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Christine Van Broeckhoven

Christine Van Broeckhoven

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2026

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Best Female Scientists 157 108 98 2 2 1104 109139
Medicine 161 741 678 8 6 1084 113023
Genetics 161 95 91 1 1 997 110481

Christine Van Broeckhoven publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Christine Van Broeckhoven between 1978 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Christine Van Broeckhoven published across 48 years, from 1978 to 2025, averaging 23.6 papers a year. Output peaked at 53 publications in 1999. 6 of the 1,134 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30 40 50
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1978 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 53. Peak 53 publications in 1999. 1978: 1 publication 1979: 0 publications 1980: 0 publications 1981: 0 publications 1982: 1 publication 1983: 0 publications 1984: 2 publications 1985: 0 publications 1986: 0 publications 1987: 4 publications 1988: 7 publications 1989: 12 publications 1990: 10 publications 1991: 20 publications 1992: 21 publications 1993: 8 publications 1994: 25 publications 1995: 31 publications 1996: 36 publications 1997: 42 publications 1998: 50 publications 1999: 53 publications 2000: 46 publications 2001: 42 publications 2002: 41 publications 2003: 36 publications 2004: 40 publications 2005: 23 publications 2006: 49 publications 2007: 30 publications 2008: 37 publications 2009: 44 publications 2010: 29 publications 2011: 33 publications 2012: 32 publications 2013: 40 publications 2014: 23 publications 2015: 29 publications 2016: 50 publications 2017: 32 publications 2018: 38 publications 2019: 31 publications 2020: 30 publications 2021: 23 publications 2022: 20 publications 2023: 7 publications 2024: 4 publications 2025: 2 publications
1978 2025

1,134 publications in total across all disciplines

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Christine Van Broeckhoven: publications per year, 1978 to 2025
Year Publications
1978 1
1979 0
1980 0
1981 0
1982 1
1983 0
1984 2
1985 0
1986 0
1987 4
1988 7
1989 12
1990 10
1991 20
1992 21
1993 8
1994 25
1995 31
1996 36
1997 42
1998 50
1999 53
2000 46
2001 42
2002 41
2003 36
2004 40
2005 23
2006 49
2007 30
2008 37
2009 44
2010 29
2011 33
2012 32
2013 40
2014 23
2015 29
2016 50
2017 32
2018 38
2019 31
2020 30
2021 23
2022 20
2023 7
2024 4
2025 2
Total 1,134
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Christine Van Broeckhoven 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 Christine Van Broeckhoven sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150 200
Bar chart with 67 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 45–54 to 703+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 217. Most scientists, 217, have 125–134 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 703 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 703+ publications, is where this scientist sits. 45–54 publications: 6 scientists 55–64 publications: 10 scientists 65–74 publications: 35 scientists 75–84 publications: 84 scientists 85–94 publications: 102 scientists 95–104 publications: 151 scientists 105–114 publications: 175 scientists 115–124 publications: 203 scientists 125–134 publications: 217 scientists 135–144 publications: 205 scientists 145–154 publications: 193 scientists 155–164 publications: 188 scientists 165–174 publications: 170 scientists 175–184 publications: 178 scientists 185–194 publications: 164 scientists 195–204 publications: 173 scientists 205–214 publications: 159 scientists 215–224 publications: 134 scientists 225–234 publications: 143 scientists 235–244 publications: 105 scientists 245–254 publications: 114 scientists 255–264 publications: 92 scientists 265–274 publications: 88 scientists 275–284 publications: 87 scientists 285–294 publications: 80 scientists 295–304 publications: 62 scientists 305–314 publications: 75 scientists 315–324 publications: 67 scientists 325–334 publications: 60 scientists 335–344 publications: 52 scientists 345–354 publications: 40 scientists 355–364 publications: 48 scientists 365–374 publications: 47 scientists 375–384 publications: 46 scientists 385–394 publications: 31 scientists 395–404 publications: 27 scientists 405–414 publications: 40 scientists 415–424 publications: 30 scientists 425–434 publications: 43 scientists 435–444 publications: 29 scientists 445–454 publications: 14 scientists 455–464 publications: 28 scientists 465–474 publications: 21 scientists 475–484 publications: 21 scientists 485–494 publications: 22 scientists 495–504 publications: 17 scientists 505–514 publications: 12 scientists 515–524 publications: 11 scientists 525–534 publications: 8 scientists 535–544 publications: 8 scientists 545–554 publications: 14 scientists 555–564 publications: 4 scientists 565–574 publications: 11 scientists 575–584 publications: 5 scientists 585–594 publications: 11 scientists 595–604 publications: 12 scientists 605–614 publications: 7 scientists 615–624 publications: 6 scientists 625–634 publications: 10 scientists 635–644 publications: 9 scientists 645–654 publications: 10 scientists 655–664 publications: 6 scientists 665–674 publications: 6 scientists 675–684 publications: 6 scientists 685–694 publications: 4 scientists 695–702 publications: 6 scientists 703+ publications: 100 scientists
45–54 publications 703+

This scientist: 997 publications — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Genetics scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 4,342 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
45–54 6
55–64 10
65–74 35
75–84 84
85–94 102
95–104 151
105–114 175
115–124 203
125–134 217
135–144 205
145–154 193
155–164 188
165–174 170
175–184 178
185–194 164
195–204 173
205–214 159
215–224 134
225–234 143
235–244 105
245–254 114
255–264 92
265–274 88
275–284 87
285–294 80
295–304 62
305–314 75
315–324 67
325–334 60
335–344 52
345–354 40
355–364 48
365–374 47
375–384 46
385–394 31
395–404 27
405–414 40
415–424 30
425–434 43
435–444 29
445–454 14
455–464 28
465–474 21
475–484 21
485–494 22
495–504 17
505–514 12
515–524 11
525–534 8
535–544 8
545–554 14
555–564 4
565–574 11
575–584 5
585–594 11
595–604 12
605–614 7
615–624 6
625–634 10
635–644 9
645–654 10
655–664 6
665–674 6
675–684 6
685–694 4
695–702 6
703+ 100 997
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Christine Van Broeckhoven 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 Christine Van Broeckhoven sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 61 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 160+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 191. Most scientists, 191, have 62–63 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 160+ D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 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
40–41 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 161 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.

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Number of Genetics scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 4,342 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 24
42–43 52
44–45 84
46–47 112
48–49 118
50–51 141
52–53 143
54–55 145
56–57 179
58–59 162
60–61 175
62–63 191
64–65 172
66–67 184
68–69 164
70–71 158
72–73 150
74–75 136
76–77 127
78–79 127
80–81 111
82–83 110
84–85 110
86–87 84
88–89 102
90–91 66
92–93 72
94–95 70
96–97 54
98–99 60
100–101 49
102–103 55
104–105 45
106–107 42
108–109 28
110–111 39
112–113 25
114–115 31
116–117 29
118–119 34
120–121 29
122–123 29
124–125 18
126–127 27
128–129 22
130–131 16
132–133 11
134–135 17
136–137 12
138–139 21
140–141 4
142–143 9
144–145 14
146–147 6
148–149 10
150–151 7
152–153 9
154–155 8
156–157 8
158–159 9
160+ 96 161
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Genetics in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Medicine in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Genetics in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Medicine in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2012 - Metlife Foundation Award for Medical Research in Alzheimer's Disease
  • 1993 - Sedgwick Memorial Medal, American Public Health Association
  • 1993 - Potamkin Prize for Research in Pick's, Alzheimer's, and Related Diseases, American Academy of Neurology

Overview

Christine Van Broeckhoven is affiliated with the University of Antwerp in Belgium and has contributed extensively to medical and genetic research, particularly in the study of neurodegenerative diseases. Their work spans fields such as Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant attention given to subfields including Molecular Biology, Physiology, Neurology, Genetics, and Psychiatry and Mental Health.

The scientist's research primarily addresses topics related to Alzheimer's disease and other neurological disorders. Main research topics include:

  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks
  • Neurological diseases and metabolism

Frequent publication venues for this researcher's work include:

  • Alzheimer s & Dementia
  • Neurology
  • Neurobiology of Aging
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Acta Neuropathologica

Collaborations have been frequent with several researchers, including:

  • Sebastiaan Engelborghs
  • Julie van der Zee
  • Rik Vandenberghe
  • Peter Paul De Deyn
  • Patrick Cras

Recent publications demonstrate the focus on Alzheimer's disease genetics and biomarker studies, listing these representative papers:

  • "Common variants in Alzheimer's disease and risk stratification by polygenic risk scores," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "Insight into the genetic etiology of Alzheimer's disease: A comprehensive review of the role of rare variants," 2021, Alzheimer s & Dementia Diagnosis Assessment & Disease Monitoring
  • "Genome-wide association study of Alzheimer's disease CSF biomarkers in the EMIF-AD Multimodal Biomarker Discovery dataset," 2020, Translational Psychiatry
  • "Genetic perspective on the synergistic connection between vesicular transport, lysosomal and mitochondrial pathways associated with Parkinson's disease pathogenesis," 2020, Acta Neuropathologica Communications
  • "Age and the association between apolipoprotein E genotype and Alzheimer disease: A cerebrospinal fluid biomarker-based case-control study," 2020, PLoS Medicine

Recognition for the scientist's contributions includes awards such as:

  • Metlife Foundation Award for Medical Research in Alzheimer's Disease, 2012
  • Potamkin Prize for Research in Pick's, Alzheimer's, and Related Diseases, American Academy of Neurology, 1993
  • Sedgwick Memorial Medal, American Public Health Association, 1993

Best Publications

  • Meta-analysis of 74,046 individuals identifies 11 new susceptibility loci for Alzheimer's disease

    Jean-Charles Lambert;Jean-Charles Lambert;Jean-Charles Lambert;Carla A Ibrahim-Verbaas;Denise Harold;Adam C Naj

  • Genome-wide association study identifies variants at CLU and PICALM associated with Alzheimer's disease

    Denise Harold;Richard Abraham;Paul Hollingworth;Rebecca Sims

  • Genome-wide association study indentifies variants at CLU and CR1 associated with Alzheimer’s disease

    J Lambert;S Heath;G Even;D Campion

  • Erratum: Genome-wide association study identifies variants at CLU and PICALM associated with Alzheimer's disease (Nature Genetics (2009) 41 (1088-1093))

    D Harold;R Abraham;P Hollingworth;R Sims

  • Common variants at ABCA7, MS4A6A/MS4A4E, EPHA1, CD33 and CD2AP are associated with Alzheimer's disease.

    Paul Hollingworth;Denise Harold;Rebecca Sims;Amy Gerrish

  • NanoPack: visualizing and processing long-read sequencing data.

    Wouter De Coster;Svenn D’Hert;Darrin T Schultz;Marc Cruts

  • Atherosclerosis, apolipoprotein E, and prevalence of dementia and Alzheimer's disease in the Rotterdam Study.

    Albert Hofman;Alewijn Ott;Monique M B Breteler;Michiel L Bots

  • Null mutations in progranulin cause ubiquitin-positive frontotemporal dementia linked to chromosome 17q21

    Marc Cruts;Ilse Gijselinck;Julie van der Zee;Sebastiaan Engelborghs

  • De novo mutations in the sodium-channel gene SCN1A cause severe myoclonic epilepsy of infancy.

    Lieve Claes;Jurgen Del-Favero;Berten Ceulemans;Lieven Lagae

  • Gene-wide analysis detects two new susceptibility genes for Alzheimer's disease.

    Valentina Escott-Price;Céline Bellenguez;Li-San Wang;Seung-Hoan Choi

  • The C9orf72 GGGGCC Repeat Is Translated into Aggregating Dipeptide-Repeat Proteins in FTLD/ALS

    Kohji Mori;Shih-Ming Weng;Thomas Arzberger;Stephanie May

  • Presenile dementia and cerebral haemorrhage linked to a mutation at codon 692 of the β–amyloid precursor protein gene

    Lydia Hendriks;Cornelia M. van Duijn;Patrick Cras;Marc Cruts

  • Mutation of POLG is associated with progressive external ophthalmoplegia characterized by mtDNA deletions

    Gert Van Goethem;Bart Dermaut;Ann Löfgren;Jean Jacques Martin

  • VEGF is a modifier of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in mice and humans and protects motoneurons against ischemic death

    Diether Lambrechts;Erik Storkebaum;Masafumi Morimoto;Jurgen Del-Favero

  • Rare coding variants in PLCG2, ABI3, and TREM2 implicate microglial-mediated innate immunity in Alzheimer's disease

    Rebecca Sims;Sven J. Van Der Lee;Adam C. Naj;Céline Bellenguez;Céline Bellenguez

  • The genetic landscape of Alzheimer disease: clinical implications and perspectives

    Caroline Van Cauwenberghe;Christine Van Broeckhoven;Kristel Sleegers

  • A C9orf72 promoter repeat expansion in a Flanders-Belgian cohort with disorders of the frontotemporal lobar degeneration-amyotrophic lateral sclerosis spectrum: a gene identification study.

    Ilse Gijselinck;Tim Van Langenhove;Julie van der Zee;Kristel Sleegers

  • Extra-pair paternity results from female preference for high-quality males in the blue tit.

    Bart Kempenaers;G. R. Verheyen;M. van den Broeck;Terry Burke;Terry Burke

  • Duplication in chromosome 17p11.2 in Charcot-Marie-Tooth neuropathy type 1a (CMT 1a). The HMSN Collaborative Research Group.

    P Raeymaekers;V Timmerman;E Nelis;P De Jonghe

  • Genome-wide association study identifies variants at CLU and PICALM associated with Alzheimertextquotesingles disease

    Denise Harold;Richard Abraham;Paul Hollingworth;Rebecca Sims

Frequent Co-Authors

Kristel Sleegers
Kristel Sleegers University of Antwerp
Peter Paul De Deyn
Peter Paul De Deyn University of Antwerp
Sebastiaan Engelborghs
Sebastiaan Engelborghs Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Marc Cruts
Marc Cruts University of Antwerp
Jurgen Del-Favero
Jurgen Del-Favero University of Antwerp
Patrick Cras
Patrick Cras University of Antwerp
Peter De Jonghe
Peter De Jonghe University of Antwerp
Julien Mendlewicz
Julien Mendlewicz Université Libre de Bruxelles
Samir Kumar-Singh
Samir Kumar-Singh University of Antwerp

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