2026 Chad D. Huff: Genetics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Genetics	45	4204	3967	1811	1697	137	12311

Chad D. Huff 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 Chad D. Huff sits on this spectrum.

45 publications 703+

This scientist: 137 publications — 24th percentile

24% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Chad D. Huff 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 Chad D. Huff sits on this spectrum.

40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 45 D-Index — 4th percentile

4% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Chad D. Huff is affiliated with The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine, with specific emphasis on Genetics, Molecular Biology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Cancer Research, and Pathology and Forensic Medicine.

The main topics covered in their work include:

Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research
Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
Genetic factors in colorectal cancer
Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment

Chad D. Huff has published extensively in various venues. The most frequent publication venues include:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
UNC Libraries
Cancer Research
Human Genetics and Genomics Advances
Nature Communications

Notable recent publications include:

Polygenic hazard score is associated with prostate cancer in multi-ethnic populations, 2021, Nature Communications
Rare Germline Variants in ATM Predispose to Prostate Cancer: A PRACTICAL Consortium Study, 2021, European Urology Oncology
Polygenic risk modeling for prediction of epithelial ovarian cancer risk, 2022, European Journal of Human Genetics
A Germline Variant at 8q24 Contributes to Familial Clustering of Prostate Cancer in Men of African Ancestry, 2020, European Urology
Evidence of Novel Susceptibility Variants for Prostate Cancer and a Multiancestry Polygenic Risk Score Associated with Aggressive Disease in Men of African Ancestry, 2023, European Urology

The frequent co-authors in their collaborative works include:

Yao Yu
Esther M. John
Sue A. Ingles
Rosalind A. Eeles
Jennifer J. Hu

Best Publications

Exome sequencing identifies the cause of a Mendelian disorder

Sarah B H Ng;Kati J. Buckingham;Choli Lee;Abigail W. Bigham

2467
Citations
Genetic Evidence for High-Altitude Adaptation in Tibet

Tatum S. Simonson;Yingzhong Yang;Chad D. Huff;Haixia Yun

1308
Citations
Analysis of genetic inheritance in a family quartet by whole-genome sequencing

Jared C. Roach;Gustavo Glusman;Arian F. A. Smit;Chad D. Huff;Chad D. Huff

1297
Citations
De novo mutations in ATP1A3 cause alternating hemiplegia of childhood

Erin L Heinzen;Kathryn J Swoboda;Yuki Hitomi;Fiorella Gurrieri

457
Citations
A genetic mechanism for Tibetan high-altitude adaptation

Felipe R. Lorenzo;Chad Huff;Chad Huff;Mikko Myllymäki;Benjamin Olenchock

426
Citations
Trans-ancestry genome-wide association meta-analysis of prostate cancer identifies new susceptibility loci and informs genetic risk prediction

David V. Conti;Burcu F. Darst;Lilit C. Moss;Edward J. Saunders

368
Citations
Mobile elements create structural variation: analysis of a complete human genome.

Jinchuan Xing;Yuhua Zhang;Kyudong Han;Abdel Halim Salem;Abdel Halim Salem;Abdel Halim Salem

363
Citations
A Comprehensive Map of Mobile Element Insertion Polymorphisms in Humans

Chip Stewart;Deniz Kural;Michael P. Strömberg;Jerilyn A. Walker

316
Citations
Genomic diversity and evolution of the head crest in the rock pigeon.

Michael D. Shapiro;Zev Kronenberg;Cai Li;Eric T. Domyan

299
Citations
Using VAAST to Identify an X-Linked Disorder Resulting in Lethality in Male Infants Due to N-Terminal Acetyltransferase Deficiency

Alan F. Rope;Kai Wang;Rune Evjenth;Jinchuan Xing

295
Citations
A probabilistic disease-gene finder for personal genomes

Mark Yandell;Chad D Huff;Hao Hu;Marc Singleton

251
Citations
Phevor Combines Multiple Biomedical Ontologies for Accurate Identification of Disease-Causing Alleles in Single Individuals and Small Nuclear Families

Marc V. Singleton;Stephen L. Guthery;Karl V. Voelkerding;Karin Chen

190
Citations
Maximum-likelihood estimation of recent shared ancestry (ERSA)

Chad D. Huff;David J. Witherspoon;Tatum S. Simonson;Jinchuan Xing

175
Citations
VAAST 2.0: Improved Variant Classification and Disease‐Gene Identification Using a Conservation‐Controlled Amino Acid Substitution Matrix

Hao Hu;Chad D. Huff;Barry Moore;Steven Flygare

165
Citations
Discovery and fine-mapping of adiposity loci using high density imputation of genome-wide association studies in individuals of African ancestry: African Ancestry Anthropometry Genetics Consortium

Maggie C. Y. Ng;Mariaelisa Graff;Yingchang Lu;Anne E. Justice

140
Citations
A unified test of linkage analysis and rare-variant association for analysis of pedigree sequence data

Hao Hu;Jared C Roach;Hilary Coon;Stephen L Guthery

119
Citations
Evolutionary history of Tibetans inferred from whole-genome sequencing.

Hao Hu;Nayia Petousi;Gustavo Glusman;Yao Yu

112
Citations
Metabolic insight into mechanisms of high-altitude adaptation in Tibetans

Ri Li Ge;Tatum S. Simonson;Tatum S. Simonson;Robert C. Cooksey;Uran Tanna

102
Citations
Toward a more uniform sampling of human genetic diversity: A survey of worldwide populations by high-density genotyping

Jinchuan Xing;W. Scott Watkins;Adam Shlien;Erin Walker

96
Citations
Two Novel Susceptibility Loci for Prostate Cancer in Men of African Ancestry.

David V. Conti;Kan Wang;Xin Sheng;Jeannette T. Bensen

89
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Lynn B. Jorde University of Utah

Jinchuan Xing Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Janet L. Stanford Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

Mark Yandell University of Utah

Graham G. Giles University of Melbourne

Esther M. John Stanford University

Lisa A. Cannon-Albright University of Utah

Rosalind A. Eeles Institute of Cancer Research

Christopher A. Haiman University of Southern California

David E. Neal University of Cambridge

External Links

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