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Genetics and Molecular Biology
Estonia
2024

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Genetics

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118
Citations
72033
World Ranking
404
National Ranking
3

Medicine

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118
Citations
71962
World Ranking
3981
National Ranking
1

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Genetics in Estonia Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Genetics in Estonia Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics in Estonia Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Estonia Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics in Estonia Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Estonia Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Estonia Leader Award

Overview

Reedik Mägi is affiliated with the University of Tartu in Estonia. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions also in Medicine. The subfields where they have published extensively include Genetics, Molecular Biology, Surgery, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, and Immunology.

The scientist's work covers several main research topics, including Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Genomics and Rare Diseases, Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals, Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, Birth, Development, and Health, and Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research.

Recent notable publications by Mägi include:

  • FinnGen provides genetic insights from a well-phenotyped isolated population (2023, Nature)
  • The trans-ancestral genomic architecture of glycemic traits (2021, Nature Genetics)
  • Genomic and drug target evaluation of 90 cardiovascular proteins in 30,931 individuals (2020, Nature Metabolism)
  • Genetics of circulating inflammatory proteins identifies drivers of immune-mediated disease risk and therapeutic targets (2023, Nature Immunology)
  • Deciphering osteoarthritis genetics across 826,690 individuals from 9 populations (2021, Cell)

Mägi collaborates frequently with several researchers, including Tõnu Esko, Lili Milani, Andres Metspalu, Triin Laisk, and Kristi Läll. The volume of collaborations ranges particularly high, with over 80 coauthored works with Tõnu Esko.

The scientist's research has been published extensively in prominent venues. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • UNC Libraries
  • Nature Communications
  • Nature Genetics
  • The American Journal of Human Genetics

Best Publications

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

    James J. Lee;Robbee Wedow;Aysu Okbay;Edward Kong

  • New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk

    Josée Dupuis;Josée Dupuis;Claudia Langenberg;Inga Prokopenko;Richa Saxena;Richa Saxena

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

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

  • Defining the role of common variation in the genomic and biological architecture of adult human height

    Andrew R. Wood;Tonu Esko;Jian Yang;Sailaja Vedantam

  • 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

  • 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

  • Fine-mapping type 2 diabetes loci to single-variant resolution using high-density imputation and islet-specific epigenome maps.

    Anubha Mahajan;Daniel Taliun;Matthias Thurner;Neil R. Robertson

  • 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

  • The genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes

    Christian Fuchsberger;Christian Fuchsberger;Jason A. Flannick;Jason A. Flannick;Tanya M. Teslovich;Anubha Mahajan

  • 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

  • Novel genetic associations for blood pressure identified via gene-alcohol interaction in up to 570K individuals across multiple ancestries

    Mary F. Feitosa;Aldi T. Kraja;Daniel I. Chasman;Yun J. Sung

  • 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

  • Genome-wide trans-ancestry meta-analysis provides insight into the genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes susceptibility.

    Anubha Mahajan;Min Jin Go;Weihua Zhang;Jennifer E. Below

  • 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

  • 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

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

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

  • The genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes

    Christian Fuchsberger;Jason Flannick;Tanya M. Teslovich;Anubha Mahajan

Frequent Co-Authors

Tonu Esko
Tonu Esko University of Tartu
Andres Metspalu
Andres Metspalu University of Tartu
Cecilia M. Lindgren
Cecilia M. Lindgren University of Oxford
Andrew P. Morris
Andrew P. Morris University of Liverpool
Erik Ingelsson
Erik Ingelsson Stanford University
Markus Perola
Markus Perola Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
Inga Prokopenko
Inga Prokopenko University of Surrey
Eric Boerwinkle
Eric Boerwinkle The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Kari Stefansson
Kari Stefansson deCODE Genetics (Iceland)

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