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Lawrence B. Schonberger 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 Lawrence B. Schonberger sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 260 publications — 9th percentile

9% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Lawrence B. Schonberger 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 Lawrence B. Schonberger sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 83 D-Index — 24th percentile

24% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Lawrence B. Schonberger is affiliated with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the United States. Their research spans several fields within medicine, with a strong emphasis on molecular biology. The main areas of study include medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with subfields covering molecular biology, surgery, infectious diseases, nutrition and dietetics, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine.

The primary topics of their research focus on prion diseases and protein misfolding, Kawasaki disease and coronary complications, as well as trace elements in health. Additional interests include coronary artery anomalies, cardiac structural anomalies and repair, infectious encephalopathies and encephalitis, and cardiovascular issues in pregnancy.

Schonberger's recent publications reflect these interests, with notable works including:

  • "Diagnosis of prion diseases by RT-QuIC results in improved surveillance" (2020, Neurology)
  • "Evaluation of a New Criterion for Detecting Prion Disease With Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging" (2020, JAMA Neurology)
  • "Prion propagation estimated from brain diffusion MRI is subtype dependent in sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease" (2020, Acta Neuropathologica)
  • "Subtype Diagnosis of Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease with Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging" (2020, Annals of Neurology)
  • "Outcomes in Kawasaki disease patients with coronary artery abnormalities at admission" (2020, American Heart Journal)

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Brian S. Appleby
  • Ryan A. Maddox
  • Ermias D. Belay
  • Mark L. Cohen
  • Joseph Y. Abrams

Schonberger has contributed multiple papers to several publication venues, with the most frequent being:

  • Acta Neuropathologica (4 publications)
  • Neurology (2 publications)
  • The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal (2 publications)
  • Journal of the American Heart Association (2 publications)
  • JAMA Neurology (1 publication)

Best Publications

  • Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A Working Case Definition

    Gary P. Holmes;Jonathan E. Kaplan;Nelson M. Gantz;Anthony L. Komaroff

  • GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME FOLLOWING VACCINATION IN THE NATIONAL INFLUENZA IMMUNIZATION PROGRAM, UNITED STATES, 1976–1977

    Lawrence B. Schonberger;Dennis J. Bregman;John Z Sullivan-Bolyai;Richard A. Keenlyside

  • Pandemic versus Epidemic Influenza Mortality: A Pattern of Changing Age Distribution

    Lone Simonsen;Matthew J. Clarke;Lawrence B. Schonberger;Nancy H. Arden

  • Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) Associated with Transfusions

    Curran Jw;Lawrence Dn;Jaffe H;Kaplan Je

  • The impact of influenza epidemics on mortality: introducing a severity index.

    L Simonsen;M J Clarke;G D Williamson;D F Stroup

  • The Guillain–Barré Syndrome and the 1992–1993 and 1993–1994 Influenza Vaccines

    Tamar Lasky;Gina J. Terracciano;Laurence Magder;Carol Lee Koski

  • The Impact of Influenza Epidemics on Hospitalizations

    Lone Simonsen;Keiji Fukuda;Lawrence B. Schonberger;Nancy J. Cox

  • Iatrogenic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease at the millennium.

    P. Brown;M. Preece;J.-P. Brandel;T. Sato

  • USPHS/IDSA guidelines for the prevention of opportunistic infections in persons infected with human immunodeficiency virus

    David Lanier;Neil Schram;Ellen Cooper;Kenneth A. Freedberg

  • Epidemiology of Norwalk gastroenteritis and the role of Norwalk virus in outbreaks of acute nonbacterial gastroenteritis.

    J E Kaplan;G W Gary;R C Baron;N Singh

  • Efficacy of Influenza Vaccine in Nursing Homes: Reduction in Illness and Complications During an Influenza A (H3N2) Epidemic

    Peter A. Patriarca;Judith A. Weber;Robert A. Parker;William N. Hall

  • Reye's syndrome in the United States from 1981 through 1997.

    Ermias D. Belay;Joseph S. Bresee;Robert C. Holman;Ali S. Khan

  • Necrotising enterocolitis hospitalisations among neonates in the United States

    Robert C. Holman;Barbara J. Stoll;Aaron T. Curns;Krista L. Yorita

  • Kawasaki syndrome hospitalizations in the United States, 1997 and 2000

    Robert C. Holman;Aaron T. Curns;Ermias D. Belay;Claudia A. Steiner

  • Vaccine-associated paralytic poliomyelitis. United States: 1973 through 1984.

    Benjamin M. Nkowane;Steven G. F. Wassilak;Walter A. Orenstein;Kenneth J. Bart

  • Iatrogenic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, Final Assessment

    Paul Brown;Jean-Philippe Brandel;Takeshi Sato;Yosikazu Nakamura

  • Hospitalizations for Kawasaki syndrome among children in the United States, 1997-2007.

    Robert C. Holman;Ermias D. Belay;Krista Y. Christensen;Arianne M. Folkema

  • A novel human disease with abnormal prion protein sensitive to protease

    Pierluigi Gambetti;Zhiqian Dong;Jue Yuan;Xiangzhu Xiao

  • A cluster of patients with a chronic mononucleosis-like syndrome. Is Epstein-Barr virus the cause?

    Gary P. Holmes;Jonathan E. Kaplan;John A. Stewart;Barbara Hunt

  • USPHS/IDSA Guidelines for the Prevention of Opportunistic Infections in Persons Infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus: Introduction

    Jonathan E. Kaplan;Henry Masur;King K. Holmes;Michael M. McNeil

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert C. Holman
Robert C. Holman Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Jonathan E. Kaplan
Jonathan E. Kaplan Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Pierluigi Gambetti
Pierluigi Gambetti Case Western Reserve University
Nancy J. Cox
Nancy J. Cox Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Ali S. Khan
Ali S. Khan University of Nebraska Medical Center
Lone Simonsen
Lone Simonsen Roskilde University
Robert G. Will
Robert G. Will University of Edinburgh
Paul F. Pinsky
Paul F. Pinsky National Institutes of Health
Thomas J. Spira
Thomas J. Spira Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Fabrizio Tagliavini
Fabrizio Tagliavini Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta

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