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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
72
Citations
27295
World Ranking
6152
National Ranking
2892

James R. Burke publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 230 publications — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

James R. Burke 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 James R. Burke sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 72 D-Index — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

James R. Burke is affiliated with Duke University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with particular attention to subfields such as psychiatry and mental health, physiology, ophthalmology, molecular biology, and genetics.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics, including:

  • Dementia and cognitive impairment research
  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Retinal imaging and analysis
  • Glaucoma and retinal disorders
  • Genetic associations and epidemiology
  • Frailty in older adults
  • Diet and metabolism studies

Among their recent papers are:

  • "Exceptionally low likelihood of Alzheimer's dementia in APOE2 homozygotes from a 5,000-person neuropathological study," published in 2020 in Nature Communications
  • "Convolutional neural network to identify symptomatic Alzheimer's disease using multimodal retinal imaging," published in 2020 in British Journal of Ophthalmology
  • "Safety and efficacy of pioglitazone for the delay of cognitive impairment in people at risk of Alzheimer's disease (TOMMORROW): a prognostic biomarker study and a phase 3, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial," published in 2021 in The Lancet Neurology
  • "Associations of Sex, Race, and Apolipoprotein E Alleles With Multiple Domains of Cognition Among Older Adults," published in 2023 in JAMA Neurology
  • "Manifestations of Alzheimer's disease genetic risk in the blood are evident in a multiomic analysis in healthy adults aged 18 to 90," published in 2022 in Scientific Reports

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Journal of Alzheimer s Disease
  • UNC Libraries
  • Ophthalmic surgery, lasers & imaging retina
  • Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
  • Nature Communications

James R. Burke collaborates regularly with a number of researchers in their field. Frequent coauthors include Brenda L. Plassman, Courtney H. Van Houtven, Megan Shepherd-Banigan, Paul K. Crane, and Lisa L. Barnes.

Best Publications

  • Common variants at MS4A4/MS4A6E, CD2AP, CD33 and EPHA1 are associated with late-onset Alzheimer's disease.

    Adam C. Naj;Gyungah Jun;Gary W. Beecham;Li-San Wang

  • Early mitochondrial calcium defects in Huntington's disease are a direct effect of polyglutamines

    Alexander V. Panov;Claire-Anne Gutekunst;Blair R. Leavitt;Michael R. Hayden

  • Prevalence of cognitive impairment without dementia in the United States.

    Brenda L. Plassman;Kenneth M. Langa;Gwenith G. Fisher;Steven G. Heeringa

  • Rare coding variants in PLCG2, ABI3, and TREM2 implicate microglial-mediated innate immunity in Alzheimer's disease

    Rebecca Sims;Sven J. Van Der Lee;Adam C. Naj;Céline Bellenguez;Céline Bellenguez

  • Documented head injury in early adulthood and risk of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias

    Brenda L. Plassman;R. J. Havlik;D. C. Steffens;M. J. Helms

  • Systematic review: factors associated with risk for and possible prevention of cognitive decline in later life.

    Brenda L. Plassman;John W. Williams;James R. Burke;Tracey Holsinger

  • BMS-345541 Is a Highly Selective Inhibitor of IκB Kinase That Binds at an Allosteric Site of the Enzyme and Blocks NF-κB-dependent Transcription in Mice

    James R. Burke;Mark A. Pattoli;Kurt R. Gregor;Patrick J. Brassil

  • Huntingtin and DRPLA proteins selectively interact with the enzyme GAPDH.

    James R. Burke;Jan J. Enghild;Margaret E. Martin;Yuh Shan Jou

  • Metabolomics in early Alzheimer's disease: identification of altered plasma sphingolipidome using shotgun lipidomics.

    Xianlin Han;Steve Rozen;Stephen H. Boyle;Caroline Hellegers

  • Exceptionally low likelihood of Alzheimer’s dementia in APOE2 homozygotes from a 5,000-person neuropathological study

    Eric M Reiman;Joseph F Arboleda-Velasquez;Yakeel T Quiroz;Matthew J Huentelman

  • Preventing Alzheimer's disease and cognitive decline.

    John W Williams;B L Plassman;J Burke;S Benjamin

  • Risk of dementia among relatives of Alzheimer's disease patients in the MIRAGE study What is in store for the oldest old?

    N. T. Lautenschlager;L. A. Cupples;V. S. Rao;S. A. Auerbach

  • Common genetic variants in the CLDN2 and PRSS1-PRSS2 loci alter risk for alcohol-related and sporadic pancreatitis

    David C. Whitcomb;Jessica LaRusch;Alyssa M. Krasinskas;Lambertus Klei

  • A novel human disease with abnormal prion protein sensitive to protease

    Pierluigi Gambetti;Zhiqian Dong;Jue Yuan;Xiangzhu Xiao

  • Risk Factors and Preventive Interventions for Alzheimer Disease: State of the Science

    Martha L. Daviglus;Brenda L. Plassman;Amber Pirzada;Carl C. Bell

  • A novel Alzheimer disease locus located near the gene encoding tau protein

    G. Jun;C. A. Ibrahim-Verbaas;M. Vronskaya;J-C Lambert;J-C Lambert;J-C Lambert

  • Duration and Intensity of NF-κB Activity Determine the Severity of Endotoxin-Induced Acute Lung Injury

    M. Brett Everhart;Wei Han;Taylor P. Sherrill;Melissa Arutiunov

  • IKK mediates ischemia-induced neuronal death.

    Oliver Herrmann;Bernd Baumann;Rossana de Lorenzi;Sajjad Muhammad

  • A highly selective inhibitor of I kappa B kinase, BMS-345541, blocks both joint inflammation and destruction in collagen-induced arthritis in mice.

    Kim W. McIntyre;David J. Shuster;Kathleen M. Gillooly;Donna M. Dambach

  • Specificity, sensitivity, and predictive value of apolipoprotein-E genotyping for sporadic Alzheimer's disease

    A. M. Saunders;C. Hulette;K. A. Welsh-Bohmer;D. E. Schmechel

Frequent Co-Authors

John W Williams
John W Williams Duke University
Kathleen A. Welsh-Bohmer
Kathleen A. Welsh-Bohmer Duke University
Warren J. Strittmatter
Warren J. Strittmatter Duke University
Guy G. Potter
Guy G. Potter Duke University
Christine M. Hulette
Christine M. Hulette Duke University
David C. Steffens
David C. Steffens University of Connecticut
Margaret A. Pericak-Vance
Margaret A. Pericak-Vance University of Miami
Philip L. De Jager
Philip L. De Jager Columbia University
Peter St George-Hyslop
Peter St George-Hyslop Columbia University
Allen D. Roses
Allen D. Roses Duke University

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