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Devin Absher 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 Devin Absher sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 213 publications — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Devin Absher 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 Devin Absher sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 89 D-Index — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Devin Absher is affiliated with the University of Queensland in Australia. Their research spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a significant focus on Medicine. Within these fields, their contributions largely concentrate on subfields such as Molecular Biology, Genetics, Immunology, Cancer Research, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

Their scientific output includes work on key topics like:

  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • BRCA gene mutations in cancer
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease
  • Genetic diversity and population structure

Devin Absher's recent publications illustrate a focus on genomic and epigenetic contributions to disease and evolution. Significant papers include:

  • "Predicting future from past: The genomic basis of recurrent and rapid stickleback evolution" (2021) published in Science Advances
  • "Returning integrated genomic risk and clinical recommendations: The eMERGE study" (2023) published in Genetics in Medicine
  • "Carbohydrate and fat intake associated with risk of metabolic diseases through epigenetics of CPT1A" (2020) published in American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
  • "Blood DNA methylation sites predict death risk in a longitudinal study of 12,300 individuals" (2020) published in Aging
  • "A multi-ethnic epigenome-wide association study of leukocyte DNA methylation and blood lipids" (2021) published in Nature Communications

The venues where Absher frequently publishes include:

  • UNC Libraries
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Genetics in Medicine
  • Nature Communications
  • The Journal of Immunology

Absher collaborates with several recurring co-authors, including:

  • Donna K. Arnett
  • Marguerite R. Irvin
  • Daniel Levy
  • Annette Peters
  • Eric Boerwinkle

Best Publications

  • Comprehensive genomic characterization defines human glioblastoma genes and core pathways

    Roger McLendon;Allan Friedman;Darrell Bigner;Erwin G. Van Meir

  • Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index

    Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Cristen J. Willer;Sonja I. Berndt;Keri L. Monda

  • Discovery and refinement of loci associated with lipid levels

    Cristen J. Willer;Ellen M. Schmidt;Sebanti Sengupta;Gina M. Peloso;Gina M. Peloso;Gina M. Peloso

  • An integrated encyclopedia of DNA elements in the human genome

    Ian Dunham;Anshul Kundaje;Shelley F. Aldred;Patrick J. Collins

  • Genetic relationship between five psychiatric disorders estimated from genome-wide SNPs

    S. Hong Lee;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Benjamin M. Neale;Benjamin M. Neale;Stephen V. Faraone

  • Hundreds of variants clustered in genomic loci and biological pathways affect human height

    Hana Lango Allen;Karol Estrada;Guillaume Lettre;Sonja I. Berndt

  • Defining the role of common variation in the genomic and biological architecture of adult human height

    Andrew R. Wood;Tonu Esko;Jian Yang;Sailaja Vedantam

  • Large-scale association analysis identifies 13 new susceptibility loci for coronary artery disease

    Heribert Schunkert;Inke R. König;Sekar Kathiresan;Muredach P. Reilly

  • Signals of recent positive selection in a worldwide sample of human populations

    Joseph K. Pickrell;Graham Coop;John Novembre;Sridhar Kudaravalli

  • Large-scale association analysis identifies new risk loci for coronary artery disease

    Panos Deloukas;Stavroula Kanoni;Christina Willenborg;Martin Farrall

  • A User's Guide to the Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE)

    Richard M. Myers;John Stamatoyannopoulos;Michael Snyder;Ian Dunham

  • Large-scale genome-wide association analysis of bipolar disorder identifies a new susceptibility locus near ODZ4

    Pamela Sklar;Pamela Sklar;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Laura J. Scott;Ole A. Andreassen

  • Adaptive Evolution of Pelvic Reduction in Sticklebacks by Recurrent Deletion of a Pitx1 Enhancer

    Yingguang Frank Chan;Melissa E. Marks;Felicity C. Jones;Guadalupe Villarreal

  • 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

  • Meta-analysis identifies 13 new loci associated with waist-hip ratio and reveals sexual dimorphism in the genetic basis of fat distribution

    Iris M. Heid;Anne U. Jackson;Joshua C. Randall;Tthomas W. Winkler

  • Genome-wide meta-analyses identify multiple loci associated with smoking behavior

    Helena Furberg;Yunjung Kim;Jennifer Dackor;Eric Boerwinkle

  • Common variants associated with plasma triglycerides and risk for coronary artery disease

    Ron Do;Cristen J. Willer;Ellen M. Schmidt;Sebanti Sengupta

  • Epigenetic Signatures of Cigarette Smoking

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

  • Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 11 new loci for anthropometric traits and provides insights into genetic architecture

    Sonja I Berndt;Stefan Gustafsson;Stefan Gustafsson;Reedik Mägi;Reedik Mägi;Andrea Ganna

  • Dynamic DNA methylation across diverse human cell lines and tissues

    Katherine E. Varley;Jason Gertz;Kevin M. Bowling;Stephanie L. Parker

Frequent Co-Authors

Themistocles L. Assimes
Themistocles L. Assimes Stanford University
Richard M. Myers
Richard M. Myers HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology
Kari Stefansson
Kari Stefansson deCODE Genetics (Iceland)
Unnur Thorsteinsdottir
Unnur Thorsteinsdottir deCODE Genetics (Iceland)
Marjo-Riitta Järvelin
Marjo-Riitta Järvelin Imperial College London
Nilesh J. Samani
Nilesh J. Samani University of Leicester
Thomas Quertermous
Thomas Quertermous Stanford University
Joel N. Hirschhorn
Joel N. Hirschhorn Boston Children's Hospital
Eric Boerwinkle
Eric Boerwinkle The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Inês Barroso
Inês Barroso University of Exeter

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