2026 Ludmil B. Alexandrov: Genetics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Genetics	88	1139	1078	545	511	220	60566

Research.com Recognitions

2018 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Ludmil B. Alexandrov is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, along with Medicine. Within these main domains, their work extends into the subfields of Molecular Biology, Cancer Research, Oncology, Genetics, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

The scientist's research topics focus heavily on Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics, along with Genetic factors in colorectal cancer, Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Genomics and Rare Diseases, DNA Repair Mechanisms, and Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities.

Among their recent papers are:

The repertoire of mutational signatures in human cancer, 2020, Nature
Pan-cancer analysis of whole genomes, 2020, Nature
Comprehensive analysis of chromothripsis in 2,658 human cancers using whole-genome sequencing, 2020, Nature Genetics
Comprehensive molecular characterization of mitochondrial genomes in human cancers, 2020, Nature Genetics
Signatures of copy number alterations in human cancer, 2022, Nature

Frequently collaborating with Ludmil B. Alexandrov are:

Erik N. Bergstrom
Marcos Díaz-Gay
Azhar Khandekar
David J. Adams
David C. Wedge

Publications by this researcher are commonly found in venues such as:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Cancer Research
Nature Communications
Nature
Nature Genetics

In recognition of their scientific contributions, Ludmil B. Alexandrov was awarded the title of Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 2018.

Best Publications

Signatures of mutational processes in human cancer

Ludmil B. Alexandrov;Serena Nik-Zainal;Serena Nik-Zainal;David C. Wedge;Samuel A. J. R. Aparicio

10789
Citations
Pan-cancer analysis of whole genomes

Peter J. Campbell;Gad Getz;Jan O. Korbel;Joshua M. Stuart

3090
Citations
The Repertoire of Mutational Signatures in Human Cancer

Ludmil B Alexandrov;Jaegil Kim;Nicholas J Haradhvala;Nicholas J Haradhvala;Mi Ni Huang

2832
Citations
Landscape of somatic mutations in 560 breast cancer whole-genome sequences

Serena Nik-Zainal;Serena Nik-Zainal;Helen Davies;Johan Staaf;Manasa Ramakrishna

2186
Citations
Mutational Processes Molding the Genomes of 21 Breast Cancers

Serena Nik-Zainal;Ludmil B. Alexandrov;David C. Wedge;Peter Van Loo;Peter Van Loo;Peter Van Loo

2052
Citations
High burden and pervasive positive selection of somatic mutations in normal human skin

Iñigo Martincorena;Amit Roshan;Moritz Gerstung;Peter Ellis

1713
Citations
Exome sequencing of hepatocellular carcinomas identifies new mutational signatures and potential therapeutic targets

Kornelius Schulze;Sandrine Imbeaud;Eric Letouzé;Ludmil B. Alexandrov;Ludmil B. Alexandrov

1655
Citations
The Life History of 21 Breast Cancers

Serena Nik-Zainal;Peter Van Loo;Peter Van Loo;Peter Van Loo;David C. Wedge;Ludmil B. Alexandrov

1572
Citations
Whole-genome landscapes of major melanoma subtypes

Nicholas K. Hayward;Nicholas K. Hayward;James S. Wilmott;Nicola Waddell;Nicola Waddell;Peter A. Johansson

1492
Citations
The evolutionary history of lethal metastatic prostate cancer.

Gunes Gundem;Peter Van Loo;Peter Van Loo;Peter Van Loo;Barbara Kremeyer;Ludmil B. Alexandrov

1450
Citations
Deciphering Signatures of Mutational Processes Operative in Human Cancer

Ludmil B. Alexandrov;Serena Nik-Zainal;David C. Wedge;Peter J. Campbell;Peter J. Campbell

1267
Citations
Mutational signatures associated with tobacco smoking in human cancer

Ludmil B Alexandrov;Ludmil B Alexandrov;Young Seok Ju;Kerstin Haase;Peter Van Loo;Peter Van Loo

1038
Citations
Clock-like mutational processes in human somatic cells

Ludmil B Alexandrov;Philip H Jones;Philip H Jones;David C Wedge;Julian E Sale

970
Citations
Heterogeneity of genomic evolution and mutational profiles in multiple myeloma

Niccolo Bolli;Hervé Avet-Loiseau;David C. Wedge;Peter Van Loo

949
Citations
Patterns of somatic structural variation in human cancer genomes

Yilong Li;Nicola D Roberts;Jeremiah A Wala;Jeremiah A Wala;Ofer Shapira;Ofer Shapira

942
Citations
Pan-cancer genome and transcriptome analyses of 1,699 paediatric leukaemias and solid tumours

Xiaotu Ma;Yu Liu;Yanling Liu;Ludmil B. Alexandrov

889
Citations
Timing, rates and spectra of human germline mutation

Raheleh Rahbari;Arthur Wuster;Sarah J Lindsay;Robert J Hardwick

835
Citations
Subclonal diversification of primary breast cancer revealed by multiregion sequencing

Lucy R. Yates;Moritz Gerstung;Stian Knappskog;Christine Desmedt

809
Citations
Whole-Genome and Epigenomic Landscapes of Etiologically Distinct Subtypes of Cholangiocarcinoma

Apinya Jusakul;Apinya Jusakul;Ioana Cutcutache;Chern Han Yong;Jing Quan Lim

773
Citations
Genomic Evolution of Breast Cancer Metastasis and Relapse

Lucy R. Yates;Stian Knappskog;Stian Knappskog;David Wedge;David Wedge;James H.R. Farmery

632
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter J. Campbell Wellcome Sanger Institute

Michael R. Stratton Wellcome Sanger Institute

David C. Wedge University of Manchester

Peter Van Loo The Francis Crick Institute

Serena Nik-Zainal University of Cambridge

Inigo Martincorena Wellcome Sanger Institute

Ultan McDermott AstraZeneca (United Kingdom)

Anne Lise Børresen-Dale Oslo University Hospital

Andrea L. Richardson Johns Hopkins University

Jon W. Teague Wellcome Sanger Institute

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