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Harald Grallert publication distribution in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Molecular Biology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Harald Grallert sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 564+

This scientist: 330 publications — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more.

Harald Grallert D-index placement in Molecular Biology in 2026

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

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40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 108 D-Index — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics in Germany Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics in Germany Leader Award

Overview

Harald Grallert is affiliated with Helmholtz Zentrum München in Germany. Their research spans multiple domains within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine, contributing extensively to interdisciplinary studies in these fields.

The main fields of study include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Medicine

Subfields where Harald Grallert has published research work encompass:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Genetics
  • Physiology
  • Epidemiology
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

The primary research topics covered in their publications focus on:

  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks
  • Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer
  • Diabetes and associated disorders

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Harald Grallert include:

  • Genetics of circulating inflammatory proteins identifies drivers of immune-mediated disease risk and therapeutic targets, 2023, Nature Immunology
  • Genetic insights into biological mechanisms governing human ovarian ageing, 2021, Nature
  • Arrhythmic Gut Microbiome Signatures Predict Risk of Type 2 Diabetes, 2020, Cell Host & Microbe
  • Genome-wide association study in 8,956 German individuals identifies influence of ABO histo-blood groups on gut microbiome, 2021, Nature Genetics
  • Genetic variation influencing DNA methylation provides insights into molecular mechanisms regulating genomic function, 2022, Nature Genetics

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Harald Grallert are:

  • Annette Peters
  • Christian Gieger
  • Christian Herder
  • Wolfgang Rathmann
  • Barbara Thorand

Publications by Harald Grallert have appeared repeatedly in key scientific venues, including:

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

Best Publications

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Meta-analysis of genome-wide association data and large-scale replication identifies additional susceptibility loci for type 2 diabetes

    E Zeggini;L J Scott;R Saxena;B F Voight

  • Defining the role of common variation in the genomic and biological architecture of adult human height

    Andrew R. Wood;Tonu Esko;Jian Yang;Sailaja Vedantam

  • Twelve type 2 diabetes susceptibility loci identified through large-scale association analysis

    Benjamin F. Voight;Benjamin F. Voight;Laura J. Scott;Valgerdur Steinthorsdottir;Andrew P. Morris

  • Large-scale association analysis provides insights into the genetic architecture and pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes

    Andrew P Morris;Benjamin F Voight;Benjamin F Voight;Tanya M Teslovich;Teresa Ferreira

  • Systematic identification of trans eQTLs as putative drivers of known disease associations

    Harm-Jan Westra;Marjolein J Peters;Tõnu Esko;Hanieh Yaghootkar

  • A genome-wide association search for type 2 diabetes genes in African Americans.

    N D Palmer;C W McDonough;P J Hicks;B H Roh

  • Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology

    Adam E. Locke;Bratati Kahali;Sonja I. Berndt;Anne E. Justice

  • Fine-mapping type 2 diabetes loci to single-variant resolution using high-density imputation and islet-specific epigenome maps.

    Anubha Mahajan;Daniel Taliun;Matthias Thurner;Neil R. Robertson

  • The genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes

    Christian Fuchsberger;Christian Fuchsberger;Jason A. Flannick;Jason A. Flannick;Tanya M. Teslovich;Anubha Mahajan

  • Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index

    E. K. Speliotes;C. J. Willer;S. I. Berndt;K. L. Monda

  • Range of genetic mutations associated with severe non-syndromic sporadic intellectual disability: an exome sequencing study.

    Anita Rauch;Dagmar Wieczorek;Elisabeth Graf;Thomas Wieland

  • Meta-analysis identifies 13 new loci associated with waist-hip ratio and reveals sexual dimorphism in the genetic basis of fat distribution

    Iris M. Heid;Anne U. Jackson;Joshua C. Randall;Tthomas W. Winkler

  • Common variants associated with plasma triglycerides and risk for coronary artery disease

    Ron Do;Cristen J. Willer;Ellen M. Schmidt;Sebanti Sengupta

  • Genome-wide trans-ancestry meta-analysis provides insight into the genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes susceptibility.

    Anubha Mahajan;Min Jin Go;Weihua Zhang;Jennifer E. Below

  • Erratum: New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk (Nature Genetics (2010) 42 (105-116))

    Josée Dupuis;Claudia Langenberg;Inga Prokopenko;Richa Saxena

  • The genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes

    Christian Fuchsberger;Jason Flannick;Tanya M. Teslovich;Anubha Mahajan

  • Genome-wide trans-ancestry meta-analysis provides insight into the genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes susceptibility

    Anubha Mahajan;Min Jin Go;Weihua Zhang;Jennifer E. Below

Frequent Co-Authors

Annette Peters
Annette Peters Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Christian Gieger
Christian Gieger Helmholtz Zentrum München
Thomas Illig
Thomas Illig Hannover Medical School
Erik Ingelsson
Erik Ingelsson Stanford University
Andrew P. Morris
Andrew P. Morris University of Liverpool
Cecilia M. Lindgren
Cecilia M. Lindgren University of Oxford
Inês Barroso
Inês Barroso University of Exeter
Nicholas J. Wareham
Nicholas J. Wareham University of Cambridge
Philippe Froguel
Philippe Froguel Imperial College London

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