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Hailiang Huang

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
63
Citations
38806
World Ranking
9945
National Ranking
4353

Hailiang Huang publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 228 publications — 60th percentile

60% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Hailiang Huang 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 Hailiang Huang sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 63 D-Index — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Hailiang Huang is affiliated with Harvard Medical School in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a significant emphasis on genetics and molecular biology subfields. Additional areas of study include psychiatry and mental health, immunology, and cognitive neuroscience.

The scientist's work covers various topics related to genetic associations and epidemiology, genomics and rare diseases, and genetic mapping and diversity in plants and animals. Their research also spans bioinformatics and genomic networks, genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities, genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, and epigenetics and DNA methylation.

Huang's recent publications demonstrate contributions to understanding genetic risks and mechanisms across complex diseases. Notable papers include:

  • Rare coding variants in ten genes confer substantial risk for schizophrenia (2022, Nature)
  • Genome-wide enhancer maps link risk variants to disease genes (2021, Nature)
  • Improving polygenic prediction in ancestrally diverse populations (2022, Nature Genetics)
  • Global Biobank Meta-analysis Initiative: Powering genetic discovery across human disease (2022, Cell Genomics)
  • Multi-trait analysis for genome-wide association study of five psychiatric disorders (2020, Translational Psychiatry)

Huang frequently collaborates with a group of researchers including Chia-Yen Chen, Tian Ge, Mark J. Daly, Max Lam, and Benjamin M. Neale. Their publishing record includes contributions to various venues, with the largest number of publications appearing in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory). Other notable publication venues include European Neuropsychopharmacology, UNC Libraries, Nature Genetics, and Cell Genomics.

Best Publications

  • Biological insights from 108 schizophrenia-associated genetic loci

    Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Benjamin M. Neale;Benjamin M. Neale;Aiden Corvin;James T. R. Walters

  • Association analyses identify 38 susceptibility loci for inflammatory bowel disease and highlight shared genetic risk across populations

    J Z Liu;S van Sommeren;H Huang;S C Ng

  • Discovery of the first genome-wide significant risk loci for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder

    Ditte Demontis;Ditte Demontis;Raymond K Walters;Raymond K Walters;Joanna Martin;Joanna Martin;Joanna Martin;Manuel Mattheisen

  • Large-Scale Exome Sequencing Study Implicates Both Developmental and Functional Changes in the Neurobiology of Autism

    F. Kyle Satterstrom;F. Kyle Satterstrom;Jack A. Kosmicki;Jiebiao Wang;Michael S. Breen

  • 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

  • Genomic Relationships, Novel Loci, and Pleiotropic Mechanisms across Eight Psychiatric Disorders

    Phil H. Lee;Verneri Anttila;Hyejung Won;Yen-Chen A. Feng

  • Intra- and Inter-cellular Rewiring of the Human Colon during Ulcerative Colitis

    Christopher S. Smillie;Moshe Biton;Jose Ordovas-Montanes;Keri M. Sullivan

  • Contribution of copy number variants to schizophrenia from a genome-wide study of 41,321 subjects

    Christian R Marshall;Daniel P Howrigan;Daniel P Howrigan;Daniele Merico;Bhooma Thiruvahindrapuram

  • Genomic Dissection of Bipolar Disorder and Schizophrenia, Including 28 Subphenotypes

    Douglas M. Ruderfer;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Andrew McQuillin;James Boocock

  • Meta-analysis of 375,000 individuals identifies 38 susceptibility loci for migraine

    Padhraig Gormley;Verneri Anttila;Verneri Anttila;Bendik S. Winsvold;Bendik S. Winsvold;Priit Palta

  • Meta-analysis of GWAS of over 16,000 individuals with autism spectrum disorder highlights a novel locus at 10q24.32 and a significant overlap with schizophrenia

    Richard J.L. Anney;Richard J.L. Anney;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Verneri Anttila;Jakob Grove;Jakob Grove

  • Partitioning heritability of regulatory and cell-type-specific variants across 11 common diseases

    Alexander Gusev;S. Hong Lee;Gosia Trynka;Hilary Finucane

  • Genome-wide enhancer maps link risk variants to disease genes

    Joseph Nasser;Drew T. Bergman;Charles P. Fulco;Charles P. Fulco;Philine Guckelberger;Philine Guckelberger

  • Comparative genetic architectures of schizophrenia in East Asian and European populations

    Max Lam;Chia-Yen Chen;Zhiqiang Li;Alicia R. Martin;Alicia R. Martin

  • Genome-wide Association Studies in Ancestrally Diverse Populations: Opportunities, Methods, Pitfalls, and Recommendations

    Roseann E. Peterson;Karoline Kuchenbaecker;Raymond K. Walters;Chia Yen Chen

  • Fine-mapping inflammatory bowel disease loci to single-variant resolution

    Hailiang Huang;Hailiang Huang;Ming Fang;Luke Jostins;Maša Umićević Mirkov

  • Complex host genetics influence the microbiome in inflammatory bowel disease

    Dan Knights;Mark S Silverberg;Rinse K Weersma;Dirk Gevers

  • High-density mapping of the MHC identifies a shared role for HLA-DRB1∗01:03 in inflammatory bowel diseases and heterozygous advantage in ulcerative colitis

    Philippe Goyette;Gabrielle Boucher;Dermot Mallon;Eva Ellinghaus

  • Genetic association study of QT interval highlights role for calcium signaling pathways in myocardial repolarization

    Dan E. Arking;Sara L. Pulit;Sara L. Pulit;Sara L. Pulit;Lia Crotti;Pim Van Der Harst

  • Genome wide meta-analysis identifies genomic relationships, novel loci, and pleiotropic mechanisms across eight psychiatric disorders

    Lee Ph;Anttila;Won H

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark J. Daly
Mark J. Daly Massachusetts General Hospital
Benjamin M. Neale
Benjamin M. Neale Harvard University
Stephan Ripke
Stephan Ripke Massachusetts General Hospital
Aarno Palotie
Aarno Palotie University of Helsinki
Thomas Werge
Thomas Werge University of Copenhagen
Tune H. Pers
Tune H. Pers University of Copenhagen
Tonu Esko
Tonu Esko University of Tartu
Patrick F. Sullivan
Patrick F. Sullivan University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Manuel Mattheisen
Manuel Mattheisen Dalhousie University
Alkes L. Price
Alkes L. Price Harvard University

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Patrick F. Sullivan

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Michael Conlon O'Donovan

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Ole Mors

Ole Mors

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Benjamin M. Neale

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Stephan Ripke

Stephan Ripke

Massachusetts General Hospital

Publications: 177

Srdjan Djurovic

Srdjan Djurovic

Oslo University Hospital

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Mark J. Daly

Massachusetts General Hospital

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Gerome Breen

King's College London

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Merete Nordentoft

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Andrew M. McIntosh

University of Edinburgh

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Harvard University

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Statens Serum Institut

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