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 Fengtang Yang sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 257 publications — 68th percentile
68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 703 publications or more.
The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Genetics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Fengtang Yang sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 75 D-Index — 57th percentile
57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more.
Fengtang Yang is affiliated with the Wellcome Sanger Institute in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the broad field of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology with a total of 142 publications. Within these areas, Yang has focused extensively on Molecular Biology, Genetics, and Plant Science as primary subfields of study, along with contributions in Cancer Research and Ecology.
The main topics of Yang's work include chromosomal and genetic variations, genomics and phylogenetic studies, and genetic diversity and population structure. Additional significant research themes address RNA modifications and cancer, cancer genomics and diagnostics, genetic and clinical aspects of sex determination and chromosomal abnormalities, and CRISPR and genetic engineering.
Among Yang's recent papers are:
Frequent coauthors with whom Yang has collaborated include Beiyuan Fu, M.A. Ferguson-Smith, Jianing Xu, Sandra Louzada, and Cleusa Yoshiko Nagamachi.
Yang's publications are often featured in venues such as:
Adam Auton;Gonçalo R. Abecasis;David M. Altshuler;Richard M. Durbin
Richard Redon;Shumpei Ishikawa;Karen R. Fitch;Lars Feuk
Kerstin Howe;Matthew D. Clark;Carlos F. Torroja;Carlos F. Torroja;James Torrance
Philip J. Stephens;Chris D. Greenman;Beiyuan Fu;Fengtang Yang
Jan O. Korbel;Alexander Eckehart Urban;Jason P. Affourtit;Brian Godwin
Adam Auton;Gonçalo R. Abecasis;David M. Altshuler;Richard M. Durbin
Graham R. Bignell;Chris D. Greenman;Helen Davies;Adam P. Butler
Reiner A. Wimmer;Alexandra Leopoldi;Martin Aichinger;Nikolaus Wick
F. Yang;P.C.M. O'Brien;B.S. Milne;A.S. Graphodatsky
Sebastian Mueller;Thomas Engleitner;Thomas Engleitner;Roman Maresch;Roman Maresch;Magdalena Zukowska
Harveer Dev;Harveer Dev;Ting-Wei Will Chiang;Chloe Lescale;Inge de Krijger
Elizabeth P. Murchison;Ole B. Schulz-Trieglaff;Zemin Ning;Ludmil B. Alexandrov
G David Poznik;Yali Xue;Fernando L Mendez;Thomas F Willems
Xuefei Gao;Xuefei Gao;Monika Nowak-Imialek;Monika Nowak-Imialek;Xi Chen;Dongsheng Chen
George H. Perry;Fengtang Yang;Tomas Marques-Bonet;Carly Murphy
F. Yang;N. P. Carter;L. Shi;M. A. Ferguson-Smith
Jian Yang;David J. Ryan;Wei Wang;Jason Cheuk-Ho Tsang
Elizabeth P. Murchison;Elizabeth P. Murchison;David C. Wedge;Ludmil B. Alexandrov;Beiyuan Fu
Julia Weber;Julia Weber;Rupert Öllinger;Mathias Friedrich;Ursula Ehmer
Jingtao Lilue;Jingtao Lilue;Anthony G Doran;Anthony G Doran;Ian T Fiddes;Monica Abrudan
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