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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Medicine 154 992 912 104 97 622 104177
Genetics 153 123 119 21 20 548 99528

John A. Todd publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by John A. Todd between 1956 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. John A. Todd published across 70 years, from 1956 to 2025, averaging 9.6 papers a year. Output peaked at 34 publications in 2004. 24 of the 671 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1956 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 34. Peak 34 publications in 2004. 1956: 1 publication 1957: 0 publications 1958: 0 publications 1959: 0 publications 1960: 0 publications 1961: 0 publications 1962: 0 publications 1963: 0 publications 1964: 0 publications 1965: 0 publications 1966: 0 publications 1967: 0 publications 1968: 0 publications 1969: 0 publications 1970: 0 publications 1971: 0 publications 1972: 1 publication 1973: 0 publications 1974: 0 publications 1975: 0 publications 1976: 0 publications 1977: 0 publications 1978: 0 publications 1979: 0 publications 1980: 0 publications 1981: 0 publications 1982: 0 publications 1983: 0 publications 1984: 0 publications 1985: 0 publications 1986: 0 publications 1987: 2 publications 1988: 6 publications 1989: 10 publications 1990: 10 publications 1991: 14 publications 1992: 11 publications 1993: 9 publications 1994: 11 publications 1995: 21 publications 1996: 12 publications 1997: 15 publications 1998: 22 publications 1999: 11 publications 2000: 21 publications 2001: 16 publications 2002: 14 publications 2003: 20 publications 2004: 34 publications 2005: 25 publications 2006: 14 publications 2007: 27 publications 2008: 18 publications 2009: 31 publications 2010: 22 publications 2011: 23 publications 2012: 18 publications 2013: 9 publications 2014: 25 publications 2015: 25 publications 2016: 9 publications 2017: 23 publications 2018: 15 publications 2019: 17 publications 2020: 16 publications 2021: 32 publications 2022: 19 publications 2023: 18 publications 2024: 11 publications 2025: 13 publications
1956 2025

671 publications in total across all disciplines

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John A. Todd: publications per year, 1956 to 2025
Year Publications
1956 1
1957 0
1958 0
1959 0
1960 0
1961 0
1962 0
1963 0
1964 0
1965 0
1966 0
1967 0
1968 0
1969 0
1970 0
1971 0
1972 1
1973 0
1974 0
1975 0
1976 0
1977 0
1978 0
1979 0
1980 0
1981 0
1982 0
1983 0
1984 0
1985 0
1986 0
1987 2
1988 6
1989 10
1990 10
1991 14
1992 11
1993 9
1994 11
1995 21
1996 12
1997 15
1998 22
1999 11
2000 21
2001 16
2002 14
2003 20
2004 34
2005 25
2006 14
2007 27
2008 18
2009 31
2010 22
2011 23
2012 18
2013 9
2014 25
2015 25
2016 9
2017 23
2018 15
2019 17
2020 16
2021 32
2022 19
2023 18
2024 11
2025 13
Total 671
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John A. Todd 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 John A. Todd 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, 545–554 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: 548 publications — 95th percentile

95% 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
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 14 548
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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John A. Todd 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 John A. Todd 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, 152–153 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: 153 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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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
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 9 153
154–155 8
156–157 8
158–159 9
160+ 96
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Medicine in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Medicine in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2009 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom

Overview

John A. Todd is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with notable work in the subfields of Genetics, Immunology, Surgery, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's research topics include:

  • Diabetes and associated disorders
  • Pancreatic function and diabetes
  • Diabetes Management and Research
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology

They have published extensively, with frequent contributions to the following venues:

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

Some of their recent papers include:

  • "Open Targets Genetics: systematic identification of trait-associated genes using large-scale genetics and functional genomics," 2020, Nucleic Acids Research
  • "An open approach to systematically prioritize causal variants and genes at all published human GWAS trait-associated loci," 2021, Nature Genetics
  • "SARS-CoV-2 within-host diversity and transmission," 2021, Science
  • "Fine-mapping, trans-ancestral and genomic analyses identify causal variants, cells, genes and drug targets for type 1 diabetes," 2021, Nature Genetics
  • "Neutrophils and emergency granulopoiesis drive immune suppression and an extreme response endotype during sepsis," 2023, Nature Immunology

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with John A. Todd include:

  • Linda S. Wicker
  • Ricardo C. Ferreira
  • Jamie Inshaw
  • Rachel Besser
  • Antony J. Cutler

John A. Todd was awarded the title of Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom, in 2009.

Best Publications

  • Genome-wide association study of 14,000 cases of seven common diseases and 3,000 shared controls

    Paul R. Burton;David G. Clayton;Lon R. Cardon;Nick Craddock

  • Association of the T-cell regulatory gene CTLA4 with susceptibility to autoimmune disease

    H Ueda;Howson Jmm.;L Esposito;J Heward

  • HLA-DQ beta gene contributes to susceptibility and resistance to insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.

    John A. Todd;John I. Bell;John I. Bell;Hugh O. McDevitt

  • Genome-wide association study and meta-analysis find that over 40 loci affect risk of type 1 diabetes

    Jeffrey C Barrett;David G Clayton;Patrick Concannon;Beena Akolkar

  • Common genetic determinants of vitamin D insufficiency: a genome-wide association study

    Thomas J. Wang;Feng Zhang;J. Brent Richards;Bryan Kestenbaum

  • A genome-wide search for human type 1 diabetes susceptibility genes

    J L Davies;Y Kawaguchi;Y Kawaguchi;Bennett;Bennett;J B Copeman;J B Copeman

  • Robust associations of four new chromosome regions from genome-wide analyses of type 1 diabetes.

    John A. Todd;Neil M. Walker;Jason D. Cooper;Deborah J. Smyth

  • Genomic atlas of the human plasma proteome.

    Benjamin Sun;Joseph C Maranville;James E Peters;James E Peters;David Stacey

  • Haplotype tagging for the identification of common disease genes

    Gillian C.L. Johnson;Laura Esposito;Bryan J. Barratt;Annabel N. Smith

  • Genome-wide association study identifies eight loci associated with blood pressure

    Christopher Newton-Cheh;Christopher Newton-Cheh;Toby Johnson;Toby Johnson;Vesela Gateva;Martin D. Tobin

  • Genome-wide association studies: theoretical and practical concerns

    William Y S Wang;Bryan J Barratt;Bryan J Barratt;David G Clayton;John A Todd

  • Association scan of 14,500 nonsynonymous SNPs in four diseases identifies autoimmunity variants

    Paul R Burton;David G Clayton;Lon R Cardon;Nick Craddock

  • Assessing transmissibility of SARS-CoV-2 lineage B.1.1.7 in England.

    Erik Volz;Swapnil Mishra;Meera Chand;Jeffrey C. Barrett

  • The CTLA-4 gene region of chromosome 2q33 is linked to, and associated with, type 1 diabetes. Belgian Diabetes Registry

    L Nisticò;R Buzzetti;L E Pritchard;B Van der Auwera

  • Lineage-Specific Genome Architecture Links Enhancers and Non-coding Disease Variants to Target Gene Promoters

    Biola M Javierre;Oliver S Burren;Steven P Wilder;Roman Kreuzhuber

  • Rare variants of IFIH1, a gene implicated in antiviral responses, protect against type 1 diabetes.

    Sergey Nejentsev;Neil Walker;David Riches;Michael Egholm

  • Insulin expression in human thymus is modulated by INS VNTR alleles at the IDDM2 locus

    Petros Vafiadis;Simon T. Bennett;John A. Todd;Joseph Nadeau

  • Susceptibility to human type 1 diabetes at IDDM2 is determined by tandem repeat variation at the insulin gene minisatellite locus

    Bennett;A M Lucassen;S C Gough;E E Powell

  • Genetic Analysis of Autoimmune Disease

    Timothy J Vyse;John A Todd

  • Shared and distinct genetic variants in type 1 diabetes and celiac disease.

    Deborah J. Smyth;Vincent Plagnol;Neil M. Walker;Jason D. Cooper

Frequent Co-Authors

Linda S. Wicker
Linda S. Wicker University of Oxford
Jason D. Cooper
Jason D. Cooper AstraZeneca
Deborah J. Smyth
Deborah J. Smyth University of Cambridge
Joanna M. M. Howson
Joanna M. M. Howson Novo Nordisk (United Kingdom)
David B. Dunger
David B. Dunger University of Cambridge
Chris Wallace
Chris Wallace University of Cambridge
Francesco Cucca
Francesco Cucca University of Sassari
Laurence B. Peterson
Laurence B. Peterson Roche (Switzerland)
David G. Clayton
David G. Clayton University of Cambridge
Stephen S. Rich
Stephen S. Rich University of Virginia

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