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Gabriele Gillessen-Kaesbach

Gabriele Gillessen-Kaesbach

D-Index & Metrics

Genetics

D-Index
80
Citations
19242
World Ranking
1596
National Ranking
121

Medicine

D-Index
80
Citations
19400
World Ranking
17284
National Ranking
904

Gabriele Gillessen-Kaesbach 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 Gabriele Gillessen-Kaesbach sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 229 publications — 60th percentile

60% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Gabriele Gillessen-Kaesbach 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 Gabriele Gillessen-Kaesbach sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 80 D-Index — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Gabriele Gillessen-Kaesbach is affiliated with the University of Lübeck in Germany and specializes in research spanning medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work encompasses various subfields, notably infectious diseases, molecular biology, genetics, pathology and forensic medicine, and modeling and simulation.

Their research focuses on topics including SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, COVID-19 clinical research studies, COVID-19 epidemiological studies, genetic syndromes and imprinting, genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities, tumors and oncological cases, and chromatin remodeling and cancer.

Recent publications by Gabriele Gillessen-Kaesbach include:

  • The adult phenotype of Schaaf-Yang syndrome, 2020, Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases
  • One-year surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 transmission of the ELISA cohort: A model for population-based monitoring of infection risk, 2022, Science Advances
  • Maternal transmission of a mild Coffin-Siris syndrome phenotype caused by a SOX11 missense variant, 2021, European Journal of Human Genetics
  • Protocol of the Luebeck longitudinal investigation of SARS-CoV-2 infection (ELISA) study - a prospective population-based cohort study, 2022, BMC Public Health
  • Biallelic variants in ADAMTS15 cause a novel form of distal arthrogryposis, 2022, Genetics in Medicine

They frequently collaborate with a core group of researchers including:

  • Christine Klein
  • Max Borsche
  • Alexander Balck
  • Bandik Föh
  • Johann Rahmöller

Their work has been published predominantly in the following scientific venues:

  • Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases
  • Science Advances
  • European Journal of Human Genetics
  • BMC Public Health
  • Genetics in Medicine

Best Publications

  • Germline KRAS and BRAF mutations in cardio-facio-cutaneous syndrome

    Tetsuya Niihori;Yoko Aoki;Yoko Narumi;Giovanni Neri

  • HDAC8 mutations in Cornelia de Lange syndrome affect the cohesin acetylation cycle

    Matthew A. Deardorff;Masashige Bando;Ryuichiro Nakato;Erwan Watrin

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

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

  • Classic and atypical fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) phenotypes are caused by mutations in the bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) type I receptor ACVR1.

    Frederick S. Kaplan;Meiqi Xu;Petra Seemann;J. Michael Connor

  • Loss-of-function mutations in the human GLI2 gene are associated with pituitary anomalies and holoprosencephaly-like features

    Erich Roessler;Yang-Zhu Du;Jose L. Mullor;Esther Casas

  • Mutations in STRA6 cause a broad spectrum of malformations including anophthalmia, congenital heart defects, diaphragmatic hernia, alveolar capillary dysplasia, lung hypoplasia, and mental retardation

    Francesca Pasutto;Heinrich Sticht;Gerhard Hammersen;Gabriele Gillessen-Kaesbach

  • Epimutations in Prader-Willi and Angelman Syndromes: A Molecular Study of 136 Patients with an Imprinting Defect

    Karin Buiting;Stephanie Groß;Christina Lich;Gabriele Gillessen-Kaesbach

  • Mutations in a new gene, encoding a zinc-finger protein, cause tricho-rhino-phalangeal syndrome type I.

    P. Momeni;G. Glöckner;O. Schmidt;D. Von Holtum

  • RAD21 Mutations Cause a Human Cohesinopathy

    Matthew A. Deardorff;Matthew A. Deardorff;Jonathan J. Wilde;Melanie Albrecht;Emma Dickinson

  • De novo nonsense mutations in ASXL1 cause Bohring-Opitz syndrome

    Alexander Hoischen;Bregje W M van Bon;Benjamín Rodríguez-Santiago;Benjamín Rodríguez-Santiago;Christian Gilissen

  • X-exome sequencing of 405 unresolved families identifies seven novel intellectual disability genes

    H. Hu;S. A. Haas;J. Chelly;J. Chelly;H. Van Esch

  • Imprinting mutations suggested by abnormal DNA methylation patterns in familial Angelman and Prader-Willi syndromes

    A. Reis;B. Dittrich;V. Greger;K. Buiting

  • Oculo-auriculo-vertebral spectrum (OAVS) : clinical evaluation and severity scoring of 53 patients and proposal for a new classification

    Christiane Tasse;Stefan Böhringer;Sven Fischer;Hermann-Josef Lüdecke

  • Genotypic and Phenotypic Spectrum in Tricho-Rhino-Phalangeal Syndrome Types I and III

    H.-J. Lüdecke;J. Schaper;P. Meinecke;P. Momeni

  • Heterozygous missense mutations in SMARCA2 cause Nicolaides-Baraitser syndrome

    Jeroen K.J. Van Houdt;Beata Anna Nowakowska;Sérgio B. Sousa;Sérgio B. Sousa;Barbera D.C. Van Schaik

  • Molecular diagnosis of the Prader-Willi and Angelman syndromes by detection of parent-of-origin specific DNA methylation in 15q11-13.

    Bärbel Dittrich;Wendy P. Robinson;Hans Knoblauch;Karin Buiting

  • Distinct Mutations in the Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Gene ROR2 Cause Brachydactyly Type B

    Georg C. Schwabe;Sigrid Tinschert;Christian Buschow;Peter Meinecke

  • Mutational Spectrum in the Δ7-Sterol Reductase Gene and Genotype-Phenotype Correlation in 84 Patients with Smith-Lemli-Opitz Syndrome

    M. Witsch-Baumgartner;B. U. Fitzky;M. Ogorelkova;H. G. Kraft

  • Arterial tortuosity syndrome: Clinical and molecular findings in 12 newly identified families

    B L Callewaert;A Willaert;W S Kerstjens-Frederikse;W S Kerstjens-Frederikse;J De Backer

  • Haploinsufficiency of a Spliceosomal GTPase Encoded by EFTUD2 Causes Mandibulofacial Dysostosis with Microcephaly

    Matthew A. Lines;Lijia Huang;Jeremy Schwartzentruber;Stuart L. Douglas

Frequent Co-Authors

Dagmar Wieczorek
Dagmar Wieczorek Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Bernhard Horsthemke
Bernhard Horsthemke University of Duisburg-Essen
Karin Buiting
Karin Buiting University of Duisburg-Essen
Beate Albrecht
Beate Albrecht University of Duisburg-Essen
Raoul C.M. Hennekam
Raoul C.M. Hennekam University of Amsterdam
Matthew A. Deardorff
Matthew A. Deardorff Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Reiner Siebert
Reiner Siebert University of Ulm
Ian D. Krantz
Ian D. Krantz Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Andreas Tzschach
Andreas Tzschach University of Freiburg
Christine Klein
Christine Klein University of Lübeck

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