2026 John V. Pearson: Genetics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Genetics	67	2465	2340	87	85	147	58927

Research.com Recognitions

1934 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

John V. Pearson is affiliated with the QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute in Australia. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with Medicine also being a significant field of study. The scientist's work has included substantial contributions to Molecular Biology, Oncology, Cancer Research, Genetics, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine as subfields of study.

The research topics covered by Pearson notably focus on Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics, Genetic factors in colorectal cancer, Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers, Genomics and Rare Diseases, Melanoma and MAPK Pathways, Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research, and Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment.

Among recent publications are:

Patterns of somatic structural variation in human cancer genomes, 2020, Nature
Deep learning in cancer diagnosis, prognosis and treatment selection, 2021, Genome Medicine
Comprehensive analysis of chromothripsis in 2,658 human cancers using whole-genome sequencing, 2020, Nature Genetics
Pan-cancer analysis of whole genomes identifies driver rearrangements promoted by LINE-1 retrotransposition, 2020, Nature Genetics
Disruption of chromatin folding domains by somatic genomic rearrangements in human cancer, 2020, Nature Genetics

Frequent coauthors working alongside Pearson include Nicola Waddell, Lambros T. Koufariotis, Scott Wood, Felicity Newell, and Kátia Nones.

The scientist frequently publishes in the following venues:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Nature Genetics
Nature Communications
Genome Medicine
Nature

John V. Pearson has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Best Publications

Signatures of mutational processes in human cancer

Ludmil B. Alexandrov;Serena Nik-Zainal;Serena Nik-Zainal;David C. Wedge;Samuel A. J. R. Aparicio

10789
Citations
Table S2: Trans-factors and trinucleotide repeat instability Trans-factor

Arturo López Castel;John D Cleary;Christopher E Pearson

10086
Citations
Genomic analyses identify molecular subtypes of pancreatic cancer

Bailey P;Chang Dk;Nones K;Nones K;Johns Al

3672
Citations
Pan-cancer analysis of whole genomes

Peter J. Campbell;Gad Getz;Jan O. Korbel;Joshua M. Stuart

3090
Citations
Whole genomes redefine the mutational landscape of pancreatic cancer.

Nicola Waddell;Marina Pajic;Ann Marie Patch;David K. Chang

2824
Citations
Pancreatic cancer genomes reveal aberrations in axon guidance pathway genes

Andrew V. Biankin;Andrew V. Biankin;Andrew V. Biankin;Nicola Waddell;Karin S. Kassahn;Marie Claude Gingras

2343
Citations
International network of cancer genome projects

Thomas J. Hudson;Thomas J. Hudson;Warwick Anderson;Axel Aretz;Anna D. Barker

2242
Citations
Whole-genome characterization of chemoresistant ovarian cancer

Ann-Marie Patch;Ann-Marie Patch;Elizabeth Christie;Dariush Etemadmoghadam;Dariush Etemadmoghadam;Dale W. Garsed

1513
Citations
Whole-genome landscapes of major melanoma subtypes

Nicholas K. Hayward;Nicholas K. Hayward;James S. Wilmott;Nicola Waddell;Nicola Waddell;Peter A. Johansson

1492
Citations
Resolving individuals contributing trace amounts of DNA to highly complex mixtures using high-density SNP genotyping microarrays.

Nils Homer;Nils Homer;Szabolcs Szelinger;Margot Redman;David Duggan

1389
Citations
Mapping copy number variation by population-scale genome sequencing

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

1331
Citations
Identification of unique neoantigen qualities in long-term survivors of pancreatic cancer.

Vinod P. Balachandran;Marta Łuksza;Julia N. Zhao;Vladimir Makarov

1213
Citations
Whole-genome landscape of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours

Aldo Scarpa;David K. Chang;Katia Nones;Katia Nones;Vincenzo Corbo

875
Citations
Deep learning in cancer diagnosis, prognosis and treatment selection.

Khoa A. Tran;Olga Kondrashova;Andrew Bradley;Elizabeth D. Williams

850
Citations
A high-density whole-genome association study reveals that APOE is the major susceptibility gene for sporadic late-onset Alzheimer's disease

Keith D. Coon;Amanda J. Myers;David W. Craig;Jennifer A. Webster

746
Citations
GAB2 Alleles Modify Alzheimer's Risk in APOE ε4 Carriers

Eric M. Reiman;Jennifer A. Webster;Amanda J. Myers;Amanda J. Myers;John Hardy;John Hardy

585
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
A survey of genetic human cortical gene expression.

Amanda J Myers;Amanda J Myers;J Raphael Gibbs;Jennifer A Webster;Kristen Rohrer

567
Citations
Common Kibra Alleles Are Associated with Human Memory Performance

Andreas Papassotiropoulos;Andreas Papassotiropoulos;Dietrich A. Stephan;Matthew J. Huentelman;Frederic J. Hoerndli

501
Citations
Identification of genetic variants using bar-coded multiplexed sequencing

David W Craig;John V Pearson;Szabolcs Szelinger;Aswin Sekar

426
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Nicola Waddell QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute

Sean M. Grimmond University of Melbourne

Anthony J. Gill University of Sydney

Andrew V. Biankin University of Glasgow

David Craig University of Southern California

Sunil R. Lakhani University of Queensland

Dietrich A. Stephan NeuBase Therapeutics

Marina Pajic Garvan Institute of Medical Research

Andreas Papassotiropoulos University of Basel

Nicholas K. Hayward QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute

External Links

Personal website of John V. Pearson

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