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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Genetics 74 1921 1828 244 235 151 69686

Yali Xue publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Yali Xue between 1999 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Yali Xue published across 27 years, from 1999 to 2025, averaging 6.5 papers a year. Output peaked at 17 publications in 2016. 9 of the 176 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1999 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 17. Peak 17 publications in 2016. 1999: 1 publication 2000: 0 publications 2001: 0 publications 2002: 2 publications 2003: 2 publications 2004: 1 publication 2005: 4 publications 2006: 3 publications 2007: 5 publications 2008: 6 publications 2009: 14 publications 2010: 4 publications 2011: 10 publications 2012: 13 publications 2013: 9 publications 2014: 9 publications 2015: 15 publications 2016: 17 publications 2017: 11 publications 2018: 7 publications 2019: 11 publications 2020: 7 publications 2021: 6 publications 2022: 3 publications 2023: 7 publications 2024: 3 publications 2025: 6 publications
1999 2025

176 publications in total across all disciplines

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Yali Xue: publications per year, 1999 to 2025
Year Publications
1999 1
2000 0
2001 0
2002 2
2003 2
2004 1
2005 4
2006 3
2007 5
2008 6
2009 14
2010 4
2011 10
2012 13
2013 9
2014 9
2015 15
2016 17
2017 11
2018 7
2019 11
2020 7
2021 6
2022 3
2023 7
2024 3
2025 6
Total 176
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Yali Xue 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 Yali Xue sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150 200
Bar chart with 67 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 45–54 to 703+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 217. Most scientists, 217, have 125–134 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 703 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 145–154 publications, is where this scientist sits. 45–54 publications: 6 scientists 55–64 publications: 10 scientists 65–74 publications: 35 scientists 75–84 publications: 84 scientists 85–94 publications: 102 scientists 95–104 publications: 151 scientists 105–114 publications: 175 scientists 115–124 publications: 203 scientists 125–134 publications: 217 scientists 135–144 publications: 205 scientists 145–154 publications: 193 scientists 155–164 publications: 188 scientists 165–174 publications: 170 scientists 175–184 publications: 178 scientists 185–194 publications: 164 scientists 195–204 publications: 173 scientists 205–214 publications: 159 scientists 215–224 publications: 134 scientists 225–234 publications: 143 scientists 235–244 publications: 105 scientists 245–254 publications: 114 scientists 255–264 publications: 92 scientists 265–274 publications: 88 scientists 275–284 publications: 87 scientists 285–294 publications: 80 scientists 295–304 publications: 62 scientists 305–314 publications: 75 scientists 315–324 publications: 67 scientists 325–334 publications: 60 scientists 335–344 publications: 52 scientists 345–354 publications: 40 scientists 355–364 publications: 48 scientists 365–374 publications: 47 scientists 375–384 publications: 46 scientists 385–394 publications: 31 scientists 395–404 publications: 27 scientists 405–414 publications: 40 scientists 415–424 publications: 30 scientists 425–434 publications: 43 scientists 435–444 publications: 29 scientists 445–454 publications: 14 scientists 455–464 publications: 28 scientists 465–474 publications: 21 scientists 475–484 publications: 21 scientists 485–494 publications: 22 scientists 495–504 publications: 17 scientists 505–514 publications: 12 scientists 515–524 publications: 11 scientists 525–534 publications: 8 scientists 535–544 publications: 8 scientists 545–554 publications: 14 scientists 555–564 publications: 4 scientists 565–574 publications: 11 scientists 575–584 publications: 5 scientists 585–594 publications: 11 scientists 595–604 publications: 12 scientists 605–614 publications: 7 scientists 615–624 publications: 6 scientists 625–634 publications: 10 scientists 635–644 publications: 9 scientists 645–654 publications: 10 scientists 655–664 publications: 6 scientists 665–674 publications: 6 scientists 675–684 publications: 6 scientists 685–694 publications: 4 scientists 695–702 publications: 6 scientists 703+ publications: 100 scientists
45–54 publications 703+

This scientist: 151 publications — 30th percentile

30% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Genetics scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 4,342 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
45–54 6
55–64 10
65–74 35
75–84 84
85–94 102
95–104 151
105–114 175
115–124 203
125–134 217
135–144 205
145–154 193 151
155–164 188
165–174 170
175–184 178
185–194 164
195–204 173
205–214 159
215–224 134
225–234 143
235–244 105
245–254 114
255–264 92
265–274 88
275–284 87
285–294 80
295–304 62
305–314 75
315–324 67
325–334 60
335–344 52
345–354 40
355–364 48
365–374 47
375–384 46
385–394 31
395–404 27
405–414 40
415–424 30
425–434 43
435–444 29
445–454 14
455–464 28
465–474 21
475–484 21
485–494 22
495–504 17
505–514 12
515–524 11
525–534 8
535–544 8
545–554 14
555–564 4
565–574 11
575–584 5
585–594 11
595–604 12
605–614 7
615–624 6
625–634 10
635–644 9
645–654 10
655–664 6
665–674 6
675–684 6
685–694 4
695–702 6
703+ 100
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Yali Xue 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 Yali Xue sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 61 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 160+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 191. Most scientists, 191, have 62–63 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 74–75 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40–41 D-Index: 24 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 52 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 84 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 112 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 118 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 141 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 143 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 145 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 179 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 162 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 175 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 191 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 172 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 184 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 164 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 158 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 150 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 136 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 127 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 127 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 111 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 110 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 110 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 84 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 102 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 66 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 72 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 70 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 54 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 60 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 49 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 55 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 45 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 42 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 28 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 39 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 25 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 31 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 29 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 34 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 29 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 29 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 18 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 27 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 22 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 16 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 11 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 17 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 12 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 21 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 4 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 9 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 14 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 6 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 10 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 7 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 9 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 8 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 8 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 9 scientists 160+ D-Index: 96 scientists
40–41 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 74 D-Index — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Genetics scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 4,342 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 24
42–43 52
44–45 84
46–47 112
48–49 118
50–51 141
52–53 143
54–55 145
56–57 179
58–59 162
60–61 175
62–63 191
64–65 172
66–67 184
68–69 164
70–71 158
72–73 150
74–75 136 74
76–77 127
78–79 127
80–81 111
82–83 110
84–85 110
86–87 84
88–89 102
90–91 66
92–93 72
94–95 70
96–97 54
98–99 60
100–101 49
102–103 55
104–105 45
106–107 42
108–109 28
110–111 39
112–113 25
114–115 31
116–117 29
118–119 34
120–121 29
122–123 29
124–125 18
126–127 27
128–129 22
130–131 16
132–133 11
134–135 17
136–137 12
138–139 21
140–141 4
142–143 9
144–145 14
146–147 6
148–149 10
150–151 7
152–153 9
154–155 8
156–157 8
158–159 9
160+ 96
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Overview

Yali Xue is affiliated with the Wellcome Sanger Institute in the United Kingdom and is active in research spanning materials science as well as biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their research contributions have been published across a variety of fields, demonstrating a blend of fundamental studies and applied sciences.

Their recent publications include notable papers such as:

  • Insights into human genetic variation and population history from 929 diverse genomes, 2020, Science
  • Population Structure, Stratification, and Introgression of Human Structural Variation, 2020, Cell
  • The landscape of autosomal-recessive pathogenic variants in European populations reveals phenotype-specific effects, 2021, The American Journal of Human Genetics
  • The genomic history of the Middle East, 2021, Cell
  • A Genetic History of the Near East from an aDNA Time Course Sampling Eight Points in the Past 4,000 Years, 2020, The American Journal of Human Genetics

Yali Xue frequently collaborates with a number of researchers in their field. Their most common coauthors include:

  • Chris Tyler-Smith
  • Dan Zhao
  • Ruijuan Zhang
  • Shirui Zhang
  • Yujun Liang

The scientist regularly publishes in several venues, among which the most frequent are:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Alloys and Compounds
  • Ceramics International
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Their work primarily addresses topics within materials chemistry and genetics. The main fields of study encompassing their research are:

  • Materials Science
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

The subfields most represented in their publications include:

  • Materials Chemistry
  • Genetics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Molecular Biology
  • Archeology

Yali Xue's research topics span:

  • Luminescence Properties of Advanced Materials
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • Perovskite Materials and Applications
  • Forensic and Genetic Research
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies

Best Publications

  • A global reference for human genetic variation.

    Adam Auton;Gonçalo R. Abecasis;David M. Altshuler;Richard M. Durbin

  • An integrated map of genetic variation from 1,092 human genomes

    Goncalo R Abecasis;Adam Auton;Lisa D Brooks

  • Table S2: Trans-factors and trinucleotide repeat instability Trans-factor

    Arturo López Castel;John D Cleary;Christopher E Pearson

  • Ancient DNA and the rewriting of human history: be sparing with Occam's razor.

    Marc Haber;Massimo Mezzavilla;Massimo Mezzavilla;Yali Xue;Chris Tyler-Smith

  • The Simons Genome Diversity Project: 300 genomes from 142 diverse populations

    Swapan Mallick;Swapan Mallick;Swapan Mallick;Heng Li;Mark Lipson;Iain Mathieson

  • A Systematic Survey of Loss-of-Function Variants in Human Protein-Coding Genes

    Daniel G. MacArthur;Daniel G. MacArthur;Suganthi Balasubramanian;Adam Frankish;Ni Huang

  • A global reference for human genetic variation

    Adam Auton;Gonçalo R. Abecasis;David M. Altshuler;Richard M. Durbin

  • IFITM3 restricts the morbidity and mortality associated with influenza

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

  • Insights into hominid evolution from the gorilla genome sequence

    Aylwyn Scally;Julien Y. Dutheil;LaDeana W. Hillier;Gregory E. Jordan

  • A genomic history of Aboriginal Australia

    Anna Sapfo Malaspinas;Anna Sapfo Malaspinas;Anna Sapfo Malaspinas;Michael C. Westaway;Craig Muller;Vitor C. Sousa;Vitor C. Sousa

  • The African Genome Variation Project shapes medical genetics in Africa

    Deepti Gurdasani;Tommy Carstensen;Tommy Carstensen;Fasil Tekola-Ayele;Luca Pagani

  • Insights into human genetic variation and population history from 929 diverse genomes.

    Anders Bergström;Anders Bergström;Shane A. McCarthy;Shane A. McCarthy;Ruoyun Hui;Ruoyun Hui;Mohamed A. Almarri

  • The Genetic Legacy of the Mongols

    Tatiana Zerjal;Yali Xue;Yali Xue;Giorgio Bertorelle;R. Spencer Wells

  • A systematic, large-scale resequencing screen of X-chromosome coding exons in mental retardation.

    Patrick S Tarpey;Raffaella Smith;Erin Pleasance;Annabel Whibley

  • Genomic evidence for the Pleistocene and recent population history of Native Americans

    Maanasa Raghavan;Matthias Steinrücken;Matthias Steinrücken;Kelley Harris;Stephan Schiffels

  • A genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 22 loci associated with eight hematological parameters in the HaemGen consortium

    Nicole Soranzo;Nicole Soranzo;Tim D Spector;Massimo Mangino;Brigitte Kühnel

  • BCFtools/RoH: a hidden Markov model approach for detecting autozygosity from next-generation sequencing data

    Vagheesh Narasimhan;Petr Danecek;Aylwyn Scally;Yali Xue

  • Genomic analyses inform on migration events during the peopling of Eurasia

    Luca Pagani;Luca Pagani;Luca Pagani;Daniel John Lawson;Evelyn Jagoda;Evelyn Jagoda;Alexander Mörseburg

  • A recent bottleneck of Y chromosome diversity coincides with a global change in culture

    Monika Karmin;Monika Karmin;Lauri Saag;Lauri Saag;Mário Vicente;Melissa A. Wilson Sayres;Melissa A. Wilson Sayres

  • Mountain gorilla genomes reveal the impact of long-term population decline and inbreeding

    Yali Xue;Javier Prado-Martinez;Peter H. Sudmant;Vagheesh Narasimhan;Vagheesh Narasimhan

Frequent Co-Authors

Chris Tyler-Smith
Chris Tyler-Smith Wellcome Sanger Institute
Richard Durbin
Richard Durbin University of Cambridge
Manjinder S. Sandhu
Manjinder S. Sandhu Imperial College London
Richard Villems
Richard Villems University of Tartu
Matthew E. Hurles
Matthew E. Hurles Wellcome Sanger Institute
huanming yang
huanming yang Beijing Genomics Institute
Nigel W. Rayner
Nigel W. Rayner University of Oxford
Daniel G. MacArthur
Daniel G. MacArthur Garvan Institute of Medical Research
Eleftheria Zeggini
Eleftheria Zeggini Technical University of Munich

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