Genetic Epidemiology is a human genetics journal covering the genetic causes behind the distribution of human traits in families and populations. The journal focuses on the contribution of genetic and environmental factors to human disease as revealed by genetic, epidemiological, and biologic investigations.

Genetic Epidemiology is the official journal of the International Genetic Epidemiology Society. We primarily publish papers in statistical genetics, including bioinformatical and computational models for analyzing genetic data.

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Genetic Epidemiology is a peer-reviewed journal for discussion of research on the genetic causes of the distribution of human traits in families and populations. Emphasis is placed on the relative contribution of genetic and environmental factors to human disease as revealed by genetic, epidemiological, and biologic investigations.

Genetic Epidemiology is the official journal of the International Genetic Epidemiology Society.

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Abstracts for the 2022 IGES Annual Meeting

Perspective in Open Access:

Members of the Ethical, Legal, Social, Implications (ELSI) committee of the International Genetic Epidemiology Society (IGES) offer perspectives on methods and analysis tools for the conduct of inclusive genetic epidemiology research, with a focus on admixed and ancestrally diverse populations in support of reproducible research practices.

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Figure 1: Key elements to address diversity in genetic epidemiology research

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Recent Articles

RESEARCH ARTICLE

DYNATE: Localizing rare‐variant association regions via multiple testing embedded in an aggregation tree

Xuechan Li, John Pura, Andrew Allen, Kouros Owzar, Jianfeng Lu, Matthew Harms, Jichun Xie, 
  •  28 November 2023
RESEARCH ARTICLE

Bias and mean squared error in Mendelian randomization with invalid instrumental variables

Lu Deng, Sheng Fu, Kai Yu, 
  •  16 November 2023
BRIEF REPORT

Limitation of permutation‐based differential correlation analysis

Hoseung Song, Michael C. Wu, 
  •  637-641
  •  10 November 2023
CORRECTION
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Correction to “Abstracts”

  •  642-642
  •  9 November 2023
RESEARCH ARTICLE
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Haplotype reconstruction for genetically complex regions with ambiguous genotype calls: Illustration by the KIR gene region

Lars L. J. van der Burg, Liesbeth C. de Wreede, Henning Baldauf, Jürgen Sauter, Johannes Schetelig, Hein Putter, Stefan Böhringer, 
  •  13 October 2023
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The following is a list of the most cited articles based on citations published in the last three years, according to CrossRef.

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Consistent Estimation in Mendelian Randomization with Some Invalid Instruments Using a Weighted Median Estimator

Jack Bowden, George Davey Smith, Philip C. Haycock, Stephen Burgess, 
  •  304-314
  •  7 April 2016
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Mendelian Randomization Analysis With Multiple Genetic Variants Using Summarized Data

Stephen Burgess, Adam Butterworth, Simon G. Thompson, 
  •  658-665
  •  20 September 2013
Open access

Bias due to participant overlap in two‐sample Mendelian randomization

Stephen Burgess, Neil M. Davies, Simon G. Thompson, 
  •  597-608
  •  14 September 2016
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A comparison of robust Mendelian randomization methods using summary data

Eric A. W. Slob, Stephen Burgess, 
  •  313-329
  •  6 April 2020

Polygenic scores via penalized regression on summary statistics

Timothy Shin Heng Mak, Robert Milan Porsch, Shing Wan Choi, Xueya Zhou, Pak Chung Sham, 
  •  469-480
  •  8 May 2017
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