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Microbiology

D-Index
79
Citations
26441
World Ranking
1203
National Ranking
538

Medicine

D-Index
82
Citations
28108
World Ranking
15989
National Ranking
8047

Harold W. Jaffe 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 Harold W. Jaffe sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 189 publications — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Harold W. Jaffe 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 Harold W. Jaffe sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 79 D-Index — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Harold W. Jaffe is affiliated with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the United States. Their work is primarily situated within the field of Medicine, with notable subfields including Infectious Diseases, Oncology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Emergency Medical Services, and Sociology and Political Science.

Their research spans several interconnected topics, such as Climate Change and Health Impacts, Disaster Response and Management, Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research, HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions, Sex Work and Related Issues, HIV, Drug Use, and Sexual Risk, as well as Global Cancer Incidence and Screening.

Jaffe has contributed to various publications in scholarly venues including Emerging Infectious Diseases, Preventing Chronic Disease, and the American Book Review. Their recent papers include:

  • Reflections on 40 Years of AIDS, 2021, Emerging Infectious Diseases
  • Preventing Breast, Cervical, and Colorectal Cancer Deaths: Assessing the Impact of Increased Screening, 2020, Preventing Chronic Disease
  • Picketing the Zeitgeist: XR, 2021, American Book Review

Frequent collaborators in their work include Stephen B. Thacker, David J. Sencer, Judy M. Gantt, Mary Hilpertshauser, and Kevin M. De Cock.

Best Publications

  • 1993 Revised Classification System for HIV Infection and Expanded Surveillance Case Definition for AIDS Among Adolescents and Adults

    Kenneth G. Castro;John W. Ward;Laurence Slutsker;James W. Buehler

  • Kaposi's sarcoma among persons with AIDS: a sexually transmitted infection?

    V. Beral;T.A. Peterman;R.L. Berkelman;H.W. Jaffe

  • Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) Associated with Transfusions

    Curran Jw;Lawrence Dn;Jaffe H;Kaplan Je

  • AIDS-associated non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

    V Beral;T Peterman;R Berkelman;H Jaffe

  • The epidemiology of AIDS: current status and future prospects.

    JW Curran;WM Morgan;AM Hardy;HW Jaffe

  • Transmission of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) by Blood Transfusions Screened as Negative for HIV Antibody

    Ward Jw;Holmberg Sd;Allen;Cohn Dl

  • USPHS/IDSA guidelines for the prevention of opportunistic infections in persons infected with human immunodeficiency virus

    David Lanier;Neil Schram;Ellen Cooper;Kenneth A. Freedberg

  • Time from HIV-1 seroconversion to AIDS and death before widespread use of highly-active antiretroviral therapy: a collaborative re-analysis

    A Babiker;S Darby;D De Angelis;D Kwart

  • Molecular Epidemiology of HIV Transmission in a Dental Practice

    Chin-Yih Ou;Carol A. Ciesielski;Gerald Myers;Claudiu I. Bandea

  • Epidemiology of HIV infection and AIDS in the United States

    JW Curran;HW Jaffe;AM Hardy;WM Morgan

  • Risk of human immunodeficiency virus transmission from heterosexual adults with transfusion-associated infections.

    Thomas A. Peterman;Rand L. Stoneburner;James R. Allen;Harold W. Jaffe

  • National Case-Control Study of Kaposi's Sarcoma and Pneumocystis carinii Pneumonia in Homosexual Men: Part 1, Epidemiologic Results

    Harold W. Jaffe;Keewhan Choi;Pauline A. Thomas;Harry W. Haverkos

  • Men who have sex with men and HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa

    Adrian D Smith;Placide Tapsoba;Norbert Peshu;Eduard J Sanders;Eduard J Sanders

  • Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome in the United States: The First 1,000 Cases

    Harold W. Jaffe;Dennis J. Bregman;Richard M. Selik

  • Duration of human immunodeficiency virus infection before detection of antibody.

    C. Robert Horsburgh;Janine Jason;Ira M. Longini;Kenneth H. Mayer

  • Heterosexual transmission of HIV-1 associated with the use of smokable freebase cocaine (crack).

    Mary Ann Chiasson;Rand L. Stoneburner;Deborah S. Hildebrandt;William E. Ewing

  • The emerging genetic diversity of HIV. The importance of global surveillance for diagnostics, research, and prevention.

    D. J. Hu;T. J. Dondero;M. A. Rayfield;J. R. George

  • Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus infection prior to onset of Kaposi's sarcoma

    Patrick S. Moore;Lawrence A. Kingsley;Scott D. Holmberg;Thomas Spira

  • Course of HIV-I infection in a cohort of homosexual and bisexual men: an 11 year follow up study.

    G W Rutherford;A R Lifson;N A Hessol;W W Darrow

  • Efficacy of postexposure prophylaxis after intravaginal exposure of pig-tailed macaques to a human-derived retrovirus (human immunodeficiency virus type 2).

    Ron A. Otten;Dawn K. Smith;Debra R. Adams;Jennifer K. Pullium

  • USPHS/IDSA Guidelines for the Prevention of Opportunistic Infections in Persons Infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus: Introduction

    Jonathan E. Kaplan;Henry Masur;King K. Holmes;Michael M. McNeil

Frequent Co-Authors

Valerie Beral
Valerie Beral University of Oxford
Robert U. Newton
Robert U. Newton Edith Cowan University
James Curran
James Curran University of Sydney
Thomas J. Spira
Thomas J. Spira Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Vaniambadi S. Kalyanaraman
Vaniambadi S. Kalyanaraman North Shore University Hospital
Donald Maxwell Parkin
Donald Maxwell Parkin University of Oxford
Henry Masur
Henry Masur National Institutes of Health
Gerald Schochetman
Gerald Schochetman Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Gillian K Reeves
Gillian K Reeves University of Oxford
Chris Boshoff
Chris Boshoff Pfizer (Germany)

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