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2026

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
100
Citations
42794
World Ranking
1496
National Ranking
93

Medicine

D-Index
100
Citations
43112
World Ranking
8193
National Ranking
804

Caroline L. Relton publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Caroline L. Relton sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 546 publications — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Caroline L. Relton D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Caroline L. Relton sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 317 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 900 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,026 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,150 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,236 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,163 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,131 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,032 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 715 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 72 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 100 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United Kingdom Leader Award

Overview

Caroline L. Relton is affiliated with the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focused on medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

Their publications cover a broad spectrum of topics including epigenetics and DNA methylation, birth, development, and health, as well as health, environment, and cognitive aging. Additional subjects they have contributed to include genetic associations and epidemiology, neonatal respiratory health research, cancer-related molecular mechanisms, and nutritional studies and diet.

Relton has published extensively in various academic journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Clinical Epigenetics
  • Nature Communications
  • Wellcome Open Research
  • International Journal of Epidemiology

They have contributed to several recent papers, such as:

  • Guidelines for performing Mendelian randomization investigations (2020) in Wellcome Open Research
  • Guidelines for performing Mendelian randomization investigations: update for summer 2023 (2023) in Wellcome Open Research
  • The EWAS Catalog: a database of epigenome-wide association studies (2022) in Wellcome Open Research
  • DNA methylation-based predictors of health: applications and statistical considerations (2022) in Nature Reviews Genetics
  • Epigenome-wide change and variation in DNA methylation in childhood: trajectories from birth to late adolescence (2021) in Human Molecular Genetics

Collaborations with other researchers form a significant part of their work. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Matthew Suderman
  • George Davey Smith
  • Rebecca C. Richmond
  • Gemma C. Sharp
  • Gibran Hemani

The scientist's work has been concentrated in several subfields, particularly molecular biology, pediatrics, perinatology, child health, genetics, health, toxicology, mutagenesis, and public health, environmental, and occupational health.

Best Publications

  • The MR-Base platform supports systematic causal inference across the human phenome

    Gibran Hemani;Jie Zheng;Benjamin Elsworth;Kaitlin H Wade

  • Guidelines for performing Mendelian randomization investigations.

    Stephen Burgess;George Davey Smith;Neil M Davies;Frank Dudbridge

  • DNA Methylation in Newborns and Maternal Smoking in Pregnancy: Genome-wide Consortium Meta-analysis

    Bonnie R. Joubert;Janine F. Felix;Paul Yousefi;Kelly M. Bakulski

  • Epigenome-wide association study of body mass index, and the adverse outcomes of adiposity

    Simone Wahl;Alexander Drong;Benjamin Lehne;Marie Loh;Marie Loh;Marie Loh

  • DNA methylation aging clocks: challenges and recommendations

    Christopher G Bell;Robert Lowe;Peter D Adams;Peter D Adams;Andrea A Baccarelli

  • Pathogenic Mitochondrial DNA Mutations Are Common in the General Population

    Hannah R. Elliott;David C. Samuels;James A. Eden;Caroline L. Relton

  • Multi-ancestry genome-wide association study of 21,000 cases and 95,000 controls identifies new risk loci for atopic dermatitis

    Lavinia Paternoster;Marie Standl;Johannes Waage;Hansjoerg Baurecht

  • Obesity, metabolic factors and risk of different histological types of lung cancer: A Mendelian randomization study

    Robert Carreras-Torres;Mattias Johansson;Philip C. Haycock;Kaitlin H. Wade

  • Maternal and fetal genetic effects on birth weight and their relevance to cardio-metabolic risk factors

    Nicole M Warrington;Robin N Beaumont;Momoko Horikoshi;Felix R Day

  • Systematic identification of genetic influences on methylation across the human life course

    Tom R. Gaunt;Hashem A. Shihab;Gibran Hemani;Josine L. Min

  • The Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC): an update on the enrolled sample of index children in 2019.

    Kate Northstone;Melanie Lewcock;Alix Groom;Andrew Boyd

  • Best (but oft-forgotten) practices: the design, analysis, and interpretation of Mendelian randomization studies

    Philip C Haycock;Stephen Burgess;Kaitlin H Wade;Jack Bowden;Jack Bowden

  • Association Between Telomere Length and Risk of Cancer and Non-Neoplastic Diseases A Mendelian Randomization Study

    Philip C Haycock;Stephen Burgess;Aayah Nounu

  • Two-step epigenetic Mendelian randomization: a strategy for establishing the causal role of epigenetic processes in pathways to disease

    Caroline L Relton;George Davey Smith

  • Genomic and phenotypic insights from an atlas of genetic effects on DNA methylation

    J.L. Min;G. Hemani;E. Hannon;K.F. Dekkers

  • Epigenome-wide association of DNA methylation markers in peripheral blood from Indian Asians and Europeans with incident type 2 diabetes: a nested case-control study.

    John C Chambers;Marie Loh;Marie Loh;Marie Loh;Benjamin Lehne;Alexander Drong

  • Prenatal exposure to maternal smoking and offspring DNA methylation across the lifecourse: findings from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC)

    Rebecca C Richmond;Andrew J Simpkin;Geoff Woodward;Tom R Gaunt

  • Induction of epigenetic alterations by dietary and other environmental factors.

    John C. Mathers;Gordon Strathdee;Caroline L. Relton;Caroline L. Relton

  • Statistical and integrative system-level analysis of DNA methylation data.

    Andrew E Teschendorff;Caroline L Relton

  • Differences in smoking associated DNA methylation patterns in South Asians and Europeans

    Hannah R Elliott;Therese Tillin;Therese Tillin;Wendy L McArdle;Karen M Ho

Frequent Co-Authors

George Davey Smith
George Davey Smith University of Bristol
Matthew Suderman
Matthew Suderman University of Bristol
Rebecca C Richmond
Rebecca C Richmond University of Bristol
Richard M. Martin
Richard M. Martin University of Bristol
Gibran Hemani
Gibran Hemani University of Bristol
Susan M. Ring
Susan M. Ring University of Bristol
John W. Holloway
John W. Holloway University of Southampton
Marjo-Riitta Järvelin
Marjo-Riitta Järvelin Imperial College London
Vincent W. V. Jaddoe
Vincent W. V. Jaddoe Erasmus University Rotterdam
Debbie A. Lawlor
Debbie A. Lawlor University of Bristol

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