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Karen Mungall

Karen Mungall

D-Index & Metrics

Genetics

D-Index
88
Citations
91540
World Ranking
1135
National Ranking
37

Karen Mungall 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 Karen Mungall sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 186 publications — 45th percentile

45% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Karen Mungall 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 Karen Mungall sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 88 D-Index — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Karen Mungall is affiliated with the BC Cancer Agency in Canada and has contributed extensively to research primarily in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, as well as Medicine. Their work spans various subfields including Molecular Biology, Cancer Research, Oncology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, and Genetics.

The research topics covered by Mungall's publications include:

  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Cancer-related gene regulation
  • Viral-associated cancers and disorders
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies

Frequent publication venues for their work are:

  • Blood
  • Cell Reports
  • Nature Communications
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frontiers in Genetics

Some of the recent papers authored include:

  • "Failure of human rhombic lip differentiation underlies medulloblastoma formation" (2022) published in Nature
  • "A clinical transcriptome approach to patient stratification and therapy selection in acute myeloid leukemia" (2021) published in Nature Communications
  • "The transcriptional landscape of Shh medulloblastoma" (2021) published in Nature Communications
  • "Genetic subgroups inform on pathobiology in adult and pediatric Burkitt lymphoma" (2022) published in Blood
  • "Proteotranscriptomic classification and characterization of pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms" (2021) published in Cell Reports

Frequently collaborating co-authors include:

  • Andrew J. Mungall
  • Marco A. Marra
  • Steven J.M. Jones
  • Ryan D. Morin
  • Nicole Thomas

Best Publications

  • Genomic and epigenomic landscapes of adult de novo acute myeloid leukemia

    Timothy J. Ley;Christopher Miller;Li Ding;Benjamin J. Raphael

  • Comprehensive molecular characterization of gastric adenocarcinoma

    Adam J. Bass;Vesteinn Thorsson;Ilya Shmulevich;Sheila M. Reynolds

  • The Immune Landscape of Cancer

    Vésteinn Thorsson;David L Gibbs;Scott D Brown;Denise Wolf

  • Comprehensive genomic characterization of squamous cell lung cancers

    Peter S. Hammerman;Doug Voet;Michael S. Lawrence;Douglas Voet

  • Oncogenic Signaling Pathways in The Cancer Genome Atlas

    Francisco Sanchez-Vega;Marco Mina;Joshua Armenia;Walid K. Chatila

  • Pan-cancer analysis of whole genomes

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

  • Cell-of-Origin Patterns Dominate the Molecular Classification of 10,000 Tumors from 33 Types of Cancer.

    Katherine A. Hoadley;Christina Yau;Christina Yau;Toshinori Hinoue;Denise M. Wolf

  • Comprehensive Characterization of Cancer Driver Genes and Mutations.

    Matthew H Bailey;Collin Tokheim;Eduard Porta-Pardo;Sohini Sengupta

  • Comprehensive Molecular Characterization of Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer

    A. Gordon Robertson;Jaegil Kim;Hikmat Al-Ahmadie;Joaquim Bellmunt

  • The genome sequence of the food-borne pathogen Campylobacter jejuni reveals hypervariable sequences

    J. Parkhill;B. W. Wren;K. Mungall;J. M. Ketley

  • Comprehensive and Integrative Genomic Characterization of Hepatocellular Carcinoma

    Adrian Ally;Miruna Balasundaram;Rebecca Carlsen;Eric Chuah

  • Massive gene decay in the leprosy bacillus

    S. T. Cole;K. Eiglmeier;J. Parkhill;K. D. James

  • The genome sequence of Schizosaccharomyces pombe

    V. Wood;R. Gwilliam;M.A. Rajandream;M. Lyne

  • The Genome of the African Trypanosome Trypanosoma brucei

    Matthew Berriman;Elodie Ghedin;Elodie Ghedin;Christiane Hertz-Fowler;Gaelle Blandin

  • Integrated Genomic Characterization of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma

    Benjamin J. Raphael;Ralph H. Hruban;Andrew J. Aguirre;Richard A. Moffitt

  • Frequent mutation of histone-modifying genes in non-Hodgkin lymphoma

    Ryan D Morin;María Méndez-Lago;Andrew J Mungall;Rodrigo Goya

  • The genome of the social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum

    L. Eichinger;J. A. Pachebat;J. A. Pachebat;G. Glöckner;M.-A. Rajandream

  • Genome sequence of Yersinia pestis , the causative agent of plague

    J. Parkhill;B. W. Wren;N. R. Thomson;R. W. Titball

  • Complete genome sequence of a multiple drug resistant Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi CT18

    J. Parkhill;G. Dougan;K. D. James;N. R. Thomson

  • The genetic landscape of high-risk neuroblastoma

    Trevor J Pugh;Olena Morozova;Edward F Attiyeh;Edward F Attiyeh;Shahab Asgharzadeh;Shahab Asgharzadeh

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven J.M. Jones
Steven J.M. Jones University of British Columbia
Marco A. Marra
Marco A. Marra University of British Columbia
Andrew J. Mungall
Andrew J. Mungall BC Cancer Agency
Richard A. Moore
Richard A. Moore BC Cancer Agency
Michael A. Quail
Michael A. Quail Wellcome Sanger Institute
Carol Churcher
Carol Churcher University of Cambridge
Inanc Birol
Inanc Birol University of British Columbia
Julian Parkhill
Julian Parkhill University of Cambridge
Robert A. Holt
Robert A. Holt BC Cancer Research Institute
Bart Barrell
Bart Barrell Wellcome Sanger Institute

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