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Leanne M. Dibbens 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 Leanne M. Dibbens sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 117 publications — 14th percentile

14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Leanne M. Dibbens 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 Leanne M. Dibbens sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 57 D-Index — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Leanne M. Dibbens is affiliated with the University of South Australia in Australia. Their research spans several interconnected fields, focusing primarily on medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their body of work includes contributions to molecular biology, psychiatry and mental health, genetics, rheumatology, and cardiology and cardiovascular medicine.

Their main research topics cover epilepsy research and treatment, genetics and neurodevelopmental disorders, ion channel regulation and function, cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias, cannabis and cannabinoid research, genomics and rare diseases, as well as glycogen storage diseases and myoclonus.

Leanne M. Dibbens has authored multiple scientific papers, including:

  • KCNT1-related epilepsies and epileptic encephalopathies: phenotypic and mutational spectrum (2021), published in Brain
  • Progressive myoclonus epilepsies-Residual unsolved cases have marked genetic heterogeneity including dolichol-dependent protein glycosylation pathway genes (2021), published in The American Journal of Human Genetics
  • Functional Effects of Epilepsy Associated KCNT1 Mutations Suggest Pathogenesis via Aberrant Inhibitory Neuronal Activity (2022), published in International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Drosophila expressing mutant human KCNT1 transgenes make an effective tool for targeted drug screening in a whole animal model of KCNT1-epilepsy (2024), published in Scientific Reports
  • Chromosomal Instability Causes Sensitivity to Polyamines and One-Carbon Metabolism (2023), published in Metabolites

They frequently publish in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Brain
  • The American Journal of Human Genetics
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Scientific Reports

Their frequent coauthors include Zeeshan Shaukat, Rashid Hussain, Michael G. Ricos, Grigori Y. Rychkov, and Anowarul Islam.

Best Publications

  • The spectrum of SCN1A-related infantile epileptic encephalopathies

    Louise A Harkin;Jacinta M McMahon;Xenia Iona;Leanne Dibbens;Leanne Dibbens

  • Truncation of the GABAA-Receptor γ2 Subunit in a Family with Generalized Epilepsy with Febrile Seizures Plus

    Louise A Harkin;Louise A Harkin;David Nicholas Bowser;Leanne M Dibbens;Leanne M Dibbens;Rita Singh

  • Neuronal Sodium-Channel α1-Subunit Mutations in Generalized Epilepsy with Febrile Seizures Plus

    R.H. Wallace;R.H. Wallace;I.E. Scheffer;S. Barnett;M. Richards

  • X-linked protocadherin 19 mutations cause female-limited epilepsy and cognitive impairment.

    Leanne M. Dibbens;Leanne M. Dibbens;Patrick S. Tarpey;Kim Hynes;Kim Hynes;Marta A. Bayly

  • SCN1A mutations and epilepsy.

    John C. Mulley;Ingrid E. Scheffer;Steven Petrou;Leanne M. Dibbens;Leanne M. Dibbens

  • Missense mutations in the sodium-gated potassium channel gene KCNT1 cause severe autosomal dominant nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy

    Sarah E Heron;Katherine R Smith;Katherine R Smith;Melanie Bahlo;Melanie Bahlo;Lino Nobili

  • GABRD encoding a protein for extra- or peri-synaptic GABAA receptors is a susceptibility locus for generalized epilepsies

    Leanne M. Dibbens;Hua-Jun Feng;Michaella C. Richards;Louise A. Harkin

  • Mutations in DEPDC5 cause familial focal epilepsy with variable foci

    Leanne M Dibbens;Boukje de Vries;Simona Donatello;Sarah E Heron

  • Temporal lobe epilepsy and GEFS+ phenotypes associated with SCN1B mutations

    Ingrid E. Scheffer;Louise A. Harkin;Bronwyn E. Grinton;Leanne M. Dibbens

  • A recurrent de novo mutation in KCNC1 causes progressive myoclonus epilepsy

    Mikko Muona;Samuel F. Berkovic;Leanne M. Dibbens;Karen L. Oliver

  • PRRT2 mutations cause benign familial infantile epilepsy and infantile convulsions with choreoathetosis syndrome.

    Sarah E. Heron;Bronwyn E. Grinton;Sara Kivity;Zaid Afawi

  • Array-Based Gene Discovery with Three Unrelated Subjects Shows SCARB2/LIMP-2 Deficiency Causes Myoclonus Epilepsy and Glomerulosclerosis

    Samuel F Berkovic;Samuel F Berkovic;Leanne M Dibbens;Leanne M Dibbens;Alicia Oshlack;Jeremy D Silver;Jeremy D Silver

  • GABRA1 and STXBP1: Novel genetic causes of Dravet syndrome

    Gemma L Carvill;Sarah Weckhuysen;Sarah Weckhuysen;Jacinta M McMahon;Corinna Hartmann;Corinna Hartmann

  • KCNT1 gain of function in 2 epilepsy phenotypes is reversed by quinidine.

    Carol J. Milligan;Melody Li;Elena V. Gazina;Sarah E. Heron

  • Exome-based analysis of cardiac arrhythmia, respiratory control, and epilepsy genes in sudden unexpected death in epilepsy.

    Richard D. Bagnall;Douglas E. Crompton;Slavé Petrovski;Lien Lam

  • Mutations in mammalian target of rapamycin regulator DEPDC5 cause focal epilepsy with brain malformations.

    Ingrid E Scheffer;Sarah E Heron;Brigid M Regan;Simone A Mandelstam;Simone A Mandelstam

  • Familial and sporadic 15q13.3 microdeletions in idiopathic generalized epilepsy: precedent for disorders with complex inheritance

    Leanne M. Dibbens;Saul Mullen;Ingo Helbig;Heather C. Mefford

  • Sodium channel α1-subunit mutations in severe myoclonic epilepsy of infancy and infantile spasms

    R. H. Wallace;B. L. Hodgson;B. E. Grinton;R. M. Gardiner

  • Reduced cortical inhibition in a mouse model of familial childhood absence epilepsy

    Heneu O. Tan;Christopher A. Reid;Frank Nicolai Single;Philip J. Davies

  • Epilepsy and mental retardation limited to females: an under-recognized disorder.

    Ingrid E. Scheffer;Samantha J. Turner;Leanne M. Dibbens;Marta A. Bayly

Frequent Co-Authors

Ingrid E. Scheffer
Ingrid E. Scheffer University of Melbourne
Samuel F. Berkovic
Samuel F. Berkovic University of Melbourne
John C. Mulley
John C. Mulley Bangor University
Jozef Gecz
Jozef Gecz University of Adelaide
Eva Andermann
Eva Andermann McGill University
Steven Petrou
Steven Petrou Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health
Melanie Bahlo
Melanie Bahlo Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Rikke S. Møller
Rikke S. Møller University of Southern Denmark
Francesca Bisulli
Francesca Bisulli University of Bologna
Heather C. Mefford
Heather C. Mefford University of Washington

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