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Paolo Gasparini

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Genetics
Italy
2026
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Genetics and Molecular Biology
Italy
2024

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
115
Citations
54383
World Ranking
4505
National Ranking
136

Genetics

D-Index
114
Citations
52902
World Ranking
467
National Ranking
4

Paolo Gasparini 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 Paolo Gasparini sits on this spectrum.

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 publications 703+

This scientist: 481 publications — 93rd percentile

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

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

Paolo Gasparini 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 Paolo Gasparini sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 114 D-Index — 89th percentile

89% 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 Genetics in Italy Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Genetics in Italy Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics in Italy Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Italy Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics in Italy Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Italy Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Italy Leader Award

Overview

Paolo Gasparini is affiliated with the University of Trieste in Italy. Their research spans multiple disciplines within the broader fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, as well as medicine. These main fields include 65 publications in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, and 61 in medicine.

Their subfields of study notably cover genetics, molecular biology, sensory systems, nutrition and dietetics, and cardiology and cardiovascular medicine. Specifically, Gasparini's work includes 39 publications in genetics, 25 in molecular biology, 17 in sensory systems, 14 in nutrition and dietetics, and 11 in cardiology and cardiovascular medicine.

Gasparini's research topics focus on biochemical analysis and sensing techniques, olfactory and sensory function studies, genomics and rare diseases, genetics and neurodevelopmental disorders, genetic associations and epidemiology, hearing, cochlea, tinnitus, and genetics, as well as cardiomyopathy and myosin studies. The topical distribution includes 28 publications on biochemical analysis and sensing techniques, 20 on olfactory and sensory function studies, 16 on genomics and rare diseases, 16 on genetics and neurodevelopmental disorders, 14 on genetic associations and epidemiology, 14 related to hearing and cochlea genetics, and 10 on cardiomyopathy and myosin studies.

The scientist has published regularly in a range of journals and venues. Frequent publication outlets include Genes, with five publications; Food Quality and Preference, with four; bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), with four; Foods, with three; and Biomedicines, also with three.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Gasparini include the following:

  • Multi-ancestry GWAS of the electrocardiographic PR interval identifies 202 loci underlying cardiac conduction (2020, Nature Communications)
  • Relationship between clone metrics and clinical outcome in clonal cytopenia (2021, Blood)
  • Large-scale GWAS of food liking reveals genetic determinants and genetic correlations with distinct neurophysiological traits (2022, Nature Communications)
  • Prognostic Prediction of Genotype vs Phenotype in Genetic Cardiomyopathies (2022, Journal of the American College of Cardiology)
  • Genome-wide association study in almost 195,000 individuals identifies 50 previously unidentified genetic loci for eye color (2021, Science Advances)

Gasparini frequently collaborates with several coauthors, with many joint publications including Giorgia Girotto (31), Maria Pina Concas (26), Anna Morgan (18), Beatrice Spedicati (14), and Massimiliano Cocca (12).

Best Publications

  • A reference panel of 64,976 haplotypes for genotype imputation

    Shane McCarthy;Sayantan Das;Warren Kretzschmar;Olivier Delaneau

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

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

  • Genetic analysis of over 1 million people identifies 535 new loci associated with blood pressure traits.

    Evangelos Evangelou;Evangelos Evangelou;Helen R. Warren;Helen R. Warren;David Mosen-Ansorena;Borbala Mifsud

  • Modulation of genetic associations with serum urate levels by body-mass-index in humans

    Jennifer E. Huffman;Eva Albrecht;Alexander Teumer;Massimo Mangino

  • Novel genetic associations for blood pressure identified via gene-alcohol interaction in up to 570K individuals across multiple ancestries

    Mary F. Feitosa;Aldi T. Kraja;Daniel I. Chasman;Yun J. Sung

  • The putative forkhead transcription factor FOXL2 is mutated in blepharophimosis/ptosis/epicanthus inversus syndrome.

    Crisponi L;Deiana M;Loi A;Chiappe F

  • The gene TFR2 is mutated in a new type of haemochromatosis mapping to 7q22

    Camaschella C;Roetto A;Calì A;De Gobbi M

  • Genome-wide association analyses identify 18 new loci associated with serum urate concentrations

    Anna Köttgen;Anna Köttgen;Eva Albrecht;Alexander Teumer;Veronique Vitart

  • Connexin26 Mutations Associated with the Most Common Form of Non-Syndromic Neurosensory Autosomal Recessive Deafness (DFNB1) in Mediterraneans

    Leopoldo Zelante;Paolo Gasparini;Xavier Estivill;Salvatore Melchionda

  • Connexin-26 mutations in sporadic and inherited sensorineural deafness

    Xavier Estivill;Paolo Fortina;Saul Surrey;Raquel Rabionet

  • Genome-wide association analyses of risk tolerance and risky behaviors in over 1 million individuals identify hundreds of loci and shared genetic influences

    Richard Karlsson Linnér;Richard Karlsson Linnér;Pietro Biroli;Edward Kong;S. Fleur W. Meddens;S. Fleur W. Meddens

  • Dating the Origin of the CCR5-Δ32 AIDS-Resistance Allele by the Coalescence of Haplotypes

    J. Claiborne Stephens;David E. Reich;David B. Goldstein;Hyoung Doo Shin

  • Parent-of-origin-specific allelic associations among 106 genomic loci for age at menarche

    John R.B. Perry;Felix Day;Cathy E. Elks;Patrick Sulem

  • Autosomal-dominant hemochrom-atosis is associated with a mutation in the ferroportin (SLC11A3) gene

    Giuliana Montosi;Adriana Donovan;Angela Totaro;Cinzia Garuti

  • A General Approach for Haplotype Phasing across the Full Spectrum of Relatedness

    Jared O'Connell;Deepti Gurdasani;Olivier Delaneau;Nicola Pirastu

  • Mutations of SURF-1 in Leigh Disease Associated with Cytochrome c Oxidase Deficiency

    Valeria Tiranti;Konstanze Hoertnagel;Rosalba Carrozzo;Claudia Galimberti

  • Thirty new loci for age at menarche identified by a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies

    Cathy E. Elks;John R B Perry;Patrick Sulem;Daniel I. Chasman

  • The UK10K project identifies rare variants in health and disease

    Klaudia Walter;Josine L. Min;Jie Huang;Lucy Crooks

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

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

  • Genetic analysis of over 1 million people identifies 535 new loci associated with blood pressure traits

    Evangelos Evangelou;Helen R. Warren;David Mosen-Ansorena;Borbala Mifsu

Frequent Co-Authors

Tonu Esko
Tonu Esko University of Tartu
Ozren Polasek
Ozren Polasek University of Split
Caroline Hayward
Caroline Hayward University of Edinburgh
André G. Uitterlinden
André G. Uitterlinden Erasmus University Rotterdam
Igor Rudan
Igor Rudan University of Edinburgh
Albert V. Smith
Albert V. Smith University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Olli T. Raitakari
Olli T. Raitakari Turku University Hospital
Nilesh J. Samani
Nilesh J. Samani University of Leicester
Daniela Toniolo
Daniela Toniolo Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Vilmundur Gudnason
Vilmundur Gudnason University of Iceland

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