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Zubair M. Ahmed 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 Zubair M. Ahmed sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 152 publications — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Zubair M. Ahmed 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 Zubair M. Ahmed sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 59 D-Index — 27th percentile

27% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Zubair M. Ahmed is affiliated with the University of Maryland, Baltimore, United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines within life sciences, primarily focusing on biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, medicine, and neuroscience.

The scientist's publication record includes contributions to molecular biology, sensory systems, genetics, neurology, and otorhinolaryngology. Key research areas covered by Zubair M. Ahmed include hearing, cochlea, tinnitus, genetics, connexins and lens biology, ear surgery and otitis media, genetics and neurodevelopmental disorders, retinal development and disorders, vestibular and auditory disorders, and genomics and rare diseases.

Frequent publication venues highlight where their work has appeared most often:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Genes
  • The American Journal of Human Genetics
  • Genetics in Medicine
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Zubair M. Ahmed collaborates regularly with several authors, including:

  • Saima Riazuddin
  • Arnaud P. J. Giese
  • Sheikh Riazuddin
  • Saumil Sethna
  • Mohsin Shahzad

Some of the recent papers involving or relevant to Ahmed's work include:

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition), 2021, Autophagy
  • Genetic association analysis of 77,539 genomes reveals rare disease etiologies, 2023, Nature Medicine
  • De Novo and Bi-allelic Pathogenic Variants in NARS1 Cause Neurodevelopmental Delay Due to Toxic Gain-of-Function and Partial Loss-of-Function Effects, 2020, The American Journal of Human Genetics
  • CIB2 regulates mTORC1 signaling and is essential for autophagy and visual function, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Bi-allelic variants in SPATA5L1 lead to intellectual disability, spastic-dystonic cerebral palsy, epilepsy, and hearing loss, 2021, The American Journal of Human Genetics

Their research impact is reflected in citation counts, notably the high citation volume in autophagy research and multiple contributions to genetic and neurodevelopmental disorder studies. The topics addressed integrate both fundamental molecular mechanisms and clinical genetics, with a strong emphasis on sensory system disorders and rare disease genomics.

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Amal Kamal Abdel-Aziz;Sara Abdelfatah;Mahmoud Abdellatif

  • Usher Syndrome 1D and Nonsyndromic Autosomal Recessive Deafness DFNB12 Are Caused by Allelic Mutations of the Novel Cadherin-Like Gene CDH23

    Julie M. Bork;Linda M. Peters;Saima Riazuddin;Saima Riazuddin;Steve L. Bernstein

  • Dominant and recessive deafness caused by mutations of a novel gene, TMC1 , required for cochlear hair-cell function

    Kiyoto Kurima;Linda M. Peters;Yandan Yang;Saima Riazuddin

  • Mutations of the protocadherin gene PCDH15 cause Usher syndrome type 1F.

    Zubair M. Ahmed;Saima Riazuddin;Steve L. Bernstein;Zahoor Ahmed

  • Myosin-XVa is required for tip localization of whirlin and differential elongation of hair-cell stereocilia.

    Inna A. Belyantseva;Erich T. Boger;Erich T. Boger;Sadaf Naz;Gregory I. Frolenkov

  • Tricellulin Is a Tight-Junction Protein Necessary for Hearing

    Saima Riazuddin;Saima Riazuddin;Zubair M. Ahmed;Alan S. Fanning;Ayala Lagziel

  • PCDH15 is expressed in the neurosensory epithelium of the eye and ear and mutant alleles are responsible for both USH1F and DFNB23

    Zubair M. Ahmed;Saima Riazuddin;Jamil Ahmad;Steve L. Bernstein

  • The Tip-Link Antigen, a Protein Associated with the Transduction Complex of Sensory Hair Cells, Is Protocadherin-15

    Zubair M. Ahmed;Richard Goodyear;Saima Riazuddin;Ayala Lagziel

  • Alterations of the CIB2 calcium- and integrin-binding protein cause Usher syndrome type 1J and nonsyndromic deafness DFNB48

    Saima Riazuddin;Inna A Belyantseva;Arnaud P J Giese;Kwanghyuk Lee

  • Increasing the complexity: new genes and new types of albinism

    Lluís Montoliu;Karen Grønskov;Karen Grønskov;Ai-Hua Wei;Mónica Martínez-García

  • Targeted Capture and Next-Generation Sequencing Identifies C9orf75, Encoding Taperin, as the Mutated Gene in Nonsyndromic Deafness DFNB79

    Atteeq Ur Rehman;Atteeq Ur Rehman;Robert J. Morell;Inna A. Belyantseva;Shahid Y. Khan

  • Mutations of MYO6 Are Associated with Recessive Deafness, DFNB37

    Zubair M. Ahmed;Robert J. Morell;Saima Riazuddin;Andrea Gropman

  • Mutations in SLC25A46 , encoding a UGO1-like protein, cause an optic atrophy spectrum disorder

    Alexander J Abrams;Robert B Hufnagel;Adriana Rebelo;Claudia Zanna

  • Actin-Bundling Protein TRIOBP Forms Resilient Rootlets of Hair Cell Stereocilia Essential for Hearing

    Shin Ichiro Kitajiri;Takeshi Sakamoto;Inna A. Belyantseva;Richard J. Goodyear

  • The molecular genetics of Usher syndrome.

    ZM Ahmed;S Riazuddin;ER Wilcox;ER Wilcox

  • Nonsyndromic recessive deafness DFNB18 and Usher syndrome type IC are allelic mutations of USHIC.

    Zubair M. Ahmed;Tenesha N. Smith;Saima Riazuddin;Tomoko Makishima

  • Loss-of-function mutations in RAB18 cause Warburg micro syndrome.

    Danai Bem;Shin Ichiro Yoshimura;Ricardo Nunes-Bastos;Frances F. Bond

  • Dominant modifier DFNM1 suppresses recessive deafness DFNB26

    Saima Riazuddin;Saima Riazuddin;Caley M. Castelein;Zubair M. Ahmed;Zubair M. Ahmed;Anil K. Lalwani

  • CIB2 interacts with TMC1 and TMC2 and is essential for mechanotransduction in auditory hair cells.

    Arnaud P. J. Giese;Yi-Quan Tang;Ghanshyam P. Sinha;Michael R. Bowl

  • Spatiotemporal pattern and isoforms of cadherin 23 in wild type and waltzer mice during inner ear hair cell development.

    Ayala Lagziel;Zubair M. Ahmed;Julie M. Schultz;Robert J. Morell

Frequent Co-Authors

Saima Riazuddin
Saima Riazuddin University of Maryland, Baltimore
Thomas B. Friedman
Thomas B. Friedman National Institutes of Health
Sheikh Riazuddin
Sheikh Riazuddin University of Health Sciences Lahore
Shaheen N. Khan
Shaheen N. Khan University of the Punjab
Andrew J. Griffith
Andrew J. Griffith National Institutes of Health
Robert J. Morell
Robert J. Morell National Institutes of Health
Suzanne M. Leal
Suzanne M. Leal Columbia University Medical Center
Inna A. Belyantseva
Inna A. Belyantseva National Institutes of Health
Wasim Ahmad
Wasim Ahmad Quaid-i-Azam University
Michael J. Bamshad
Michael J. Bamshad University of Washington

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