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D-Index
76
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31489
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1798
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825

Christopher S. Carlson 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 Christopher S. Carlson sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 218 publications — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Christopher S. Carlson 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 Christopher S. Carlson sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 76 D-Index — 59th percentile

59% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Christopher S. Carlson is affiliated with the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a significant number of publications in these areas. Medicine also features prominently among their research domains.

The scientist's work spans several subfields including:

  • Genetics
  • Molecular Biology
  • Pharmacology
  • Oncology
  • Pathology and Forensic Medicine

Main topics addressed in their research encompass:

  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Inflammatory mediators and NSAID effects
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease
  • Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
  • Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks
  • Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities

Carlson's frequent research collaborators include:

  • Loïc Le Marchand
  • Charles Kooperberg
  • Steven Buyske
  • Christopher A. Haiman
  • Lynne R. Wilkens

Most publications appear in venues such as:

  • UNC Libraries
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Osteoarthritis and Cartilage
  • Scientific Reports
  • Nature Communications

Notable papers authored or co-authored by Christopher S. Carlson include:

  • Multi-ethnic GWAS and fine-mapping of glycaemic traits identify novel loci in the PAGE Study, 2021, Diabetologia
  • Minority-centric meta-analyses of blood lipid levels identify novel loci in the Population Architecture using Genomics and Epidemiology (PAGE) study, 2020, PLoS Genetics
  • Optimization of histologic grading schemes in spontaneous and surgically-induced murine models of osteoarthritis, 2021, Osteoarthritis and Cartilage
  • Multi-ancestry genome-wide meta-analysis of 56,241 individuals identifies LRRC4C, LHX5-AS1 and nominates ancestry-specific loci PTPRK, GRB14, and KIAA0825 as novel risk loci for Alzheimer's disease: the Alzheimer's Disease Genetics Consortium, 2023, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Predicted gene expression in ancestrally diverse populations leads to discovery of susceptibility loci for lifestyle and cardiometabolic traits, 2022, The American Journal of Human Genetics

Best Publications

  • Common variants at MS4A4/MS4A6E, CD2AP, CD33 and EPHA1 are associated with late-onset Alzheimer's disease.

    Adam C. Naj;Gyungah Jun;Gary W. Beecham;Li-San Wang

  • Selecting a Maximally Informative Set of Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms for Association Analyses Using Linkage Disequilibrium

    Christopher S. Carlson;Michael A. Eberle;Mark J. Rieder;Qian Yi

  • Comprehensive assessment of T-cell receptor β-chain diversity in αβ T cells

    Harlan S. Robins;Paulo V. Campregher;Santosh K. Srivastava;Abigail Wacher

  • 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

  • Genetic analyses of diverse populations improves discovery for complex traits

    Genevieve L. Wojcik;Mariaelisa Graff;Katherine K. Nishimura;Ran Tao

  • Mapping complex disease loci in whole-genome association studies

    Christopher S. Carlson;Michael A. Eberle;Leonid Kruglyak;Deborah A. Nickerson

  • Exome sequencing identifies rare LDLR and APOA5 alleles conferring risk for myocardial infarction

    Ron Do;Ron Do;Nathan O. Stitziel;Hong Hee Won;Hong Hee Won;Anders Berg Jørgensen

  • Using synthetic templates to design an unbiased multiplex PCR assay

    Christopher S. Carlson;Ryan O. Emerson;Anna M. Sherwood;Cindy Desmarais

  • Population History and Natural Selection Shape Patterns of Genetic Variation in 132 Genes

    Joshua M Akey;Michael A Eberle;Mark J Rieder;Christopher S Carlson

  • Immunosequencing identifies signatures of cytomegalovirus exposure history and HLA-mediated effects on the T cell repertoire

    Ryan O Emerson;William S DeWitt;Marissa Vignali;Jenna Gravley

  • Whole-genome sequencing identifies EN1 as a determinant of bone density and fracture.

    Hou Feng Zheng;Vincenzo Forgetta;Yi Hsiang Hsu;Yi Hsiang Hsu;Karol Estrada

  • Principles for the post-GWAS functional characterization of cancer risk loci

    Matthew L Freedman;Alvaro N A Monteiro;Simon A Gayther;Simon A Gayther;Gerhard A Coetzee

  • Overlap and Effective Size of the Human CD8+ T Cell Receptor Repertoire

    Harlan S. Robins;Santosh K. Srivastava;Paulo V. Campregher;Cameron J. Turtle

  • Polymorphisms within the C-Reactive Protein (CRP) Promoter Region Are Associated with Plasma CRP Levels

    Christopher S. Carlson;Shelley Force Aldred;Philip K. Lee;Russell P. Tracy

  • Quality control procedures for genome-wide association studies.

    Stephen Turner;Loren L. Armstrong;Yuki Bradford;Christopher S. Carlson

  • Additional SNPs and linkage-disequilibrium analyses are necessary for whole-genome association studies in humans

    Christopher S. Carlson;Michael A. Eberle;Mark J. Rieder;Joshua D. Smith

  • Association of low-frequency and rare coding-sequence variants with blood lipids and coronary heart disease in 56,000 whites and blacks.

    Gina M. Peloso;Paul L. Auer;Joshua C. Bis;Arend Voorman

  • Association of polymorphisms in the CRP gene with circulating C-reactive protein levels and cardiovascular events.

    Leslie A. Lange;Christopher S. Carlson;Lucia A. Hindorff;Ethan M. Lange

  • Identification of Genetic Susceptibility Loci for Colorectal Tumors in a Genome-Wide Meta-analysis

    Ulrike Peters;Ulrike Peters;Shuo Jiao;Fredrick R. Schumacher;Carolyn M. Hutter;Carolyn M. Hutter

  • Discovery of common and rare genetic risk variants for colorectal cancer

    Jeroen R. Huyghe;Stephanie A. Bien;Tabitha A. Harrison;Hyun Min Kang

Frequent Co-Authors

Ulrike Peters
Ulrike Peters University of Washington
Charles Kooperberg
Charles Kooperberg Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
John D. Potter
John D. Potter Massey University
Cornelia M. Ulrich
Cornelia M. Ulrich University of Utah
Alexander P. Reiner
Alexander P. Reiner University of Washington
Loic Le Marchand
Loic Le Marchand University of Hawaii at Manoa
Harlan Robins
Harlan Robins Adaptive Biotechnologies (United States)
Rebecca D. Jackson
Rebecca D. Jackson The Ohio State University
Christopher A. Haiman
Christopher A. Haiman University of Southern California
Kari E. North
Kari E. North University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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