Ken K. Ong

Active 1998–2025

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Ken K Ong
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Citations

Citations per year for Ken K. Ong1944: 1 citations1968: 1 citations1974: 1 citations1988: 2 citations1995: 5 citations1996: 1 citations1998: 2 citations1999: 16 citations2000: 30 citations2001: 44 citations2002: 50 citations2003: 41 citations2004: 95 citations2005: 110 citations2006: 191 citations2007: 162 citations2008: 180 citations2009: 252 citations2010: 248 citations2011: 237 citations2012: 302 citations2013: 249 citations2014: 239 citations2015: 258 citations2016: 261 citations2017: 259 citations2018: 314 citations2019: 1,070 citations2020: 1,189 citations2021: 1,228 citations2022: 1,055 citations2023: 778 citations2024: 1,217 citations2025: 538 citations2026: 7 citations1945–1967: no citations, so these years are not shown1969–1973: no citations, so these years are not shown1975–1987: no citations, so these years are not shown1989–1994: no citations, so these years are not shown1997: no citations, so this year is not shown

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Countries

World map of the countries and regions citing this authorUnited States: 3,565 citing papers, 19.7% of this breakdownUnited Kingdom: 2,287 citing papers, 12.7% of this breakdownChina: 1,057 citing papers, 5.8% of this breakdownAustralia: 804 citing papers, 4.4% of this breakdownGermany: 797 citing papers, 4.4% of this breakdownNetherlands: 795 citing papers, 4.4% of this breakdownSweden: 643 citing papers, 3.6% of this breakdownCanada: 633 citing papers, 3.5% of this breakdownSpain: 568 citing papers, 3.1% of this breakdownItaly: 533 citing papers, 3% of this breakdownFrance: 506 citing papers, 2.8% of this breakdownDenmark: 500 citing papers, 2.8% of this breakdown
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Fields

  • Medicine50.4%
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology32.8%
  • Neuroscience4.4%
  • Nursing2.9%
  • Environmental Science2.8%
  • Psychology2.4%
  • Other4.3%

Topics

  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology6.9%
  • Birth, Development, and Health5.9%
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation4.2%
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet3.2%
  • Ovarian function and disorders2.9%
  • Gestational Diabetes Research and Management2.2%
  • Other74.7%

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

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Joey W. Trampush, Shefali S. Verma, Yang Wu, Max Lam, Jing Hua Zhao, Zhili Zheng, Jason D. Boardman, Harry Campbell, Jeremy Freese, Kathleen Mullan Harris, Caroline Hayward, Pamela Herd, Meena Kumari, Todd Lencz, Jian’an Luan, Anil K. Malhotra, Andres Metspalu, Lili Milani, Ken K. Ong, John R. B. Perry, David J. Porteous, Marylyn D. Ritchie, Melissa Smart, Blair H. Smith, Joyce Y. Tung, Nicholas J. Wareham, James F. Wilson, Jonathan Beauchamp, Dalton Conley, Tõnu Esko, Steven F. Lehrer, Patrik K. E. Magnusson, Sven Oskarsson, Tune H. Pers, Matthew R. Robinson, Kevin Thom, Chelsea Watson, Christopher F. Chabris, Michelle N. Meyer, David Laibson, Jian Yang, Magnus Johannesson, Philipp Koellinger, Patrick Turley, Peter M. Visscher, Daniel J. Benjamin, David Cesarini - Nature Genetics 2018 cited by 2,846

  2. Using human genetics to understand the disease impacts of testosterone in men and women

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , - Nature Medicine 2020 cited by 761

  3. Genomic and phenotypic insights from an atlas of genetic effects on DNA methylation

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Alexia Cardona, Felix R. Day, Giovanni Cugliari, Clara Viberti, Simonetta Guarrera, Michael C. Lerro, Richa Gupta, Sailalitha Bollepalli, Pooja R. Mandaviya, Yanni Zeng, Toni‐Kim Clarke, Rosie M. Walker, Vanessa Schmoll, Darina Czamara, Carlos Ruiz-Arenas, Faisal I. Rezwan, Riccardo E. Marioni, Tian Lin, Yvonne Awaloff, Marine Germain, Dylan Aïssi, Ramona Zwamborn, Kristel van Eijk, Annelot M. Dekker, Jenny van Dongen, Jouke‐Jan Hottenga, Gonneke Willemsen, Cheng‐Jian Xu, Guillermo Barturen, Francesc Català‐Moll, Martin Kerick, Carol A. Wang, Phillip E. Melton, Hannah R. Elliott, Jean Shin, Manon Bernard, İdil Yet, Melissa Smart, T.J. Gorrie-Stone, Chris Shaw, Ammar Al‐Chalabi, Susan M. Ring, Göran Pershagen, Erik Melén, Jordi Jiménez‐Conde, Jaume Roquer, Debbie A. Lawlor, John Wright, Nicholas G. Martin, Grant W. Montgomery, Terrie E. Moffitt, Richie Poulton, Tõnu Esko, Lili Milani, Andres Metspalu, John R. B. Perry, Ken K. Ong, Nicholas J. Wareham, Giuseppe Matullo, Carlotta Sacerdote, Salvatore Panico, Avshalom Caspi, Louise Arseneault, France Gagnon, Miina Ollikainen, Jaakko Kaprio, Janine F. Felix, Fernando Rivadeneira, Henning Tiemeier, Marinus H. van IJzendoorn and 56 more - Nature Genetics 2021 cited by 539

  4. Epigenetic Signatures of Cigarette Smoking

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Chen Yao, Douglas P. Kiel, Annette Peters, Rui Wang‐Sattler, Peter M. Visscher, Naomi R. Wray, John M. Starr, Jingzhong Ding, Carlos J. Rodríguez, Nicholas J. Wareham, Marguerite R. Irvin, Degui Zhi, Myrto Barrdahl, Paolo Vineis, Srikant Ambatipudi, André G. Uitterlinden, Albert Hofman, Joel Schwartz, Elena Colicino, Lifang Hou, Pantel Vokonas, Dena Hernández, Andrew B. Singleton, Stefania Bandinelli, Stephen T. Turner, Erin B. Ware, Alicia K. Smith, Torsten Klengel, Elisabeth B. Binder, Bruce M. Psaty, Kent D. Taylor, Sina A. Gharib, Brenton R. Swenson, Liming Liang, Dawn L. DeMeo, George O'connor, Zdenko Herceg, Kerry J. Ressler, Karen N. Conneely, Nona Sotoodehnia, Sharon L. R. Kardia, David Melzer, Andrea Baccarelli, Joyce B. J. van Meurs, Isabelle Romieu, Donna K. Arnett, Ken K. Ong, Yongmei Liu, Mélanie Waldenberger, Ian J. Deary, Myriam Fornage, Daniel Levy, Stephanie J. London - Circulation Cardiovascular Genetics 2016 cited by 1,023

  5. Genetic predisposition to mosaic Y chromosome loss in blood

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Anna Murray, Paweł Olszewski, Edyta Rychlicka-Buniowska, Robert A. Scott, Unnur Þorsteinsdóttir, Ian Tomlinson, Behrooz Torabi Moghadam, Clare Turnbull, Nicholas J. Wareham, Daníel F. Guðbjartsson, Yoichiro Kamatani, Eva R. Hoffmann, Steve P. Jackson, Kāri Stefánsson, Adam Auton, Ken K. Ong, Mitchell J. Machiela, Po‐Ru Loh, Jan P. Dumanski, Stephen J. Chanock, Lars A. Forsberg, John R. B. Perry - Nature 2019 cited by 342

  6. Large-scale genome-wide meta-analysis of polycystic ovary syndrome suggests shared genetic architecture for different diagnosis criteria

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Irina Kowalska, Jenny A. Visser, Marianne Andersen, Ken K. Ong, Elisabet Stener‐Victorin, David A. Ehrmann, Richard S. Legro, Andres Salumets, Mark I. McCarthy, Laure Morin‐Papunen, Unnur Þorsteinsdóttir, Kāri Stefánsson, Unnur Styrkársdóttir, John R. B. Perry, Andrea Dunaif, Joop S.E. Laven, Steve Franks, Cecilia M. Lindgren, Corrine K. Welt - PLoS Genetics 2018 cited by 688

  7. GDF15 linked to maternal risk of nausea and vomiting during pregnancy

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , John R. B. Perry, A. Sutton Cole, M. Baumgarten, Paul Welsh, Naveed Sattar, Gordon C. S. Smith, D. Stephen Charnock‐Jones, Anthony P. Coll, Claire L. Meek, Sachith Mettananda, Caroline Hayward, Nicholas Mancuso, Stephen O’Rahilly - Nature 2023 cited by 183

  8. Genetic analyses identify widespread sex-differential participation bias

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Ethan M. Jewett, Yunxuan Jiang, Aaron Kleinman, Keng‐Han Lin, Nadia K. Litterman, Marie K. Luff, Matthew H. McIntyre, Kimberly F. McManus, Joanna L. Mountain, Sahar V. Mozaffari, Elizabeth S. Noblin, Carrie A. M. Northover, Jared O’Connell, Aaron A. Petrakovitz, Steven J. Pitts, G. David Poznik, J. Fah Sathirapongsasuti, Janie F. Shelton, Suyash Shringarpure, Chao Tian, Joyce Y. Tung, Robert J. Tunney, Vladimir Vacic, Xin Wang, Amir Zare, Preben Bo Mortensen, Ole Mors, Thomas Werge, Merete Nordentoft, David M. Hougaard, Jonas Bybjerg‐Grauholm, Marie Bækvad‐Hansen, Takayuki Morisaki, Eco J. C. de Geus, Rino Bellocco, Yukinori Okada, Anders D. Børglum, Peter K. Joshi, Adam Auton, David A. Hinds, Benjamin M. Neale, Raymond K. Walters, Michel G. Nivard, John R. B. Perry, Andrea Ganna - Nature Genetics 2021 cited by 267

  9. Causal mechanisms and balancing selection inferred from genetic associations with polycystic ovary syndrome

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , - Nature Communications 2015 cited by 531

  10. Variability in the Heritability of Body Mass Index: A Systematic Review and Meta-Regression

    Authors: , , , , , , - Frontiers in Endocrinology 2012 cited by 703

  11. DNA methylation signature of chronic low-grade inflammation and its role in cardio-respiratory diseases

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Andrew H. Miller, Mylin A. Torres, Eirini Marouli, Xīn Gào, Joyce B. J. van Meurs, Johanna Graf-Schindler, Wolfgang Rathmann, Wolfgang Köenig, Annette Peters, Wolfgang Weninger, Matthias Farlik, Tao Zhang, Wei Chen, Yujing Xia, Alexander Teumer, Matthias Nauck, Hans J. Grabe, M Doerr, Terho Lehtimäki, Weihua Guan, Lili Milani, Toshiko Tanaka, Krista Fisher, Lindsay L. Waite, Silva Kasela, Paolo Vineis, Niek Verweij, Pim van der Harst, Licia Iacoviello, Carlotta Sacerdote, Salvatore Panico, Vittorio Krogh, ­Rosario ­Tumino, Evangelia Tzala, Giuseppe Matullo, Mikko Hurme, Olli T. Raitakari, Elena Colicino, Andrea Baccarelli, Mika Kähönen, Karl‐Heinz Herzig, Shengxu Li, Karen N. Conneely, Jaspal S. Kooner, Anna Köttgen, Bastiaan T. Heijmans, Panos Deloukas, Caroline L. Relton, Ken K. Ong, Jordana T. Bell, Eric Boerwinkle, Paul Elliott, Hermann Brenner, Marian Beekman, Daniel Levy, Mélanie Waldenberger, John C. Chambers, Abbas Dehghan, Marjo‐Riitta Järvelin - Nature Communications 2022 cited by 134

  12. An International Consortium Update: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome in Adolescence

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , - Hormone Research in Paediatrics 2017 cited by 454

  13. DNA methylation signatures of chronic low-grade inflammation are associated with complex diseases

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Nona Sotoodehnia, Luke C. Pilling, James S. Pankow, Philip S. Tsao, Chunyu Liu, Wei Zhao, Simonetta Guarrera, Vasiliki Michopoulos, Alicia K. Smith, Marjolein J. Peters, David Melzer, Pantel Vokonas, Myriam Fornage, Holger Prokisch, Joshua C. Bis, Audrey Y. Chu, Christian Herder, Harald Grallert, Chen Yao, Sonia Shah, Allan F. McRae, Honghuang Lin, Steve Horvath, M. Daniele Fallin, Albert Hofman, Nicholas J. Wareham, Kerri L. Wiggins, Andrew P. Feinberg, John M. Starr, Peter M. Visscher, Joanne M. Murabito, Sharon L. R. Kardia, Devin Absher, Elisabeth B. Binder, Andrew B. Singleton, Stefania Bandinelli, Annette Peters, Mélanie Waldenberger, Giuseppe Matullo, Joel Schwartz, Ellen W. Demerath, André G. Uitterlinden, Joyce B. J. van Meurs, Oscar H. Franco, Yii‐Der Ida Chen, Daniel Levy, Stephen T. Turner, Ian J. Deary, Kerry J. Ressler, Josée Dupuis, Luigi Ferrucci, Ken K. Ong, Themistocles L. Assimes, Eric Boerwinkle, Wolfgang Köenig, Donna K. Arnett, Andrea Baccarelli, Emelia J. Benjamin, Abbas Dehghan - Genome biology 2016 cited by 340

  14. MC3R links nutritional state to childhood growth and the timing of puberty

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Nicholas J. Wareham, David A. van Heel, Nicholas J. Timpson, Richard B. Simerly, Ken K. Ong, Roger D. Cone, Claudia Langenberg, John R. B. Perry, Giles S.H. Yeo, Stephen O’Rahilly - Nature 2021 cited by 142

  15. Rapid weight gain during infancy and subsequent adiposity: a systematic review and meta‐analysis of evidence

    Authors: , , , , , , - Obesity Reviews 2017 cited by 400

  16. Meta-analysis identifies 13 new loci associated with waist-hip ratio and reveals sexual dimorphism in the genetic basis of fat distribution

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Josine L. Min, Miriam F. Moffatt, Cliona Molony, George Nicholson, Eric E. Schadt, Krina T. Zondervan, Mary F. Feitosa, Teresa Ferreira, Hana Lango Allen, Robert J. Weyant, Eleanor Wheeler, Andrew R. Wood, Karol Estrada, Michael E. Goddard, Guillaume Lettre, Massimo Mangino, Dale R. Nyholt, Shaun Purcell, Albert V. Smith, Peter M. Visscher, Jian Yang, Steven A. McCarroll, James Nemesh, Benjamin F. Voight, Devin Absher, Najaf Amin, Thor Aspelund, Lachlan Coin, Nicole L. Glazer, Caroline Hayward, Nancy L. Heard‐Costa, Jouke‐Jan Hottenga, Åsa Johansson, Toby Johnson, Marika Kaakinen, Karen Kapur, Shamika Ketkar, Joshua W. Knowles, Peter Kraft, Aldi T. Kraja, Claudia Lamina, Michael F. Leitzmann, Barbara McKnight, Andrew P. Morris, Ken K. Ong, John R. B. Perry, Marjolein J. Peters, Ozren Polašek, Inga Prokopenko, Nigel W. Rayner, Samuli Ripatti, Fernando Rivadeneira, Neil R. Robertson, Serena Sanna, Ulla Sovio, Ida Surakka, Alexander Teumer, S. van Wingerden, Véronique Vitart, Wei Zhao, Christine Cavalcanti-Proença, Peter S. Chines, Eva Fisher, Jennifer R. Kulzer, Cecile Lecoeur, Narisu Narisu, Camilla H. Sandholt, Laura J. Scott, Kaisa Silander, Klaus Stark and 201 more - Nature Genetics 2010 cited by 962

  17. Puberty timing associated with diabetes, cardiovascular disease and also diverse health outcomes in men and women: the UK Biobank study

    Authors: , , , , - Scientific Reports 2015 cited by 546

  18. Genetic variants associated with mosaic Y chromosome loss highlight cell cycle genes and overlap with cancer susceptibility

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , - Nature Genetics 2017 cited by 221

  19. A DNA methylation biomarker of alcohol consumption

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Annette Peters, Peter M. Visscher, Naomi R. Wray, Xiuqing Guo, Kerri L. Wiggins, Alicia K. Smith, Elisabeth B. Binder, Kerry J. Ressler, Marguerite R. Irvin, Devin Absher, Dena Hernández, Luigi Ferrucci, Stefania Bandinelli, Kurt Lohman, Jianqing Ding, Letizia Trevisi, Stefan Gustafsson, Johanna K. Sandling, Lisette Stolk, André G. Uitterlinden, İdil Yet, Juan Castillo‐Fernandez, Tim D. Spector, Joel Schwartz, Pantel Vokonas, Lars Lind, Y Li, Myriam Fornage, Donna K. Arnett, Nicholas J. Wareham, N Sotoodehnia, Ken K. Ong, Joyce B. J. van Meurs, Karen N. Conneely, Andrea Baccarelli, Ian J. Deary, Jordana T. Bell, Kari E. North, Yi Liu, Mélanie Waldenberger, Stephanie J. London, Erik Ingelsson, Daniel Levy - Molecular Psychiatry 2016 cited by 441

  20. GLP‐1 agonists for obesity and type 2 diabetes in children: Systematic review and meta‐analysis

    Authors: , , - Obesity Reviews 2020 cited by 98

  21. Human Milk Short-Chain Fatty Acid Composition is Associated with Adiposity Outcomes in Infants

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , - Journal of Nutrition 2019 cited by 91

  22. Early Age at Menarche Associated with Cardiovascular Disease and Mortality

    Authors: , , , , , , , - The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism 2009 cited by 553

  23. Penetrance of pathogenic genetic variants associated with premature ovarian insufficiency

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , - Nature Medicine 2023 cited by 57

  24. Genetic links between ovarian ageing, cancer risk and de novo mutation rates

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Katherine S. Ruth, Hilary C. Martin, Kāri Stefánsson, John R. B. Perry, Anna Murray - Nature 2024 cited by 47