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Caroline Hayward 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 Caroline Hayward sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 713 publications — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Caroline Hayward 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 Caroline Hayward 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: 164 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% 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

  • 2026 - Research.com Medicine in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Medicine in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics in United Kingdom Leader Award

Overview

Caroline Hayward is affiliated with the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple fields within medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a strong focus on genetics and molecular biology subfields. Their work addresses topics related to genetic associations and epidemiology, epigenetics and DNA methylation, developmental health, liver disease diagnosis and treatment, genetic syndromes, imprinting, and cancer biology involving galectins and RNA modifications.

The scientist has contributed extensively to academic literature with notable papers including "Genetic mechanisms of critical illness in COVID-19" (2020, Nature), "Genomic and drug target evaluation of 90 cardiovascular proteins in 30,931 individuals" (2020, Nature Metabolism), "Genetics of circulating inflammatory proteins identifies drivers of immune-mediated disease risk and therapeutic targets" (2023, Nature Immunology), "Polygenic prediction of educational attainment within and between families from genome-wide association analyses in 3 million individuals" (2022, Nature Genetics), and "Ultra-High-Throughput Clinical Proteomics Reveals Classifiers of COVID-19 Infection" (2020, Cell Systems).

Frequent collaborators include Archie Campbell, David J. Porteous, Riccardo E. Marioni, Ozren Polašek, and James F. Wilson. These coauthors have contributed alongside Caroline Hayward in over 60 joint publications in several cases, indicating sustained research partnerships.

Caroline Hayward's research outputs are frequently published in prominent venues, notably bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), UNC Libraries, Nature Communications, Wellcome Open Research, and Nature Genetics. These venues reflect an emphasis on open research dissemination and high-impact journals in genetics and biomedical sciences.

  • Main fields of study: Medicine, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Subfields: Genetics, Molecular Biology, Epidemiology, Physiology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Main topics: Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, Birth, Development, and Health, Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment, Genetic Syndromes and Imprinting, Galectins and Cancer Biology, RNA modifications and cancer

  • Recent papers: Genetic mechanisms of critical illness in COVID-19 (2020, Nature)
  • Genomic and drug target evaluation of 90 cardiovascular proteins in 30,931 individuals (2020, Nature Metabolism)
  • Genetics of circulating inflammatory proteins identifies drivers of immune-mediated disease risk and therapeutic targets (2023, Nature Immunology)
  • Polygenic prediction of educational attainment within and between families from genome-wide association analyses in 3 million individuals (2022, Nature Genetics)
  • Ultra-High-Throughput Clinical Proteomics Reveals Classifiers of COVID-19 Infection (2020, Cell Systems)

  • Frequent co-authors: Archie Campbell, David J. Porteous, Riccardo E. Marioni, Ozren Polašek, James F. Wilson

  • Frequent publication venues: bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), UNC Libraries, Nature Communications, Wellcome Open Research, Nature Genetics

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

  • 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 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

  • Gene discovery and polygenic prediction from a genome-wide association study of educational attainment in 1.1 million individuals

    James J. Lee;Robbee Wedow;Aysu Okbay;Edward Kong

  • 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

  • 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

  • Defining the role of common variation in the genomic and biological architecture of adult human height

    Andrew R. Wood;Tonu Esko;Jian Yang;Sailaja Vedantam

  • 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

  • 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

  • Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology

    Adam E. Locke;Bratati Kahali;Sonja I. Berndt;Anne E. Justice

  • Common schizophrenia alleles are enriched in mutation-intolerant genes and in regions under strong background selection

    Antonio F. Pardiñas;Peter Holmans;Andrew J. Pocklington;Valentina Escott-Price

  • Genome-wide association study identifies 74 loci associated with educational attainment

    Aysu Okbay;Jonathan P. Beauchamp;Mark Alan Fontana;James J. Lee

  • A large genome-wide association study of age-related macular degeneration highlights contributions of rare and common variants

    Lars G. Fritsche;Wilmar Igl;Jessica N.Cooke Bailey;Felix Grassmann

  • Genetic mechanisms of critical illness in Covid-19.

    E. Pairo-Castineira;E. Pairo-Castineira;S. Clohisey;L. Klaric;A. D. Bretherick

  • Runs of Homozygosity in European Populations

    Ruth McQuillan;Anne-Louise Leutenegger;Rehab Abdel-Rahman;Rehab Abdel-Rahman;Christopher S. Franklin

  • Modulation of genetic associations with serum urate levels by body-mass-index in humans

    Jennifer E. Huffman;Eva Albrecht;Alexander Teumer;Massimo Mangino

  • 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

Igor Rudan
Igor Rudan University of Edinburgh
Ozren Polasek
Ozren Polasek University of Split
James F. Wilson
James F. Wilson University of Edinburgh
Harry Campbell
Harry Campbell University of Edinburgh
David J. Porteous
David J. Porteous University of Edinburgh
Veronique Vitart
Veronique Vitart University of Edinburgh
Ian J. Deary
Ian J. Deary University of Edinburgh
André G. Uitterlinden
André G. Uitterlinden Erasmus University Rotterdam
Tonu Esko
Tonu Esko University of Tartu
Bruce M. Psaty
Bruce M. Psaty University of Washington

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