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Ruth McPherson

Ruth McPherson

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
103
Citations
73811
World Ranking
7159
National Ranking
276

Ruth McPherson 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 Ruth McPherson sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 391 publications — 37th percentile

37% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ruth McPherson 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 Ruth McPherson sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 103 D-Index — 65th percentile

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

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2014 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science

Overview

Ruth McPherson is affiliated with the University of Ottawa in Canada and has an extensive research profile in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. Their work addresses a variety of specialized subfields including Molecular Biology, Cancer Research, Genetics, Physiology, and Surgery.

The areas of research covered by McPherson span multiple topics such as Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health, Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research, Diet and metabolism studies, MicroRNA in disease regulation, RNA modifications and cancer, and Adipose Tissue and Metabolism.

McPherson has contributed to numerous scientific publications, with some recent notable papers as follows:

  • 2021 Canadian Cardiovascular Society Guidelines for the Management of Dyslipidemia for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Adults (2021), Canadian Journal of Cardiology
  • A missense variant in Mitochondrial Amidoxime Reducing Component 1 gene and protection against liver disease (2020), PLoS Genetics
  • Factors affecting weight loss variability in obesity (2020), Metabolism
  • Analysis of protein-coding genetic variation in 60,706 humans (2020), UNC Libraries
  • Heterozygous ABCG5 Gene Deficiency and Risk of Coronary Artery Disease (2020), Circulation Genomic and Precision Medicine

The scientist has frequently published in venues such as Circulation Genomic and Precision Medicine, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Canadian Journal of Cardiology, Atherosclerosis, and PLoS Genetics.

Collaborations form a part of McPherson's research activity, with several frequent co-authors including:

  • Sébastien Soubeyrand
  • Majid Nikpay
  • Paulina Lau
  • Robert Dent
  • Mary-Ellen Harper

McPherson's recognition includes being awarded the Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2014 by the Academy of Science.

Best Publications

  • Analysis of protein-coding genetic variation in 60,706 humans

    Monkol Lek;Konrad J. Karczewski;Konrad J. Karczewski;Eric V. Minikel;Eric V. Minikel;Kaitlin E. Samocha

  • Biological, clinical and population relevance of 95 loci for blood lipids

    Tanya M. Teslovich;Kiran Musunuru;Albert V. Smith;Andrew C. Edmondson

  • New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk

    Josée Dupuis;Josée Dupuis;Claudia Langenberg;Inga Prokopenko;Richa Saxena;Richa Saxena

  • Plasma HDL cholesterol and risk of myocardial infarction: A mendelian randomisation study

    Benjamin F. Voight;Benjamin F. Voight;Benjamin F. Voight;Gina M. Peloso;Gina M. Peloso;Marju Orho-Melander;Ruth Frikke-Schmidt

  • A comprehensive 1000 Genomes–based genome-wide association meta-analysis of coronary artery disease

    M Nikpay;A Goel;Won H-H.;L M Hall

  • New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk (vol 42, pg 105, 2010)

    J Dupuis;C Langenberg;I Prokopenko;R Saxena

  • Large-scale association analysis identifies 13 new susceptibility loci for coronary artery disease

    Heribert Schunkert;Inke R. König;Sekar Kathiresan;Muredach P. Reilly

  • A genome-wide association search for type 2 diabetes genes in African Americans.

    N D Palmer;C W McDonough;P J Hicks;B H Roh

  • Multiple Rare Alleles Contribute to Low Plasma Levels of HDL Cholesterol

    Jonathan C. Cohen;Robert S. Kiss;Alexander Pertsemlidis;Yves L. Marcel

  • 2016 Canadian Cardiovascular Society Guidelines for the Management of Dyslipidemia for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in the Adult

    Todd J. Anderson;Jean Grégoire;Glen J. Pearson;Arden R. Barry

  • A structural variation reference for medical and population genetics

    Ryan L Collins;Ryan L Collins;Harrison Brand;Harrison Brand;Konrad J Karczewski;Konrad J Karczewski;Xuefang Zhao;Xuefang Zhao

  • 2012 Update of the Canadian Cardiovascular Society Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Dyslipidemia for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in the Adult

    Todd J. Anderson;Jean Grégoire;Robert A. Hegele;Patrick Couture

  • 2009 Canadian Cardiovascular Society/Canadian guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of dyslipidemia and prevention of cardiovascular disease in the adult - 2009 recommendations

    Jacques Genest;Ruth McPherson;Jiri Frohlich;Todd Anderson

  • The role of a common variant of the cholesteryl ester transfer protein gene in the progression of coronary atherosclerosis. The Regression Growth Evaluation Statin Study Group

    J. A. Kuivenhoven;J. W. Jukema;A. H. Zwinderman;P. De Knijff

  • Diagnostic Yield and Clinical Utility of Sequencing Familial Hypercholesterolemia Genes in Patients With Severe Hypercholesterolemia

    Amit V. Khera;Amit V. Khera;Hong Hee Won;Gina M. Peloso;Gina M. Peloso;Kim S. Lawson

  • Loss-of-function mutations in APOC3, triglycerides, and coronary disease

    Jacy Crosby;Gina M. Peloso;Gina M. Peloso;Paul L. Auer;David R. Crosslin

  • A common allele on chromosome 9 associated with coronary heart disease

    Ruth Mcpherson;Alexander Pertsemlidis;Nihan Kavaslar;Alexandre Stewart

  • A comprehensive 1000 Genomes-based genome-wide association meta-analysis of coronary artery disease

    Majid Nikpay;Anuj Goel;Hong-Hee Won;Leanne M. Hall

  • A common allele on chromosome 9 associated with coronary heart disease

    Ruth McPherson;Alexander Pertsemlidis;Nihan Kavaslar;Alexandre Stewart

  • Erratum: New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk (Nature Genetics (2010) 42 (105-116))

    Josée Dupuis;Claudia Langenberg;Inga Prokopenko;Richa Saxena

Frequent Co-Authors

Nilesh J. Samani
Nilesh J. Samani University of Leicester
Sekar Kathiresan
Sekar Kathiresan Harvard University
Hugh Watkins
Hugh Watkins University of Oxford
Heribert Schunkert
Heribert Schunkert Technical University of Munich
Jeanette Erdmann
Jeanette Erdmann University of Lübeck
Muredach P. Reilly
Muredach P. Reilly Columbia University
Alexandre F.R. Stewart
Alexandre F.R. Stewart University of Ottawa
John Danesh
John Danesh University of Cambridge
Daniel J. Rader
Daniel J. Rader University of Pennsylvania
Martin Farrall
Martin Farrall University of Oxford

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