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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
84
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25931
World Ranking
3309
National Ranking
1674

Gerhard A. Coetzee publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 229 publications — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Gerhard A. Coetzee D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Gerhard A. Coetzee sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 84 D-Index — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Gerhard A. Coetzee is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States and has a strong research focus primarily within the field of Medicine. Their work is concentrated in several subfields, including Neurology, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Cognitive Neuroscience.

Their research addresses a variety of topics, notably:

  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Nuclear Receptors and Signaling
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments

They have contributed publications to several scientific venues, with the most frequent publications appearing in:

  • The Prostate
  • UNC Libraries
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Brain Communications
  • Nature Neuroscience

Notable recent papers by Gerhard A. Coetzee include:

  • "The enigma and implications of brain hemispheric asymmetry in neurodegenerative diseases" (2021) published in Brain Communications
  • "Epigenomic analysis of Parkinson's disease neurons identifies Tet2 loss as neuroprotective" (2020) published in Nature Neuroscience
  • "Discovery and fine-mapping of height loci via high-density imputation of GWASs in individuals of African ancestry" (2021) published in The American Journal of Human Genetics
  • "Post-GWAS knowledge gap: the how, where, and when" (2020) published in npj Parkinson s Disease
  • "Functions of Intracellular Alpha-Synuclein in Microglia: Implications for Parkinson's Disease Risk" (2021) published in Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience

Throughout their research career, Gerhard A. Coetzee has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Samuel R. Denmeade
  • Tamara L. Lotan
  • Shawn E. Lupold
  • Gerald P. Murphy
  • Avery A. Sandberg

Best Publications

  • Specific activation of microRNA-127 with downregulation of the proto-oncogene BCL6 by chromatin-modifying drugs in human cancer cells

    Yoshimasa Saito;Gangning Liang;Gerda Egger;Jeffrey M. Friedman

  • 5-Methylcytosine as an endogenous mutagen in the human LDL receptor and p53 genes.

    William M. Rideout;Gerhard A. Coetzee;Aria F. Olumi;Peter A. Jones

  • The 8q24 cancer risk variant rs6983267 shows long-range interaction with MYC in colorectal cancer.

    Mark M. Pomerantz;Nasim Ahmadiyeh;Nasim Ahmadiyeh;Li Jia;Paula Herman

  • Association of Prostate Cancer Risk With Genetic Polymorphisms in Vitamin D Receptor and Androgen Receptor

    S A Ingles;R K Ross;M C Yu;R A Irvine

  • The CAG and GGC Microsatellites of the Androgen Receptor Gene Are in Linkage Disequilibrium in Men with Prostate Cancer

    Ryan A. Irvine;Mimi C. Yu;Ronald K. Ross;Gerhard A. Coetzee

  • Isothiocyanates, glutathione S-transferase M1 and T1 polymorphisms, and lung-cancer risk: a prospective study of men in Shanghai, China.

    Stephanie J London;Jian-Min Yuan;Fung-Lung Chung;Yu-Tang Gao

  • A meta-analysis of 87,040 individuals identifies 23 new susceptibility loci for prostate cancer

    Ali Amin Al Olama;Zsofia Kote-Jarai;Sonja I. Berndt;David V. Conti

  • Interaction of Nuclear Receptors with the Wnt/β-Catenin/Tcf Signaling Axis: Wnt You Like to Know?

    David J. Mulholland;David J. Mulholland;Shoukat Dedhar;Gerhard A. Coetzee;Colleen C. Nelson

  • Principles for the post-GWAS functional characterization of cancer risk loci

    Matthew L Freedman;Alvaro N A Monteiro;Simon A Gayther;Simon A Gayther;Gerhard A Coetzee

  • Serum amyloid A-containing human high density lipoprotein 3. Density, size, and apolipoprotein composition.

    G A Coetzee;A F Strachan;D R van der Westhuyzen;H C Hoppe

  • Genome-wide association studies identify four ER negative-specific breast cancer risk loci

    Montserrat Garcia-Closas;Fergus J. Couch;Sara Lindstrom;Kyriaki Michailidou

  • Androgen receptor inhibits estrogen receptor-alpha activity and is prognostic in breast cancer.

    Amelia A. Peters;Grant Buchanan;Carmela Ricciardelli;Tina Bianco-Miotto

  • The PsychENCODE project

    Schahram Akbarian;Chunyu Liu;James A Knowles;Flora M Vaccarino

  • GWAS meta-analysis and replication identifies three new susceptibility loci for ovarian cancer

    Paul D.P. Pharoah;Ya Yu Tsai;Susan J. Ramus;Catherine M. Phelan

  • Androgen metabolism and prostate cancer: establishing a model of genetic susceptibility.

    Ronald K. Ross;Malcolm C. Pike;Gerhard A. Coetzee;Juergen K. V. Reichardt

  • Inhibition of p160-mediated coactivation with increasing androgen receptor polyglutamine length

    Ryan A. Irvine;Han Ma;Mimi C. Yu;Ronald K. Ross

  • Multiple signal input and output domains of the 160-kilodalton nuclear receptor coactivator proteins.

    Han Ma;Heng Hong;Shih Ming Huang;Ryan A. Irvine

  • Identification of Genetic Susceptibility Loci for Colorectal Tumors in a Genome-Wide Meta-analysis

    Ulrike Peters;Ulrike Peters;Shuo Jiao;Fredrick R. Schumacher;Carolyn M. Hutter;Carolyn M. Hutter

  • The OncoArray Consortium: A Network for Understanding the Genetic Architecture of Common Cancers.

    Christopher I. Amos;Joe Dennis;Zhaoming Wang;Jinyoung Byun

  • A Polymorphism in the CYP17 Gene Increases the Risk of Breast Cancer

    Heather Spencer Feigelson;Gerhard A. Coetzee;Laurence N. Kolonel;Ronald K. Ross

Frequent Co-Authors

Brian E. Henderson
Brian E. Henderson University of Southern California
Mimi C. Yu
Mimi C. Yu University of Southern California
Sue A. Ingles
Sue A. Ingles University of Southern California
Graham G. Giles
Graham G. Giles University of Melbourne
Wayne D. Tilley
Wayne D. Tilley University of Adelaide
David V. Conti
David V. Conti University of Southern California
Malcolm C. Pike
Malcolm C. Pike Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Christopher A. Haiman
Christopher A. Haiman University of Southern California
Laurence N. Kolonel
Laurence N. Kolonel University of Hawaii at Manoa
Esther M. John
Esther M. John Stanford University

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