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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Medicine 247 37 31 28 24 884 484101
Genetics 247 5 5 4 4 856 483847
Best Scientists 247 54 48 38 34 894 447258

Mark J. Daly publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Mark J. Daly between 1982 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Mark J. Daly published across 44 years, from 1982 to 2025, averaging 25.1 papers a year. Output peaked at 86 publications in 2019. 85 of the 1,106 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
20 40 60 80
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1982 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 86. Peak 86 publications in 2019. 1982: 1 publication 1983: 0 publications 1984: 0 publications 1985: 0 publications 1986: 0 publications 1987: 2 publications 1988: 0 publications 1989: 1 publication 1990: 0 publications 1991: 0 publications 1992: 0 publications 1993: 0 publications 1994: 2 publications 1995: 4 publications 1996: 10 publications 1997: 7 publications 1998: 7 publications 1999: 1 publication 2000: 20 publications 2001: 17 publications 2002: 12 publications 2003: 10 publications 2004: 19 publications 2005: 23 publications 2006: 32 publications 2007: 31 publications 2008: 37 publications 2009: 36 publications 2010: 43 publications 2011: 41 publications 2012: 27 publications 2013: 38 publications 2014: 32 publications 2015: 42 publications 2016: 61 publications 2017: 48 publications 2018: 62 publications 2019: 86 publications 2020: 65 publications 2021: 72 publications 2022: 47 publications 2023: 85 publications 2024: 57 publications 2025: 28 publications
1982 2025

1,106 publications in total across all disciplines

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Mark J. Daly: publications per year, 1982 to 2025
Year Publications
1982 1
1983 0
1984 0
1985 0
1986 0
1987 2
1988 0
1989 1
1990 0
1991 0
1992 0
1993 0
1994 2
1995 4
1996 10
1997 7
1998 7
1999 1
2000 20
2001 17
2002 12
2003 10
2004 19
2005 23
2006 32
2007 31
2008 37
2009 36
2010 43
2011 41
2012 27
2013 38
2014 32
2015 42
2016 61
2017 48
2018 62
2019 86
2020 65
2021 72
2022 47
2023 85
2024 57
2025 28
Total 1,106
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Mark J. Daly publications per year - data summary

  • Mark J. Daly, a Genetics scholar from Massachusetts General Hospital, has 1,106 publications recorded across 44 years, from 1982 to 2025.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1982 and the most recent to 2025.
  • The most productive year is 2019, with 86 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 1982, 1989 and 1999, with 1 publication each.
  • 9 of the 44 years in the span carry no publications at all (1983, 1984, 1985, 1986 and others).
  • The rate of publication averages 25.1 papers per year over the whole span, or 31.6 per year counting only the 35 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2021-2025) hold 289 publications, 26% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1982-1996: 20 publications (1.3 per year); 1997-2011: 336 publications (22.4 per year); 2012-2025: 750 publications (53.6 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Mark J. Daly 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 Mark J. Daly sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150 200
Bar chart with 67 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 45–54 to 703+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 217. Most scientists, 217, have 125–134 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 703 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 703+ publications, is where this scientist sits. 45–54 publications: 6 scientists 55–64 publications: 10 scientists 65–74 publications: 35 scientists 75–84 publications: 84 scientists 85–94 publications: 102 scientists 95–104 publications: 151 scientists 105–114 publications: 175 scientists 115–124 publications: 203 scientists 125–134 publications: 217 scientists 135–144 publications: 205 scientists 145–154 publications: 193 scientists 155–164 publications: 188 scientists 165–174 publications: 170 scientists 175–184 publications: 178 scientists 185–194 publications: 164 scientists 195–204 publications: 173 scientists 205–214 publications: 159 scientists 215–224 publications: 134 scientists 225–234 publications: 143 scientists 235–244 publications: 105 scientists 245–254 publications: 114 scientists 255–264 publications: 92 scientists 265–274 publications: 88 scientists 275–284 publications: 87 scientists 285–294 publications: 80 scientists 295–304 publications: 62 scientists 305–314 publications: 75 scientists 315–324 publications: 67 scientists 325–334 publications: 60 scientists 335–344 publications: 52 scientists 345–354 publications: 40 scientists 355–364 publications: 48 scientists 365–374 publications: 47 scientists 375–384 publications: 46 scientists 385–394 publications: 31 scientists 395–404 publications: 27 scientists 405–414 publications: 40 scientists 415–424 publications: 30 scientists 425–434 publications: 43 scientists 435–444 publications: 29 scientists 445–454 publications: 14 scientists 455–464 publications: 28 scientists 465–474 publications: 21 scientists 475–484 publications: 21 scientists 485–494 publications: 22 scientists 495–504 publications: 17 scientists 505–514 publications: 12 scientists 515–524 publications: 11 scientists 525–534 publications: 8 scientists 535–544 publications: 8 scientists 545–554 publications: 14 scientists 555–564 publications: 4 scientists 565–574 publications: 11 scientists 575–584 publications: 5 scientists 585–594 publications: 11 scientists 595–604 publications: 12 scientists 605–614 publications: 7 scientists 615–624 publications: 6 scientists 625–634 publications: 10 scientists 635–644 publications: 9 scientists 645–654 publications: 10 scientists 655–664 publications: 6 scientists 665–674 publications: 6 scientists 675–684 publications: 6 scientists 685–694 publications: 4 scientists 695–702 publications: 6 scientists 703+ publications: 100 scientists
45–54 publications 703+

This scientist: 856 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Genetics scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 4,342 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
45–54 6
55–64 10
65–74 35
75–84 84
85–94 102
95–104 151
105–114 175
115–124 203
125–134 217
135–144 205
145–154 193
155–164 188
165–174 170
175–184 178
185–194 164
195–204 173
205–214 159
215–224 134
225–234 143
235–244 105
245–254 114
255–264 92
265–274 88
275–284 87
285–294 80
295–304 62
305–314 75
315–324 67
325–334 60
335–344 52
345–354 40
355–364 48
365–374 47
375–384 46
385–394 31
395–404 27
405–414 40
415–424 30
425–434 43
435–444 29
445–454 14
455–464 28
465–474 21
475–484 21
485–494 22
495–504 17
505–514 12
515–524 11
525–534 8
535–544 8
545–554 14
555–564 4
565–574 11
575–584 5
585–594 11
595–604 12
605–614 7
615–624 6
625–634 10
635–644 9
645–654 10
655–664 6
665–674 6
675–684 6
685–694 4
695–702 6
703+ 100 856
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Mark J. Daly publication distribution in Genetics in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 4,342 Genetics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 67 ranges running from 45–54 to 703+ publications.
  • Mark J. Daly, a Genetics scholar from Massachusetts General Hospital, records 856 publications - the 99th percentile of the discipline.
  • 99% of ranked Genetics scientists score the same or lower than Mark J. Daly, and about 1% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 195–204 publications range, and Mark J. Daly ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 125–134 publications, holding 217 scientists (5% of the field).
  • 56% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 205–214 publications), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 703 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (2% of the field).

Mark J. Daly 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 Mark J. Daly sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 61 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 160+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 191. Most scientists, 191, have 62–63 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 160+ D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40–41 D-Index: 24 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 52 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 84 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 112 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 118 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 141 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 143 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 145 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 179 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 162 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 175 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 191 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 172 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 184 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 164 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 158 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 150 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 136 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 127 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 127 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 111 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 110 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 110 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 84 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 102 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 66 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 72 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 70 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 54 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 60 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 49 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 55 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 45 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 42 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 28 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 39 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 25 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 31 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 29 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 34 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 29 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 29 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 18 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 27 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 22 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 16 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 11 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 17 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 12 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 21 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 4 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 9 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 14 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 6 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 10 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 7 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 9 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 8 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 8 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 9 scientists 160+ D-Index: 96 scientists
40–41 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 247 D-Index — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

View D-Index distribution as a table
Number of Genetics scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 4,342 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 24
42–43 52
44–45 84
46–47 112
48–49 118
50–51 141
52–53 143
54–55 145
56–57 179
58–59 162
60–61 175
62–63 191
64–65 172
66–67 184
68–69 164
70–71 158
72–73 150
74–75 136
76–77 127
78–79 127
80–81 111
82–83 110
84–85 110
86–87 84
88–89 102
90–91 66
92–93 72
94–95 70
96–97 54
98–99 60
100–101 49
102–103 55
104–105 45
106–107 42
108–109 28
110–111 39
112–113 25
114–115 31
116–117 29
118–119 34
120–121 29
122–123 29
124–125 18
126–127 27
128–129 22
130–131 16
132–133 11
134–135 17
136–137 12
138–139 21
140–141 4
142–143 9
144–145 14
146–147 6
148–149 10
150–151 7
152–153 9
154–155 8
156–157 8
158–159 9
160+ 96 247
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Mark J. Daly D-index placement in Genetics in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 4,342 Genetics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 61 ranges running from 40–41 to 160+ D-Index.
  • Mark J. Daly, a Genetics scholar from Massachusetts General Hospital, records 247 D-Index - the 100th percentile of the discipline.
  • 100% of ranked Genetics scientists score the same or lower than Mark J. Daly, and about 0% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 70–71 D-Index range, and Mark J. Daly ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 62–63 D-Index, holding 191 scientists (4% of the field).
  • 51% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 70–71 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more, 96 scientists in all (2% of the field).

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Genetics in United States Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Medicine in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Genetics in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Medicine in United States Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics in United States Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Finland Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics in United States Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Finland Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Finland Leader Award
  • 2017 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
  • 2014 - Curt Stern Award, American Society of Human Genetics

Overview

Mark J. Daly is affiliated with Massachusetts General Hospital in the United States. Their research spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. The subfields they focus on include Genetics, Molecular Biology, Immunology, Epidemiology, and Surgery.

The main topics in their body of work cover Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Genomics and Rare Diseases, Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, and Genomic Variations and Chromosomal Abnormalities.

Mark J. Daly has contributed to a range of significant publications. Notable recent papers include:

  • The mutational constraint spectrum quantified from variation in 141,456 humans (2020, Nature)
  • Large-Scale Exome Sequencing Study Implicates Both Developmental and Functional Changes in the Neurobiology of Autism (2020, Cell)
  • A cross-population atlas of genetic associations for 220 human phenotypes (2021, Nature Genetics)
  • Mapping the human genetic architecture of COVID-19 (2021, Nature)
  • Genetics of 35 blood and urine biomarkers in the UK Biobank (2021, Nature Genetics)

The scientist frequently collaborates with several colleagues, including Aarno Palotie, Benjamin M. Neale, Mitja Kurki, Konrad J. Karczewski, and Juha Karjalainen.

Mark J. Daly's work has often appeared in several key venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Genetics
  • Nature Communications
  • Nature
  • European Neuropsychopharmacology

Recognition for their contributions includes membership in the National Academy of Medicine awarded in 2017, as well as the Curt Stern Award from the American Society of Human Genetics received in 2014.

Best Publications

  • PLINK: A Tool Set for Whole-Genome Association and Population-Based Linkage Analyses

    Shaun Purcell;Shaun Purcell;Benjamin Neale;Benjamin Neale;Kathe Todd-Brown;Lori Thomas

  • The Genome Analysis Toolkit: A MapReduce framework for analyzing next-generation DNA sequencing data

    Aaron Henrik McKenna;Matthew Hanna;Eric Banks;Andrey Sivachenko

  • A global reference for human genetic variation.

    Adam Auton;Gonçalo R. Abecasis;David M. Altshuler;Richard M. Durbin

  • Haploview: analysis and visualization of LD and haplotype maps

    J. C. Barrett;B. Fry;J. Maller;M. J. Daly

  • A framework for variation discovery and genotyping using next-generation DNA sequencing data

    Mark A DePristo;Eric Banks;Ryan Poplin;Kiran V Garimella

  • Analysis of protein-coding genetic variation in 60,706 humans

    Monkol Lek;Konrad J. Karczewski;Konrad J. Karczewski;Eric V. Minikel;Eric V. Minikel;Kaitlin E. Samocha

  • PGC-1alpha-responsive genes involved in oxidative phosphorylation are coordinately downregulated in human diabetes

    Vamsi K Mootha;Cecilia M Lindgren;Cecilia M Lindgren;Karl-Fredrik Eriksson;Aravind Subramanian

  • Initial sequencing and comparative analysis of the mouse genome.

    Robert H. Waterston;Kerstin Lindblad-Toh;Ewan Birney;Jane Rogers

  • MAPMAKER: An interactive computer package for constructing primary genetic linkage maps of experimental and natural populations

    Eric S. Lander;Eric S. Lander;Philip Green;Jeff Abrahamson;Aaron Barlow

  • The mutational constraint spectrum quantified from variation in 141,456 humans

    Konrad J. Karczewski;Laurent C. Francioli;Grace Tiao;Beryl B. Cummings

  • Biological insights from 108 schizophrenia-associated genetic loci

    Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Benjamin M. Neale;Benjamin M. Neale;Aiden Corvin;James T. R. Walters

  • The Structure of Haplotype Blocks in the Human Genome

    Stacey B. Gabriel;Stephen F. Schaffner;Huy Nguyen;Jamie M. Moore

  • The International HapMap Project

    John W. Belmont;Paul Hardenbol;Thomas D. Willis;Fuli Yu

  • A haplotype map of the human genome

    John W. Belmont;Andrew Boudreau;Suzanne M. Leal;Paul Hardenbol

  • Host-microbe interactions have shaped the genetic architecture of inflammatory bowel disease

    Luke Jostins;Stephan Ripke;Rinse K Weersma;Richard H Duerr

  • A second generation human haplotype map of over 3.1 million SNPs

    Kelly A. Frazer;Dennis G. Ballinger;David R. Cox;David A. Hinds

  • LD score regression distinguishes confounding from polygenicity in genome-wide association studies :

    Brendan K Bulik-Sullivan;Po-Ru Loh;Hilary K Finucane;Stephan Ripke

  • Common polygenic variation contributes to risk of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder

    Shaun M. Purcell;Shaun M. Purcell;Naomi R. Wray;Jennifer L. Stone;Jennifer L. Stone;Peter M. Visscher

  • Integrating common and rare genetic variation in diverse human populations

    D M Altshuler;R A Gibbs;L Peltonen

  • The landscape of somatic copy-number alteration across human cancers

    Rameen Beroukhim;Craig H. Mermel;Craig H. Mermel;Dale Porter;Guo Wei

Frequent Co-Authors

Benjamin M. Neale
Benjamin M. Neale Harvard University
Aarno Palotie
Aarno Palotie University of Helsinki
David Altshuler
David Altshuler Harvard University
Stephan Ripke
Stephan Ripke Massachusetts General Hospital
Shaun Purcell
Shaun Purcell Harvard Medical School
John D. Rioux
John D. Rioux University of Montreal
Thomas Werge
Thomas Werge University of Copenhagen
Eric S. Lander
Eric S. Lander Broad Institute
Hailiang Huang
Hailiang Huang Harvard Medical School
Ramnik J. Xavier
Ramnik J. Xavier Broad Institute

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