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78
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117696
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1656
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760

Adam Auton publication distribution in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Genetics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Adam Auton sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 150 publications — 30th percentile

30% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 703 publications or more.

Adam Auton D-index placement in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Genetics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Adam Auton sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 78 D-Index — 62nd percentile

62% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more.

Overview

Adam Auton is affiliated with 23andMe in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a significant number of publications also related to medicine.

The main subfields of study where Adam Auton has contributed include:

  • Genetics
  • Molecular Biology
  • Neurology
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  • Infectious Diseases

The scientist's work covers a variety of topics, reflecting a broad scope in genetic research and epidemiology. Key topics of their research include:

  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
  • Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Reading and Literacy Development
  • Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks

Adam Auton has appeared frequently in certain publication venues, indicating consistent contributions to those specialized areas. These venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Genetics
  • Nature Communications
  • Translational Psychiatry
  • Communications Biology

Several of their recent papers showcase research on genetics in various contexts:

  • "A genome-wide association study with 1,126,563 individuals identifies new risk loci for Alzheimer's disease" (2021), published in Nature Genetics
  • "Polygenic prediction of educational attainment within and between families from genome-wide association analyses in 3 million individuals" (2022), published in Nature Genetics
  • "Genetic determinants of daytime napping and effects on cardiometabolic health" (2021), published in Nature Communications
  • "Avoiding dynastic, assortative mating, and population stratification biases in Mendelian randomization through within-family analyses" (2020), published in Nature Communications
  • "Trans-ancestry analysis reveals genetic and nongenetic associations with COVID-19 susceptibility and severity" (2021), published in Nature Genetics

Collaboration is a notable aspect of Adam Auton's scientific work. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Suyash Shringarpure
  • Pierre Fontanillas
  • David A. Hinds
  • Janie F. Shelton
  • Matthew H. McIntyre

Best Publications

  • A global reference for human genetic variation.

    Adam Auton;Gonçalo R. Abecasis;David M. Altshuler;Richard M. Durbin

  • The variant call format and VCFtools

    Petr Danecek;Adam Auton;Goncalo Abecasis;Cornelis A. Albers

  • An integrated map of genetic variation from 1,092 human genomes

    Goncalo R Abecasis;Adam Auton;Lisa D Brooks

  • Table S2: Trans-factors and trinucleotide repeat instability Trans-factor

    Arturo López Castel;John D Cleary;Christopher E Pearson

  • A Map of Human Genome Variation From Population-Scale Sequencing

    Gonçalo R Abecasis;David Altshuler;David Altshuler;Adam Auton

  • A second generation human haplotype map of over 3.1 million SNPs

    Kelly A. Frazer;Dennis G. Ballinger;David R. Cox;David A. Hinds

  • Gene discovery and polygenic prediction from a genome-wide association study of educational attainment in 1.1 million individuals

    James J. Lee;Robbee Wedow;Aysu Okbay;Edward Kong

  • Genome-wide detection and characterization of positive selection in human populations

    Pardis C. Sabeti;Pardis C. Sabeti;Patrick Varilly;Patrick Varilly;Ben Fry;Jason Lohmueller

  • Discovery of the first genome-wide significant risk loci for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder

    Ditte Demontis;Ditte Demontis;Raymond K Walters;Raymond K Walters;Joanna Martin;Joanna Martin;Joanna Martin;Manuel Mattheisen

  • Identification of novel risk loci, causal insights, and heritable risk for Parkinson's disease: a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies

    Mike A Nalls;Cornelis Blauwendraat;Costanza L Vallerga;Karl Heilbron

  • An integrated map of structural variation in 2,504 human genomes

    Peter H. Sudmant;Tobias Rausch;Eugene J. Gardner;Robert E. Handsaker;Robert E. Handsaker

  • Genes mirror geography within Europe.

    John Novembre;Toby Johnson;Toby Johnson;Katarzyna Bryc;Zoltán Kutalik

  • Genetic mechanisms of critical illness in Covid-19.

    E. Pairo-Castineira;E. Pairo-Castineira;S. Clohisey;L. Klaric;A. D. Bretherick

  • Mapping copy number variation by population-scale genome sequencing

    Ryan E. Mills;Klaudia Walter;Chip Stewart;Robert E. Handsaker

  • Multi-trait analysis of genome-wide association summary statistics using MTAG.

    Patrick Turley;Patrick Turley;Raymond K. Walters;Raymond K. Walters;Omeed Maghzian;Aysu Okbay

  • A genome-wide association study with 1,126,563 individuals identifies new risk loci for Alzheimer's disease.

    Douglas P Wightman;Iris E Jansen;Jeanne E Savage;Alexey A Shadrin

  • Genome-wide SNP and haplotype analyses reveal a rich history underlying dog domestication

    Bridgett M. Vonholdt;John P. Pollinger;Kirk E. Lohmueller;Eunjung Han

  • A global reference for human genetic variation

    Adam Auton;Gonçalo R. Abecasis;David M. Altshuler;Richard M. Durbin

  • Genome-wide association study of CNVs in 16,000 cases of eight common diseases and 3,000 shared controls

    Nick Craddock;Matthew E. Hurles;Niall Cardin;Richard D. Pearson

  • Genome-wide association analyses of risk tolerance and risky behaviors in over 1 million individuals identify hundreds of loci and shared genetic influences

    Richard Karlsson Linnér;Richard Karlsson Linnér;Pietro Biroli;Edward Kong;S. Fleur W. Meddens;S. Fleur W. Meddens

Frequent Co-Authors

Carlos Bustamante
Carlos Bustamante Stanford University
Michel G. Nivard
Michel G. Nivard University of Bristol
Abdel Abdellaoui
Abdel Abdellaoui University of Amsterdam
Peter Donnelly
Peter Donnelly University of Oxford
Daniel J. Benjamin
Daniel J. Benjamin University of California, Los Angeles
Matthias Sutter
Matthias Sutter Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods
Pierre Fontanillas
Pierre Fontanillas 23andMe (United States)
David A. Hinds
David A. Hinds 23andMe (United States)
Benjamin M. Neale
Benjamin M. Neale Harvard University
James F. Wilson
James F. Wilson University of Edinburgh

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