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Sebastian Zöllner publication distribution in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Genetics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Sebastian Zöllner sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 112 publications — 12th percentile

12% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 703 publications or more.

Sebastian Zöllner D-index placement in Genetics in 2026

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

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 49 D-Index — 9th percentile

9% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more.

Overview

Sebastian Zöllner is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant contributions in medicine. They have a focused engagement in genetics and molecular biology as well as in psychiatry and mental health, clinical psychology, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine.

The main topics of their work include:

  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Genomics and Rare Diseases
  • Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
  • Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
  • Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities
  • Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
  • BRCA gene mutations in cancer

The scientist's recent publications are:

  • De novo mutations across 1,465 diverse genomes reveal mutational insights and reductions in the Amish founder population, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Loss-of-function genomic variants highlight potential therapeutic targets for cardiovascular disease, 2020, Nature Communications
  • The Michigan Genomics Initiative: A biobank linking genotypes and electronic clinical records in Michigan Medicine patients, 2023, Cell Genomics
  • Genetic investigation of fibromuscular dysplasia identifies risk loci and shared genetics with common cardiovascular diseases, 2021, Nature Communications
  • The Michigan Genomics Initiative: a biobank linking genotypes and electronic clinical records in Michigan Medicine patients, 2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

The venues where they frequently publish include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature Communications, Cell Genomics, Molecular Psychiatry, and Genetics.

Frequent coauthors of Sebastian Zöllner are:

  • Matthew Zawistowski
  • Michael Boehnke
  • Charles Kooperberg
  • Gonçalo R. Abecasis
  • Hyun Min Kang

Best Publications

  • Table S2: Trans-factors and trinucleotide repeat instability Trans-factor

    Arturo López Castel;John D Cleary;Christopher E Pearson

  • Genetic relationship between five psychiatric disorders estimated from genome-wide SNPs

    S. Hong Lee;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Benjamin M. Neale;Benjamin M. Neale;Stephen V. Faraone

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

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

  • Genome-wide association study identifies 30 loci associated with bipolar disorder

    Eli A. Stahl;Eli A. Stahl;Gerome Breen;Andreas J. Forstner;Andrew McQuillin

  • Large-scale genome-wide association analysis of bipolar disorder identifies a new susceptibility locus near ODZ4

    Pamela Sklar;Pamela Sklar;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Laura J. Scott;Ole A. Andreassen

  • Mapping copy number variation by population-scale genome sequencing

    Ryan E. Mills;Klaudia Walter;Chip Stewart;Robert E. Handsaker

  • Intra- and interspecific variation in primate gene expression patterns

    Wolfgang Enard;Philipp Khaitovich;Joachim Klose;Sebastian Zöllner

  • An Abundance of Rare Functional Variants in 202 Drug Target Genes Sequenced in 14,002 People

    Matthew R. Nelson;Daniel Wegmann;Margaret G. Ehm;Darren Kessner

  • Genomic Dissection of Bipolar Disorder and Schizophrenia, Including 28 Subphenotypes

    Douglas M. Ruderfer;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Andrew McQuillin;James Boocock

  • Psychiatric genetics: progress amid controversy

    Margit Burmeister;Melvin G. McInnis;Sebastian Zöllner

  • A map of human genome variation from population-scale sequencing

    Richard M. Durbin;David L. Altshuler;Gonçalo R. Abecasis;David R. Bentley

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

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

  • Overcoming the winner's curse: estimating penetrance parameters from case-control data.

    Sebastian Zöllner;Jonathan K. Pritchard

  • Genome-wide association study of bipolar disorder in European American and African American individuals.

    E. N. Smith;E. N. Smith;C. S. Bloss;J. A. Badner;T. Barrett

  • Segmental copy number variation shapes tissue transcriptomes

    Charlotte N Henrichsen;Nicolas Vinckenbosch;Sebastian Zöllner;Evelyne Chaignat

  • Use of >100,000 NHLBI Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine (TOPMed) Consortium whole genome sequences improves imputation quality and detection of rare variant associations in admixed African and Hispanic/Latino populations

    Madeline H Kowalski;Huijun Qian;Ziyi Hou;Jonathan D Rosen

  • Long Runs of Homozygosity Are Enriched for Deleterious Variation

    Zachary A. Szpiech;Jishu Xu;Trevor J. Pemberton;Trevor J. Pemberton;Weiping Peng

  • Mouse Segmental Duplication and Copy-Number Variation

    Xinwei She;Ze Cheng;Sebastian Zöllner;Deanna M Church

  • Joint Analysis of Psychiatric Disorders Increases Accuracy of Risk Prediction for Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder, and Major Depressive Disorder

    Robert Maier;Gerhard Moser;Guo-Bo Chen;Stephan Ripke

  • Genome-wide association study of 40,000 individuals identifies two novel loci associated with bipolar disorder.

    Liping Hou;Sarah E. Bergen;Sarah E. Bergen;Nirmala Akula;Jie Song

Frequent Co-Authors

Melvin G. McInnis
Melvin G. McInnis University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Nicholas J. Schork
Nicholas J. Schork Translational Genomics Research Institute
Michael Boehnke
Michael Boehnke University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Thomas G. Schulze
Thomas G. Schulze Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Gonçalo R. Abecasis
Gonçalo R. Abecasis University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Erin N. Smith
Erin N. Smith University of California, San Diego
John R. Kelsoe
John R. Kelsoe University of California, San Diego
Chun-Yu Liu
Chun-Yu Liu Boston University
David Craig
David Craig University of Southern California
Caroline M. Nievergelt
Caroline M. Nievergelt University of California, San Diego

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