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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Microbiology 140 55 52 27 24 381 62363
Medicine 143 1524 1411 885 809 414 65603

Douglas R. Lowy publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Douglas R. Lowy between 1967 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Douglas R. Lowy published across 59 years, from 1967 to 2025, averaging 9 papers a year. Output peaked at 89 publications in 2023. 31 of the 529 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
20 40 60 80
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1967 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 89. Peak 89 publications in 2023. 1967: 1 publication 1968: 0 publications 1969: 0 publications 1970: 0 publications 1971: 1 publication 1972: 1 publication 1973: 3 publications 1974: 4 publications 1975: 1 publication 1976: 0 publications 1977: 2 publications 1978: 4 publications 1979: 1 publication 1980: 14 publications 1981: 6 publications 1982: 14 publications 1983: 5 publications 1984: 9 publications 1985: 7 publications 1986: 6 publications 1987: 4 publications 1988: 5 publications 1989: 13 publications 1990: 8 publications 1991: 10 publications 1992: 4 publications 1993: 11 publications 1994: 6 publications 1995: 7 publications 1996: 9 publications 1997: 7 publications 1998: 7 publications 1999: 5 publications 2000: 3 publications 2001: 10 publications 2002: 1 publication 2003: 10 publications 2004: 8 publications 2005: 10 publications 2006: 9 publications 2007: 10 publications 2008: 11 publications 2009: 8 publications 2010: 5 publications 2011: 14 publications 2012: 12 publications 2013: 10 publications 2014: 12 publications 2015: 13 publications 2016: 17 publications 2017: 9 publications 2018: 11 publications 2019: 8 publications 2020: 17 publications 2021: 10 publications 2022: 16 publications 2023: 89 publications 2024: 14 publications 2025: 17 publications
1967 2025

529 publications in total across all disciplines

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Douglas R. Lowy: publications per year, 1967 to 2025
Year Publications
1967 1
1968 0
1969 0
1970 0
1971 1
1972 1
1973 3
1974 4
1975 1
1976 0
1977 2
1978 4
1979 1
1980 14
1981 6
1982 14
1983 5
1984 9
1985 7
1986 6
1987 4
1988 5
1989 13
1990 8
1991 10
1992 4
1993 11
1994 6
1995 7
1996 9
1997 7
1998 7
1999 5
2000 3
2001 10
2002 1
2003 10
2004 8
2005 10
2006 9
2007 10
2008 11
2009 8
2010 5
2011 14
2012 12
2013 10
2014 12
2015 13
2016 17
2017 9
2018 11
2019 8
2020 17
2021 10
2022 16
2023 89
2024 14
2025 17
Total 529
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Douglas R. Lowy 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 Douglas R. Lowy 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, 375–384 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: 381 publications — 88th percentile

88% 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 61 381
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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Douglas R. Lowy 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 Douglas R. Lowy 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, 127+ 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: 140 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% 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
118 10
119 10
120 11
121 2
122 7
123 12
124 5
125 9
126 6
127+ 95 140
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Microbiology in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Microbiology in United States Leader Award
  • 2018 - Szent-Györgyi Prize for Progress in Cancer Research, National Foundation for Cancer Research (NFCR)
  • 2011 - Albert B. Sabin Gold Medal, Sabin Vaccine Institute
  • 2009 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2003 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
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Overview

Douglas R. Lowy is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a notable emphasis on Epidemiology, Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases, Oncology, and Cancer Research.

Their main research topics include:

  • Cervical Cancer and HPV Research
  • Hepatitis B Virus Studies
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks
  • Global Cancer Incidence and Screening

Douglas R. Lowy's recent papers cover a range of critical subjects in medicine and cancer research. Notable publications include:

  • "The Effect of Advances in Lung-Cancer Treatment on Population Mortality," 2020, published in New England Journal of Medicine
  • "Association of SARS-CoV-2 Seropositive Antibody Test With Risk of Future Infection," 2021, published in JAMA Internal Medicine
  • "Evaluation of Durability of a Single Dose of the Bivalent HPV Vaccine: The CVT Trial," 2020, published in JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute
  • "The next horizon in precision oncology: Proteogenomics to inform cancer diagnosis and treatment," 2021, published in Cell
  • "An Introduction to Virus Infections and Human Cancer," 2020, published in Recent Results in Cancer Research

Frequent co-authors in their research include:

  • John T. Schiller
  • Carolina Porras
  • Aimée R. Kreimer
  • Rolando Herrero
  • Xiaolan Qian

Their work has been regularly published in journals such as:

  • Cancer Research
  • JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • npj Vaccines

Douglas R. Lowy has received several honors including the Szent-Györgyi Prize for Progress in Cancer Research from the National Foundation for Cancer Research (2018), the Albert B. Sabin Gold Medal from the Sabin Vaccine Institute (2011), membership in the National Academy of Sciences (2009), the National Academy of Medicine (2003), and the Association of American Physicians.

Best Publications

  • Mechanism of activation of a human oncogene.

    Clifford J. Tabin;Scott M. Bradley;Cornelia I. Bargmann;Robert A. Weinberg

  • Toward a Shared Vision for Cancer Genomic Data.

    Robert L. Grossman;Allison P. Heath;Vincent Ferretti;Harold E. Varmus

  • Function and regulation of ras.

    Douglas R. Lowy;Berthe M. Willumsen

  • The Effect of Advances in Lung-Cancer Treatment on Population Mortality

    Nadia Howlader;Gonçalo Forjaz;Meghan J. Mooradian;Rafael Meza

  • Papillomavirus L1 major capsid protein self-assembles into virus-like particles that are highly immunogenic.

    R Kirnbauer;F Booy;N Cheng;D R Lowy

  • HPV16 E6 and E7 proteins cooperate to immortalize human foreskin keratinocytes.

    P. Hawley-Nelson;K.H. Vousden;N.L. Hubbert;D.R. Lowy

  • The p21 src genes of Harvey and Kirsten sarcoma viruses originate from divergent members of a family of normal vertebrate genes

    Ronald W. Ellis;Deborah DeFeo;Thomas Y. Shih;Matthew A. Gonda

  • Efficient self-assembly of human papillomavirus type 16 L1 and L1-L2 into virus-like particles.

    Reinhard Kirnbauer;Janet Taub;Heather Greenstone;Richard Roden

  • Effect of human papillomavirus 16/18 L1 viruslike particle vaccine among young women with preexisting infection: a randomized trial.

    Allan Hildesheim;Rolando Herrero;Sholom Wacholder;Ana C. Rodriguez

  • Safety and Immunogenicity Trial in Adult Volunteers of a Human Papillomavirus 16 L1 Virus-Like Particle Vaccine

    Clayton D. Harro;Yuk Ying Susana Pang;Richard B.S. Roden;Allan Hildesheim

  • Murine Leukemia Virus: High-Frequency Activation in vitro by 5-Iododeoxyuridine and 5-Bromodeoxyuridine

    D. R. Lowy;W. P. Rowe;N. Teich;J. W. Hartley

  • Tumorigenic transformation of mammalian cells induced by a normal human gene homologous to the oncogene of Harvey murine sarcoma virus

    Esther H. Chang;Esther H. Chang;Mark E. Furth;Edward M. Scolnick;Douglas R. Lowy

  • The p21 ras C-terminus is required for transformation and membrane association

    Berthe M. Willumsen;Annette Christensen;Nancy L. Hubbert;Alex G. Papageorge

  • Immunization with viruslike particles from cottontail rabbit papillomavirus (CRPV) can protect against experimental CRPV infection.

    F Breitburd;R Kirnbauer;N L Hubbert;B Nonnenmacher

  • Abnormal regulation of mammalian p21ras contributes to malignant tumor growth in von Recklinghausen (type 1) neurofibromatosis

    Jeffrey E. DeClue;Alex G. Papageorge;Jonathan A. Fletcher;Scott R. Diehl

  • Guanosine triphosphatase activating protein (GAP) interacts with the p21 ras effector binding domain.

    Hedy Adari;Douglas R. Lowy;Berthe M. Willumsen;Channing J. Der

  • Prophylactic human papillomavirus vaccines

    Douglas R. Lowy;John T. Schiller

  • Genital transmission of HPV in a mouse model is potentiated by nonoxynol-9 and inhibited by carrageenan

    Jeffrey N Roberts;Christopher B Buck;Cynthia D Thompson;Rhonda Kines

  • HPV prophylactic vaccines and the potential prevention of noncervical cancers in both men and women.

    Maura L. Gillison;Anil K. Chaturvedi;Douglas R. Lowy

  • Epidermal-growth-factor-dependent transformation by a human EGF receptor proto-oncogene.

    Thierry J. Velu;Laura Beguinot;William C. Vass;Mark C. Willingham

  • Effect of Human Papillomavirus 16/18 L1 Viruslike Particle Vaccine Among Young Women With Preexisting Infection

    Allan Hildesheim;Rolando Herrero;Sholom Wacholder;Ana C. Rodriguez

Frequent Co-Authors

John T. Schiller
John T. Schiller National Institutes of Health
Allan Hildesheim
Allan Hildesheim National Institutes of Health
William C. Vass
William C. Vass National Institutes of Health
Rolando Herrero
Rolando Herrero Costa Rican Agency for Biomedical Research, INCIENSA Foundation
Edward M. Scolnick
Edward M. Scolnick Broad Institute
Ligia A. Pinto
Ligia A. Pinto Leidos (United States)
Mark Schiffman
Mark Schiffman National Institutes of Health
Richard B.S. Roden
Richard B.S. Roden Johns Hopkins University
Christopher B. Buck
Christopher B. Buck National Institutes of Health
Sholom Wacholder
Sholom Wacholder National Institutes of Health

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