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Julian Zielenski

Julian Zielenski

D-Index & Metrics

Genetics

D-Index
60
Citations
23849
World Ranking
3108
National Ranking
113

Julian Zielenski 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 Julian Zielenski sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 112 publications — 12th percentile

12% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 703 publications or more.

Julian Zielenski 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 Julian Zielenski sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 60 D-Index — 29th percentile

29% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Julian Zielenski was affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada. Their research focused primarily on cystic fibrosis, addressing genetic and physiological aspects related to the disease.

Their work contributed to the field of Medicine, particularly within the subfields of Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Genetics, and Nutrition and Dietetics. Key topics covered in their research included:

  • Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances
  • Respiratory Support and Mechanisms
  • Digestive system and related health
  • Infant Nutrition and Health

Zielenski published multiple papers between 2020 and 2020, with all papers appearing in UNC Libraries. Notable publications included:

  • Multiple apical plasma membrane constituents are associated with susceptibility to meconium ileus in individuals with cystic fibrosis (2020, UNC Libraries)
  • Genetic modifiers of lung disease in cystic fibrosis (2020, UNC Libraries)
  • Genome-wide association and linkage identify modifier loci of lung disease severity in cystic fibrosis at 11p13 and 20q13.2 (2020, UNC Libraries)
  • A novel lung disease phenotype adjusted for mortality attrition for cystic fibrosis Genetic modifier studies (2020, UNC Libraries)

Zielenski frequently collaborated with several co-authors, who appeared in multiple publications together. These included Ruslan Dorfman, Mary Corey, Rhonda G. Pace, Weili Li, and Scott M. Blackman.

Best Publications

  • Identification of the cystic fibrosis gene: cloning and characterization of complementary DNA.

    John R. Riordan;Johanna M. Rommens;Bat Sheva Kerem;N. O.A. Alon

  • Normalization of obesity-associated insulin resistance through immunotherapy.

    Shawn Winer;Yin Chan;Geoffrey Paltser;Dorothy Truong

  • CYSTIC FIBROSIS: GENOTYPIC AND PHENOTYPIC VARIATIONS

    Julian Zielenski;Lap-Chee Tsui

  • Consensus on the use and interpretation of cystic fibrosis mutation analysis in clinical practice

    C. Castellani;H. Cuppens;M. Macek;J. J. Cassiman

  • Genomic DNA sequence of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene.

    Julian Zielenski;Richard Rozmahel;Dominique Bozon;Bat sheva Kerem

  • Defining the disease liability of variants in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator gene

    Patrick R Sosnay;Karen R Siklosi;Fredrick Van Goor;Kyle Kaniecki;Kyle Kaniecki

  • Genetic Modifiers of Lung Disease in Cystic Fibrosis

    Mitchell L. Drumm;Michael W. Konstan;Mark D. Schluchter;Allison Handler

  • A cluster of cystic fibrosis mutations in the first nucleotide-binding fold of the cystic fibrosis conductance regulator protein.

    Garry R. Cutting;Laura M. Kasch;Beryl J. Rosenstein;Julian Zielenski

  • Identification of mutations in regions corresponding to the two putative nucleotide (ATP)-binding folds of the cystic fibrosis gene.

    B S Kerem;J Zielenski;D Markiewicz;D Bozon

  • Recommendations for the classification of diseases as CFTR-related disorders

    Cristina Bombieri;M Claustres;K De Boeck;N Derichs

  • Genetic modifiers of liver disease in cystic fibrosis.

    Jaclyn R. Bartlett;Kenneth J. Friedman;Simon C. Ling;Rhonda G. Pace

  • Correlation of sweat chloride concentration with classes of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator gene mutations

    Michael Wilschanski;Julian Zielenski;Danuta Markiewicz;Lap-Chee Tsui

  • Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator Function Is Suppressed in Cigarette Smokers

    André M. Cantin;John W. Hanrahan;Ginette Bilodeau;Lynda Ellis

  • Type of CFTR Mutation Determines Risk of Pancreatitis in Patients With Cystic Fibrosis

    Chee Y. Ooi;Ruslan Dorfman;Marco Cipolli;Tanja Gonska

  • Genome-wide association and linkage identify modifier loci of lung disease severity in cystic fibrosis at 11p13 and 20q13.2.

    Fred A. Wright;Lisa J. Strug;Vishal K. Doshi;Clayton W. Commander

  • Detection of a cystic fibrosis modifier locus for meconium ileus on human chromosome 19q13.

    Julian Zielenski;Mary Corey;Richard Rozmahel;Danuta Markiewicz

  • Identification of mutations in exons 1 through 8 of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene

    Julian Zielenski;Dominique Bozon;Bat-sheva Kerem;Danuta Markiewicz

  • Genotype and phenotype correlations in patients with cystic fibrosis and pancreatitis.

    Carol Durno;Mary Corey;Julian Zielenski;Elizabeth Tullis

  • Multiple apical plasma membrane constituents are associated with susceptibility to meconium ileus in individuals with cystic fibrosis

    Lei Sun;Johanna M. Rommens;Harriet Corvol;Harriet Corvol;Weili Li

  • Screening for genetic mutations.

    Christina Carlsson;Mats Jonsson;Bengt Nordén;Maria T. Dulay

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter R. Durie
Peter R. Durie University of Toronto
Lap-Chee Tsui
Lap-Chee Tsui University of Toronto
Mary Corey
Mary Corey University of Toronto
Garry R. Cutting
Garry R. Cutting Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Johanna M. Rommens
Johanna M. Rommens University of Toronto
Andrew J. Sandford
Andrew J. Sandford University of British Columbia
Michael R. Knowles
Michael R. Knowles University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Peter D. Paré
Peter D. Paré University of British Columbia
Batsheva Kerem
Batsheva Kerem Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Claude Férec
Claude Férec University of Western Brittany

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