2026 Ranjan Deka: Genetics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Genetics	64	2791	2644	1223	1147	209	14935

Overview

Ranjan Deka is affiliated with the University of Cincinnati in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions also in Medicine. Within these broader areas, the main subfields include Genetics, Molecular Biology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Physiology, and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health.

The scientist's work covers several focused research topics. These include:

Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
Birth, Development, and Health
Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence
Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet

Ranjan Deka has contributed to a number of scientific publications, including the following recent papers:

"Mendelian randomization supports bidirectional causality between telomere length and clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential," 2022, Science Advances
"Genetic determinants of telomere length from 109,122 ancestrally diverse whole-genome sequences in TOPMed," 2022, Cell Genomics
"A loss-of-function IFNAR1 allele in Polynesia underlies severe viral diseases in homozygotes," 2022, The Journal of Experimental Medicine
"Multi-ancestry transcriptome-wide association analyses yield insights into tobacco use biology and drug repurposing," 2023, Nature Genetics
"Whole-genome association analyses of sleep-disordered breathing phenotypes in the NHLBI TOPMed program," 2021, Genome Medicine

The most frequent publication venues for their work include:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
UNC Libraries
Journal of Human Genetics
Human Genetics and Genomics Advances
Science Advances

Deka has collaborated recurrently with several co-authors, including:

Daniel E. Weeks
Ryan L. Minster
Nicola L. Hawley
Stephen T. McGarvey
Muagututi'a Sefuiva Reupena

Best Publications

Estimating African American admixture proportions by use of population-specific alleles.

Esteban J. Parra;Amy Marcini;Joshua Akey;Jeremy Martinson

917
Citations
Y-Chromosome Evidence for a Northward Migration of Modern Humans into Eastern Asia during the Last Ice Age

Bing Su;Junhua Xiao;Peter Underhill;Ranjan Deka

606
Citations
Genetic and environmental risk factors for intracerebral hemorrhage: preliminary results of a population-based study.

Daniel Woo;Laura R. Sauerbeck;Brett M. Kissela;Jane C. Khoury

585
Citations
RELATIVE MUTATION RATES AT DI-, TRI-, AND TETRANUCLEOTIDE MICROSATELLITE LOCI

Ranajit Chakraborty;Marek Kimmel;David N. Stivers;Leslea J. Davison

583
Citations
Genetic evidence supports demic diffusion of Han culture

Bo Wen;Hui Li;Daru Lu;Xiufeng Song

525
Citations
Ethnic-affiliation estimation by use of population-specific DNA markers.

Mark D. Shriver;Michael W. Smith;Li Jin;Amy Marcini

513
Citations
A NOVEL MEASURE OF GENETIC DISTANCE FOR HIGHLY POLYMORPHIC TANDEM REPEAT LOCI

M D Shriver;L Jin;E Boerwinkle;R Deka

421
Citations
Y chromosome haplotypes reveal prehistorical migrations to the Himalayas.

Bing Su;Chunjie Xiao;Chunjie Xiao;Ranjan Deka;Mark T. Seielstad

360
Citations
African origin of modern humans in East Asia: a tale of 12,000 Y chromosomes.

Yuehai Ke;Bing Su;Bing Su;Bing Su;Xiufeng Song;Daru Lu

357
Citations
Biology, Cytogenetics, and Sensitivity to Immunological Effector Cells of New Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma Lines

D S Heo;C Snyderman;S M Gollin;S Pan

313
Citations
Meta-analysis of Genome-wide Association Studies Identifies 1q22 as a Susceptibility Locus for Intracerebral Hemorrhage

Daniel Woo;Guido J. Falcone;Guido J. Falcone;William J. Devan;William J. Devan;W. Mark Brown

287
Citations
A thrifty variant in CREBRF strongly influences body mass index in Samoans.

Ryan L Minster;Nicola L Hawley;Chi-Ting Su;Chi-Ting Su;Guangyun Sun

259
Citations
Polynesian origins: Insights from the Y chromosome

Bing Su;Li Jin;Li Jin;Peter Underhill;Jeremy Martinson

246
Citations
Population genetics of dinucleotide (dC-dA)n.(dG-dT)n polymorphisms in world populations.

R. Deka;Li Jin;M. D. Shriver;L. M. Yu

239
Citations
Inbreeding and risk of late onset complex disease

Igor Rudan;Diana Rudan;Harry Campbell;Andrew Carothers

216
Citations
Measuring european population stratification with microarray genotype data

Marc Bauchet;Brian McEvoy;Laurel N. Pearson;Ellen E. Quillen

214
Citations
Dynamic incorporation of multiple in silico functional annotations empowers rare variant association analysis of large whole-genome sequencing studies at scale

Xihao Li;Zilin Li;Hufeng Zhou;Sheila M Gaynor

209
Citations
Lessons learned from whole exome sequencing in multiplex families affected by a complex genetic disorder, intracranial aneurysm

Janice L. Farlow;Hai Lin;Laura Sauerbeck;Dongbing Lai

206
Citations
Expanding Southwest Pacific Mitochondrial Haplogroups P and Q

Jonathan Friedlaender;Theodore Schurr;Fred Gentz;George Koki

169
Citations
Genome amplification of single sperm using multiple displacement amplification

Zhengwen Jiang;Xingqi Zhang;Ranjan Deka;Li Jin

164
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Ranajit Chakraborty University of North Texas Health Science Center

Daniel E. Weeks University of Pittsburgh

Li Jin Fudan University

Robert E. Ferrell University of Pittsburgh

Joseph P. Broderick University of Cincinnati

Mark D. Shriver Pennsylvania State University

Lisa J. Martin Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Dawn Kleindorfer University of Cincinnati

Bing Su Chinese Academy of Sciences

Brett M. Kissela University of Cincinnati

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