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Roby Joehanes publication distribution in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Molecular Biology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Roby Joehanes sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 564+

This scientist: 133 publications — 29th percentile

29% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more.

Roby Joehanes D-index placement in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Molecular Biology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Roby Joehanes sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 49 D-Index — 16th percentile

16% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more.

Overview

Roby Joehanes is a researcher affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their work primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions also in Medicine.

The scientist's research encompasses various subfields including Molecular Biology, Genetics, Physiology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, as well as Cancer Research. Their main topics of study include:

  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
  • Genetic Syndromes and Imprinting
  • Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Roby Joehanes are:

  • "Assessing the contribution of rare variants to complex trait heritability from whole-genome sequence data," 2022, published in Nature Genetics
  • "Higher diet quality relates to decelerated epigenetic aging," 2021, published in American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
  • "DNA methylation signature of chronic low-grade inflammation and its role in cardio-respiratory diseases," 2022, published in Nature Communications
  • "Whole Blood DNA Methylation Signatures of Diet Are Associated With Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors and All-Cause Mortality," 2020, published in Circulation Genomic and Precision Medicine
  • "Meta-analyses identify DNA methylation associated with kidney function and damage," 2021, published in Nature Communications

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Roby Joehanes include Daniel Levy, Tianxiao Huan, Chunyu Liu, Jiantao Ma, and Myriam Fornage.

Their work appears regularly in publication venues such as UNC Libraries, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature Communications, Circulation, and Epigenetics.

Best Publications

  • 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

  • DNA methylation age of blood predicts all-cause mortality in later life.

    Riccardo E Marioni;Riccardo E Marioni;Sonia Shah;Allan F McRae;Brian H Chen

  • Epigenetic Signatures of Cigarette Smoking

    Roby Joehanes;Allan C. Just;Riccardo E. Marioni;Luke C. Pilling

  • The transcriptional landscape of age in human peripheral blood

    Marjolein J. Peters;Roby Joehanes;Luke C. Pilling;Claudia Schurmann;Claudia Schurmann

  • Genome-wide association analysis identifies novel blood pressure loci and offers biological insights into cardiovascular risk

    Helen R Warren;Evangelos Evangelou;Evangelos Evangelou;Claudia P Cabrera;He Gao

  • The genetics of blood pressure regulation and its target organs from association studies in 342,415 individuals

    Georg B. Ehret;Georg B. Ehret;Teresa Ferreira;Daniel I. Chasman;Anne U. Jackson

  • A DNA methylation biomarker of alcohol consumption.

    C Liu;R E Marioni;R E Marioni;Åsa K Hedman;L Pfeiffer

  • Association of Body Mass Index with DNA Methylation and Gene Expression in Blood Cells and Relations to Cardiometabolic Disease: A Mendelian Randomization Approach

    Michael M Mendelson;Michael M Mendelson;Michael M Mendelson;Riccardo E. Marioni;Riccardo E. Marioni;Roby Joehanes;Roby Joehanes;Chunyu Liu;Chunyu Liu

  • DNA methylation signatures of chronic low-grade inflammation are associated with complex diseases

    Symen Ligthart;Carola Marzi;Stella Aslibekyan;Michael M. Mendelson;Michael M. Mendelson;Michael M. Mendelson

  • Epigenome-Wide Association Study of Fasting Blood Lipids in the Genetics of Lipid Lowering Drugs and Diet Network Study

    Marguerite R. Irvin;Degui Zhi;Roby Joehanes;Michael Mendelson

  • Genome-wide association analysis identifies novel blood pressure loci and offers biological insights into cardiovascular risk

    Helen R. Warren;Evangelos Evangelou;Claudia P. Cabrera;He Gao

  • Blood Leukocyte DNA Methylation Predicts Risk of Future Myocardial Infarction and Coronary Heart Disease

    Golareh Agha;Michael M. Mendelson;Cavin K. Ward-Caviness;Roby Joehanes

  • Integrated genome-wide analysis of expression quantitative trait loci aids interpretation of genomic association studies.

    Roby Joehanes;Roby Joehanes;Roby Joehanes;Xiaoling Zhang;Xiaoling Zhang;Tianxiao Huan;Chen Yao

  • GWAS of epigenetic aging rates in blood reveals a critical role for TERT

    Ake T Lu;Luting Xue;Elias L Salfati;Brian H Chen

  • Genome-wide identification of DNA methylation QTLs in whole blood highlights pathways for cardiovascular disease.

    Tianxiao Huan;Roby Joehanes;Ci Song;Fen Peng

  • Epigenome-wide association studies identify DNA methylation associated with kidney function

    Audrey Y. Chu;Adrienne Tin;Pascal Schlosser;Yi An Ko

  • A Systems Biology Framework Identifies Molecular Underpinnings of Coronary Heart Disease

    Tianxiao Huan;Bin Zhang;Zhi Wang;Roby Joehanes

  • Novel blood pressure locus and gene discovery using genome-wide association study and expression data sets from blood and the kidney

    Louise V. Wain;Ahmad Vaez;Rick Jansen;Roby Joehanes;Roby Joehanes

  • Genome-wide identification of microRNA expression quantitative trait loci

    Tianxiao Huan;Jian Rong;Chunyu Liu;Xiaoling Zhang

  • 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

Daniel Levy
Daniel Levy National Institutes of Health
Peter J. Munson
Peter J. Munson Center for Information Technology
Chun-Yu Liu
Chun-Yu Liu Boston University
Bruce M. Psaty
Bruce M. Psaty University of Washington
Tonu Esko
Tonu Esko University of Tartu
André G. Uitterlinden
André G. Uitterlinden Erasmus University Rotterdam
Ian J. Deary
Ian J. Deary University of Edinburgh
Yongmei Liu
Yongmei Liu Duke University
Erik Ingelsson
Erik Ingelsson Stanford University
Annette Peters
Annette Peters Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

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