Rainer Malik

19.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
90 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Rainer Malik is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Rainer Malik has authored 90 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Genetics, 23 papers in Molecular Biology and 19 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Rainer Malik's work include Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (33 papers), Atherosclerosis and Cardiovascular Diseases (13 papers) and Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health (11 papers). Rainer Malik is often cited by papers focused on Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (33 papers), Atherosclerosis and Cardiovascular Diseases (13 papers) and Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health (11 papers). Rainer Malik collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Rainer Malik's co-authors include Martin Dichgans, Matthew Traylor, Marios K. Georgakis, Cathie Sudlow, Hugh S. Markus, Dipender Gill, Stephen Burgess, Susanna C. Larsson, Kristiina Rannikmäe and Roman Körner and has published in prestigious journals such as Circulation, Nature Communications and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Rainer Malik

89 papers receiving 4.7k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Genetic risk, incident stroke, and the benefits of adhering to a healthy lifestyle: cohort study of 306 473 UK Biobank participants

2018 221 citations Rainer Malik, Kristiina Rannikmäe et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rainer Malik Germany	39	1.5k	1.1k	808	697	664	90	4.8k
Myriam Fornage United States	38	1.5k 1.0×	1.3k 1.3×	1.1k 1.4×	519 0.7×	1.1k 1.6×	176	6.2k
Dipender Gill United Kingdom	39	977 0.6×	1.6k 1.5×	998 1.2×	265 0.4×	733 1.1×	227	5.1k
Paulus T.V.M. de Jong Netherlands	47	2.3k 1.5×	1.0k 1.0×	1.1k 1.4×	365 0.5×	1.2k 1.7×	111	12.0k
Marie‐Pierre Dubé Canada	39	1.7k 1.1×	877 0.8×	479 0.6×	354 0.5×	1.2k 1.8×	185	5.6k
Joab Chapman Israel	48	2.3k 1.5×	552 0.5×	639 0.8×	1.8k 2.5×	382 0.6×	288	7.8k
Xue‐Ning Shen China	40	1.3k 0.9×	455 0.4×	456 0.6×	309 0.4×	252 0.4×	124	4.2k
Giovanni Vitale Italy	46	1.8k 1.2×	489 0.5×	915 1.1×	403 0.6×	361 0.5×	168	6.2k
Motoji Sawabe Japan	42	1.5k 1.0×	566 0.5×	481 0.6×	1.2k 1.7×	549 0.8×	232	6.7k
Yi‐Chu Liao Taiwan	40	1.7k 1.1×	262 0.2×	397 0.5×	826 1.2×	372 0.6×	225	4.6k
Makoto Daimon Japan	38	1.1k 0.7×	360 0.3×	860 1.1×	369 0.5×	516 0.8×	215	4.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Rainer Malik

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rainer Malik

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Xu, Huichun, Brady Gaynor, Patrick F. McArdle, et al.. (2025). Impact of Conventional Stroke Risk Factors on Early- and Late-Onset Ischemic Stroke: A Mendelian Randomization Study. Stroke. 56(3). 640–648. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Lanyue, Rainer Malik, Tom G. Richardson, et al.. (2025). The genomic architecture of circulating cytokine levels points to drug targets for immune-related diseases. Communications Biology. 8(1). 34–34. 1 indexed citations

Völgyi, Katalin, Stephan A. Müller, Nathalie Beaufort, et al.. (2024). Proteomics of mouse brain endothelium uncovers dysregulation of vesicular transport pathways during aging. Nature Aging. 4(4). 595–612. 12 indexed citations

Mayerhofer, Ernst, Livia Parodi, Rainer Malik, et al.. (2023). Genetic Risk Score Improves Risk Stratification for Anticoagulation-Related Intracerebral Hemorrhage. Stroke. 54(3). 791–799. 5 indexed citations

Rubinski, Anna, Rainer Malik, Nicolai Franzmeier, et al.. (2022). Polygenic Effect on Tau Pathology Progression in Alzheimer's Disease. Annals of Neurology. 93(4). 819–829. 6 indexed citations

Mayerhofer, Ernst, Rainer Malik, Livia Parodi, et al.. (2022). Genetically predicted on-statin LDL response is associated with higher intracerebral haemorrhage risk. Brain. 145(8). 2677–2686. 18 indexed citations

Ferguson, Amy, David Henshall, Bryan R. Conway, et al.. (2022). Frequency and Phenotype Associations of Rare Variants in 5 Monogenic Cerebral Small Vessel Disease Genes in 200,000 UK Biobank Participants. Neurology Genetics. 8(5). e200015–e200015. 7 indexed citations

Burgess, Stephen, Rainer Malik, Amy M. Mason, et al.. (2021). Dose–response relationship between genetically proxied average blood glucose levels and incident coronary heart disease in individuals without diabetes mellitus. Diabetologia. 64(4). 845–849. 16 indexed citations

Malik, Rainer, Nathalie Beaufort, Benno Gesierich, et al.. (2021). Whole-exome sequencing reveals a role of HTRA1 and EGFL8 in brain white matter hyperintensities. Brain. 144(9). 2670–2682. 16 indexed citations

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Levin, Michael G., Verena Zuber, Venexia Walker, et al.. (2021). Prioritizing the Role of Major Lipoproteins and Subfractions as Risk Factors for Peripheral Artery Disease. Circulation. 144(5). 353–364. 38 indexed citations

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Malik, Rainer, Marios K. Georgakis, Marijana Vujković, et al.. (2021). Relationship Between Blood Pressure and Incident Cardiovascular Disease: Linear and Nonlinear Mendelian Randomization Analyses. Hypertension. 77(6). 2004–2013. 59 indexed citations

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Georgakis, Marios K., Rainer Malik, Stephen Burgess, & Martin Dichgans. (2021). Additive Effects of Genetic Interleukin‐6 Signaling Downregulation and Low‐Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Lowering on Cardiovascular Disease: A 2×2 Factorial Mendelian Randomization Analysis. Journal of the American Heart Association. 11(1). e023277–e023277. 22 indexed citations

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Harshfield, Eric L., Marios K. Georgakis, Rainer Malik, Martin Dichgans, & Hugh S. Markus. (2021). Modifiable Lifestyle Factors and Risk of Stroke. Stroke. 52(3). 931–936. 56 indexed citations

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Georgakis, Marios K., Eric L. Harshfield, Rainer Malik, et al.. (2021). Diabetes Mellitus, Glycemic Traits, and Cerebrovascular Disease. Neurology. 96(13). e1732–e1742. 85 indexed citations

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Rutten, Julie W., Marco Duering, Gido Gravesteijn, et al.. (2020). Broad phenotype of cysteine-altering NOTCH3 variants in UK Biobank. Publisher. 1 indexed citations

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Georgakis, Marios K., Dipender Gill, Alastair J.S. Webb, et al.. (2020). Genetically determined blood pressure, antihypertensive drug classes, and risk of stroke subtypes. Neurology. 95(4). e353–e361. 63 indexed citations

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Georgakis, Marios K., Dipender Gill, Rainer Malik, et al.. (2020). Genetically Predicted Blood Pressure Across the Lifespan. Hypertension. 76(3). 953–961. 17 indexed citations

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Gill, Dipender, Marios K. Georgakis, Fotios Koskeridis, et al.. (2019). Use of Genetic Variants Related to Antihypertensive Drugs to Inform on Efficacy and Side Effects. Circulation. 140(4). 270–279. 89 indexed citations

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Sadler, Rebecca, Steffanie Heindl, Sarantos Kostidis, et al.. (2019). Short-Chain Fatty Acids Improve Poststroke Recovery via Immunological Mechanisms. Journal of Neuroscience. 40(5). 1162–1173. 243 indexed citations

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Gill, Dipender, Marios K. Georgakis, Michael Laffan, et al.. (2018). Genetically Determined FXI (Factor XI) Levels and Risk of Stroke. Stroke. 49(11). 2761–2763. 38 indexed citations

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