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D-Index
109
Citations
46290
World Ranking
5753
National Ranking
3092

Habibul Ahsan publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Habibul Ahsan sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 478 publications — 54th percentile

54% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Habibul Ahsan D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Habibul Ahsan sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 109 D-Index — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Habibul Ahsan is affiliated with the University of Chicago in the United States and has an extensive publication record primarily in the fields of Medicine and Environmental Science. Their research spans several subfields including Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Oncology, Molecular Biology, Genetics, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

Their work covers a range of main topics, such as:

  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity
  • Arsenic Contamination and Mitigation
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection

Ahsan has contributed frequently to several publication venues, reflecting a consistent research output. These include:

  • UNC Libraries
  • ISEE Conference Abstracts
  • JAMA Network Open
  • Cancers
  • International Journal of Cancer

Among their notable recent papers are:

  • "Large-scale cis- and trans-eQTL analyses identify thousands of genetic loci and polygenic scores that regulate blood gene expression" (2021, Nature Genetics)
  • "Determinants of telomere length across human tissues" (2020, Science)
  • "Association of Sleep Duration With All- and Major-Cause Mortality Among Adults in Japan, China, Singapore, and Korea" (2021, JAMA Network Open)
  • "DNA methylation QTL mapping across diverse human tissues provides molecular links between genetic variation and complex traits" (2022, Nature Genetics)
  • "Identification of 371 genetic variants for age at first sex and birth linked to externalising behaviour" (2021, Nature Human Behaviour)

Their collaborative network includes frequent co-authors such as Muhammad G. Kibriya, Farzana Jasmine, Hasan Shahriar, Maria Argos, and Brandon L. Pierce, with whom they have published extensively.

Habibul Ahsan is also recognized as a member of the Association of American Physicians.

Best Publications

  • Large-scale cis- and trans-eQTL analyses identify thousands of genetic loci and polygenic scores that regulate blood gene expression

    Urmo Võsa;Annique Claringbould;Annique Claringbould;Harm-Jan Westra;Marc Jan Bonder

  • Power and instrument strength requirements for Mendelian randomization studies using multiple genetic variants

    Brandon L Pierce;Habibul Ahsan;Tyler J VanderWeele

  • Modeling Linkage Disequilibrium Increases Accuracy of Polygenic Risk Scores

    Bjarni J. Vilhjálmsson;Jian Yang;Hilary K. Finucane;Alexander Gusev

  • Association analysis identifies 65 new breast cancer risk loci

    Kyriaki Michailidou;Kyriaki Michailidou;Sara Lindström;Sara Lindström;Joe Dennis;Jonathan Beesley

  • The Broad Scope of Health Effects from Chronic Arsenic Exposure: Update on a Worldwide Public Health Problem

    Marisa F. Naujokas;Beth Anderson;Habibul Ahsan;H. Vasken Aposhian

  • Association between Body-Mass Index and Risk of Death in More Than 1 Million Asians

    Wei Zheng;Dale F. McLerran;Betsy Rolland;Xianglan Zhang

  • Water Manganese Exposure and Children's Intellectual Function in Araihazar, Bangladesh

    Gail A. Wasserman;Xinhua Liu;Faruque Parvez;Habibul Ahsan

  • Arsenic exposure from drinking water, and all-cause and chronic-disease mortalities in Bangladesh (HEALS): a prospective cohort study

    Maria Argos;Maria Argos;Tara Kalra;Paul J Rathouz;Yu Chen

  • Genome-wide association analyses of risk tolerance and risky behaviors in over 1 million individuals identify hundreds of loci and shared genetic influences

    Richard Karlsson Linnér;Richard Karlsson Linnér;Pietro Biroli;Edward Kong;S. Fleur W. Meddens;S. Fleur W. Meddens

  • Tobacco, Alcohol, and Socioeconomic Status and Adenocarcinomas of the Esophagus and Gastric Cardia

    Marilie D. Gammon;Habibul Ahsan;Janet B. Schoenberg;A. Brian West

  • Body mass index and risk of adenocarcinomas of the esophagus and gastric cardia.

    Wong Ho Chow;William J. Blot;Thomas L. Vaughan;Harvey A. Risch

  • Genome-wide association analysis of more than 120,000 individuals identifies 15 new susceptibility loci for breast cancer

    Kyriaki Michailidou;Jonathan Beesley;Sara Lindstrom;Sander Canisius

  • Nutrient Intake and Risk of Subtypes of Esophageal and Gastric Cancer

    Susan T. Mayne;Harvey A. Risch;Robert Dubrow;Wong Ho Chow

  • Use of aspirin and other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and risk of esophageal and gastric cancer.

    D C Farrow;T L Vaughan;P D Hansten;J L Stanford

  • バングラデッシュ国,アライハザールにおける,飲料水ヒ素曝露と児童知的機能

    Wasserman G A;Liu X;Parvez F;Ahsan H

  • Unraveling the polygenic architecture of complex traits using blood eQTL metaanalysis

    Võsa U;Claringbould A;Westra H;Bonder Mj

  • Spatial variability of arsenic in 6000 tube wells in a 25 km2 area of Bangladesh

    A. van Geen;Y. Zheng;Y. Zheng;R. Versteeg;M. Stute

  • Arsenic exposure from drinking water and mortality from cardiovascular disease in Bangladesh: prospective cohort study

    Yu Chen;Joseph H Graziano;Faruque Parvez;Mengling Liu

  • Water arsenic exposure and intellectual function in 6-year-old children in Araihazar, Bangladesh

    Gail A. Wasserman;Gail A. Wasserman;Xinhua Liu;Xinhua Liu;Faruque Parvez;Habibul Ahsan

  • Identification of ten variants associated with risk of estrogen-receptor-negative breast cancer.

    Roger L Milne;Roger L Milne;Karoline B Kuchenbaecker;Karoline B Kuchenbaecker;Kyriaki Michailidou;Kyriaki Michailidou;Jonathan Beesley

Frequent Co-Authors

Yu Chen
Yu Chen New York University
Joseph H. Graziano
Joseph H. Graziano Columbia University
Regina M. Santella
Regina M. Santella Columbia University
Chien-Jen Chen
Chien-Jen Chen Academia Sinica
Alfred I. Neugut
Alfred I. Neugut Columbia University
Xinhua Liu
Xinhua Liu Beihang University
Alexander van Geen
Alexander van Geen Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Wei Zheng
Wei Zheng Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Esther M. John
Esther M. John Stanford University
John D. Potter
John D. Potter Massey University

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