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Nicholas W. Wood 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 Nicholas W. Wood sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 701 publications — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Nicholas W. Wood 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 Nicholas W. Wood sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 148 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Medicine in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Medicine in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 1971 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Nicholas W. Wood is affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple disciplines, with significant contributions in Earth and Planetary Sciences, Environmental Science, and subfields such as Geophysics, Environmental Chemistry, Neurology, Molecular Biology, and Infectious Diseases.

The scientist has focused on a variety of research topics, including:

  • Seismic Waves and Analysis
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Earthquake Detection and Analysis
  • Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics
  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research

Among their recent papers are the following publications:

  • "Common and rare variant association analyses in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis identify 15 risk loci with distinct genetic architectures and neuron-specific biology," 2021, Nature Genetics
  • "Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in Australian educational settings: a prospective cohort study," 2020, The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health
  • "Cerebellar ataxia, neuropathy, vestibular areflexia syndrome due to RFC1 repeat expansion," 2020, Brain
  • "LRRK 2 activation controls the repair of damaged endomembranes in macrophages," 2020, The EMBO Journal
  • "Identification of Candidate Parkinson Disease Genes by Integrating Genome-Wide Association Study, Expression, and Epigenetic Data Sets," 2021, JAMA Neurology

Frequent co-authors in their work include Karin Rodland, Athena Schepmoes, Tujin Shi, Thomas Fillmore, and Yuqian Gao.

The scientist's work is often published in venues such as OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information), bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Movement Disorders, Brain, and Annals of Neurology.

They have been recognized with the award of Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1971.

Best Publications

  • Hereditary Early-Onset Parkinson's Disease Caused by Mutations in PINK1

    Eriza Maria Valente;Patrick M. Abou-Sleiman;Viviana Caputo;Miratul M K Muqit

  • Second consensus statement on the diagnosis of multiple system atrophy

    S. Gilman;G. K. Wenning;P. A. Low;D. J. Brooks

  • Genetic risk and a primary role for cell-mediated immune mechanisms in multiple sclerosis

    Stephen Sawcer;Garrett Hellenthal;Matti Pirinen;Chris C. A. Spencer

  • Cloning of the Gene Containing Mutations that Cause PARK8-Linked Parkinson's Disease

    Coro Paisán-Ruı́z;Shushant Jain;E.Whitney Evans;William P. Gilks

  • Identification of novel risk loci, causal insights, and heritable risk for Parkinson's disease: a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies

    Mike A Nalls;Cornelis Blauwendraat;Costanza L Vallerga;Karl Heilbron

  • Genome-wide association study reveals genetic risk underlying Parkinson's disease

    Javier Simón-Sánchez;Claudia Schulte;Jose M Bras;Jose M Bras;Manu Sharma

  • Large-scale meta-analysis of genome-wide association data identifies six new risk loci for Parkinson's disease

    Mike A Nalls;Nathan Pankratz;Christina M. Lill;Chuong B. Do

  • 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

  • Association between Early-Onset Parkinson's Disease and Mutations in the Parkin Gene

    CB Lucking;A Durr;Bonifati;J Vaughan

  • Phenotype, genotype, and worldwide genetic penetrance of LRRK2-associated Parkinson's disease: a case-control study

    Daniel G Healy;Mario Falchi;Sean S O'Sullivan;Vincenzo Bonifati

  • Identification of 15 new psoriasis susceptibility loci highlights the role of innate immunity

    Lam C. Tsoi;Sarah L. Spain;Sarah L. Spain;Jo Knight;Eva Ellinghaus;Eva Ellinghaus

  • A Genome-Wide Association Study Identifies New Psoriasis Susceptibility Loci and an Interaction Between HLA-C and ERAP1

    Amy Strange;Francesca Capon;Chris C A Spencer

  • Expanding insights of mitochondrial dysfunction in Parkinson's disease

    Patrick M. Abou-Sleiman;Miratul M. K. Muqit;Nicholas W. Wood

  • Interaction between ERAP1 and HLA-B27 in ankylosing spondylitis implicates peptide handling in the mechanism for HLA-B27 in disease susceptibility

    D M Evans;Spencer Cca.;J J Pointon;Z Su

  • Imputation of sequence variants for identification of genetic risks for Parkinson's disease: a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies.

    Michael A Nalls;Vincent Plagnol;Dena G Hernandez

  • Direct observation of the interconversion of normal and toxic forms of α-synuclein.

    Nunilo Cremades;Samuel I.A. Cohen;Emma Deas;Andrey Y. Abramov

  • Cloning of the SCA7 gene reveals a highly unstable CAG repeat expansion

    Gilles David;Nacer Abbas;Giovanni Stevanin;Alexandra Dürr

  • A common LRRK2 mutation in idiopathic Parkinson's disease

    William P. Gilks;Patrick M Abou-Sleiman;Sonia Gandhi;Shushant Jain

  • Interaction between ERAP1 and HLA-B27 in ankylosing spondylitis implicates peptide handling in the mechanism for HLA-B27 in disease susceptibility

    D.M. Evans;C.C.A. Spencer;J.J. Pointon;Z. Su

  • Second consensus statement on the diagnosis of multiple system atrophy

    G. K. Wenning;S. Gilman;K. Seppi

Frequent Co-Authors

Henry Houlden
Henry Houlden University College London
Kailash P. Bhatia
Kailash P. Bhatia University College London
John Hardy
John Hardy University College London
Andrew J. Lees
Andrew J. Lees University College London
Alexis Brice
Alexis Brice Institut du Cerveau
Thomas Gasser
Thomas Gasser University of Tübingen
Tamas Revesz
Tamas Revesz University College London
Andrew B. Singleton
Andrew B. Singleton National Institutes of Health
Mary B. Davis
Mary B. Davis University College London
Janice L. Holton
Janice L. Holton University College London

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