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Markus M. Nöthen

Markus M. Nöthen

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2025
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Genetics
Germany
2026

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Best Scientists

D-Index
166
Citations
146895
World Ranking
991
National Ranking
47

Genetics

D-Index
169
Citations
155947
World Ranking
69
National Ranking
4

Medicine

D-Index
169
Citations
157656
World Ranking
531
National Ranking
20

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Genetics in Germany Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Medicine in Germany Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Genetics in Germany Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics in Germany Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Germany Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics in Germany Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Germany Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Germany Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Germany Leader Award

Overview

Markus M. Nöthen is affiliated with the University Hospital Bonn in Germany. Their research spans notably across the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a strong focus on genetics-related subfields including Genetics, Molecular Biology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Clinical Psychology.

Their work covers several main topics, prominently including Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Bipolar Disorder and Treatment, Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, Functional Brain Connectivity Studies, Schizophrenia Research and Treatment, and broader Mental Health Research Topics.

Recent publications by Nöthen include:

  • "Discovery and systematic characterization of risk variants and genes for coronary artery disease in over a million participants," 2022, Nature Genetics
  • "Infection fatality rate of SARS-CoV2 in a super-spreading event in Germany," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Infection fatality rate of SARS-CoV-2 infection in a German community with a super-spreading event," 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • "GestaltMatcher facilitates rare disease matching using facial phenotype descriptors," 2022, Nature Genetics
  • "Quantifying Deviations of Brain Structure and Function in Major Depressive Disorder Across Neuroimaging Modalities," 2022, JAMA Psychiatry

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Nöthen include:

  • Andreas J. Forstner
  • Marcella Rietschel
  • Per Hoffmann
  • Stephanie H. Witt
  • Fabian Streit

Their research is commonly published in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Translational Psychiatry, European Neuropsychopharmacology, UNC Libraries, and Biological Psychiatry.

Best Publications

  • Biological insights from 108 schizophrenia-associated genetic loci

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

  • Meta-analysis of 74,046 individuals identifies 11 new susceptibility loci for Alzheimer's disease

    Jean-Charles Lambert;Jean-Charles Lambert;Jean-Charles Lambert;Carla A Ibrahim-Verbaas;Denise Harold;Adam C Naj

  • Genome-wide association study identifies variants at CLU and PICALM associated with Alzheimer's disease

    Denise Harold;Richard Abraham;Paul Hollingworth;Rebecca Sims

  • Genome-wide association analyses identify 44 risk variants and refine the genetic architecture of major depression

    Naomi R. Wray;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Manuel Mattheisen;MacIej Trzaskowski

  • Erratum: Genome-wide association study identifies variants at CLU and PICALM associated with Alzheimer's disease (Nature Genetics (2009) 41 (1088-1093))

    D Harold;R Abraham;P Hollingworth;R Sims

  • Genome-wide association study identifies five new schizophrenia loci

    Stephan Ripke;Alan R. Sanders;Kenneth S. Kendler;Douglas F. Levinson

  • Genetic relationship between five psychiatric disorders estimated from genome-wide SNPs

    S. Hong Lee;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Benjamin M. Neale;Benjamin M. Neale;Stephen V. Faraone

  • Common variants at ABCA7, MS4A6A/MS4A4E, EPHA1, CD33 and CD2AP are associated with Alzheimer's disease.

    Paul Hollingworth;Denise Harold;Rebecca Sims;Amy Gerrish

  • Defining the role of common variation in the genomic and biological architecture of adult human height

    Andrew R. Wood;Tonu Esko;Jian Yang;Sailaja Vedantam

  • Large-scale association analysis identifies 13 new susceptibility loci for coronary artery disease

    Heribert Schunkert;Inke R. König;Sekar Kathiresan;Muredach P. Reilly

  • Large-scale association analysis provides insights into the genetic architecture and pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes

    Andrew P Morris;Benjamin F Voight;Benjamin F Voight;Tanya M Teslovich;Teresa Ferreira

  • Large recurrent microdeletions associated with schizophrenia

    Hreinn Stefansson;Dan Rujescu;Sven Cichon;Olli P. H. Pietilainen

  • Analysis of shared heritability in common disorders of the brain

    Verneri Anttila;Verneri Anttila;Brendan Bulik-Sullivan;Brendan Bulik-Sullivan;Hilary K. Finucane;Raymond K. Walters;Raymond K. Walters

  • Common variants conferring risk of schizophrenia

    Hreinn Stefansson;Hreinn Stefansson;Roel A. Ophoff;Roel A. Ophoff;Roel A. Ophoff;Stacy Steinberg;Stacy Steinberg;Ole A. Andreassen

  • Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology

    Adam E. Locke;Bratati Kahali;Sonja I. Berndt;Anne E. Justice

  • Genome-wide association study identifies 30 loci associated with bipolar disorder

    Eli A. Stahl;Eli A. Stahl;Gerome Breen;Andreas J. Forstner;Andrew McQuillin

  • Large-scale genome-wide association analysis of bipolar disorder identifies a new susceptibility locus near ODZ4

    Pamela Sklar;Pamela Sklar;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Laura J. Scott;Ole A. Andreassen

  • Severe COVID-19 Is Marked by a Dysregulated Myeloid Cell Compartment.

    Jonas Schulte-Schrepping;Nico Reusch;Daniela Paclik;Kevin Baßler

  • Gene-wide analysis detects two new susceptibility genes for Alzheimer's disease.

    Valentina Escott-Price;Céline Bellenguez;Li-San Wang;Seung-Hoan Choi

  • Identification of loci associated with schizophrenia by genome-wide association and follow-up

    Michael C. O'Donovan;Nicholas Craddock;Nadine Norton;Hywel Williams

Frequent Co-Authors

Sven Cichon
Sven Cichon University of Basel
Marcella Rietschel
Marcella Rietschel Heidelberg University
Per Hoffmann
Per Hoffmann University of Bonn
Thomas G. Schulze
Thomas G. Schulze Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Peter Propping
Peter Propping University of Bonn
Stefan Herms
Stefan Herms University of Basel
Bertram Müller-Myhsok
Bertram Müller-Myhsok Max Planck Society
Wolfgang Maier
Wolfgang Maier University of Bonn
Stephanie H. Witt
Stephanie H. Witt Heidelberg University
Manuel Mattheisen
Manuel Mattheisen Dalhousie University

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