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D-Index
86
Citations
29764
World Ranking
1248
National Ranking
652

Jan M. Orenstein publication distribution in Immunology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Immunology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jan M. Orenstein sits on this spectrum.

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62 publications 807+

This scientist: 234 publications — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 807 publications or more.

Jan M. Orenstein D-index placement in Immunology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Immunology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jan M. Orenstein sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 157+

This scientist: 86 D-Index — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 157 D-Index or more.

Overview

Jan M. Orenstein is affiliated with George Washington University in the United States. Their research spans the broad field of medicine with a focus on subfields including rheumatology, epidemiology, and surgery.

The scholar's work concentrates on several topics related to respiratory and soft tissue diseases. Key areas of research include:

  • Respiratory viral infections research
  • Dupuytren's Contracture and Treatments
  • Soft tissue tumor case studies
  • Genital Health and Disease

Orenstein has contributed to publications in venues such as UNC Libraries and Ultrastructural Pathology. Publication counts indicate multiple works in these outlets, specifically two in UNC Libraries and one in Ultrastructural Pathology.

Frequent collaborators with Orenstein include Bridget S. Banach, Linda M. Fox, Scott H. Randell, Anne H. Rowley, and Susan Baker, each having co-authored at least two works alongside Orenstein.

The following recent papers illustrate Orenstein's research contributions:

  • An ultrastructural pathologist's views on fibroblasts, modified smooth muscle cells, wound healing, stenosing arteriopathies, Kawasaki disease, Dupuytren's contracture, and the stroma of carcinomas (2020), published in Ultrastructural Pathology
  • Human airway epithelial cell culture to identify new respiratory viruses: Coronavirus NL63 as a model (2020), published in UNC Libraries
  • Human airway epithelial cell culture to identify new respiratory viruses: Coronavirus NL63 as a model (2021), published in UNC Libraries

Best Publications

  • HIV infection is active and progressive in lymphoid tissue during the clinically latent stage of disease

    Giuseppe Pantaleo;Cecilia Graziosi;James F. Demarest;Luca Butini

  • Detection of AIDS virus in macrophages in brain tissue from AIDS patients with encephalopathy.

    Scott Koenig;Howard E. Gendelman;Jan M. Orenstein;Mauro Carlo Dal Canto

  • Human intestinal macrophages display profound inflammatory anergy despite avid phagocytic and bacteriocidal activity

    Lesley E. Smythies;Marty Sellers;Ronald H. Clements;Meg Mosteller-Barnum

  • Studies in subjects with long-term nonprogressive human immunodeficiency virus infection.

    Giuseppe Pantaleo;Stefano Menzo;Mauro Vaccarezza;Cecilia Graziosi

  • Macrophages as a Source of HIV During Opportunistic Infections

    Jan M. Orenstein;Cecil Fox;Cecil Fox;Sharon M. Wahl;Sharon M. Wahl

  • The human immunodeficiency virus type 1-specific protein vpu is required for efficient virus maturation and release.

    T Klimkait;K Strebel;M D Hoggan;M A Martin

  • p6Gag is required for particle production from full-length human immunodeficiency virus type 1 molecular clones expressing protease.

    Mingjun Huang;J. M. Orenstein;M. A. Martin;E. O. Freed

  • Secretory leukocyte protease inhibitor: a human saliva protein exhibiting anti-human immunodeficiency virus 1 activity in vitro.

    T B McNeely;M Dealy;D J Dripps;J M Orenstein

  • A role for tumor necrosis factor receptor-2 and receptor-interacting protein in programmed necrosis and antiviral responses.

    Francis Ka Ming Chan;Francis Ka Ming Chan;Joanna L. Shisler;Jacqueline G. Bixby;Martin Felices

  • Multiple effects of mutations in human immunodeficiency virus type 1 integrase on viral replication.

    A Engelman;G Englund;J M Orenstein;M A Martin

  • PA-457: A potent HIV inhibitor that disrupts core condensation by targeting a late step in Gag processing

    F. Li;R. Goila-Gaur;K. Salzwedel;N. R. Kilgore

  • Overexpression of the N-terminal domain of TSG101 inhibits HIV-1 budding by blocking late domain function

    Dimiter G. Demirov;Akira Ono;Jan M. Orenstein;Eric O. Freed

  • HIV-1 induces phenotypic and functional perturbations of B cells in chronically infected individuals.

    Susan Moir;Angela Malaspina;Kisani M. Ogwaro;Eileen T. Donoghue

  • Intestinal Macrophages Lack CD14 and CD89 and Consequently Are Down-Regulated for LPS- and IgA-Mediated Activities

    Phillip D. Smith;Lesley E. Smythies;Meg Mosteller-Barnum;Don A. Sibley

  • Human immunodeficiency virus impairs reverse cholesterol transport from macrophages.

    Zahedi A Mujawar;Honor May Rose;Matthew P Morrow;Tatiana Pushkarsky

  • Interferon-α but not AZT suppresses HIV expression in chronically infected cell lines

    Guido Poli;Jan M. Orenstein;Audrey Kinter;Thomas M. Folks

  • Three Linked Vasculopathic Processes Characterize Kawasaki Disease: A Light and Transmission Electron Microscopic Study

    Jan Marc Orenstein;Stanford T. Shulman;Linda M. Fox;Susan C. Baker

  • High-level variability in the ORF-K1 membrane protein gene at the left end of the Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus genome defines four major virus subtypes and multiple variants or clades in different human populations.

    Jian Chao Zong;Dolores M. Ciufo;Donald J. Alcendor;Xiaoyu Wan

  • Primary intestinal epithelial cells selectively transfer R5 HIV-1 to CCR5+ cells.

    Gang Meng;Xiping Wei;Xiaoyun Wu;Marty T. Sellers

  • Role of the Gag Matrix Domain in Targeting Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Assembly

    Akira Ono;Jan M. Orenstein;Eric O. Freed

  • Intestinal microsporidiosis as a cause of diarrhea in human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients: a report of 20 cases.

    Jan Marc Orenstein;Jeanne Chiang;William Steinberg;Phillip D. Smith

Frequent Co-Authors

Sharon M. Wahl
Sharon M. Wahl National Institutes of Health
Stanford T. Shulman
Stanford T. Shulman Northwestern University
Susan C. Baker
Susan C. Baker Loyola University Chicago
Donald P. Kotler
Donald P. Kotler Mount Sinai Morningside
Anthony S. Fauci
Anthony S. Fauci Georgetown University
Andrew Blauvelt
Andrew Blauvelt Veterans Health Administration
Elizabeth J. Perlman
Elizabeth J. Perlman Northwestern University
Giuseppe Pantaleo
Giuseppe Pantaleo University of Lausanne
Phillip D. Smith
Phillip D. Smith University of Alabama at Birmingham
Kuan-Teh Jeang
Kuan-Teh Jeang National Institutes of Health

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