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David S. Klimstra

David S. Klimstra

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
167
Citations
107652
World Ranking
592
National Ranking
345

David S. Klimstra 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 S. Klimstra sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 660 publications — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

David S. Klimstra 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 S. Klimstra 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.

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

Overview

David S. Klimstra is affiliated with Yale University in the United States. Their research is predominantly focused on medicine, with significant contributions to oncology, surgery, cancer research, epidemiology, and artificial intelligence applied to medical domains.

The scientist's main topics of work include:

  • Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Advances
  • AI in cancer detection
  • Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging
  • Lung Cancer Research Studies
  • Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies

David S. Klimstra's frequent co-authors are:

  • Olca Baştürk
  • Matthew G. Hanna
  • Victor E. Reuter
  • Ran Godrich
  • Michael H. A. Roehrl

Their work has been published largely in the following venues:

  • Modern Pathology (12 publications)
  • The American Journal of Surgical Pathology (6 publications)
  • Cancer Research (5 publications)
  • Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine (4 publications)
  • Pancreas (3 publications)

Recent papers authored by David S. Klimstra include:

  • Overview of the 2022 WHO Classification of Neuroendocrine Neoplasms, 2022, Endocrine Pathology
  • A foundation model for clinical-grade computational pathology and rare cancers detection, 2024, Nature Medicine
  • A unifying paradigm for transcriptional heterogeneity and squamous features in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, 2020, Nature Cancer
  • Novel artificial intelligence system increases the detection of prostate cancer in whole slide images of core needle biopsies, 2020, Modern Pathology
  • Validation of a digital pathology system including remote review during the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020, Modern Pathology

David S. Klimstra has contributed to book publications, including a work titled Tumors of the Pancreas published in 2023 under the American Registry of Pathology's eBooks.

Best Publications

  • Mutational landscape of metastatic cancer revealed from prospective clinical sequencing of 10,000 patients

    Ahmet Zehir;Ryma Benayed;Ronak H Shah;Aijazuddin Syed

  • The 2019 WHO classification of tumours of the digestive system.

    Iris D Nagtegaal;Robert D Odze;David Klimstra;Valerie Paradis

  • International network of cancer genome projects

    Thomas J. Hudson;Thomas J. Hudson;Warwick Anderson;Axel Aretz;Anna D. Barker

  • Integrated Genomic Characterization of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma

    Benjamin J. Raphael;Ralph H. Hruban;Andrew J. Aguirre;Richard A. Moffitt

  • Organoid Models of Human and Mouse Ductal Pancreatic Cancer

    Sylvia F. Boj;Chang Il Hwang;Chang Il Hwang;Lindsey A. Baker;Lindsey A. Baker;Iok In Christine Chio;Iok In Christine Chio

  • 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

  • Clinical-grade computational pathology using weakly supervised deep learning on whole slide images.

    Gabriele S.V. Campanella;Gabriele S.V. Campanella;Matthew G. Hanna;Luke Geneslaw;Allen Miraflor

  • Staging, resectability, and outcome in 225 patients with hilar cholangiocarcinoma.

    William R. Jarnagin;Yuman Fong;Ronald P. DeMatteo;Mithat Gonen

  • Pancreatic Intraepithelial Neoplasia: A New Nomenclature and Classification System for Pancreatic Duct Lesions

    R H Hruban;N V Adsay;J Albores-Saavedra;C Compton

  • Cetuximab Shows Activity in Colorectal Cancer Patients With Tumors That Do Not Express the Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor by Immunohistochemistry

    Ki Young Chung;Jinru Shia;Nancy E. Kemeny;Manish Shah

  • The pathologic classification of neuroendocrine tumors: a review of nomenclature, grading, and staging systems.

    David S. Klimstra;Irvin R. Modlin;Þ Domenico Coppola;Ricardo V. Lloyd

  • 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

  • A common classification framework for neuroendocrine neoplasms: an International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) and World Health Organization (WHO) expert consensus proposal.

    Guido Rindi;David S. Klimstra;Behnoush Abedi-Ardekani;Sylvia L. Asa

  • Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma: rising frequency, improved survival, and determinants of outcome after resection.

    Itaru Endo;Mithat Gonen;Adam C. Yopp;Kimberly M. Dalal

  • Long-Term Survival After Curative Resection for Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma: Clinicopathologic Analysis of 5-Year Survivors

    Kevin C. Conlon;David S. Klimstra;Murray F. Brennan

  • Familial colorectal cancer in Ashkenazim due to a hypermutable tract in APC

    Steven J. Laken;Gloria M. Petersen;Stephen B. Gruber;Carole Oddoux

  • Classification of types of intraductal papillary-mucinous neoplasm of the pancreas: a consensus study.

    Toru Furukawa;Günter Klöppel;N. Volkan Adsay;Jorge Albores-Saavedra

  • A Revised Classification System and Recommendations From the Baltimore Consensus Meeting for Neoplastic Precursor Lesions in the Pancreas.

    Olca Basturk;Seung Mo Hong;Laura D. Wood;N. Volkan Adsay

  • Tumors of the pancreas

    Ralph H. Hruban;Martha Bishop Pitman;David S. Klimstra

  • Intraductal papillary-mucinous neoplasms of the pancreas: an analysis of in situ and invasive carcinomas in 28 patients.

    N. Volkan Adsay;Kevin C. Conlon;Sui Y. Zee;Murray F. Brennan

Frequent Co-Authors

Jinru Shia
Jinru Shia Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Laura H. Tang
Laura H. Tang Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Peter J. Allen
Peter J. Allen Duke University
Murray F. Brennan
Murray F. Brennan Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
William R. Jarnagin
William R. Jarnagin Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Ralph H. Hruban
Ralph H. Hruban Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Yuman Fong
Yuman Fong City Of Hope National Medical Center
Mithat Gonen
Mithat Gonen Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Ronald P. DeMatteo
Ronald P. DeMatteo University of Pennsylvania
Michael I. D’Angelica
Michael I. D’Angelica Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

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