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Microbiology

D-Index
94
Citations
35510
World Ranking
561
National Ranking
262

Medicine

D-Index
94
Citations
35605
World Ranking
10410
National Ranking
5361

Jan Vilcek 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 Jan Vilcek sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 318 publications — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jan Vilcek 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 Jan Vilcek sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 94 D-Index — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
  • 1997 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Jan Vilcek is affiliated with New York University in the United States and has contributed to various fields, primarily Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their research spans several subfields including Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Molecular Biology, Gender Studies, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Biophysics.

The scientist's work covers diverse topics such as Diversity and Career in Medicine, Global Health and Surgery, Advances in Oncology and Radiotherapy, Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques, bioluminescence and chemiluminescence research, CRISPR and Genetic Engineering, and Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics.

Jan Vilcek has authored papers published in multiple venues including:

  • Cell
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Heart Lung and Circulation
  • Journal of Interferon & Cytokine Research

Notable recent publications by Jan Vilcek include:

  • "America First" Will Destroy U.S. Science (2020, Cell)
  • Profile of Xiaowei Zhuang, winner of the 2020 Vilcek Prize in Biomedical Science (2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • 333 Echocardiography Reporting in Ischaemic Heart Disease and Compliance With European Association Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI) Recommendations (2020, Heart Lung and Circulation)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Jan Vilcek are Brian D. Brown, Andrew M. Leader, Miriam Mérad, Prashant Nair, and A. Moussad.

Jan Vilcek holds fellowships with several scientific bodies, including Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) since 1997 and Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors awarded in 2016.

Best Publications

  • Tumor necrosis factor and interleukin 1: cytokines with multiple overlapping biological activities.

    Junming Le;J. Vilcek

  • Immune response in mice that lack the interferon-gamma receptor.

    Sui Huang;Wiljan Hendriks;Alana Althage;Silvio Hemmi

  • New insights into the molecular mechanisms of its multiple actions

    J. Vilcek;T. H. Lee

  • Requirement for transcription factor IRF-1 in NO synthase induction in macrophages.

    R. Kamijo;H. Harada;T. Matsuyama;Maarten C. Bosland

  • Construction and initial characterization of a mouse-human chimeric anti-TNF antibody

    D M Knight;H Trinh;J Le;S Siegel

  • IL-6 inhibits lipopolysaccharide-induced tumor necrosis factor production in cultured human monocytes, U937 cells, and in mice.

    D Aderka;J M Le;J Vilcek

  • Fibroblast Growth Enhancing Activity of Tumor Necrosis Factor and Its Relationship to Other Polypeptide Growth Factors

    J Vilcek;V J Palombella;D Henriksen-DeStefano;C Swenson

  • Induction of β2-interferon by tumor necrosis factor: A homeostatic mechanism in the control of cell proliferation

    Masayoshi Kohase;Dorothy Henriksen-DeStefano;Lester T. May;Jan Vilček

  • Interleukin 6: a multifunctional cytokine regulating immune reactions and the acute phase protein response.

    Junming Le;Jan Vilček

  • Tumor necrosis factor: specific binding and internalization in sensitive and resistant cells

    M Tsujimoto;Y K Yip;J Vilcek

  • Systemic lupus erythematosus: presence in human serum of an unusual acid-labile leukocyte interferon

    Olivia T. Preble;Roberta J. Black;Robert M. Friedman;John H. Klippel

  • Production of High-Titered Interferon in Cultures of Human Diploid Cells

    Edward A. Havell;Jan Vilček

  • Methods of treating TNFα-mediated disease using chimeric anti-TNF antibodies

    Junming Le;Jan Vilcek;Peter Dadonna;John Ghrayeb

  • Mice that lack the interferon-gamma receptor have profoundly altered responses to infection with Bacillus Calmette-Guerin and subsequent challenge with lipopolysaccharide

    Ryutaro Kamijo;Junming Le;Deborah Shapiro;Edward A. Havell

  • A novel secretory tumor necrosis factor-inducible protein (TSG-6) is a member of the family of hyaluronate binding proteins, closely related to the adhesion receptor CD44.

    T H Lee;H G Wisniewski;J Vilcek

  • Sodium salicylate induces apoptosis via p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase but inhibits tumor necrosis factor-induced c-Jun N-terminal kinase/stress-activated protein kinase activation.

    Paul Schwenger;Paola Bellosta;Ilja Vietor;Claudio Basilico

  • Acid-Labile Human Leukocyte Interferon in Homosexual Men with Kaposi's Sarcoma and Lymphadenopathy

    E. DeStefano;R. M. Friedman;A. E. Friedman-Kien;J. J. Goedert

  • Interleukin-6 induction by tumor necrosis factor and interleukin-1 in human fibroblasts involves activation of a nuclear factor binding to a kappa B-like sequence.

    Yihong Zhang;Jian-Xin Lin;J. Vilcek

  • Interferon-gamma enhances expression of cellular receptors for tumor necrosis factor.

    M Tsujimoto;Y K Yip;J Vilcek

  • Involvement of the IRF-1 transcription factor in antiviral responses to interferons

    Tohru Kimura;Katsutoshi Nakayama;Josef Penninger;Motoo Kitagawa

  • Anti-TNF antibodies and peptides of human tumor necrosis factor

    Junming Le;Jan Vilcek;Peter Daddona;John Ghrayeb

Frequent Co-Authors

Alvin E. Friedman-Kien
Alvin E. Friedman-Kien New York University
Pravinkumar B. Sehgal
Pravinkumar B. Sehgal Rockefeller University
Tadatsugu Taniguchi
Tadatsugu Taniguchi University of Tokyo
Igor Tamm
Igor Tamm Rockefeller University
Michel Aguet
Michel Aguet École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Ruth S. Nussenzweig
Ruth S. Nussenzweig New York University
Jedd D. Wolchok
Jedd D. Wolchok Cornell University
Edward Y. Skolnik
Edward Y. Skolnik New York University
Patrick C. Kung
Patrick C. Kung Columbia University
Bruce N. Cronstein
Bruce N. Cronstein New York University

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