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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
59
Citations
8696
World Ranking
12853
National Ranking
5467

Filemon K. Tan publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 107 publications — 7th percentile

7% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Filemon K. Tan D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Filemon K. Tan sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 59 D-Index — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Filemon K. Tan is affiliated with The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of medicine, with focused subfields including immunology, pathology and forensic medicine, infectious diseases, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, and gastroenterology.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics with repeated involvement in:

  • Systemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
  • Viral Infections and Immunology Research
  • Celiac Disease Research and Management
  • IL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways
  • Dermatologic Treatments and Research

Filemon K. Tan's recent publication record includes four papers spanning from 2020 to 2025:

  • "Flare of rheumatoid arthritis after COVID-19 vaccination," 2021, The Lancet Rheumatology
  • "A cross-disease meta-GWAS identifies four new susceptibility loci shared between systemic sclerosis and Crohn's disease," 2020, Scientific Reports
  • "Letter of Retraction," 2021, The Journal of Immunology
  • "Assessment of skin in patients with systemic sclerosis using high-frequency ultrasound and shear wave elastography: A comparative study with histology, molecular and clinical parameters," 2025, Arthritis Care & Research

Frequent co-authors in their research include Maureen D. Mayes and Shervin Assassi, each collaborating on two papers, along with Katherine A Terracina, David González-Serna, and Eguzkine Ochoa.

Their work has been published across several venues with one publication each in The Lancet Rheumatology, Scientific Reports, The Journal of Immunology, and Arthritis Care & Research.

Best Publications

  • Genome-wide association study of systemic sclerosis identifies CD247 as a new susceptibility locus

    Timothy R.D.J. Radstake;Olga Y Gorlova;Blanca Rueda;Jose Ezequiel Martin

  • Signatures of differentially regulated interferon gene expression and vasculotrophism in the peripheral blood cells of systemic sclerosis patients

    Filemon K Tan;Xiaodong Zhou;Maureen D Mayes;P. Gourh

  • Increased prevalence of systemic sclerosis in a native american tribe in oklahoma. Association with an amerindian HLA haplotype

    Frank C. Arnett;Robert F. Howard;Filemon Tan;Joann M. Moulds

  • Pulmonary involvement in systemic sclerosis: Associations with genetic, serologic, sociodemographic, and behavioral factors

    Terry A. McNearney;Terry A. McNearney;John D. Reveille;Michael Fischbach;Alan W. Friedman

  • Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II alleles, haplotypes and epitopes which confer susceptibility or protection in systemic sclerosis: analyses in 1300 Caucasian, African-American and Hispanic cases and 1000 controls

    Frank C. Arnett;Pravitt Gourh;Sanjay Shete;Chul W Ahn

  • Identification of novel genetic markers associated with clinical phenotypes of systemic sclerosis through a genome-wide association strategy

    Olga Gorlova;Jose Ezequiel Martin;Blanca Rueda;Bobby P C Koeleman

  • Immunochip Analysis Identifies Multiple Susceptibility Loci for Systemic Sclerosis

    Maureen D. Mayes;Lara Bossini-Castillo;Olga Gorlova;José Ezequiel Martin

  • Systemic Sclerosis and Lupus: Points in an Interferon-Mediated Continuum

    Shervin Assassi;Maureen D. Mayes;Frank C. Arnett;Pravitt Gourh

  • Gene profiling of scleroderma skin reveals robust signatures of disease that are imperfectly reflected in the transcript profiles of explanted fibroblasts

    Humphrey Gardner;Jeffrey R. Shearstone;Raj Bandaru;Tom Crowell

  • Plasma cytokine profiles in systemic sclerosis: associations with autoantibody subsets and clinical manifestations

    Pravitt Gourh;Frank C Arnett;Shervin Assassi;Filemon K Tan

  • Systemic lupus erythematosus in a multiethnic cohort (LUMINA): XXVIII. Factors predictive of thrombotic events

    K. T. Ho;C. W. Ahn;Graciela S. Alarcón;B. A. Baethge

  • Autoantibodies to the extracellular matrix microfibrillar protein, fibrillin-1, in patients with scleroderma and other connective tissue diseases.

    Filemon K. Tan;Frank C. Arnett;Stephan Antohi;Shinichiro Saito

  • Systemic lupus erythematosus in a multiethnic cohort: LUMINA XXXV. Predictive factors of high disease activity over time

    Graciela S Alarcon;Jaime Calvo-Alen;Gerald McGwin;America G Uribe

  • Association of fibrillin 1 single-nucleotide polymorphism haplotypes with systemic sclerosis in Choctaw and Japanese populations.

    Filemon K. Tan;Ning Wang;Masataka Kuwana;Ranajit Chakraborty

  • Association of the C8orf13-BLK region with systemic sclerosis in North-American and European populations.

    Pravitt Gourh;Sandeep K. Agarwal;Ezequiel Martin;Dipal Divecha

  • TGFBR2 mutations alter smooth muscle cell phenotype and predispose to thoracic aortic aneurysms and dissections

    Sakiko Inamoto;Callie S. Kwartler;Andrea L. Lafont;Yao Yun Liang

  • Association of microsatellite markers near the fibrillin 1 gene on human chromosome 15q with scleroderma in a Native American population

    Filemon K. Tan;David N. Stivers;Morris W. Foster;Ranajit Chakraborty

  • Toll-like receptor 3 upregulation by type I interferon in healthy and scleroderma dermal fibroblasts

    Sandeep K Agarwal;Minghua Wu;Christopher K Livingston;Donald H Parks

  • Association of TNFSF4 (OX40L) polymorphisms with susceptibility to systemic sclerosis

    Pravitt Gourh;Frank C Arnett;Filemon K Tan;Shervin Assassi

  • Association of the PTPN22 R620W polymorphism with anti-topoisomerase I- and anticentromere antibody-positive systemic sclerosis

    Pravitt Gourh;Filemon K. Tan;Shervin Assassi;Chul W. Ahn

Frequent Co-Authors

Frank C. Arnett
Frank C. Arnett The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Maureen D. Mayes
Maureen D. Mayes The University of Texas at Austin
John D. Reveille
John D. Reveille The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Sandeep K. Agarwal
Sandeep K. Agarwal Baylor College of Medicine
Dianna M. Milewicz
Dianna M. Milewicz The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Timothy R D J Radstake
Timothy R D J Radstake Utrecht University
Jane Worthington
Jane Worthington University of Manchester
Javier Martín
Javier Martín Spanish National Research Council
Torsten Witte
Torsten Witte Hannover Medical School
Ariane L. Herrick
Ariane L. Herrick University of Manchester

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Timothy R D J Radstake

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John Varga

John Varga

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Javier Martín

Javier Martín

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Marta E. Alarcón-Riquelme

Marta E. Alarcón-Riquelme

University of Granada

Publications: 47

John D. Reveille

John D. Reveille

The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Publications: 47

Graciela S. Alarcón

Graciela S. Alarcón

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Publications: 43

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Robert Lafyatis

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Michael L. Whitfield

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Publications: 35

Ariane L. Herrick

Ariane L. Herrick

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John B. Harley

John B. Harley

United States Department of Veterans Affairs

Publications: 31

Catherine Boileau

Catherine Boileau

Université Paris Cité

Publications: 30

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Dianna M. Milewicz

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Peter K. Gregersen

Feinstein Institute for Medical Research

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