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 Judah Folkman sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 545 publications — 65th percentile
65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.
The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Judah Folkman sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 193 D-Index — 99th percentile
99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.
Judah Folkman was affiliated with Boston Children's Hospital in the United States. Their research primarily focused on the fields of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine, with particular attention to subfields such as cell biology, pathology and forensic medicine, and genetics.
The scientist's work addressed topics including skin and cellular biology research, autoimmune bullous skin diseases, and dermatological and skeletal disorders.
Their recorded recent publication is titled "Basic fibroblast growth factor: a missing link between collagen VII, increased collagenase, and squamous cell carcinoma in recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa," published in 2020 at UNC Libraries.
Judah Folkman received several awards during their career, including the Robert J. and Claire Pasarow Foundation Medical Research Award in 2003, the Benjamin Franklin Medal from the Franklin Institute in 2001, and the J. Allyn Taylor International Prize in Medicine from Robarts Research Institute in 1999. They were elected a member of both the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Medicine in 1990. Earlier, in 1988, they became a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and were also a member of the Association of American Physicians.
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Noel Weidner;Joseph P. Semple;William R. Welch;Judah Folkman
Judah Folkman
Michael S O'Reilly;Thomas Boehm;Yuen Shing;Naomi Fukai
Michael S. O'Reilly;Michael S. O'Reilly;Lars Holmgren;Lars Holmgren;Yuen Shing;Yuen Shing;Catherine Chen;Catherine Chen
Judah Folkman
Judah Folkman
Robert J. D'Amato;Michael S. Loughnan;Evelyn Flynn;Judah Folkman
Judah Folkman
Noel Weidner;Judah Folkman;Franco Pozza;Pierantonio Bevilacqua
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Judah Folkman;Anne Moscona
Lars Holmgren;Michael S. O'reilly;Judah Folkman
Judah Folkman;Karol Watson;Donald Ingber;Douglas Hanahan;Douglas Hanahan
Thomas Boehm;Judah Folkman;Timothy Browder;Michael S. O'Reilly
Judah Folkman;Ezio Merler;Charles Abernathy;Gretchen Williams
Timothy Browder;Catherine E. Butterfield;Birgit M. Kräling;Bin Shi
Robert Kerbel;Judah Folkman
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