2026 Andrew J. Sharp: Genetics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Genetics	54	3622	3417	1570	1472	120	14598

Overview

Andrew J. Sharp is affiliated with the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a strong emphasis on Genetics and Molecular Biology as subfields.

The main topics covered in Andrew J. Sharp's work include:

Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities
Genetics and neurodevelopmental disorders
Epigenetics and DNA methylation
Genetic associations and epidemiology
Genetic neurodegenerative diseases
Mitochondrial function and pathology
Genomics and rare diseases

They have a significant number of publications in various venues, frequently publishing in:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
The American Journal of Human Genetics
Nature Communications
PLoS ONE
International Journal of Dermatology

The recent papers by Andrew J. Sharp include:

A meta-analysis of epigenome-wide association studies in Alzheimer's disease highlights novel differentially methylated loci across cortex, 2021, Nature Communications
Temporal quality degradation in AI models, 2022, Scientific Reports
A Novel Framework for Characterizing Genomic Haplotype Diversity in the Human Immunoglobulin Heavy Chain Locus, 2020, Frontiers in Immunology
A Survey of Rare Epigenetic Variation in 23,116 Human Genomes Identifies Disease-Relevant Epivariations and CGG Expansions, 2020, The American Journal of Human Genetics
Episignatures Stratifying Helsmoortel-Van Der Aa Syndrome Show Modest Correlation with Phenotype, 2020, The American Journal of Human Genetics

Frequent collaborators in their work include Bharati Jadhav, Paras Garg, Alejandro Martin-Trujillo, Oscar L. Rodriguez, and Arianna Tucci.

Best Publications

Fine-scale structural variation of the human genome.

Eray Tuzun;Andrew J Sharp;Jeffrey A Bailey;Rajinder Kaul

1323
Citations
Segmental Duplications and Copy-Number Variation in the Human Genome

Andrew J. Sharp;Devin P. Locke;Sean D. McGrath;Ze Cheng

1183
Citations
Recurrent Rearrangements of Chromosome 1q21.1 and Variable Pediatric Phenotypes

Heather C Mefford;Andrew J Sharp;Carl Baker;Andy Itsara

852
Citations
Discovery of previously unidentified genomic disorders from the duplication architecture of the human genome

Andrew J Sharp;Sierra Hansen;Rebecca R Selzer;Ze Cheng

713
Citations
15q13.3 microdeletions increase risk of idiopathic generalized epilepsy

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

667
Citations
A recurrent 15q13.3 microdeletion syndrome associated with mental retardation and seizures.

Andrew J Sharp;Heather C Mefford;Kelly Li;Carl Baker

651
Citations
Age- and tissue-specific variation of X chromosome inactivation ratios in normal women.

Andrew Sharp;David Robinson;Patricia Jacobs

402
Citations
Linkage Disequilibrium and Heritability of Copy-Number Polymorphisms within Duplicated Regions of the Human Genome

Devin P. Locke;Andrew J. Sharp;Steven A. McCarroll;Steven A. McCarroll;Sean D. McGrath

392
Citations
Abundant contribution of short tandem repeats to gene expression variation in humans

Melissa Gymrek;Thomas Willems;Audrey Guilmatre;Haoyang Zeng

367
Citations
DNA methylation profiles of human active and inactive X chromosomes.

Andrew J. Sharp;Elisavet Stathaki;Eugenia Migliavacca;Manisha Brahmachary

353
Citations
Structural Variation of the Human Genome

Andrew J. Sharp;Ze Cheng;Evan E. Eichler

337
Citations
Further delineation of the 15q13 microdeletion and duplication syndromes: a clinical spectrum varying from non-pathogenic to a severe outcome

B W M van Bon;H C Mefford;B Menten;D A Koolen

314
Citations
Epigenome-wide differences in pathology-free regions of multiple sclerosis-affected brains

Jimmy L Huynh;Paras Garg;Tin Htwe Thin;Seungyeul Yoo

303
Citations
Recurrent reciprocal deletions and duplications of 16p13.11: The deletion is a risk factor for MR/MCA while the duplication may be a rare benign variant

F.D. Hannes;A.J. Sharp;H.C. Mefford;T. de Ravel

299
Citations
Recurrent Reciprocal Genomic Rearrangements of 17q12 Are Associated with Renal Disease, Diabetes, and Epilepsy

Heather C. Mefford;Séverine Clauin;Andrew J. Sharp;Rikke S. Moller

295
Citations
Clinical and molecular delineation of the 17q21.31 microdeletion syndrome

D. A. Koolen;A. J. Sharp;A. J. Sharp;J. A. Hurst;H. V. Firth

250
Citations
Identification of the translocation breakpoints in the Ts65Dn and Ts1Cje mouse lines: relevance for modeling down syndrome

Arnaud Duchon;Matthieu Raveau;Claire Chevalier;Valérie Nalesso

239
Citations
Dynamics of DNA Methylation in Recent Human and Great Ape Evolution

Irene Hernando-Herraez;Javier Prado-Martinez;Paras Garg;Marcos Fernandez-Callejo

215
Citations
Characterization of a recurrent 15q24 microdeletion syndrome

Andrew J Sharp;Rebecca R Selzer;Joris A Veltman;Stefania Gimelli

201
Citations
The Genetics of Microdeletion and Microduplication Syndromes: An Update

Corey T. Watson;Tomas Marques-Bonet;Tomas Marques-Bonet;Andrew J. Sharp;Heather C. Mefford

199
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Evan E. Eichler University of Washington

Tomas Marques-Bonet Pompeu Fabra University

Stylianos E. Antonarakis University of Geneva

Christine E. Seidman Harvard University

Christelle Borel University of Geneva

Vahram Haroutunian Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Heather C. Mefford University of Washington

Han G. Brunner Radboud University

Samantha J.L. Knight University of Oxford

Yann Herault Institute of Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology

External Links

Personal website of Andrew J. Sharp

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