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D-Index
52
Citations
10122
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16645
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6882

David T. Purtilo publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David T. Purtilo sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 185 publications — 43rd percentile

43% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

David T. Purtilo D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David T. Purtilo sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 316 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 899 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,025 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,149 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,235 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,162 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,130 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,031 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 714 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 71 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 52 D-Index — 16th percentile

16% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

David T. Purtilo was affiliated with the University of Nebraska Medical Center in the United States. Their academic career focused on scientific research, although specific fields of study, topics, and publications are not available in the provided data.

No record of recent papers, co-authors, or main fields of study is present, nor are there details on publication venues or book publications. Additionally, there are no awards or honors listed in the available information.

The absence of detailed publication and research topic data limits the overview of their scholarly contributions. However, the association with a major medical center indicates involvement in medical or scientific research domains linked to that institution.

David T. Purtilo is marked as deceased. The information presented is based solely on the provided source data without supplementary external references.

Best Publications

  • Epstein-Barr virus-induced B-cell lymphoma after renal transplantation: acyclovir therapy and transition from polyclonal to monoclonal B-cell proliferation.

    D. W. Hanto;G. Frizzera;K. J. Gajl-Peczalska;K. Sakamoto

  • Correlation of mutations of the SH2D1A gene and Epstein-Barr virus infection with clinical phenotype and outcome in X-linked lymphoproliferative disease

    Janos Sumegi;Dali Huang;Arpad Lanyi;Jack D. Davis

  • Epstein-Barr virus and human diseases: recent advances in diagnosis.

    M. Okano;Geoffrey Milton Thiele;J. R. Davis;H. L. Grierson

  • Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, opportunistic infections, and malignancies in male homosexuals. A hypothesis of etiologic factors in pathogenesis.

    Joseph Sonnabend;Steven S. Witkin;David T. Purtilo

  • Epstein-Barr virus-associated lymphoproliferative disorders.

    Purtilo Dt;Strobach Rs;Okano M;Davis

  • Severe chronic active Epstein-Barr virus infection syndrome.

    Motohiko Okano;Shuzo Matsumoto;Toyoro Osato;Yukio Sakiyama

  • Intermediate lymphocytic lymphoma: immunophenotypic and cytogenetic findings

    Dennis D. Weisenburger;Warren G. Sanger;James O. Armitage;David T. Purtilo

  • Fatal infectious mononucleosis and virus-associated hemophagocytic syndrome.

    Mroczek Ec;Weisenburger Dd;Grierson Hl;Markin R

  • Documentation of Epstein-Barr Virus Infection in Immunodeficient Patients with Life-threatening Lymphoproliferative Diseases by Clinical, Virological, and Immunopathological Studies

    David T. Purtilo;Kiyoshi Sakamoto;Ari K. Saemundsen;John L. Sullivan

  • Virus-associated histiocytic proliferations in children. Frequent association with Epstein-Barr virus and congenital or acquired immunodeficiencies.

    Kenneth McClain;Richard Gehrz;Helen Grierson;David Purtilo

  • Autologous bone marrow transplantation for patients with relapsed Hodgkin's disease.

    James O. Armitage;Philip J. Bierman;Julie M. Vose;James R. Anderson

  • Soluble interleukin 2 receptors in sera of Japanese patients with adult T cell leukemia mark activity of disease

    Norimasa Yasuda;Patrick K. Lai;Stephen H. Ip;Patrick C. Kung

  • Small noncleaved B cell Burkitt-like lymphoma with chromosome t(8;14) translocation and Epstein-Barr virus nuclear-associated antigen in a homosexual man with acquired immune deficiency syndrome.

    John M. Petersen;Raymond R. Tubbs;Richard A. Savage;Leonard C. Calabrese

  • Ideas in pathology. Pivotal role of increased cell proliferation in human carcinogenesis.

    Samuel Monroe Cohen;D. T. Purtilo;L. B. Ellwein

  • Hepatitis in fatal infectious mononucleosis

    Rodney S. Markin;James Linder;Kevin Zuerlein;Elizabeth Mroczek

  • Correlation of Secondary Cytogenetic Abnormalities With Histologic Appearance in Non-Hodgkin's Lymphomas Bearing t(14;18)(q32;q21)

    J. O. Armitage;W. G. Sanger;D. D. Weisenburger;D. S. Harrington

  • Rapid detection of cytomegalovirus by tissue culture, centrifugation, and immunofluorescence with a monoclonal antibody to an early nuclear antigen.

    Geoffrey M. Thiele;Molly S. Bicak;Anita Young;Joyce Kinsey

  • Epstein-Barr viral genome in lymph nodes from patients with Hodgkin's disease may not be specific to Reed-Sternberg cells.

    Aneal Masih;Dennis Weisenburger;Michael Duggan;James Olen Armitage

  • Cell-mediated immunity to Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and natural killer (NK)-cell activity in the X-linked lymphoproliferative syndrome.

    Shinji Harada;Thomas Bechtold;Janet K. Seeley;David T. Purtilo

  • COELIAC DISEASE AND MALIGNANCY

    David T. Purtilo;John Greally

Frequent Co-Authors

Geoffrey M. Thiele
Geoffrey M. Thiele University of Nebraska Medical Center
Warren G. Sanger
Warren G. Sanger University of Nebraska Medical Center
Dennis D. Weisenburger
Dennis D. Weisenburger University of Nebraska Medical Center
James O. Armitage
James O. Armitage University of Nebraska Medical Center
David J. Volsky
David J. Volsky Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
George Klein
George Klein Karolinska Institute
Thomas Bechtold
Thomas Bechtold University of Innsbruck
Steven S. Witkin
Steven S. Witkin Cornell University
Hans D. Ochs
Hans D. Ochs University of Washington
Gilbert M. Lenoir
Gilbert M. Lenoir International Agency For Research On Cancer

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