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D. C. Gajdusek

D. C. Gajdusek publishes mostly in Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Animal Science and Zoology, on topics such as Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding, Livestock and Poultry Management and Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease.

World rank
#239,059
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#94,116
of 358,040
Works
19
Citations
109
Citations per work
5.7

What does D. C. Gajdusek research?

Molecular Biology: 33.3%Cell Biology: 8.3%Animal Science and Zoology: 8.3%Epidemiology: 8.3%other fields: 41.8%33%top field
Molecular Biology33.3%Cell Biology8.3%Animal Science and Zoology8.3%Epidemiology8.3%other fields41.8%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Molecular Biology33% of their works
  2. 2Cell Biology8% of their works
  3. 3Animal Science and Zoology8% of their works
  4. 4Epidemiology8% of their works
  5. 5Infectious Diseases8% of their works
  6. 6Surgery8% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe D. C. Gajdusek's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Molecular Basis, Prion Diseases, Epidemiology, Neurodegeneration, Oxidative Stress, Vaccine, Amyloid Hypothesis and Brain Iron Accumulation.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Molecular Basis41 topic
  2. Prion Diseases41 topic
  3. Epidemiology33 topics
  4. Neurodegeneration22 topics
  5. Oxidative Stress22 topics
  6. Vaccine22 topics
  7. Amyloid Hypothesis11 topic
  8. Brain Iron Accumulation11 topic
  9. Chicken Domestication11 topic
  10. Endoplasmic Reticulum11 topic
  11. Gastroschisis11 topic
  12. Genetic Diversity11 topic
  13. Nipah Virus11 topic
  14. Norovirus11 topic
  15. Omphalocele11 topic
  16. Pantothenate Kinase11 topic
  17. Paramyxovirus11 topic
  18. Rotavirus11 topic
  19. Stress11 topic
  20. Tau Pathology11 topic

Where does D. C. Gajdusek work?

D. C. Gajdusek's main affiliation in the publication record is National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, United States.

How many publications and citations does D. C. Gajdusek have?

Science Explorer counts 19 works and 109 citations for D. C. Gajdusek, ranking #239,059 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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