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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Best Female Scientists 117 652 622 393 372 610 46351
Environmental Sciences 105 277 257 125 113 439 35326
Microbiology 117 174 158 80 66 417 44047
Medicine 122 3500 3269 1926 1777 605 49164

Diane R. Gold publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Diane R. Gold between 1966 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Diane R. Gold published across 60 years, from 1966 to 2025, averaging 11.5 papers a year. Output peaked at 46 publications in 2019. 60 of the 690 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30 40
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1966 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 46. Peak 46 publications in 2019. 1966: 2 publications 1967: 1 publication 1968: 0 publications 1969: 1 publication 1970: 0 publications 1971: 0 publications 1972: 0 publications 1973: 0 publications 1974: 0 publications 1975: 0 publications 1976: 0 publications 1977: 0 publications 1978: 0 publications 1979: 0 publications 1980: 1 publication 1981: 2 publications 1982: 0 publications 1983: 0 publications 1984: 0 publications 1985: 0 publications 1986: 1 publication 1987: 0 publications 1988: 2 publications 1989: 5 publications 1990: 2 publications 1991: 1 publication 1992: 3 publications 1993: 3 publications 1994: 4 publications 1995: 3 publications 1996: 4 publications 1997: 2 publications 1998: 4 publications 1999: 9 publications 2000: 10 publications 2001: 5 publications 2002: 13 publications 2003: 11 publications 2004: 20 publications 2005: 24 publications 2006: 25 publications 2007: 14 publications 2008: 15 publications 2009: 20 publications 2010: 21 publications 2011: 23 publications 2012: 33 publications 2013: 25 publications 2014: 26 publications 2015: 24 publications 2016: 23 publications 2017: 34 publications 2018: 36 publications 2019: 46 publications 2020: 33 publications 2021: 37 publications 2022: 32 publications 2023: 30 publications 2024: 33 publications 2025: 27 publications
1966 2025

690 publications in total across all disciplines

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Diane R. Gold: publications per year, 1966 to 2025
Year Publications
1966 2
1967 1
1968 0
1969 1
1970 0
1971 0
1972 0
1973 0
1974 0
1975 0
1976 0
1977 0
1978 0
1979 0
1980 1
1981 2
1982 0
1983 0
1984 0
1985 0
1986 1
1987 0
1988 2
1989 5
1990 2
1991 1
1992 3
1993 3
1994 4
1995 3
1996 4
1997 2
1998 4
1999 9
2000 10
2001 5
2002 13
2003 11
2004 20
2005 24
2006 25
2007 14
2008 15
2009 20
2010 21
2011 23
2012 33
2013 25
2014 26
2015 24
2016 23
2017 34
2018 36
2019 46
2020 33
2021 37
2022 32
2023 30
2024 33
2025 27
Total 690
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Diane R. Gold 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 Diane R. Gold 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, 415–424 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: 417 publications — 91st percentile

91% 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
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 35 417
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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Diane R. Gold 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 Diane R. Gold 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, 117 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: 117 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% 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
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 7 117
118 10
119 10
120 11
121 2
122 7
123 12
124 5
125 9
126 6
127+ 95
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Microbiology in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Microbiology in United States Leader Award

Overview

Diane R. Gold is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Environmental Science, with significant focus on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Physiology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Speech and Hearing, and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Asthma and respiratory diseases
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Noise Effects and Management
  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research
  • Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging

Diane R. Gold has contributed to numerous scientific publications with recent papers including:

  • "The Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO)-Wide Cohort," 2023, American Journal of Epidemiology
  • "Air pollution and lung function in children," 2021, Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
  • "Childhood Asthma Incidence, Early and Persistent Wheeze, and Neighborhood Socioeconomic Factors in the ECHO/CREW Consortium," 2022, JAMA Pediatrics
  • "Health impacts of wildfire-related air pollution in Brazil: a nationwide study of more than 2 million hospital admissions between 2008 and 2018," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "Risk of the Brazilian health care system over 5572 municipalities to exceed health care capacity due to the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19)," 2020, The Science of The Total Environment

The scientist has collaborated frequently with colleagues such as Emily Oken, Sheryl L. Rifas-Shiman, Brent A. Coull, Andrés Cárdenas, and Marie-France Hivert.

Publication venues where Diane R. Gold has been frequently published include:

  • ISEE Conference Abstracts
  • Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
  • Environment International
  • American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Best Publications

  • Cetuximab-Induced Anaphylaxis and IgE Specific for Galactose-α-1,3-Galactose

    Christine H. Chung;Beloo Mirakhur;Emily Chan;Quynh Thu Le

  • Ambient Pollution and Heart Rate Variability

    Diane R. Gold;Augusto Litonjua;Joel Schwartz;Eric Lovett

  • Maternal intake of vitamin D during pregnancy and risk of recurrent wheeze in children at 3 y of age

    Carlos A Camargo;Sheryl L Rifas-Shiman;Augusto A Litonjua;Janet W Rich-Edwards

  • Air pollution and incidence of cardiac arrhythmia.

    Annette Peters;Emerson Liu;Richard Verrier;Joel Schwartz

  • Rotating shift work, sleep, and accidents related to sleepiness in hospital nurses.

    Diane R. Gold;Suzanne Rogacz;Naomi Bock;Tor D. Tosteson

  • Heart rate variability associated with particulate air pollution

    C.Arden Pope;Richard L. Verrier;Eric G. Lovett;Andrew C. Larson

  • Effects of Cigarette Smoking on Lung Function in Adolescent Boys and Girls

    Diane R. Gold;Xiaobin Wang;David Wypij;Frank E. Speizer

  • The Outdoor Air Pollution and Brain Health Workshop

    Michelle L. Block;Alison Elder;Richard L. Auten;Staci D. Bilbo

  • POPULATION DISPARITIES IN ASTHMA

    Diane R. Gold;Rosalind Wright

  • Predictors of Asthma and Persistent Wheeze in a National Sample of Children in the United States. Association With Social Class, Perinatal Events, and Race

    Joel Schwartz;Diane Gold;Douglas W. Dockery;Scott T. Weiss

  • Insights Into the Mechanisms and Mediators of the Effects of Air Pollution Exposure on Blood Pressure and Vascular Function in Healthy Humans

    Robert D. Brook;Bruce Urch;J. Timothy Dvonch;Robert L. Bard

  • Diabetes Enhances Vulnerability to Particulate Air Pollution-Associated Impairment in Vascular Reactivity and Endothelial Function

    Marie S. O’Neill;Aristidis Veves;Antonella Zanobetti;Jeremy A. Sarnat

  • Parental history and the risk for childhood asthma. Does mother confer more risk than father

    Augusto A. Litonjua;Vincent J. Carey;Harriet A. Burge;Scott T. Weiss

  • Diabetes, Obesity, and Hypertension May Enhance Associations between AirPollution and Markers of Systemic Inflammation

    Sara D. Dubowsky;Helen Suh;Joel David Schwartz;Brent Andrew Coull

  • Predictors of Asthma and Persistent Wheeze in a National Sample of Children in the United States

    Joel Schwartz;Diane Gold;Douglas W. Dockery;Scott T. Weiss

  • Effects of early-life exposure to allergens and bacteria on recurrent wheeze and atopy in urban children

    Susan V. Lynch;Robert A. Wood;Homer Boushey;Leonard B. Bacharier

  • Cytokines, allergy, and asthma.

    Ly P. Ngoc;Diane R. Gold;Arthur O. Tzianabos;Scott T. Weiss

  • House dust endotoxin and wheeze in the first year of life.

    Ju-Hyeong Park;Diane R. Gold;Donna L. Spiegelman;Harriet A. Burge

  • Community violence and asthma morbidity: the Inner-City Asthma Study.

    Rosalind J. Wright;Herman Mitchell;Cynthia M. Visness;Sheldon Cohen

  • Ambient air pollution and the risk of acute ischemic stroke.

    Gregory A. Wellenius;Mary R. Burger;Brent A. Coull;Joel Schwartz

Frequent Co-Authors

Joel Schwartz
Joel Schwartz Harvard University
Augusto A. Litonjua
Augusto A. Litonjua University of Rochester Medical Center
Brent A. Coull
Brent A. Coull Harvard University
Wanda Phipatanakul
Wanda Phipatanakul Boston Children's Hospital
Emily Oken
Emily Oken Harvard University
Scott T. Weiss
Scott T. Weiss Harvard University
Sheryl L. Rifas-Shiman
Sheryl L. Rifas-Shiman Harvard University
Petros Koutrakis
Petros Koutrakis Harvard University
Murray A. Mittleman
Murray A. Mittleman Harvard University
Antonella Zanobetti
Antonella Zanobetti Harvard University

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