2026 Gerard Cagney: Genetics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Genetics	54	3608	3403	16	16	132	24800

Gerard Cagney 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 Gerard Cagney sits on this spectrum.

45 publications 703+

This scientist: 132 publications — 22nd percentile

22% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Gerard Cagney 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 Gerard Cagney sits on this spectrum.

40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 54 D-Index — 17th percentile

17% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Gerard Cagney is affiliated with University College Dublin in Ireland and has contributed extensively to research in biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their work spans multiple subfields including molecular biology, psychiatry and mental health, biological psychiatry, immunology, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine.

The scientist's research topics include tryptophan and brain disorders, bipolar disorder and treatment, genomics and chromatin dynamics, schizophrenia research and treatment, histone deacetylase inhibitors research, epigenetics and DNA methylation, and immune cells in cancer.

Recent significant publications by Gerard Cagney include:

Development of Proteomic Prediction Models for Transition to Psychotic Disorder in the Clinical High-Risk State and Psychotic Experiences in Adolescence (2020, JAMA Psychiatry)
Multiple screening approaches reveal HDAC6 as a novel regulator of glycolytic metabolism in triple-negative breast cancer (2021, Science Advances)
Dysregulation of complement and coagulation pathways: emerging mechanisms in the development of psychosis (2021, Molecular Psychiatry)
Butyrate limits human natural killer cell effector function (2023, Scientific Reports)
A Quantitative Genetic Interaction Map of HIV Infection (2020, Molecular Cell)

Gerard Cagney collaborates frequently with a number of other researchers including:

Kieran Wynne
Melanie Föcking
David Cotter
David Mongan
Colm Healy

Their work has been published in several recurring venues such as:

Brain Behavior and Immunity
Schizophrenia Bulletin
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
UNC Libraries
JAMA Psychiatry

Best Publications

A comprehensive analysis of protein–protein interactions in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Peter Uetz;Loic Giot;Gerard Cagney;Traci A. Mansfield

6154
Citations
Global landscape of protein complexes in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Nevan J. Krogan;Gerard Cagney;Gerard Cagney;Haiyuan Yu;Gouqing Zhong

3470
Citations
Characterization of the proteins released from activated platelets leads to localization of novel platelet proteins in human atherosclerotic lesions

Judith A. Coppinger;Gerard Cagney;Gerard Cagney;Sinead Toomey;Sinead Toomey;Thomas Kislinger;Thomas Kislinger

971
Citations
Navigating the Chaperone Network: An Integrative Map of Physical and Genetic Interactions Mediated by the Hsp90 Chaperone

Rongmin Zhao;Mike Davey;Ya-Chieh Hsu;Pia Kaplanek

941
Citations
Detailed identification of plasma proteins adsorbed on copolymer nanoparticles.

Tommy Cedervall;Iseult Lynch;Martina Foy;Tord Berggård

903
Citations
Methylation of histone H3 by Set2 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae is linked to transcriptional elongation by RNA polymerase II.

Nevan J. Krogan;Minkyu Kim;Amy Tong;Ashkan Golshani

877
Citations
Global landscape of HIV-human protein complexes

Stefanie Jäger;Peter Cimermancic;Peter Cimermancic;Natali Gulbahce;Natali Gulbahce;Jeffrey R. Johnson;Jeffrey R. Johnson;Jeffrey R. Johnson

836
Citations
RNA polymerase II elongation factors of Saccharomyces cerevisiae: a targeted proteomics approach.

Nevan J. Krogan;Minkyu Kim;Seong Hoon Ahn;Guoqing Zhong

644
Citations
HIV Nef is secreted in exosomes and triggers apoptosis in bystander CD4+ T cells.

Metka Lenassi;Gerard Cagney;Gerard Cagney;Maofu Liao;Tomaž Vaupotič

629
Citations
Host Cell Factors in HIV Replication: Meta-Analysis of Genome-Wide Studies

Frederic D. Bushman;Nirav Malani;Jason Fernandes;Jason Fernandes;Iván D'Orso;Iván D'Orso

524
Citations
High-Definition Macromolecular Composition of Yeast RNA-Processing Complexes

Nevan J. Krogan;Wen-Tao Peng;Gerard Cagney;Mark D. Robinson

462
Citations
Large-scale functional analysis using peptide or protein arrays

Alia Qureshi Emili;Gerard Cagney

355
Citations
Annexin-1 and Peptide Derivatives Are Released by Apoptotic Cells and Stimulate Phagocytosis of Apoptotic Neutrophils by Macrophages

Michael Scannell;Michelle B. Flanagan;Andreas deStefani;Andreas deStefani;Kieran J. Wynne

340
Citations
A Panoramic View of Yeast Noncoding RNA Processing

Wen Tao Peng;Mark D. Robinson;Sanie Mnaimneh;Nevan J. Krogan

311
Citations
Functional Organization of the S. cerevisiae Phosphorylation Network

Dorothea Fiedler;Dorothea Fiedler;Hannes Braberg;Monika Mehta;Gal Chechik

308
Citations
De novo peptide sequencing and quantitative profiling of complex protein mixtures using mass-coded abundance tagging.

Gerard Cagney;Andrew Emili

305
Citations
A Genetic Interaction Map of RNA Processing Factors Reveals Links Between Sem1/Dss1-Containing Complexes and mRNA Export and Splicing

Gwendolyn M. Wilmes;Megan Bergkessel;Sourav Bandyopadhyay;Michael Shales

297
Citations
Proteasome Involvement in the Repair of DNA Double-Strand Breaks

Nevan J. Krogan;Mandy H.Y. Lam;Jeffrey Fillingham;Michael-Christopher Keogh

269
Citations
Hierarchical Modularity and the Evolution of Genetic Interactomes across Species

Colm J. Ryan;Colm J. Ryan;Colm J. Ryan;Assen Roguev;Assen Roguev;Kristin Patrick;Kristin Patrick;Jiewei Xu;Jiewei Xu

259
Citations
Polycomb PHF19 binds H3K36me3 and recruits PRC2 and demethylase NO66 to embryonic stem cell genes during differentiation

Gerard L Brien;Guillermo Gambero;David J O'Connell;Emilia Jerman

256
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Nevan J. Krogan University of California, San Francisco

Andrew Emili Boston University

Mary Cannon Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

Jack Greenblatt University of Toronto

Lorna M. Lopez University of California, Los Angeles

Peter Uetz Virginia Commonwealth University

Stanley Fields University of Washington

Stanley Zammit University of Bristol

Denis C. Shields University College Dublin

Bart P. F. Rutten Maastricht University Medical Centre

External Links

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