2026 Kathryn Roeder: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	91	2263	2060	1213	1082	225	57554

Research.com Recognitions

2019 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2019 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
1997 - COPSS Presidents' Award
1996 - Fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA)

Overview

Kathryn Roeder is affiliated with Carnegie Mellon University in the United States and has a research focus predominantly within Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their publication record demonstrates extensive work in Molecular Biology, Genetics, and Statistical methods, alongside contributions to Cognitive Neuroscience and Neurology.

The scientist's research encompasses topics such as:

Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
Gene expression and cancer classification
Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
Statistical Methods and Inference
Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks
Gene Regulatory Network Analysis

Recent publications by Kathryn Roeder include:

Large-Scale Exome Sequencing Study Implicates Both Developmental and Functional Changes in the Neurobiology of Autism, 2020, Cell
The huge Package for High-dimensional Undirected Graph Estimation in R, 2020, PubMed
APOE and TREM2 regulate amyloid-responsive microglia in Alzheimer's disease, 2020, Acta Neuropathologica
Discovery of target genes and pathways at GWAS loci by pooled single-cell CRISPR screens, 2023, Science
Whole-Genome and RNA Sequencing Reveal Variation and Transcriptomic Coordination in the Developing Human Prefrontal Cortex, 2020, Cell Reports

Frequent co-authors in their research include:

Bernie Devlin
Joseph D. Buxbaum
Lambertus Klei
Jing Lei
Jin-Hong Du

Kathryn Roeder has published regularly in venues such as:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
arXiv (Cornell University)
European Neuropsychopharmacology
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Journal of the American Statistical Association

The scientist has received notable recognitions including:

Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2019)
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2019)
COPSS Presidents' Award (1997)
Fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA) (1996)

Best Publications

Genomic control for association studies.

B. Devlin;Kathryn Roeder

3682
Citations
Synaptic, transcriptional and chromatin genes disrupted in autism

Silvia De Rubeis;Xin-Xin He;Arthur P Goldberg;Christopher S. Poultney

3036
Citations
De novo mutations revealed by whole-exome sequencing are strongly associated with autism

Stephan J. Sanders;Michael T. Murtha;Abha R. Gupta;John D. Murdoch

2443
Citations
Genetic relationship between five psychiatric disorders estimated from genome-wide SNPs

S. Hong Lee;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Benjamin M. Neale;Benjamin M. Neale;Stephen V. Faraone

2429
Citations
Functional impact of global rare copy number variation in autism spectrum disorders

Dalila Pinto;Alistair T. Pagnamenta;Lambertus Klei;Richard Anney

2381
Citations
Large-Scale Exome Sequencing Study Implicates Both Developmental and Functional Changes in the Neurobiology of Autism

F. Kyle Satterstrom;F. Kyle Satterstrom;Jack A. Kosmicki;Jiebiao Wang;Michael S. Breen

2295
Citations
Patterns and rates of exonic de novo mutations in autism spectrum disorders

Benjamin M. Neale;Yan Kou;Li Liu;Avi Ma'Ayan

2065
Citations
Insights into Autism Spectrum Disorder Genomic Architecture and Biology from 71 Risk Loci.

Stephan J. Sanders;Xin He;A. Jeremy Willsey;A. Gulhan Ercan-Sencicek

1582
Citations
Multiple Recurrent De Novo CNVs, Including Duplications of the 7q11.23 Williams Syndrome Region, Are Strongly Associated with Autism

Stephan J. Sanders;A. Gulhan Ercan-Sencicek;Vanessa Hus;Rui Luo

1500
Citations
Most genetic risk for autism resides with common variation

Trent Gaugler;Lambertus Klei;Stephan J. Sanders;Corneliu A. Bodea

1402
Citations
Genomic Relationships, Novel Loci, and Pleiotropic Mechanisms across Eight Psychiatric Disorders

Phil H. Lee;Verneri Anttila;Hyejung Won;Yen-Chen A. Feng

1346
Citations
Gene expression elucidates functional impact of polygenic risk for schizophrenia

Menachem Fromer;Panos Roussos;Solveig K. Sieberts;Jessica S. Johnson

1216
Citations
A framework for the interpretation of de novo mutation in human disease

Kaitlin E Samocha;Elise B Robinson;Stephan J Sanders;Christine Stevens

1160
Citations
Coexpression Networks Implicate Human Midfetal Deep Cortical Projection Neurons in the Pathogenesis of Autism

A. Jeremy Willsey;A. Jeremy Willsey;Stephan J. Sanders;Stephan J. Sanders;Mingfeng Li;Shan Dong;Shan Dong

1051
Citations
Eating Disorder Symptoms Among College Students: Prevalence, Persistence, Correlates, and Treatment-Seeking

Daniel Eisenberg;Emily J. Nicklett;Kathryn Roeder;Nina E. Kirz

833
Citations
Genome-wide association identifies multiple ulcerative colitis susceptibility loci

Dermot P.B. McGovern;Agnès Gardet;Leif Törkvist;Philippe Goyette

779
Citations
Psychiatric genome-wide association study analyses implicate neuronal, immune and histone pathways

Colm O'Dushlaine;Lizzy Rossin;Phil H. Lee;Laramie Duncan;Laramie Duncan

729
Citations
A genome-wide scan for common alleles affecting risk for autism

Richard Anney;Lambertus Klei;Dalila Pinto;Regina Regan

709
Citations
Testing for an unusual distribution of rare variants.

Benjamin Michael Neale;Manuel A. Rivas;Manuel A. Rivas;Benjamin F. Voight;Benjamin F. Voight;David Matthew Altshuler;David Matthew Altshuler

707
Citations
Practical Bayesian Density Estimation Using Mixtures of Normals

Kathryn Roeder;Larry Wasserman

703
Citations