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Jouke-Jan Hottenga

Jouke-Jan Hottenga

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Genetics
Netherlands
2025

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Genetics

D-Index
152
Citations
94532
World Ranking
128
National Ranking
1

Medicine

D-Index
152
Citations
94698
World Ranking
1070
National Ranking
1

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Genetics in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics in Netherlands Leader Award

Overview

Jouke-Jan Hottenga is affiliated with Hamad bin Khalifa University in Qatar and has a significant publication record in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Medicine. Their subfields of expertise include Genetics, Molecular Biology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Clinical Psychology, and Physiology.

Their research covers a range of main topics spanning Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, Birth, Development, and Health, Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals, Cognitive Abilities and Testing, and Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development.

Notable recent papers by Jouke-Jan Hottenga include:

  • The power of genetic diversity in genome-wide association studies of lipids (2021, Nature)
  • The genetic architecture of the human cerebral cortex (2020, Science)
  • The trans-ancestral genomic architecture of glycemic traits (2021, Nature Genetics)
  • Genomic and phenotypic insights from an atlas of genetic effects on DNA methylation (2021, Nature Genetics)
  • Genetic diversity fuels gene discovery for tobacco and alcohol use (2022, Nature)

Jouke-Jan Hottenga has frequently collaborated with several co-authors:

  • Dorret I. Boomsma
  • Eco J. C. de Geus
  • René Pool
  • Gonneke Willemsen
  • Jenny van Dongen

Their work has been published primarily in the following venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • UNC Libraries
  • Nature Communications
  • Nature Genetics
  • Nature Human Behaviour

Best Publications

  • Biological, clinical and population relevance of 95 loci for blood lipids

    Tanya M. Teslovich;Kiran Musunuru;Albert V. Smith;Andrew C. Edmondson

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

    Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Cristen J. Willer;Sonja I. Berndt;Keri L. Monda

  • Genome-wide association analyses identify 44 risk variants and refine the genetic architecture of major depression

    Naomi R. Wray;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Manuel Mattheisen;MacIej Trzaskowski

  • Genetic relationship between five psychiatric disorders estimated from genome-wide SNPs

    S. Hong Lee;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Benjamin M. Neale;Benjamin M. Neale;Stephen V. Faraone

  • Hundreds of variants clustered in genomic loci and biological pathways affect human height

    Hana Lango Allen;Karol Estrada;Guillaume Lettre;Sonja I. Berndt

  • New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk (vol 42, pg 105, 2010)

    J Dupuis;C Langenberg;I Prokopenko;R Saxena

  • Analysis of shared heritability in common disorders of the brain

    Verneri Anttila;Verneri Anttila;Brendan Bulik-Sullivan;Brendan Bulik-Sullivan;Hilary K. Finucane;Raymond K. Walters;Raymond K. Walters

  • A genome-wide association search for type 2 diabetes genes in African Americans.

    N D Palmer;C W McDonough;P J Hicks;B H Roh

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

    Adam E. Locke;Bratati Kahali;Sonja I. Berndt;Anne E. Justice

  • Genome-wide association study identifies 74 loci associated with educational attainment

    Aysu Okbay;Jonathan P. Beauchamp;Mark Alan Fontana;James J. Lee

  • Genetic analysis of over 1 million people identifies 535 new loci associated with blood pressure traits.

    Evangelos Evangelou;Evangelos Evangelou;Helen R. Warren;Helen R. Warren;David Mosen-Ansorena;Borbala Mifsud

  • Genomic Relationships, Novel Loci, and Pleiotropic Mechanisms across Eight Psychiatric Disorders

    Phil H. Lee;Verneri Anttila;Hyejung Won;Yen-Chen A. Feng

  • A mega-analysis of genome-wide association studies for major depressive disorder

    Stephan Ripke;Naomi R Wray;Cathryn M Lewis;Steven P Hamilton

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

    E. K. Speliotes;C. J. Willer;S. I. Berndt;K. L. Monda

  • Genetic variants associated with subjective well-being, depressive symptoms, and neuroticism identified through genome-wide analyses

    Aysu Okbay;Bart M L Baselmans;Jan-Emmanuel De Neve;Patrick Turley

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

    Iris M. Heid;Anne U. Jackson;Joshua C. Randall;Tthomas W. Winkler

  • Erratum: New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk (Nature Genetics (2010) 42 (105-116))

    Josée Dupuis;Claudia Langenberg;Inga Prokopenko;Richa Saxena

  • A mega-analysis of genome-wide association studies for major depressive disorder

    S. Ripke;N. R. Wray;C. M. Lewis;S. P. Hamilton

  • Genome-wide association study identifies 74 loci associated with educational attainment

    Aysu Okbay;Jonathan P. Beauchamp;Mark Alan Fontana;James J. Lee

  • Hundreds of variants clustered in genomic loci and biological pathways affect human height

    H. Lango Allen;K. Estrada;G. Lettre;S. I. Berndt

Frequent Co-Authors

Dorret I. Boomsma
Dorret I. Boomsma Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Gonneke Willemsen
Gonneke Willemsen Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Nicholas G. Martin
Nicholas G. Martin QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Eco J. C. de Geus
Eco J. C. de Geus Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Grant W. Montgomery
Grant W. Montgomery University of Queensland
Marjo-Riitta Järvelin
Marjo-Riitta Järvelin Imperial College London
Albert Hofman
Albert Hofman Harvard University
Tonu Esko
Tonu Esko University of Tartu
André G. Uitterlinden
André G. Uitterlinden Erasmus University Rotterdam

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