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Susan M. Ring 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 Susan M. Ring sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 296 publications — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Susan M. Ring 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 Susan M. Ring sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 116 D-Index — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics in United Kingdom Leader Award

Overview

Susan M. Ring is affiliated with the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple areas within medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, reflecting a broad engagement with health-related biological sciences.

The primary fields of study for Ring include:

  • Medicine
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Their work delves into specific subfields such as genetics, molecular biology, health toxicology and mutagenesis, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, as well as pediatrics, perinatology, and child health.

They have contributed to research on several main topics, including:

  • Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Asthma and respiratory diseases
  • Neonatal Respiratory Health Research
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research

Frequent publication venues for Ring's work include:

  • Wellcome Open Research (11 publications)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (8 publications)
  • UNC Libraries (4 publications)
  • Nature Genetics (3 publications)
  • International Journal of Epidemiology (2 publications)

Their recent papers demonstrate diverse research interests and collaborations:

  • Genomic and phenotypic insights from an atlas of genetic effects on DNA methylation, 2021, Nature Genetics
  • Genome-wide associations of human gut microbiome variation and implications for causal inference analyses, 2020, Nature Microbiology
  • Genomic analysis of diet composition finds novel loci and associations with health and lifestyle, 2020, Molecular Psychiatry
  • Cross-trait analyses with migraine reveal widespread pleiotropy and suggest a vascular component to migraine headache, 2020, International Journal of Epidemiology
  • Genome-wide association study in almost 195,000 individuals identifies 50 previously unidentified genetic loci for eye color, 2021, Science Advances

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Ring include:

  • Nicholas J. Timpson (14 collaborations)
  • Carol A. Wang (9 collaborations)
  • Peter J. van der Most (9 collaborations)
  • Jian'an Luan (9 collaborations)
  • Reedik Mägi (9 collaborations)

Best Publications

  • Genome-wide association study of 14,000 cases of seven common diseases and 3,000 shared controls

    Paul R. Burton;David G. Clayton;Lon R. Cardon;Nick Craddock

  • A common variant in the FTO gene is associated with body mass index and predisposes to childhood and adult obesity

    Timothy M. Frayling;Nicholas J. Timpson;Michael N. Weedon;Eleftheria Zeggini;Eleftheria Zeggini;Eleftheria Zeggini

  • Cohort Profile: The ‘Children of the 90s’—the index offspring of the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children

    Andy Boyd;Jean Golding;John Macleod;Debbie A. Lawlor

  • Cohort Profile: The Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children: ALSPAC mothers cohort

    Abigail Fraser;Corrie Macdonald-Wallis;Kate Tilling;Andy Boyd

  • Discovery of the first genome-wide significant risk loci for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder

    Ditte Demontis;Ditte Demontis;Raymond K Walters;Raymond K Walters;Joanna Martin;Joanna Martin;Joanna Martin;Manuel Mattheisen

  • 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

  • Genome-wide association study identifies 74 loci associated with educational attainment

    Aysu Okbay;Jonathan P. Beauchamp;Mark Alan Fontana;James J. Lee

  • 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

  • Association scan of 14,500 nonsynonymous SNPs in four diseases identifies autoimmunity variants

    Paul R Burton;David G Clayton;Lon R Cardon;Nick Craddock

  • GWAS of 126,559 Individuals Identifies Genetic Variants Associated with Educational Attainment

    Cornelius A. Rietveld;Sarah E. Medland;Jaime Lane Derringer;Jian Yang

  • Genome-wide association study of CNVs in 16,000 cases of eight common diseases and 3,000 shared controls

    Nick Craddock;Matthew E. Hurles;Niall Cardin;Richard D. Pearson

  • Mapping cis - and trans -regulatory effects across multiple tissues in twins

    E Grundberg;K S Small;K S Small;Å K Hedman;A C Nica

  • Genome-wide association analyses of risk tolerance and risky behaviors in over 1 million individuals identify hundreds of loci and shared genetic influences

    Richard Karlsson Linnér;Richard Karlsson Linnér;Pietro Biroli;Edward Kong;S. Fleur W. Meddens;S. Fleur W. Meddens

  • Meta-analysis of 375,000 individuals identifies 38 susceptibility loci for migraine

    Padhraig Gormley;Verneri Anttila;Verneri Anttila;Bendik S. Winsvold;Bendik S. Winsvold;Priit Palta

  • Localization of type 1 diabetes susceptibility to the MHC class I genes HLA-B and HLA-A

    Sergey Nejentsev;Joanna M. M. Howson;Neil M. Walker;Jeffrey Szeszko

  • Genome-wide association study of ankylosing spondylitis identifies non-MHC susceptibility loci

    John D. Reveille;Anne Marie Sims;Patrick Danoy;David M. Evans

  • Parent-of-origin-specific allelic associations among 106 genomic loci for age at menarche

    John R.B. Perry;Felix Day;Cathy E. Elks;Patrick Sulem

  • Replication of an Association Between the Lymphoid Tyrosine Phosphatase Locus (LYP/PTPN22) With Type 1 Diabetes, and Evidence for Its Role as a General Autoimmunity Locus

    Deborah Smyth;Jason D. Cooper;Joanne E. Collins;Joanne M. Heward

  • The UK10K project identifies rare variants in health and disease

    Klaudia Walter;Josine L. Min;Jie Huang;Lucy Crooks

  • Genome-wide association study identifies 74 loci associated with educational attainment

    Aysu Okbay;Jonathan P. Beauchamp;Mark Alan Fontana;James J. Lee

Frequent Co-Authors

George Davey Smith
George Davey Smith University of Bristol
David Evans
David Evans University of Bristol
Nicholas J. Timpson
Nicholas J. Timpson University of Bristol
Marjo-Riitta Järvelin
Marjo-Riitta Järvelin Imperial College London
Debbie A. Lawlor
Debbie A. Lawlor University of Bristol
Albert Hofman
Albert Hofman Harvard University
Johan G. Eriksson
Johan G. Eriksson National University of Singapore
André G. Uitterlinden
André G. Uitterlinden Erasmus University Rotterdam
Dorret I. Boomsma
Dorret I. Boomsma Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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