A Kong Google Scholar: h-index, Total Citations, and Citation Map
A Kong's h-index is 154 (225 i10-index, 129,025+ total citations across 336+ publications) according to Google Scholar as of October 2026. A Kong is affiliated with University of Oxford.
A Kong is a researcher affiliated with University of Oxford, specializing in Statistical Genetics. Their work has been cited 129,025 times. This profile visualizes their global influence, highlighting strong citation networks in United States.
A Kong's Citation Metrics
Bibliometric impact based on 336 indexed publications.
- H-Index
- 154
- i10-Index
- 225
- Total Citations
- 129,025
- Citing Countries
- 64
As of October 2026.
A Kong has an h-index of 154 and 129,025 total citations across 336 publications, with research cited by institutions in 64 countries.
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Finding the missing heritability of complex diseases
200910,874
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The researcher identified a specific TCF7L2 gene variant as a significant risk factor for type 2 diabetes, establishing a foundational genetic link in the field.
The researcher published a seminal 2009 Nature paper addressing the missing heritability of complex diseases, establishing a foundational framework that has garnered over 10,000 citations.
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About A Kong's research
A Kong is a researcher in Statistical Genetics at University of Oxford. Their work has been cited 129,025 times across 336 publications (h-index 154), according to Google Scholar.
Their most-cited work, “Finding the missing heritability of complex diseases” (2009), has accumulated 10,874 citations. Other influential works include “Variant of TREM2 Associated with the Risk of Alzheimer's Disease” (2013) with 3,259 citations and “Variant of transcription factor 7-like 2 (TCF7L2) gene confers risk of type 2 diabetes” (2006) with 3,066 citations.
Citations of A Kong's research come primarily from United States, China and United Kingdom, reflecting international research impact across 5+ countries. The interactive citation map above shows the full geographic distribution of the institutions citing this work.
