2026 Jose Bras: Genetics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Genetics	75	1870	1778	855	804	202	32497
Medicine	78	17806	16736	8881	8208	220	37360

Overview

Jose Bras is affiliated with the Van Andel Institute in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Key subfields of study for Jose Bras include Neurology, Physiology, Genetics, Molecular Biology, and Psychiatry and Mental Health.

The main scientific topics addressed in Bras's work include:

Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research
Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
Neurological diseases and metabolism
Genomics and Rare Diseases
Genetic Associations and Epidemiology

Jose Bras has published extensively in several scientific journals. The frequent publication venues include:

Brain
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Alzheimer s & Dementia
Nature Communications
Molecular Neurodegeneration

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Jose Bras include:

Finding genetically-supported drug targets for Parkinson's disease using Mendelian randomization of the druggable genome, 2021, Nature Communications
Identification of Candidate Parkinson Disease Genes by Integrating Genome-Wide Association Study, Expression, and Epigenetic Data Sets, 2021, JAMA Neurology
Exome sequencing identifies rare damaging variants in ATP8B4 and ABCA1 as risk factors for Alzheimer's disease, 2022, Nature Genetics
Progression of Behavioral Disturbances and Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in Patients With Genetic Frontotemporal Dementia, 2021, JAMA Network Open
Identification of sixteen novel candidate genes for late onset Parkinson's disease, 2021, Molecular Neurodegeneration

Frequent co-authors working with Jose Bras include:

Rita Guerreiro
Isabel Santana
Nick C. Fox
Daniela Galimberti
John Hardy

Best Publications

Diagnosis and management of dementia with Lewy bodies Fourth consensus report of the DLB Consortium

Ian G. McKeith;Bradley F. Boeve;Dennis W. DIckson;Glenda Halliday

4225
Citations
TREM2 Variants in Alzheimer's Disease

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

2921
Citations
Multicenter Analysis of Glucocerebrosidase Mutations in Parkinson's Disease

Ellen Sidransky;Michael A. Nalls;Jan O. Aasly;Judith Aharon-Peretz

2380
Citations
Identification of novel risk loci, causal insights, and heritable risk for Parkinson's disease: a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies

Mike A Nalls;Cornelis Blauwendraat;Costanza L Vallerga;Karl Heilbron

2354
Citations
Genome-wide association study reveals genetic risk underlying Parkinson's disease

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

2236
Citations
Large-scale meta-analysis of genome-wide association data identifies six new risk loci for Parkinson's disease

Mike A Nalls;Nathan Pankratz;Christina M. Lill;Chuong B. Do

1995
Citations
Analysis of shared heritability in common disorders of the brain

Verneri Anttila;Verneri Anttila;Brendan Bulik-Sullivan;Brendan Bulik-Sullivan;Hilary K. Finucane;Raymond K. Walters;Raymond K. Walters

1978
Citations
Rare coding variants in PLCG2, ABI3, and TREM2 implicate microglial-mediated innate immunity in Alzheimer's disease

Rebecca Sims;Sven J. Van Der Lee;Adam C. Naj;Céline Bellenguez;Céline Bellenguez

1090
Citations
Genotype, haplotype and copy-number variation in worldwide human populations

Mattias Jakobsson;Sonja W. Scholz;Sonja W. Scholz;Paul A Scheet;J. Raphael Gibbs;J. Raphael Gibbs

1002
Citations
Glucocerebrosidase mutations in clinical and pathologically proven Parkinson's disease

Juliane Neumann;Jose Bras;Jose Bras;Emma Deas;Sean S. O'Sullivan

809
Citations
Rare coding variants in the phospholipase D3 gene confer risk for Alzheimer’s disease

C Cruchaga;CM Karch;SC Jin;BA Benitez

530
Citations
A Multicenter Study of Glucocerebrosidase Mutations in Dementia With Lewy Bodies

Michael A. Nalls;Raquel Duran;Grisel Lopez;Marzena Kurzawa-Akanbi

499
Citations
Excessive burden of lysosomal storage disorder gene variants in Parkinson's disease

L.A. Robak;L.A. Robak;I.E. Jansen;I.E. Jansen;J van Rooij;A.G. Uitterlinden

458
Citations
Loss of VPS13C Function in Autosomal-Recessive Parkinsonism Causes Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Increases PINK1/Parkin-Dependent Mitophagy.

Suzanne Lesage;Valérie Drouet;Elisa Majounie;Vincent Deramecourt

454
Citations
Unbiased screen for interactors of leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 supports a common pathway for sporadic and familial Parkinson disease

A. Beilina;I. N. Rudenko;A. Kaganovich;L. Civiero

402
Citations
Using exome sequencing to reveal mutations in TREM2 presenting as a frontotemporal dementia-like syndrome without bone involvement.

RJ Guerreiro;E Lohmann;JM Bras;Gibbs

402
Citations
The age factor in Alzheimer's disease.

Rita Guerreiro;Jose Bras

380
Citations
A Two-Stage Meta-Analysis Identifies Several New Loci for Parkinson's Disease

V. Plagnol;M.A. Nalls;J.M. Bras;D.G. Hernandez;D.G. Hernandez

379
Citations
SNCA Variants Are Associated with Increased Risk for Multiple System Atrophy

Sonja W. Scholz;Sonja W. Scholz;Henry Houlden;Claudia Schulte;Manu Sharma

332
Citations
Mutation of the parkinsonism gene ATP13A2 causes neuronal ceroid-lipofuscinosis

Jose Bras;Alain Verloes;Susanne A. Schneider;Sara E. Mole

285
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Rita Guerreiro Van Andel Institute

John Hardy University College London

Andrew B. Singleton National Institutes of Health

Dena G. Hernandez National Institutes of Health

Nicholas W. Wood University College London

Alexis Brice Institut du Cerveau

Thomas Gasser University of Tübingen

Peter Heutink German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases

Kevin Morgan University of Nottingham

Henrik Zetterberg University of Gothenburg

External Links

Personal website of Jose Bras Google Scholar page

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