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William O.C.M. Cookson

William O.C.M. Cookson

D-Index & Metrics

Immunology

D-Index
105
Citations
55345
World Ranking
577
National Ranking
51

Medicine

D-Index
106
Citations
57221
World Ranking
6393
National Ranking
622

William O.C.M. Cookson publication distribution in Immunology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Immunology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where William O.C.M. Cookson sits on this spectrum.

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62 publications 807+

This scientist: 339 publications — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 807 publications or more.

William O.C.M. Cookson D-index placement in Immunology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Immunology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where William O.C.M. Cookson sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 157+

This scientist: 105 D-Index — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 157 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

William O.C.M. Cookson is affiliated with Imperial College London in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple fields with a focus on Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these broader areas, they have contributed significantly to subfields such as Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Molecular Biology, Epidemiology, Oncology, and Emergency Medical Services.

The primary topics addressed in their work include Pediatric health and respiratory diseases, Gut microbiota and health, Occupational and environmental lung diseases, Cystic Fibrosis research advances, Nematode management and characterization studies, Respiratory viral infections research, and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation.

William O.C.M. Cookson has contributed to numerous publications, frequently appearing in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), European Respiratory Journal, Scientific Reports, Journal of Cystic Fibrosis, and EBioMedicine.

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Cookson include:

  • The fungal airway microbiome in cystic fibrosis and non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis, 2020, Journal of Cystic Fibrosis
  • Airway mucins promote immunopathology in virus-exacerbated chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, 2022, Journal of Clinical Investigation
  • The undiagnosed disease burden associated with alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency genotypes, 2020, European Respiratory Journal
  • A large-scale genome-wide association analysis of lung function in the Chinese population identifies novel loci and highlights shared genetic aetiology with obesity, 2021, European Respiratory Journal
  • Airway microbial communities, smoking and asthma in a general population sample, 2021, EBioMedicine

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Cookson include:

  • Miriam F. Moffatt
  • Leah Cuthbertson
  • Sanjay Popat
  • Saffron A.G. Willis-Owen
  • Michael J. Cox

William O.C.M. Cookson has been recognized as a Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences in the United Kingdom.

Best Publications

  • Merlin--rapid analysis of dense genetic maps using sparse gene flow trees.

    Gonçalo R. Abecasis;Stacey S. Cherny;William O. Cookson;Lon R. Cardon

  • Reagent and laboratory contamination can critically impact sequence-based microbiome analyses

    Susannah J Salter;Michael J Cox;Elena M Turek;Szymon T Calus

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

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

  • Human polymorphism at microRNAs and microRNA target sites.

    Liuqing Yang;Chunru Lin;Chunyu Jin;Joy C. Yang

  • Disordered Microbial Communities in Asthmatic Airways

    Markus Hilty;Conor Burke;Helder Pedro;Helder Pedro;Paul Cardenas

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

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

  • Exposure to Environmental Microorganisms and Childhood Asthma

    Markus J. Ege;Melanie Mayer;Anne-Cécile Normand;Jon Genuneit

  • A general test of association for quantitative traits in nuclear families.

    G. R. Abecasis;L. R. Cardon;W. O. C. Cookson

  • Mapping copy number variation by population-scale genome sequencing

    Ryan E. Mills;Klaudia Walter;Chip Stewart;Robert E. Handsaker

  • A genome-wide association study of global gene expression

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

  • Mapping complex disease traits with global gene expression

    William Cookson;Liming Liang;Gonçalo Abecasis;Miriam Moffatt

  • A genome-wide search for quantitative trait loci underlying asthma

    S. E. Daniels;S. Bhattacharrya;A. James;N. I. Leaves

  • GOLD—Graphical Overview of Linkage Disequilibrium

    Gonçalo R. Abecasis;W. O. C. Cookson

  • IFITM3 restricts the morbidity and mortality associated with influenza

    Aaron R. Everitt;Simon Clare;Thomas Charles Pertel;Sinu P. John

  • Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 11 new loci for anthropometric traits and provides insights into genetic architecture

    Sonja I Berndt;Stefan Gustafsson;Stefan Gustafsson;Reedik Mägi;Reedik Mägi;Andrea Ganna

  • Is eczema really on the increase worldwide

    Hywel Williams;Alistair Stewart;Erika von Mutius;William Cookson

  • Genome-wide genetic association of complex traits in heterogeneous stock mice

    William Valdar;Leah C Solberg;Leah C Solberg;Dominique Gauguier;Stephanie Burnett

  • The alliance of genes and environment in asthma and allergy

    William Cookson

  • The Role of Bacteria in the Pathogenesis and Progression of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

    Phillip L. Molyneaux;Michael J. Cox;Saffron A. G. Willis-Owen;Patrick Mallia

  • Multiancestry association study identifies new asthma risk loci that colocalize with immune-cell enhancer marks

    Florence Demenais;Florence Demenais;Patricia Margaritte-Jeannin;Patricia Margaritte-Jeannin;Kathleen C. Barnes;William O.C. Cookson

  • Association between atopy and variants of the β subunit of the high–affinity immunoglobulin E receptor

    Taro Shirakawa;Taro Shirakawa;Airong Li;Michael Dubowitz;James W. Dekker

  • Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 11 new loci for anthropometric traits and provides insights into genetic architecture

    Sonja I. Berndt;Stefan Gustafsson;Reedik Maegi;Andrea Ganna

Frequent Co-Authors

Miriam F. Moffatt
Miriam F. Moffatt Imperial College London
Liming Liang
Liming Liang Harvard University
Gonçalo R. Abecasis
Gonçalo R. Abecasis University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Florence Demenais
Florence Demenais Université Paris Cité
Arthur W. Musk
Arthur W. Musk University of Western Australia
Erika von Mutius
Erika von Mutius Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Alan James
Alan James Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital
Lyle J. Palmer
Lyle J. Palmer University of Adelaide
Catherine Laprise
Catherine Laprise Université du Québec à Chicoutimi
Martin Farrall
Martin Farrall University of Oxford

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