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Biology and Biochemistry

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96
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29126
World Ranking
1852
National Ranking
1019

Medicine

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96
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29395
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9789
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5031

Maria Teresa Landi publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Maria Teresa Landi sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 349 publications — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Maria Teresa Landi D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Maria Teresa Landi sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 317 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 900 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,026 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,150 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,236 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,163 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,131 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,032 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 715 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 72 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 96 D-Index — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Maria Teresa Landi is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. The research conducted spans numerous fields, primarily including Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with 124 publications, and Medicine, with 67 publications.

Their work covers several subfields of study, with significant contributions to Molecular Biology, Cancer Research, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Genetics, and Oncology.

The main research topics explored include:

  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Occupational and environmental lung diseases
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Melanin and skin pigmentation

A number of frequent co-authors have collaborated with Maria Teresa Landi, including:

  • Tongwu Zhang
  • Jianxin Shi
  • Neil E. Caporaso
  • Dario Consonni
  • Stephen J. Chanock

Their publications have appeared in various scientific journals, with several venues publishing multiple articles. These venues include:

  • Cancer Research (11 publications)
  • Nature Communications (10 publications)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (9 publications)
  • Nature Genetics (3 publications)
  • Nature (3 publications)

Some recent representative papers authored or co-authored by Maria Teresa Landi include:

  • "Genome-wide association meta-analyses combining multiple risk phenotypes provide insights into the genetic architecture of cutaneous melanoma susceptibility", Nature Genetics, 2020
  • "Genomic and evolutionary classification of lung cancer in never smokers", Nature Genetics, 2021
  • "Mapping clustered mutations in cancer reveals APOBEC3 mutagenesis of ecDNA", Nature, 2022
  • "Uncovering novel mutational signatures by de novo extraction with SigProfilerExtractor", Cell Genomics, 2022
  • "Genetic and epigenetic intratumor heterogeneity impacts prognosis of lung adenocarcinoma", Nature Communications, 2020

Best Publications

  • Genome-partitioning of genetic variation for complex traits using common SNPs

    Jian Yang;Teri A. Manolio;Louis R. Pasquale;Eric Boerwinkle

  • Large-scale association analysis identifies new lung cancer susceptibility loci and heterogeneity in genetic susceptibility across histological subtypes

    James D McKay;Rayjean J Hung;Younghun Han;Xuchen Zong

  • Gene expression signature of cigarette smoking and its role in lung adenocarcinoma development and survival.

    Maria Teresa Landi;Tatiana Dracheva;Melissa Rotunno;Jonine D. Figueroa

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

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

  • Obesity, metabolic factors and risk of different histological types of lung cancer: A Mendelian randomization study

    Robert Carreras-Torres;Mattias Johansson;Philip C. Haycock;Kaitlin H. Wade

  • Detectable clonal mosaicism and its relationship to aging and cancer

    Kevin B. Jacobs;Kevin B. Jacobs;Meredith Yeager;Meredith Yeager;Weiyin Zhou;Weiyin Zhou;Sholom Wacholder

  • A Genome-wide Association Study of Lung Cancer Identifies a Region of Chromosome 5p15 Associated with Risk for Adenocarcinoma.

    Maria Teresa Landi;Nilanjan Chatterjee;Kai Yu;Lynn R. Goldin

  • Cigarette smoking and lung cancer – relative risk estimates for the major histological types from a pooled analysis of case-control studies

    Beate Pesch;Benjamin Kendzia;Per Gustavsson;Karl Heinz Jöckel

  • Quality control and quality assurance in genotypic data for genome-wide association studies.

    Cathy C. Laurie;Kimberly F. Doheny;Daniel B. Mirel;Elizabeth W. Pugh

  • Genome-wide association study identifies three loci associated with melanoma risk.

    D Timothy Bishop;Florence Demenais;Mark M Iles;Mark Harland

  • Features associated with germline CDKN2A mutations: a GenoMEL study of melanoma‐prone families from three continents

    Alisa M Goldstein;May Chan;Mark Harland;Nicholas K Hayward

  • A multi-stage genome-wide association study of bladder cancer identifies multiple susceptibility loci

    Nathaniel Rothman;Montserrat Garcia-Closas;Nilanjan Chatterjee;Nuria Malats

  • High-risk Melanoma Susceptibility Genes and Pancreatic Cancer, Neural System Tumors, and Uveal Melanoma across GenoMEL

    Alisa M. Goldstein;May Chan;Mark Harland;Elizabeth M. Gillanders

  • Rare variants of large effect in BRCA2 and CHEK2 affect risk of lung cancer

    Yufei Wang;James D McKay;Thorunn Rafnar;Zhaoming Wang

  • MicroRNA expression differentiates histology and predicts survival of lung cancer.

    Maria Teresa Landi;Yingdong Zhao;Melissa Rotunno;Jill Koshiol

  • Multiple Independent Loci at Chromosome 15q25.1 Affect Smoking Quantity: a Meta-Analysis and Comparison with Lung Cancer and COPD

    Nancy L. Saccone;Nancy L. Saccone;Robert C Culverhouse;Tae-Hwi Schwantes-An;Dale S. Cannon

  • MC1R germline variants confer risk for BRAF-mutant melanoma

    Maria Teresa Landi;Jürgen Bauer;Jürgen Bauer;Ruth M. Pfeiffer;David E. Elder

  • Rare missense variants in POT1 predispose to familial cutaneous malignant melanoma.

    Jianxin Shi;Xiaohong R. Yang;Bari Ballew;Melissa Rotunno

  • Neonatal Thyroid Function in Seveso 25 Years after Maternal Exposure to Dioxin

    Andrea Baccarelli;Sara M Giacomini;Carlo Corbetta;Maria Teresa Landi

  • Detectable clonal mosaicism and its relationship to aging and cancer

    Kevin B. Jacobs;Meredith Yeager;Weiyin Zhou;Sholom Wacholder

Frequent Co-Authors

Neil E. Caporaso
Neil E. Caporaso National Institutes of Health
Christopher I. Amos
Christopher I. Amos Baylor College of Medicine
Dario Consonni
Dario Consonni University of Milan
Paul Brennan
Paul Brennan International Agency For Research On Cancer
Rayjean J. Hung
Rayjean J. Hung Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute
Pier Alberto Bertazzi
Pier Alberto Bertazzi University of Milan
Stephen J. Chanock
Stephen J. Chanock National Institutes of Health
David C. Christiani
David C. Christiani Harvard University
Angela Risch
Angela Risch University of Salzburg
Alisa M. Goldstein
Alisa M. Goldstein National Institutes of Health

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