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D-Index
63
Citations
16782
World Ranking
2700
National Ranking
1088

Donald P. Francis 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 Donald P. Francis sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 128 publications — 16th percentile

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

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

Donald P. Francis 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 Donald P. Francis sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 63 D-Index — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Donald P. Francis is affiliated with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the United States. Their career focuses on areas related to public health and disease control.

The scientist's profile does not list recent papers, frequent co-authors, publication venues, or specific fields and subfields of study. There are also no recorded awards or book publications associated with their name in the available data.

Given the limited information on topics, publications, and collaborations, the overview centers primarily on their institutional affiliation and implied involvement in public health research and practice through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the United States.

Best Publications

  • Vaccination with ALVAC and AIDSVAX to Prevent HIV-1 Infection in Thailand

    Supachai Rerks-Ngarm;Punnee Pitisuttithum;Sorachai Nitayaphan;Jaranit Kaewkungwal

  • Acute Hepatitis B Virus Infection: Relation of Age to the Clinical Expression of Disease and Subsequent Development of the Carrier State

    Brian J. McMahon;Wallace L. M. Alward;David B. Hall;William L. Heyward

  • Long-Term Immunogenicity and Efficacy of Hepatitis B Vaccine in Homosexual Men

    Stephen C. Hadler;Donald P. Francis;James E. Maynard;Sumner E. Thompson

  • The prevention of hepatitis B with vaccine. Report of the centers for disease control multi-center efficacy trial among homosexual men.

    Donald P. Francis;Stephen C. Hadler;Sumner E. Thompson;James E. Maynard

  • Antibodies to cell membrane antigens associated with human T-cell leukemia virus in patients with AIDS

    M. Essex;M. F. McLane;T. H. Lee;L. Falk

  • Vaccine-induced Env V1-V2 IgG3 correlates with lower HIV-1 infection risk and declines soon after vaccination

    Nicole L. Yates;Nicole L. Yates;Hua Xin Liao;Hua Xin Liao;Youyi Fong;Allan DeCamp

  • Correlation between Immunologic Responses to a Recombinant Glycoprotein 120 Vaccine and Incidence of HIV-1 Infection in a Phase 3 HIV-1 Preventive Vaccine Trial

    Peter B. Gilbert;Michael L. Peterson;Dean Follmann;Michael G. Hudgens

  • Male-to-female transmission of human immunodeficiency virus

    Nancy Padian;Linda Marquis;Donald P. Francis;Robert E. Anderson

  • Polyfunctional Fc-Effector Profiles Mediated by IgG Subclass Selection Distinguish RV144 and VAX003 Vaccines

    Amy W. Chung;Musie Ghebremichael;Hannah Robinson;Eric Brown

  • Magnitude and Breadth of the Neutralizing Antibody Response in the RV144 and Vax003 HIV-1 Vaccine Efficacy Trials

    David C. Montefiori;Chitraporn Karnasuta;Ying Huang;Hasan Ahmed

  • The need for a global HIV vaccine enterprise

    Richard D. Klausner;Anthony S. Fauci;Lawrence Corey;Lawrence Corey;Gary J. Nabel

  • Risk behaviour and time as covariates for efficacy of the HIV vaccine regimen ALVAC-HIV (vCP1521) and AIDSVAX B/E: a post-hoc analysis of the Thai phase 3 efficacy trial RV 144.

    Merlin L Robb;Supachai Rerks-Ngarm;Sorachai Nitayaphan;Punnee Pitisuttithum

  • The Long-Term Serological Course of Asymptomatic Hepatitis B Virus Carriers and the Development of Primary Hepatocellular Carcinoma

    Wallace L. M. Alward;Brian J. McMahon;David B. Hall;William L. Heyward

  • Plasma IgG to Linear Epitopes in the V2 and V3 Regions of HIV-1 gp120 Correlate with a Reduced Risk of Infection in the RV144 Vaccine Efficacy Trial

    Raphael Gottardo;Robert T. Bailer;Bette T. Korber;S. Gnanakaran

  • Prevention of perinatal acquisition of hepatitis B virus carriage using vaccine: preliminary report of a randomized, double-blind placebo-controlled and comparative trial.

    Zhi-Yi Xu;Chung-Bo Liu;Donald P. Francis;Robert H. Purcell

  • National Case-Control Study of Kaposi's Sarcoma and Pneumocystis carinii Pneumonia in Homosexual Men: Part 2, Laboratory Results

    Martha F. Rogers;David M. Morens;John A. Stewart;Rose M. Kaminski

  • Pasteurella multocida. Infections after domestic animal bites and scratches.

    Donald P. Francis;Monroe A. Holmes;Gatlin Brandon

  • The prevention of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in the United States. An objective strategy for medicine, public health, business, and the community

    DP Francis;J Chin

  • Prevention of heterosexual transmission of human immunodeficiency virus through couple counseling.

    N. S. Padian;T. R. O'brien;Yochi Chang;S. Glass

  • QS-21 promotes an adjuvant effect allowing for reduced antigen dose during HIV-1 envelope subunit immmunization in humans

    Thomas G. Evans;M.Juliana McElrath;Tom Matthews;David Montefiori

  • INFECTION OF CHIMPANZEES WITH LYMPHADENOPATHY-ASSOCIATED VIRUS

    DonaldP. Francis;PaulM. Feorino;J.Roger Broderson;HaroldM. Mcclure

Frequent Co-Authors

Punnee Pitisuttithum
Punnee Pitisuttithum Mahidol University
James E. Maynard
James E. Maynard Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Sorachai Nitayaphan
Sorachai Nitayaphan Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Science
Nelson L. Michael
Nelson L. Michael Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
Merlin L. Robb
Merlin L. Robb Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
Stephen C. Hadler
Stephen C. Hadler Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Peter B. Gilbert
Peter B. Gilbert Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Jerome H. Kim
Jerome H. Kim Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
William L. Heyward
William L. Heyward Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Barton F. Haynes
Barton F. Haynes Duke University

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