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Dimitrios Avramopoulos 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 Dimitrios Avramopoulos sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 155 publications — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Dimitrios Avramopoulos 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 Dimitrios Avramopoulos sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 56 D-Index — 21st percentile

21% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Dimitrios Avramopoulos is affiliated with Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in the United States. Their research spans the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on Molecular Biology, Genetics, Physiology, Cell Biology, and Immunology. The scientist's body of work includes over 102 publications in these areas.

Their research topics cover a range of subjects, including:

  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • Pluripotent Stem Cells Research
  • Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks
  • Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
  • Genomics and Rare Diseases
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders

They have published frequently in journals such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Genetics
  • Nature Communications
  • Nature
  • Genes

Notable recent publications include:

  • "Assessing the contribution of rare variants to complex trait heritability from whole-genome sequence data" (2022, Nature Genetics)
  • "Dynamic incorporation of multiple in silico functional annotations empowers rare variant association analysis of large whole-genome sequencing studies at scale" (2020, Nature Genetics)
  • "Clonal haematopoiesis and risk of chronic liver disease" (2023, Nature)
  • "A high-resolution HLA reference panel capturing global population diversity enables multi-ancestry fine-mapping in HIV host response" (2021, Nature Genetics)
  • "Allele-specific open chromatin in human iPSC neurons elucidates functional disease variants" (2020, Science)

Frequent co-authors of Dimitrios Avramopoulos include:

  • Gonçalo R. Abecasis
  • Jennifer A. Brody
  • Seth A. Ament
  • Pramod Anugu
  • Allison E. Ashley-Koch

The scientist's work contributes primarily to understanding the genetic basis of complex traits and diseases through advanced genomic and molecular biology methods. Their research also involves the integration of bioinformatics approaches to analyze large-scale sequencing data, as well as exploring gene editing technologies and stem cell models in relation to human health and disease.

Best Publications

  • Genome-wide association meta-analysis in 269,867 individuals identifies new genetic and functional links to intelligence

    Jeanne E Savage;Philip R Jansen;Philip R Jansen;Sven Stringer;Kyoko Watanabe

  • Study of 300,486 individuals identifies 148 independent genetic loci influencing general cognitive function

    Gail Davies;Max Lam;Sarah E. Harris;Joey W. Trampush

  • The Genetic Basis of Mendelian Phenotypes: Discoveries, Challenges, and Opportunities

    Jessica X. Chong;Kati J. Buckingham;Shalini N. Jhangiani;Corinne Boehm

  • Bipolar I Disorder and Schizophrenia: A 440–Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism Screen of 64 Candidate Genes among Ashkenazi Jewish Case-Parent Trios

    M. Daniele Fallin;Virginia K. Lasseter;Dimitrios Avramopoulos;Kristin K. Nicodemus

  • Results of a high-resolution genome screen of 437 Alzheimer's Disease families

    Deborah Blacker;Lars Bertram;Aleister J. Saunders;Thomas J. Moscarillo

  • Linear models enable powerful differential activity analysis in massively parallel reporter assays.

    Leslie Myint;Dimitrios G. Avramopoulos;Loyal A. Goff;Kasper D. Hansen

  • GWAS meta-analysis reveals novel loci and genetic correlates for general cognitive function: a report from the COGENT consortium

    Joey W Trampush;M L Z Yang;J Yu;E. Knowles

  • Genome‐wide association study of schizophrenia in Ashkenazi Jews

    Fernando S. Goes;John McGrath;Dimitrios Avramopoulos;Dimitrios Avramopoulos;Paula Wolyniec

  • Whole-genome sequencing of a single proband together with linkage analysis identifies a Mendelian disease gene.

    Nara L. M. Sobreira;Elizabeth T. Cirulli;Dimitrios Avramopoulos;Elizabeth Wohler

  • Suggestive linkage to chromosomal regions 13q31 and 22q12 in families with psychotic bipolar disorder.

    James B. Potash;Peter P. Zandi;Virginia L. Willour;Tsuo Hung Lan

  • Genetics of Alzheimer's disease: recent advances

    Dimitrios Avramopoulos

  • Impact of schizophrenia candidate genes on schizotypy and cognitive endophenotypes at the population level

    N.C. Stefanis;T.A. Trikalinos;D. Avramopoulos;N. Smyrnis

  • Insights into genetics, human biology and disease gleaned from family based genomic studies.

    Jennifer E. Posey;Anne H. O’Donnell-Luria;Anne H. O’Donnell-Luria;Anne H. O’Donnell-Luria;Jessica X. Chong;Tamar Harel

  • Mitotic errors in somatic cells cause trisomy 21 in about 4.5% of cases and are not associated with advanced maternal age.

    Stylianos E. Antonarakis;Dimitrios Avramopoulos;Jean Louis Blouin;C. Conover Talbot

  • Large-Scale Cognitive GWAS Meta-Analysis Reveals Tissue-Specific Neural Expression and Potential Nootropic Drug Targets

    Max Lam;Joey W. Trampush;Jin Yu;Emma Knowles

  • SynaptomeDB: an ontology-based knowledgebase for synaptic genes

    Mehdi Pirooznia;Tao Wang;Dimitrios Avramopoulos;David Valle

  • Infection and Inflammation in Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder: A Genome Wide Study for Interactions with Genetic Variation

    Dimitrios Avramopoulos;Brad D. Pearce;John McGrath;Paula Wolyniec

  • Recurrent 10q22-q23 Deletions: A Genomic Disorder on 10q Associated with Cognitive and Behavioral Abnormalities

    Jorune Balciuniene;Ningping Feng;Kelly Iyadurai;Kelly Iyadurai;Betsy A Hirsch

  • Maternal uniparental disomy for human chromosome 14, due to loss of a chromosome 14 from somatic cells with t(13;14) trisomy 14

    S E Antonarakis;J L Blouin;J Maher;D Avramopoulos

  • Structural variants caused by Alu insertions are associated with risks for many human diseases.

    Lindsay M. Payer;Jared P. Steranka;Wan Rou Yang;Maria Kryatova

Frequent Co-Authors

Nikolaos Smyrnis
Nikolaos Smyrnis National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Katherine E. Burdick
Katherine E. Burdick Brigham and Women's Hospital
Todd Lencz
Todd Lencz Feinstein Institute for Medical Research
Aarno Palotie
Aarno Palotie University of Helsinki
Panos Roussos
Panos Roussos Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Ole A. Andreassen
Ole A. Andreassen Oslo University Hospital
Srdjan Djurovic
Srdjan Djurovic Oslo University Hospital
Ingrid Melle
Ingrid Melle University of Oslo
Vidar M. Steen
Vidar M. Steen University of Bergen
Johan G. Eriksson
Johan G. Eriksson National University of Singapore

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