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João Pedro de Magalhães

João Pedro de Magalhães

D-Index & Metrics

Genetics

D-Index
73
Citations
18404
World Ranking
2052
National Ranking
255

João Pedro de Magalhães 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 João Pedro de Magalhães sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 195 publications — 48th percentile

48% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

João Pedro de Magalhães 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 João Pedro de Magalhães 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

João Pedro de Magalhães is affiliated with the University of Liverpool in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to the field of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology through a diverse range of research topics and publications.

Their research spans several main topics, including:

  • Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
  • Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks
  • Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence

The core fields of study include biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology with a focus on subfields such as:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Aging
  • Cancer Research
  • Physiology
  • Genetics

João Pedro de Magalhães has published in a variety of scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nucleic Acids Research
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Ageing Research Reviews
  • Nature Aging

Selected recent papers highlight several areas of interest and collaboration:

  • "A multidimensional systems biology analysis of cellular senescence in aging and disease," 2020, Genome Biology
  • "m6A-Atlas: a comprehensive knowledgebase for unraveling the N6-methyladenosine (m6A) epitranscriptome," 2020, Nucleic Acids Research
  • "Targeting immune dysfunction in aging," 2021, Ageing Research Reviews
  • "Biohorology and biomarkers of aging: Current state-of-the-art, challenges and opportunities," 2020, Ageing Research Reviews
  • "Molecular damage in aging," 2021, Nature Aging

Frequent coauthors with whom João Pedro de Magalhães has collaborated include:

  • Daniel J. Rigden
  • Kunqi Chen
  • Bowen Song
  • Kasit Chatsirisupachai
  • Jia Meng

Best Publications

  • RNA-Seq Signatures Normalized by mRNA Abundance Allow Absolute Deconvolution of Human Immune Cell Types.

    Gianni Monaco;Gianni Monaco;Gianni Monaco;Bernett Lee;Weili Xu;Seri Mustafah

  • Gene co-expression analysis for functional classification and gene-disease predictions

    Sipko van Dam;Urmo Võsa;Adriaan van der Graaf;Lude Franke

  • Meta-analysis of age-related gene expression profiles identifies common signatures of aging

    João Pedro de Magalhães;João Curado;George M. Church

  • Human Ageing Genomic Resources: new and updated databases.

    Robi Tacutu;Robi Tacutu;Daniel Thornton;Emily Johnson;Arie Budovsky

  • Human Ageing Genomic Resources: Integrated databases and tools for the biology and genetics of ageing

    Robi Tacutu;Thomas Craig;Arie Budovsky;Daniel Wuttke

  • An Analysis of the Relationship Between Metabolism, Developmental Schedules, and Longevity Using Phylogenetic Independent Contrasts

    João Pedro de Magalhães;Joana Costa;George M. Church

  • The role of DNA methylation in aging, rejuvenation, and age-related disease

    Adiv A. Johnson;Kemal Akman;Stuart R.G. Calimport;Daniel Wuttke

  • How ageing processes influence cancer.

    João Pedro de Magalhães

  • Insights into the evolution of longevity from the bowhead whale genome

    Michael Keane;Jeremy Semeiks;Andrew E. Webb;Yang I. Li

  • Longer lifespan in male mice treated with a weakly estrogenic agonist, an antioxidant, an α-glucosidase inhibitor or a Nrf2-inducer

    Randy Strong;Richard A Miller;Adam Antebi;Clinton M Astle

  • Stress, cell senescence and organismal ageing.

    João Pedro de Magalhães;João F. Passos

  • A review and appraisal of the DNA damage theory of ageing

    Alex A. Freitas;Alex A. Freitas;João Pedro de Magalhães

  • A multidimensional systems biology analysis of cellular senescence in aging and disease

    Roberto A. Avelar;Javier Gómez Ortega;Javier Gómez Ortega;Robi Tacutu;Robi Tacutu;Eleanor J. Tyler

  • The Human Ageing Genomic Resources: online databases and tools for biogerontologists

    João Pedro de Magalhães;Arie Budovsky;Gilad Lehmann;Joana Costa

  • m6A-Atlas: a comprehensive knowledgebase for unraveling the N6-methyladenosine (m6A) epitranscriptome.

    Yujiao Tang;Yujiao Tang;Kunqi Chen;Kunqi Chen;Bowen Song;Bowen Song;Jiongming Ma

  • flowAI: automatic and interactive anomaly discerning tools for flow cytometry data

    Gianni Monaco;Hao Chen;Michael Poidinger;Jinmiao Chen

  • WHISTLE: a high-accuracy map of the human N6-methyladenosine (m6A) epitranscriptome predicted using a machine learning approach.

    Kunqi Chen;Kunqi Chen;Zhen Wei;Zhen Wei;Qing Zhang;Xiangyu Wu;Xiangyu Wu

  • HAGR: the Human Ageing Genomic Resources

    João Pedro de Magalhães;Joana Costa;Olivier Toussaint

  • GenAge: a genomic and proteomic network map of human ageing

    João Pedro de Magalhães;Olivier Toussaint

  • Genomes optimize reproduction : Aging as a consequence of the developmental program

    João Pedro de Magalhães;George M. Church

Frequent Co-Authors

Olivier Toussaint
Olivier Toussaint University of Namur
Alex A. Freitas
Alex A. Freitas University of Kent
George M. Church
George M. Church Harvard University
José Remacle
José Remacle University of Namur
Daniel J. Rigden
Daniel J. Rigden University of Liverpool
Anthony Di Fiore
Anthony Di Fiore The University of Texas at Austin
Anis Larbi
Anis Larbi Agency for Science, Technology and Research
Patrick Dumont
Patrick Dumont Australian National University
Yufei Huang
Yufei Huang University of Pittsburgh
Arlan Richardson
Arlan Richardson University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

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