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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Medicine 108 5851 5496 329 315 326 103569
Genetics 110 524 501 36 34 312 113773

Jan O. Korbel publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Jan O. Korbel between 2000 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Jan O. Korbel published across 26 years, from 2000 to 2025, averaging 16.8 papers a year. Output peaked at 55 publications in 2020. 42 of the 436 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30 40 50
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2000 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 55. Peak 55 publications in 2020. 2000: 1 publication 2001: 2 publications 2002: 2 publications 2003: 1 publication 2004: 4 publications 2005: 1 publication 2006: 4 publications 2007: 11 publications 2008: 4 publications 2009: 5 publications 2010: 7 publications 2011: 6 publications 2012: 14 publications 2013: 16 publications 2014: 18 publications 2015: 26 publications 2016: 34 publications 2017: 32 publications 2018: 22 publications 2019: 24 publications 2020: 55 publications 2021: 32 publications 2022: 36 publications 2023: 37 publications 2024: 19 publications 2025: 23 publications
2000 2025

436 publications in total across all disciplines

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Jan O. Korbel: publications per year, 2000 to 2025
Year Publications
2000 1
2001 2
2002 2
2003 1
2004 4
2005 1
2006 4
2007 11
2008 4
2009 5
2010 7
2011 6
2012 14
2013 16
2014 18
2015 26
2016 34
2017 32
2018 22
2019 24
2020 55
2021 32
2022 36
2023 37
2024 19
2025 23
Total 436
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Jan O. Korbel publications per year - data summary

  • Jan O. Korbel, a Genetics scholar from European Molecular Biology Laboratory, has 436 publications recorded across 26 years, from 2000 to 2025.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 2000 and the most recent to 2025.
  • The most productive year is 2020, with 55 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 2000, 2003 and 2005, with 1 publication each.
  • The rate of publication averages 16.8 papers per year over the whole span, or 16.8 per year counting only the 26 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2021-2025) hold 147 publications, 34% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 2000-2008: 30 publications (3.3 per year); 2009-2017: 158 publications (17.6 per year); 2018-2025: 248 publications (31.0 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Jan O. Korbel 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 Jan O. Korbel sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150 200
Bar chart with 67 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 45–54 to 703+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 217. Most scientists, 217, have 125–134 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 703 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 305–314 publications, is where this scientist sits. 45–54 publications: 6 scientists 55–64 publications: 10 scientists 65–74 publications: 35 scientists 75–84 publications: 84 scientists 85–94 publications: 102 scientists 95–104 publications: 151 scientists 105–114 publications: 175 scientists 115–124 publications: 203 scientists 125–134 publications: 217 scientists 135–144 publications: 205 scientists 145–154 publications: 193 scientists 155–164 publications: 188 scientists 165–174 publications: 170 scientists 175–184 publications: 178 scientists 185–194 publications: 164 scientists 195–204 publications: 173 scientists 205–214 publications: 159 scientists 215–224 publications: 134 scientists 225–234 publications: 143 scientists 235–244 publications: 105 scientists 245–254 publications: 114 scientists 255–264 publications: 92 scientists 265–274 publications: 88 scientists 275–284 publications: 87 scientists 285–294 publications: 80 scientists 295–304 publications: 62 scientists 305–314 publications: 75 scientists 315–324 publications: 67 scientists 325–334 publications: 60 scientists 335–344 publications: 52 scientists 345–354 publications: 40 scientists 355–364 publications: 48 scientists 365–374 publications: 47 scientists 375–384 publications: 46 scientists 385–394 publications: 31 scientists 395–404 publications: 27 scientists 405–414 publications: 40 scientists 415–424 publications: 30 scientists 425–434 publications: 43 scientists 435–444 publications: 29 scientists 445–454 publications: 14 scientists 455–464 publications: 28 scientists 465–474 publications: 21 scientists 475–484 publications: 21 scientists 485–494 publications: 22 scientists 495–504 publications: 17 scientists 505–514 publications: 12 scientists 515–524 publications: 11 scientists 525–534 publications: 8 scientists 535–544 publications: 8 scientists 545–554 publications: 14 scientists 555–564 publications: 4 scientists 565–574 publications: 11 scientists 575–584 publications: 5 scientists 585–594 publications: 11 scientists 595–604 publications: 12 scientists 605–614 publications: 7 scientists 615–624 publications: 6 scientists 625–634 publications: 10 scientists 635–644 publications: 9 scientists 645–654 publications: 10 scientists 655–664 publications: 6 scientists 665–674 publications: 6 scientists 675–684 publications: 6 scientists 685–694 publications: 4 scientists 695–702 publications: 6 scientists 703+ publications: 100 scientists
45–54 publications 703+

This scientist: 312 publications — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Genetics scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 4,342 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
45–54 6
55–64 10
65–74 35
75–84 84
85–94 102
95–104 151
105–114 175
115–124 203
125–134 217
135–144 205
145–154 193
155–164 188
165–174 170
175–184 178
185–194 164
195–204 173
205–214 159
215–224 134
225–234 143
235–244 105
245–254 114
255–264 92
265–274 88
275–284 87
285–294 80
295–304 62
305–314 75 312
315–324 67
325–334 60
335–344 52
345–354 40
355–364 48
365–374 47
375–384 46
385–394 31
395–404 27
405–414 40
415–424 30
425–434 43
435–444 29
445–454 14
455–464 28
465–474 21
475–484 21
485–494 22
495–504 17
505–514 12
515–524 11
525–534 8
535–544 8
545–554 14
555–564 4
565–574 11
575–584 5
585–594 11
595–604 12
605–614 7
615–624 6
625–634 10
635–644 9
645–654 10
655–664 6
665–674 6
675–684 6
685–694 4
695–702 6
703+ 100
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Jan O. Korbel publication distribution in Genetics in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 4,342 Genetics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 67 ranges running from 45–54 to 703+ publications.
  • Jan O. Korbel, a Genetics scholar from European Molecular Biology Laboratory, records 312 publications - the 78th percentile of the discipline.
  • 78% of ranked Genetics scientists score the same or lower than Jan O. Korbel, and about 22% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 195–204 publications range, and Jan O. Korbel ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 125–134 publications, holding 217 scientists (5% of the field).
  • 56% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 205–214 publications), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 703 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (2% of the field).

Jan O. Korbel 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 Jan O. Korbel sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 61 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 160+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 191. Most scientists, 191, have 62–63 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 110–111 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 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
40–41 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 110 D-Index — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

View D-Index distribution as a table
Number of Genetics scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 4,342 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 24
42–43 52
44–45 84
46–47 112
48–49 118
50–51 141
52–53 143
54–55 145
56–57 179
58–59 162
60–61 175
62–63 191
64–65 172
66–67 184
68–69 164
70–71 158
72–73 150
74–75 136
76–77 127
78–79 127
80–81 111
82–83 110
84–85 110
86–87 84
88–89 102
90–91 66
92–93 72
94–95 70
96–97 54
98–99 60
100–101 49
102–103 55
104–105 45
106–107 42
108–109 28
110–111 39 110
112–113 25
114–115 31
116–117 29
118–119 34
120–121 29
122–123 29
124–125 18
126–127 27
128–129 22
130–131 16
132–133 11
134–135 17
136–137 12
138–139 21
140–141 4
142–143 9
144–145 14
146–147 6
148–149 10
150–151 7
152–153 9
154–155 8
156–157 8
158–159 9
160+ 96
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Jan O. Korbel D-index placement in Genetics in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 4,342 Genetics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 61 ranges running from 40–41 to 160+ D-Index.
  • Jan O. Korbel, a Genetics scholar from European Molecular Biology Laboratory, records 110 D-Index - the 88th percentile of the discipline.
  • 88% of ranked Genetics scientists score the same or lower than Jan O. Korbel, and about 12% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 70–71 D-Index range, and Jan O. Korbel ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 62–63 D-Index, holding 191 scientists (4% of the field).
  • 51% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 70–71 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more, 96 scientists in all (2% of the field).

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2015 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Human Genetics and Molecular Medicine
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Jan O. Korbel is affiliated with the European Bioinformatics Institute in the United Kingdom. Their research predominantly spans the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on several subfields including Molecular Biology, Genetics, Cancer Research, Plant Science, and Oncology.

Their work covers multiple main topics, reflecting a broad genomics expertise:

  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
  • Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities
  • Genomics and Rare Diseases
  • Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics

Jan O. Korbel has contributed to numerous scientific publications, with notable recent papers including:

  • Severe COVID-19 Is Marked by a Dysregulated Myeloid Cell Compartment, 2020, Cell
  • Eleven grand challenges in single-cell data science, 2020, Genome Biology
  • A draft human pangenome reference, 2023, Nature
  • Patterns of somatic structural variation in human cancer genomes, 2020, Nature
  • High-coverage whole-genome sequencing of the expanded 1000 Genomes Project cohort including 602 trios, 2022, Cell

The frequent publication venues for their work reflect a strong presence in leading journals and repositories, including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Nature
  • Nature Communications
  • Nature Genetics

Collaborations play an important role in their research, as evidenced by frequent co-authors such as:

  • Tobias Marschall
  • Evan E. Eichler
  • Tobias Rausch
  • Ashley D. Sanders
  • Patrick Hasenfeld

Jan O. Korbel has received recognition including membership in the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) and induction into the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, specifically in the field of Human Genetics and Molecular Medicine.

Best Publications

  • A global reference for human genetic variation.

    Adam Auton;Gonçalo R. Abecasis;David M. Altshuler;Richard M. Durbin

  • 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

  • Identification and analysis of functional elements in 1% of the human genome by the ENCODE pilot project

    Ewan Birney;John A. Stamatoyannopoulos;Anindya Dutta;Roderic Guigó

  • Pan-cancer analysis of whole genomes

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

  • Driver mutations in histone H3.3 and chromatin remodelling genes in paediatric glioblastoma

    Jeremy Schwartzentruber;Andrey Korshunov;Xiao Yang Liu;David T.W. Jones

  • An integrated map of structural variation in 2,504 human genomes

    Peter H. Sudmant;Tobias Rausch;Eugene J. Gardner;Robert E. Handsaker;Robert E. Handsaker

  • International network of cancer genome projects

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

  • DELLY: structural variant discovery by integrated paired-end and split-read analysis

    Tobias Rausch;Thomas Zichner;Andreas Schlattl;Adrian M. Stütz

  • Comprehensive genomic profiles of small cell lung cancer

    Julie George;Jing Shan Lim;Se Jin Jang;Yupeng Cun

  • The landscape of genomic alterations across childhood cancers

    Susanne N. Gröbner;Barbara C. Worst;Joachim Weischenfeldt;Joachim Weischenfeldt;Ivo Buchhalter

  • Severe COVID-19 Is Marked by a Dysregulated Myeloid Cell Compartment.

    Jonas Schulte-Schrepping;Nico Reusch;Daniela Paclik;Kevin Baßler

  • Paired-end mapping reveals extensive structural variation in the human genome.

    Jan O. Korbel;Alexander Eckehart Urban;Jason P. Affourtit;Brian Godwin

  • Mapping copy number variation by population-scale genome sequencing

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

  • Eleven grand challenges in single-cell data science

    David Lähnemann;David Lähnemann;Johannes Köster;Johannes Köster;Ewa Szczurek;Davis J. McCarthy;Davis J. McCarthy

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

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

  • What is a gene, post-ENCODE? History and updated definition

    Mark B. Gerstein;Joel S. Rozowsky;Deyou Zheng;Jiang Du

  • The whole-genome landscape of medulloblastoma subtypes

    Paul A. Northcott;Paul A. Northcott;Ivo Buchhalter;Ivo Buchhalter;A. Sorana Morrissy;Volker Hovestadt

  • A global reference for human genetic variation

    Adam Auton;Gonçalo R. Abecasis;David M. Altshuler;Richard M. Durbin

  • Dissecting the genomic complexity underlying medulloblastoma

    David T. W. Jones;Natalie Jäger;Marcel Kool;Thomas Zichner

Frequent Co-Authors

Stefan M. Pfister
Stefan M. Pfister German Cancer Research Center
Andreas E. Kulozik
Andreas E. Kulozik Heidelberg University
Peter Lichter
Peter Lichter German Cancer Research Center
Roland Eils
Roland Eils Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Mark Gerstein
Mark Gerstein Yale University
Andrey Korshunov
Andrey Korshunov German Cancer Research Center
Paul A. Northcott
Paul A. Northcott St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
David T. W. Jones
David T. W. Jones German Cancer Research Center
Marcel Kool
Marcel Kool German Cancer Research Center
Marc Zapatka
Marc Zapatka German Cancer Research Center

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