2026 Kathleen C. Barnes: Genetics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Immunology	91	1019	927	552	493	443	67489
Genetics	91	1019	965	497	467	408	69536
Medicine	93	10640	9990	5471	5055	456	71157

Overview

Kathleen C. Barnes is affiliated with the University of Colorado Denver in the United States. Their research spans multiple domains within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine, with a focus on genetics and molecular biology as primary subfields.

The scientist's work addresses a variety of topics, including:

Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
Asthma and respiratory diseases
Genomics and Rare Diseases
Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks
Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research

Kathleen C. Barnes has contributed to the literature with publications in several notable venues, including:

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (21 publications)
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (18 publications)
UNC Libraries (13 publications)
Nature Communications (11 publications)
Nature (8 publications)

Recent papers associated with their research include:

"Inherited causes of clonal haematopoiesis in 97,691 whole genomes," 2020, Nature
"Genetic diversity fuels gene discovery for tobacco and alcohol use," 2022, Nature
"Global Biobank Meta-analysis Initiative: Powering genetic discovery across human disease," 2022, Cell Genomics
"Assessing the contribution of rare variants to complex trait heritability from whole-genome sequence data," 2022, Nature Genetics
"Dynamic incorporation of multiple in silico functional annotations empowers rare variant association analysis of large whole-genome sequencing studies at scale," 2020, Nature Genetics

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

Rasika A. Mathias (55 coauthored works)
Donna K. Arnett (52 coauthored works)
Joshua C. Bis (44 coauthored works)
Eric Boerwinkle (40 coauthored works)
Sameer Chavan (38 coauthored works)

Best Publications

A global reference for human genetic variation.

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

18403
Citations
An integrated map of genetic variation from 1,092 human genomes

Goncalo R Abecasis;Adam Auton;Lisa D Brooks

13558
Citations
Sequencing of 53,831 diverse genomes from the NHLBI TOPMed Program.

Daniel Taliun;Daniel N. Harris;Michael D. Kessler;Jedidiah Carlson;Jedidiah Carlson

2185
Citations
Mapping the human genetic architecture of COVID-19

Unknown

1594
Citations
Cytokine modulation of atopic dermatitis filaggrin skin expression

Michael D. Howell;Byung Eui Kim;Peisong Gao;Audrey V. Grant

1372
Citations
Optimal unified approach for rare-variant association testing with application to small-sample case-control whole-exome sequencing studies.

Seunggeun Lee;Mary J. Emond;Michael J. Bamshad;Kathleen C. Barnes

1168
Citations
The Genetic Association Database

Kevin G Becker;Kathleen C Barnes;Tiffani J Bright;S Alex Wang

1128
Citations
Genetic analyses of diverse populations improves discovery for complex traits

Genevieve L. Wojcik;Mariaelisa Graff;Katherine K. Nishimura;Ran Tao

1058
Citations
A genome-wide search for asthma susceptibility loci in ethnically diverse populations

David G. Marsh;Nancy E. Maestri;Linda R. Freidhoff;Kathleen C. Barnes

1012
Citations
Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies of asthma in ethnically diverse North American populations

Dara G. Torgerson;Dara G. Torgerson;Elizabeth J. Ampleford;Grace Y. Chiu;W. James Gauderman

964
Citations
A global reference for human genetic variation

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

963
Citations
Tight junction defects in patients with atopic dermatitis.

Anna De Benedetto;Nicholas M. Rafaels;Laura Y. McGirt;Andrei I. Ivanov

844
Citations
Inherited causes of clonal haematopoiesis in 97,691 whole genomes.

Alexander G Bick;Joshua S Weinstock;Satish K Nandakumar;Satish K Nandakumar;Charles P Fulco;Charles P Fulco

699
Citations
Detectable clonal mosaicism from birth to old age and its relationship to cancer.

Cathy C. Laurie;Cecelia A Laurie;Kenneth Rice;Kimberly F. Doheny

657
Citations
Sensitive detection of chromosomal segments of distinct ancestry in admixed populations.

Alkes L. Price;Arti Tandon;Arti Tandon;Nick Patterson;Kathleen C Barnes

618
Citations
Genetic diversity fuels gene discovery for tobacco and alcohol use

Unknown

565
Citations
Multiancestry association study identifies new asthma risk loci that colocalize with immune-cell enhancer marks

Florence Demenais;Florence Demenais;Patricia Margaritte-Jeannin;Patricia Margaritte-Jeannin;Kathleen C. Barnes;William O.C. Cookson

548
Citations
Pre-B-cell colony-enhancing factor as a potential novel biomarker in acute lung injury.

Shui Q. Ye;Brett A. Simon;James P. Maloney;April Zambelli-Weiner

514
Citations
Sequencing of 53,831 diverse genomes from the NHLBI TOPMed Program

Daniel Taliun;Daniel N. Harris;Michael D. Kessler;Jedidiah Carlson;Jedidiah Carlson

513
Citations
Assessing the contribution of rare variants to complex trait heritability from whole-genome sequence data

Unknown

459
Citations
An update on the genetics of atopic dermatitis: scratching the surface in 2009.

Kathleen C. Barnes

405
Citations
Variants of DENND1B Associated with Asthma in Children

Patrick M. A. Sleiman;James Flory;Marcin Imielinski;Jonathan P. Bradfield

399
Citations
Multiancestry association study identifies new asthma risk loci that colocalize with immune-cell enhancer marks

Florence Demenais;Patricia Margaritte-Jeannin;Kathleen C. Barnes;William O. C. Cookson

0
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Rasika A. Mathias Johns Hopkins University

Nicholas Rafaels University of Colorado Denver

Terri H. Beaty Johns Hopkins University

Scott T. Weiss Harvard University

Ingo Ruczinski Johns Hopkins University

Nadia N. Hansel Johns Hopkins University

Carole Ober University of Chicago

Lisa A. Beck University of Rochester Medical Center

Eugene R. Bleecker University of Arizona

Esteban G. Burchard University of California, San Francisco

External Links

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