2026 Raquel Rabionet: Genetics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Genetics	45	4193	3956	80	76	102	17626

Overview

Raquel Rabionet is affiliated with the University of Barcelona in Spain and has a research focus primarily situated within Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology as well as Medicine. Their published work spans 63 publications in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology and 32 in Medicine.

Their scientific contributions extensively cover key subfields including Genetics, Molecular Biology, Clinical Psychology, Oncology, and Cancer Research. The range of topics addressed in their research highlights interests in Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders, Genomics and Rare Diseases, RNA modifications and cancer, Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities, Autism Spectrum Disorder Research, and Genetic Syndromes and Imprinting.

Notable recent papers include:

Severe Autoinflammatory Manifestations and Antibody Deficiency Due to Novel Hypermorphic PLCG2 Mutations (2020, Journal of Clinical Immunology)
Diagnostic yield of next-generation sequencing in 87 families with neurodevelopmental disorders (2022, Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases)
Changes in the stool and oropharyngeal microbiome in obsessive-compulsive disorder (2022, Scientific Reports)
Genome-wide association study identifies new locus associated with OCD (2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory))
Phenotypic spectrum and transcriptomic profile associated with germline variants in TRAF7 (2020, Genetics in Medicine)

Rabionet frequently collaborates with other researchers. The most frequent co-authors listed include Susana Balcells, Daniel Grinberg, Roser Urreizti, Natàlia Garcia-Giralt, and Diana Ovejero.

Their work is regularly published in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Bone Reports, the International Journal of Molecular Sciences, the Journal of Affective Disorders, and the Journal of Medical Genetics. BioRxiv accounts for the highest number of publications out of the noted venues.

Best Publications

Pan-cancer analysis of whole genomes

Peter J. Campbell;Gad Getz;Jan O. Korbel;Joshua M. Stuart

3090
Citations
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

1978
Citations
Genomic Relationships, Novel Loci, and Pleiotropic Mechanisms across Eight Psychiatric Disorders

Phil H. Lee;Verneri Anttila;Hyejung Won;Yen-Chen A. Feng

1346
Citations
Genome-wide association study identifies eight risk loci and implicates metabo-psychiatric origins for anorexia nervosa

Hunna J. Watson;Hunna J. Watson;Hunna J. Watson;Zeynep Yilmaz;Laura M. Thornton;Christopher Hübel;Christopher Hübel

1144
Citations
Patterns of somatic structural variation in human cancer genomes

Yilong Li;Nicola D Roberts;Jeremiah A Wala;Jeremiah A Wala;Ofer Shapira;Ofer Shapira

942
Citations
Connexin-26 mutations in sporadic and inherited sensorineural deafness

Xavier Estivill;Paolo Fortina;Saul Surrey;Raquel Rabionet

860
Citations
Genome-wide association study identifies eight risk loci and implicates metabo-psychiatric origins for anorexia nervosa

H. J. Watson;Z. Yilmaz;L. M. Thornton;C. Hubel

569
Citations
High carrier frequency of the 35delG deafness mutation in European populations

Paolo Gasparini;Raquel Rabionet;Guido Barbujani;Salvatore Melchionda

567
Citations
MicroRNA profiling of Parkinson’s disease brains identifies early downregulation of miR-34b/c which modulate mitochondrial function

Elena Miñones-Moyano;Sílvia Porta;Georgia Escaramís;Raquel Rabionet

543
Citations
Mutations in GJB6 cause nonsyndromic autosomal dominant deafness at DFNA3 locus

Anna Grifa;Carsten A. Wagner;Lucrezia D'Ambrosio;Salvatore Melchionda

493
Citations
Genetic structure of Europeans: a view from the North-East

Mari Nelis;Mari Nelis;Tõnu Esko;Tõnu Esko;Reedik Mägi;Fritz Zimprich

412
Citations
Molecular genetics of hearing impairment due to mutations in gap junction genes encoding beta connexins

Raquel Rabionet;Paolo Gasparini;Xavier Estivill

313
Citations
Variants at APOE Influence Risk of Deep and Lobar Intracerebral Hemorrhage

Alessandro Biffi;Alessandro Biffi;Akshata Sonni;Akshata Sonni;Christopher D. Anderson;Christopher D. Anderson;Brett Kissela

304
Citations
Molecular basis of childhood deafness resulting from mutations in the GJB2 (connexin 26) gene.

Raquel Rabionet;Leopoldo Zelante;Núria López-Bigas;Leonardo D'Agruma

298
Citations
MYO6, the human homologue of the gene responsible for deafness in Snell's waltzer mice, is mutated in autosomal dominant nonsyndromic hearing loss

Salvatore Melchionda;Nadav Ahituv;Luigi Bisceglia;Tama Sobe

280
Citations
Loci associated with ischaemic stroke and its subtypes (SiGN) : A genome-wide association study

Sara L Pulit;Patrick F McArdle;Quenna Wong;Rainer Malik

235
Citations
APOE genotype and extent of bleeding and outcome in lobar intracerebral haemorrhage: a genetic association study

Alessandro Biffi;Christopher D Anderson;Jeremiasz M Jagiella;Helena Schmidt

195
Citations
A Sequence of the CIS Gene Promoter Interacts Preferentially with Two Associated STAT5A Dimers: a Distinct Biochemical Difference between STAT5A and STAT5B

Frédérique Verdier;Raquel Rabionet;Fabrice Gouilleux;Christian Beisenherz-Huss

194
Citations
Connexin 31 (GJB3) is expressed in the peripheral and auditory nerves and causes neuropathy and hearing impairment

Núria López-Bigas;Montserrat Olivé;Raquel Rabionet;Orit Ben-David

165
Citations
Genome wide meta-analysis identifies genomic relationships, novel loci, and pleiotropic mechanisms across eight psychiatric disorders

Lee Ph;Anttila;Won H

65
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Xavier Estivill qGenomics

Stephan Ripke Massachusetts General Hospital

Ted Reichborn-Kjennerud University of Oslo

Hunna J. Watson University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Aarno Palotie University of Helsinki

Cynthia M. Bulik University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Tonu Esko University of Tartu

Paolo Gasparini University of Trieste

Hakon Hakonarson Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Grant W. Montgomery University of Queensland

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