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Genetics

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96
Citations
65442
World Ranking
851
National Ranking
11

Medicine

D-Index
96
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9453
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Simon Heath 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 Simon Heath sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 217 publications — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Simon Heath 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 Simon Heath sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 96 D-Index — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Simon Heath is affiliated with Pompeu Fabra University in Spain and specializes in research within the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with additional work spanning Medicine. Their work focuses extensively on molecular biology and genetics, with subfields including Epidemiology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Immunology.

Their research topics cover a broad range of areas, notably:

  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Inflammatory Bowel Disease
  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research
  • Mitochondrial Function and Pathology

Simon Heath has contributed to numerous publications, frequently publishing in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), UNC Libraries, Nature Communications, Journal of Crohn's and Colitis, and Gastroenterology. Within these journals and repositories, their research articles address various biomedical and molecular biology challenges.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Simon Heath include:

  • Impact of DNA methylation on 3D genome structure, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Systemic Inflammation in Preclinical Ulcerative Colitis, 2021, Gastroenterology
  • Lung microbiome composition and bronchial epithelial gene expression in patients with COPD versus healthy individuals: a bacterial 16S rRNA gene sequencing and host transcriptomic analysis, 2021, The Lancet Microbe
  • The ENCODE Uniform Analysis Pipelines, 2023, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Characterisation of the Circulating Transcriptomic Landscape in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Provides Evidence for Dysregulation of Multiple Transcription Factors Including NFE2, SPI1, CEBPB, and IRF2, 2022, Journal of Crohn's and Colitis

The scientist collaborates frequently with coauthors including Marta Gut, Marc Dabad, Anna Esteve-Codina, and Isabelle Brun-Heath, reflecting a network of collaboration within their research community.

Best Publications

  • Genome-wide association defines more than 30 distinct susceptibility loci for Crohn's disease

    Jeffrey C. Barrett;Sarah Hansoul;Dan L. Nicolae;Judy H. Cho

  • Pan-cancer analysis of whole genomes

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

  • Genetic risk and a primary role for cell-mediated immune mechanisms in multiple sclerosis

    Stephen Sawcer;Garrett Hellenthal;Matti Pirinen;Chris C. A. Spencer

  • Genome-wide association study indentifies variants at CLU and CR1 associated with Alzheimer’s disease

    J Lambert;S Heath;G Even;D Campion

  • SLCO1B1 variants and statin-induced myopathy--a genomewide study

    E Link;S Parish;J Armitage

  • 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

  • A large-scale, consortium-based genomewide association study of asthma.

    Miriam F. Moffatt;Ivo G. Gut;Florence Demenais;David P. Strachan

  • Genetic variants in novel pathways influence blood pressure and cardiovascular disease risk

    Georg B. Ehret;Georg B. Ehret;Georg B. Ehret;Patricia B. Munroe;Kenneth M. Rice;Murielle Bochud

  • International network of cancer genome projects

    Thomas J. Hudson;Thomas J. Hudson;Warwick Anderson;Axel Aretz;Anna D. Barker

  • Genetic variants regulating ORMDL3 expression contribute to the risk of childhood asthma

    Miriam F. Moffatt;Michael Kabesch;Liming Liang;Anna L. Dixon

  • Genetic Variants Associated with Lp(a) Lipoprotein Level and Coronary Disease

    R Clarke;J F Peden;J C Hopewell;T Kyriakou

  • Newly identified loci that influence lipid concentrations and risk of coronary artery disease

    Cristen J. Willer;Serena Sanna;Anne U. Jackson;Angelo Scuteri

  • Whole-genome sequencing identifies recurrent mutations in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia

    Xose S. Puente;Magda Pinyol;Víctor Quesada;Laura Conde

  • A susceptibility locus for lung cancer maps to nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunit genes on 15q25

    Rayjean J. Hung;James D. Mckay;Valerie Gaborieau;Paolo Boffetta

  • Genome-wide association study identifies eight loci associated with blood pressure

    Christopher Newton-Cheh;Christopher Newton-Cheh;Toby Johnson;Toby Johnson;Vesela Gateva;Martin D. Tobin

  • Exome sequencing identifies recurrent mutations of the splicing factor SF3B1 gene in chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

    Víctor Quesada;Laura Conde;Neus Villamor;Gonzalo R Ordóñez

  • A genome-wide association study of global gene expression

    Anna L Dixon;Anna L Dixon;Liming Liang;Miriam F Moffatt;Wei Chen

  • A genome-wide approach accounting for body mass index identifies genetic variants influencing fasting glycemic traits and insulin resistance.

    Alisa K. Manning;Alisa K. Manning;Alisa K. Manning;Robert A. Scott;Jonna L. Grimsby

  • Distinct DNA methylomes of newborns and centenarians

    Holger Heyn;Ning Li;Humberto J. Ferreira;Sebastian Moran

  • 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

Mark Lathrop
Mark Lathrop McGill University
Ivo Gut
Ivo Gut Centro Nacional de Análisis Genómico
Diana Zelenika
Diana Zelenika French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA)
Marta Gut
Marta Gut Centro Nacional de Análisis Genómico
Hugh Watkins
Hugh Watkins University of Oxford
Martin Farrall
Martin Farrall University of Oxford
John F. Peden
John F. Peden GenPAx AG
Anders Hamsten
Anders Hamsten Karolinska Institute
Anuj Goel
Anuj Goel University of Oxford
Nicole Soranzo
Nicole Soranzo Wellcome Sanger Institute

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