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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Best Scientists 217 147 135 20 18 1466 263535
Medicine 220 85 76 13 12 1437 272816
Molecular Biology 209 15 13 1 1 1249 227953

John Hardy publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by John Hardy between 1980 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. John Hardy published across 46 years, from 1980 to 2025, averaging 35.9 papers a year. Output peaked at 95 publications in 2012. 82 of the 1,653 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
20 40 60 80
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1980 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 95. Peak 95 publications in 2012. 1980: 3 publications 1981: 4 publications 1982: 2 publications 1983: 3 publications 1984: 5 publications 1985: 9 publications 1986: 6 publications 1987: 16 publications 1988: 16 publications 1989: 14 publications 1990: 12 publications 1991: 22 publications 1992: 12 publications 1993: 18 publications 1994: 19 publications 1995: 9 publications 1996: 21 publications 1997: 16 publications 1998: 18 publications 1999: 35 publications 2000: 28 publications 2001: 37 publications 2002: 54 publications 2003: 32 publications 2004: 54 publications 2005: 36 publications 2006: 56 publications 2007: 32 publications 2008: 40 publications 2009: 44 publications 2010: 46 publications 2011: 47 publications 2012: 95 publications 2013: 82 publications 2014: 64 publications 2015: 66 publications 2016: 75 publications 2017: 72 publications 2018: 71 publications 2019: 58 publications 2020: 54 publications 2021: 59 publications 2022: 52 publications 2023: 57 publications 2024: 50 publications 2025: 32 publications
1980 2025

1,653 publications in total across all disciplines

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John Hardy: publications per year, 1980 to 2025
Year Publications
1980 3
1981 4
1982 2
1983 3
1984 5
1985 9
1986 6
1987 16
1988 16
1989 14
1990 12
1991 22
1992 12
1993 18
1994 19
1995 9
1996 21
1997 16
1998 18
1999 35
2000 28
2001 37
2002 54
2003 32
2004 54
2005 36
2006 56
2007 32
2008 40
2009 44
2010 46
2011 47
2012 95
2013 82
2014 64
2015 66
2016 75
2017 72
2018 71
2019 58
2020 54
2021 59
2022 52
2023 57
2024 50
2025 32
Total 1,653
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John Hardy publication distribution in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Molecular Biology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where John Hardy sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 53 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 47–56 to 564+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 177. Most scientists, 177, have 117–126 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 564+ publications, is where this scientist sits. 47–56 publications: 7 scientists 57–66 publications: 17 scientists 67–76 publications: 65 scientists 77–86 publications: 90 scientists 87–96 publications: 125 scientists 97–106 publications: 131 scientists 107–116 publications: 162 scientists 117–126 publications: 177 scientists 127–136 publications: 158 scientists 137–146 publications: 158 scientists 147–156 publications: 146 scientists 157–166 publications: 159 scientists 167–176 publications: 131 scientists 177–186 publications: 110 scientists 187–196 publications: 112 scientists 197–206 publications: 100 scientists 207–216 publications: 89 scientists 217–226 publications: 98 scientists 227–236 publications: 74 scientists 237–246 publications: 72 scientists 247–256 publications: 63 scientists 257–266 publications: 53 scientists 267–276 publications: 54 scientists 277–286 publications: 49 scientists 287–296 publications: 52 scientists 297–306 publications: 43 scientists 307–316 publications: 46 scientists 317–326 publications: 41 scientists 327–336 publications: 42 scientists 337–346 publications: 31 scientists 347–356 publications: 28 scientists 357–366 publications: 29 scientists 367–376 publications: 26 scientists 377–386 publications: 24 scientists 387–396 publications: 24 scientists 397–406 publications: 14 scientists 407–416 publications: 13 scientists 417–426 publications: 20 scientists 427–436 publications: 12 scientists 437–446 publications: 20 scientists 447–456 publications: 11 scientists 457–466 publications: 10 scientists 467–476 publications: 14 scientists 477–486 publications: 14 scientists 487–496 publications: 10 scientists 497–506 publications: 13 scientists 507–516 publications: 13 scientists 517–526 publications: 2 scientists 527–536 publications: 4 scientists 537–546 publications: 6 scientists 547–556 publications: 8 scientists 557–563 publications: 6 scientists 564+ publications: 100 scientists
47–56 publications 564+

This scientist: 1,249 publications — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more.

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Number of Molecular Biology scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,076 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
47–56 7
57–66 17
67–76 65
77–86 90
87–96 125
97–106 131
107–116 162
117–126 177
127–136 158
137–146 158
147–156 146
157–166 159
167–176 131
177–186 110
187–196 112
197–206 100
207–216 89
217–226 98
227–236 74
237–246 72
247–256 63
257–266 53
267–276 54
277–286 49
287–296 52
297–306 43
307–316 46
317–326 41
327–336 42
337–346 31
347–356 28
357–366 29
367–376 26
377–386 24
387–396 24
397–406 14
407–416 13
417–426 20
427–436 12
437–446 20
447–456 11
457–466 10
467–476 14
477–486 14
487–496 10
497–506 13
507–516 13
517–526 2
527–536 4
537–546 6
547–556 8
557–563 6
564+ 100 1,249
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John Hardy D-index placement in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Molecular Biology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where John Hardy sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
25 50 75 100 125
Bar chart with 54 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 145+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 131. Most scientists, 131, have 64–65 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 145+ D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40–41 D-Index: 36 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 101 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 115 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 121 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 118 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 130 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 106 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 116 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 113 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 129 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 120 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 105 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 131 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 95 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 97 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 106 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 83 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 89 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 77 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 70 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 73 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 60 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 48 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 45 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 50 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 31 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 51 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 43 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 38 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 39 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 41 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 29 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 33 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 35 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 20 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 38 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 19 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 28 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 13 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 23 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 16 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 15 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 11 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 21 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 7 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 13 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 14 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 17 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 9 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 8 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 16 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 7 scientists 144 D-Index: 7 scientists 145+ D-Index: 100 scientists
40–41 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 209 D-Index — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more.

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Number of Molecular Biology scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,076 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 36
42–43 101
44–45 115
46–47 121
48–49 118
50–51 130
52–53 106
54–55 116
56–57 113
58–59 129
60–61 120
62–63 105
64–65 131
66–67 95
68–69 97
70–71 106
72–73 83
74–75 89
76–77 77
78–79 70
80–81 73
82–83 60
84–85 48
86–87 45
88–89 50
90–91 31
92–93 51
94–95 43
96–97 38
98–99 39
100–101 41
102–103 29
104–105 33
106–107 35
108–109 20
110–111 38
112–113 19
114–115 28
116–117 13
118–119 23
120–121 16
122–123 15
124–125 11
126–127 21
128–129 7
130–131 13
132–133 14
134–135 17
136–137 9
138–139 8
140–141 16
142–143 7
144 7
145+ 100 209
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Medicine in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Molecular Biology in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Medicine in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Molecular Biology 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
  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2018 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 1993 - Potamkin Prize for Research in Pick's, Alzheimer's, and Related Diseases, American Academy of Neurology
  • 1984 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 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)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

John Hardy is affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom. Their research focuses primarily on diverse fields within medicine and biology, including neurology, molecular biology, and genetics. The main topics covered in their work include Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, Parkinson's disease mechanisms and treatments, neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms, neurological diseases and metabolism, genetic associations and epidemiology, nuclear receptors and signaling, and bioinformatics and genomic networks.

Frequent publication venues for John Hardy include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) with 77 publications, Alzheimer's & Dementia with 23, Brain with 15, Brain Communications with 9, and npj Parkinson's Disease with 9.

They have coauthored extensively with several researchers, including Mina Ryten (83 papers), Henry Houlden (56 papers), Huw R. Morris (53 papers), Cornelis Blauwendraat (45 papers), and Regina H. Reynolds (45 papers).

Some of their recent papers include:

  • The Amyloid-β Pathway in Alzheimer's Disease, 2021, Molecular Psychiatry
  • The β-Secretase BACE1 in Alzheimer's Disease, 2020, Biological Psychiatry
  • Common and rare variant association analyses in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis identify 15 risk loci with distinct genetic architectures and neuron-specific biology, 2021, Nature Genetics
  • Exceptionally low likelihood of Alzheimer's dementia in APOE2 homozygotes from a 5,000-person neuropathological study, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Novel Alzheimer Disease Risk Loci and Pathways in African American Individuals Using the African Genome Resources Panel, 2020, JAMA Neurology

John Hardy's work spans multiple interconnected subfields such as neurology, molecular biology, physiology, genetics, and cellular and molecular neuroscience. Their contributions have been recognized with several awards, including the Member of Academia Europaea in 2018, the Potamkin Prize for Research in Pick's, Alzheimer's, and Related Diseases awarded by the American Academy of Neurology in 1993, Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1984, and membership in the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).

Best Publications

  • The Amyloid Hypothesis of Alzheimer's Disease: Progress and Problems on the Road to Therapeutics

    John Hardy;Dennis J. Selkoe

  • Alzheimer's disease: the amyloid cascade hypothesis

    John A. Hardy;Gerald A. Higgins

  • The amyloid hypothesis of Alzheimer's disease at 25 years

    Dennis J Selkoe;John Hardy

  • Segregation of a missense mutation in the amyloid precursor protein gene with familial Alzheimer's disease.

    Alison Goate;Marie-Christine Chartier-Harlin;Mike Mullan;Jeremy Brown

  • Mild cognitive impairment--beyond controversies, towards a consensus: report of the International Working Group on Mild Cognitive Impairment.

    B. Winblad;K. Palmer;Miia Kivipelto;V. Jelic

  • Diagnosis and management of dementia with Lewy bodies: Third report of the DLB Consortium

    I. G. McKeith;I. G. McKeith;D. W. Dickson;J. Lowe;M. Emre

  • α-Synuclein Locus Triplication Causes Parkinson's Disease

    A. B. Singleton;M. Farrer;J. Johnson;A. Singleton

  • A hexanucleotide repeat expansion in C9ORF72 is the cause of chromosome 9p21-linked ALS-FTD

    Alan E. Renton;Elisa Majounie;Adrian James Waite;Javier Simón-Sánchez;Javier Simón-Sánchez

  • Meta-analysis of 74,046 individuals identifies 11 new susceptibility loci for Alzheimer's disease

    Jean-Charles Lambert;Jean-Charles Lambert;Jean-Charles Lambert;Carla A Ibrahim-Verbaas;Denise Harold;Adam C Naj

  • Association of missense and 5′-splice-site mutations in tau with the inherited dementia FTDP-17

    M. Hutton;C. L. Lendon;P. Rizzu;M. Baker

  • Secreted amyloid beta-protein similar to that in the senile plaques of Alzheimer's disease is increased in vivo by the presenilin 1 and 2 and APP mutations linked to familial Alzheimer's disease.

    D. Scheuner;C. Eckman;C. Eckman;M. Jensen;X. Song

  • Genome-wide association study identifies variants at CLU and PICALM associated with Alzheimer's disease

    Denise Harold;Richard Abraham;Paul Hollingworth;Rebecca Sims

  • Amyloid deposition as the central event in the aetiology of Alzheimer's disease

    John Hardy;David Allsop

  • TREM2 Variants in Alzheimer's Disease

    Rita Guerreiro;Rita Guerreiro;Aleksandra Wojtas;Jose Bras;Minerva Carrasquillo

  • Erratum: Genome-wide association study identifies variants at CLU and PICALM associated with Alzheimer's disease (Nature Genetics (2009) 41 (1088-1093))

    D Harold;R Abraham;P Hollingworth;R Sims

  • Common variants at ABCA7, MS4A6A/MS4A4E, EPHA1, CD33 and CD2AP are associated with Alzheimer's disease.

    Paul Hollingworth;Denise Harold;Rebecca Sims;Amy Gerrish

  • Genome-wide association study reveals genetic risk underlying Parkinson's disease

    Javier Simón-Sánchez;Claudia Schulte;Jose M Bras;Jose M Bras;Manu Sharma

  • A beta peptide vaccination prevents memory loss in an animal model of Alzheimer's disease.

    Dave Morgan;David M. Diamond;Paul E. Gottschall;Kenneth E. Ugen

  • Amyloid, the presenilins and Alzheimer's disease

    John Hardy

  • SEGREGATION OF A MISSENSE MUTATION IN THE AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN GENE WITH FAMILIAL ALZHEIMERS-DISEASE

    A Goate;Mc Chartierharlin;M Mullan;J Brown

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew B. Singleton
Andrew B. Singleton National Institutes of Health
Rita Guerreiro
Rita Guerreiro Van Andel Institute
Henry Houlden
Henry Houlden University College London
Dena G. Hernandez
Dena G. Hernandez National Institutes of Health
Jose Bras
Jose Bras Van Andel Institute
Alison Goate
Alison Goate Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Nicholas W. Wood
Nicholas W. Wood University College London
Mina Ryten
Mina Ryten University College London
Amanda J. Myers
Amanda J. Myers University of Miami
Andrew J. Lees
Andrew J. Lees University College London

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