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John M. Kirkwood

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
133
Citations
85474
World Ranking
2186
National Ranking
1234

John M. Kirkwood publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 718 publications — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

John M. Kirkwood 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 John M. Kirkwood sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 133 D-Index — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

John M. Kirkwood is affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a significant focus on oncology-related studies.

Their extensive publication record includes work in major scientific journals, reflecting a focus on oncology and immunology topics. The most frequent publication venues for their research are:

  • Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • Cancer Research
  • Regular and Young Investigator Award Abstracts
  • Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer
  • Annals of Oncology

The primary subfields of John M. Kirkwood's research cover:

  • Oncology
  • Immunology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Ophthalmology
  • Epidemiology

The main topics addressed in their work include:

  • Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
  • CAR-T cell therapy research
  • Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management
  • Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
  • Melanoma and MAPK Pathways
  • Ocular Oncology and Treatments
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction

John M. Kirkwood has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Cindy Sander
  • Diwakar Davar
  • Ahmad A. Tarhini
  • Georgina V. Long
  • Jason J. Luke

Some notable recent publications from John M. Kirkwood's research include:

  • "Fecal microbiota transplant overcomes resistance to anti-PD-1 therapy in melanoma patients" (2021), published in Science
  • "Overall Survival Benefit with Tebentafusp in Metastatic Uveal Melanoma" (2021), published in New England Journal of Medicine
  • "Neoadjuvant-Adjuvant or Adjuvant-Only Pembrolizumab in Advanced Melanoma" (2023), published in New England Journal of Medicine
  • "Five-Year Analysis of Adjuvant Dabrafenib plus Trametinib in Stage III Melanoma" (2020), published in New England Journal of Medicine
  • "Combination Dabrafenib and Trametinib Versus Combination Nivolumab and Ipilimumab for Patients With Advanced BRAF-Mutant Melanoma: The DREAMseq Trial-ECOG-ACRIN EA6134" (2022), published in Journal of Clinical Oncology

Among professional recognitions, John M. Kirkwood is a member of the Association of American Physicians.

Best Publications

  • Improved Survival with Vemurafenib in Melanoma with BRAF V600E Mutation

    Paul B. Chapman;Axel Hauschild;Caroline Robert;John B. Haanen

  • Final Version of 2009 AJCC Melanoma Staging and Classification

    Charles M. Balch;Jeffrey E. Gershenwald;Seng Jaw Soong;John F. Thompson

  • Interferon alfa-2b adjuvant therapy of high-risk resected cutaneous melanoma: the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Trial EST 1684.

    John M. Kirkwood;Myla Hunt Strawderman;Marc S. Ernstoff;Thomas J. Smith

  • Melanoma staging: Evidence-based changes in the American Joint Committee on Cancer eighth edition cancer staging manual.

    Jeffrey E. Gershenwald;Richard A. Scolyer;Kenneth R. Hess;Vernon K. Sondak

  • Pembrolizumab versus investigator-choice chemotherapy for ipilimumab-refractory melanoma (KEYNOTE-002): a randomised, controlled, phase 2 trial

    Antoni Ribas;Igor Puzanov;Reinhard Dummer;Dirk Schadendorf

  • Upregulation of Tim-3 and PD-1 expression is associated with tumor antigen–specific CD8+ T cell dysfunction in melanoma patients

    Julien Fourcade;Zhaojun Sun;Mourad Benallaoua;Philippe Guillaume

  • Fecal microbiota transplant overcomes resistance to anti–PD-1 therapy in melanoma patients

    Diwakar Davar;Amiran K. Dzutsev;John A. McCulloch;Richard R. Rodrigues

  • Oncolytic Virotherapy Promotes Intratumoral T Cell Infiltration and Improves Anti-PD-1 Immunotherapy

    Antoni Ribas;Reinhard Dummer;Igor Puzanov;Ari VanderWalde

  • Adjuvant Dabrafenib plus Trametinib in Stage III BRAF-Mutated Melanoma

    G. V. Long;A. Hauschild;M. Santinami;V. Atkinson

  • High-Dose Interferon Alfa-2b Significantly Prolongs Relapse-Free and Overall Survival Compared With the GM2-KLH/QS-21 Vaccine in Patients With Resected Stage IIB-III Melanoma: Results of Intergroup Trial E1694/S9512/C509801

    John M. Kirkwood;Joseph G. Ibrahim;Jeffrey A. Sosman;Vernon K. Sondak

  • Safety and efficacy of vemurafenib in BRAFV600E and BRAFV600K mutation-positive melanoma (BRIM-3): extended follow-up of a phase 3, randomised, open-label study

    Grant A McArthur;Paul B Chapman;Caroline Robert;James Larkin

  • High- and Low-Dose Interferon Alfa-2b in High-Risk Melanoma: First Analysis of Intergroup Trial E1690/S9111/C9190

    John M. Kirkwood;Joseph G. Ibrahim;Vernon K. Sondak;Jon Richards

  • Dabrafenib in patients with Val600Glu or Val600Lys BRAF-mutant melanoma metastatic to the brain (BREAK-MB): a multicentre, open-label, phase 2 trial

    Georgina V. Long;Uwe Trefzer;Michael A. Davies;Richard F. Kefford

  • TIGIT and PD-1 impair tumor antigen–specific CD8 + T cells in melanoma patients

    Joe-Marc Chauvin;Ornella Pagliano;Julien Fourcade;Zhaojun Sun

  • The role of BRAF V600 mutation in melanoma

    Paolo A. Ascierto;John M. Kirkwood;Jean Jacques Grob;Ester Simeone

  • Phase III Randomized Clinical Trial Comparing Tremelimumab With Standard-of-Care Chemotherapy in Patients With Advanced Melanoma

    Antoni Ribas;Richard Kefford;Margaret A. Marshall;Cornelis J.A. Punt

  • Meta-Analysis of Phase II Cooperative Group Trials in Metastatic Stage IV Melanoma to Determine Progression-Free and Overall Survival Benchmarks for Future Phase II Trials

    Edward L. Korn;Ping Yu Liu;Sandra J. Lee;Judith Anne W. Chapman

  • Results of a Phase III, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Study of Sorafenib in Combination With Carboplatin and Paclitaxel As Second-Line Treatment in Patients With Unresectable Stage III or Stage IV Melanoma

    Axel Hauschild;Sanjiv S. Agarwala;Uwe Trefzer;David Hogg

  • Prognostic significance of autoimmunity during treatment of melanoma with interferon

    Michal T. Krauze;Ahmad Tarhini;Helen Gogas;John M. Kirkwood

  • Bcl-2 Antisense (oblimersen sodium) Plus Dacarbazine in Patients With Advanced Melanoma: The Oblimersen Melanoma Study Group

    Agop Y. Bedikian;Michael Millward;Hubert Pehamberger;Robert Conry

Frequent Co-Authors

Ahmad A. Tarhini
Ahmad A. Tarhini Cleveland Clinic
Marc S. Ernstoff
Marc S. Ernstoff Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Vernon K. Sondak
Vernon K. Sondak University of South Florida
Georgina V. Long
Georgina V. Long University of Sydney
Lisa H. Butterfield
Lisa H. Butterfield University of California, San Francisco
Reinhard Dummer
Reinhard Dummer University of Zurich
Antoni Ribas
Antoni Ribas University of California, Los Angeles
Michael B. Atkins
Michael B. Atkins Georgetown University
Keith T. Flaherty
Keith T. Flaherty Harvard University
Axel Hauschild
Axel Hauschild Kiel University

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