2026 Edwin H. Cook: Genetics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Genetics	124	318	308	165	159	338	87301
Medicine	132	2269	2111	1282	1174	383	92877

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

15322
Citations
Synaptic, transcriptional and chromatin genes disrupted in autism

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

3036
Citations
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

2429
Citations
Functional impact of global rare copy number variation in autism spectrum disorders

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

2381
Citations
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

2295
Citations
Patterns and rates of exonic de novo mutations in autism spectrum disorders

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

2065
Citations
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

1978
Citations
The screening and diagnosis of autistic spectrum disorders

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

1762
Citations
Autism genome-wide copy number variation reveals ubiquitin and neuronal genes

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

1637
Citations
Mapping autism risk loci using genetic linkage and chromosomal rearrangements

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

1609
Citations
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

1582
Citations
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

1500
Citations
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

1495
Citations
Association of attention-deficit disorder and the dopamine transporter gene.

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

1485
Citations
Genomic Relationships, Novel Loci, and Pleiotropic Mechanisms across Eight Psychiatric Disorders

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

1346
Citations
A framework for the interpretation of de novo mutation in human disease

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

1160
Citations
Convergence of Genes and Cellular Pathways Dysregulated in Autism Spectrum Disorders

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

1133
Citations
Common genetic variants on 5p14.1 associate with autism spectrum disorders

Kai Wang;Haitao Zhang;Deqiong Ma;Maja Bucan

1122
Citations
Copy-number variations associated with neuropsychiatric conditions

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

914
Citations
Convergence of genes and cellular pathways dysregulated in autism spectrum disorders

Dalila Pinto;Elsa Delaby;Daniele Merico;Mafalda Barbosa

1
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Bennett L. Leventhal University of Chicago

James S. Sutcliffe Vanderbilt University

Catherine Lord University of California, Los Angeles

Jeremy Veenstra-VanderWeele Columbia University

Stephen W. Scherer University of Toronto

Bernie Devlin University of Pittsburgh

Catalina Betancur Sorbonne University

Daniel H. Geschwind University of California, Los Angeles

Benjamin M. Neale Harvard University

Joseph D. Buxbaum Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

External Links

Personal website of Edwin H. Cook

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