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Nyla A. Heerema

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
109
Citations
49606
World Ranking
5724
National Ranking
3077

Nyla A. Heerema publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 572 publications — 68th percentile

68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Nyla A. Heerema 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 Nyla A. Heerema sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 109 D-Index — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Nyla A. Heerema is affiliated with The Ohio State University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with significant contributions to hematology and related subfields. Heerema's work spans several specialized areas including hematology, public health, genetics, pediatrics, and molecular biology.

Heerema has published extensively on topics related to leukemia and other blood cancers. Their main topics of research cover:

  • Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research
  • Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research
  • Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
  • Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research
  • Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Treatments
  • Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Immunodeficiency and Autoimmune Disorders

Frequent collaborators of Heerema include:

  • Andrew J. Carroll
  • Meenakshi Devidas
  • Stephen P. Hunger
  • Mignon L. Loh
  • Elizabeth A. Raetz

Heerema's publications have appeared predominantly in established venues known for hematology and oncology research. Their most frequent publication venues are:

  • Blood
  • Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • Leukemia
  • Cancer Genetics
  • Blood Advances

Notable recent papers include:

  • "The genomic landscape of pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia," 2022, Nature Genetics
  • "Children's Oncology Group AALL0434: A Phase III Randomized Clinical Trial Testing Nelarabine in Newly Diagnosed T-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia," 2020, Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • "Precision medicine treatment in acute myeloid leukemia using prospective genomic profiling: feasibility and preliminary efficacy of the Beat AML Master Trial," 2020, Nature Medicine
  • "Ibrutinib Treatment for First-Line and Relapsed/Refractory Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia: Final Analysis of the Pivotal Phase Ib/II PCYC-1102 Study," 2020, Clinical Cancer Research
  • "Phase II Study of Combination Obinutuzumab, Ibrutinib, and Venetoclax in Treatment-Naïve and Relapsed or Refractory Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia," 2020, Journal of Clinical Oncology

Best Publications

  • Targeting BTK with Ibrutinib in Relapsed Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

    John C. Byrd;Richard R. Furman;Steven E. Coutre;Ian W. Flinn

  • Targetable Kinase-Activating Lesions in Ph-like Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

    K. G. Roberts;Y. Li;D. Payne-Turner;R. C. Harvey

  • Uniform approach to risk classification and treatment assignment for children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

    M Smith;D Arthur;B Camitta;A J Carroll

  • The genomic landscape of pediatric and young adult T-lineage acute lymphoblastic leukemia

    Yu Liu;John Easton;Ying Shao;Jamie Maciaszek

  • Ibrutinib Regimens versus Chemoimmunotherapy in Older Patients with Untreated CLL

    Jennifer A Woyach;Amy S Ruppert;Nyla A Heerema;Weiqiang Zhao

  • Cytogenetics in acute leukemia

    Krzysztof Mrózek;Nyla A Heerema;Clara D Bloomfield

  • Three-year follow-up of treatment-naïve and previously treated patients with CLL and SLL receiving single-agent ibrutinib.

    John C. Byrd;Richard R. Furman;Steven E. Coutre;Jan A. Burger

  • Improved Early Event-Free Survival With Imatinib in Philadelphia Chromosome–Positive Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: A Children's Oncology Group Study

    Kirk R. Schultz;W. Paul Bowman;Alexander Aledo;William B. Slayton

  • Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase-δ inhibitor CAL-101 shows promising preclinical activity in chronic lymphocytic leukemia by antagonizing intrinsic and extrinsic cellular survival signals.

    Sarah E. M. Herman;Amber L. Gordon;Amy J. Wagner;Nyla A. Heerema

  • The genomic landscape of hypodiploid acute lymphoblastic leukemia

    Linda Holmfeldt;Lei Wei;Ernesto Diaz-Flores;Michael Walsh

  • Rearrangement of CRLF2 in B-progenitor- and Down syndrome-associated acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

    Charles G Mullighan;J Racquel Collins-Underwood;Letha A A Phillips;Michael G Loudin

  • Ibrutinib as initial therapy for elderly patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia or small lymphocytic lymphoma: an open-label, multicentre, phase 1b/2 trial

    Susan O'Brien;Richard R Furman;Steven E Coutre;Jeff P Sharman

  • Etiology of Ibrutinib Therapy Discontinuation and Outcomes in Patients With Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

    Kami J. Maddocks;Amy S. Ruppert;Gerard Lozanski;Nyla A. Heerema

  • Alemtuzumab is an effective therapy for chronic lymphocytic leukemia with p53 mutations and deletions

    Gerard Lozanski;Nyla A. Heerema;Ian W. Flinn;Lisa Smith

  • Risk- and response-based classification of childhood B-precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a combined analysis of prognostic markers from the Pediatric Oncology Group (POG) and Children's Cancer Group (CCG)

    Kirk R. Schultz;D. Jeanette Pullen;Harland N. Sather;Jonathan J. Shuster

  • Clinical response and miR-29b predictive significance in older AML patients treated with a 10-day schedule of decitabine

    William Blum;Ramiro Garzon;Rebecca B. Klisovic;Sebastian Schwind

  • Prognostic Significance of the European LeukemiaNet Standardized System for Reporting Cytogenetic and Molecular Alterations in Adults With Acute Myeloid Leukemia

    Krzysztof Mrózek;Guido Marcucci;Deedra Nicolet;Kati S. Maharry

  • Novel prognostic subgroups in childhood 11q23/MLL-rearranged acute myeloid leukemia: results of an international retrospective study.

    Brian V. Balgobind;Susana C. Raimondi;Susana C. Raimondi;Jochen Harbott;Martin Zimmermann

  • Long-term follow-up of imatinib in pediatric Philadelphia chromosome-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia: Children's Oncology Group study AALL0031.

    K. R. Schultz;A. Carroll;N. A. Heerema;W. P. Bowman

  • Rearrangement of CRLF2 in B-Progenitor and Down Syndrome Associated Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.

    Charles G. Mullighan;J. Racquel Collins-Underwood;Letha A Phillips;Michael G. Loudin

Frequent Co-Authors

John C. Byrd
John C. Byrd University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute
Stephen P. Hunger
Stephen P. Hunger University of Pennsylvania
Meenakshi Devidas
Meenakshi Devidas St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Andrew J. Carroll
Andrew J. Carroll University of Alabama at Birmingham
William L. Carroll
William L. Carroll New York University
Mignon L. Loh
Mignon L. Loh University of California, San Francisco
Naomi J. Winick
Naomi J. Winick The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Elizabeth A. Raetz
Elizabeth A. Raetz New York University
Michael J. Borowitz
Michael J. Borowitz Johns Hopkins University
Brent L. Wood
Brent L. Wood University of Washington

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Best Scientists Citing Nyla A. Heerema

John C. Byrd

John C. Byrd

University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute

Publications: 271

Ching-Hon Pui

Ching-Hon Pui

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Publications: 163

Stephen P. Hunger

Stephen P. Hunger

University of Pennsylvania

Publications: 161

Susan O'Brien

Susan O'Brien

University of California, Irvine

Publications: 160

Hagop M. Kantarjian

Hagop M. Kantarjian

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Publications: 142

Charles G. Mullighan

Charles G. Mullighan

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Publications: 136

Michael Hallek

Michael Hallek

University of Cologne

Publications: 128

Jennifer R. Brown

Jennifer R. Brown

Harvard University

Publications: 114

William G. Wierda

William G. Wierda

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Publications: 113

Stephan Stilgenbauer

Stephan Stilgenbauer

University of Ulm

Publications: 101

Todd A. Alonzo

Todd A. Alonzo

University of Southern California

Publications: 101

Jan A. Burger

Jan A. Burger

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Publications: 101

Clara D. Bloomfield

Clara D. Bloomfield

The Ohio State University

Publications: 101

Mignon L. Loh

Mignon L. Loh

University of California, San Francisco

Publications: 100

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Constantine S. Tam

University of Melbourne

Publications: 100

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Meenakshi Devidas

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Publications: 99

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