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60
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15804
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3136
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106

Sulev Kõks 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 Sulev Kõks sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 382 publications — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Sulev Kõks 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 Sulev Kõks sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 60 D-Index — 29th percentile

29% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Sulev Kõks is affiliated with the Perron Institute for Neurological and Translational Science in Australia. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a particular focus on subfields including Molecular Biology, Neurology, and Genetics.

Their scientific work extensively covers topics related to neurodegenerative and genetic disorders. Key areas of focus include Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research, Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research, RNA Research and Splicing, RNA regulation and disease, Chromosomal and Genetic Variations, and RNA modifications and cancer.

Sulev Kõks has contributed to several notable publications, with recent papers including:

  • Toward best practice in cancer mutation detection with whole-genome and whole-exome sequencing (2021, Nature Biotechnology)
  • Multi-ancestry genome-wide association meta-analysis of Parkinson's disease (2023, Nature Genetics)
  • Genome-wide survival study identifies a novel synaptic locus and polygenic score for cognitive progression in Parkinson's disease (2021, Nature Genetics)
  • Establishing community reference samples, data and call sets for benchmarking cancer mutation detection using whole-genome sequencing (2021, Nature Biotechnology)
  • Rare Loss-of-Function Mutation in SERPINA3 in Generalized Pustular Psoriasis (2020, Journal of Investigative Dermatology)

Their frequent coauthors include Abigail L. Pfaff, John P. Quinn, Vivien J. Bubb, Pille Taba, and Jean-Christophe Corvol. Collaborations with these researchers have contributed to a broad spectrum of studies in their areas of expertise.

Sulev Kõks has published numerous papers in prominent scientific journals, including:

  • Experimental Biology and Medicine
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Genes
  • Scientific Reports

Best Publications

  • 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

  • Identification of 15 new psoriasis susceptibility loci highlights the role of innate immunity

    Lam C. Tsoi;Sarah L. Spain;Sarah L. Spain;Jo Knight;Eva Ellinghaus;Eva Ellinghaus

  • Strain and gender differences in the behavior of mouse lines commonly used in transgenic studies.

    Vootele Võikar;Sulev Kõks;Eero Vasar;Heikki Rauvala

  • Combined Analysis of Genome-wide Association Studies for Crohn Disease and Psoriasis Identifies Seven Shared Susceptibility Loci

    David Ellinghaus;Eva Ellinghaus;Rajan P. Nair;Philip E. Stuart

  • Large scale meta-analysis characterizes genetic architecture for common psoriasis associated variants

    Lam C. Tsoi;Philip E. Stuart;Chao Tian;Johann E. Gudjonsson

  • Genome-wide association studies of autoimmune vitiligo identify 23 new risk loci and highlight key pathways and regulatory variants.

    Ying Jin;Genevieve Andersen;Daniel Yorgov;Tracey M. Ferrara

  • Genome-wide Association Analysis of Psoriatic Arthritis and Cutaneous Psoriasis Reveals Differences in Their Genetic Architecture

    Philip E. Stuart;Rajan P. Nair;Lam C. Tsoi;Trilokraj Tejasvi;Trilokraj Tejasvi

  • Cardiometabolic risk loci share downstream cis- and trans-gene regulation across tissues and diseases.

    Oscar Franzén;Raili Ermel;Raili Ermel;Ariella Cohain;Nicholas K. Akers

  • Clinical and genetic differences between pustular psoriasis subtypes

    Sophie Twelves;Alshimaa Mostafa;Alshimaa Mostafa;Nick Dand;Elias Burri

  • Parkinson’s disease in GTP cyclohydrolase 1 mutation carriers

    Niccolò E. Mencacci;Niccolò E. Mencacci;Ioannis U. Isaias;Martin M. Reich;Christos Ganos;Christos Ganos

  • Enhanced meta-analysis and replication studies identify five new psoriasis susceptibility loci.

    Lam C. Tsoi;Sarah L. Spain;Sarah L. Spain;Eva Ellinghaus;Philip E. Stuart

  • Recent Insights into the Role of Unfolded Protein Response in ER Stress in Health and Disease

    Dan Lindholm;Dan Lindholm;Laura Korhonen;Laura Korhonen;Ove Eriksson;Sulev Kõks;Sulev Kõks

  • Blocking tumor-educated MSC paracrine activity halts osteosarcoma progression

    S. Rubina Baglio;Tonny Lagerweij;Maria Pérez-Lanzón;Xuan Dung Ho

  • 7-Nitroindazole, a nitric oxide synthase inhibitor, has anxiolytic-like properties in exploratory models of anxiety.

    Vallo Volke;Andres Soosaar;Sulev Kõks;Michel Bourin

  • Genome-wide meta-analysis of psoriatic arthritis identifies susceptibility locus at REL.

    Eva Ellinghaus;Philip E. Stuart;David Ellinghaus;Rajan P. Nair

  • Identification of Candidate Parkinson Disease Genes by Integrating Genome-Wide Association Study, Expression, and Epigenetic Data Sets

    Demis A. Kia;David Zhang;Sebastian Guelfi;Claudia Manzoni

  • Mouse models of ageing and their relevance to disease.

    Sulev Kõks;Soner Dogan;Bilge Guvenc Tuna;Herminia González-Navarro

  • 358 Large scale meta-analysis characterizes genetic architecture for common psoriasis-associated variants

    L.C. Tsoi;P. Stuart;C. Tian;J.E. Gudjonsson

  • Identification of 15 new psoriasis susceptibility loci highlights the role of innate immunity

    L. C. Tsoi;S. L. Spain;J. Knight;E. Ellinghaus

  • Supplementary material : Clinical and genetic differences between pustular psoriasis subtypes

    Sophie Twelves;Alshimaa Mostafa;Nick Dand;Elias Burri

Frequent Co-Authors

Eero Vasar
Eero Vasar University of Tartu
Andres Metspalu
Andres Metspalu University of Tartu
Pekka T. Männistö
Pekka T. Männistö University of Helsinki
Leonard C. Schalkwyk
Leonard C. Schalkwyk University of Essex
James T. Elder
James T. Elder University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Andres Salumets
Andres Salumets Karolinska Institute
E. K. Khusnutdinova
E. K. Khusnutdinova Russian Academy of Sciences
Ulrich Mrowietz
Ulrich Mrowietz Kiel University
Tonu Esko
Tonu Esko University of Tartu
Gonçalo R. Abecasis
Gonçalo R. Abecasis University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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