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 Cristen J. Willer sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 233 publications — 62nd percentile
62% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 703 publications or more.
The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Genetics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Cristen J. Willer sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 101 D-Index — 84th percentile
84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more.
Cristen J. Willer is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions focused on Genetics, Molecular Biology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Surgery, and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine.
The main topics addressed in their work include Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Aortic aneurysm repair treatments, Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health, Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches, Birth, Development, and Health, Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, and Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks.
They have published extensively in several scientific venues. Frequent publication outlets include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) with 30 papers, UNC Libraries with 25 papers, Nature Genetics with 14 papers, Nature Communications with 12 papers, and Circulation with 6 papers.
Their recent papers include the following:
Frequent co-authors that collaborate with Cristen J. Willer include:
Cristen J. Willer;Yun Li;Gonçalo R. Abecasis
Tanya M. Teslovich;Kiran Musunuru;Albert V. Smith;Andrew C. Edmondson
Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Cristen J. Willer;Sonja I. Berndt;Keri L. Monda
Laura J. Scott;Karen L. Mohlke;Lori L. Bonnycastle;Cristen J. Willer
Shane McCarthy;Sayantan Das;Warren Kretzschmar;Olivier Delaneau
Cristen J. Willer;Ellen M. Schmidt;Sebanti Sengupta;Gina M. Peloso;Gina M. Peloso;Gina M. Peloso
Randall J. Pruim;Ryan P. Welch;Serena Sanna;Tanya M. Teslovich
Benjamin F. Voight;Benjamin F. Voight;Benjamin F. Voight;Gina M. Peloso;Gina M. Peloso;Marju Orho-Melander;Ruth Frikke-Schmidt
Hana Lango Allen;Karol Estrada;Guillaume Lettre;Sonja I. Berndt
E Zeggini;L J Scott;R Saxena;B F Voight
Yun Li;Cristen J. Willer;Jun Ding;Paul A Scheet
Andrew R. Wood;Tonu Esko;Jian Yang;Sailaja Vedantam
Daniel Taliun;Daniel N. Harris;Michael D. Kessler;Jedidiah Carlson;Jedidiah Carlson
Benjamin F. Voight;Benjamin F. Voight;Laura J. Scott;Valgerdur Steinthorsdottir;Andrew P. Morris
Cristen J. Willer;Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Ruth J. F. Loos;Shengxu Li
Cristen J. Willer;Serena Sanna;Anne U. Jackson;Angelo Scuteri
N D Palmer;C W McDonough;P J Hicks;B H Roh
Panos Deloukas;Stavroula Kanoni;Christina Willenborg;Martin Farrall
Adam E. Locke;Bratati Kahali;Sonja I. Berndt;Anne E. Justice
H. Lango Allen;K. Estrada;G. Lettre;S. I. Berndt
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