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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
95
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47908
World Ranking
1864
National Ranking
1025

Medicine

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95
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47937
World Ranking
9884
National Ranking
5085

Peter C. Nowell publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Peter C. Nowell sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 331 publications — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Peter C. Nowell D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Peter C. Nowell sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 95 D-Index — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2013 - Albany Medical Center Prize in Medicine and Biomedical Research
  • 2010 - Benjamin Franklin Medal, Franklin Institute
  • 1993 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1991 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
  • 1989 - Charles S. Mott Prize, General Motors Cancer Research Foundation
  • 1976 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Peter C. Nowell was affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania in the United States. Their research focused primarily on Medicine, with contributions across several subfields including Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Genetics, and Epidemiology. The main topics of their work centered around Spinal Cord Injury Research, Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders, Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research, and Traumatic Brain Injury Research.

The scientist published in multiple venues, with notable appearances in Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and the Journal of Neurotrauma.

  • Fighting for recovery on multiple fronts: The past, present, and future of clinical trials for spinal cord injury (2022, Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience)
  • Funding distributions, trends, gaps, and policy implications for spinal cord injury research: A systematic analysis of US federal funds (2025, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory))
  • Funding Distributions, Trends, Gaps, and Policy Implications for Spinal Cord Injury Research: A Systematic Analysis of U.S. Federal Funds (2025, Journal of Neurotrauma)

Their frequent collaborators included Christopher Barr, Matthew Rodreick, Jennifer N. Dulin, Tucker Gillespie, and Andrew Buxton.

Throughout their career, Peter C. Nowell received several awards and honors, including membership in prestigious organizations such as the National Academy of Sciences (since 1976), the National Academy of Medicine (since 1991), and the Association of American Physicians. They were also recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1993.

Among awarded prizes were the Charles S. Mott Prize from the General Motors Cancer Research Foundation in 1989, the Benjamin Franklin Medal from the Franklin Institute in 2010, and the Albany Medical Center Prize in Medicine and Biomedical Research in 2013.

Best Publications

  • The clonal evolution of tumor cell populations

    Peter C. Nowell

  • Cloning of the chromosome breakpoint of neoplastic B cells with the t(14;18) chromosome translocation

    Yoshihide Tsujimoto;Lawrence R. Finger;Jorge Yunis;Peter C. Nowell

  • Phytohemagglutinin: an initiator of mitosis in cultures of normal human leukocytes.

    Peter C. Nowell

  • Chromosome studies on normal and leukemic human leukocytes.

    Peter C. Nowell;David A. Hungerford

  • Mechanisms of Tumor Progression

    Peter C. Nowell

  • Molecular Cloning of the Chromosomal Breakpoint of B-Cell Lymphomas and Leukemias with the t(11;14) Chromosome Translocation

    Yoshihide Tsujimoto;Jorge Yunis;Louise Onorato-Showe;Jan Erikson

  • Clustering of breakpoints on chromosome 11 in human B-cell neoplasms with the t(11;14) chromosome translocation.

    Y. Tsujimoto;E. Jaffe;J. Cossman;J. Gorham

  • The Chromosome Constitution of a Human Phenotypic Intersex

    David A. Hungerford;A. J. Donnelly;Peter C. Nowell;Sidney Beck

  • Molecular basis of human B cell neoplasia

    Carlo M. Croce;Peter C. Nowell

  • Association of CYP3A4 genotype with treatment-related leukemia

    Carolyn A. Felix;Amy H. Walker;Beverly J. Lange;Terence M. Williams

  • Transcriptional activation of the translocated c-myc oncogene in Burkitt lymphoma

    Jan Erikson;Abbas Ar-Rushdi;Helen L. Drwinga;Peter C. Nowell

  • Sequential expression of protooncogenes during lectin-stimulated mitogenesis of normal human lymphocytes.

    John C. Reed;James D. Alpers;Peter C. Nowell;Richard G. Hoover

  • Genes on chromosomes 4, 9, and 19 involved in 11q23 abnormalities in acute leukemia share sequence homology and/or common motifs.

    T Nakamura;H Alder;Y Gu;R Prasad

  • Chromosome Studies in Human Leukemia. II. Chronic Granulocytic Leukemia

    Peter C. Nowell;David A. Hungerford

  • Dexamethasone inhibition of interleukin 1 beta production by human monocytes. Posttranscriptional mechanisms

    J A Kern;R J Lamb;J C Reed;R P Daniele

  • Cloning of the ALL-1 Fusion Partner, the AF-6 Gene, Involved in Acute Myeloid Leukemias with the t(6;11) Chromosome Translocation

    R. Prasad;Y. Gu;H. Alder;T. Nakamura

  • QUANTITATIVE STUDIES ON THE MIXED LYMPHOCYTE INTERACTION IN RATS III. KINETICS OF THE RESPONSE

    Darcy B. Wilson;Janet L. Blyth;Peter C. Nowell

  • Expression of the neu gene-encoded protein (P185neu) in human non-small cell carcinomas of the lung

    David B. Weiner;Joanne Nordberg;Robert Robinson;Peter C. Nowell

  • Growth factor requirements of childhood acute leukemia: establishment of GM-CSF-dependent cell lines

    B Lange;M Valtieri;D Santoli;D Caracciolo

  • Activation of Jak/STAT proteins involved in signal transduction pathway mediated by receptor for interleukin 2 in malignant T lymphocytes derived from cutaneous anaplastic large T-cell lymphoma and Sezary syndrome.

    Qian Zhang;Irena Nowak;Eric C. Vonderheid;Alain H. Rook

Frequent Co-Authors

John C. Reed
John C. Reed Johnson & Johnson (United States)
Beverly S. Emanuel
Beverly S. Emanuel Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Carolyn A. Felix
Carolyn A. Felix Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Beverly J. Lange
Beverly J. Lange Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Carlo M. Croce
Carlo M. Croce The Ohio State University
Jan Erikson
Jan Erikson The Wistar Institute
Eric F. Rappaport
Eric F. Rappaport Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Darcy B. Wilson
Darcy B. Wilson Torrey Pines Institute For Molecular Studies
Mariusz A. Wasik
Mariusz A. Wasik University of Pennsylvania
Kay Huebner
Kay Huebner The Ohio State University

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