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Donald Franklin publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

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

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 125 publications — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.

Donald Franklin D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

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

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 39 D-Index — 27th percentile

27% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Overview

Donald Franklin is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medical and immunological topics, concentrating especially on virology and infectious diseases within the broader fields of medicine and immunology and microbiology.

The main research topics covered include:

  • HIV Research and Treatment
  • HIV-related health complications and treatments
  • HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
  • Tryptophan and brain disorders
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control

Key recent papers published by Donald Franklin include the following:

  • "Twelve-year neurocognitive decline in HIV is associated with comorbidities, not age: a CHARTER study," 2022, Brain
  • "Demographically-adjusted norms for the Grooved Pegboard and Finger Tapping tests in Spanish-speaking adults: Results from the Neuropsychological Norms for the U.S.-Mexico Border Region in Spanish (NP-NUMBRS) Project," 2020, The Clinical Neuropsychologist
  • "Demographically adjusted normative data for the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test-64 item: Results from the Neuropsychological Norms for the U.S.-Mexico Border Region in Spanish (NP-NUMBRS) project," 2020, The Clinical Neuropsychologist
  • "Demographically adjusted normative data for the Halstead category test in a Spanish-speaking adult population: Results from the Neuropsychological Norms for the U.S.-Mexico Border Region in Spanish (NP-NUMBRS)," 2020, The Clinical Neuropsychologist
  • "Attention/Working Memory, Learning and Memory in Adult Cameroonians: Normative Data, Effects of HIV Infection and Viral Genotype," 2020, Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Frequent coauthors working alongside Donald Franklin include:

  • Ronald J. Ellis
  • Scott Letendre
  • Robert K. Heaton
  • Anya Umlauf

The scientist's publications are often found in venues such as:

  • Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society
  • Journal of NeuroVirology
  • The Clinical Neuropsychologist
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Viruses

Best Publications

  • HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders persist in the era of potent antiretroviral therapy: CHARTER Study.

    R. K. Heaton;D. B. Clifford;D. R. Franklin;S. P. Woods

  • HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders before and during the era of combination antiretroviral therapy: differences in rates, nature, and predictors

    Robert K. Heaton;Donald R. Franklin;Ronald J. Ellis;J. Allen McCutchan

  • Neurocognitive Change in the Era of HIV Combination Antiretroviral Therapy: The Longitudinal CHARTER Study

    Robert K. Heaton;Donald R. Franklin;Reena Deutsch;Scott Letendre

  • Asymptomatic HIV-associated neurocognitive impairment increases risk for symptomatic decline.

    Igor Grant;Donald R. Franklin;Reena Deutsch;Steven P. Woods

  • Demographically corrected norms for African Americans and Caucasians on the Hopkins Verbal Learning Test–Revised, Brief Visuospatial Memory Test–Revised, Stroop Color and Word Test, and Wisconsin Card Sorting Test 64-Card Version

    Marc A. Norman;David J. Moore;Michael Taylor;Donald Franklin

  • Circuit party attendance, club drug use, and unsafe sex in gay men

    A M Mattison;M W Ross;T Wolfson;D Franklin

  • The MATRICS Consensus Cognitive Battery (MCCB): Co-norming and standardization in China.

    Chuan Shi;Lan Kang;Shuqiao Yao;Yibin Ma

  • Defining neurocognitive impairment in HIV: deficit scores versus clinical ratings.

    K. Blackstone;D. J. Moore;D. R. Franklin;D. B. Clifford

  • Clinical factors related to brain structure in HIV: The CHARTER study

    Terry L. Jernigan;Sarah L. Archibald;Christine Fennema-Notestine;Michael J. Taylor

  • Normative data and validation of a regression based summary score for assessing meaningful neuropsychological change.

    Lucette A. Cysique;Lucette A. Cysique;Donald Franklin;Ian Abramson;Ronald J. Ellis

  • Neurocognitive impact of substance use in HIV infection

    Desiree A. Byrd;Robert P. Fellows;Susan Morgello;Donald Franklin

  • Diagnosing symptomatic HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders: self-report versus performance-based assessment of everyday functioning.

    K. Blackstone;D. J. Moore;R. K. Heaton;D. R. Franklin

  • Increased Intrathecal Immune Activation in Virally Suppressed HIV-1 Infected Patients with Neurocognitive Impairment

    Arvid Edén;Thomas D. Marcotte;Robert K. Heaton;Staffan Nilsson

  • Club drugs and sex on drugs are associated with different motivations for gay circuit party attendance in men.

    Michael W. Ross;Andrew M. Mattison;Donald R. Franklin

  • Lifetime suicidal ideation and attempt are common among HIV+ individuals

    Jayraan Badiee;David J. Moore;J. Hampton Atkinson;Florin Vaida

  • Neurobehavioral effects of human immunodeficiency virus infection among former plasma donors in rural China

    Robert K Heaton;Lucette A Cysique;Hua Jin;Chuan Shi

  • Abdominal obesity contributes to neurocognitive impairment in HIV-infected patients with increased inflammation and immune activation.

    Fred R. Sattler;Jiaxiu He;Scott Letendre;Cara Wilson

  • The MATRICS consensus cognitive battery (MCCB): co-norming and standardization in Spain.

    R. Rodriguez-Jimenez;A. Bagney;C. Garcia-Navarro;A.I. Aparicio

  • HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders in sub-Saharan Africa: a pilot study in Cameroon

    Georgette D Kanmogne;Callixte T Kuate;Lucette A Cysique;Lucette A Cysique;Julius Y Fonsah

  • Apolipoprotein E4 Genotype Does Not Increase Risk of HIV-associated Neurocognitive Disorders

    E. E. Morgan;S. P. Woods;S. L. Letendre;D. R. Franklin

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert K. Heaton
Robert K. Heaton University of California, San Diego
Igor Grant
Igor Grant University of California, San Diego
Scott Letendre
Scott Letendre University of California, San Diego
Ronald J. Ellis
Ronald J. Ellis University of California, San Diego
David B. Clifford
David B. Clifford Washington University in St. Louis
Susan Morgello
Susan Morgello Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Ann C. Collier
Ann C. Collier University of Washington
Justin C. McArthur
Justin C. McArthur Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Thomas D. Marcotte
Thomas D. Marcotte University of California, San Diego
J. Allen McCutchan
J. Allen McCutchan University of California, San Diego

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