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90
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Anke Hinney 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 Anke Hinney sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 352 publications — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Anke Hinney 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 Anke Hinney sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 90 D-Index — 76th percentile

76% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics in Germany Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics in Germany Leader Award

Overview

Anke Hinney is affiliated with the University of Duisburg-Essen in Germany and is involved in research primarily within the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans several subfields including Genetics, Clinical Psychology, Molecular Biology, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism.

The research topics frequently addressed by Hinney focus on various aspects of human health and disease, with particular attention to:

  • Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Regulation of Appetite and Obesity
  • Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Hypothalamic control of reproductive hormones

The scientist has contributed to multiple peer-reviewed publications across respected venues, with recurring contributions to:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Scientific Reports
  • Adipositas - Ursachen Folgeerkrankungen Therapie
  • Zeitschrift für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie und Psychotherapie
  • Translational Psychiatry

Among notable recent papers co-authored or authored by Anke Hinney are:

  • "Genetic identification of cell types underlying brain complex traits yields insights into the etiology of Parkinson's disease" (2020) published in Nature Genetics
  • "Short-term metreleptin treatment of patients with anorexia nervosa: rapid on-set of beneficial cognitive, emotional, and behavioral effects" (2020) in Translational Psychiatry
  • "The promise of new anti-obesity therapies arising from knowledge of genetic obesity traits" (2022) in Nature Reviews Endocrinology
  • "Detailed stratified GWAS analysis for severe COVID-19 in four European populations" (2022) in Human Molecular Genetics
  • "Shared genetic risk between eating disorder- and substance-use-related phenotypes: Evidence from genome-wide association studies" (2020) in Addiction Biology

Frequent collaborators in their research include Johannes Hebebrand, Triinu Peters, Luisa Sophie Rajcsanyi, Manuel Föcker, and Raphael Hirtz. The number of joint publications with these coauthors ranges from 22 to 56, reflecting continued collaboration in overlapping research areas.

Best Publications

  • Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index

    Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Cristen J. Willer;Sonja I. Berndt;Keri L. Monda

  • Genomic Relationships, Novel Loci, and Pleiotropic Mechanisms across Eight Psychiatric Disorders

    Phil H. Lee;Verneri Anttila;Hyejung Won;Yen-Chen A. Feng

  • Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index

    E. K. Speliotes;C. J. Willer;S. I. Berndt;K. L. Monda

  • Genome-wide association study identifies eight risk loci and implicates metabo-psychiatric origins for anorexia nervosa

    Hunna J. Watson;Hunna J. Watson;Hunna J. Watson;Zeynep Yilmaz;Laura M. Thornton;Christopher Hübel;Christopher Hübel

  • A common genetic variant is associated with adult and childhood obesity.

    Alan Herbert;Norman P. Gerry;Matthew B. McQueen;Iris M. Heid

  • Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 11 new loci for anthropometric traits and provides insights into genetic architecture

    Sonja I Berndt;Stefan Gustafsson;Stefan Gustafsson;Reedik Mägi;Reedik Mägi;Andrea Ganna

  • Dysfunction of lipid sensor GPR120 leads to obesity in both mouse and human

    Atsuhiko Ichimura;Akira Hirasawa;Odile Poulain-Godefroy;Odile Poulain-Godefroy;Amélie Bonnefond;Amélie Bonnefond

  • Genome wide association (GWA) study for early onset extreme obesity supports the role of fat mass and obesity associated gene (FTO) variants.

    Anke Hinney;Thuy Trang Nguyen;André Scherag;Susann Friedel

  • Refining the impact of TCF7L2 gene variants on type 2 diabetes and adaptive evolution

    Agnar Helgason;Snæbjörn Pálsson;Snæbjörn Pálsson;Gudmar Thorleifsson;Struan F A Grant;Struan F A Grant

  • Several Mutations in the Melanocortin-4 Receptor Gene Including a Nonsense and a Frameshift Mutation Associated with Dominantly Inherited Obesity in Humans

    A. Hinney;A. Schmidt;K. Nottebom;O. Heibült

  • Significant Locus and Metabolic Genetic Correlations Revealed in Genome-Wide Association Study of Anorexia Nervosa.

    Laramie Duncan;Zeynep Yilmaz;Helena Gaspar;Raymond Walters

  • Genome-wide association study identifies eight risk loci and implicates metabo-psychiatric origins for anorexia nervosa

    H. J. Watson;Z. Yilmaz;L. M. Thornton;C. Hubel

  • A genome-wide association meta-analysis identifies new childhood obesity loci

    JP Bradfield;HR Taal;NJ Timpson;A Scherag

  • Interrogating the Genetic Determinants of Tourette’s Syndrome and Other Tic Disorders Through Genome-Wide Association Studies

    Dongmei Yu;Jae Hoon Sul;Fotis Tsetsos;Muhammad S Nawaz

  • Two new Loci for body-weight regulation identified in a joint analysis of genome-wide association studies for early-onset extreme obesity in French and german study groups

    André Scherag;Christian Dina;Anke Hinney;Vincent Vatin

  • From monogenic to polygenic obesity: recent advances

    Anke Hinney;Carla I. G. Vogel;Johannes Hebebrand

  • The 5-HT transporter gene-linked polymorphic region (5-HTTLPR) in evolutionary perspective : alternative biallelic variation in rhesus monkeys

    K. P. Lesch;J. Meyer;K. Glatz;G. Flügge

  • What should the genome-wide significance threshold be? Empirical replication of borderline genetic associations

    Orestis A. Panagiotou;John P.A. Ioannidis;John P.A. Ioannidis;John P.A. Ioannidis;Joel N. Hirschhorn;Goncalo R. Abecasis

  • A genome-wide association meta-analysis identifies new childhood obesity loci

    Bradfield Jp;Taal Hr;Timpson Nj;Scherag A

  • Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 11 new loci for anthropometric traits and provides insights into genetic architecture

    Sonja I. Berndt;Stefan Gustafsson;Reedik Maegi;Andrea Ganna

Frequent Co-Authors

Johannes Hebebrand
Johannes Hebebrand University of Duisburg-Essen
Helmut Remschmidt
Helmut Remschmidt Philipp University of Marburg
Frank Geller
Frank Geller Statens Serum Institut
Thomas Illig
Thomas Illig Hannover Medical School
Thomas Reinehr
Thomas Reinehr Boston Children's Hospital
Joel N. Hirschhorn
Joel N. Hirschhorn Boston Children's Hospital
Aarno Palotie
Aarno Palotie University of Helsinki
Philippe Froguel
Philippe Froguel Imperial College London
Andreas Ziegler
Andreas Ziegler University of Ulm
Beate Herpertz-Dahlmann
Beate Herpertz-Dahlmann RWTH Aachen University

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