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69
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40600
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Brien P. Riley 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 Brien P. Riley sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 230 publications — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Brien P. Riley 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 Brien P. Riley sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 69 D-Index — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Brien P. Riley is affiliated with Virginia Commonwealth University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions to Medicine.

The scientist's published work includes 69 publications in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, alongside 26 in Medicine. Subfields of their research focus include Genetics, Molecular Biology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Physiology, and Psychiatry and Mental Health.

Brien P. Riley has explored several main topics within their research portfolio:

  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Genomics and Rare Diseases
  • Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects
  • Schizophrenia Research and Treatment

Among their recent papers are:

  • A large-scale genome-wide association study meta-analysis of cannabis use disorder, 2020, The Lancet Psychiatry
  • Leveraging genome-wide data to investigate differences between opioid use vs. opioid dependence in 41,176 individuals from the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, 2020, Molecular Psychiatry
  • Sex-Dependent Shared and Nonshared Genetic Architecture Across Mood and Psychotic Disorders, 2021, Biological Psychiatry
  • Sex-Dependent Shared and Non-Shared Genetic Architecture Across Mood and Psychotic Disorders, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • TWAS pathway method greatly enhances the number of leads for uncovering the molecular underpinnings of psychiatric disorders, 2020, American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated extensively with Brien P. Riley include Bradley T. Webb, Silviu-Alin Bacanu, Kenneth S. Kendler, Roseann E. Peterson, and Amy Adkins.

The most common venues for their publications are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • UNC Libraries
  • European Neuropsychopharmacology
  • American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B Neuropsychiatric Genetics
  • Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities

Best Publications

  • Biological insights from 108 schizophrenia-associated genetic loci

    Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Benjamin M. Neale;Benjamin M. Neale;Aiden Corvin;James T. R. Walters

  • Identification of risk loci with shared effects on five major psychiatric disorders: a genome-wide analysis

    Jordan W. Smoller;Kenneth Kendler;Nicholas John Craddock;Phil Hyoun Lee

  • Genome-wide association analyses identify 44 risk variants and refine the genetic architecture of major depression

    Naomi R. Wray;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Manuel Mattheisen;MacIej Trzaskowski

  • Genome-wide association study identifies five new schizophrenia loci

    Stephan Ripke;Alan R. Sanders;Kenneth S. Kendler;Douglas F. Levinson

  • Genome-wide association analysis identifies 13 new risk loci for schizophrenia

    Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Colm T. O'Dushlaine;Kimberly D. Chambert;Jennifer L. Moran

  • Modeling Linkage Disequilibrium Increases Accuracy of Polygenic Risk Scores

    Bjarni J. Vilhjálmsson;Jian Yang;Hilary K. Finucane;Alexander Gusev

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

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

  • Contribution of copy number variants to schizophrenia from a genome-wide study of 41,321 subjects

    Christian R Marshall;Daniel P Howrigan;Daniel P Howrigan;Daniele Merico;Bhooma Thiruvahindrapuram

  • Detection of an unstable fragment of DNA specific to individuals with myotonic dystrophy.

    J Buxton;P Shelbourne;J Davies;C Jones

  • Sparse whole-genome sequencing identifies two loci for major depressive disorder

    Na Cai;Tim B. Bigdeli;Warren Kretzschmar;Yihan Li

  • Genomic Dissection of Bipolar Disorder and Schizophrenia, Including 28 Subphenotypes

    Douglas M. Ruderfer;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Andrew McQuillin;James Boocock

  • Childhood adversity, monoamine oxidase a genotype, and risk for conduct disorder.

    Debra L. Foley;Lindon J. Eaves;Brandon Wormley;Judy L. Silberg

  • Transancestral GWAS of alcohol dependence reveals common genetic underpinnings with psychiatric disorders

    Raymond K. Walters;Raymond K. Walters;Renato Polimanti;Emma C. Johnson;Jeanette N. McClintick

  • Genomewide association studies: history, rationale, and prospects for psychiatric disorders.

    Sven Cichon;Nick Craddock;Mark Daly;Mark Daly;Stephen V. Faraone

  • LRRTM1 on chromosome 2p12 is a maternally suppressed gene that is associated paternally with handedness and schizophrenia

    Clyde Francks;S. Maegawa;J. Laurén;B. S. Abrahams

  • Chromosomal assignment of the second locus for autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxia (SCA2) to chromosome 12q23–24.1

    Gispert S;Twells R;Orozco G;Brice A

  • Meta-analysis of 32 genome-wide linkage studies of schizophrenia

    M Y M Ng;D F Levinson;S Faraone;B K Suarez

  • MicroRNA expression profiling in the prefrontal cortex of individuals affected with schizophrenia and bipolar disorders.

    Albert H. Kim;Mark Reimers;Brion Maher;Brion Maher;Vernell Williamson;Vernell Williamson

  • Fine mapping of ZNF804A and genome wide significant evidence for its involvement in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.

    H. J. Williams;N. Norton;S. Dwyer;V. Moskvina

  • Toward Behavioral Genomics

    Peter McGuffin;Brien Riley;Robert Plomin

Frequent Co-Authors

Kenneth S. Kendler
Kenneth S. Kendler Virginia Commonwealth University
Patrick F. Sullivan
Patrick F. Sullivan University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Stephan Ripke
Stephan Ripke Massachusetts General Hospital
Aarno Palotie
Aarno Palotie University of Helsinki
Thomas Werge
Thomas Werge University of Copenhagen
Dan Rujescu
Dan Rujescu Medical University of Vienna
Sven Cichon
Sven Cichon University of Basel
Bradley T. Webb
Bradley T. Webb Virginia Commonwealth University
Per Hoffmann
Per Hoffmann University of Bonn
Stefan Herms
Stefan Herms University of Basel

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