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Georg Homuth 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 Georg Homuth sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 282 publications — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Georg Homuth 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 Georg Homuth sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 109 D-Index — 88th percentile

88% 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

  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics in Germany Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics in Germany Leader Award

Overview

Georg Homuth is affiliated with Greifswald University Hospital in Germany. The primary areas of research include Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with specific focus on Genetics, Molecular Biology, Physiology, Immunology, and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of subjects, including Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Gut microbiota and health, Birth, Development, and Health, Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment, Thyroid Disorders and Treatments, Diet and metabolism studies, and IL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways.

Recent publications by Georg Homuth include:

  • Large-scale association analyses identify host factors influencing human gut microbiome composition (2021, Nature Genetics)
  • ENIGMA and global neuroscience: A decade of large-scale studies of the brain in health and disease across more than 40 countries (2020, Translational Psychiatry)
  • Genome-wide association study in 8,956 German individuals identifies influence of ABO histo-blood groups on gut microbiome (2021, Nature Genetics)
  • Genome-wide gene-environment analyses of major depressive disorder and reported lifetime traumatic experiences in UK Biobank (2020, Molecular Psychiatry)
  • The Genetic Architecture of Depression in Individuals of East Asian Ancestry (2021, JAMA Psychiatry)

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Henry Völzke
  • Hans J. Grabe
  • Uwe Völker
  • Alexander Teumer
  • Sandra Van der Auwera

Publications have appeared in various venues, with the most frequent being:

  • UNC Libraries
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Genetics
  • Nature Communications
  • Scientific Reports

Best Publications

  • Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index

    Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Cristen J. Willer;Sonja I. Berndt;Keri L. Monda

  • Genome-wide association analyses identify 44 risk variants and refine the genetic architecture of major depression

    Naomi R. Wray;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Manuel Mattheisen;MacIej Trzaskowski

  • 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

  • Systematic identification of trans eQTLs as putative drivers of known disease associations

    Harm-Jan Westra;Marjolein J Peters;Tõnu Esko;Hanieh Yaghootkar

  • Large-scale association analyses identify host factors influencing human gut microbiome composition

    Alexander Kurilshikov;Carolina Medina-Gomez;Rodrigo Bacigalupe;Djawad Radjabzadeh

  • Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology

    Adam E. Locke;Bratati Kahali;Sonja I. Berndt;Anne E. Justice

  • Genome-wide association study identifies 74 loci associated with educational attainment

    Aysu Okbay;Jonathan P. Beauchamp;Mark Alan Fontana;James J. Lee

  • Genome-wide association study identifies eight loci associated with blood pressure

    Christopher Newton-Cheh;Christopher Newton-Cheh;Toby Johnson;Toby Johnson;Vesela Gateva;Martin D. Tobin

  • Modulation of genetic associations with serum urate levels by body-mass-index in humans

    Jennifer E. Huffman;Eva Albrecht;Alexander Teumer;Massimo Mangino

  • Cohort Profile: The Study of Health in Pomerania

    Henry Völzke;Dietrich Alte;Carsten Oliver Schmidt;Dörte Radke

  • Condition-Dependent Transcriptome Reveals High-Level Regulatory Architecture in Bacillus subtilis

    Pierre Nicolas;Ulrike Mäder;Etienne Dervyn;Tatiana Rochat

  • Common genetic variants influence human subcortical brain structures.

    Derrek P. Hibar;Jason L. Stein;Jason L. Stein;Miguel E. Renteria;Alejandro Arias-Vasquez

  • The genetic architecture of the human cerebral cortex

    Katrina L. Grasby;Neda Jahanshad;Jodie N. Painter;Lucía Colodro-Conde

  • The ENIGMA Consortium: large-scale collaborative analyses of neuroimaging and genetic data

    Paul M. Thompson;Jason L. Stein;Sarah E. Medland;Derrek P. Hibar

  • Meta-analysis of 28,141 individuals identifies common variants within five new loci that influence uric acid concentrations.

    Melanie Kolz;Toby Johnson;Toby Johnson;Toby Johnson;Serena Sanna;Alexander Teumer

  • Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 11 new loci for anthropometric traits and provides insights into genetic architecture

    Sonja I Berndt;Stefan Gustafsson;Stefan Gustafsson;Reedik Mägi;Reedik Mägi;Andrea Ganna

  • Identification of common variants associated with human hippocampal and intracranial volumes

    Jason L Stein;Sarah E Medland;Sarah E Medland;Alejandro Arias Vasquez;Alejandro Arias Vasquez;Derrek P Hibar

  • Genome-wide association study identifies five loci associated with lung function.

    E Repapi;I Sayers;L V Wain;P R Burton

  • Meta-analysis of 28,141 individuals identifies common variants within five new loci that influence uric acid concentrations

    M. Kolz;T. Johnson;S. Sanna;A. Teumer

  • Genome-wide association study identifies 74 loci associated with educational attainment

    Aysu Okbay;Jonathan P. Beauchamp;Mark Alan Fontana;James J. Lee

Frequent Co-Authors

Henry Völzke
Henry Völzke Greifswald University Hospital
Alexander Teumer
Alexander Teumer Greifswald University Hospital
Uwe Völker
Uwe Völker University of Greifswald
André G. Uitterlinden
André G. Uitterlinden Erasmus University Rotterdam
Matthias Nauck
Matthias Nauck Greifswald University Hospital
Christian Gieger
Christian Gieger Helmholtz Zentrum München
Albert Hofman
Albert Hofman Harvard University
Tim D. Spector
Tim D. Spector King's College London
Caroline Hayward
Caroline Hayward University of Edinburgh
Igor Rudan
Igor Rudan University of Edinburgh

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