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316

Christi J. van Asperen 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 Christi J. van Asperen sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 185 publications — 43rd percentile

43% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Christi J. van Asperen 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 Christi J. van Asperen sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 316 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 899 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,025 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,149 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,235 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,162 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,130 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,031 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 714 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: 71 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: 60 D-Index — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Christi J. van Asperen is affiliated with Leiden University Medical Center in the Netherlands. Their research primarily focuses on genetics, oncology, and cancer research within the broader fields of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine.

Their academic contributions include extensive work on BRCA gene mutations and cancer risk, cancer genomics and diagnostics, ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment, genetic factors in colorectal cancer, genetic associations and epidemiology, genomics and rare diseases, and genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities.

Frequent co-authors of Christi J. van Asperen include:

  • Margreet G.E.M. Ausems
  • E. Gómez
  • Klaartje van Engelen
  • Marian J.E. Mourits
  • Maartje J. Hooning

Primary publication venues for their work include:

  • Genetics in Medicine
  • JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute
  • Journal of Medical Genetics
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • European Journal of Human Genetics

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Christi J. van Asperen are:

  • Endometrial Cancer Risk in Women With Germline BRCA1 or BRCA2 Mutations: Multicenter Cohort Study, 2021, JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute
  • Breast cancer risks associated with missense variants in breast cancer susceptibility genes, 2022, Genome Medicine
  • Recommendations for reporting results of diagnostic genomic testing, 2022, European Journal of Human Genetics
  • Clinical applicability of the Polygenic Risk Score for breast cancer risk prediction in familial cases, 2022, Journal of Medical Genetics
  • Alternative mRNA splicing can attenuate the pathogenicity of presumed loss-of-function variants in BRCA2, 2020, Genetics in Medicine

Best Publications

  • Association analysis identifies 65 new breast cancer risk loci

    Kyriaki Michailidou;Kyriaki Michailidou;Sara Lindström;Sara Lindström;Joe Dennis;Jonathan Beesley

  • Large-scale genotyping identifies 41 new loci associated with breast cancer risk

    Kyriaki Michailidou;Per Hall;Anna Gonzalez-Neira;Maya Ghoussaini

  • Breast Cancer Risk Genes - Association Analysis in More than 113,000 Women

    Leila Dorling;Sara Carvalho;Jamie Allen

  • Genome-wide association analysis of more than 120,000 individuals identifies 15 new susceptibility loci for breast cancer

    Kyriaki Michailidou;Jonathan Beesley;Sara Lindstrom;Sander Canisius

  • Multiple independent variants at the TERT locus are associated with telomere length and risks of breast and ovarian cancer

    Stig E. Bojesen;Stig E. Bojesen;Karen A. Pooley;Sharon E. Johnatty;Jonathan Beesley

  • Prediction of Breast Cancer Risk Based on Profiling With Common Genetic Variants

    Nasim Mavaddat;Paul D.P. Pharoah;Kyriaki Michailidou;Jonathan Tyrer

  • MicroRNA related polymorphisms and breast cancer risk

    Sofia Khan;Dario Greco;Dario Greco;Kyriaki Michailidou;Roger L. Milne;Roger L. Milne

  • Newly discovered breast cancer susceptibility loci on 3p24 and 17q23.2.

    Shahana Ahmed;Gilles Thomas;Maya Ghoussaini;Catherine S. Healey

  • Heterogeneity of Breast Cancer Associations with Five Susceptibility Loci by Clinical and Pathological Characteristics

    Montserrat Garcia-Closas;Per Hall;Heli Nevanlinna;Karen Pooley

  • Identification of ten variants associated with risk of estrogen-receptor-negative breast cancer.

    Roger L Milne;Roger L Milne;Karoline B Kuchenbaecker;Karoline B Kuchenbaecker;Kyriaki Michailidou;Kyriaki Michailidou;Jonathan Beesley

  • TP53 germline mutation testing in 180 families suspected of Li–Fraumeni syndrome: mutation detection rate and relative frequency of cancers in different familial phenotypes

    Marielle W. G. Ruijs;Senno Verhoef;Matti A. Rookus;Roelof Pruntel

  • Genome-wide association analysis identifies three new breast cancer susceptibility loci

    Maya Ghoussaini;Olivia Fletcher;Kyriaki Michailidou;Clare Turnbull

  • Evaluation of polygenic risk scores for breast and ovarian cancer risk prediction in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers

    Karoline B Kuchenbaecker;Karoline B Kuchenbaecker;Lesley McGuffog;Daniel Barrowdale;Andrew Lee

  • Mutational spectrum in a worldwide study of 29,700 families with BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations

    Timothy R. Rebbeck;Tara M. Friebel;Eitan Friedman;Ute Hamann

  • Targeted Prostate Cancer Screening in BRCA1 and BRCA2 Mutation Carriers: Results from the Initial Screening Round of the IMPACT Study

    Elizabeth K. Bancroft;Elizabeth C. Page;Elena Castro;Hans Lilja

  • Exposure to diagnostic radiation and risk of breast cancer among carriers of BRCA1/2 mutations: retrospective cohort study (GENE-RAD-RISK)

    Anouk Pijpe;Nadine Andrieu;Nadine Andrieu;Nadine Andrieu;Douglas F Easton;Ausrele Kesminiene

  • Common Breast Cancer Susceptibility Alleles and the Risk of Breast Cancer for BRCA1 and BRCA2 Mutation Carriers: Implications for Risk Prediction

    Antonis C. Antoniou;Jonathan Beesley;Lesley McGuffog;Olga M. Sinilnikova

  • Breast Cancer Risk After Salpingo-Oophorectomy in Healthy BRCA1/2 Mutation Carriers: Revisiting the Evidence for Risk Reduction

    B. A. M. Heemskerk-Gerritsen;C. Seynaeve;C. J. van Asperen;M. G. E. M. Ausems

  • Low penetrance breast cancer susceptibility loci are associated with specific breast tumor subtypes: Findings from the Breast Cancer Association Consortium

    Annegien Broeks;Marjanka K. Schmidt;Mark E. Sherman;Fergus J. Couch

  • Interim Results from the IMPACT Study: Evidence for Prostate-specific Antigen Screening in BRCA2 Mutation Carriers

    Elizabeth C. Page;Elizabeth K. Bancroft;Mark N. Brook;Melissa Assel

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Devilee
Peter Devilee Leiden University Medical Center
Irene L. Andrulis
Irene L. Andrulis University of Toronto
Melissa C. Southey
Melissa C. Southey Monash University
Roger L. Milne
Roger L. Milne Cancer Council Victoria
Graham G. Giles
Graham G. Giles University of Melbourne
Douglas F. Easton
Douglas F. Easton University of Cambridge
Fergus J. Couch
Fergus J. Couch Mayo Clinic
Hiltrud Brauch
Hiltrud Brauch German Cancer Research Center
Javier Benitez
Javier Benitez Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Georgia Chenevix-Trench
Georgia Chenevix-Trench QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute

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