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D-Index
73
Citations
110650
World Ranking
1990
National Ranking
68

Inanc Birol 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 Inanc Birol sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 216 publications — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Inanc Birol 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 Inanc Birol sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 73 D-Index — 54th percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more.

Overview

Inanc Birol is affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada and has contributed extensively to the field of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their research portfolio spans 172 publications, with a particular focus on molecular biology, plant science, infectious diseases, and genetics as key subfields.

Their studies cover a diverse range of topics, prominently including genomics and phylogenetic studies, RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, and antimicrobial peptides and activities. Additional areas of focus comprise chromosomal and genetic variations, biochemical and structural characterization, machine learning applications in bioinformatics, and molecular biology techniques and applications.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Inanc Birol highlight several subjects and publication outlets:

  • AMPlify: attentive deep learning model for discovery of novel antimicrobial peptides effective against WHO priority pathogens (2022, BMC Genomics)
  • Systematic assessment of long-read RNA-seq methods for transcript identification and quantification (2024, Nature Methods)
  • Complete Mitochondrial Genome of a Gymnosperm, Sitka Spruce (Picea sitchensis), Indicates a Complex Physical Structure (2020, Genome Biology and Evolution)
  • A clinical transcriptome approach to patient stratification and therapy selection in acute myeloid leukemia (2021, Nature Communications)
  • Straglr: discovering and genotyping tandem repeat expansions using whole genome long-read sequences (2021, Genome Biology)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Birol include René L. Warren, Lauren Coombe, Johnathan Wong, Ka Ming Nip, and Caren C. Helbing. These collaborations reflect sustained research partnerships resulting in numerous joint publications.

Birol's work has been published in several prominent scientific venues. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Current Protocols
  • BMC Genomics
  • Nature Communications

The scientist's contributions to molecular biology and related fields reflect a broad interdisciplinary integration of experimental work and computational methods, including machine learning techniques aimed at solving biological questions.

Best Publications

  • Comprehensive molecular portraits of human breast tumours

    Daniel C. Koboldt;Robert S. Fulton;Michael D. McLellan;Heather Schmidt

  • Circos: An information aesthetic for comparative genomics

    Martin I Krzywinski;Jacqueline E Schein;Inanc Birol;Joseph Connors

  • The cancer genome atlas pan-cancer analysis project

    John N Weinstein;John N Weinstein;Eric A. Collisson;Gordon B Mills;Kenna R Mills Shaw;Kenna R Mills Shaw

  • Comprehensive molecular characterization of human colon and rectal cancer

    Donna M. Muzny;Matthew N. Bainbridge;Kyle Chang;Huyen H. Dinh

  • Genomic and epigenomic landscapes of adult de novo acute myeloid leukemia

    Timothy J. Ley;Christopher Miller;Li Ding;Benjamin J. Raphael

  • Comprehensive molecular characterization of gastric adenocarcinoma

    Adam J. Bass;Vesteinn Thorsson;Ilya Shmulevich;Sheila M. Reynolds

  • Integrated genomic characterization of endometrial carcinoma

    Gad Getz;Stacey B. Gabriel;Kristian Cibulskis;Eric Lander

  • Comprehensive genomic characterization of head and neck squamous cell carcinomas

    Michael S. Lawrence;Carrie Sougnez;Lee Lichtenstein;Kristian Cibulskis

  • Comprehensivemolecular characterization of clear cell renal cell carcinoma

    Chad J. Creighton;Margaret Morgan;Preethi H. Gunaratne;Preethi H. Gunaratne;David A. Wheeler

  • ABySS: A parallel assembler for short read sequence data

    Jared T. Simpson;Kim Wong;Shaun D. Jackman;Jacqueline E. Schein

  • Comprehensive genomic characterization of squamous cell lung cancers

    Peter S. Hammerman;Doug Voet;Michael S. Lawrence;Douglas Voet

  • Comprehensive Molecular Characterization of Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer

    A. Gordon Robertson;Jaegil Kim;Hikmat Al-Ahmadie;Joaquim Bellmunt

  • The clonal and mutational evolution spectrum of primary triple-negative breast cancers

    Sohrab P. Shah;Andrew Roth;Rodrigo Goya;Arusha Oloumi

  • Integrated Genomic Characterization of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma

    Benjamin J. Raphael;Ralph H. Hruban;Andrew J. Aguirre;Richard A. Moffitt

  • Somatic mutations altering EZH2 (Tyr641) in follicular and diffuse large B-cell lymphomas of germinal-center origin

    Morin Rd;Johnson Na;Severson Tm;Mungall Aj

  • Frequent mutation of histone-modifying genes in non-Hodgkin lymphoma

    Ryan D Morin;María Méndez-Lago;Andrew J Mungall;Rodrigo Goya

  • The genetic landscape of high-risk neuroblastoma

    Trevor J Pugh;Olena Morozova;Edward F Attiyeh;Edward F Attiyeh;Shahab Asgharzadeh;Shahab Asgharzadeh

  • De novo assembly and analysis of RNA-seq data

    Gordon Robertson;Jacqueline Schein;Readman Chiu;Richard Corbett

  • Subgroup-specific structural variation across 1,000 medulloblastoma genomes

    Paul A. Northcott;Paul A. Northcott;David J.H. Shih;John Peacock;Livia Garzia

  • The Cancer Genome Atlas Pan-Cancer analysis project

    Kyle Chang;Chad J Creighton;Caleb Davis;Lawrence Donehower

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven J.M. Jones
Steven J.M. Jones University of British Columbia
Marco A. Marra
Marco A. Marra University of British Columbia
Andrew J. Mungall
Andrew J. Mungall BC Cancer Agency
Richard A. Moore
Richard A. Moore BC Cancer Agency
Robert A. Holt
Robert A. Holt BC Cancer Research Institute
Martin Hirst
Martin Hirst University of British Columbia
Karen Mungall
Karen Mungall BC Cancer Agency
Jacqueline E. Schein
Jacqueline E. Schein BC Cancer Agency
Julie M. Gastier-Foster
Julie M. Gastier-Foster Baylor College of Medicine
Matthew Meyerson
Matthew Meyerson Harvard University

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