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D-Index
167
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121637
World Ranking
582
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338

Anirban Maitra publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Anirban Maitra sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 1,557 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Anirban Maitra D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Anirban Maitra sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 167 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Anirban Maitra is affiliated with The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of medicine, with a strong focus on oncology and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Maitra's work concentrates on multiple subfields, including oncology, molecular biology, cancer research, immunology, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine.

Their published work reflects significant contributions to pancreatic and hepatic oncology research, cancer genomics and diagnostics, single-cell and spatial transcriptomics, cancer immunotherapy and biomarkers, epigenetics and DNA methylation, phagocytosis and immune regulation, and immune cells in cancer.

Maitra has contributed to several recent papers, including:

  • Pancreatic cancer: Advances and challenges, 2023, Cell
  • Pancreatic cancer stroma: an update on therapeutic targeting strategies, 2020, Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology
  • Multidisciplinary standards of care and recent progress in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, 2020, CA A Cancer Journal for Clinicians
  • Interleukin-17-induced neutrophil extracellular traps mediate resistance to checkpoint blockade in pancreatic cancer, 2020, The Journal of Experimental Medicine
  • Pan-cancer T cell atlas links a cellular stress response state to immunotherapy resistance, 2023, Nature Medicine

Their research has been published frequently in various venues, notably Cancer Research, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Gastroenterology, Journal of Clinical Oncology, and Cancer Discovery.

  • Cancer Research
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Gastroenterology
  • Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • Cancer Discovery

Maitra has collaborated with several frequent co-authors, including Huamin Wang, Robert A. Wolff, Paola A. Guerrero, Mark W. Hurd, and Matthew H. G. Katz.

  • Huamin Wang
  • Robert A. Wolff
  • Paola A. Guerrero
  • Mark W. Hurd
  • Matthew H. G. Katz

Best Publications

  • Core Signaling Pathways in Human Pancreatic Cancers Revealed by Global Genomic Analyses

    Siân Jones;Xiaosong Zhang;D. Williams Parsons;D. Williams Parsons;Jimmy Cheng Ho Lin

  • Genomic analyses identify molecular subtypes of pancreatic cancer

    Bailey P;Chang Dk;Nones K;Nones K;Johns Al

  • Whole genomes redefine the mutational landscape of pancreatic cancer.

    Nicola Waddell;Marina Pajic;Ann Marie Patch;David K. Chang

  • Preinvasive and invasive ductal pancreatic cancer and its early detection in the mouse

    Sunil R. Hingorani;Emanuel F. Petricoin;Anirban Maitra;Vinodh Rajapakse

  • Depletion of Carcinoma-Associated Fibroblasts and Fibrosis Induces Immunosuppression and Accelerates Pancreas Cancer with Reduced Survival.

    Berna C. Özdemir;Berna C. Özdemir;Tsvetelina Pentcheva-Hoang;Julienne L. Carstens;Xiaofeng Zheng

  • A draft map of the human proteome

    Min Sik Kim;Sneha M. Pinto;Derese Getnet;Raja Sekhar Nirujogi

  • Elucidation of a universal size-control mechanism in Drosophila and mammals.

    Jixin Dong;Georg Feldmann;Jianbin Huang;Shian Wu

  • Transactivation of miR-34a by p53 broadly influences gene expression and promotes apoptosis

    Tsung Cheng Chang;Erik A. Wentzel;Oliver A. Kent;Kalyani Ramachandran

  • EMT and Dissemination Precede Pancreatic Tumor Formation

    Andrew D. Rhim;Emily T. Mirek;Nicole M. Aiello;Anirban Maitra

  • Pancreatic cancer genomes reveal aberrations in axon guidance pathway genes

    Andrew V. Biankin;Andrew V. Biankin;Andrew V. Biankin;Nicola Waddell;Karin S. Kassahn;Marie Claude Gingras

  • Daxx/atrx, men1, and mtor pathway genes are frequently altered in pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors

    Yuchen Jiao;Chanjuan Shi;Barish H. Edil;Roeland F. De Wilde

  • Potential role of intratumor bacteria in mediating tumor resistance to the chemotherapeutic drug gemcitabine.

    Leore T. Geller;Michal Barzily-Rokni;Tal Danino;Oliver H. Jonas;Oliver H. Jonas

  • Widespread requirement for Hedgehog ligand stimulation in growth of digestive tract tumours

    David M. Berman;Sunil S. Karhadkar;Anirban Maitra;Rocio Montes De Oca

  • Genetics and biology of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

    Haoqiang Ying;Prasenjit Dey;Wantong Yao;Alec C. Kimmelman

  • Inhibition of lactate dehydrogenase A induces oxidative stress and inhibits tumor progression

    Anne Le;Charles R. Cooper;Arvin M. Gouw;Ramani Dinavahi

  • Polymeric nanoparticle-encapsulated curcumin ("nanocurcumin"): a novel strategy for human cancer therapy

    Savita Bisht;Georg Feldmann;Sheetal Soni;Rajani Ravi

  • An illustrated consensus on the classification of pancreatic intraepithelial neoplasia and intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms

    Ralph H. Hruban;Kyoichi Takaori;David S. Klimstra;N. Volkan Adsay

  • Gemcitabine Plus nab-Paclitaxel Is an Active Regimen in Patients With Advanced Pancreatic Cancer: A Phase I/II Trial

    Daniel D. Von Hoff;Ramesh K. Ramanathan;Mitesh J. Borad;Daniel A. Laheru

  • Altered Telomeres in Tumors with ATRX and DAXX Mutations

    Christopher M. Heaphy;Roeland F. de Wilde;Yuchen Jiao;Alison P. Klein

  • Erratum to Depletion of Carcinoma-Associated Fibroblasts and Fibrosis Induces Immunosuppression and Accelerates Pancreas Cancer with Reduced Survival [Cancer Cell 25, 719-734; (2014)]

    Berna C. Özdemir;Tsvetelina Pentcheva-Hoang;Julienne Leigh Carstens;Xiaofeng Zheng

Frequent Co-Authors

Ralph H. Hruban
Ralph H. Hruban Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Michael Goggins
Michael Goggins Johns Hopkins University
Manuel Hidalgo
Manuel Hidalgo Cornell University
Huamin Wang
Huamin Wang The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Charles J. Yeo
Charles J. Yeo Thomas Jefferson University
Christine A. Iacobuzio-Donahue
Christine A. Iacobuzio-Donahue Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Richard D. Schulick
Richard D. Schulick University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
James R. Eshleman
James R. Eshleman Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Elizabeth A. Montgomery
Elizabeth A. Montgomery University of Miami
Jason B. Fleming
Jason B. Fleming The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

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