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Microbiology

D-Index
98
Citations
31358
World Ranking
461
National Ranking
212

Medicine

D-Index
98
Citations
32537
World Ranking
8967
National Ranking
4615

Joseph L. Melnick 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 Joseph L. Melnick sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 630 publications — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Joseph L. Melnick 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 Joseph L. Melnick sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 98 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% 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

  • 1996 - Albert B. Sabin Gold Medal, Sabin Vaccine Institute
  • 1951 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Joseph L. Melnick was affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine in the United States. Their main field of study was psychology, with a focus on several subfields including clinical psychology, education, developmental and educational psychology, and social psychology.

Their work addressed a variety of topics, primarily centered around child therapy and development, counseling, therapy, family dynamics, reflective practices in education, grief, bereavement, mental health, educational and social studies, family and disability support research, and educational and psychological assessments.

Joseph L. Melnick published extensively in notable venues such as Gestalt Review and QUADERNI DI GESTALT. The following papers were among the recent contributions published in Gestalt Review:

  • Gestalt Review: 25 Years (2021)
  • Who Am I? (2020)
  • Seán Gaffney (1942-2022) (2022)
  • Preamble (2022)
  • Social Change: A Gestalt Approach (2022)

Their collaborations included working with Susan L. Fischer, S Tosi, Dan Bloom, and Gloria Nosan Melnick.

Joseph L. Melnick received the Albert B. Sabin Gold Medal from the Sabin Vaccine Institute in 1996. Earlier in their career, they were named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1951.

Best Publications

  • Defectiveness of Interferon Production and of Rubella Virus Interference in a Line of African Green Monkey Kidney Cells (Vero)

    Jan Desmyter;Joseph L. Melnick;William E. Rawls

  • Fate of Wastewater Bacteria and Viruses in Soil

    C P Gerba;C Wallis;J L Melnick

  • CYTOMEGALOVIRUS ANTIGEN WITHIN HUMAN ARTERIAL SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS

    J L Melnick;B L Petrie;G R Dreesman;J Burek

  • Cohort Study of Cytomegalovirus Infection as a Risk Factor for Carotid Intimal-Medial Thickening, a Measure of Subclinical Atherosclerosis

    F J Nieto;E Adam;P Sorlie;H Farzadegan

  • Review of Medical Microbiology

    Ernest Jawetz;Joseph L. Melnick;Edward A. Adelberg

  • High levels of cytomegalovirus antibody in patients requiring vascular surgery for atherosclerosis.

    E. Adam;J.L. Probtsfield;J. Burek;C.H. Mccollum

  • Environmental Virology: From Detection of Virus in Sewage and Water by Isolation to Identification by Molecular Biology-A Trip of Over 50 Years

    T G Metcalf;J L Melnick;M K Estes

  • Cytomegalovirus and atherosclerosis.

    J L Melnick;E Adam;M E DeBakey

  • THE ASSOCIATION OF HERPESVIRUS TYPE 2 AND CARCINOMA OF THE UTERINE CERVIX

    William E. Rawls;W. A. F. Tompkins;Joseph L. Melnick

  • HERPESVIRUS TYPE 2: ASSOCIATION WITH CARCINOMA OF THE CERVIX

    W. E. Rawls;W. A. F. Tompkins;M. E. Figueroa;J. L. Melnick

  • Antibody to hepatitis B surface antigen after a single inoculation of uncoupled synthetic HBsAg peptides

    Gordon R. Dreesman;Yanuario Sanchez;Irina Ionescu-Matiu;James T. Sparrow

  • Cytomegalovirus DNA in arterial walls of patients with atherosclerosis

    Joseph L. Melnick;Changzhi Hu;Joyce Burek;Ervin Adam

  • Occurrence and distribution of bacterial indicators and pathogens in canal communities along the Texas coast.

    S M Goyal;C P Gerba;J L Melnick

  • Measurement of Antibodies to Herpesvirus Types 1 and 2 in Human Sera

    William E. Rawls;Kumiko Iwamoto;Erwin Adam;Joseph L. Melnick

  • Papova virus group.

    Joseph L. Melnick

  • Human Immunodeficiency Virus in Brain Biopsies of Patients with AIDS and Progressive Encephalopathy

    Ferenc Gyorkey;Joseph L. Melnick;Phyllis Gyorkey

  • Possible role of cytomegalovirus in atherogenesis.

    Joseph L. Melnick;Ervin Adam;Michael E. DeBakey

  • Hepatitis B virus DNA in mononuclear cells and analysis of cell subsets for the presence of replicative intermediates of viral DNA.

    Boris Yoffe;Christine A. Noonan;Joseph L. Melnick;F. Blaine Hollinger

  • Enterovirus Type 71 Infections: A Varied Clinical Pattern Sometimes Mimicking Paralytic Poliomyelitis

    Joseph L. Melnick

  • Progress in medical virology.

    Joseph L. Melnick

Frequent Co-Authors

Charles P. Gerba
Charles P. Gerba University of Arizona
Fred Rapp
Fred Rapp Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Michael E. DeBakey
Michael E. DeBakey Baylor College of Medicine
Janet S. Butel
Janet S. Butel Baylor College of Medicine
Satvir S. Tevethia
Satvir S. Tevethia Pennsylvania State University
Mark D. Sobsey
Mark D. Sobsey University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Sagar M. Goyal
Sagar M. Goyal University of Minnesota
Jan Desmyter
Jan Desmyter KU Leuven
Howard A. Fields
Howard A. Fields Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Mary K. Estes
Mary K. Estes Baylor College of Medicine

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