2026 Jeffrey M. Kidd: Genetics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Genetics	56	3440	3248	1488	1394	105	63979

Overview

Jeffrey M. Kidd is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research spans biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant contributions in molecular biology, genetics, and plant science. They have also published work related to cancer research and virology.

Their main topics of research include:

Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities
Genomics and Rare Diseases
Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
CRISPR and Genetic Engineering

Jeffrey M. Kidd has frequently published in the following venues:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Nature Neuroscience
Genes
Genome Biology and Evolution
Genome biology

Some of their recent publications include:

The landscape of somatic mutation in cerebral cortex of autistic and neurotypical individuals revealed by ultra-deep whole-genome sequencing (2021, Nature Neuroscience)
Genome sequencing of 2000 canids by the Dog10K consortium advances the understanding of demography, genome function and architecture (2023, Genome biology)
Long-read assembly of a Great Dane genome highlights the contribution of GC-rich sequence and mobile elements to canine genomes (2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
Dog10K_Boxer_Tasha_1.0: A Long-Read Assembly of the Dog Reference Genome (2021, Genes)
Comprehensive identification of somatic nucleotide variants in human brain tissue (2021, Genome biology)

Among their frequent collaborators are researchers who have coauthored many publications with them. These include:

Sarah B. Emery
Yanmei Dou
John V. Moran
Maxwell A. Sherman
Alexej Abyzov

Best Publications

A global reference for human genetic variation.

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

18403
Citations
An integrated map of genetic variation from 1,092 human genomes

Goncalo R Abecasis;Adam Auton;Lisa D Brooks

13558
Citations
Table S2: Trans-factors and trinucleotide repeat instability Trans-factor

Arturo López Castel;John D Cleary;Christopher E Pearson

10086
Citations
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

2353
Citations
Mapping and sequencing of structural variation from eight human genomes

Jeffrey M. Kidd;Gregory M. Cooper;William F. Donahue;Hillary S. Hayden

1398
Citations
Mapping copy number variation by population-scale genome sequencing

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

1331
Citations
Great ape genetic diversity and population history

Javier Prado-Martinez;Peter H. Sudmant;Jeffrey M. Kidd;Jeffrey M. Kidd;Heng Li

1034
Citations
Personalized copy number and segmental duplication maps using next-generation sequencing

Can Alkan;Jeffrey M Kidd;Tomas Marques-Bonet;Tomas Marques-Bonet;Gozde Aksay

970
Citations
A global reference for human genetic variation

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

963
Citations
LINE-1 Retrotransposition Activity in Human Genomes

Christine R. Beck;Pamela Collier;Catriona Macfarlane;Maika Malig

783
Citations
Sequence and structural variation in a human genome uncovered by short-read, massively parallel ligation sequencing using two-base encoding

Kevin Judd McKernan;Heather E. Peckham;Gina L. Costa;Stephen F. McLaughlin

759
Citations
Comparative and demographic analysis of orang-utan genomes.

Devin P. Locke;LaDeana W. Hillier;Wesley C. Warren;Kim C. Worley

746
Citations
A recurrent 16p12.1 microdeletion supports a two-hit model for severe developmental delay

Santhosh Girirajan;Jill A. Rosenfeld;Gregory M. Cooper;Francesca Antonacci

655
Citations
A map of human genome variation from population-scale sequencing

Richard M. Durbin;David L. Altshuler;Gonçalo R. Abecasis;David R. Bentley

569
Citations
Complete Khoisan and Bantu genomes from southern Africa

Stephan C. Schuster;Webb Miller;Aakrosh Ratan;Lynn P. Tomsho

537
Citations
Hunter-gatherer genomic diversity suggests a southern African origin for modern humans

Brenna M. Henn;Christopher R. Gignoux;Matthew Jobin;Julie M. Granka

501
Citations
Sequencing Y Chromosomes Resolves Discrepancy in Time to Common Ancestor of Males Versus Females

G. David Poznik;Brenna M. Henn;Brenna M. Henn;Muh Ching Yee;Elzbieta Sliwerska

355
Citations
A Human Genome Structural Variation Sequencing Resource Reveals Insights into Mutational Mechanisms

Jeffrey M. Kidd;Tina Graves;Tera L. Newman;Robert Fulton

321
Citations
A burst of segmental duplications in the genome of the African great ape ancestor

Tomas Marques-Bonet;Jeffrey M. Kidd;Mario Ventura;Tina A. Graves

308
Citations
Population stratification of a common APOBEC gene deletion polymorphism.

Jeffrey M Kidd;Tera L Newman;Eray Tuzun;Rajinder Kaul

284
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Evan E. Eichler University of Washington

Carlos Bustamante Stanford University

Can Alkan Bilkent University

Tomas Marques-Bonet Pompeu Fabra University

Richard K. Wilson Nationwide Children's Hospital

Steven A. McCarroll Harvard University

Tina Graves Washington University in St. Louis

Mario Ventura University of Bari Aldo Moro

Elaine R. Mardis The Ohio State University

Richard A. Gibbs Baylor College of Medicine

External Links

Personal website of Jeffrey M. Kidd

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