# Tõnu Esko

**Type:** Researchers  
**Canonical URL:** https://scholariq.org/researchers/tonu-esko/

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Citations | 154,734 |
| Field | Genetic Associations and Epidemiology |
| h-index | 166 |
| i10-index | 485 |
| Last Known Institution | University of Tartu |
| OpenAlex ID | https://openalex.org/A5007189110 |
| ORCID iD | https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1982-6569 |
| Works | 817 |

## Researcher papers

Showing 12 of 45.

- [The mutational constraint spectrum quantified from variation in 141,456 humans](https://scholariq.org/papers/the-mutational-constraint-spectrum-quantified-from-variation-in-141-456-humans/)
- [The Genotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx) pilot analysis: Multitissue gene regulation in humans](https://scholariq.org/papers/the-genotype-tissue-expression-gtex-pilot-analysis-multitissue-gene-regulation/)
- [Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology](https://scholariq.org/papers/genetic-studies-of-body-mass-index-yield-new-insights-for-obesity-biology/)
- [Discovery and refinement of loci associated with lipid levels](https://scholariq.org/papers/discovery-and-refinement-of-loci-associated-with-lipid-levels/)
- [Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index](https://scholariq.org/papers/association-analyses-of-249-796-individuals-reveal-18-new-loci-associated-with/)
- [Association studies of up to 1.2 million individuals yield new insights into the genetic etiology of tobacco and alcohol use](https://scholariq.org/papers/association-studies-of-up-to-1-2-million-individuals-yield-new-insights-into-the/)
- [Defining the role of common variation in the genomic and biological architecture of adult human height](https://scholariq.org/papers/defining-the-role-of-common-variation-in-the-genomic-and-biological-architecture/)
- [Hundreds of variants clustered in genomic loci and biological pathways affect human height](https://scholariq.org/papers/hundreds-of-variants-clustered-in-genomic-loci-and-biological-pathways-affect/)
- [Large-scale association analysis provides insights into the genetic architecture and pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes](https://scholariq.org/papers/large-scale-association-analysis-provides-insights-into-the-genetic-architecture/)
- [Systematic identification of trans eQTLs as putative drivers of known disease associations](https://scholariq.org/papers/systematic-identification-of-trans-eqtls-as-putative-drivers-of-known-disease/)
- [New genetic loci link adipose and insulin biology to body fat distribution](https://scholariq.org/papers/new-genetic-loci-link-adipose-and-insulin-biology-to-body-fat-distribution/)
- [Large-scale association analysis identifies new risk loci for coronary artery disease](https://scholariq.org/papers/large-scale-association-analysis-identifies-new-risk-loci-for-coronary-artery/)

## Researcher topics

- [Genetic Associations and Epidemiology](https://scholariq.org/topics/genetic-associations-and-epidemiology/)
- [Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease](https://scholariq.org/topics/nutrition-genetics-and-disease/)
- [Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals](https://scholariq.org/topics/genetic-mapping-and-diversity-in-plants-and-animals/)
- [Genomics and Rare Diseases](https://scholariq.org/topics/genomics-and-rare-diseases/)
- [Epigenetics and DNA Methylation](https://scholariq.org/topics/epigenetics-and-dna-methylation/)

## Researcher university

- [University of Tartu](https://scholariq.org/institutions/university-of-tartu/)

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Source: ScholarIQ — public research metadata, principally OpenAlex. See https://scholariq.org/sources/ for provenance and https://scholariq.org/methodology/ for what these figures mean.