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D-Index
60
Citations
14599
World Ranking
11849
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914

Richard Lathe 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 Richard Lathe sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 169 publications — 36th percentile

36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Richard Lathe 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 Richard Lathe sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 316 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 899 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,025 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,149 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,235 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,162 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,130 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,031 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 714 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 71 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 60 D-Index — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Richard Lathe is affiliated with the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to research across medicine, biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and neuroscience. Their work spans a broad range of subfields including molecular biology, immunology, biological psychiatry, neurology, and physiology.

Their research focuses on several main topics:

  • Tryptophan and brain disorders
  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Immune responses and vaccinations
  • Neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms
  • Multiple sclerosis research studies
  • Epilepsy research and treatment

Richard Lathe has published work in multiple scientific venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Alzheimer's Disease
  • Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • Alzheimer's & Dementia Translational Research & Clinical Interventions

Selected recent papers include:

  • Reduced dementia incidence after varicella zoster vaccination in Wales 2013-2020, 2022, Alzheimer's & Dementia Translational Research & Clinical Interventions
  • Antiherpetic medication and incident dementia: Observational cohort studies in four countries, 2021, European Journal of Neurology
  • Establishment of a consensus protocol to explore the brain pathobiome in patients with mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease, 2023, Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • Prion protein PrP nucleic acid binding and mobilization implicates retroelements as the replicative component of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy, 2020, Archives of Virology
  • Programmed ageing: decline of stem cell renewal, immunosenescence, and Alzheimer's disease, 2023, Biological Reviews/Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Richard Lathe include:

  • Janet Janbek
  • Jürgen Haas
  • Gunhild Waldemar
  • Christian Schnier
  • Thomas Munk Laursen

Best Publications

  • Synthetic oligonucleotide probes deduced from amino acid sequence data. Theoretical and practical considerations.

    R. Lathe

  • Expression of rabies virus glycoprotein from a recombinant vaccinia virus

    M. P. Kieny;R. Lathe;R. Drillien;D. Spehner

  • Microbes and Alzheimer's disease

    Ruth F. Itzhaki;Ruth F. Itzhaki;Richard Lathe;Brian J. Balin;Melvyn J. Ball

  • Protection from rabies by a vaccinia virus recombinant containing the rabies virus glycoprotein gene

    T J Wiktor;R I Macfarlan;K J Reagan;B Dietzschold

  • Mutant mice and neuroscience: Recommendations concerning genetic background

    Alcino J. Silva;Elizabeth M. Simpson;Joseph S. Takahashi;Hans Peter Lipp

  • Breast cancer-Associated pS2 protein: Synthesis and secretion by normal stomach mucosa

    M. C. Rio;J. P. Bellocq;J. Y. Daniel;C. Tomasetto

  • An endocrine pathway in the prostate, ERβ, AR, 5α-androstane-3β,17β-diol, and CYP7B1, regulates prostate growth

    Zhang Weihua;Richard Lathe;Margaret Warner;Jan-Åke Gustafsson

  • Identification of a new inborn error in bile acid synthesis: mutation of the oxysterol 7alpha-hydroxylase gene causes severe neonatal liver disease.

    Kenneth D.R. Setchell;Margrit Schwarz;Nancy C. O'Connell;Erik G. Lund

  • Hormones and the hippocampus

    Richard Lathe

  • The antimicrobial protection hypothesis of Alzheimer's disease.

    Robert D. Moir;Richard Lathe;Rudolph E. Tanzi

  • Oral vaccination of the fox against rabies using a live recombinant vaccinia virus.

    J. Blancou;M. P. Kieny;R. Lathe;J. P. Lecocq

  • Human epithelial tumor antigen cDNA sequences. Differential splicing may generate multiple protein forms.

    Daniel H. Wreschner;Mara Hareuveni;Ilan Tsarfaty;Nechama Smorodinsky

  • New versatile cloning and sequencing vectors based on bacteriophage M13

    M.P. Kieny;R. Lathe;J.P. Lecocq

  • Genetic basis of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in the United Kingdom: a systematic analysis of predisposing mutations and allelic variation in the PRNP gene.

    O. Windl;M. Dempster;J. P. Estibeiro;R. Lathe

  • Cyp7b, a novel brain cytochrome P450, catalyzes the synthesis of neurosteroids 7α-hydroxy dehydroepiandrosterone and 7α-hydroxy pregnenolone

    Ken A. Rose;Genevieve Stapleton;Genevieve Stapleton;Karin Dott;Marie Paule Kieny

  • EXPRESSION OF HUMAN ANTI-HEMOPHILIC FACTOR-IX IN THE MILK OF TRANSGENIC SHEEP

    A. J. Clark;H. Bessos;J. O. Bishop;P. Brown

  • hSP, the domain-duplicated homolog of pS2 protein, is co-expressed with pS2 in stomach but not in breast carcinoma.

    C. Tomasetto;M.C. Rio;C. Gautier;C. Wolf

  • Identification and Characterization of a Mouse Oxysterol 7α-Hydroxylase cDNA

    Margrit Schwarz;Erik G. Lund;Richard Lathe;Ingemar Björkhem

  • Induction of pS2 and hSP genes as markers of mucosal ulceration of the digestive tract

    Marie-Christine Rio;Marie-Pierre Chenard;Catherine Wolf;Luc Marcellin

  • Immunization against human papillomavirus type 16 tumor cells with recombinant vaccinia viruses expressing E6 and E7.

    Guerrino Meneguzzi;Christa Cerni;Marie Paule Kieny;Richard Lathe;Richard Lathe

Frequent Co-Authors

Pierre Chambon
Pierre Chambon Institute of Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology
Marie Paule Kieny
Marie Paule Kieny Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative
Jonathan R. Seckl
Jonathan R. Seckl University of Edinburgh
Guerrino Meneguzzi
Guerrino Meneguzzi Université Côte d'Azur
Ruth F. Itzhaki
Ruth F. Itzhaki University of Oxford
Catherine Tomasetto
Catherine Tomasetto Institute of Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology
Jan-Åke Gustafsson
Jan-Åke Gustafsson University of Houston
Joyce L.W. Yau
Joyce L.W. Yau University of Edinburgh
Austin Smith
Austin Smith University of Exeter
Margaret Warner
Margaret Warner University of Houston

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