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Robert C. Kaplan publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Robert C. Kaplan sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 543 publications — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Robert C. Kaplan D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Robert C. Kaplan sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 77 D-Index — 10th percentile

10% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Overview

Robert C. Kaplan is affiliated with Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions to Genetics, Molecular Biology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Physiology, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, including Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Nutritional Studies and Diet, Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors, Gut microbiota and health, Diet and metabolism studies, HIV-related health complications and treatments, and Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies.

Robert C. Kaplan has frequently published in various scholarly venues, such as UNC Libraries, Circulation, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Alzheimer's & Dementia, and Nature Communications.

Selected recent publications include:

  • Sequencing of 53,831 diverse genomes from the NHLBI TOPMed Program, 2021, Nature
  • Large-scale association analyses identify host factors influencing human gut microbiome composition, 2021, Nature Genetics
  • Inherited causes of clonal haematopoiesis in 97,691 whole genomes, 2020, Nature
  • Host and gut microbial tryptophan metabolism and type 2 diabetes: an integrative analysis of host genetics, diet, gut microbiome and circulating metabolites in cohort studies, 2021, Gut
  • Large-scale association analyses identify host factors influencing human gut microbiome composition, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Frequent co-authors of Robert C. Kaplan include Martha L. Daviglus, Qibin Qi, Carmen R. Isasi, Jianwen Cai, and Daniela Sotres-Alvarez.

Best Publications

  • Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index

    Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Cristen J. Willer;Sonja I. Berndt;Keri L. Monda

  • Hundreds of variants clustered in genomic loci and biological pathways affect human height

    Hana Lango Allen;Karol Estrada;Guillaume Lettre;Sonja I. Berndt

  • 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

  • Sequencing of 53,831 diverse genomes from the NHLBI TOPMed Program.

    Daniel Taliun;Daniel N. Harris;Michael D. Kessler;Jedidiah Carlson;Jedidiah Carlson

  • Large-scale association analyses identify host factors influencing human gut microbiome composition

    Alexander Kurilshikov;Carolina Medina-Gomez;Rodrigo Bacigalupe;Djawad Radjabzadeh

  • Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology

    Adam E. Locke;Bratati Kahali;Sonja I. Berndt;Anne E. Justice

  • Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index

    E. K. Speliotes;C. J. Willer;S. I. Berndt;K. L. Monda

  • Meta-analysis identifies 13 new loci associated with waist-hip ratio and reveals sexual dimorphism in the genetic basis of fat distribution

    Iris M. Heid;Anne U. Jackson;Joshua C. Randall;Tthomas W. Winkler

  • Prevalence of major cardiovascular risk factors and cardiovascular diseases among Hispanic/Latino individuals of diverse backgrounds in the United States.

    Martha L. Daviglus;Martha L. Daviglus;Gregory A. Talavera;M. Larissa Avilés-Santa;Matthew Allison

  • Design and Implementation of the Hispanic Community Health Study / Study of Latinos

    Paul D. Sorlie;Larissa M. Avilés-Santa;Sylvia Wassertheil-Smoller;Robert C. Kaplan

  • The trans-ancestral genomic architecture of glycemic traits

    Ji Chen;Ji Chen;Cassandra N. Spracklen;Cassandra N. Spracklen;Gaëlle Marenne;Gaëlle Marenne;Arushi Varshney

  • 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

  • Insulin, Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I, and Risk of Breast Cancer in Postmenopausal Women

    Marc J. Gunter;Donald R. Hoover;Herbert Yu;Sylvia Wassertheil-Smoller

  • Inherited causes of clonal haematopoiesis in 97,691 whole genomes.

    Alexander G Bick;Joshua S Weinstock;Satish K Nandakumar;Satish K Nandakumar;Charles P Fulco;Charles P Fulco

  • Sample design and cohort selection in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos.

    Lisa M. LaVange;William D. Kalsbeek;Paul D. Sorlie;Larissa M. Avilés-Santa

  • The Influence of Age and Sex on Genetic Associations with Adult Body Size and Shape: A Large-Scale Genome-Wide Interaction Study

    Thomas W. Winkler;Anne E. Justice;Mariaelisa Graff;Llilda Barata

  • Erratum: Vascular events, mortality, and preventive therapy following ischemic stroke in the elderly (Neurology (2005) 65 (835-842))

    R. C. Kaplan;D. L. Tirschwell;W. T. Longstreth

  • Gender and telomere length : systematic review and meta-analysis

    Michael Gardner;David Bann;Laura Wiley;Rachel Cooper

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

    Sonja I. Berndt;Stefan Gustafsson;Reedik Maegi;Andrea Ganna

  • Hundreds of variants clustered in genomic loci and biological pathways affect human height

    H. Lango Allen;K. Estrada;G. Lettre;S. I. Berndt

Frequent Co-Authors

Martha L. Daviglus
Martha L. Daviglus University of Illinois at Chicago
Bruce M. Psaty
Bruce M. Psaty University of Washington
Neil Schneiderman
Neil Schneiderman University of Miami
Kari E. North
Kari E. North University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Kathryn Anastos
Kathryn Anastos Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Linda C. Gallo
Linda C. Gallo San Diego State University
Gregory A. Talavera
Gregory A. Talavera San Diego State University
Ruth J. F. Loos
Ruth J. F. Loos University of Copenhagen
Eric Boerwinkle
Eric Boerwinkle The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Phyllis C. Tien
Phyllis C. Tien University of California, San Francisco

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