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Stanley B. Prusiner

Stanley B. Prusiner publishes mostly in Molecular Biology, Nutrition and Dietetics and Neurology, on topics such as Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding, Trace Elements in Health and Neurological diseases and metabolism.

World rank
#2,526
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#1,151
of 358,040
Works
96
Citations
1.3k
Citations per work
13.6

What does Stanley B. Prusiner research?

Molecular Biology: 40.2%Nutrition and Dietetics: 14.1%Neurology: 12.0%Physiology: 5.4%other fields: 28.3%40%top field
Molecular Biology40.2%Nutrition and Dietetics14.1%Neurology12.0%Physiology5.4%other fields28.3%

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

  1. 1Molecular Biology40% of their works
  2. 2Nutrition and Dietetics14% of their works
  3. 3Neurology12% of their works
  4. 4Physiology5% of their works
  5. 5Biochemistry4% of their works
  6. 6Cell Biology3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Stanley B. Prusiner's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Molecular Basis, Prion Diseases, Oxidative Stress, Neurological Disorders, Neurodegeneration, Copper, Zinc 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 Basis311 topic
  2. Prion Diseases311 topic
  3. Oxidative Stress182 topics
  4. Neurological Disorders162 topics
  5. Neurodegeneration152 topics
  6. Copper131 topic
  7. Zinc131 topic
  8. Brain Iron Accumulation101 topic
  9. Pantothenate Kinase101 topic
  10. Cancer72 topics
  11. Amyloid Hypothesis51 topic
  12. Tau Pathology51 topic
  13. Amino Acid Transporters41 topic
  14. D-Serine41 topic
  15. ADAR Deaminases31 topic
  16. RNA Editing31 topic
  17. Biotin21 topic
  18. Genetic Modification21 topic
  19. Proximity Labeling21 topic
  20. Transgenic Animals21 topic

Where does Stanley B. Prusiner work?

Stanley B. Prusiner's main affiliation in the publication record is University of California, San Francisco, United States.

How many publications and citations does Stanley B. Prusiner have?

Science Explorer counts 96 works and 1,307 citations for Stanley B. Prusiner, ranking #2,526 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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