# Wellcome Sanger Institute

**Type:** Institutions  
**Canonical URL:** https://scholariq.org/institutions/wellcome-sanger-institute/

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Avg h-index | 39.7 |
| Citations | 22,841,791 |
| City | Cambridge |
| Country | GB |
| Description | Wellcome Sanger Institute is a research organisation in Cambridge, GB. OpenAlex records 22,446 works and 22,841,791 citations for it. 3,626 researchers list it as their most recent affiliation. |
| Homepage | https://www.sanger.ac.uk |
| OpenAlex ID | https://openalex.org/I2802476451 |
| Researchers | 3,626 |
| ROR ID | https://ror.org/05cy4wa09 |
| Type | nonprofit |
| Wikidata ID | https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1142544 |
| Works | 22,446 |

## University papers

Showing 12 of 67.

- [Genome-wide association study of 14,000 cases of seven common diseases and 3,000 shared controls](https://scholariq.org/papers/genome-wide-association-study-of-14-000-cases-of-seven-common-diseases-and-3-000/)
- [Roary: rapid large-scale prokaryote pan genome analysis](https://scholariq.org/papers/roary-rapid-large-scale-prokaryote-pan-genome-analysis/)
- [Genome sequence of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum](https://scholariq.org/papers/genome-sequence-of-the-human-malaria-parasite-plasmodium-falciparum/)
- [Life with 6000 Genes](https://scholariq.org/papers/life-with-6000-genes/)
- [Partitioning heritability by functional annotation using genome-wide association summary statistics](https://scholariq.org/papers/partitioning-heritability-by-functional-annotation-using-genome-wide-association/)
- [Association analyses identify 38 susceptibility loci for inflammatory bowel disease and highlight shared genetic risk across populations](https://scholariq.org/papers/association-analyses-identify-38-susceptibility-loci-for-inflammatory-bowel/)
- [Expanded encyclopaedias of DNA elements in the human and mouse genomes](https://scholariq.org/papers/expanded-encyclopaedias-of-dna-elements-in-the-human-and-mouse-genomes/)
- [Systematic identification of genomic markers of drug sensitivity in cancer cells](https://scholariq.org/papers/systematic-identification-of-genomic-markers-of-drug-sensitivity-in-cancer-cells/)
- [International network of cancer genome projects](https://scholariq.org/papers/international-network-of-cancer-genome-projects/)
- [Association of the T-cell regulatory gene CTLA4 with susceptibility to autoimmune disease](https://scholariq.org/papers/association-of-the-t-cell-regulatory-gene-ctla4-with-susceptibility-to/)
- [Evolution of genes and genomes on the Drosophila phylogeny](https://scholariq.org/papers/evolution-of-genes-and-genomes-on-the-drosophila-phylogeny/)
- [Human primary liver cancer–derived organoid cultures for disease modeling and drug screening](https://scholariq.org/papers/human-primary-liver-cancer-derived-organoid-cultures-for-disease-modeling-and/)

## University researchers

- [María Fookes](https://scholariq.org/researchers/maria-fookes/)

## University top topics

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- [Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies](https://scholariq.org/topics/genomics-and-phylogenetic-studies/)
- [Genetic Associations and Epidemiology](https://scholariq.org/topics/genetic-associations-and-epidemiology/)
- [Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics](https://scholariq.org/topics/cancer-genomics-and-diagnostics/)
- [Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics](https://scholariq.org/topics/single-cell-and-spatial-transcriptomics/)
- [Malaria Research and Control](https://scholariq.org/topics/malaria-research-and-control/)
- [CRISPR and Genetic Engineering](https://scholariq.org/topics/crispr-and-genetic-engineering/)
- [Genomics and Rare Diseases](https://scholariq.org/topics/genomics-and-rare-diseases/)
- [RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms](https://scholariq.org/topics/rna-and-protein-synthesis-mechanisms/)

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Source: ScholarIQ — public research metadata, principally OpenAlex. See https://scholariq.org/sources/ for provenance and https://scholariq.org/methodology/ for what these figures mean.