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62
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43

Medicine

D-Index
249
Citations
353723
World Ranking
35
National Ranking
26

David J. Hunter publications per year

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1964 2025

2,063 publications in total across all disciplines

David J. Hunter publication distribution in Medicine in 2027

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2027. The highlighted bar marks where David J. Hunter sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 1,737 publications — 99th percentile

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

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

David J. Hunter D-index placement in Medicine in 2027

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2027. The highlighted bar marks where David J. Hunter sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 249 D-Index — 100th percentile

100% 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

  • 2026 - Research.com Medicine in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Medicine in United States Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Medicine in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • OARSI Clinical Researcher Award, Osteoarthritis Research Society International
  • Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • OARSI Clinical Researcher Award, Osteoarthritis Research Society International
  • Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • OARSI Clinical Researcher Award, Osteoarthritis Research Society International
  • Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • OARSI Clinical Researcher Award, Osteoarthritis Research Society International
  • Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

David J. Hunter is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research spans across multiple fields within medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

Hunter's primary fields of study include:

  • Medicine
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Among subfields, Hunter has contributed notably to:

  • Genetics
  • Rheumatology
  • Surgery
  • Molecular Biology
  • Cancer Research

Their main research topics cover areas such as:

  • Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
  • Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes
  • Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism
  • Estrogen and related hormone effects
  • Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments

Hunter's work has been published in multiple academic venues. Frequent publication sites include:

  • Osteoarthritis and Cartilage
  • International Journal of Cancer
  • European Urology
  • Nature Genetics
  • Human Genetics

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Hunter include:

  • "Mendelian randomization analyses suggest a role for cholesterol in the development of endometrial cancer" (2020), International Journal of Cancer
  • "Genome-wide Association Study of Bladder Cancer Reveals New Biological and Translational Insights" (2023), European Urology
  • "Genetic analyses of gynecological disease identify genetic relationships between uterine fibroids and endometrial cancer, and a novel endometrial cancer genetic risk region at the WNT4 1p36.12 locus" (2021), Human Genetics
  • "Evaluating approaches for constructing polygenic risk scores for prostate cancer in men of African and European ancestry" (2023), The American Journal of Human Genetics
  • "Genome-wide association analyses identify distinct genetic architectures for age-related macular degeneration across ancestries" (2024), Nature Genetics

Hunter frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Vicky Duong
  • Graham G. Giles
  • Peter Kraft
  • Melissa C. Southey
  • Stephen J. Chanock

Hunter has received several honors such as:

  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians
  • OARSI Clinical Researcher Award from the Osteoarthritis Research Society International

Best Publications

  • Finding the missing heritability of complex diseases

    Teri A. Manolio;Francis S. Collins;Nancy J. Cox;David B. Goldstein

  • Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology

    Unknown

  • The Lancet Commission on pollution and health

    Philip J Landrigan;Richard Fuller;Nereus J R Acosta;Olusoji Adeyi

  • OARSI recommendations for the management of hip and knee osteoarthritis, Part II: OARSI evidence-based, expert consensus guidelines

    W Zhang;R W Moskowitz;G Nuki;S Abramson

  • OARSI guidelines for the non-surgical management of knee osteoarthritis

    Timothy McAlindon;Raveendhara Bannuru;Matthew Sullivan;Nigel Arden

  • Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index

    Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Cristen J. Willer;Sonja I. Berndt;Keri L. Monda

  • Body weight and mortality among women

    JoAnn E. Manson;Walter C. Willett;Meir J. Stampfer;Graham A. Colditz

  • Genome-wide association study identifies novel breast cancer susceptibility loci

    Douglas F. Easton;Karen A. Pooley;Alison M. Dunning;Paul D. P. Pharoah

  • Association studies of up to 1.2 million individuals yield new insights into the genetic etiology of tobacco and alcohol use

    Unknown

  • Hundreds of variants clustered in genomic loci and biological pathways affect human height

    Hana Lango Allen;Karol Estrada;Guillaume Lettre;Sonja I. Berndt

  • The use of estrogens and progestins and the risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women.

    Graham A. Colditz;Susan E. Hankinson;David J. Hunter;Walter C. Willett

  • Circulating concentrations of insulin-like growth factor I and risk of breast cancer

    Susan E Hankinson;Walter C Willett;Walter C Willett;Graham A Colditz;Graham A Colditz;David J Hunter;David J Hunter

  • Defining the role of common variation in the genomic and biological architecture of adult human height

    Andrew R. Wood;Tonu Esko;Jian Yang;Sailaja Vedantam

  • Twelve type 2 diabetes susceptibility loci identified through large-scale association analysis

    Benjamin F. Voight;Benjamin F. Voight;Laura J. Scott;Valgerdur Steinthorsdottir;Andrew P. Morris

  • Large-scale association analysis provides insights into the genetic architecture and pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes

    Andrew P Morris;Benjamin F Voight;Benjamin F Voight;Tanya M Teslovich;Teresa Ferreira

  • Six new loci associated with body mass index highlight a neuronal influence on body weight regulation

    Cristen J. Willer;Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Ruth J. F. Loos;Shengxu Li

  • Fruit and Vegetable Intake and Risk of Major Chronic Disease

    Hsin-Chia Hung;Kaumudi J. Joshipura;Rui Jiang;Frank B. Hu

  • A genome-wide association study identifies alleles in FGFR2 associated with risk of sporadic postmenopausal breast cancer

    David J Hunter;David J Hunter;Peter Kraft;Kevin B Jacobs;David G Cox

  • New genetic loci link adipose and insulin biology to body fat distribution

    Unknown

  • Postmenopausal hormone therapy and mortality.

    Francine Grodstein;Meir J. Stampfer;Graham A. Colditz;Walter C. Willett

Frequent Co-Authors

Susan E. Hankinson
Susan E. Hankinson University of Massachusetts Amherst
Peter Kraft
Peter Kraft Harvard University
Walter C. Willett
Walter C. Willett Harvard University
Graham A. Colditz
Graham A. Colditz Washington University in St. Louis
Stephen J. Chanock
Stephen J. Chanock National Institutes of Health
Ali Guermazi
Ali Guermazi Boston University
Meir J. Stampfer
Meir J. Stampfer Harvard University
Graham G. Giles
Graham G. Giles University of Melbourne
Christopher A. Haiman
Christopher A. Haiman University of Southern California
Frank W. Roemer
Frank W. Roemer University of Erlangen-Nuremberg

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