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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Medicine 98 8912 8364 350 332 334 35642
Genetics 92 1002 948 29 28 242 30789

Katherine A. Siminovitch publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Katherine A. Siminovitch between 1974 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Katherine A. Siminovitch published across 52 years, from 1974 to 2025, averaging 6.7 papers a year. Output peaked at 20 publications in 2012. 6 of the 350 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1974 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 20. Peak 20 publications in 2012. 1974: 1 publication 1975: 2 publications 1976: 0 publications 1977: 0 publications 1978: 0 publications 1979: 0 publications 1980: 0 publications 1981: 2 publications 1982: 1 publication 1983: 1 publication 1984: 4 publications 1985: 2 publications 1986: 3 publications 1987: 2 publications 1988: 0 publications 1989: 12 publications 1990: 6 publications 1991: 4 publications 1992: 11 publications 1993: 7 publications 1994: 7 publications 1995: 8 publications 1996: 4 publications 1997: 10 publications 1998: 8 publications 1999: 12 publications 2000: 11 publications 2001: 6 publications 2002: 2 publications 2003: 10 publications 2004: 10 publications 2005: 12 publications 2006: 11 publications 2007: 11 publications 2008: 8 publications 2009: 19 publications 2010: 17 publications 2011: 17 publications 2012: 20 publications 2013: 18 publications 2014: 15 publications 2015: 9 publications 2016: 3 publications 2017: 4 publications 2018: 4 publications 2019: 4 publications 2020: 3 publications 2021: 8 publications 2022: 6 publications 2023: 9 publications 2024: 4 publications 2025: 2 publications
1974 2025

350 publications in total across all disciplines

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Katherine A. Siminovitch: publications per year, 1974 to 2025
Year Publications
1974 1
1975 2
1976 0
1977 0
1978 0
1979 0
1980 0
1981 2
1982 1
1983 1
1984 4
1985 2
1986 3
1987 2
1988 0
1989 12
1990 6
1991 4
1992 11
1993 7
1994 7
1995 8
1996 4
1997 10
1998 8
1999 12
2000 11
2001 6
2002 2
2003 10
2004 10
2005 12
2006 11
2007 11
2008 8
2009 19
2010 17
2011 17
2012 20
2013 18
2014 15
2015 9
2016 3
2017 4
2018 4
2019 4
2020 3
2021 8
2022 6
2023 9
2024 4
2025 2
Total 350
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Katherine A. Siminovitch 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 Katherine A. Siminovitch sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150 200
Bar chart with 67 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 45–54 to 703+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 217. Most scientists, 217, have 125–134 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 703 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 235–244 publications, is where this scientist sits. 45–54 publications: 6 scientists 55–64 publications: 10 scientists 65–74 publications: 35 scientists 75–84 publications: 84 scientists 85–94 publications: 102 scientists 95–104 publications: 151 scientists 105–114 publications: 175 scientists 115–124 publications: 203 scientists 125–134 publications: 217 scientists 135–144 publications: 205 scientists 145–154 publications: 193 scientists 155–164 publications: 188 scientists 165–174 publications: 170 scientists 175–184 publications: 178 scientists 185–194 publications: 164 scientists 195–204 publications: 173 scientists 205–214 publications: 159 scientists 215–224 publications: 134 scientists 225–234 publications: 143 scientists 235–244 publications: 105 scientists 245–254 publications: 114 scientists 255–264 publications: 92 scientists 265–274 publications: 88 scientists 275–284 publications: 87 scientists 285–294 publications: 80 scientists 295–304 publications: 62 scientists 305–314 publications: 75 scientists 315–324 publications: 67 scientists 325–334 publications: 60 scientists 335–344 publications: 52 scientists 345–354 publications: 40 scientists 355–364 publications: 48 scientists 365–374 publications: 47 scientists 375–384 publications: 46 scientists 385–394 publications: 31 scientists 395–404 publications: 27 scientists 405–414 publications: 40 scientists 415–424 publications: 30 scientists 425–434 publications: 43 scientists 435–444 publications: 29 scientists 445–454 publications: 14 scientists 455–464 publications: 28 scientists 465–474 publications: 21 scientists 475–484 publications: 21 scientists 485–494 publications: 22 scientists 495–504 publications: 17 scientists 505–514 publications: 12 scientists 515–524 publications: 11 scientists 525–534 publications: 8 scientists 535–544 publications: 8 scientists 545–554 publications: 14 scientists 555–564 publications: 4 scientists 565–574 publications: 11 scientists 575–584 publications: 5 scientists 585–594 publications: 11 scientists 595–604 publications: 12 scientists 605–614 publications: 7 scientists 615–624 publications: 6 scientists 625–634 publications: 10 scientists 635–644 publications: 9 scientists 645–654 publications: 10 scientists 655–664 publications: 6 scientists 665–674 publications: 6 scientists 675–684 publications: 6 scientists 685–694 publications: 4 scientists 695–702 publications: 6 scientists 703+ publications: 100 scientists
45–54 publications 703+

This scientist: 242 publications — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Genetics scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 4,342 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
45–54 6
55–64 10
65–74 35
75–84 84
85–94 102
95–104 151
105–114 175
115–124 203
125–134 217
135–144 205
145–154 193
155–164 188
165–174 170
175–184 178
185–194 164
195–204 173
205–214 159
215–224 134
225–234 143
235–244 105 242
245–254 114
255–264 92
265–274 88
275–284 87
285–294 80
295–304 62
305–314 75
315–324 67
325–334 60
335–344 52
345–354 40
355–364 48
365–374 47
375–384 46
385–394 31
395–404 27
405–414 40
415–424 30
425–434 43
435–444 29
445–454 14
455–464 28
465–474 21
475–484 21
485–494 22
495–504 17
505–514 12
515–524 11
525–534 8
535–544 8
545–554 14
555–564 4
565–574 11
575–584 5
585–594 11
595–604 12
605–614 7
615–624 6
625–634 10
635–644 9
645–654 10
655–664 6
665–674 6
675–684 6
685–694 4
695–702 6
703+ 100
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Katherine A. Siminovitch 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 Katherine A. Siminovitch sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 61 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 160+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 191. Most scientists, 191, have 62–63 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 92–93 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40–41 D-Index: 24 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 52 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 84 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 112 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 118 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 141 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 143 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 145 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 179 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 162 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 175 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 191 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 172 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 184 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 164 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 158 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 150 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 136 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 127 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 127 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 111 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 110 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 110 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 84 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 102 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 66 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 72 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 70 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 54 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 60 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 49 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 55 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 45 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 42 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 28 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 39 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 25 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 31 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 29 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 34 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 29 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 29 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 18 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 27 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 22 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 16 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 11 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 17 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 12 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 21 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 4 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 9 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 14 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 6 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 10 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 7 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 9 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 8 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 8 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 9 scientists 160+ D-Index: 96 scientists
40–41 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 92 D-Index — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Genetics scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 4,342 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 24
42–43 52
44–45 84
46–47 112
48–49 118
50–51 141
52–53 143
54–55 145
56–57 179
58–59 162
60–61 175
62–63 191
64–65 172
66–67 184
68–69 164
70–71 158
72–73 150
74–75 136
76–77 127
78–79 127
80–81 111
82–83 110
84–85 110
86–87 84
88–89 102
90–91 66
92–93 72 92
94–95 70
96–97 54
98–99 60
100–101 49
102–103 55
104–105 45
106–107 42
108–109 28
110–111 39
112–113 25
114–115 31
116–117 29
118–119 34
120–121 29
122–123 29
124–125 18
126–127 27
128–129 22
130–131 16
132–133 11
134–135 17
136–137 12
138–139 21
140–141 4
142–143 9
144–145 14
146–147 6
148–149 10
150–151 7
152–153 9
154–155 8
156–157 8
158–159 9
160+ 96
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2013 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science

Overview

Katherine A. Siminovitch is affiliated with the Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute in Canada. Their work primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with notable focus on Genetics, Molecular Biology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, and Rheumatology.

The main research topics covered by their publications include Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Genomics and Rare Diseases, BRCA gene mutations in cancer, Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment, PARP inhibition in cancer therapy, Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes, and Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment.

Their recent academic contributions include the following papers:

  • Multi-ancestry genome-wide association analyses identify novel genetic mechanisms in rheumatoid arthritis, 2022, Nature Genetics
  • Analysis of rare genetic variation underlying cardiometabolic diseases and traits among 200,000 individuals in the UK Biobank, 2022, Nature Genetics
  • A deep catalogue of protein-coding variation in 983,578 individuals, 2024, Nature
  • Genotyping, sequencing and analysis of 140,000 adults from Mexico City, 2023, Nature
  • High heritability of ascending aortic diameter and trans-ancestry prediction of thoracic aortic disease, 2022, Nature Genetics

A number of frequent co-authors have collaborated with Katherine A. Siminovitch, including:

  • John D. Overton
  • Jeffrey G. Reid
  • Gonçalo R. Abecasis
  • Luca A. Lotta
  • Alan R. Shuldiner

Their research is often published in journals such as:

  • Nature Genetics
  • Nature
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Communications Biology
  • JAMA Cardiology

Katherine A. Siminovitch received the award of Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2013 from the Academy of Science.

Best Publications

  • Genetics of rheumatoid arthritis contributes to biology and drug discovery

    Yukinori Okada;Yukinori Okada;Di Wu;Di Wu;Di Wu;Gosia Trynka;Gosia Trynka;Towfique Raj;Towfique Raj

  • Genome-wide association study meta-analysis identifies seven new rheumatoid arthritis risk loci

    Eli A Stahl;Soumya Raychaudhuri;Soumya Raychaudhuri;Elaine F Remmers;Gang Xie

  • Five amino acids in three HLA proteins explain most of the association between MHC and seropositive rheumatoid arthritis

    Soumya Raychaudhuri;Cynthia Sandor;Eli A. Stahl;Eli A. Stahl;Jan Freudenberg

  • Functional variants of OCTN cation transporter genes are associated with Crohn disease.

    Vanya D Peltekova;Richard F Wintle;Laurence A Rubin;Laurence A Rubin;Christopher I Amos

  • Genetic variation in the 5q31 cytokine gene cluster confers susceptibility to Crohn disease.

    John D. Rioux;Mark J. Daly;Mark S. Silverberg;Kerstin Lindblad

  • Primary biliary cirrhosis associated with HLA, IL12A, and IL12RB2 variants.

    Gideon M. Hirschfield;Xiangdong Liu;Chun Xu;Yue Lu

  • Pervasive sharing of genetic effects in autoimmune disease.

    Chris Cotsapas;Benjamin F. Voight;Benjamin F. Voight;Elizabeth Rossin;Kasper Lage;Kasper Lage;Kasper Lage

  • Genomewide search in Canadian families with inflammatory bowel disease reveals two novel susceptibility loci.

    John D. Rioux;Mark S. Silverberg;Mark J. Daly;A. Hillary Steinhart

  • Association Between Telomere Length and Risk of Cancer and Non-Neoplastic Diseases A Mendelian Randomization Study

    Philip C Haycock;Stephen Burgess;Aayah Nounu

  • The role of viscosupplementation with hylan G-F 20 (Synvisc®) in the treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee: a Canadian multicenter trial comparing hylan G-F 20 alone, hylan G-F 20 with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and NSAIDs alone

    Mark E. Adams;Martin H. Atkinson;André J. Lussier;Jan I. Schulz

  • Bayesian inference analyses of the polygenic architecture of rheumatoid arthritis

    Eli A Stahl;Daniel Wegmann;Gosia Trynka;Javier Gutierrez-Achury

  • Genome-wide meta-analyses identify three loci associated with primary biliary cirrhosis

    Xiangdong Liu;Pietro Invernizzi;Yue Lu;Roman Kosoy

  • The PTEN/MMAC1/TEP tumor suppressor gene decreases cell growth and induces apoptosis and anoikis in breast cancer cells

    Yiling Lu;Yue Zhen Lin;Ruth LaPushin;Bruce Cuevas

  • Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies in celiac disease and rheumatoid arthritis identifies fourteen non-HLA shared loci

    Alexandra Zhernakova;Alexandra Zhernakova;Alexandra Zhernakova;Eli A. Stahl;Eli A. Stahl;Gosia Trynka;Soumya Raychaudhuri

  • Structure of Cdc42 in complex with the GTPase-binding domain of the 'Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome' protein.

    Norzehan Abdul-Manan;Behzad Aghazadeh;Behzad Aghazadeh;Grace A. Liu;Ananya Majumdar

  • Roles of the SHP-1 tyrosine phosphatase in the negative regulation of cell signalling.

    Jinyi Zhang;Ally Khan Somani;Katherine A. Siminovitch

  • Antigen receptor-induced activation and cytoskeletal rearrangement are impaired in Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein-deficient lymphocytes.

    Jinyi Zhang;Amro Shehabeldin;Luis A.G. Da Cruz;Jeffrey Butler

  • REL, encoding a member of the NF-kappaB family of transcription factors, is a newly defined risk locus for rheumatoid arthritis.

    Peter K Gregersen;Chistopher I Amos;Annette T Lee;Yue Lu

  • Analysis of gene expression in a complex differentiation hierarchy by global amplification of cDNA from single cells

    Gerard Brady;Filio Billia;Jennifer Knox;Trang Hoang

  • Pervasive Sharing of Genetic Effects in Autoimmune Disease

    Chris Cotsapas;Benjamin F. Voight;Elizabeth Rossin;Kasper Lage

Frequent Co-Authors

Christopher I. Amos
Christopher I. Amos Baylor College of Medicine
Robert M. Plenge
Robert M. Plenge Bristol Myers Squibb
Soumya Raychaudhuri
Soumya Raychaudhuri Brigham and Women's Hospital
Peter K. Gregersen
Peter K. Gregersen Feinstein Institute for Medical Research
Gideon M. Hirschfield
Gideon M. Hirschfield University Health Network
Eli A. Stahl
Eli A. Stahl Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Jane Worthington
Jane Worthington University of Manchester
Gordon B. Mills
Gordon B. Mills Oregon Health & Science University
Thomas J. Hudson
Thomas J. Hudson Ontario Institute for Cancer Research
Mark J. Daly
Mark J. Daly Massachusetts General Hospital

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