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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Genetics 70 2274 2160 1020 958 187 18138

Yin Yao Shugart publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Yin Yao Shugart between 1990 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Yin Yao Shugart published across 36 years, from 1990 to 2025, averaging 6.1 papers a year. Output peaked at 20 publications in 2007. 1 of the 218 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1990 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 20. Peak 20 publications in 2007. 1990: 1 publication 1991: 3 publications 1992: 0 publications 1993: 1 publication 1994: 2 publications 1995: 2 publications 1996: 1 publication 1997: 1 publication 1998: 4 publications 1999: 4 publications 2000: 6 publications 2001: 2 publications 2002: 7 publications 2003: 6 publications 2004: 10 publications 2005: 8 publications 2006: 8 publications 2007: 20 publications 2008: 9 publications 2009: 12 publications 2010: 4 publications 2011: 13 publications 2012: 14 publications 2013: 14 publications 2014: 9 publications 2015: 13 publications 2016: 15 publications 2017: 10 publications 2018: 6 publications 2019: 3 publications 2020: 2 publications 2021: 1 publication 2022: 0 publications 2023: 6 publications 2024: 0 publications 2025: 1 publication
1990 2025

218 publications in total across all disciplines

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Yin Yao Shugart: publications per year, 1990 to 2025
Year Publications
1990 1
1991 3
1992 0
1993 1
1994 2
1995 2
1996 1
1997 1
1998 4
1999 4
2000 6
2001 2
2002 7
2003 6
2004 10
2005 8
2006 8
2007 20
2008 9
2009 12
2010 4
2011 13
2012 14
2013 14
2014 9
2015 13
2016 15
2017 10
2018 6
2019 3
2020 2
2021 1
2022 0
2023 6
2024 0
2025 1
Total 218
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Yin Yao Shugart 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 Yin Yao Shugart 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, 185–194 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: 187 publications — 45th percentile

45% 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
155–164 188
165–174 170
175–184 178
185–194 164 187
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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Yin Yao Shugart 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 Yin Yao Shugart 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, 70–71 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: 70 D-Index — 49th percentile

49% 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 70
72–73 150
74–75 136
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

Yin Yao Shugart is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. The scientific work focuses primarily on areas within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant contributions to psychology. Their research integrates various subfields including genetics, molecular biology, experimental and cognitive psychology, cognitive neuroscience, as well as public health, environmental and occupational health.

The main topics covered by Shugart's work consist of genetic associations and epidemiology, genetics and neurodevelopmental disorders, cognitive abilities and testing, bioinformatics and genomic networks, sex and gender in healthcare, obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders, and autism spectrum disorder research.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Shugart include Wei Guo, Benjamin M. Neale, Ekaterina Khramtsova, Janita Bralten, and Carol A. Mathews.

Shugart's publications are often found in several specific scholarly venues with a recurring presence in the following journals:

  • Translational Psychiatry
  • Biological Psychiatry
  • iScience
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frontiers in Psychiatry

Representative recent papers authored or coauthored by Shugart include:

  • "Multi-trait analysis for genome-wide association study of five psychiatric disorders," 2020, Translational Psychiatry
  • "Examining Sex-Differentiated Genetic Effects Across Neuropsychiatric and Behavioral Traits," 2021, Biological Psychiatry
  • "Genome-wide association study of pediatric obsessive-compulsive traits: shared genetic risk between traits and disorder," 2021, Translational Psychiatry
  • "Cell type-specific and cross-population polygenic risk score analyses of MIR137 gene pathway in schizophrenia," 2021, iScience
  • "Examining sex-differentiated genetic effects across neuropsychiatric and behavioral traits," 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Best Publications

  • Genome-wide association study identifies new susceptibility loci for Crohn disease and implicates autophagy in disease pathogenesis

    John D. Rioux;John D. Rioux;Ramnik J. Xavier;Kent D. Taylor;Mark S. Silverberg

  • Autosomal recessive lissencephaly with cerebellar hypoplasia is associated with human RELN mutations

    Susan E. Hong;Yin Yao Shugart;David T. Huang;Saad Al Shahwan

  • Mapping human genetic diversity in Asia

    Mahmood Ameen Abdulla;Ikhlak Ahmed;Anunchai Assawamakin;Anunchai Assawamakin;Jong Bhak

  • Revealing the complex genetic architecture of obsessive-compulsive disorder using meta-analysis

    Paul D. Arnold;Kathleen D. Askland;Cristina Barlassina;Laura Bellodi

  • Exome sequencing and the genetic basis of complex traits

    Adam Kiezun;Kiran Garimella;Ron Do;Ron Do;Nathan O Stitziel;Nathan O Stitziel

  • Abnormal cerebellar development and axonal decussation due to mutations in AHI1 in Joubert syndrome.

    Russell J Ferland;Wafaa Eyaid;Randall V Collura;Laura D Tully

  • Mutations in ARFGEF2 implicate vesicle trafficking in neural progenitor proliferation and migration in the human cerebral cortex

    Volney L Sheen;Vijay S Ganesh;Meral Topcu;Guillaume Sebire

  • Genome-wide association study in obsessive-compulsive disorder: results from the OCGAS

    Mattheisen M;Samuels Jf;Wang Y;Greenberg Bd

  • Genetic variants in STAT4 and HLA-DQ genes confer risk of hepatitis B virus-related hepatocellular carcinoma

    De Ke Jiang;Jielin Sun;Guangwen Cao;Yao Liu

  • Partitioning the heritability of tourette syndrome and obsessive compulsive disorder reveals differences in genetic architecture

    Lea K. Davis;Dongmei Yu;Clare L. Keenan;Eric R. Gamazon

  • Genome-wide scan for familial nasopharyngeal carcinoma reveals evidence of linkage to chromosome 4

    Bing Jian Feng;Wei Huang;Yin Yao Shugart;Ming K. Lee

  • Trends in incidence and mortality of nasopharyngeal carcinoma over a 20–25 year period (1978/1983–2002) in Sihui and Cangwu counties in southern China

    Wei Hua Jia;Qi Hong Huang;Jian Liao;Weimin Ye

  • Hoarding in obsessive-compulsive disorder: results from the OCD Collaborative Genetics Study.

    Jack F. Samuels;O. Joseph Bienvenu;Anthony Pinto;Abby J. Fyer

  • Localization of Usher syndrome type II to chromosome 1q.

    William J. Kimberling;Michael D. Weston;Claes Möller;Sandra L.H. Davenport

  • Sapap3 and pathological grooming in humans: Results from the OCD collaborative genetics study.

    O. J. Bienvenu;Y. Wang;Y. Y. Shugart;J. M. Welch

  • Germ-line mutation analysis in patients with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 and related disorders.

    Sophie Giraud;Chang X. Zhang;Olga Serova-Sinilnikova;Virginie Wautot

  • Genetic influences on schizophrenia and subcortical brain volumes: large-scale proof of concept

    B Franke;J L Stein;J L Stein;S Ripke;S Ripke;S Ripke;V Anttila;V Anttila

  • Significant linkage to compulsive hoarding on chromosome 14 in families with obsessive-compulsive disorder: results from the OCD Collaborative Genetics Study.

    Jack Samuels;Yin Yao Shugart;Marco A Grados;Virginia L Willour

  • Replication Study Supports Evidence for Linkage to 9p24 in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

    Virginia L. Willour;Yin Yao Shugart;Jack Samuels;Marco Grados;Marco Grados

  • Suggestive linkage to chromosomal regions 13q31 and 22q12 in families with psychotic bipolar disorder.

    James B. Potash;Peter P. Zandi;Virginia L. Willour;Tsuo Hung Lan

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark A. Riddle
Mark A. Riddle Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Gerald Nestadt
Gerald Nestadt Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
John Piacentini
John Piacentini University of California, Los Angeles
Benjamin D. Greenberg
Benjamin D. Greenberg Brown University
James T. McCracken
James T. McCracken University of California, Los Angeles
David L. Pauls
David L. Pauls Harvard University
Abby J. Fyer
Abby J. Fyer Columbia University
Steven A. Rasmussen
Steven A. Rasmussen Brown University
Scott L. Rauch
Scott L. Rauch McLean Hospital
Dennis L. Murphy
Dennis L. Murphy National Institutes of Health

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