2026 Sonja W. Scholz: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	57	13518	12428	5733	5130	163	24633

Overview

Sonja W. Scholz is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines within medicine and molecular biology, with a significant focus on neurology and genetics. Scholz has contributed extensively to the understanding of neurological diseases, particularly Parkinson's disease, and related genetic and molecular mechanisms.

Their work covers a variety of fields, including:

Medicine
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within these fields, Scholz specializes in the following subfields:

Neurology
Molecular Biology
Genetics
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
Physiology

Scholz's research topics focus on:

Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research
Neurological diseases and metabolism
Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases
Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks
Neurological disorders and treatments

The scientist frequently publishes in venues such as:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
JAMA Neurology
Movement Disorders
Alzheimer s & Dementia
Neurology

Scholz has collaborated extensively, with frequent coauthors including:

Bryan J. Traynor
J. Raphael Gibbs
Cornelis Blauwendraat
Clifton L. Dalgard
Ruth Chia

Notable recent publications by Scholz include:

"Challenges in the diagnosis of Parkinson's disease," 2021, published in The Lancet Neurology
"Detection of mosaic and population-level structural variants with Sniffles2," 2024, published in Nature Biotechnology
"A reference human induced pluripotent stem cell line for large-scale collaborative studies," 2022, published in Cell stem cell
"Finding genetically-supported drug targets for Parkinson's disease using Mendelian randomization of the druggable genome," 2021, published in Nature Communications
"Identification of Candidate Parkinson Disease Genes by Integrating Genome-Wide Association Study, Expression, and Epigenetic Data Sets," 2021, published in JAMA Neurology

Best Publications

A hexanucleotide repeat expansion in C9ORF72 is the cause of chromosome 9p21-linked ALS-FTD

Alan E. Renton;Elisa Majounie;Adrian James Waite;Javier Simón-Sánchez;Javier Simón-Sánchez

4892
Citations
Identification of novel risk loci, causal insights, and heritable risk for Parkinson's disease: a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies

Mike A Nalls;Cornelis Blauwendraat;Costanza L Vallerga;Karl Heilbron

2354
Citations
Genome-wide association study reveals genetic risk underlying Parkinson's disease

Javier Simón-Sánchez;Claudia Schulte;Jose M Bras;Jose M Bras;Manu Sharma

2236
Citations
Challenges in the diagnosis of Parkinson's disease

Eduardo Tolosa;Alicia Garrido;Sonja W Scholz;Werner Poewe

1597
Citations
Exome Sequencing Reveals VCP Mutations as a Cause of Familial ALS

Janel O. Johnson;Jessica Mandrioli;Michael Benatar;Yevgeniya Abramzon

1450
Citations
Genotype, haplotype and copy-number variation in worldwide human populations

Mattias Jakobsson;Sonja W. Scholz;Sonja W. Scholz;Paul A Scheet;J. Raphael Gibbs;J. Raphael Gibbs

1002
Citations
Genome-wide Analyses Identify KIF5A as a Novel ALS Gene.

Aude Nicolas;Kevin P. Kenna;Alan E. Renton;Alan E. Renton;Nicola Ticozzi

700
Citations
A genome-wide association study identifies protein quantitative trait loci (pQTLs).

David Melzer;John R. B. Perry;Dena Hernandez;Anna-Maria Corsi

553
Citations
Genome-wide genotyping in Parkinson's disease and neurologically normal controls: first stage analysis and public release of data

Hon-Chung Fung;Hon-Chung Fung;Hon-Chung Fung;Sonja Scholz;Mar Matarin;Javier Simón-Sánchez;Javier Simón-Sánchez

456
Citations
Genome sequencing analysis identifies new loci associated with Lewy body dementia and provides insights into its genetic architecture

Ruth Chia;Marya S. Sabir;Sara Bandres-Ciga

454
Citations
Parkinson's disease age at onset genome-wide association study: Defining heritability, genetic loci, and α-synuclein mechanisms.

Cornelis Blauwendraat;Karl Heilbron;Costanza L. Vallerga;Sara Bandres-Ciga

361
Citations
SNCA Variants Are Associated with Increased Risk for Multiple System Atrophy

Sonja W. Scholz;Sonja W. Scholz;Henry Houlden;Claudia Schulte;Manu Sharma

332
Citations
Deletion at ITPR1 Underlies Ataxia in Mice and Spinocerebellar Ataxia 15 in Humans

Joyce Van De Leemput;Jayanth Chandran;Jayanth Chandran;Melanie A. Knight;Lynne A. Holtzclaw

326
Citations
Chromosome 9p21 in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in Finland: a genome-wide association study.

Hannu Laaksovirta;Terhi Peuralinna;Jennifer C Schymick;Sonja W Scholz;Sonja W Scholz

302
Citations
Investigating the genetic architecture of dementia with Lewy bodies: a two-stage genome-wide association study

Rita Guerreiro;Rita Guerreiro;Owen A Ross;Celia Kun-Rodrigues;Dena G Hernandez;Dena G Hernandez

298
Citations
Genome-wide genotyping in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and neurologically normal controls: first stage analysis and public release of data

Jennifer C. Schymick;Jennifer C. Schymick;Sonja W. Scholz;Sonja W. Scholz;Hon Chung Fung;Hon Chung Fung;Angela Britton

266
Citations
DYT16, a novel young-onset dystonia-parkinsonism disorder: identification of a segregating mutation in the stress-response protein PRKRA

Sarah Camargos;Sarah Camargos;Sonja Scholz;Javier Simón-Sánchez;Coro Paisán-Ruiz

259
Citations
Genome-wide SNP assay reveals structural genomic variation, extended homozygosity and cell-line induced alterations in normal individuals

Javier Simon-Sanchez;Sonja Scholz;Hon-Chung Fung;Hon-Chung Fung;Mar Matarin

259
Citations
A genome-wide genotyping study in patients with ischaemic stroke: initial analysis and data release

Mar Matarín;W. Mark Brown;Sonja Scholz;Javier Simón-Sánchez;Javier Simón-Sánchez

247
Citations
Genome-Wide Analyses Identify KIF5A as a Novel ALS Gene

Aude Nicolas;Kevin P. Kenna;Alan E. Renton;Nicola Ticozzi

8
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