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Andre Franke

Andre Franke

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Genetics
Germany
2026
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Medicine
Germany
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Medicine 155 961 883 46 45 761 94177
Genetics 155 116 112 9 9 681 91847

Andre Franke publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Andre Franke between 2005 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Andre Franke published across 22 years, from 2005 to 2026, averaging 46.3 papers a year. Output peaked at 92 publications in 2021. 59 of the 1,019 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
20 40 60 80
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2005 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 92. Peak 92 publications in 2021. 2005: 2 publications 2006: 5 publications 2007: 15 publications 2008: 13 publications 2009: 31 publications 2010: 38 publications 2011: 39 publications 2012: 51 publications 2013: 45 publications 2014: 44 publications 2015: 51 publications 2016: 55 publications 2017: 62 publications 2018: 70 publications 2019: 76 publications 2020: 80 publications 2021: 92 publications 2022: 78 publications 2023: 69 publications 2024: 44 publications 2025: 56 publications 2026: 3 publications
2005 2026

1,019 publications in total across all disciplines

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Andre Franke: publications per year, 2005 to 2026
Year Publications
2005 2
2006 5
2007 15
2008 13
2009 31
2010 38
2011 39
2012 51
2013 45
2014 44
2015 51
2016 55
2017 62
2018 70
2019 76
2020 80
2021 92
2022 78
2023 69
2024 44
2025 56
2026 3
Total 1,019
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Andre Franke publications per year - data summary

  • Andre Franke, a Genetics scholar from Kiel University, has 1,019 publications recorded across 22 years, from 2005 to 2026.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 2005 and the most recent to 2026.
  • The most productive year is 2021, with 92 publications.
  • The least productive year with any output is 2005, with 2 publications.
  • The rate of publication averages 46.3 papers per year over the whole span, or 46.3 per year counting only the 22 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2022-2026) hold 250 publications, 25% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 2005-2012: 194 publications (24.3 per year); 2013-2020: 483 publications (60.4 per year); 2021-2026: 342 publications (57.0 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Andre Franke 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 Andre Franke sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150 200
Bar chart with 67 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 45–54 to 703+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 217. Most scientists, 217, have 125–134 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 703 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 675–684 publications, is where this scientist sits. 45–54 publications: 6 scientists 55–64 publications: 10 scientists 65–74 publications: 35 scientists 75–84 publications: 84 scientists 85–94 publications: 102 scientists 95–104 publications: 151 scientists 105–114 publications: 175 scientists 115–124 publications: 203 scientists 125–134 publications: 217 scientists 135–144 publications: 205 scientists 145–154 publications: 193 scientists 155–164 publications: 188 scientists 165–174 publications: 170 scientists 175–184 publications: 178 scientists 185–194 publications: 164 scientists 195–204 publications: 173 scientists 205–214 publications: 159 scientists 215–224 publications: 134 scientists 225–234 publications: 143 scientists 235–244 publications: 105 scientists 245–254 publications: 114 scientists 255–264 publications: 92 scientists 265–274 publications: 88 scientists 275–284 publications: 87 scientists 285–294 publications: 80 scientists 295–304 publications: 62 scientists 305–314 publications: 75 scientists 315–324 publications: 67 scientists 325–334 publications: 60 scientists 335–344 publications: 52 scientists 345–354 publications: 40 scientists 355–364 publications: 48 scientists 365–374 publications: 47 scientists 375–384 publications: 46 scientists 385–394 publications: 31 scientists 395–404 publications: 27 scientists 405–414 publications: 40 scientists 415–424 publications: 30 scientists 425–434 publications: 43 scientists 435–444 publications: 29 scientists 445–454 publications: 14 scientists 455–464 publications: 28 scientists 465–474 publications: 21 scientists 475–484 publications: 21 scientists 485–494 publications: 22 scientists 495–504 publications: 17 scientists 505–514 publications: 12 scientists 515–524 publications: 11 scientists 525–534 publications: 8 scientists 535–544 publications: 8 scientists 545–554 publications: 14 scientists 555–564 publications: 4 scientists 565–574 publications: 11 scientists 575–584 publications: 5 scientists 585–594 publications: 11 scientists 595–604 publications: 12 scientists 605–614 publications: 7 scientists 615–624 publications: 6 scientists 625–634 publications: 10 scientists 635–644 publications: 9 scientists 645–654 publications: 10 scientists 655–664 publications: 6 scientists 665–674 publications: 6 scientists 675–684 publications: 6 scientists 685–694 publications: 4 scientists 695–702 publications: 6 scientists 703+ publications: 100 scientists
45–54 publications 703+

This scientist: 681 publications — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Genetics scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 4,342 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
45–54 6
55–64 10
65–74 35
75–84 84
85–94 102
95–104 151
105–114 175
115–124 203
125–134 217
135–144 205
145–154 193
155–164 188
165–174 170
175–184 178
185–194 164
195–204 173
205–214 159
215–224 134
225–234 143
235–244 105
245–254 114
255–264 92
265–274 88
275–284 87
285–294 80
295–304 62
305–314 75
315–324 67
325–334 60
335–344 52
345–354 40
355–364 48
365–374 47
375–384 46
385–394 31
395–404 27
405–414 40
415–424 30
425–434 43
435–444 29
445–454 14
455–464 28
465–474 21
475–484 21
485–494 22
495–504 17
505–514 12
515–524 11
525–534 8
535–544 8
545–554 14
555–564 4
565–574 11
575–584 5
585–594 11
595–604 12
605–614 7
615–624 6
625–634 10
635–644 9
645–654 10
655–664 6
665–674 6
675–684 6 681
685–694 4
695–702 6
703+ 100
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Andre Franke publication distribution in Genetics in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 4,342 Genetics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 67 ranges running from 45–54 to 703+ publications.
  • Andre Franke, a Genetics scholar from Kiel University, records 681 publications - the 97th percentile of the discipline.
  • 97% of ranked Genetics scientists score the same or lower than Andre Franke, and about 3% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 195–204 publications range, and Andre Franke ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 125–134 publications, holding 217 scientists (5% of the field).
  • 56% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 205–214 publications), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 703 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (2% of the field).

Andre Franke 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 Andre Franke sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 61 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 160+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 191. Most scientists, 191, have 62–63 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 154–155 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40–41 D-Index: 24 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 52 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 84 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 112 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 118 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 141 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 143 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 145 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 179 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 162 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 175 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 191 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 172 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 184 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 164 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 158 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 150 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 136 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 127 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 127 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 111 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 110 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 110 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 84 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 102 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 66 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 72 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 70 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 54 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 60 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 49 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 55 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 45 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 42 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 28 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 39 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 25 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 31 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 29 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 34 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 29 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 29 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 18 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 27 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 22 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 16 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 11 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 17 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 12 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 21 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 4 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 9 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 14 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 6 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 10 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 7 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 9 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 8 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 8 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 9 scientists 160+ D-Index: 96 scientists
40–41 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 155 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

View D-Index distribution as a table
Number of Genetics scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 4,342 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 24
42–43 52
44–45 84
46–47 112
48–49 118
50–51 141
52–53 143
54–55 145
56–57 179
58–59 162
60–61 175
62–63 191
64–65 172
66–67 184
68–69 164
70–71 158
72–73 150
74–75 136
76–77 127
78–79 127
80–81 111
82–83 110
84–85 110
86–87 84
88–89 102
90–91 66
92–93 72
94–95 70
96–97 54
98–99 60
100–101 49
102–103 55
104–105 45
106–107 42
108–109 28
110–111 39
112–113 25
114–115 31
116–117 29
118–119 34
120–121 29
122–123 29
124–125 18
126–127 27
128–129 22
130–131 16
132–133 11
134–135 17
136–137 12
138–139 21
140–141 4
142–143 9
144–145 14
146–147 6
148–149 10
150–151 7
152–153 9
154–155 8 155
156–157 8
158–159 9
160+ 96
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Andre Franke D-index placement in Genetics in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 4,342 Genetics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 61 ranges running from 40–41 to 160+ D-Index.
  • Andre Franke, a Genetics scholar from Kiel University, records 155 D-Index - the 97th percentile of the discipline.
  • 97% of ranked Genetics scientists score the same or lower than Andre Franke, and about 3% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 70–71 D-Index range, and Andre Franke ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 62–63 D-Index, holding 191 scientists (4% of the field).
  • 51% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 70–71 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more, 96 scientists in all (2% of the field).

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Genetics in Germany Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Medicine in Germany Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Genetics in Germany Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics in Germany Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Germany Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics in Germany Leader Award

Overview

Andre Franke is affiliated with Kiel University in Germany and has contributed extensively to the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans a variety of subfields, including Molecular Biology, Genetics, Immunology, Physiology, and Infectious Diseases.

The scientist's research topics include:

  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Inflammatory Bowel Disease
  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • Liver Diseases and Immunity
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • T-cell and B-cell Immunology

Andre Franke has a notable presence in several publication venues, frequently contributing to:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Crohn's and Colitis
  • Scientific Reports
  • Nature Communications
  • Gut

Among their recent papers are:

  • The mutational constraint spectrum quantified from variation in 141,456 humans (2020, Nature)
  • Large-scale association analyses identify host factors influencing human gut microbiome composition (2021, Nature Genetics)
  • A genomic mutational constraint map using variation in 76,156 human genomes (2023, Nature)
  • Dense sampling of bird diversity increases power of comparative genomics (2020, Nature)
  • Common and rare variant association analyses in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis identify 15 risk loci with distinct genetic architectures and neuron-specific biology (2021, Nature Genetics)

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Corinna Bang
  • Wolfgang Lieb
  • Stefan Schreiber
  • Malte Rühlemann
  • Matthias Laudes

Best Publications

  • Host-microbe interactions have shaped the genetic architecture of inflammatory bowel disease

    Luke Jostins;Stephan Ripke;Rinse K Weersma;Richard H Duerr

  • Genome-wide meta-analysis increases to 71 the number of confirmed Crohn's disease susceptibility loci

    Andre Franke;Dermot P B McGovern;Jeffrey C. Barrett;Kai Wang

  • Genetic risk and a primary role for cell-mediated immune mechanisms in multiple sclerosis

    Stephen Sawcer;Garrett Hellenthal;Matti Pirinen;Chris C. A. Spencer

  • A genome-wide association scan of nonsynonymous SNPs identifies a susceptibility variant for Crohn disease in ATG16L1

    Jochen Hampe;Andre Franke;Philip Rosenstiel;Philip Rosenstiel;Andreas Till

  • Microbial Exposure During Early Life Has Persistent Effects on Natural Killer T Cell Function

    Torsten Olszak;Dingding An;Sebastian Zeissig;Miguel Pinilla Vera

  • Genomewide Association Study of Severe Covid-19 with Respiratory Failure.

    David Ellinghaus;Frauke Degenhardt;Luis Bujanda;Maria Buti

  • Large-scale association analyses identify host factors influencing human gut microbiome composition

    Alexander Kurilshikov;Carolina Medina-Gomez;Rodrigo Bacigalupe;Djawad Radjabzadeh

  • Meta-analysis identifies 29 additional ulcerative colitis risk loci, increasing the number of confirmed associations to 47.

    Carl A. Anderson;Gabrielle Boucher;Charlie W. Lees;Andre Franke

  • XBP1 links ER stress to intestinal inflammation and confers genetic risk for human inflammatory bowel disease

    Arthur Kaser;Ann-Hwee Lee;Andre Franke;Jonathan N. Glickman

  • Analysis of immune-related loci identifies 48 new susceptibility variants for multiple sclerosis

    Ashley H. Beecham;Nikolaos A. Patsopoulos;Nikolaos A. Patsopoulos;Dionysia K. Xifara;Mary F. Davis

  • Identification of 15 new psoriasis susceptibility loci highlights the role of innate immunity

    Lam C. Tsoi;Sarah L. Spain;Sarah L. Spain;Jo Knight;Eva Ellinghaus;Eva Ellinghaus

  • New loci associated with kidney function and chronic kidney disease

    Anna Köttgen;Anna Köttgen;Cristian Pattaro;Carsten A. Böger;Christian Fuchsberger

  • Autosomal dominant immune dysregulation syndrome in humans with CTLA4 mutations.

    Desireé Schubert;Desireé Schubert;Claudia Bode;Rupert Kenefeck;Tie Zheng Hou

  • Deep resequencing of GWAS loci identifies independent rare variants associated with inflammatory bowel disease.

    Manuel A. Rivas;Manuel A. Rivas;Manuel A. Rivas;Mélissa Beaudoin;Agnes Gardet;Christine Stevens

  • The dynamic genome of Hydra

    Jarrod A. Chapman;Ewen F. Kirkness;Oleg Simakov;Oleg Simakov;Steven E. Hampson

  • Analysis of five chronic inflammatory diseases identifies 27 new associations and highlights disease-specific patterns at shared loci

    David Ellinghaus;Luke Jostins;Sarah L. Spain;Adrian Cortes

  • Inherited determinants of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis phenotypes: a genetic association study

    Isabelle Cleynen;Isabelle Cleynen;Gabrielle Boucher;Luke Jostins;Luke Jostins;Luke Jostins;L Philip Schumm

  • Sequence variants in IL10, ARPC2 and multiple other loci contribute to ulcerative colitis susceptibility

    Andre Franke;Tobias Balschun;Tom H Karlsen;Jurgita Sventoraityte

  • Meta-analysis and imputation refines the association of 15q25 with smoking quantity

    Jason Z. Liu;Federica Tozzi;Dawn M. Waterworth;Sreekumar G. Pillai

  • 15q13.3 microdeletions increase risk of idiopathic generalized epilepsy

    Ingo Helbig;Heather C. Mefford;Andrew J. Sharp;Michel Guipponi

Frequent Co-Authors

Stefan Schreiber
Stefan Schreiber Kiel University
Wolfgang Lieb
Wolfgang Lieb Kiel University
David Ellinghaus
David Ellinghaus Kiel University
Tom H. Karlsen
Tom H. Karlsen Oslo University Hospital
Philip Rosenstiel
Philip Rosenstiel Kiel University
Christian Gieger
Christian Gieger Helmholtz Zentrum München
Tonu Esko
Tonu Esko University of Tartu
Stephan Weidinger
Stephan Weidinger Kiel University
James T. Elder
James T. Elder University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Michael Krawczak
Michael Krawczak Kiel University

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