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Benjamin F. Voight 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 Benjamin F. Voight sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 285 publications — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Benjamin F. Voight 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 Benjamin F. Voight sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 106 D-Index — 87th percentile

87% 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

  • 2012 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Benjamin F. Voight is affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania in the United States. Their research spans several scientific fields, primarily within Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. The principal areas of focus include Genetics, Molecular Biology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Surgery, and Epidemiology.

The scientist's research topics cover a broad range of subjects such as Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment, Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals, Pancreatic function and diabetes, Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health, and Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks.

Among recent published works are:

  • Large-scale genome-wide association study of coronary artery disease in genetically diverse populations, 2022, Nature Medicine
  • Diversity and scale: Genetic architecture of 2068 traits in the VA Million Veteran Program, 2024, Science
  • Epigenomic and transcriptomic analyses define core cell types, genes and targetable mechanisms for kidney disease, 2022, Nature Genetics
  • Genetics of height and risk of atrial fibrillation: A Mendelian randomization study, 2020, PLoS Medicine
  • A multiancestry genome-wide association study of unexplained chronic ALT elevation as a proxy for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease with histological and radiological validation, 2022, Nature Genetics

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Benjamin F. Voight include:

  • Scott M. Damrauer
  • Philip S. Tsao
  • Michael G. Levin
  • Kyong-Mi Chang
  • Marijana Vujković

The scientist most often publishes in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • UNC Libraries
  • Nature Communications
  • Diabetes
  • Circulation

Benjamin F. Voight received the Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation award in 2012.

Best Publications

  • Biological, clinical and population relevance of 95 loci for blood lipids

    Tanya M. Teslovich;Kiran Musunuru;Albert V. Smith;Andrew C. Edmondson

  • 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

  • A Map of Recent Positive Selection in the Human Genome

    Benjamin F Voight;Sridhar Kudaravalli;Xiaoquan Wen;Jonathan K Pritchard

  • Discovery and refinement of loci associated with lipid levels

    Cristen J. Willer;Ellen M. Schmidt;Sebanti Sengupta;Gina M. Peloso;Gina M. Peloso;Gina M. Peloso

  • Genome-Wide Association Analysis Identifies Loci for Type 2 Diabetes and Triglyceride Levels

    Richa Saxena;Benjamin F. Voight;Valeriya Lyssenko;Noël P. Burtt

  • New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk

    Josée Dupuis;Josée Dupuis;Claudia Langenberg;Inga Prokopenko;Richa Saxena;Richa Saxena

  • Plasma HDL cholesterol and risk of myocardial infarction: A mendelian randomisation study

    Benjamin F. Voight;Benjamin F. Voight;Benjamin F. Voight;Gina M. Peloso;Gina M. Peloso;Marju Orho-Melander;Ruth Frikke-Schmidt

  • Hundreds of variants clustered in genomic loci and biological pathways affect human height

    Hana Lango Allen;Karol Estrada;Guillaume Lettre;Sonja I. Berndt

  • 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

  • Meta-analysis of genome-wide association data and large-scale replication identifies additional susceptibility loci for type 2 diabetes

    E Zeggini;L J Scott;R Saxena;B F Voight

  • New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk (vol 42, pg 105, 2010)

    J Dupuis;C Langenberg;I Prokopenko;R Saxena

  • Twelve type 2 diabetes susceptibility loci identified through large-scale association analysis

    Benjamin F. Voight;Benjamin F. Voight;Laura J. Scott;Valgerdur Steinthorsdottir;Andrew P. Morris

  • Large-scale association analysis identifies 13 new susceptibility loci for coronary artery disease

    Heribert Schunkert;Inke R. König;Sekar Kathiresan;Muredach P. Reilly

  • Large-scale association analysis provides insights into the genetic architecture and pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes

    Andrew P Morris;Benjamin F Voight;Benjamin F Voight;Tanya M Teslovich;Teresa Ferreira

  • Patterns and rates of exonic de novo mutations in autism spectrum disorders

    Benjamin M. Neale;Yan Kou;Li Liu;Avi Ma'Ayan

  • Convergent adaptation of human lactase persistence in Africa and Europe

    Sarah A Tishkoff;Floyd A Reed;Alessia Ranciaro;Alessia Ranciaro;Benjamin F Voight

  • A genome-wide association search for type 2 diabetes genes in African Americans.

    N D Palmer;C W McDonough;P J Hicks;B H Roh

  • Large-scale association analysis identifies new risk loci for coronary artery disease

    Panos Deloukas;Stavroula Kanoni;Christina Willenborg;Martin Farrall

  • Erratum: New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk (Nature Genetics (2010) 42 (105-116))

    Josée Dupuis;Claudia Langenberg;Inga Prokopenko;Richa Saxena

  • Hundreds of variants clustered in genomic loci and biological pathways affect human height

    H. Lango Allen;K. Estrada;G. Lettre;S. I. Berndt

Frequent Co-Authors

David Altshuler
David Altshuler Harvard University
Leif Groop
Leif Groop Lund University
Sekar Kathiresan
Sekar Kathiresan Harvard University
Kari Stefansson
Kari Stefansson deCODE Genetics (Iceland)
Inês Barroso
Inês Barroso University of Exeter
Michael Boehnke
Michael Boehnke University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Veikko Salomaa
Veikko Salomaa Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
Olle Melander
Olle Melander Lund University
Philippe Froguel
Philippe Froguel Imperial College London

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