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122
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502
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295

Genetics

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Citations
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World Ranking
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National Ranking
173

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Elaine H. Zackai 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 Elaine H. Zackai sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 635 publications — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Elaine H. Zackai 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 Elaine H. Zackai sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 123 D-Index — 93rd percentile

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

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award

Overview

Elaine H. Zackai is affiliated with the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine, with significant contributions in Molecular Biology, Genetics, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Epidemiology, and Surgery.

The scientist's research focuses on topics including congenital heart defects, congenital heart disease studies, genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities, coronary artery anomalies, genetics and neurodevelopmental disorders, genomics and rare diseases, and tracheal and airway disorders.

Elaine H. Zackai has published extensively, with work appearing frequently in several journals. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A
  • Genetics in Medicine
  • Genetics in Medicine Open
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The American Journal of Human Genetics

Some recent papers authored by or involving Elaine H. Zackai are:

  • Genetic contributors to risk of schizophrenia in the presence of a 22q11.2 deletion, 2020, Molecular Psychiatry
  • A dyadic approach to the delineation of diagnostic entities in clinical genomics, 2021, The American Journal of Human Genetics
  • Histone H3.3 beyond cancer: Germline mutations in Histone 3 Family 3A and 3B cause a previously unidentified neurodegenerative disorder in 46 patients, 2020, Science Advances
  • Mapping Subcortical Brain Alterations in 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome: Effects of Deletion Size and Convergence With Idiopathic Neuropsychiatric Illness, 2020, American Journal of Psychiatry
  • Effects of copy number variations on brain structure and risk for psychiatric illness: Large-scale studies from the ENIGMA working groups on CNVs, 2021, Human Brain Mapping

The scientist has frequently collaborated with a number of co-authors, notably:

  • Donna M. McDonald-McGinn
  • T. Blaine Crowley
  • Beverly S. Emanuel
  • Daniel E. McGinn
  • Elizabeth Bhoj

Best Publications

  • 22q11.2 deletion syndrome

    Donna M. McDonald-McGinn;Kathleen E. Sullivan;Bruno Marino;Nicole Philip

  • Mutations in IRF6 cause Van der Woude and popliteal pterygium syndromes.

    Shinji Kondo;Brian C. Schutte;Rebecca J. Richardson;Bryan C. Bjork

  • A Mosaic Activating Mutation in AKT1 Associated with the Proteus Syndrome

    Marjorie J Lindhurst;Julie C Sapp;Jamie K. Teer;Jennifer J Johnston

  • Microduplications of 16p11.2 are Associated with Schizophrenia

    Shane E. McCarthy;Vladimir Makarov;George Kirov;Anjene M. Addington

  • Psychiatric disorders from childhood to adulthood in 22q11.2 deletion syndrome: results from the International Consortium on Brain and Behavior in 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome.

    Maude Schneider;Martin Debbané;Anne S. Bassett;Eva W.C. Chow

  • PTEN Mutation Spectrum and Genotype-Phenotype Correlations in Bannayan-Riley-Ruvalcaba Syndrome Suggest a Single Entity With Cowden Syndrome

    Debbie J. Marsh;Debbie J. Marsh;Jennifer B. Kum;Jennifer B. Kum;Kathryn L. Lunetta;Michael J. Bennett

  • A recurrent 16p12.1 microdeletion supports a two-hit model for severe developmental delay

    Santhosh Girirajan;Jill A. Rosenfeld;Gregory M. Cooper;Francesca Antonacci

  • Frequency of 22q11 deletions in patients with conotruncal defects

    Elizabeth Goldmuntz;Bernard J Clark;Bernard J Clark;Laura E Mitchell;Laura E Mitchell;Abbas F Jawad;Abbas F Jawad

  • Chromosome 22-specific low copy repeats and the 22q11.2 deletion syndrome: genomic organization and deletion endpoint analysis

    Tamim H. Shaikh;Hiroki Kurahashi;Sulagna C. Saitta;Anna Mizrahy O’Hare

  • Prevalence of 22q11 microdeletions in DiGeorge and velocardiofacial syndromes: implications for genetic counselling and prenatal diagnosis.

    D A Driscoll;J Salvin;B Sellinger;M L Budarf

  • Growth Charts for Children With Down Syndrome: 1 Month to 18 Years of Age

    Christine Cronk;Allen C. Crocker;Siegfried M. Pueschel;Alice M. Shea

  • The Philadelphia story: the 22q11.2 deletion: report on 250 patients

    McDonald-McGinn Dm;Kirschner R;Goldmuntz E;Sullivan K

  • Mechanisms of mosaicism, chimerism and uniparental disomy identified by single nucleotide polymorphism array analysis

    Laura K. Conlin;Brian D. Thiel;Carsten G. Bonnemann;Livija Medne

  • Deletions and microdeletions of 22q11.2 in velo-cardio-facial syndrome.

    Deborah A. Driscoll;Nancy B. Spinner;Nancy B. Spinner;Marcia L. Budarf;Marcia L. Budarf;Donna M. McDonald-McGinn;Donna M. McDonald-McGinn

  • Mutations in the homeodomain of the human SIX3 gene cause holoprosencephaly.

    Deeann E. Wallis;Erich Roessler;Erich Roessler;Ute Hehr;Luisa Nanni

  • Mutations in the kinase Rsk-2 associated with Coffin-Lowry syndrome.

    Elisabeth Trivier;Dario De Cesare;Sylvie Jacquot;Solange Pannetier

  • Mutations in TGIF cause holoprosencephaly and link NODAL signalling to human neural axis determination

    Karen W. Gripp;David Wotton;Michael C. Edwards;Michael C. Edwards;Erich Roessler

  • Characterization of Potocki-Lupski syndrome (dup(17)(p11.2p11.2)) and delineation of a dosage-sensitive critical interval that can convey an autism phenotype.

    Lorraine Potocki;Weimin Bi;Diane Treadwell-Deering;Claudia M. B. Carvalho

  • High-resolution mapping and analysis of copy number variations in the human genome: A data resource for clinical and research applications

    Tamim H. Shaikh;Xiaowu Gai;Juan C. Perin;Joseph T. Glessner

  • Genomic and genic deletions of the FOX gene cluster on 16q24.1 and inactivating mutations of FOXF1 cause alveolar capillary dysplasia and other malformations.

    Paweł Stankiewicz;Partha Sen;Samarth S. Bhatt;Mekayla Storer

Frequent Co-Authors

Donna M. McDonald-McGinn
Donna M. McDonald-McGinn Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Beverly S. Emanuel
Beverly S. Emanuel Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Nancy B. Spinner
Nancy B. Spinner Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Raquel E. Gur
Raquel E. Gur University of Pennsylvania
Matthew A. Deardorff
Matthew A. Deardorff Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Maximilian Muenke
Maximilian Muenke American College of Medical Genetics
Ruben C. Gur
Ruben C. Gur University of Pennsylvania
Hakon Hakonarson
Hakon Hakonarson Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Tony J. Simon
Tony J. Simon University of California, Davis
Tamim H. Shaikh
Tamim H. Shaikh University of Colorado Denver

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