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Researcher · National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke · United States

D. Carleton Gajdusek

D. Carleton Gajdusek publishes mostly in Molecular Biology, Immunology and Genetics, on topics such as Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding, Neurological diseases and metabolism and Trace Elements in Health.

OpenAlex
World rank
#12,659
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#6,119
of 358,040
Works
75
Citations
710
Citations per work
9.5

What does D. Carleton Gajdusek research?

Molecular Biology: 27.9%Immunology: 7.0%Genetics: 4.7%Neurology: 4.7%other fields: 55.7%28%top field
Molecular Biology27.9%Immunology7.0%Genetics4.7%Neurology4.7%other fields55.7%

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

  1. 1Molecular Biology28% of their works
  2. 2Immunology7% of their works
  3. 3Genetics5% of their works
  4. 4Neurology5% of their works
  5. 5Epidemiology5% of their works
  6. 6Nutrition and Dietetics5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe D. Carleton Gajdusek's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Molecular Basis, Prion Diseases, Vaccine, Brain Iron Accumulation, Copper, Epidemiology, Neurodegeneration and Zinc.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Molecular Basis191 topic
  2. Prion Diseases191 topic
  3. Vaccine52 topics
  4. Brain Iron Accumulation41 topic
  5. Copper41 topic
  6. Epidemiology42 topics
  7. Neurodegeneration41 topic
  8. Zinc41 topic
  9. AIDS31 topic
  10. HIV31 topic
  11. Merkel Cell Carcinoma31 topic
  12. NK Cell Recognition31 topic
  13. Natural Killer Cells31 topic
  14. Polyomavirus31 topic
  15. HTLV-121 topic
  16. Hepatitis E Virus21 topic
  17. Infection21 topic
  18. Zoonotic Transmission21 topic

Where does D. Carleton Gajdusek work?

D. Carleton 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. Carleton Gajdusek have?

Science Explorer counts 75 works and 710 citations for D. Carleton Gajdusek, ranking #12,659 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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