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Alanna C. Morrison 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 Alanna C. Morrison sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 384 publications — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Alanna C. Morrison 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 Alanna C. Morrison sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 98 D-Index — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Alanna C. Morrison is affiliated with The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine, with a focused engagement in the subfields of Genetics, Molecular Biology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Hematology, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

The scientist's work covers several major topics, including:

  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Genomics and Rare Diseases
  • Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks
  • Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
  • RNA modifications and cancer

Recent publications authored or co-authored by Alanna C. Morrison illustrate a substantial contribution to genetic and cardiovascular research:

  • "Genome-wide association and Mendelian randomisation analysis provide insights into the pathogenesis of heart failure" (2020) published in Nature Communications
  • "Discovery and systematic characterization of risk variants and genes for coronary artery disease in over a million participants" (2022) published in Nature Genetics
  • "Dynamic incorporation of multiple in silico functional annotations empowers rare variant association analysis of large whole-genome sequencing studies at scale" (2020) published in Nature Genetics
  • "Association of Clonal Hematopoiesis With Incident Heart Failure" (2021) published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • "Genome-wide analysis in over 1 million individuals of European ancestry yields improved polygenic risk scores for blood pressure traits" (2024) published in Nature Genetics

Frequent co-authors in Morrison's research include:

  • Bruce M. Psaty
  • Eric Boerwinkle
  • Paul S. de Vries
  • Jerome I. Rotter
  • Stephen S. Rich

Publications appear regularly in several venues, notably:

  • UNC Libraries
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis
  • Circulation

The breadth and interdisciplinary nature of the scientist's work reflect an integrated approach to advancing understanding in genetic epidemiology and cardiovascular medicine using genomic analysis and bioinformatics methods.

Best Publications

  • A comprehensive 1000 Genomes–based genome-wide association meta-analysis of coronary artery disease

    M Nikpay;A Goel;Won H-H.;L M Hall

  • Genetic variants in novel pathways influence blood pressure and cardiovascular disease risk

    Georg B. Ehret;Georg B. Ehret;Georg B. Ehret;Patricia B. Munroe;Kenneth M. Rice;Murielle Bochud

  • Sequencing of 53,831 diverse genomes from the NHLBI TOPMed Program.

    Daniel Taliun;Daniel N. Harris;Michael D. Kessler;Jedidiah Carlson;Jedidiah Carlson

  • Genome-wide association study of blood pressure and hypertension

    Daniel Levy;Georg B. Ehret;Georg B. Ehret;Kenneth Rice;Germaine C. Verwoert

  • Genetic analysis of over 1 million people identifies 535 new loci associated with blood pressure traits.

    Evangelos Evangelou;Evangelos Evangelou;Helen R. Warren;Helen R. Warren;David Mosen-Ansorena;Borbala Mifsud

  • Genetic mechanisms of critical illness in Covid-19.

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

  • A prospective study of estrogen replacement therapy and the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease The Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging

    Claudia Kawas;S. Resnick;A. Morrison;R. Brookmeyer

  • Novel genetic associations for blood pressure identified via gene-alcohol interaction in up to 570K individuals across multiple ancestries

    Mary F. Feitosa;Aldi T. Kraja;Daniel I. Chasman;Yun J. Sung

  • Diagnostic Yield and Clinical Utility of Sequencing Familial Hypercholesterolemia Genes in Patients With Severe Hypercholesterolemia

    Amit V. Khera;Amit V. Khera;Hong Hee Won;Gina M. Peloso;Gina M. Peloso;Kim S. Lawson

  • Genome-wide association and Mendelian randomisation analysis provide insights into the pathogenesis of heart failure.

    S Shah;A Henry;C Roselli;H Lin

  • Meta-analyses of genome-wide association studies identify multiple loci associated with pulmonary function

    Dana B. Hancock;Mark Eijgelsheim;Jemma B. Wilk;Sina A. Gharib

  • A comprehensive 1000 Genomes-based genome-wide association meta-analysis of coronary artery disease

    Majid Nikpay;Anuj Goel;Hong-Hee Won;Leanne M. Hall

  • Exome-wide association study of plasma lipids in > 300,000 individuals

    Dajiang J Liu;Gina M Peloso;Gina M Peloso;Haojie Yu;Adam S Butterworth;Adam S Butterworth

  • Genome-wide association analysis identifies novel blood pressure loci and offers biological insights into cardiovascular risk

    Helen R Warren;Evangelos Evangelou;Evangelos Evangelou;Claudia P Cabrera;He Gao

  • Inactivating mutations in NPC1L1 and protection from coronary heart disease

    Nathan O. Stitziel;Hong Hee Won;Alanna C. Morrison;Gina M. Peloso

  • Association Between Telomere Length and Risk of Cancer and Non-Neoplastic Diseases A Mendelian Randomization Study

    Philip C Haycock;Stephen Burgess;Aayah Nounu

  • Genetic associations at 53 loci highlight cell types and biological pathways relevant for kidney function

    Cristian Pattaro;Alexander Teumer;Mathias Gorski;Audrey Y. Chu

  • Genome-wide association study identifies six new loci influencing pulse pressure and mean arterial pressure

    Louise V. Wain;Germaine C. Verwoert;Paul F. O'Reilly;Gang Shi

  • Sequencing of 53,831 diverse genomes from the NHLBI TOPMed Program

    Daniel Taliun;Daniel N. Harris;Michael D. Kessler;Jedidiah Carlson;Jedidiah Carlson

  • Genetic analysis of over 1 million people identifies 535 new loci associated with blood pressure traits

    Evangelos Evangelou;Helen R. Warren;David Mosen-Ansorena;Borbala Mifsu

Frequent Co-Authors

Eric Boerwinkle
Eric Boerwinkle The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Bruce M. Psaty
Bruce M. Psaty University of Washington
Jerome I. Rotter
Jerome I. Rotter UCLA Medical Center
Daniel I. Chasman
Daniel I. Chasman Brigham and Women's Hospital
André G. Uitterlinden
André G. Uitterlinden Erasmus University Rotterdam
Paul M. Ridker
Paul M. Ridker Brigham and Women's Hospital
Albert V. Smith
Albert V. Smith University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Xiuqing Guo
Xiuqing Guo Lundquist Institute
Kent D. Taylor
Kent D. Taylor David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Vilmundur Gudnason
Vilmundur Gudnason University of Iceland

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