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 Robert J. Downey sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 271 publications — 11th percentile
11% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.
The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Robert J. Downey sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 76 D-Index — 8th percentile
8% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.
Robert J. Downey is affiliated with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with a particular emphasis on pulmonary and respiratory medicine, surgery, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, geriatrics and gerontology, and epidemiology.
Their work spans a range of topics including lung cancer diagnosis and treatment, lung cancer treatments and mutations, frailty in older adults, cardiac, anesthesia and surgical outcomes, heart failure treatment and management, radiomics and machine learning in medical imaging, and enhanced recovery after surgery.
Frequent publication venues for their research include:
Among their recent papers are:
They have collaborated frequently with the following co-authors:
Thordur Oskarsson;Swarnali Acharyya;Xiang H-F Zhang;Sakari Vanharanta
Steven M. Larson;Yusuf Erdi;Timothy Akhurst;Madhu Mazumdar
Peter B. Bach;Laura D. Cramer;Deborah Schrag;Robert J. Downey
Gregory P. Kalemkerian;Wallace Akerley;Robert J. Downey;David S. Ettinger
Valerie W. Rusch;Kenneth Rosenzweig;Ennapadam Venkatraman;Larry Leon
Michael S Avidan;Hannah R Maybrier;Arbi Ben Abdallah;Eric Jacobsohn
Raja M Flores;Bernard J Park;Joseph Dycoco;Anna Aronova
Robert J. Downey;Timothy Akhurst;Mithat Gonen;Alain Vincent
Robert J. Downey;Tim Akhurst;David Ilson;Robert Ginsberg
Jocelyne Martin;Robert J Ginsberg;Amir Abolhoda;Manjit S Bains
Michael J. Weyant;Manjit S. Bains;Ennapadam Venkatraman;Robert J. Downey
Gabriel Sica;Akihiko Yoshizawa;Camelia S. Sima;Christopher G. Azzoli
Kazushi Imai;Seema S. Dalal;Edward S. Chen;Robert Downey
Patricia M. McCormack;Manjit S. Bains;Colin B. Begg;Michael E. Burt
Carolyn E Reed;David H Harpole;Katherine E Posther;Sandra L Woolson
Stephen M. Cattaneo;Bernard J. Park;Andrew S. Wilton;Venkatraman E. Seshan
Robert J. Korst;Valerie W. Rusch;Ennapadam Venkatraman;Manjit S. Bains
Gregory P. Kalemkerian;Billy W. Loo;Wallace Akerley;Albert Attia
George Miller;Peter Biernacki;Nancy E. Kemeny;Mithat Gonen
Robert J. Downey;Tim Akhurst;David Ilson;Robert Ginsberg
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