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Johan T. den Dunnen 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 Johan T. den Dunnen sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 375 publications — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Johan T. den Dunnen 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 Johan T. den Dunnen sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 107 D-Index — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Johan T. den Dunnen is affiliated with Leiden University Medical Center in the Netherlands and has contributed extensively to research in Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their work prominently covers the fields of Genetics and Molecular Biology with significant input in Cancer Research, Immunology and Allergy, and Hematology.

The scientist's research topics encompass:

  • Genomics and Rare Diseases
  • Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Muscle Physiology and Disorders
  • Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies
  • Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research

Recent publications authored or co-authored by den Dunnen include the following:

  • "The LOVD3 platform: efficient genome-wide sharing of genetic variants", 2021, European Journal of Human Genetics
  • "Mutalyzer 2: next generation HGVS nomenclature checker", 2021, Bioinformatics
  • "Stepwise ABC system for classification of any type of genetic variant", 2021, European Journal of Human Genetics
  • "Hematologically important mutations: Leukocyte adhesion deficiency (second update)", 2023, Blood Cells Molecules and Diseases
  • "HGVS Nomenclature 2024: improvements to community engagement, usability, and computability", 2024, Genome Medicine

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Ivo F.A.C. Fokkema
  • Andreas Laner
  • Jeroen F. J. Laros
  • Peter Freeman
  • Garry R. Cutting

Notable publication venues for den Dunnen's work include:

  • Human Mutation
  • European Journal of Human Genetics
  • Nature Genetics
  • Genes
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Best Publications

  • Mutation nomenclature extensions and suggestions to describe complex mutations: a discussion.

    Johan T. den Dunnen;Stylianos E. Antonarakis

  • HGVS Recommendations for the Description of Sequence Variants: 2016 Update

    Johan T den Dunnen;Raymond Dalgleish;Donna R Maglott;Reece K Hart

  • LOVD v.2.0: the next generation in gene variant databases.

    Ivo F A C Fokkema;Peter E M Taschner;Gerard C P Schaafsma;J Celli

  • Local Dystrophin Restoration with Antisense Oligonucleotide PRO051

    Judith C. van Deutekom;Anneke A. Janson;Ieke B. Ginjaar;Wendy S. Frankhuizen

  • Nomenclature for the description of human sequence variations

    J. T. den Dunnen;Stylianos Antonarakis

  • Next generation sequencing technology: Advances and applications.

    H.P.J. Buermans;J.T. den Dunnen

  • Deep sequencing-based expression analysis shows major advances in robustness, resolution and inter-lab portability over five microarray platforms

    Peter A. C. 't Hoen;Yavuz Ariyurek;Helene H. Thygesen;Erno Vreugdenhil

  • Entries in the Leiden Duchenne muscular dystrophy mutation database: an overview of mutation types and paradoxical cases that confirm the reading-frame rule.

    Annemieke Aartsma-Rus;Judith C. T. Van Deutekom;Ivo F. Fokkema;Gert-Jan B. Van Ommen

  • Phenotypically Concordant and Discordant Monozygotic Twins Display Different DNA Copy-Number-Variation Profiles

    Carl E.G. Bruder;Arkadiusz Piotrowski;Antoinet A.C.J. Gijsbers;Robin Andersson

  • Theoretic applicability of antisense-mediated exon skipping for Duchenne muscular dystrophy mutations.

    Annemieke Aartsma-Rus;Ivo Fokkema;Jan Verschuuren;Ieke Ginjaar

  • Digenic inheritance of an SMCHD1 mutation and an FSHD-permissive D4Z4 allele causes facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy type 2

    Richard J.L.F. Lemmers;Rabi Tawil;Lisa M. Petek;Judit Balog

  • Topography of the Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) gene: FIGE and cDNA analysis of 194 cases reveals 115 deletions and 13 duplications.

    J. T. Den Dunnen;P. M. Grootscholten;E. Bakker;L. A. J. Blonden

  • High‐Resolution Melting Analysis (HRMA)—More than just sequence variant screening

    Rolf H.A.M. Vossen;Emmelien Aten;Anja Roos;Johan T. den Dunnen

  • Improving sequence variant descriptions in mutation databases and literature using the Mutalyzer sequence variation nomenclature checker

    Martin Wildeman;Ernest van Ophuizen;Johan T. den Dunnen;Peter E.M. Taschner

  • Genetic Heterogeneity in Rubinstein-Taybi Syndrome: Mutations in Both the CBP and EP300 Genes Cause Disease

    Jeroen H. Roelfsema;Stefan J. White;Yavuz Ariyürek;Deborah Bartholdi

  • The Matchmaker Exchange: a platform for rare disease gene discovery

    Anthony A. Philippakis;Anthony A. Philippakis;Anthony A. Philippakis;Danielle R. Azzariti;Sergi Beltran;Anthony J. Brookes

  • Application of a 5-tiered scheme for standardized classification of 2,360 unique mismatch repair gene variants in the InSiGHT locus-specific database

    Bryony A Thompson;Bryony A Thompson;Amanda B Spurdle;John-Paul Plazzer;Marc S Greenblatt

  • Antisense-induced exon skipping restores dystrophin expression in DMD patient derived muscle cells

    Judith C.T. van Deutekom;Mattie Bremmer-Bout;Anneke A.M. Janson;Ieke B. Ginjaar

  • WHSC1, a 90 kb SET domain-containing gene, expressed in early development and homologous to a Drosophila dysmorphy gene maps in the Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome critical region and is fused to IgH in t(4 ; 14) multiple myeloma

    I. Stec;T. J. Wright;G.-J. B. Van Ommen;P. A. J. De Boer

  • Rapid detection of BRCA1 mutations by the protein truncation test

    Fbl Hogervorst;RS Cornelis;M Bout;M van Vliet

Frequent Co-Authors

Gert-Jan B. van Ommen
Gert-Jan B. van Ommen Leiden University Medical Center
Peter A. C. 't Hoen
Peter A. C. 't Hoen Radboud University
Annemieke Aartsma-Rus
Annemieke Aartsma-Rus Leiden University Medical Center
Martijn H. Breuning
Martijn H. Breuning Leiden University Medical Center
Egbert Bakker
Egbert Bakker Leiden University Medical Center
Donna Maglott
Donna Maglott National Institutes of Health
Silvère M. van der Maarel
Silvère M. van der Maarel Leiden University Medical Center
Heidi L. Rehm
Heidi L. Rehm Brigham and Women's Hospital
Peter de Knijff
Peter de Knijff Leiden University Medical Center
Sue Povey
Sue Povey University College London

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