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Gonçalo R. Abecasis 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 Gonçalo R. Abecasis sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 598 publications — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Gonçalo R. Abecasis 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 Gonçalo R. Abecasis sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 210 D-Index — 100th percentile

100% 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

  • 2026 - Research.com Genetics in United States Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Medicine in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Genetics in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Medicine in United States Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics in United States Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in United States Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics in United States Leader Award
  • 2014 - Curt Stern Award, American Society of Human Genetics
  • 2014 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)

Overview

Gonçalo R. Abecasis is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine, with a strong focus on Genetics and Molecular Biology as main areas of study.

The scientist's work covers several subfields including Genetics, Molecular Biology, Hematology, Physiology, and Immunology. Their primary research topics include Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Genomics and Rare Diseases, Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals, Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks, Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research, and BRCA gene mutations in cancer.

Gonçalo R. Abecasis is a prolific author with publications across multiple prestigious venues. The most frequent publication venues are:

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

Recent notable papers include:

  • Computationally efficient whole-genome regression for quantitative and binary traits, 2021, Nature Genetics
  • Complex genetic signatures in immune cells underlie autoimmunity and inform therapy, 2020, Nature Genetics
  • Exome sequencing and analysis of 454,787 UK Biobank participants, 2021, Nature
  • Discovery of 318 new risk loci for type 2 diabetes and related vascular outcomes among 1.4 million participants in a multi-ancestry meta-analysis, 2020, Nature Genetics
  • Exome sequencing and characterization of 49,960 individuals in the UK Biobank, 2020, Nature

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Gonçalo R. Abecasis include:

  • Jeffrey G. Reid
  • John D. Overton
  • Aris Baras
  • Hyun Min Kang
  • Alan R. Shuldiner

Among the honors received, the scientist became a Member of the National Academy of Medicine in 2014. The same year, they were awarded the Curt Stern Award by the American Society of Human Genetics.

Best Publications

  • The Sequence Alignment/Map format and SAMtools

    Heng Li;Bob Handsaker;Alec Wysoker;Tim Fennell

  • A global reference for human genetic variation.

    Adam Auton;Gonçalo R. Abecasis;David M. Altshuler;Richard M. Durbin

  • The variant call format and VCFtools

    Petr Danecek;Adam Auton;Goncalo Abecasis;Cornelis A. Albers

  • An integrated map of genetic variation from 1,092 human genomes

    Goncalo R Abecasis;Adam Auton;Lisa D Brooks

  • A Map of Human Genome Variation From Population-Scale Sequencing

    Gonçalo R Abecasis;David Altshuler;David Altshuler;Adam Auton

  • The International HapMap Project

    John W. Belmont;Paul Hardenbol;Thomas D. Willis;Fuli Yu

  • Identification and analysis of functional elements in 1% of the human genome by the ENCODE pilot project

    Ewan Birney;John A. Stamatoyannopoulos;Anindya Dutta;Roderic Guigó

  • A haplotype map of the human genome

    John W. Belmont;Andrew Boudreau;Suzanne M. Leal;Paul Hardenbol

  • A second generation human haplotype map of over 3.1 million SNPs

    Kelly A. Frazer;Dennis G. Ballinger;David R. Cox;David A. Hinds

  • METAL: fast and efficient meta-analysis of genomewide association scans.

    Cristen J. Willer;Yun Li;Gonçalo R. Abecasis

  • Next-generation genotype imputation service and methods.

    Sayantan Das;Lukas Forer;Sebastian Schönherr;Carlo Sidore;Carlo Sidore

  • Biological, clinical and population relevance of 95 loci for blood lipids

    Tanya M. Teslovich;Kiran Musunuru;Albert V. Smith;Andrew C. Edmondson

  • Merlin--rapid analysis of dense genetic maps using sparse gene flow trees.

    Gonçalo R. Abecasis;Stacey S. Cherny;William O. Cookson;Lon R. Cardon

  • 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 studies for complex traits: consensus, uncertainty and challenges

    Mark I. McCarthy;Mark I. McCarthy;Gonçalo R. Abecasis;Lon R. Cardon;Lon R. Cardon;David B. Goldstein

  • A reference panel of 64,976 haplotypes for genotype imputation

    Shane McCarthy;Sayantan Das;Warren Kretzschmar;Olivier Delaneau

  • Discovery and refinement of loci associated with lipid levels

    Cristen J. Willer;Ellen M. Schmidt;Sebanti Sengupta;Gina M. Peloso;Gina M. Peloso;Gina M. Peloso

  • LocusZoom: regional visualization of genome-wide association scan results

    Randall J. Pruim;Ryan P. Welch;Serena Sanna;Tanya M. Teslovich

  • New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk

    Josée Dupuis;Josée Dupuis;Claudia Langenberg;Inga Prokopenko;Richa Saxena;Richa Saxena

  • Plasma HDL cholesterol and risk of myocardial infarction: A mendelian randomisation study

    Benjamin F. Voight;Benjamin F. Voight;Benjamin F. Voight;Gina M. Peloso;Gina M. Peloso;Marju Orho-Melander;Ruth Frikke-Schmidt

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Boehnke
Michael Boehnke University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Tonu Esko
Tonu Esko University of Tartu
David Schlessinger
David Schlessinger National Institutes of Health
Serena Sanna
Serena Sanna National Research Council (CNR)
John C. Chambers
John C. Chambers Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Ruth J. F. Loos
Ruth J. F. Loos University of Copenhagen
Jaakko Tuomilehto
Jaakko Tuomilehto University of Helsinki
Kari Stefansson
Kari Stefansson deCODE Genetics (Iceland)
Tim D. Spector
Tim D. Spector King's College London

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