World's Best Scientists 2026 revealed!

D-Index & Metrics

Genetics

D-Index
52
Citations
15732
World Ranking
3765
National Ranking
1624

Anna Di Rienzo 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 Anna Di Rienzo sits on this spectrum.

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 publications 703+

This scientist: 101 publications — 8th percentile

8% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Anna Di Rienzo 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 Anna Di Rienzo sits on this spectrum.

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 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 52 D-Index — 14th percentile

14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Anna Di Rienzo is affiliated with the University of Chicago in the United States and focuses primarily on research in the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work intersects several subfields including Genetics, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Physiology, Molecular Biology, and Cancer Research.

The scientist's research covers a diverse range of topics, with a significant focus on High Altitude and Hypoxia, Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications, and Adipose Tissue and Metabolism. Other subjects of study include Forensic and Genetic Research, Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism, Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging, and Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques.

Some of the recent publications associated with Anna Di Rienzo span across prominent academic journals and cover a variety of research priorities. Notable papers include:

  • Getting genetic ancestry right for science and society, 2022, Science
  • Ancient genomes from the Himalayas illuminate the genetic history of Tibetans and their Tibeto-Burman speaking neighbors, 2022, Nature Communications
  • A pleiotropic hypoxia-sensitive EPAS1 enhancer is disrupted by adaptive alleles in Tibetans, 2022, Science Advances
  • Higher oxygen content and transport characterize high-altitude ethnic Tibetan women with the highest lifetime reproductive success, 2024, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Transcriptomic analysis of iPSC-derived endothelium reveals adaptations to high altitude hypoxia in energy metabolism and inflammation, 2025, PLoS Genetics

Anna Di Rienzo collaborates frequently with several researchers contributing to various aspects of their work. Key co-authors include:

  • David Witonsky
  • E. Richetta
  • Esmeralda Poli
  • R. Pellerito
  • M. Stasi

Their publications have appeared recurrently in journals such as Physica Medica, Science Advances, UNC Libraries, Science, and Nature Communications, reflecting engagement with leading research venues in their areas of study.

Best Publications

  • The Simons Genome Diversity Project: 300 genomes from 142 diverse populations

    Swapan Mallick;Swapan Mallick;Swapan Mallick;Heng Li;Mark Lipson;Iain Mathieson

  • Tracing European founder lineages in the Near Eastern mtDNA pool.

    Martin B. Richards;Martin B. Richards;Vincent Macaulay;Eileen Hickey;Emilce Vega

  • Reconstructing Native American population history

    David Emil Reich;David Emil Reich;Nick Patterson;Desmond Campbell;Desmond Campbell;Arti Tandon;Arti Tandon

  • Using Environmental Correlations to Identify Loci Underlying Local Adaptation

    Graham Coop;David Witonsky;Anna Di Rienzo;Jonathan K Pritchard

  • Adaptation - not by sweeps alone.

    Jonathan K. Pritchard;Anna Di Rienzo

  • Detection of the Signature of Natural Selection in Humans: Evidence from the Duffy Blood Group Locus

    Martha T. Hamblin;Anna Di Rienzo

  • Genome-Wide Search for Asthma Susceptibility Loci in a Founder Population

    Carole Ober;Nancy J. Cox;Mark Abney;Anna Di Rienzo

  • Phenotype-genotype correlation of in vitro SN-38 (active metabolite of irinotecan) and bilirubin glucuronidation in human liver tissue with UGT1A1 promoter polymorphism

    Lalitha Iyer;Diana Hall;Soma Das;Melissa A. Mortell

  • Adaptations to Climate-Mediated Selective Pressures in Humans

    Angela M. Hancock;David B. Witonsky;Gorka Alkorta-Aranburu;Cynthia M. Beall

  • Complex Signatures of Natural Selection at the Duffy Blood Group Locus

    Martha T. Hamblin;Emma E. Thompson;Anna Di Rienzo

  • Global diversity, population stratification, and selection of human copy-number variation

    Peter H. Sudmant;Swapan Mallick;Swapan Mallick;Bradley J. Nelson;Fereydoun Hormozdiari

  • Adjusting the focus on human variation

    Molly Przeworski;Richard R. Hudson;Anna Di Rienzo

  • Adaptations to Climate in Candidate Genes for Common Metabolic Disorders

    Angela M Hancock;David B Witonsky;Adam S Gordon;Gidon Eshel

  • Corrigendum: Reconstructing Native American population history

    David Reich;Nick Patterson;Desmond Campbell;Arti Tandon

  • Colloquium Paper: Human adaptations to diet, subsistence, and ecoregion are due to subtle shifts in allele frequency

    Angela M. Hancock;David B. Witonsky;Edvard Ehler;Edvard Ehler;Gorka Alkorta-Aranburu

  • Interrogating multiple aspects of variation in a full resequencing data set to infer human population size changes

    Benjamin F. Voight;Alison M. Adams;Linda A. Frisse;Yudong Qian

  • An evolutionary framework for common diseases: the ancestral-susceptibility model

    Anna Di Rienzo;Richard R. Hudson

  • mtDNA Analysis of Nile River Valley Populations: A Genetic Corridor or a Barrier to Migration?

    Matthias Krings;Abd-el Halim Salem;Karin Bauer;Helga Geisert

  • Spatial patterns of variation due to natural selection in humans

    John Novembre;Anna Di Rienzo

  • Admixture facilitates genetic adaptations to high altitude in Tibet

    Choongwon Jeong;Gorka Alkorta-Aranburu;Buddha Basnyat;Maniraj Neupane

Frequent Co-Authors

Jonathan K. Pritchard
Jonathan K. Pritchard Stanford University
David Reich
David Reich Harvard Medical School
Richard R. Hudson
Richard R. Hudson University of Chicago
John Novembre
John Novembre University of Chicago
Mark J. Ratain
Mark J. Ratain University of Chicago
Olufunmilayo I. Olopade
Olufunmilayo I. Olopade University of Chicago
Graham Coop
Graham Coop University of California, Davis
Swapan Mallick
Swapan Mallick Harvard Medical School
Richard Villems
Richard Villems University of Tartu
Nick Patterson
Nick Patterson Harvard University

If you think any of the details on this page are incorrect, let us know.

Report an issue

We appreciate your kind effort to assist us to improve this page, it would be helpful providing us with as much detail as possible in the text box below:

Related Online Degrees & Career Pathways

Exploring genetics opens doors to a variety of online degree options and career paths in the healthcare and science fields. For those interested in healthcare administration, medical billing and coding online schools that accept financial aid offer flexible, affordable programs that can jumpstart your career with minimal upfront costs.

If you are aiming to complete your degree faster, consider enrolling in a fast track degree program. These accelerated courses allow motivated students to graduate and enter the workforce sooner.

Those who require maximum flexibility may prefer accredited self-paced online colleges, where you can study at your own speed and balance other responsibilities such as work or family.

Budget-conscious students may benefit from choosing an online college no application fee, helping reduce the overall cost of taking the next step in your education.

Best Scientists Citing Anna Di Rienzo

Trending Scientists

Recently Published Articles