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D-Index
104
Citations
53135
World Ranking
6935
National Ranking
3653

Sonja I. Berndt 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 Sonja I. Berndt sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 493 publications — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Sonja I. Berndt 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 Sonja I. Berndt sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 104 D-Index — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Sonja I. Berndt is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on genetics and medicine, with a particular emphasis on cancer research and molecular biology. The scientist has contributed extensively to studies on colorectal cancer and genetic epidemiology.

Berndt's work spans several main fields of study, including:

  • Medicine
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Their subfield expertise covers areas such as:

  • Genetics
  • Pathology and Forensic Medicine
  • Molecular Biology
  • Oncology
  • Cancer Research

Key research topics include:

  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Genetic factors in colorectal cancer
  • Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection
  • Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research
  • Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research
  • Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism
  • Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease

Among the frequent publication venues for Berndt's work are:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention
  • Cancer Research
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Berndt include:

  • Physical activity and risks of breast and colorectal cancer: a Mendelian randomisation analysis (2020, Nature Communications)
  • Genome-wide Modeling of Polygenic Risk Score in Colorectal Cancer Risk (2020, The American Journal of Human Genetics)
  • Adiposity, metabolites, and colorectal cancer risk: Mendelian randomization study (2020, BMC Medicine)
  • Selection, optimization and validation of ten chronic disease polygenic risk scores for clinical implementation in diverse US populations (2024, Nature Medicine)
  • Assessment of polygenic architecture and risk prediction based on common variants across fourteen cancers (2020, Nature Communications)

Berndt frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Graham G. Giles
  • Peter T. Campbell (72 publications)
  • Loïc Le Marchand (70 publications)
  • Andrew T. Chan (67 publications)
  • Michael Hoffmeister (67 publications)

Best Publications

  • 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

  • Six new loci associated with body mass index highlight a neuronal influence on body weight regulation

    Cristen J. Willer;Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Ruth J. F. Loos;Shengxu Li

  • Modeling Linkage Disequilibrium Increases Accuracy of Polygenic Risk Scores

    Bjarni J. Vilhjálmsson;Jian Yang;Hilary K. Finucane;Alexander Gusev

  • Multiple loci identified in a genome-wide association study of prostate cancer

    Gilles Thomas;Kevin B Jacobs;Meredith Yeager;Meredith Yeager;Peter Kraft

  • 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

  • Association analyses of more than 140,000 men identify 63 new prostate cancer susceptibility loci

    Fredrick R. Schumacher;Ali Amin Al Olama;Sonja I. Berndt;Sara Benlloch

  • Complications After Prostate Biopsy: Data From SEER-Medicare

    Stacy Loeb;H. Ballentine Carter;Sonja I. Berndt;Winnie Ricker

  • Identification of ten loci associated with height highlights new biological pathways in human growth.

    Guillaume Lettre;Guillaume Lettre;Anne U Jackson;Christian Gieger;Fredrick R Schumacher;Fredrick R Schumacher

  • Identification of 23 new prostate cancer susceptibility loci using the iCOGS custom genotyping array

    Rosalind A. Eeles;Ali Amin Al Olama;Sara Benlloch;Edward J. Saunders

  • Detectable clonal mosaicism from birth to old age and its relationship to cancer.

    Cathy C. Laurie;Cecelia A Laurie;Kenneth Rice;Kimberly F. Doheny

  • Detectable clonal mosaicism and its relationship to aging and cancer

    Kevin B. Jacobs;Kevin B. Jacobs;Meredith Yeager;Meredith Yeager;Weiyin Zhou;Weiyin Zhou;Sholom Wacholder

  • A meta-analysis of 87,040 individuals identifies 23 new susceptibility loci for prostate cancer

    Ali Amin Al Olama;Zsofia Kote-Jarai;Sonja I. Berndt;David V. Conti

  • FTO genotype is associated with phenotypic variability of body mass index

    Jian Yang;Jian Yang;Ruth J F Loos;Ruth J F Loos;Joseph E. Powell;Joseph E. Powell;Sarah E. Medland

  • Discovery of common and rare genetic risk variants for colorectal cancer

    Jeroen R. Huyghe;Stephanie A. Bien;Tabitha A. Harrison;Hyun Min Kang

  • Sex-stratified Genome-wide Association Studies Including 270,000 Individuals Show Sexual Dimorphism in Genetic Loci for Anthropometric Traits

    Joshua C. Randall;Joshua C. Randall;Thomas W. Winkler;Zoltán Kutalik;Zoltán Kutalik;Sonja I. Berndt

  • Genetic variation in TNF and IL10 and risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma: a report from the InterLymph Consortium

    Nathaniel Rothman;Christine F Skibola;Sophia S Wang;Gareth Morgan

  • Physical activity and risks of breast and colorectal cancer : a Mendelian randomisation analysis

    Nikos Papadimitriou;Niki Dimou;Konstantinos K. Tsilidis;Konstantinos K. Tsilidis;Barbara Banbury

  • Detectable clonal mosaicism and its relationship to aging and cancer

    Kevin B. Jacobs;Meredith Yeager;Weiyin Zhou;Sholom Wacholder

  • Discovery of common and rare genetic risk variants for colorectal cancer

    Jeroen R. Huyghe;Stephanie A. Bien;Tabitha A. Harrison;Hyun Min Kang

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen J. Chanock
Stephen J. Chanock National Institutes of Health
Graham G. Giles
Graham G. Giles University of Melbourne
Meredith Yeager
Meredith Yeager Hood College
John D. Potter
John D. Potter Massey University
Polly A. Newcomb
Polly A. Newcomb Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Ulrike Peters
Ulrike Peters University of Washington
Loic Le Marchand
Loic Le Marchand University of Hawaii at Manoa
Jenny Chang-Claude
Jenny Chang-Claude German Cancer Research Center
Andrew T. Chan
Andrew T. Chan Harvard University
Demetrius Albanes
Demetrius Albanes National Institutes of Health

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