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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Microbiology 69 2070 1887 871 768 215 15426

Denise Whitby publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Denise Whitby between 1987 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Denise Whitby published across 39 years, from 1987 to 2025, averaging 7.6 papers a year. Output peaked at 27 publications in 2023. 23 of the 297 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20 25
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1987 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 27. Peak 27 publications in 2023. 1987: 1 publication 1988: 1 publication 1989: 2 publications 1990: 0 publications 1991: 2 publications 1992: 1 publication 1993: 0 publications 1994: 0 publications 1995: 4 publications 1996: 2 publications 1997: 4 publications 1998: 10 publications 1999: 7 publications 2000: 6 publications 2001: 3 publications 2002: 3 publications 2003: 10 publications 2004: 7 publications 2005: 7 publications 2006: 13 publications 2007: 12 publications 2008: 11 publications 2009: 14 publications 2010: 13 publications 2011: 7 publications 2012: 11 publications 2013: 9 publications 2014: 6 publications 2015: 12 publications 2016: 5 publications 2017: 5 publications 2018: 16 publications 2019: 11 publications 2020: 11 publications 2021: 10 publications 2022: 11 publications 2023: 27 publications 2024: 14 publications 2025: 9 publications
1987 2025

297 publications in total across all disciplines

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Denise Whitby: publications per year, 1987 to 2025
Year Publications
1987 1
1988 1
1989 2
1990 0
1991 2
1992 1
1993 0
1994 0
1995 4
1996 2
1997 4
1998 10
1999 7
2000 6
2001 3
2002 3
2003 10
2004 7
2005 7
2006 13
2007 12
2008 11
2009 14
2010 13
2011 7
2012 11
2013 9
2014 6
2015 12
2016 5
2017 5
2018 16
2019 11
2020 11
2021 10
2022 11
2023 27
2024 14
2025 9
Total 297
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Denise Whitby publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026

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

No. of scientists
50 100 150 200 250
Bar chart with 64 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 55–64 to 679+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 288. Most scientists, 288, have 135–144 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 215–224 publications, is where this scientist sits. 55–64 publications: 8 scientists 65–74 publications: 29 scientists 75–84 publications: 55 scientists 85–94 publications: 112 scientists 95–104 publications: 137 scientists 105–114 publications: 190 scientists 115–124 publications: 235 scientists 125–134 publications: 234 scientists 135–144 publications: 288 scientists 145–154 publications: 265 scientists 155–164 publications: 264 scientists 165–174 publications: 253 scientists 175–184 publications: 276 scientists 185–194 publications: 190 scientists 195–204 publications: 234 scientists 205–214 publications: 208 scientists 215–224 publications: 198 scientists 225–234 publications: 155 scientists 235–244 publications: 161 scientists 245–254 publications: 160 scientists 255–264 publications: 146 scientists 265–274 publications: 139 scientists 275–284 publications: 148 scientists 285–294 publications: 115 scientists 295–304 publications: 96 scientists 305–314 publications: 88 scientists 315–324 publications: 106 scientists 325–334 publications: 65 scientists 335–344 publications: 76 scientists 345–354 publications: 64 scientists 355–364 publications: 62 scientists 365–374 publications: 65 scientists 375–384 publications: 61 scientists 385–394 publications: 34 scientists 395–404 publications: 44 scientists 405–414 publications: 36 scientists 415–424 publications: 35 scientists 425–434 publications: 29 scientists 435–444 publications: 33 scientists 445–454 publications: 34 scientists 455–464 publications: 25 scientists 465–474 publications: 26 scientists 475–484 publications: 20 scientists 485–494 publications: 19 scientists 495–504 publications: 16 scientists 505–514 publications: 17 scientists 515–524 publications: 23 scientists 525–534 publications: 14 scientists 535–544 publications: 14 scientists 545–554 publications: 18 scientists 555–564 publications: 12 scientists 565–574 publications: 7 scientists 575–584 publications: 9 scientists 585–594 publications: 9 scientists 595–604 publications: 9 scientists 605–614 publications: 7 scientists 615–624 publications: 9 scientists 625–634 publications: 7 scientists 635–644 publications: 4 scientists 645–654 publications: 5 scientists 655–664 publications: 6 scientists 665–674 publications: 7 scientists 675–678 publications: 3 scientists 679+ publications: 99 scientists
55–64 publications 679+

This scientist: 215 publications — 54th percentile

54% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more.

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Number of Microbiology scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 5,513 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
55–64 8
65–74 29
75–84 55
85–94 112
95–104 137
105–114 190
115–124 235
125–134 234
135–144 288
145–154 265
155–164 264
165–174 253
175–184 276
185–194 190
195–204 234
205–214 208
215–224 198 215
225–234 155
235–244 161
245–254 160
255–264 146
265–274 139
275–284 148
285–294 115
295–304 96
305–314 88
315–324 106
325–334 65
335–344 76
345–354 64
355–364 62
365–374 65
375–384 61
385–394 34
395–404 44
405–414 36
415–424 35
425–434 29
435–444 33
445–454 34
455–464 25
465–474 26
475–484 20
485–494 19
495–504 16
505–514 17
515–524 23
525–534 14
535–544 14
545–554 18
555–564 12
565–574 7
575–584 9
585–594 9
595–604 9
605–614 7
615–624 9
625–634 7
635–644 4
645–654 5
655–664 6
665–674 7
675–678 3
679+ 99
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Denise Whitby D-index placement in Microbiology in 2026

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

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 88 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40 to 127+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 162. Most scientists, 162, have 58 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 69 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40 D-Index: 30 scientists 41 D-Index: 86 scientists 42 D-Index: 90 scientists 43 D-Index: 117 scientists 44 D-Index: 122 scientists 45 D-Index: 123 scientists 46 D-Index: 108 scientists 47 D-Index: 110 scientists 48 D-Index: 106 scientists 49 D-Index: 109 scientists 50 D-Index: 129 scientists 51 D-Index: 111 scientists 52 D-Index: 116 scientists 53 D-Index: 127 scientists 54 D-Index: 134 scientists 55 D-Index: 134 scientists 56 D-Index: 112 scientists 57 D-Index: 136 scientists 58 D-Index: 162 scientists 59 D-Index: 151 scientists 60 D-Index: 139 scientists 61 D-Index: 123 scientists 62 D-Index: 126 scientists 63 D-Index: 144 scientists 64 D-Index: 109 scientists 65 D-Index: 103 scientists 66 D-Index: 124 scientists 67 D-Index: 112 scientists 68 D-Index: 103 scientists 69 D-Index: 131 scientists 70 D-Index: 94 scientists 71 D-Index: 93 scientists 72 D-Index: 96 scientists 73 D-Index: 92 scientists 74 D-Index: 80 scientists 75 D-Index: 66 scientists 76 D-Index: 87 scientists 77 D-Index: 60 scientists 78 D-Index: 73 scientists 79 D-Index: 59 scientists 80 D-Index: 57 scientists 81 D-Index: 55 scientists 82 D-Index: 47 scientists 83 D-Index: 77 scientists 84 D-Index: 50 scientists 85 D-Index: 45 scientists 86 D-Index: 42 scientists 87 D-Index: 41 scientists 88 D-Index: 32 scientists 89 D-Index: 38 scientists 90 D-Index: 35 scientists 91 D-Index: 34 scientists 92 D-Index: 27 scientists 93 D-Index: 26 scientists 94 D-Index: 33 scientists 95 D-Index: 22 scientists 96 D-Index: 37 scientists 97 D-Index: 22 scientists 98 D-Index: 21 scientists 99 D-Index: 22 scientists 100 D-Index: 30 scientists 101 D-Index: 16 scientists 102 D-Index: 20 scientists 103 D-Index: 17 scientists 104 D-Index: 19 scientists 105 D-Index: 16 scientists 106 D-Index: 19 scientists 107 D-Index: 18 scientists 108 D-Index: 14 scientists 109 D-Index: 10 scientists 110 D-Index: 9 scientists 111 D-Index: 7 scientists 112 D-Index: 11 scientists 113 D-Index: 6 scientists 114 D-Index: 15 scientists 115 D-Index: 10 scientists 116 D-Index: 12 scientists 117 D-Index: 7 scientists 118 D-Index: 10 scientists 119 D-Index: 10 scientists 120 D-Index: 11 scientists 121 D-Index: 2 scientists 122 D-Index: 7 scientists 123 D-Index: 12 scientists 124 D-Index: 5 scientists 125 D-Index: 9 scientists 126 D-Index: 6 scientists 127+ D-Index: 95 scientists
40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 69 D-Index — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more.

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Number of Microbiology scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 5,513 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40 30
41 86
42 90
43 117
44 122
45 123
46 108
47 110
48 106
49 109
50 129
51 111
52 116
53 127
54 134
55 134
56 112
57 136
58 162
59 151
60 139
61 123
62 126
63 144
64 109
65 103
66 124
67 112
68 103
69 131 69
70 94
71 93
72 96
73 92
74 80
75 66
76 87
77 60
78 73
79 59
80 57
81 55
82 47
83 77
84 50
85 45
86 42
87 41
88 32
89 38
90 35
91 34
92 27
93 26
94 33
95 22
96 37
97 22
98 21
99 22
100 30
101 16
102 20
103 17
104 19
105 16
106 19
107 18
108 14
109 10
110 9
111 7
112 11
113 6
114 15
115 10
116 12
117 7
118 10
119 10
120 11
121 2
122 7
123 12
124 5
125 9
126 6
127+ 95
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Overview

Denise Whitby is affiliated with the Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research in the United States, contributing to the field of Medicine with a focus on Oncology, Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, and Immunology. Their research primarily addresses viral-associated cancers and disorders, cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research, lymphoma diagnosis and treatment, parvovirus B19 infection studies, herpesvirus infections and treatments, histiocytic disorders and treatments, and chronic lymphocytic leukemia research.

Among the recent publications authored or co-authored by Denise Whitby are:

  • Identification of host-pathogen-disease relationships using a scalable multiplex serology platform in UK Biobank, 2022, Nature Communications
  • HOPE in action: A prospective multicenter pilot study of liver transplantation from donors with HIV to recipients with HIV, 2021, American Journal of Transplantation
  • Characteristics and outcomes of KSHV-associated multicentric Castleman disease with or without other KSHV diseases, 2021, Blood Advances
  • KSHV (HHV8) vaccine: promises and potential pitfalls for a new anti-cancer vaccine, 2022, npj Vaccines
  • Signatures of oral microbiome in HIV-infected individuals with oral Kaposi's sarcoma and cell-associated KSHV DNA, 2020, PLoS Pathogens

Their frequent co-authors include Wendell Miley, Vickie Marshall, Nazzarena Labò, Ramya Ramaswami, and Robert Yarchoan. Collaboration with these researchers is evident throughout multiple published works.

Denise Whitby has published extensively in several key venues, highlighting a consistent contribution to core journals within their areas of study. These venues are:

  • Infectious Agents and Cancer
  • UNC Libraries
  • Nature Communications
  • Blood
  • The Journal of Infectious Diseases

Their body of work addresses a broad spectrum of topics within infectious disease and oncology, with a notable emphasis on viral oncology and immunological aspects of infections related to cancer.

Best Publications

  • Detection of Kaposi sarcoma associated herpesvirus in peripheral blood of HIV-infected individuals and progression to Kaposi's sarcoma

    D Whitby;C Boshoff;T Hatzioannou;R.A Weiss

  • Prevalence of Kaposi's sarcoma associated herpesvirus infection measured by antibodies to recombinant capsid protein and latent immunofluorescence antigen

    G. R. Simpson;T. F. Schulz;D. Whitby;P. M. Cook

  • Soluble CD4 blocks the infectivity of diverse strains of HIV and SIV for T cells and monocytes but not for brain and muscle cells

    Paul R. Clapham;Jonathan N. Weber;Denise Whitby;Kenneth McIntosh;Kenneth McIntosh

  • Genetic variation in TNF and IL10 and risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma: a report from the InterLymph Consortium

    Nathaniel Rothman;Christine F Skibola;Sophia S Wang;Gareth Morgan

  • Kaposi's-sarcoma-associated herpesvirus in HIV-negative Kaposi's sarcoma

    Chris Boschoff;Chris Boschoff;Denise Whitby;Denise Whitby;Theodora Hatziionnou;Theodora Hatziionnou;Cyril Fisher;Cyril Fisher

  • Activity of Thalidomide in AIDS-Related Kaposi’s Sarcoma

    Richard F. Little;Kathleen M. Wyvill;James M. Pluda;Lauri Welles

  • An Interleukin-6-Related Systemic Inflammatory Syndrome in Patients Co-Infected with Kaposi Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus and HIV but without Multicentric Castleman Disease

    Thomas S. Uldrick;Victoria Wang;Deirdre O'Mahony;Karen Aleman

  • Antibodies against Human Herpesvirus 8 in Black South African Patients with Cancer

    F Sitas;H Carrara;V Beral;R Newton

  • Human Herpesvirus 8 Seroprevalence in Blood Donors and Lymphoma Patients From Different Regions of Italy

    D. Whitby;Mario Luppi;Patrizia Barozzi;C. Boshoff

  • Limited Transmission of Kaposi’s Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus in Cultured Cells

    Rolf Renne;David Blackbourn;Denise Whitby;Jay Levy

  • Inhibition of cGAS DNA Sensing by a Herpesvirus Virion Protein

    Jian-jun Wu;Wenwei Li;Yaming Shao;Denis Avey

  • Human herpesvirus 8 in Brazilian Amerindians: a hyperendemic population with a new subtype.

    Robert J. Biggar;Denise Whitby;Vickie Marshall;Alexandre C. Linhares

  • Kaposi's Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus and Kaposi's Sarcoma in Africa

    Yuan Chang;John Ziegler;Henry Wabinga;Edward Katangole-Mbidde

  • Serologic evidence for mother-to-child transmission of Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus infection.

    Dimitra Bourboulia;Denise Whitby;Chris Boshoff;Robert Newton

  • Clinical Features and Outcomes of Patients With Symptomatic Kaposi Sarcoma Herpesvirus (KSHV)-associated Inflammation: Prospective Characterization of KSHV Inflammatory Cytokine Syndrome (KICS).

    Mark N. Polizzotto;Thomas S. Uldrick;Kathleen M. Wyvill;Karen Aleman

  • Interassay Correlation of Human Herpesvirus 8 Serologic Tests

    Charles S. Rabkin;Thomas F. Schulz;Denise Whitby;Evelyne T. Lennette

  • Human immunodeficiency virus infection of monocytic and T-lymphocytic cells: receptor modulation and differentiation induced by phorbol ester.

    Paul R. Clapham;Robin A. Weiss;Angus G. Dalgleish;Mark Exley

  • Detection and quantification of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus to predict AIDS-associated Kaposi's sarcoma

    Eric A. Engels;Robert J. Biggar;Vickie A. Marshall;Michael A. K. L. Walters

  • Multicenter comparison of serologic assays and estimation of human herpesvirus 8 seroprevalence among US blood donors.

    Philip E. Pellett;D. J. Wright;E. A. Engels;D. V. Ablashi

  • Human Herpesvirus 8 Infection within Families in Rural Tanzania

    Sam M. Mbulaiteye;Ruth M. Pfeiffer;Denise Whitby;Glen R. Brubaker

  • Risk factors for human herpesvirus 8 infection among adults in the United States and evidence for sexual transmission.

    Eric A. Engels;Jonnae O. Atkinson;Barry I. Graubard;Geraldine M. McQuillan

  • Mother-to-Child Transmission of Human Herpesvirus-8 in South Africa

    Martin Dedicoat;Robert Newton;Khaled R. Alkharsah;Julie Sheldon

  • Serologic evidence of human herpesvirus 8 transmission by homosexual but not heterosexual sex.

    N. A. Smith;C. A. Sabin;R. Gopal;D. Bourboulia

  • Hepatitis C and Risk of Lymphoma: Results of the European Multicenter Case-Control Study EPILYMPH

    Alexandra Nieters;Birgit Kallinowski;Paul Brennan;Melanie Ott

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert Yarchoan
Robert Yarchoan National Institutes of Health
Robert U. Newton
Robert U. Newton Edith Cowan University
Seth M. Steinberg
Seth M. Steinberg National Institutes of Health
James J. Goedert
James J. Goedert National Institutes of Health
Stefania Pittaluga
Stefania Pittaluga National Institutes of Health
Giovanna Tosato
Giovanna Tosato National Institutes of Health
Alison M. Elliott
Alison M. Elliott London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
William D. Figg
William D. Figg National Institutes of Health
Thomas F. Schulz
Thomas F. Schulz Hannover Medical School
Elaine S. Jaffe
Elaine S. Jaffe National Institutes of Health

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