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

**Type:** Papers  
**Canonical URL:** https://scholariq.org/papers/genome-wide-association-study-identifies-74-loci-associated-with-educational/

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Author Names | Aysu Okbay,Jonathan Beauchamp,Mark Alan Fontana,James J. Lee,Tune H. Pers,Cornelius A. Rietveld,Patrick Turley,Guo‐Bo Chen,Valur Emilsson,S. Fleur W. Meddens,Sven Oskarsson,Joseph K. Pickrell,Kevin Thom,Pascal Timshel,Ronald de Vlaming,Abdel Abdellaoui,Tarunveer S. Ahluwalia,Jonas Bačelis,Clemens Baumbach,Gyða Björnsdóttir,J Brandsma,Maria Pina Concas,Jaime Derringer,Nicholas A. Furlotte,Tessel E. Galesloot,Giorgia Girotto,Richa Gupta,Leanne M. Hall,Sarah E. Harris,Edith Hofer,Momoko Horikoshi,Jennifer E. Huffman,Kadri Kaasik,Ioanna Panagiota Kalafati,Robert Karlsson,Augustine Kong,Jari Lahti,Sven J. van der Lee,C. deLeeuw,Penelope A. Lind,Karl‐Oskar Lindgren,Tian Liu,Massimo Mangino,Jonathan Marten,Evelin Mihailov,Michael B. Miller,Peter J. van der Most,Christopher Oldmeadow,Antony Payton,Natalia Pervjakova,Wouter J. Peyrot,Yong Qian,Olli Raitakari,Rico Rueedi,Erika Salvi,Börge Schmidt,Katharina E. Schraut,Jianxin Shi,Albert V. Smith,Raymond A. Poot,Beaté St Pourcain,Alexander Teumer,Gudmar Thorleifsson,Niek Verweij,Dragana Vuckovic,Juergen Wellmann,Harm-Jan Westra,Jingyun Yang,Wei Zhao,Zhihong Zhu,Behrooz Z. Alizadeh,Najaf Amin,Andrew Bakshi,Sebastian E. Baumeister,Ginevra Biino,Klaus Bønnelykke,Patricia A. Boyle,Harry Campbell,Francesco P. Cappuccio,Gail Davies,Jan-Emmanuel De Neve,Panos Deloukas,Ilja Demuth,Jun Ding,Peter Eibich,Lewin Eisele,Niina Eklund,David M. Evans,Jessica D. Faul,Mary F. Feitosa,Andreas J. Forstner,Ilaria Gandin,Bjarni Gunnarsson,Bjarni V. Halldórsson,Tamara B. Harris,Andrew C. Heath,Lynne J. Hocking,Elizabeth G. Holliday,Georg Homuth,Michael A. Horan |
| Citations | 1,501 |
| DOI | 10.1038/nature17671 |
| Fields | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology,Medicine |
| Open Access | true |
| OA Status | hybrid |
| OA URL | https://www.nature.com/articles/nature17671.pdf |
| OpenAlex ID | https://openalex.org/W2346626662 |
| PMID | 27225129 |
| Type | article |
| Year | 2016 |

## Paper authors

- [Barbara Franke](https://scholariq.org/researchers/barbara-franke/)

## Paper journal

- [Nature](https://scholariq.org/journals/nature/)

## Paper primary topic

- [Genetic Associations and Epidemiology](https://scholariq.org/topics/genetic-associations-and-epidemiology/)

## Paper topics

- [Genetic Associations and Epidemiology](https://scholariq.org/topics/genetic-associations-and-epidemiology/)
- [Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders](https://scholariq.org/topics/genetics-and-neurodevelopmental-disorders/)
- [Birth, Development, and Health](https://scholariq.org/topics/birth-development-and-health/)

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