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88020
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1494
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866

David A. Schwartz 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 David A. Schwartz sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 1,226 publications — 97th percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

David A. Schwartz 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 David A. Schwartz sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 143 D-Index — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

David A. Schwartz is affiliated with the University of Colorado Denver in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine with a strong focus on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Other areas of study include Molecular Biology, Genetics, Physiology, and Infectious Diseases.

Their work covers several main research topics:

  • Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
  • Medical Imaging and Pathology Studies
  • Inhalation and Respiratory Drug Delivery
  • Occupational and environmental lung diseases
  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research
  • Neonatal Respiratory Health Research
  • Sarcoidosis and Beryllium Toxicity Research

Frequent co-authors in their research include:

  • Ivana V. Yang
  • Joyce Lee
  • Tasha E. Fingerlin
  • Russell P. Tracy
  • Elizabeth C. Oelsner

They have published in several venues consistently, with the most frequent ones being:

  • American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • UNC Libraries
  • European Respiratory Journal
  • Nature

Notable recent publications include:

  • Inherited causes of clonal haematopoiesis in 97,691 whole genomes, 2020, Nature
  • Methotrexate and rheumatoid arthritis associated interstitial lung disease, 2020, European Respiratory Journal
  • From ARDS to pulmonary fibrosis: the next phase of the COVID-19 pandemic?, 2021, Translational Research
  • Chronic Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis, an Interstitial Lung Disease with Distinct Molecular Signatures, 2020, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
  • Genome-wide association study across five cohorts identifies five novel loci associated with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, 2022, Thorax

The scientist has been recognized as a Member of the Association of American Physicians.

Best Publications

  • Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis : Diagnosis and treatment. International consensus statement

    Jr King;U. Costabel;J. F. Cordier;G. A. DoPico

  • TLR4 mutations are associated with endotoxin hyporesponsiveness in humans.

    Nancy C. Arbour;Eva Lorenz;Brian C. Schutte;Joseph Zabner

  • Sequencing of 53,831 diverse genomes from the NHLBI TOPMed Program.

    Daniel Taliun;Daniel N. Harris;Michael D. Kessler;Jedidiah Carlson;Jedidiah Carlson

  • Toll-like Receptor 4 Polymorphisms and Atherogenesis

    Stefan Kiechl;Eva Lorenz;Markus Reindl;Christian J Wiedermann

  • A common MUC5B promoter polymorphism and pulmonary fibrosis

    Max A. Seibold;Anastasia L. Wise;Marcy C. Speer;Mark P. Steele

  • Toll-like receptors in the pathogenesis of human disease.

    Donald N Cook;David S Pisetsky;David A Schwartz

  • American Thoracic Society Statement: Occupational contribution to the burden of airway disease.

    John Balmes;Margaret Becklake;Paul Blanc;Paul Henneberger

  • Potential Maternal and Infant Outcomes from Coronavirus 2019-nCoV (SARS-CoV-2) Infecting Pregnant Women: Lessons from SARS, MERS, and Other Human Coronavirus Infections

    David A. Schwartz;Ashley L. Graham

  • Relevance of mutations in the TLR4 receptor in patients with gram-negative septic shock.

    Eva Lorenz;Jean Paul Mira;Kathy L. Frees;David A. Schwartz

  • An Analysis of 38 Pregnant Women with COVID-19, Their Newborn Infants, and Maternal-Fetal Transmission of SARS-CoV-2: Maternal Coronavirus Infections and Pregnancy Outcomes.

    David A. Schwartz

  • A Placebo-Controlled Trial of Interferon Gamma-1b in Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

    Ganesh Raghu;Kevin K. Brown;Williamson Z. Bradford;Karen Starko

  • Genome-wide association study identifies multiple susceptibility loci for pulmonary fibrosis.

    Tasha E. Fingerlin;Elissa Murphy;Weiming Zhang;Anna L. Peljto

  • Muc5b is required for airway defence

    Michelle G. Roy;Alessandra Livraghi-Butrico;Ashley A. Fletcher;Melissa M. McElwee

  • A guiding map for inflammation

    Mihai G Netea;Frances Balkwill;Michel Chonchol;Fabio Cominelli

  • Heterozygosity for a surfactant protein C gene mutation associated with usual interstitial pneumonitis and cellular nonspecific interstitial pneumonitis in one kindred.

    Alan Q. Thomas;Kirk Lane;John Phillips;Melissa Prince

  • A Novel Polymorphism in the Toll-Like Receptor 2 Gene and Its Potential Association with Staphylococcal Infection

    Eva Lorenz;Jean Paul Mira;Kristyn L. Cornish;Nancy C. Arbour

  • Utility of a Lung Biopsy for the Diagnosis of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

    Gary W. Hunninghake;M. Bridget Zimmerman;David A. Schwartz;Talmadge E. King

  • The Clinical Course of Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

    Fernando J. Martinez;Sharon Safrin;Derek Weycker;Karen M. Starko

  • The genome architecture of the collaborative cross mouse genetic reference population

    Fuad A. Iraqi;Mustafa Mahajne;Yasser Salaymah;Hani Sandovski

  • Predictors of Carbapenem-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Acquisition among Hospitalized Adults and Effect of Acquisition on Mortality

    Mitchell J. Schwaber;Shiri Klarfeld-Lidji;Shiri Navon-Venezia;David Schwartz

Frequent Co-Authors

Ivana V. Yang
Ivana V. Yang University of Colorado Denver
Marvin I. Schwarz
Marvin I. Schwarz University of Colorado Denver
Kevin K. Brown
Kevin K. Brown National Jewish Health
Yehuda Carmeli
Yehuda Carmeli Tel Aviv University
Naftali Kaminski
Naftali Kaminski Yale University
James E. Loyd
James E. Loyd Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Govinda S. Visvesvara
Govinda S. Visvesvara Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
John Quackenbush
John Quackenbush Harvard University
Frank C. Sciurba
Frank C. Sciurba University of Pittsburgh
Shiri Navon-Venezia
Shiri Navon-Venezia Ariel University

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