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Concepts (327)

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Name Number of Publications Most Recent Publication Publications by All Authors Concept Score Why?
Arsenic
26
2025
272
7.930
Why?
DNA Methylation
13
2025
697
4.900
Why?
Genome-Wide Association Study
40
2025
1762
3.460
Why?
Telomere
11
2023
120
3.400
Why?
Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
40
2025
2484
2.900
Why?
Arsenic Poisoning
11
2023
104
2.890
Why?
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
30
2025
2465
2.540
Why?
Aging
6
2025
727
2.330
Why?
Environmental Exposure
18
2023
355
2.280
Why?
Quantitative Trait Loci
11
2024
630
2.190
Why?
Methyltransferases
7
2025
213
2.190
Why?
Bangladesh
28
2025
339
2.160
Why?
Telomere Homeostasis
6
2021
29
2.150
Why?
Mendelian Randomization Analysis
12
2024
50
2.120
Why?
Epigenesis, Genetic
8
2025
555
1.860
Why?
Prostatic Neoplasms
13
2025
1775
1.820
Why?
Gene-Environment Interaction
7
2018
120
1.740
Why?
Arsenicals
5
2023
49
1.540
Why?
Skin Diseases
8
2019
174
1.440
Why?
Genetic Variation
14
2024
1415
1.410
Why?
CpG Islands
5
2025
168
1.240
Why?
Telomere Shortening
4
2020
25
1.230
Why?
Organ Specificity
6
2025
279
1.190
Why?
Drinking Water
5
2023
70
1.130
Why?
Multifactorial Inheritance
8
2025
202
1.090
Why?
Water Pollutants, Chemical
6
2020
140
1.060
Why?
Humans
101
2025
93515
1.050
Why?
Male
60
2025
44557
1.030
Why?
Pancreatic Neoplasms
6
2017
715
0.950
Why?
Oxygenases
1
2025
17
0.920
Why?
Middle Aged
47
2025
27573
0.920
Why?
Aged
40
2025
20434
0.900
Why?
Glutathione Transferase
1
2025
115
0.900
Why?
Gene Expression Regulation
8
2021
1985
0.890
Why?
Longitudinal Studies
11
2024
1161
0.880
Why?
C-Reactive Protein
4
2009
204
0.870
Why?
Disease
5
2020
92
0.860
Why?
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
6
2012
1229
0.840
Why?
Data Interpretation, Statistical
3
2015
306
0.820
Why?
Female
55
2025
48702
0.810
Why?
Adult
40
2025
27918
0.810
Why?
Risk Factors
22
2023
5899
0.800
Why?
Cigarette Smoking
1
2024
47
0.790
Why?
Leukocytes
4
2023
210
0.740
Why?
Cacodylic Acid
3
2021
22
0.720
Why?
Odds Ratio
11
2019
711
0.710
Why?
Smoking
5
2024
648
0.710
Why?
Parents
2
2019
292
0.710
Why?
Chemically-Induced Disorders
1
2020
2
0.640
Why?
Information Seeking Behavior
1
2020
18
0.620
Why?
Algorithms
3
2025
1953
0.610
Why?
Blood
1
2019
68
0.610
Why?
Case-Control Studies
13
2018
1931
0.600
Why?
Research Subjects
1
2020
73
0.600
Why?
Ammonia-Lyases
1
2019
6
0.590
Why?
Glutamate Formimidoyltransferase
1
2019
6
0.590
Why?
Serum Amyloid A Protein
2
2009
25
0.570
Why?
Diet
4
2012
460
0.560
Why?
Chromosomes, Human, Pair 10
2
2023
47
0.550
Why?
Breast Neoplasms
12
2020
3110
0.530
Why?
Chromosomes, Human
1
2017
65
0.520
Why?
DNA Helicases
1
2017
89
0.510
Why?
Causality
3
2019
82
0.510
Why?
Prostate-Specific Antigen
2
2025
337
0.510
Why?
Young Adult
18
2023
6930
0.510
Why?
Mortality
1
2017
156
0.480
Why?
Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid
1
2016
129
0.470
Why?
Saliva
1
2016
124
0.470
Why?
Body Mass Index
4
2016
811
0.470
Why?
Prospective Studies
13
2022
4560
0.460
Why?
Phenotype
9
2024
2544
0.450
Why?
Neoplasms
5
2023
3169
0.440
Why?
Models, Genetic
4
2024
970
0.440
Why?
Blotting, Southern
1
2014
110
0.440
Why?
Models, Statistical
2
2015
585
0.430
Why?
Genomics
5
2024
848
0.420
Why?
Smoking Cessation
2
2016
269
0.420
Why?
Alleles
6
2020
1139
0.420
Why?
Genotype
7
2016
1866
0.410
Why?
Longevity
2
2019
60
0.410
Why?
DNA
3
2016
1265
0.390
Why?
Folic Acid
3
2023
62
0.390
Why?
Gene Regulatory Networks
2
2017
317
0.390
Why?
Gene Expression
3
2024
1301
0.380
Why?
Cognition Disorders
1
2013
236
0.360
Why?
Cross-Sectional Studies
5
2023
1847
0.360
Why?
Genome, Human
5
2019
823
0.350
Why?
Cohort Studies
10
2025
3054
0.350
Why?
Adolescent
16
2024
9606
0.340
Why?
Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 1-alpha
1
2011
80
0.330
Why?
Computer Simulation
5
2018
1118
0.330
Why?
Life Style
3
2015
183
0.330
Why?
Sex Characteristics
3
2020
333
0.330
Why?
Biomarkers
3
2016
1910
0.310
Why?
Thinness
1
2009
45
0.310
Why?
Patents as Topic
1
2009
11
0.300
Why?
Cognition
1
2013
627
0.290
Why?
Aged, 80 and over
8
2018
7061
0.280
Why?
Genetic Testing
2
2010
565
0.280
Why?
Interleukin-6
1
2009
276
0.270
Why?
Cross-Cultural Comparison
1
2007
35
0.260
Why?
Gene Frequency
3
2019
700
0.260
Why?
Carcinoma
1
2010
439
0.250
Why?
Vitamin D
2
2019
272
0.240
Why?
Genetic Linkage
2
2007
613
0.240
Why?
Methylation
2
2019
288
0.240
Why?
Body Height
2
2016
107
0.230
Why?
Prognosis
3
2012
3911
0.230
Why?
Multigene Family
1
2025
203
0.220
Why?
Feeding Behavior
1
2007
337
0.220
Why?
Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity
2
2024
184
0.210
Why?
Biomarkers, Tumor
2
2014
1660
0.210
Why?
Adenocarcinoma
1
2011
1173
0.210
Why?
Genetic Privacy
1
2023
12
0.200
Why?
Epistasis, Genetic
2
2018
90
0.200
Why?
Chromosomes, Human, Y
1
2023
26
0.200
Why?
Alternative Splicing
1
2024
219
0.200
Why?
Gene Expression Profiling
3
2024
1518
0.200
Why?
Conduct Disorder
1
2024
65
0.200
Why?
Bisexuality
1
2003
36
0.190
Why?
Dietary Supplements
1
2023
131
0.190
Why?
Genomic Instability
1
2023
88
0.190
Why?
Water Pollution, Chemical
2
2015
21
0.190
Why?
Inflammation
3
2018
1050
0.190
Why?
Mutation, Missense
2
2019
297
0.180
Why?
Suicide, Attempted
1
2003
140
0.180
Why?
Reproducibility of Results
4
2018
2715
0.170
Why?
Diabetes Mellitus
1
2008
767
0.170
Why?
Attitude
2
2020
132
0.170
Why?
Epigenomics
1
2022
109
0.170
Why?
Blood Proteins
1
2021
145
0.170
Why?
Pulmonary Fibrosis
1
2023
152
0.170
Why?
Bias
2
2012
137
0.170
Why?
Chromosome Mapping
2
2022
1052
0.170
Why?
Health Status
2
2016
377
0.160
Why?
United Kingdom
1
2021
190
0.160
Why?
Genetic Pleiotropy
1
2020
29
0.160
Why?
Chicago
1
2025
1464
0.160
Why?
Biological Specimen Banks
1
2021
72
0.160
Why?
Risk Assessment
4
2017
2441
0.160
Why?
Sex Factors
4
2020
1105
0.160
Why?
United States
6
2018
7622
0.150
Why?
Homosexuality, Male
1
2003
332
0.150
Why?
Multifunctional Enzymes
1
2019
7
0.150
Why?
Tungsten
1
2018
6
0.150
Why?
Transcriptome
3
2024
762
0.150
Why?
Cadmium
1
2018
29
0.150
Why?
Indians, North American
1
2018
48
0.140
Why?
Signal Transduction
1
2019
3502
0.140
Why?
Risk
3
2016
657
0.140
Why?
Haptoglobins
1
2017
9
0.130
Why?
Stromal Cells
1
2018
151
0.130
Why?
Proportional Hazards Models
3
2023
889
0.130
Why?
High-Throughput Screening Assays
1
2018
61
0.130
Why?
Sensitivity and Specificity
2
2012
1922
0.130
Why?
Mutation
1
2009
4272
0.130
Why?
Waist-Hip Ratio
1
2016
21
0.120
Why?
Water Supply
3
2011
66
0.120
Why?
Sex Distribution
1
2016
174
0.120
Why?
Estrogen Receptor alpha
1
2017
155
0.120
Why?
Software
1
2020
670
0.120
Why?
Adiposity
1
2016
76
0.120
Why?
Biometry
1
2015
70
0.110
Why?
Genotyping Techniques
1
2015
71
0.110
Why?
Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
1
2016
296
0.110
Why?
Vitamin E
1
2014
34
0.110
Why?
Parity
1
2015
97
0.110
Why?
Carcinoma, Basal Cell
1
2015
63
0.110
Why?
Asia
1
2014
107
0.110
Why?
Selenium
1
2014
46
0.110
Why?
Biological Assay
1
2014
82
0.110
Why?
Polymorphism, Genetic
2
2015
826
0.110
Why?
Polymerase Chain Reaction
1
2016
894
0.110
Why?
Chemoprevention
1
2014
93
0.110
Why?
Databases as Topic
1
2014
96
0.110
Why?
Drinking
2
2011
34
0.110
Why?
Phosphofructokinase-1, Muscle Type
1
2014
9
0.100
Why?
Colorectal Neoplasms
3
2017
1053
0.100
Why?
Environmental Pollutants
1
2014
56
0.100
Why?
Chromosomes, Human, Pair 9
1
2013
80
0.100
Why?
Food Contamination
1
2013
35
0.100
Why?
Follow-Up Studies
2
2018
3830
0.100
Why?
Oxidative Stress
1
2016
467
0.100
Why?
Environment
1
2015
230
0.100
Why?
Information Dissemination
1
2014
124
0.100
Why?
Oryza
1
2013
44
0.100
Why?
Genetic Markers
2
2020
469
0.100
Why?
Nuclear Proteins
1
2017
740
0.100
Why?
Sample Size
1
2013
128
0.100
Why?
Proteins
2
2010
803
0.100
Why?
Keratosis
1
2012
21
0.090
Why?
Membrane Transport Proteins
1
2013
169
0.090
Why?
C-Peptide
1
2012
184
0.090
Why?
Random Allocation
1
2012
307
0.090
Why?
Food
1
2012
92
0.090
Why?
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
1
2024
3476
0.090
Why?
Lung Diseases
1
2014
283
0.090
Why?
Androgens
1
2012
162
0.090
Why?
Urinary Bladder Neoplasms
1
2015
378
0.090
Why?
Cucurbitaceae
1
2010
4
0.080
Why?
Diabetes Complications
1
2012
170
0.080
Why?
Vegetables
1
2010
50
0.080
Why?
Molecular Epidemiology
1
2010
57
0.080
Why?
Vitamin B Complex
1
2010
21
0.080
Why?
Epidemiologic Studies
1
2010
17
0.080
Why?
Therapeutics
1
2010
13
0.080
Why?
Lung Neoplasms
3
2017
2365
0.080
Why?
Age Factors
2
2019
1906
0.080
Why?
Occupational Exposure
1
2010
87
0.080
Why?
Skin Neoplasms
1
2014
620
0.080
Why?
Precancerous Conditions
1
2010
205
0.070
Why?
Long QT Syndrome
1
2009
37
0.070
Why?
Ownership
1
2009
28
0.070
Why?
Rural Population
1
2009
170
0.070
Why?
Cause of Death
1
2009
273
0.070
Why?
Washington
1
2008
49
0.070
Why?
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
1
2015
1077
0.070
Why?
Feasibility Studies
1
2010
756
0.070
Why?
Cardiovascular Diseases
1
2015
754
0.070
Why?
Cystic Fibrosis
1
2009
119
0.070
Why?
Genetic Loci
1
2019
260
0.070
Why?
SEER Program
1
2008
235
0.060
Why?
Factor Analysis, Statistical
1
2007
115
0.060
Why?
Linkage Disequilibrium
2
2020
478
0.060
Why?
Bayes Theorem
1
2019
402
0.060
Why?
Surveys and Questionnaires
3
2014
2802
0.060
Why?
Survivors
1
2008
204
0.060
Why?
Genetic Heterogeneity
1
2007
69
0.060
Why?
Family Health
1
2007
153
0.060
Why?
Disease-Free Survival
1
2009
1170
0.060
Why?
Foot Deformities, Congenital
1
2006
11
0.060
Why?
Talus
1
2006
19
0.060
Why?
Incidence
3
2017
1701
0.060
Why?
Pharmacogenetics
1
2010
456
0.060
Why?
HLA-C Antigens
1
2005
17
0.060
Why?
Survival Analysis
1
2019
1524
0.060
Why?
Prevalence
2
2013
1321
0.060
Why?
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
1
2010
589
0.050
Why?
Genetic Association Studies
2
2016
300
0.050
Why?
Choline
1
2023
24
0.050
Why?
Adolescent Development
1
2024
24
0.050
Why?
Food, Fortified
1
2023
18
0.050
Why?
Arachidonic Acids
1
2023
36
0.050
Why?
Brain
2
2024
2391
0.050
Why?
Protein Isoforms
1
2024
295
0.050
Why?
Gray Matter
1
2024
43
0.050
Why?
Adolescent Behavior
1
2024
111
0.050
Why?
Psoriasis
1
2005
254
0.050
Why?
Severity of Illness Index
1
2008
1917
0.050
Why?
Metabolomics
1
2023
98
0.050
Why?
Metabolome
1
2023
62
0.050
Why?
Homeodomain Proteins
1
2006
556
0.050
Why?
Child
2
2024
7355
0.040
Why?
Animals
2
2018
28155
0.040
Why?
Executive Function
1
2022
103
0.040
Why?
Pneumonia, Bacterial
1
2001
30
0.040
Why?
Regression Analysis
2
2016
579
0.040
Why?
Socioeconomic Factors
2
2015
624
0.040
Why?
Ovarian Neoplasms
2
2017
797
0.040
Why?
Chromosomes, Human, X
1
2020
57
0.040
Why?
Urinary Tract Infections
1
2001
85
0.040
Why?
Communicable Diseases
1
2001
69
0.040
Why?
Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
2
2015
1914
0.040
Why?
Impulsive Behavior
1
2022
290
0.040
Why?
Penetrance
1
2018
48
0.030
Why?
Transcription Factors
1
2006
1691
0.030
Why?
Inflammation Mediators
1
2018
159
0.030
Why?
Receptors, Estrogen
1
2019
413
0.030
Why?
Influenza, Human
1
2001
347
0.030
Why?
Tissue Distribution
1
2017
291
0.030
Why?
Promoter Regions, Genetic
1
2020
962
0.030
Why?
Ligands
1
2018
476
0.030
Why?
Age of Onset
1
2018
342
0.030
Why?
Vitamin D Deficiency
1
2017
107
0.030
Why?
Models, Animal
1
2017
282
0.030
Why?
Carcinogenesis
1
2018
235
0.030
Why?
Databases, Genetic
1
2017
282
0.030
Why?
Telomerase
1
2016
67
0.030
Why?
Treatment Outcome
1
2009
9099
0.030
Why?
Sequence Analysis, RNA
1
2017
255
0.030
Why?
Geographic Information Systems
1
2015
28
0.030
Why?
Fibroblasts
1
2018
756
0.030
Why?
Demography
1
2015
189
0.030
Why?
Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1
1
2015
58
0.030
Why?
Prostate
1
2018
416
0.030
Why?
Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1
1
2015
76
0.030
Why?
Cell Movement
1
2018
809
0.030
Why?
Epithelial Cells
1
2018
700
0.030
Why?
Cytokines
1
2018
863
0.030
Why?
Tumor Microenvironment
1
2018
554
0.030
Why?
Disease Progression
1
2018
1531
0.030
Why?
Neuroblastoma
1
2017
396
0.030
Why?
Pedigree
2
2006
961
0.030
Why?
Perception
1
2014
179
0.020
Why?
Selection, Genetic
1
2017
538
0.020
Why?
Global Health
1
2015
208
0.020
Why?
Pilot Projects
1
2016
917
0.020
Why?
Biomedical Research
1
2017
438
0.020
Why?
Evidence-Based Medicine
1
2015
449
0.020
Why?
Cell Proliferation
1
2018
1741
0.020
Why?
Cell Line, Tumor
1
2018
2755
0.020
Why?
Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
1
2017
1338
0.020
Why?
Informed Consent
1
2014
277
0.020
Why?
Skin
1
2014
578
0.020
Why?
Fertilizers
1
2010
9
0.020
Why?
Sunlight
1
2010
27
0.020
Why?
Pesticides
1
2010
30
0.020
Why?
Models, Biological
1
2017
1768
0.020
Why?
Protective Agents
1
2010
34
0.020
Why?
Registries
1
2015
990
0.020
Why?
Water
1
2011
307
0.020
Why?
Chronic Disease
1
2010
960
0.020
Why?
Chromosomes, Human, Pair 2
1
2006
85
0.010
Why?
Stroke
1
2015
1079
0.010
Why?
Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
1
2005
192
0.010
Why?
Glycoproteins
1
2005
220
0.010
Why?
DNA Mutational Analysis
1
2006
543
0.010
Why?
Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
1
2005
392
0.010
Why?
Haplotypes
1
2005
647
0.010
Why?
Vancomycin Resistance
1
2001
18
0.010
Why?
Methicillin Resistance
1
2001
31
0.010
Why?
Herpes Zoster
1
2001
25
0.010
Why?
Enterococcus
1
2001
34
0.010
Why?
Neuralgia
1
2001
27
0.010
Why?
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections
1
2001
52
0.010
Why?
Community-Acquired Infections
1
2001
65
0.010
Why?
Staphylococcal Infections
1
2001
286
0.010
Why?
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