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Laurie J. Ozelius

Laurie J. Ozelius

D-Index & Metrics

Genetics

D-Index
89
Citations
25617
World Ranking
1130
National Ranking
541

Medicine

D-Index
91
Citations
27023
World Ranking
11854
National Ranking
6081

Laurie J. Ozelius 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 Laurie J. Ozelius sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 314 publications — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Laurie J. Ozelius 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 Laurie J. Ozelius sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 89 D-Index — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Laurie J. Ozelius is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas primarily within the fields of Medicine, Neuroscience, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. The scientist's work focuses notably on Neurology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, Genetics, and Physiology.

The main topics addressed in their publications include:

  • Neurological disorders and treatments
  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases
  • Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders
  • Neurological diseases and metabolism
  • Genomics and Rare Diseases
  • RNA regulation and disease

Laurie J. Ozelius has contributed extensively to a number of scientific journals. The most frequent publication venues for their work are:

  • Neurology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Movement Disorders
  • Movement Disorders Clinical Practice
  • Neurobiology of Disease

Notable recent papers by Laurie J. Ozelius include:

  • Monogenic variants in dystonia: an exome-wide sequencing study, 2020, The Lancet Neurology
  • Genotype-Phenotype Relations for Isolated Dystonia Genes: MDSGene Systematic Review, 2021, Movement Disorders
  • Laryngeal Dystonia, 2021, Neurology
  • Association of Dual LRRK2 G2019S and GBA Variations With Parkinson Disease Progression, 2021, JAMA Network Open
  • Identifying genetic modifiers of age-associated penetrance in X-linked dystonia-parkinsonism, 2021, Nature Communications

The scientist collaborates regularly with a group of frequent co-authors including Nutan Sharma, Aloysius Domingo, Susan Bressman, D. Cristopher Bragg, and Rachita Yadav. These partnerships have resulted in numerous joint publications, indicating an active research network.

Best Publications

  • The early-onset torsion dystonia gene (DYT1) encodes an ATP-binding protein

    Laurie J. Ozelius;Jeffrey W. Hewett;Curtis E. Page;Susan B. Bressman

  • LRRK2 G2019S as a cause of Parkinson's disease in Ashkenazi Jews.

    Laurie J. Ozelius;Geetha Senthil;Rachel Saunders-Pullman;Erin Ohmann

  • Von Hippel–Lindau disease maps to the region of chromosome 3 associated with renal cell carcinoma

    B. R. Seizinger;G. A. Rouleau;L. J. Ozelius;A. H. Lane

  • A Single Nucleotide Polymorphism in the Matrix Metalloproteinase-1 Promoter Creates an Ets Binding Site and Augments Transcription

    Joni L. Rutter;Teresa I. Mitchell;Giovanna Butticè;Jennifer Meyers

  • Mutations in the Na+/K+-ATPase α3 Gene ATP1A3 Are Associated with Rapid-Onset Dystonia Parkinsonism

    Patricia de Carvalho Aguiar;Patricia de Carvalho Aguiar;Kathleen J Sweadner;John T Penniston;Jacek Zaremba

  • Genetic analysis of idiopathic torsion dystonia in Ashkenazi Jews and their recent descent from a small founder population.

    Neil Risch;Neil Risch;Deborah de Leon;Laurie Ozelius;Patricia Kramer

  • Genetic linkage of von Recklinghausen neurofibromatosis to the nerve growth factor receptor gene

    B.R. Seizinger;G.A. Rouleau;L.J. Ozelius;A.H. Lane

  • The DYT1 phenotype and guidelines for diagnostic testing

    Susan B Bressman;C Sabatti;Deborah Raymond;D de Leon

  • Mutations in COQ2 in familial and sporadic multiple-system atrophy the multiple-system atrophy research collaboration

    Jun Mitsui;Takashi Matsukawa;Hiroyuki Ishiura;Yoko Fukuda;Yoko Fukuda

  • Mutations in the THAP1 gene are responsible for DYT6 primary torsion dystonia.

    Tania Fuchs;Sophie Gavarini;Rachel Saunders-Pullman;Rachel Saunders-Pullman;Deborah Raymond

  • Mutations in GNAL cause primary torsion dystonia.

    Tania Fuchs;Rachel Saunders-Pullman;Rachel Saunders-Pullman;Ikuo Masuho;Marta San Luciano

  • Functional variants in the LRRK2 gene confer shared effects on risk for Crohn's disease and Parkinson's disease.

    Ken Y. Hui;Heriberto Fernandez-Hernandez;Jianzhong Hu;Adam Schaffner

  • Human gene for torsion dystonia located on chromosome 9q32-q34.

    Laurie Ozelius;Patricia L. Kramer;Carol B. Moskowitz;David J. Kwiatkowski

  • Distribution, type, and origin of Parkin mutations: Review and case studies

    Katja Hedrich;Cordula Eskelson;Beth Wilmot;Karen Marder

  • Common pathogenetic mechanism for three tumor types in bilateral acoustic neurofibromatosis

    BR Seizinger;G Rouleau;LJ Ozelius;AH Lane

  • Positron emission tomographic analysis of the nigrostriatal dopaminergic system in familial Parkinsonism associated with mutations in the Parkin gene

    Ruediger Hilker;Christine Klein;Mehran Ghaemi;Bernhard Kis

  • The phenotypic spectrum of rapid-onset dystonia–parkinsonism (RDP) and mutations in the ATP1A3 gene

    Allison Brashear;William B. Dobyns;Patricia de Carvalho Aguiar;Michel Borg

  • Parkin deletions in a family with adult‐onset, tremor‐dominant parkinsonism: Expanding the phenotype

    Christine Klein;Peter P. Pramstaller;Bernhard Kis;Curtis C. Page

  • DJ-1 (PARK7) mutations are less frequent than Parkin (PARK2) mutations in early-onset Parkinson disease.

    K. Hedrich;A. Djarmati;N. Schäfer;R. Hering

  • Mutant torsinA, responsible for early-onset torsion dystonia, forms membrane inclusions in cultured neural cells

    Jeffrey Hewett;Charo Gonzalez-Agosti;Damien Slater;Philipp Ziefer

Frequent Co-Authors

Xandra O. Breakefield
Xandra O. Breakefield Harvard University
Rachel Saunders-Pullman
Rachel Saunders-Pullman Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Susan B. Bressman
Susan B. Bressman Mount Sinai Beth Israel
Christine Klein
Christine Klein University of Lübeck
Patricia L. Kramer
Patricia L. Kramer Oregon Health & Science University
James F. Gusella
James F. Gusella Harvard University
Kathleen J. Sweadner
Kathleen J. Sweadner Harvard University
Neil Risch
Neil Risch University of California, San Francisco
Mitchell F. Brin
Mitchell F. Brin Allergan (Ireland)
Karen Marder
Karen Marder Columbia University

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