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D-Index
50
Citations
8256
World Ranking
4480
National Ranking
1729

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2004 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Neal Nathanson was affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania in the United States. Their research primarily spanned the fields of physics and astronomy, with a focus on nuclear and high energy physics.

The main topics covered in their work included:

  • High-Energy Particle Collisions Research
  • Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions
  • Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies

Nathanson contributed to several publications, with research appearing in the following venues:

  • American Journal of Epidemiology
  • The European Physical Journal C
  • arXiv (Cornell University)

Among the recent papers published were:

  • "Metamorphosis: The American Journal of Hygiene Becomes the American Journal of Epidemiology," published in 2022 in American Journal of Epidemiology
  • "A unified algorithm for multi-particle correlations between azimuthal angle and transverse momentum in ultra-relativistic nuclear collisions," published in 2025 in The European Physical Journal C
  • "A unified algorithm for multi-particle correlations between azimuthal angle and transverse momentum in ultra-relativistic nuclear collisions," published in 2025 on arXiv (Cornell University)

Throughout their career, Nathanson frequently collaborated with several co-authors, including:

  • E. G. Nielsen
  • K. Gulbrandsen
  • Y. Zhou

In recognition of their contributions to science, Nathanson was awarded the status of Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2004.

Best Publications

  • From Emergence to Eradication: The Epidemiology of Poliomyelitis Deconstructed

    Neal Nathanson;Olen M. Kew

  • An infectious molecular clone of an unusual macrophage-tropic and highly cytopathic strain of human immunodeficiency virus type 1.

    R Collman;J W Balliet;S A Gregory;H Friedman

  • HUMAN EXPOSURE TO SV40: REVIEW AND COMMENT

    Keerti Shah;Neal Nathanson

  • Infection of colonic epithelial cell lines by type 1 human immunodeficiency virus is associated with cell surface expression of galactosylceramide, a potential alternative gp120 receptor.

    Jacques Fantini;David G. Cook;Neal Nathanson;Steven L. Spitalnik

  • Circulating vaccine-derived polioviruses: current state of knowledge

    Olen M. Kew;Peter F. Wright;Vadim I. Agol;Francis Delpeyroux

  • Infection of monocyte-derived macrophages with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1). Monocyte-tropic and lymphocyte-tropic strains of HIV-1 show distinctive patterns of replication in a panel of cell types.

    R Collman;N F Hassan;R Walker;B Godfrey

  • AN EPIDEMIOLOGIC AND CLINICAL EVALUATION OF GUILLAIN-BARRÉ SYNDROME REPORTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE ADMINISTRATION OF SWINE INFLUENZA VACCINES

    Alexander D. Langmuir;Dennis J. Bregman;Leonard T. Kurland;Neal Nathanson

  • Pathogenesis of visna. I. Sequential virologic, serologic, and pathologic studies.

    Pétursson G;Nathanson N;Georgsson G;Panitch H

  • Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE): Causes and Consequences of a Common Source Epidemic

    Neal Nathanson;John Wilesmith;Christian Griot

  • A Sound Rationale Needed for Phase III HIV-1 Vaccine Trials

    Dennis R. Burton;Ronald C. Desrosiers;Robert W. Doms;Mark B. Feinberg

  • Pathogenesis of visna. II. Effect of immunosuppression upon early central nervous system lesions.

    Nathanson N;Panitch H;Palsson Pa;Petursson G

  • Macrophage-tropic strains of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 utilize the CD4 receptor.

    Ronald Collman;Brian Godfrey;Joann Cutilli;Audrey Rhodes

  • THE GENETICS OF SUSCEPTIBILITY TO MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS

    Richard S. Spielman;Neal Nathanson

  • HEPATITIS B INFECTION IN HOUSEHOLDS OF CHRONIC CARRIERS OF HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH PREVALENCE OF INFECTION

    Roger H. Bernier;Richard Sampliner;Robert Gerety;Edward Tabor

  • IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS OF ACUTE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE PRODUCED BY LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS VIRUS

    Unknown

  • Acute rabies death mediated by antibody.

    Bellur S. Prabhakar;Bellur S. Prabhakar;Neal Nathanson

  • Immunosuppression And Experimental Virus Infection Of The Nervous System*

    Unknown

  • Characterization of monoclonal antibodies against the G1 and N proteins of LaCrosse and Tahyna, two California serogroup bunyaviruses.

    Francisco Gonzalez-Scarano;Robert E. Shope;Charles E. Calisher;Neal Nathanson

  • Mechanisms of bunyavirus virulence. Comparative pathogenesis of a virulent strain of La Crosse and an avirulent strain of Tahyna virus.

    R Janssen;F Gonzalez-Scarano;N Nathanson

  • The pathogenesis of poliomyelitis: what we don't know

    Neal Nathanson

  • Organization of the middle RNA segment of snowshoe hare Bunyavirus

    J K Fazakerley;F Gonzalez-Scarano;F Gonzalez-Scarano;J Strickler;B Dietzschold

  • IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS OF ACUTE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE PRODUCED BY LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS VIRUS

    Unknown

  • Poliomyelitis Eradication— a Dangerous Endgame

    Neal Nathanson;Paul Fine

Frequent Co-Authors

Francisco Gonzalez-Scarano
Francisco Gonzalez-Scarano University of Pennsylvania
Olen M. Kew
Olen M. Kew Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Ronald G. Collman
Ronald G. Collman University of Pennsylvania
Dennis L. Kolson
Dennis L. Kolson University of Pennsylvania
Andrew Pekosz
Andrew Pekosz Johns Hopkins University
Barry J. Beaty
Barry J. Beaty Colorado State University
Harvey M. Friedman
Harvey M. Friedman University of Pennsylvania
Carey Farquhar
Carey Farquhar University of Washington
Hiroyuki Shimizu
Hiroyuki Shimizu National Institutes of Health
Vadim I. Agol
Vadim I. Agol Lomonosov Moscow State University

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