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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Best Female Scientists 126 411 390 246 231 487 76976
Medicine 131 2360 2197 1328 1217 482 80232
Genetics 124 322 312 167 161 380 72348

Pamela A. F. Madden publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Pamela A. F. Madden between 1990 and 2022, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Pamela A. F. Madden published across 33 years, from 1990 to 2022, averaging 14.6 papers a year. Output peaked at 37 publications in 2013. 9 of the 482 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1990 to 2022. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 37. Peak 37 publications in 2013. 1990: 1 publication 1991: 0 publications 1992: 0 publications 1993: 2 publications 1994: 3 publications 1995: 4 publications 1996: 4 publications 1997: 8 publications 1998: 5 publications 1999: 11 publications 2000: 4 publications 2001: 10 publications 2002: 14 publications 2003: 22 publications 2004: 12 publications 2005: 7 publications 2006: 13 publications 2007: 23 publications 2008: 17 publications 2009: 21 publications 2010: 21 publications 2011: 26 publications 2012: 33 publications 2013: 37 publications 2014: 26 publications 2015: 29 publications 2016: 35 publications 2017: 22 publications 2018: 22 publications 2019: 22 publications 2020: 19 publications 2021: 8 publications 2022: 1 publication
1990 2022

482 publications in total across all disciplines

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Pamela A. F. Madden: publications per year, 1990 to 2022
Year Publications
1990 1
1991 0
1992 0
1993 2
1994 3
1995 4
1996 4
1997 8
1998 5
1999 11
2000 4
2001 10
2002 14
2003 22
2004 12
2005 7
2006 13
2007 23
2008 17
2009 21
2010 21
2011 26
2012 33
2013 37
2014 26
2015 29
2016 35
2017 22
2018 22
2019 22
2020 19
2021 8
2022 1
Total 482
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Pamela A. F. Madden 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 Pamela A. F. Madden 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, 375–384 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: 380 publications — 86th percentile

86% 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 46 380
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
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Pamela A. F. Madden 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 Pamela A. F. Madden 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, 124–125 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: 124 D-Index — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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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 18 124
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
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award

Overview

Pamela A. F. Madden is affiliated with Washington University in St. Louis in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines, primarily focusing on medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

The scientist has contributed to several subfields including psychiatry and mental health, genetics, endocrine and autonomic systems, neurology, and pathology and forensic medicine.

Their main topics of work cover a range of areas:

  • Migraine and Headache Studies
  • Neuroscience of respiration and sleep
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis
  • Ophthalmology and Eye Disorders
  • Cardiovascular Syncope and Autonomic Disorders
  • Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Pamela A. F. Madden include:

  • Cross-trait analyses with migraine reveal widespread pleiotropy and suggest a vascular component to migraine headache (2020), published in International Journal of Epidemiology
  • A genome-wide cross-phenotype meta-analysis of the association of blood pressure with migraine (2020), published in Nature Communications
  • Model-based assessment of replicability for genome-wide association meta-analysis (2021), published in Nature Communications
  • Elucidating the relationship between migraine risk and brain structure using genetic data (2022), published in Brain
  • Continuity of Genetic Risk for Aggressive Behavior Across the Life-Course (2021), published in Behavior Genetics

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Scott D. Gordon
  • Terho Lehtimäki (5 co-authored papers)
  • Andrew C. Heath (5 co-authored papers)
  • Jouke-Jan Hottenga (4 co-authored papers)
  • Nicholas G. Martin (4 co-authored papers)

Several of their publications have appeared repeatedly in notable journals such as Nature Communications (2 papers), International Journal of Epidemiology, Brain, and Behavior Genetics (one paper each).

Best Publications

  • Common SNPs explain a large proportion of the heritability for human height

    Jian Yang;Beben Benyamin;Brian P. McEvoy;Scott Gordon

  • 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

  • Gene discovery and polygenic prediction from a genome-wide association study of educational attainment in 1.1 million individuals

    James J. Lee;Robbee Wedow;Aysu Okbay;Edward Kong

  • 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

  • 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

  • Conditional and joint multiple-SNP analysis of GWAS summary statistics identifies additional variants influencing complex traits

    Jian Yang;Teresa Ferreira;Andrew P Morris;Sarah E Medland

  • 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 74 loci associated with educational attainment

    Aysu Okbay;Jonathan P. Beauchamp;Mark Alan Fontana;James J. Lee

  • Genetic and environmental contributions to alcohol dependence risk in a national twin sample: consistency of findings in women and men

    A. C. Heath;K. K. Bucholz;P. A. F. Madden;S. H. Dinwiddie

  • Image processing and analysis methods for the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study.

    Donald J. Hagler;Sean N. Hatton;M. Daniela Cornejo;Carolina Makowski

  • GWAS of 126,559 Individuals Identifies Genetic Variants Associated with Educational Attainment

    Cornelius A. Rietveld;Sarah E. Medland;Jaime Lane Derringer;Jian Yang

  • Identification of seven loci affecting mean telomere length and their association with disease

    Veryan Codd;Christopher P Nelson;Eva Albrecht;Massimo Mangino

  • Cholinergic nicotinic receptor genes implicated in a nicotine dependence association study targeting 348 candidate genes with 3713 SNPs

    Scott F. Saccone;Anthony L. Hinrichs;Nancy L. Saccone;Gary A. Chase

  • Escalation of drug use in early-onset cannabis users vs co-twin controls

    Michael T. Lynskey;Andrew C. Heath;Kathleen K. Bucholz;Wendy S. Slutske

  • Sequence variants at CHRNB3-CHRNA6 and CYP2A6 affect smoking behavior.

    Thorgeir E Thorgeirsson;Daniel F Gudbjartsson;Ida Surakka;Ida Surakka;Jacqueline M Vink

  • Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 11 new loci for anthropometric traits and provides insights into genetic architecture

    Sonja I Berndt;Stefan Gustafsson;Stefan Gustafsson;Reedik Mägi;Reedik Mägi;Andrea Ganna

  • Variants in nicotinic receptors and risk for nicotine dependence

    Laura Jean Bierut;Jerry A. Stitzel;Jen C. Wang;Anthony L. Hinrichs

  • Psychiatric genome-wide association study analyses implicate neuronal, immune and histone pathways

    Colm O'Dushlaine;Lizzy Rossin;Phil H. Lee;Laramie Duncan;Laramie Duncan

  • Novel genes identified in a high-density genome wide association study for nicotine dependence

    Laura Jean Bierut;Pamela A F Madden;Naomi Breslau;Eric O. Johnson

  • Genome-wide association study identifies 74 loci associated with educational attainment

    Aysu Okbay;Jonathan P. Beauchamp;Mark Alan Fontana;James J. Lee

Frequent Co-Authors

Nicholas G. Martin
Nicholas G. Martin QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Andrew C. Heath
Andrew C. Heath Washington University in St. Louis
Kathleen K. Bucholz
Kathleen K. Bucholz Washington University in St. Louis
Grant W. Montgomery
Grant W. Montgomery University of Queensland
Jaakko Kaprio
Jaakko Kaprio University of Helsinki
Arpana Agrawal
Arpana Agrawal Washington University in St. Louis
Michael T. Lynskey
Michael T. Lynskey King's College London
Dorret I. Boomsma
Dorret I. Boomsma Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Sarah E. Medland
Sarah E. Medland QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Jouke-Jan Hottenga
Jouke-Jan Hottenga Hamad bin Khalifa University

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