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Biology and Biochemistry
UK
2026

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
100
Citations
58180
World Ranking
1481
National Ranking
89

Medicine

D-Index
102
Citations
59271
World Ranking
7504
National Ranking
731

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United Kingdom Leader Award

Overview

Jonathan Barker is affiliated with King's College London in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple areas within medicine and immunology, with a significant focus on dermatology and hematology. They have contributed extensively to the understanding of psoriasis, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, and immune system-related disorders.

Their recent papers include:

  • Psoriasis, 2021, The Lancet
  • Microbiota as Predictor of Mortality in Allogeneic Hematopoietic-Cell Transplantation, 2020, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Psoriasis: a brief overview, 2021, Clinical Medicine
  • The effect of methotrexate and targeted immunosuppression on humoral and cellular immune responses to the COVID-19 vaccine BNT162b2: a cohort study, 2021, The Lancet Rheumatology
  • Factors associated with adverse COVID-19 outcomes in patients with psoriasis-insights from a global registry-based study, 2020, Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Jonathan Barker include:

  • Catherine Smith
  • Richard B. Warren
  • Satveer K. Mahil
  • C.E.M. Griffiths
  • Miguel-Angel Perales

Their publications are often found in the following venues:

  • British Journal of Dermatology
  • Journal of Investigative Dermatology
  • Transplantation and Cellular Therapy
  • Blood
  • Blood Advances

Jonathan Barker's primary fields of study include Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology. Key subfields focus on immunology, hematology, dermatology, oncology, and physiology.

The main research topics covered throughout their work are:

  • Psoriasis: Treatment and Pathogenesis
  • Dermatology and Skin Diseases
  • Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
  • Asthma and respiratory diseases
  • Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments
  • Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research
  • Pharmaceutical studies and practices

Best Publications

  • A global reference for human genetic variation.

    Adam Auton;Gonçalo R. Abecasis;David M. Altshuler;Richard M. Durbin

  • Mechanisms of Disease: Psoriasis.

    Frank O. Nestle;Daniel H. Kaplan;Jonathan Barker

  • Pathogenesis and clinical features of psoriasis.

    Christopher E. M. Griffiths;Jonathan N. W. N. Barker

  • Identification of 15 new psoriasis susceptibility loci highlights the role of innate immunity

    Lam C. Tsoi;Sarah L. Spain;Sarah L. Spain;Jo Knight;Eva Ellinghaus;Eva Ellinghaus

  • A Genome-Wide Association Study Identifies New Psoriasis Susceptibility Loci and an Interaction Between HLA-C and ERAP1

    Amy Strange;Francesca Capon;Chris C A Spencer

  • A global reference for human genetic variation

    Adam Auton;Gonçalo R. Abecasis;David M. Altshuler;Richard M. Durbin

  • European S3-guidelines on the systemic treatment of psoriasis vulgaris

    D Pathirana;AD Ormerod;P Saiag;Catherine Smith

  • Psoriasis and Systemic Inflammatory Diseases: Potential Mechanistic Links between Skin Disease and Co-Morbid Conditions

    Batya B. Davidovici;Naveed Sattar;Prinz C. Jörg;Luis Puig

  • Analysis of five chronic inflammatory diseases identifies 27 new associations and highlights disease-specific patterns at shared loci

    David Ellinghaus;Luke Jostins;Sarah L. Spain;Adrian Cortes

  • Identification of a Major Susceptibility Locus on Chromosome 6p and Evidence for Further Disease Loci Revealed by a Two Stage Genome-Wide Search in Psoriasis

    Richard C. Trembath;R. Lee Clough;Jane L. Rosbotham;Jane L. Rosbotham;Andrew B. Jones

  • Mutations in IL36RN/IL1F5 are associated with the severe episodic inflammatory skin disease known as generalized pustular psoriasis

    Alexandros Onoufriadis;Michael A. Simpson;Andrew E. Pink;Paola Di Meglio

  • British Association of Dermatologists’ guidelines for biologic interventions for psoriasis 2009

    C.H. Smith;Alexander Vincent Anstey;J. N. W. N. Barker;A. D. Burden

  • Sequence variants in the genes for the interleukin-23 receptor (IL23R) and its ligand (IL12B) confer protection against psoriasis

    Francesca Capon;Paola Di Meglio;Joanna Szaub;Natalie J. Prescott

  • Patient perspectives in the management of psoriasis: Results from the population-based Multinational Assessment of Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis Survey

    Mark G. Lebwohl;Hervé Bachelez;Jonathan Barker;Giampiero Girolomoni

  • European S3‐Guidelines on the systemic treatment of psoriasis vulgaris – Update 2015 – Short version – EDF in cooperation with EADV and IPC

    A Nast;P Gisondi;A D Ormerod;P Saiag

  • Differential Drug Survival of Biologic Therapies for the Treatment of Psoriasis: A Prospective Observational Cohort Study from the British Association of Dermatologists Biologic Interventions Register (BADBIR)

    Richard B Warren;Catherine H Smith;Zenas Z N Yiu;Darren M Ashcroft

  • Null Mutations in the Filaggrin Gene (FLG) Determine Major Susceptibility to Early-Onset Atopic Dermatitis that Persists into Adulthood

    Jonathan N W N Barker;Colin N A Palmer;Yiwei Zhao;Haihui Liao

  • Combined Analysis of Genome-wide Association Studies for Crohn Disease and Psoriasis Identifies Seven Shared Susceptibility Loci

    David Ellinghaus;Eva Ellinghaus;Rajan P. Nair;Philip E. Stuart

  • A synonymous SNP of the corneodesmosin gene leads to increased mRNA stability and demonstrates association with psoriasis across diverse ethnic groups

    Francesca Capon;Michael H. Allen;Mahreen Ameen;A. David Burden

  • A classification of psoriasis vulgaris according to phenotype

    C. E M Griffiths;E. Christophers;J. N W N Barker;R. J G Chalmers

Frequent Co-Authors

Catherine Smith
Catherine Smith King's College London
Richard C. Trembath
Richard C. Trembath King's College London
Francesca Capon
Francesca Capon King's College London
Christopher E.M. Griffiths
Christopher E.M. Griffiths University of Manchester
Frank O. Nestle
Frank O. Nestle Deerfield (United States)
James T. Elder
James T. Elder University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Michael A. Simpson
Michael A. Simpson King's College London
Juha Kere
Juha Kere Karolinska Institute
Paola Di Meglio
Paola Di Meglio King's College London
Ulrich Mrowietz
Ulrich Mrowietz Kiel University

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