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D-Index
74
Citations
48276
World Ranking
5452
National Ranking
2585

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

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where James R. White sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 172 publications — 37th percentile

37% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

James R. White 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. White sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 74 D-Index — 72nd percentile

72% 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. White is affiliated with Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in the United States. Their research contributions span a range of topics primarily within the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology.

Their work is strongly focused on molecular biology, oncology, cancer research, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, and immunology. Key research topics include gut microbiota and health, cancer immunotherapy and biomarkers, cancer genomics and diagnostics, pancreatic and hepatic oncology research, genetic factors in colorectal cancer, Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research, and lung cancer treatments and mutations.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with James R. White include Victor E. Velculescu, Valsamo Anagnostou, Noushin Niknafs, Cynthia L. Sears, and Archana Balan.

James R. White frequently publishes in several scientific venues. Notable publication venues with multiple contributions are Cancer Research, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature Communications, Clinical Cancer Research, and the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

Representative recent papers authored or co-authored by James R. White are:

  • Establishing guidelines to harmonize tumor mutational burden (TMB): in silico assessment of variation in TMB quantification across diagnostic platforms: phase I of the Friends of Cancer Research TMB Harmonization Project (2020, Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer)
  • Detection and characterization of lung cancer using cell-free DNA fragmentomes (2021, Nature Communications)
  • Succinate Produced by Intestinal Microbes Promotes Specification of Tuft Cells to Suppress Ileal Inflammation (2020, Gastroenterology)
  • Multimodal genomic features predict outcome of immune checkpoint blockade in non-small-cell lung cancer (2020, Nature Cancer)
  • Neoadjuvant nivolumab plus ipilimumab in resectable non-small cell lung cancer (2020, Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer)

Best Publications

  • Structure, function and diversity of the healthy human microbiome

    Curtis Huttenhower;Curtis Huttenhower;Dirk Gevers;Rob Knight;Rob Knight;Sahar Abubucker

  • TM4: a free, open-source system for microarray data management and analysis.

    A.I. Saeed;V. Sharov;J. White;J. Li

  • The tomato genome sequence provides insights into fleshy fruit evolution

    Shusei Sato;Satoshi Tabata;Hideki Hirakawa;Erika Asamizu

  • A framework for human microbiome research

    Barbara A. Methé;Karen E. Nelson;Mihai Pop;Heather H. Creasy

  • Neoadjuvant PD-1 Blockade in Resectable Lung Cancer

    Patrick M. Forde;Jamie E. Chaft;Kellie N. Smith;Valsamo Anagnostou

  • Statistical methods for detecting differentially abundant features in clinical metagenomic samples.

    James Robert White;Niranjan Nagarajan;Mihai Pop

  • Tumor Microbiome Diversity and Composition Influence Pancreatic Cancer Outcomes

    Erick Riquelme;Erick Riquelme;Yu Zhang;Liangliang Zhang;Maria Montiel

  • Direct detection of early-stage cancers using circulating tumor DNA

    Jillian Phallen;Mark Sausen;Vilmos Adleff;Alessandro Leal

  • Genome-wide cell-free DNA fragmentation in patients with cancer

    Stephen Cristiano;Alessandro Leal;Jillian Phallen;Jacob Fiksel

  • Medical management of kidney stones: AUA guideline.

    Margaret S. Pearle;David S. Goldfarb;Dean G. Assimos;Gary Curhan

  • IMG/M v.5.0: an integrated data management and comparative analysis system for microbial genomes and microbiomes.

    I-Min A Chen;Ken Chu;Krishna Palaniappan;Manoj Pillay

  • Evolution of Neoantigen Landscape during Immune Checkpoint Blockade in Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer

    Valsamo Anagnostou;Kellie N. Smith;Patrick M. Forde;Noushin Niknafs

  • Microbiota organization is a distinct feature of proximal colorectal cancers

    Christine M. Dejea;Elizabeth C. Wick;Elizabeth M. Hechenbleikner;James R. White

  • Cell fusion by Semliki Forest, influenza, and vesicular stomatitis viruses.

    J White;K Matlin;A Helenius

  • Clinical implications of genomic alterations in the tumour and circulation of pancreatic cancer patients

    Mark Sausen;Jillian Phallen;Vilmos Adleff;Siân Jones

  • Establishing guidelines to harmonize tumor mutational burden (TMB): in silico assessment of variation in TMB quantification across diagnostic platforms: phase I of the Friends of Cancer Research TMB Harmonization Project.

    Diana M Merino;Lisa M McShane;David Fabrizio;Vincent Funari

  • CloVR: A virtual machine for automated and portable sequence analysis from the desktop using cloud computing

    Samuel V. Angiuoli;Samuel V. Angiuoli;Malcolm Matalka;Aaron Gussman;Kevin Galens

  • Small-Airways Dysfunction in Nonsmokers Chronically Exposed to Tobacco Smoke

    James R. White;Herman F. Froeb

  • Metabolism links bacterial biofilms and colon carcinogenesis

    Caroline H. Johnson;Christine M. Dejea;David Edler;Linh T. Hoang

  • Proof of Concept of Microbiome-Metabolome Analysis and Delayed Gluten Exposure on Celiac Disease Autoimmunity in Genetically At-Risk Infants

    Maria Sellitto;Guoyun Bai;Gloria Serena;W. Florian Fricke

Frequent Co-Authors

Victor E. Velculescu
Victor E. Velculescu Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Drew M. Pardoll
Drew M. Pardoll Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Rachel Karchin
Rachel Karchin Johns Hopkins University
Luis A. Diaz
Luis A. Diaz Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Cynthia L. Sears
Cynthia L. Sears Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Mihai Pop
Mihai Pop University of Maryland, College Park
Jacques Ravel
Jacques Ravel University of Maryland, Baltimore
Julie R. Brahmer
Julie R. Brahmer Johns Hopkins University
Cynthia L. Sears
Cynthia L. Sears Johns Hopkins University
Matthew D. Hellmann
Matthew D. Hellmann Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

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