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42
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18850
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4301
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1855

Chris Cotsapas 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 Chris Cotsapas sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 83 publications — 3rd percentile

3% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Chris Cotsapas 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 Chris Cotsapas sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 42 D-Index — 1st percentile

1% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Chris Cotsapas is affiliated with Yale University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their research spans multiple subfields, notably genetics, molecular biology, immunology, psychiatry and mental health, and infectious diseases.

Their work covers a range of topics, including:

  • Genomics and Rare Diseases
  • Epilepsy research and treatment
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
  • Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies
  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics

Cotsapas has published papers in several research journals and venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Brain
  • The American Journal of Human Genetics
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Nature

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Cotsapas are:

  • Locus for severity implicates CNS resilience in progression of multiple sclerosis, 2023, Nature
  • The missing link between genetic association and regulatory function, 2022, eLife
  • Sex-Dependent Shared and Nonshared Genetic Architecture Across Mood and Psychotic Disorders, 2021, Biological Psychiatry
  • Genetics of multiple sclerosis: lessons from polygenicity, 2022, The Lancet Neurology
  • Epilepsy subtype-specific copy number burden observed in a genome-wide study of 17,458 subjects, 2020, Brain

Throughout their career, Cotsapas has collaborated closely with several co-authors who have contributed to multiple publications together. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Sung Chun
  • Ingo Helbig
  • Sarah Weckhuysen
  • Chantal Depondt
  • Patrick May

Best Publications

  • Systematic localization of common disease-associated variation in regulatory DNA.

    Matthew T. Maurano;Richard Humbert;Eric Rynes;Robert E. Thurman

  • Genome-wide detection and characterization of positive selection in human populations

    Pardis C. Sabeti;Pardis C. Sabeti;Patrick Varilly;Patrick Varilly;Ben Fry;Jason Lohmueller

  • 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

  • Analysis of immune-related loci identifies 48 new susceptibility variants for multiple sclerosis

    Ashley H. Beecham;Nikolaos A. Patsopoulos;Nikolaos A. Patsopoulos;Dionysia K. Xifara;Mary F. Davis

  • Pleiotropy in complex traits: challenges and strategies

    Nadia Solovieff;Chris Cotsapas;Chris Cotsapas;Phil H. Lee;Phil H. Lee;Shaun M. Purcell

  • Two independent alleles at 6q23 associated with risk of rheumatoid arthritis

    Robert M Plenge;Robert M Plenge;Robert M Plenge;Chris Cotsapas;Chris Cotsapas;Leela Davies;Alkes L Price;Alkes L Price

  • Genetic variants near TNFAIP3 on 6q23 are associated with systemic lupus erythematosus.

    Robert R Graham;Chris Cotsapas;Chris Cotsapas;Leela Davies;Rachel Hackett

  • Pervasive sharing of genetic effects in autoimmune disease.

    Chris Cotsapas;Benjamin F. Voight;Benjamin F. Voight;Elizabeth Rossin;Kasper Lage;Kasper Lage;Kasper Lage

  • Proteins encoded in genomic regions associated with immune-mediated disease physically interact and suggest underlying biology

    Elizabeth J. Rossin;Kasper Lage;Soumya Raychaudhuri;Soumya Raychaudhuri;Soumya Raychaudhuri;Ramnik J. Xavier;Ramnik J. Xavier

  • Class II HLA interactions modulate genetic risk for multiple sclerosis

    L Moutsianas;L Jostins;A H Beecham;A T Dilthey

  • Limited statistical evidence for shared genetic effects of eQTLs and autoimmune-disease-associated loci in three major immune-cell types

    Sung Chun;Sung Chun;Sung Chun;Alexandra Casparino;Nikolaos A Patsopoulos;Nikolaos A Patsopoulos;Damien C Croteau-Chonka;Damien C Croteau-Chonka

  • Genetic analysis of human traits in vitro: drug response and gene expression in lymphoblastoid cell lines.

    Edwin Choy;Roman Yelensky;Sasha Bonakdar;Robert M. Plenge

  • Unraveling multiple MHC gene associations with systemic lupus erythematosus: model choice indicates a role for HLA alleles and non-HLA genes in Europeans.

    David L. Morris;Kimberly E. Taylor;Michelle M.A. Fernando;Joanne Nititham

  • Network-based multiple sclerosis pathway analysis with GWAS data from 15,000 cases and 30,000 controls

    Sergio E. Baranzini;Pouya Khankhanian;Nikolaos A. Patsopoulos;Michael Li

  • Survey of variation in human transcription factors reveals prevalent DNA binding changes

    Luis A. Barrera;Anastasia Vedenko;Jesse V. Kurland;Julia M. Rogers;Julia M. Rogers

  • Low-Frequency and Rare-Coding Variation Contributes to Multiple Sclerosis Risk

    Mitja Mitrovič;Nikolaos A. Patsopoulos;Ashley H. Beecham;Theresa Dankowski

  • Common body mass index-associated variants confer risk of extreme obesity

    Chris Cotsapas;Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Ida J. Hatoum;Ida J. Hatoum;Danielle M. Greenawalt

  • Fine Mapping in 94 Inbred Mouse Strains Using a High-density Haplotype Resource

    Andrew Kirby;Hyun Min Kang;Claire M. Wade;Claire M. Wade;Chris J. Cotsapas;Chris J. Cotsapas

  • Immune-mediated disease genetics: the shared basis of pathogenesis.

    Chris Cotsapas;David A. Hafler

  • Pervasive Sharing of Genetic Effects in Autoimmune Disease

    Chris Cotsapas;Benjamin F. Voight;Elizabeth Rossin;Kasper Lage

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark J. Daly
Mark J. Daly Massachusetts General Hospital
David A. Hafler
David A. Hafler Yale University
Benjamin M. Neale
Benjamin M. Neale Harvard University
Nikolaos A. Patsopoulos
Nikolaos A. Patsopoulos Brigham and Women's Hospital
Aarno Palotie
Aarno Palotie University of Helsinki
Philip L. De Jager
Philip L. De Jager Columbia University
Stephen L. Hauser
Stephen L. Hauser University of California, San Francisco
Roland Martin
Roland Martin University of Zurich
Benjamin F. Voight
Benjamin F. Voight University of Pennsylvania
Hakon Hakonarson
Hakon Hakonarson Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

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