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Estonia
2026

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Computer Science

D-Index
38
Citations
27239
World Ranking
9926
National Ranking
4

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Computer Science in Estonia Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Computer Science in Estonia Leader Award
  • 2020 - ACM Senior Member

Overview

Jaak Vilo is affiliated with the University of Tartu in Estonia. Their research spans key domains within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine.

The main fields of study include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Medicine

Vilo's subfields of study feature:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Genetics
  • Epidemiology
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Artificial Intelligence

Research topics commonly addressed in their work are:

  • Gene expression and cancer classification
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Machine Learning in Healthcare
  • Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Genomics and Rare Diseases
  • Chronic Disease Management Strategies

Frequent co-authors in their publications include:

  • Sulev Reisberg
  • Raivo Kolde
  • Marek Oja
  • Sven Laur
  • Hedi Peterson

Vilo has published extensively in several venues, with multiple works appearing in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • F1000Research
  • Nature Medicine
  • JAMIA Open

Significant papers include:

  • g:Profiler-interoperable web service for functional enrichment analysis and gene identifier mapping (2023), published in Nucleic Acids Research
  • gprofiler2 -- an R package for gene list functional enrichment analysis and namespace conversion toolset g:Profiler (2020), published in F1000Research
  • Building an international consortium for tracking coronavirus health status (2020), published in Nature Medicine
  • Transforming Estonian health data to the Observational Medical Outcomes Partnership (OMOP) Common Data Model: lessons learned (2023), published in JAMIA Open

In 2020, Jaak Vilo was recognized as an ACM Senior Member, reflecting their involvement and standing within the computing and informatics community.

Best Publications

  • g:Profiler: a web server for functional enrichment analysis and conversions of gene lists (2019 update).

    Uku Raudvere;Liis Kolberg;Ivan Kuzmin;Tambet Arak

  • Minimum information about a microarray experiment (MIAME)-toward standards for microarray data.

    Alvis Brazma;Pascal Hingamp;John Quackenbush;Gavin Sherlock

  • ClustVis: a web tool for visualizing clustering of multivariate data using Principal Component Analysis and heatmap

    Tauno Metsalu;Jaak Vilo

  • g:Profiler--a web-based toolset for functional profiling of gene lists from large-scale experiments.

    Jüri Reimand;Meelis Kull;Hedi Peterson;Jaanus Hansen

  • g:Profiler—a web server for functional interpretation of gene lists (2016 update)

    Jüri Reimand;Tambet Arak;Priit Adler;Liis Kolberg

  • g:Profiler—interoperable web service for functional enrichment analysis and gene identifier mapping (2023 update)

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  • Robust rank aggregation for gene list integration and meta-analysis

    Raivo Kolde;Sven Laur;Priit Adler;Jaak Vilo

  • Gene expression data analysis.

    Alvis Brazma;Jaak Vilo

  • gprofiler2 -- an R package for gene list functional enrichment analysis and namespace conversion toolset g:Profiler.

    Liis Kolberg;Uku Raudvere;Ivan Kuzmin;Jaak Vilo

  • MethSurv: a web tool to perform multivariable survival analysis using DNA methylation data.

    Vijayachitra Modhukur;Tatjana Iljasenko;Tauno Metsalu;Kaie Lokk

  • g:Profiler—a web server for functional interpretation of gene lists (2011 update)

    Jüri Reimand;Tambet Arak;Jaak Vilo

  • Predicting gene regulatory elements in silico on a genomic scale.

    Alvis Brāzma;Inge Jonassen;Jaak Vilo;Esko Ukkonen

  • Protein interaction verification and functional annotation by integrated analysis of genome-scale data.

    Patrick Kemmeren;Patrick Kemmeren;Nynke L. van Berkum;Jaak Vilo;Theo Bijma

  • Meta-analysis of microRNA expression in lung cancer.

    Urmo Võsa;Tõnu Vooder;Raivo Kolde;Jaak Vilo

  • ArrayExpress - a public repository for microarray gene expression data at the EBI

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  • Mining for coexpression across hundreds of datasets using novel rank aggregation and visualization methods

    Priit Adler;Raivo Kolde;Meelis Kull;Aleksandr Tkachenko

  • A new way to protect privacy in large-scale genome-wide association studies

    Liina Kamm;Dan Bogdanov;Sven Laur;Jaak Vilo

  • Identification of miR‐374a as a prognostic marker for survival in patients with early‐stage nonsmall cell lung cancer

    Urmo Võsa;Tõnu Vooder;Raivo Kolde;Krista Fischer

  • Expression Profiler: next generation—an online platform for analysis of microarray data

    Misha Kapushesky;Patrick Kemmeren;Aedín C. Culhane;Steffen Durinck

  • Mining for Putative Regulatory Elements in the Yeast Genome Using Gene Expression Data

    Jaak Vilo;Alvis Brazma;Inge Jonassen;Alan Robinson

  • Fast fully dynamic landmark-based estimation of shortest path distances in very large graphs

    Konstantin Tretyakov;Abel Armas-Cervantes;Luciano García-Bañuelos;Jaak Vilo

  • GraphWeb: mining heterogeneous biological networks for gene modules with functional significance

    Jüri Reimand;Laur Tooming;Hedi Peterson;Priit Adler

Frequent Co-Authors

Alvis Brazma
Alvis Brazma European Bioinformatics Institute
Andres Metspalu
Andres Metspalu University of Tartu
Reedik Mägi
Reedik Mägi University of Tartu
Lili Milani
Lili Milani University of Tartu
Esko Ukkonen
Esko Ukkonen University of Helsinki
Andres Salumets
Andres Salumets Karolinska Institute
Herbert Schulz
Herbert Schulz University of Cologne
Pärt Peterson
Pärt Peterson University of Tartu
Olli Kallioniemi
Olli Kallioniemi Karolinska Institute

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