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Edwin H. Cook 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 Edwin H. Cook sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 338 publications — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Edwin H. Cook 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 Edwin H. Cook sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 124 D-Index — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1956 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Edwin H. Cook is affiliated with the University of Illinois at Chicago in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the genetics and neurodevelopmental aspects of autism spectrum disorder, with significant contributions to understanding genomic variations and related neuropsychiatric conditions.

Their recent research output includes several notable papers:

  • Large-Scale Exome Sequencing Study Implicates Both Developmental and Functional Changes in the Neurobiology of Autism, 2020, Cell
  • Rare coding variation provides insight into the genetic architecture and phenotypic context of autism, 2022, Nature Genetics
  • A framework for an evidence-based gene list relevant to autism spectrum disorder, 2020, Nature Reviews Genetics
  • Elevated Polygenic Burden for Autism Spectrum Disorder Is Associated With the Broad Autism Phenotype in Mothers of Individuals With Autism Spectrum Disorder, 2020, Biological Psychiatry
  • Statistical and functional convergence of common and rare genetic influences on autism at chromosome 16p, 2022, Nature Genetics

Frequent collaborators in their work include:

  • Scott L. Rauch
  • Daniel H. Geschwind
  • Anissa Abi-Dargham
  • New York
  • Deanna M. Barch

Edwin H. Cook has published extensively in several key scientific journals, with frequent publications appearing in:

  • Biological Psychiatry
  • Nature Genetics
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology
  • UNC Libraries

Their research spans multiple subfields of study, including:

  • Genetics
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Molecular Biology
  • Psychiatry and Mental health
  • Clinical Psychology

The main topics covered in their work are:

  • Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities
  • Genomics and Rare Diseases
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Congenital heart defects research

Edwin H. Cook was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1956.

Best Publications

  • The autism diagnostic observation schedule-generic: a standard measure of social and communication deficits associated with the spectrum of autism.

    Catherine Lord;Susan Risi;Linda Lambrecht;Edwin H. Cook

  • Synaptic, transcriptional and chromatin genes disrupted in autism

    Silvia De Rubeis;Xin-Xin He;Arthur P Goldberg;Christopher S. Poultney

  • 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

  • Functional impact of global rare copy number variation in autism spectrum disorders

    Dalila Pinto;Alistair T. Pagnamenta;Lambertus Klei;Richard Anney

  • Large-Scale Exome Sequencing Study Implicates Both Developmental and Functional Changes in the Neurobiology of Autism

    F. Kyle Satterstrom;F. Kyle Satterstrom;Jack A. Kosmicki;Jiebiao Wang;Michael S. Breen

  • Patterns and rates of exonic de novo mutations in autism spectrum disorders

    Benjamin M. Neale;Yan Kou;Li Liu;Avi Ma'Ayan

  • Analysis of shared heritability in common disorders of the brain

    Verneri Anttila;Verneri Anttila;Brendan Bulik-Sullivan;Brendan Bulik-Sullivan;Hilary K. Finucane;Raymond K. Walters;Raymond K. Walters

  • The screening and diagnosis of autistic spectrum disorders

    Pauline A. Filipek;Pasquale J. Accardo;Grace T. Baranek;Edwin H. Cook

  • Autism genome-wide copy number variation reveals ubiquitin and neuronal genes

    Joseph T. Glessner;Kai Wang;Guiqing Cai;Olena Korvatska

  • Mapping autism risk loci using genetic linkage and chromosomal rearrangements

    Peter Szatmari;Andrew D. Paterson;Lonnie Zwaigenbaum;Wendy Roberts

  • Insights into Autism Spectrum Disorder Genomic Architecture and Biology from 71 Risk Loci.

    Stephan J. Sanders;Xin He;A. Jeremy Willsey;A. Gulhan Ercan-Sencicek

  • Multiple Recurrent De Novo CNVs, Including Duplications of the 7q11.23 Williams Syndrome Region, Are Strongly Associated with Autism

    Stephan J. Sanders;A. Gulhan Ercan-Sencicek;Vanessa Hus;Rui Luo

  • Practice parameter: Screening and diagnosis of autism Report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology and the Child Neurology Society

    P. A. Filipek;P. J. Accardo;S. Ashwal;G. T. Baranek

  • Association of attention-deficit disorder and the dopamine transporter gene.

    E H Cook;M A Stein;M D Krasowski;N J Cox

  • Genomic Relationships, Novel Loci, and Pleiotropic Mechanisms across Eight Psychiatric Disorders

    Phil H. Lee;Verneri Anttila;Hyejung Won;Yen-Chen A. Feng

  • A framework for the interpretation of de novo mutation in human disease

    Kaitlin E Samocha;Elise B Robinson;Stephan J Sanders;Christine Stevens

  • Convergence of Genes and Cellular Pathways Dysregulated in Autism Spectrum Disorders

    Dalila Pinto;Elsa Delaby;Elsa Delaby;Elsa Delaby;Daniele Merico;Mafalda Barbosa

  • Common genetic variants on 5p14.1 associate with autism spectrum disorders

    Kai Wang;Haitao Zhang;Deqiong Ma;Maja Bucan

  • Copy-number variations associated with neuropsychiatric conditions

    Edwin H. Cook;Stephen W. Scherer;Stephen W. Scherer

  • Convergence of genes and cellular pathways dysregulated in autism spectrum disorders

    Dalila Pinto;Elsa Delaby;Daniele Merico;Mafalda Barbosa

Frequent Co-Authors

Bennett L. Leventhal
Bennett L. Leventhal University of Chicago
James S. Sutcliffe
James S. Sutcliffe Vanderbilt University
Catherine Lord
Catherine Lord University of California, Los Angeles
Jeremy Veenstra-VanderWeele
Jeremy Veenstra-VanderWeele Columbia University
Stephen W. Scherer
Stephen W. Scherer University of Toronto
Bernie Devlin
Bernie Devlin University of Pittsburgh
Catalina Betancur
Catalina Betancur Sorbonne University
Daniel H. Geschwind
Daniel H. Geschwind University of California, Los Angeles
Benjamin M. Neale
Benjamin M. Neale Harvard University
Joseph D. Buxbaum
Joseph D. Buxbaum Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

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