaudet, Rita M. Cantor, Martin Curland, Dorothy E. Grice, Murat Günel, Richard P. Lifton, Shrikant Mane, Donna M. Martin, Chad A. Shaw, Michael Sheldon, Jay A. Tischfield, Christopher A. Walsh, Eric M. Morrow, David H. Ledbetter, Éric Fombonne, Catherine Lord, Christa Lese Martin, Andrew I. Brooks, James S. Sutcliffe, Edwin H. Cook, Daniel H. Geschwind, Kathryn Roeder, Bernie Devlin, Matthew W. State - Neuron 2011 cited by 1,292

  14. De novo germline and postzygotic mutations in AKT3, PIK3R2 and PIK3CA cause a spectrum of related megalencephaly syndromes

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Rosanna Weksberg, Birgit Zirn, Chandree L. Beaulieu, Jacek Majewski, Dennis E. Bulman, Mark O’Driscoll, Jay Shendure, John M. Graham, Kym M. Boycott, William B. Dobyns - Nature Genetics 2012 cited by 753

  15. A Saturation Mutagenesis Approach to Understanding PTEN Lipid Phosphatase Activity and Genotype-Phenotype Relationships

    Authors: , , - The American Journal of Human Genetics 2018 cited by 237

  16. Exome sequencing in sporadic autism spectrum disorders identifies severe de novo mutations

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , - Nature Genetics 2011 cited by 1,217

  17. High-content single-cell combinatorial indexing

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , - Nature Biotechnology 2021 cited by 109

  18. Recurrent de novo mutations implicate novel genes underlying simplex autism risk

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , - Nature Communications 2014 cited by 348

  19. Integrated gene analyses of de novo variants from 46,612 trios with autism and developmental disorders

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Neelay Shah, Swapnil Shah, Emily Singer, LeeAnne Green Snyder, Alexandra N. Stephens, Jennifer Tjernagel, Brianna M. Vernoia, Natalia Volfovsky, L. Casey White, Alexander Hsieh, Yufeng Shen, Xueya Zhou, Tychele N. Turner, Ethan Bahl, Taylor Thomas, Leo Brueggeman, Tanner Koomar, Jacob J. Michaelson, Brian J. O’Roak, Rebecca Barnard, Richard A. Gibbs, Donna M. Muzny, Aniko Sabo, Kelli L. Baalman Ahmed, Evan E. Eichler, Matthew Siegel, Leonard Abbeduto, David G. Amaral, Brittani A. Hilscher, Deana Li, Kaitlin N. Smith, Samantha Thompson, Charles F. Albright, Eric Butter, Sara Eldred, Nathan Hanna, Mark Jones, Daniel L. Coury, Jessica Scherr, Taylor Pifher, Erin Roby, Brandy Dennis, Lorrin Higgins, Melissa A. Brown, Michael Alessandri, Anibal Gutierrez, Melissa N. Hale, Lynette M. Herbert, Hoa Lam Schneider, Giancarla David, Robert D. Annett, Dustin E. Sarver, Ivette Arriaga, Alexies Camba, Amanda C. Gulsrud, Monica Haley, James T. McCracken, Sophia Sandhu, Maira Tafolla, Wha S. Yang, Laura A. Carpenter, Catherine C. Bradley, Frampton Gwynette, Patricia Manning, Rebecca C. Shaffer, Carrie Thomas, Raphael Bernier, Emily A. Fox, Jennifer Gerdts, Micah Pepper and 73 more - National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2022 cited by 72

  20. PI3K/AKT pathway mutations cause a spectrum of brain malformations from megalencephaly to focal cortical dysplasia

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , - Brain 2015 cited by 365

  21. Validation of Autism Diagnosis and Clinical Data in the SPARK Cohort

    Authors: , , , - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders 2021 cited by 106

  22. GRIN2A mutations cause epilepsy-aphasia spectrum disorders

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , - Nature Genetics 2013 cited by 374

  23. Joubert syndrome: a model for untangling recessive disorders with extreme genetic heterogeneity

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , - Journal of Medical Genetics 2015 cited by 297

  24. Exonic Mosaic Mutations Contribute Risk for Autism Spectrum Disorder

    Authors: , , , , , , , , - The American Journal of Human Genetics 2017 cited by 205