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D-Index
89
Citations
29798
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12671
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6481

Jeffrey L. Curtis publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jeffrey L. Curtis sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 377 publications — 33rd percentile

33% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Jeffrey L. Curtis D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jeffrey L. Curtis sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 89 D-Index — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Overview

Jeffrey L. Curtis is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their scholarly contributions predominantly focus on the field of Medicine, with particular emphasis on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

The research spans multiple subfields including Physiology, Immunology, Molecular Biology, and Epidemiology, underpinning a broad investigative approach to respiratory health and associated conditions.

Main topics of research explored by Curtis include:

  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research
  • Asthma and respiratory diseases
  • Respiratory Support and Mechanisms
  • Neonatal Respiratory Health Research
  • Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments
  • Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
  • Pediatric health and respiratory diseases

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Curtis are:

  • Comparison of Proteomic Assessment Methods in Multiple Cohort Studies (2020, PROTEOMICS)
  • Reconsidering the Utility of Race-Specific Lung Function Prediction Equations (2021, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine)
  • Blood Eosinophil Counts in Clinical Trials for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (2020, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine)
  • Lung Microbiota and Metabolites Collectively Associate with Clinical Outcomes in Milder Stage Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (2022, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine)
  • The Association of Aging Biomarkers, Interstitial Lung Abnormalities, and Mortality (2020, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine)

Frequent coauthors working alongside Curtis include:

  • Russell P. Bowler
  • MeiLan K. Han
  • Prescott G. Woodruff
  • Eric A. Hoffman
  • Nadia N. Hansel

Most publications by Curtis have appeared in the following venues:

  • American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
  • UNC Libraries
  • CHEST Journal
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Annals of the American Thoracic Society

Best Publications

  • Azithromycin for Prevention of Exacerbations of COPD

    Richard K. Albert;Richard K. Albert;John Connett;William C. Bailey;Richard Casaburi

  • Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease phenotypes: the future of COPD.

    Mei Lan K. Han;Alvar Agusti;Peter M. Calverley;Bartolome R. Celli

  • Analysis of the Lung Microbiome in the “Healthy” Smoker and in COPD

    John R. Erb-Downward;Deborah L. Thompson;Meilan K. Han;Christine M. Freeman;Christine M. Freeman

  • Comparison of the Respiratory Microbiome in Healthy Nonsmokers and Smokers

    Alison Morris;James M. Beck;Patrick D. Schloss;Thomas B. Campbell

  • Analysis of the Upper Respiratory Tract Microbiotas as the Source of the Lung and Gastric Microbiotas in Healthy Individuals

    Christine M. Bassis;John R. Erb-Downward;Robert P. Dickson;Christine M. Freeman

  • Clinical Significance of Symptoms in Smokers with Preserved Pulmonary Function

    Prescott G. Woodruff;R. Graham Barr;Eugene Bleecker;Stephanie A. Christenson

  • Spatial Variation in the Healthy Human Lung Microbiome and the Adapted Island Model of Lung Biogeography

    Robert P. Dickson;John R. Erb-Downward;Christine M. Freeman;Lisa McCloskey

  • Predictors of mortality in patients with emphysema and severe airflow obstruction.

    Fernando J. Martinez;Gregory Foster;Jeffrey L. Curtis;Gerard Criner

  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbations in the COPDGene Study: Associated Radiologic Phenotypes

    MeiLan K. Han;Ella A. Kazerooni;David A. Lynch;Lyrica X. Liu

  • Bacterial Topography of the Healthy Human Lower Respiratory Tract.

    Robert P. Dickson;John R. Erb-Downward;Christine M. Freeman;Lisa McCloskey

  • Pulmonary arterial enlargement and acute exacerbations of COPD.

    J. Michael Wells;George R. Washko;Mei Lan K. Han;Naseer Abbas

  • Gender and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: why it matters.

    Mei Lan K. Han;Dirkje Postma;David M. Mannino;Nicholas D. Giardino

  • Clinical and Radiologic Disease in Smokers With Normal Spirometry

    Elizabeth A. Regan;David A. Lynch;Douglas Curran-Everett;Jeffrey L. Curtis;Jeffrey L. Curtis

  • Application of a neutral community model to assess structuring of the human lung microbiome

    Arvind Venkataraman;Christine M. Bassis;James M. Beck;James M. Beck;Vincent B. Young

  • Simvastatin for the Prevention of Exacerbations in Moderate-to-Severe COPD

    G. J. Criner;John E Connett;S. D. Aaron;R. K. Albert

  • Sex Differences in Severe Pulmonary Emphysema

    Fernando J. Martinez;Jeffrey L. Curtis;Frank Sciurba;Jeanette Alane Mumford

  • The usefulness of induced sputum in the diagnosis of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.

    Bigby Td;Margolskee D;Curtis Jl;Michael Pf

  • Frequency of exacerbations in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: an analysis of the SPIROMICS cohort

    MeiLan K Han;Pedro M Quibrera;Elizabeth E Carretta;R Graham Barr

  • The Immunopathogenesis of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Insights from Recent Research

    Jeffrey L. Curtis;Christine M. Freeman;James C. Hogg

  • Acute Exacerbations and Lung Function Loss in Smokers with and without Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

    Mark T. Dransfield;Mark T. Dransfield;Ken M. Kunisaki;Ken M. Kunisaki;Matthew J. Strand;Antonio Anzueto;Antonio Anzueto

Frequent Co-Authors

Fernando J. Martinez
Fernando J. Martinez University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
MeiLan K. Han
MeiLan K. Han University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Mark T. Dransfield
Mark T. Dransfield University of Alabama at Birmingham
Russell P. Bowler
Russell P. Bowler Cleveland Clinic
Nadia N. Hansel
Nadia N. Hansel Johns Hopkins University
Prescott G. Woodruff
Prescott G. Woodruff University of California, San Francisco
Gerard J. Criner
Gerard J. Criner Temple University
Eric A. Hoffman
Eric A. Hoffman University of Iowa
Wanda K. O'Neal
Wanda K. O'Neal University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
R. Graham Barr
R. Graham Barr Columbia University

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