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156
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Hans Lehrach 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 Hans Lehrach sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 839 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Hans Lehrach 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 Hans Lehrach sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 24 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 52 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 84 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 112 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 118 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 141 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 143 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 145 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 179 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 162 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 175 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 191 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 172 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 184 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 164 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 158 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 150 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 136 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 127 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 127 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 111 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 110 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 110 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 84 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 102 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 66 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 72 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 70 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 54 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 60 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 49 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 55 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 45 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 42 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 28 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 39 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 25 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 31 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 29 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 34 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 29 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 29 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 18 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 27 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 22 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 16 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 11 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 17 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 12 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 21 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 4 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 9 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 14 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 6 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 10 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 7 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 9 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 8 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 8 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 9 scientists 160+ D-Index: 96 scientists
40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 156 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% 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 Germany Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Medicine in Germany Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Genetics in Germany Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics in Germany Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Germany Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics in Germany Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Germany Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Germany Leader Award
  • 1993 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Hans Lehrach is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany. Their research spans multiple disciplines with a primary focus on Medicine as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Subfields of their work include Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, and Cancer Research.

The main topics explored in Lehrach's research encompass SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics, Genetic factors in colorectal cancer, Retinal Diseases and Treatments, Retinal Imaging and Analysis, and Biomedical and Engineering Education.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Hans Lehrach include:

  • "A framework for validating AI in precision medicine: considerations from the European ITFoC consortium" (2021) published in BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
  • "A combined computational and functional approach identifies IGF2BP2 as a driver of chemoresistance in a wide array of pre-clinical models of colorectal cancer" (2023) published in Molecular Cancer
  • "Adaptive nanopores: A bioinspired label-free approach for protein sequencing and identification" (2020) published in Nano Research
  • "Horizon Scanning: Rise of Planetary Health Genomics and Digital Twins for Pandemic Preparedness" (2021) published in OMICS A Journal of Integrative Biology
  • "Proposal of a population wide genome-based testing for Covid-19" (2022) published in Scientific Reports

Lehrach frequently collaborates with several researchers, including Bodo Lange, Lesley A. Ogilvie, Marie-Laure Yaspo, Moritz Schütte, and Felix Dreher.

The prominent publication venues for their research include:

  • BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
  • Molecular Cancer
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Nano Research
  • OMICS A Journal of Integrative Biology

Hans Lehrach was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1993.

Best Publications

  • Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome.

    Eric S. Lander;Lauren M. Linton;Bruce Birren;Chad Nusbaum

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

    Goncalo R Abecasis;Adam Auton;Lisa D Brooks

  • Table S2: Trans-factors and trinucleotide repeat instability Trans-factor

    Arturo López Castel;John D Cleary;Christopher E Pearson

  • A novel gene containing a trinucleotide repeat that is expanded and unstable on Huntington's disease chromosomes

    Marcy E. MacDonald;Christine M. Ambrose;Mabel P. Duyao;Richard H. Myers

  • A novel gene containing a trinucleotide repeat that is expanded and unstable on Huntington's disease chromosomes. The Huntington's Disease Collaborative Research Group.

    M Shah;N Datson;L Srinidhi;VP Stanton

  • Exon 1 of the HD Gene with an Expanded CAG Repeat Is Sufficient to Cause a Progressive Neurological Phenotype in Transgenic Mice

    Laura Mangiarini;Kirupa Sathasivam;Mary Seller;Barbara Cozens

  • Pan-cancer analysis of whole genomes

    Peter J. Campbell;Gad Getz;Jan O. Korbel;Joshua M. Stuart

  • A human protein-protein interaction network : a resource for annotating the proteome

    Ulrich Stelzl;Uwe Worm;Maciej Lalowski;Christian Haenig

  • Genome sequence of the Brown Norway rat yields insights into mammalian evolution

    Richard A. Gibbs;George M. Weinstock;Michael L. Metzker;Donna M. Muzny

  • Lambda replacement vectors carrying polylinker sequences

    Anna-Maria Frischauf;Hans Lehrach;Annemarie Poustka;Noreen Murray

  • Transcriptome and genome sequencing uncovers functional variation in humans

    Tuuli Lappalainen;Michael Sammeth;Marc R. Friedländer;Peter A. C. ‘t Hoen

  • International network of cancer genome projects

    Thomas J. Hudson;Thomas J. Hudson;Warwick Anderson;Axel Aretz;Anna D. Barker

  • The genome sequence of Schizosaccharomyces pombe

    V. Wood;R. Gwilliam;M.A. Rajandream;M. Lyne

  • Huntingtin-Encoded Polyglutamine Expansions Form Amyloid-like Protein Aggregates In Vitro and In Vivo

    Eberhard Scherzinger;Rudi Lurz;Mark Turmaine;Laura Mangiarini

  • A Global View of Gene Activity and Alternative Splicing by Deep Sequencing of the Human Transcriptome

    Marc Sultan;Marcel H. Schulz;Marcel H. Schulz;Hugues Richard;Alon Magen

  • The DNA sequence of human chromosome 21

    M. Hattori;A. Fujiyama;T. D. Taylor;H. Watanabe

  • The DNA sequence of the human X chromosome

    Mark T Ross;Darren V Grafham;Alison J Coffey;Steven Scherer

  • Mapping copy number variation by population-scale genome sequencing

    Ryan E. Mills;Klaudia Walter;Chip Stewart;Robert E. Handsaker

  • Cloning of the T gene required in mesoderm formation in the mouse

    Bernhard G. Herrmann;Siegfried Labeit;Annemarie Poustka;Thomas R. King

  • A gene (PEX) with homologies to endopeptidases is mutated in patients with X–linked hypophosphatemic rickets

    F. Francis;S. Hennig;B. Korn;R. Reinhardt

Frequent Co-Authors

Ralf Herwig
Ralf Herwig Max Planck Society
Marie-Laure Yaspo
Marie-Laure Yaspo Max Planck Society
James Adjaye
James Adjaye University College London
Richard Reinhardt
Richard Reinhardt Max Planck Society
Erich E. Wanker
Erich E. Wanker Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine
Heinz Himmelbauer
Heinz Himmelbauer BOKU University
Leonard C. Schalkwyk
Leonard C. Schalkwyk University of Essex
Markus Ralser
Markus Ralser Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Gillian P. Bates
Gillian P. Bates University College London

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