2026 Carlos N. Pato: Genetics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Genetics	70	2228	2116	1003	941	208	47819

Carlos N. Pato 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 Carlos N. Pato sits on this spectrum.

45 publications 703+

This scientist: 208 publications — 53rd percentile

53% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Carlos N. Pato 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 Carlos N. Pato sits on this spectrum.

40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 70 D-Index — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Carlos N. Pato is affiliated with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a significant number of publications in genetics and molecular biology. They have engaged in interdisciplinary studies that extend to psychiatry and mental health, clinical psychology, and cognitive neuroscience.

Their work addresses various main topics, including:

Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
Genomics and Rare Diseases
Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities
Schizophrenia research and treatment
Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Autism Spectrum Disorder Research

Among their recent publications are:

Rare coding variants in ten genes confer substantial risk for schizophrenia, 2022, Nature
Complement genes contribute sex-biased vulnerability in diverse disorders, 2020, Nature
Genome-Wide Association Studies of Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder in a Diverse Cohort of US Veterans, 2020, Schizophrenia Bulletin
Interaction Testing and Polygenic Risk Scoring to Estimate the Association of Common Genetic Variants With Treatment Resistance in Schizophrenia, 2022, JAMA Psychiatry
Ancestry-agnostic estimation of DNA sample contamination from sequence reads, 2020, Genome Research

Their frequent co-authors include Michele T. Pato with 57 joint works, Tim B. Bigdeli with 22, Roel A. Ophoff with 18, Michael O'Donovan with 17, and Ayman H. Fanous with 15.

They have published extensively in well-known venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), UNC Libraries, Biological Psychiatry, European Neuropsychopharmacology, and Molecular Psychiatry.

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

7722
Citations
Common polygenic variation contributes to risk of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder

Shaun M. Purcell;Shaun M. Purcell;Naomi R. Wray;Jennifer L. Stone;Jennifer L. Stone;Peter M. Visscher

4724
Citations
A reference panel of 64,976 haplotypes for genotype imputation

Shane McCarthy;Sayantan Das;Warren Kretzschmar;Olivier Delaneau

3273
Citations
Genome-wide association study identifies five new schizophrenia loci

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

2714
Citations
Genetic relationship between five psychiatric disorders estimated from genome-wide SNPs

S. Hong Lee;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Benjamin M. Neale;Benjamin M. Neale;Stephen V. Faraone

2429
Citations
Analysis of shared heritability in common disorders of the brain

Verneri Anttila;Verneri Anttila;Brendan Bulik-Sullivan;Brendan Bulik-Sullivan;Hilary K. Finucane;Raymond K. Walters;Raymond K. Walters

1978
Citations
Genome-wide association study identifies 30 loci associated with bipolar disorder

Eli A. Stahl;Eli A. Stahl;Gerome Breen;Andreas J. Forstner;Andrew McQuillin

1637
Citations
Modeling Linkage Disequilibrium Increases Accuracy of Polygenic Risk Scores

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

1506
Citations
Genome-wide association study of more than 40,000 bipolar disorder cases provides new insights into the underlying biology

Niamh Mullins;Andreas J. Forstner;Andreas J. Forstner;Andreas J. Forstner;Kevin S. O'Connell;Kevin S. O'Connell;Brandon Coombes

1481
Citations
Rare chromosomal deletions and duplications increase risk of schizophrenia

Jennifer L. Stone;Jennifer L. Stone;Jennifer L. Stone;Michael C. O’Donovan;Hugh Gurling;George K. Kirov

1402
Citations
Genomic Relationships, Novel Loci, and Pleiotropic Mechanisms across Eight Psychiatric Disorders

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

1346
Citations
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

1041
Citations
Assessing the impact of population stratification on genetic association studies.

Matthew L Freedman;Matthew L Freedman;David Reich;David Reich;Kathryn L Penney;Kathryn L Penney;Gavin J McDonald;Gavin J McDonald

959
Citations
Genomic Dissection of Bipolar Disorder and Schizophrenia, Including 28 Subphenotypes

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

771
Citations
Psychiatric genome-wide association study analyses implicate neuronal, immune and histone pathways

Colm O'Dushlaine;Lizzy Rossin;Phil H. Lee;Laramie Duncan;Laramie Duncan

729
Citations
The PhenX Toolkit: Get the Most From Your Measures

Carol M. Hamilton;Lisa C. Strader;Joseph G. Pratt;Deborah Maiese

700
Citations
Comorbidity of Severe Psychotic Disorders With Measures of Substance Use

Sarah M. Hartz;Carlos N. Pato;Helena Medeiros;Patricia Cavazos-Rehg

484
Citations
Genome-wide association study of obsessive-compulsive disorder.

S. E. Stewart;D. Yu;J. M. Scharf;B. M. Neale

420
Citations
Meta-analysis of 32 genome-wide linkage studies of schizophrenia

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

354
Citations
Partitioning the heritability of tourette syndrome and obsessive compulsive disorder reveals differences in genetic architecture

Lea K. Davis;Dongmei Yu;Clare L. Keenan;Eric R. Gamazon

336
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Michele T. Pato SUNY Downstate Medical Center

Roel A. Ophoff University of California, Los Angeles

Shaun Purcell Harvard Medical School

Steven A. McCarroll Harvard University

Pamela Sklar Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Stephan Ripke Massachusetts General Hospital

Patrick F. Sullivan University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Benjamin M. Neale Harvard University

Michael Conlon O'Donovan Cardiff University

Jordan W. Smoller Harvard University

External Links

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