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52069
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7531
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David Melzer publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David Melzer sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 418 publications — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

David Melzer D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David Melzer sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 102 D-Index — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Overview

David Melzer is affiliated with the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom. Their research spans primarily the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on a variety of subfields including Genetics, Hematology, Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases, and Geriatrics and Gerontology.

The topics covered in Melzer's work include Iron Metabolism and Disorders, Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders, COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, Frailty in Older Adults, Folate and B Vitamins Research, and Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health.

Among recent publications, Melzer has coauthored the following papers:

  • Preexisting Comorbidities Predicting COVID-19 and Mortality in the UK Biobank Community Cohort, 2020, The Journals of Gerontology Series A
  • APOE e4 Genotype Predicts Severe COVID-19 in the UK Biobank Community Cohort, 2020, The Journals of Gerontology Series A
  • A genome-wide association study of the frailty index highlights brain pathways in ageing, 2021, Aging Cell
  • Genome-wide meta-analysis of muscle weakness identifies 15 susceptibility loci in older men and women, 2021, Nature Communications
  • ApoE e4e4 Genotype and Mortality With COVID-19 in UK Biobank, 2020, The Journals of Gerontology Series A

Frequent co-authors in Melzer's work include Luke C. Pilling, Janice L. Atkins, Chia-Ling Kuo, Jane Masoli, and George A. Kuchel, with collaboration counts ranging from 27 to 62 joint publications.

Their research frequently appears in the following publication venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The Journals of Gerontology Series A
  • Age and Ageing
  • Innovation in Aging
  • GeroScience

Best Publications

  • A common variant in the FTO gene is associated with body mass index and predisposes to childhood and adult obesity

    Timothy M. Frayling;Nicholas J. Timpson;Michael N. Weedon;Eleftheria Zeggini;Eleftheria Zeggini;Eleftheria Zeggini

  • A reference panel of 64,976 haplotypes for genotype imputation

    Shane McCarthy;Sayantan Das;Warren Kretzschmar;Olivier Delaneau

  • New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk

    Josée Dupuis;Josée Dupuis;Claudia Langenberg;Inga Prokopenko;Richa Saxena;Richa Saxena

  • New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk (vol 42, pg 105, 2010)

    J Dupuis;C Langenberg;I Prokopenko;R Saxena

  • Systematic identification of trans eQTLs as putative drivers of known disease associations

    Harm-Jan Westra;Marjolein J Peters;Tõnu Esko;Hanieh Yaghootkar

  • A genome-wide association search for type 2 diabetes genes in African Americans.

    N D Palmer;C W McDonough;P J Hicks;B H Roh

  • Association of Urinary Bisphenol A Concentration With Medical Disorders and Laboratory Abnormalities in Adults

    Iain A. Lang;Tamara S. Galloway;Alan Scarlett;William E. Henley

  • DNA methylation-based measures of biological age: meta-analysis predicting time to death

    Brian H. Chen;Riccardo E. Marioni;Riccardo E. Marioni;Elena Colicino;Marjolein J. Peters

  • Epigenetic Signatures of Cigarette Smoking

    Roby Joehanes;Allan C. Just;Riccardo E. Marioni;Luke C. Pilling

  • Interleukin-6 receptor pathways in coronary heart disease: a collaborative meta-analysis of 82 studies

    Nadeem Sarwar;Adam S. Butterworth;Daniel F. Freitag;John Gregson

  • The transcriptional landscape of age in human peripheral blood

    Marjolein J. Peters;Roby Joehanes;Luke C. Pilling;Claudia Schurmann;Claudia Schurmann

  • Social inequalities and the common mental disorders: a systematic review of the evidence.

    Tom Fryers;David Melzer;Rachel Jenkins

  • Association of Urinary Bisphenol A Concentration with Heart Disease: Evidence from NHANES 2003/06

    David Melzer;Neil E. Rice;Ceri Lewis;William E. Henley

  • Vitamin D and risk of cognitive decline in elderly persons

    David J. Llewellyn;Iain A. Lang;Kenneth M. Langa;Graciela Muniz-Terrera

  • Population-Based Genome-wide Association Studies Reveal Six Loci Influencing Plasma Levels of Liver Enzymes

    Xin Yuan;Dawn Waterworth;John R.B. Perry;Noha Lim

  • Novel Loci for Adiponectin Levels and Their Influence on Type 2 Diabetes and Metabolic Traits: A Multi-Ethnic Meta-Analysis of 45,891 Individuals

    Z Dastani;Hivert M-F.;Hivert M-F.;N Timpson;Perry Jrb.;Perry Jrb.

  • Association between serum perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and thyroid disease in the U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.

    David Melzer;Neil Rice;Michael H. Depledge;William E. Henley

  • A genome-wide association study identifies protein quantitative trait loci (pQTLs).

    David Melzer;John R. B. Perry;Dena Hernandez;Anna-Maria Corsi

  • Preexisting Comorbidities Predicting COVID-19 and Mortality in the UK Biobank Community Cohort.

    Janice L. Atkins;Jane A.H. Masoli;Jane A.H. Masoli;Joao Delgado;Luke C. Pilling;Luke C. Pilling

  • Erratum: New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk (Nature Genetics (2010) 42 (105-116))

    Josée Dupuis;Claudia Langenberg;Inga Prokopenko;Richa Saxena

Frequent Co-Authors

Luigi Ferrucci
Luigi Ferrucci National Institutes of Health
Timothy M. Frayling
Timothy M. Frayling University of Geneva
Lorna W. Harries
Lorna W. Harries University of Exeter
Andrew B. Singleton
Andrew B. Singleton National Institutes of Health
Jack M. Guralnik
Jack M. Guralnik University of Maryland, Baltimore
Dena G. Hernandez
Dena G. Hernandez National Institutes of Health
Stefania Bandinelli
Stefania Bandinelli University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Albert Hofman
Albert Hofman Harvard University
Rachel Jenkins
Rachel Jenkins King's College London
Michael N. Weedon
Michael N. Weedon University of Exeter

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