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D-Index
113
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59869
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4865
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2637

Robert L. Vessella publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

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 L. Vessella sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 481 publications — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Robert L. Vessella 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 Robert L. Vessella sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 113 D-Index — 76th percentile

76% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Robert L. Vessella is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States and conducts research primarily in the field of Medicine. Their work spans several specialized subfields including Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Physiology, Molecular Biology, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

Their recent publications cover topics central to prostate cancer treatment and research as well as radiopharmaceutical chemistry and medical imaging. Key areas of study include biochemical effects in animals, metabolomics and mass spectrometry studies, and neuroscience and neuropharmacology research.

Among the notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Robert L. Vessella are:

  • Evaluation of radioiodinated protein conjugates and their potential metabolites containing lysine-urea-glutamate (LuG), PEG and closo-decaborate(2-) as models for targeting astatine-211 to metastatic prostate cancer, 2020, Nuclear Medicine and Biology
  • The current state of preclinical prostate cancer animal models, 2020, UNC Libraries
  • Serum Glutamate Levels Correlate with Gleason Score and Glutamate Blockade Decreases Proliferation, Migration, and Invasion and Induces Apoptosis in Prostate Cancer Cells, 2020, UNC Libraries

Frequent co-authors working alongside Robert L. Vessella include:

  • Yawen Li
  • Ming-Kuan Chyan
  • Donald K. Hamlin
  • Holly M. Nguyen
  • D. Scott Wilbur

The scientist's work is frequently published in venues such as UNC Libraries and Nuclear Medicine and Biology, reflecting a focus on both academic repository dissemination and peer-reviewed specialized journals.

Best Publications

  • Circulating microRNAs as stable blood-based markers for cancer detection

    Patrick S. Mitchell;Rachael K. Parkin;Evan M. Kroh;Brian R. Fritz;Brian R. Fritz

  • Molecular determinants of resistance to antiandrogen therapy

    Charlie D Chen;Derek S Welsbie;Chris Tran;Sung Hee Baek

  • Maintenance of Intratumoral Androgens in Metastatic Prostate Cancer: A Mechanism for Castration-Resistant Tumor Growth

    R. Bruce Montgomery;Elahe A. Mostaghel;Robert Vessella;David L. Hess

  • Absolute quantification by droplet digital PCR versus analog real-time PCR

    Christopher M Hindson;John R Chevillet;Hilary A Briggs;Emily N Gallichotte

  • MicroRNA Expression Profiling in Prostate Cancer

    Kati P. Porkka;Minja J. Pfeiffer;Kati K. Waltering;Robert L. Vessella

  • Ligand-Independent Androgen Receptor Variants Derived from Splicing of Cryptic Exons Signify Hormone-Refractory Prostate Cancer

    Rong Hu;Thomas A. Dunn;Shuanzeng Wei;Sumit Isharwal

  • Splicing of a novel androgen receptor exon generates a constitutively active androgen receptor that mediates prostate cancer therapy resistance.

    Scott M. Dehm;Lucy J. Schmidt;Hannelore V. Heemers;Robert L. Vessella

  • Amplification and Overexpression of Androgen Receptor Gene in Hormone-Refractory Prostate Cancer

    Marika J. Linja;Kimmo J. Savinainen;Outi R. Saramäki;Teuvo L. J. Tammela

  • EZH2 Oncogenic Activity in Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer Cells Is Polycomb-Independent

    Kexin Xu;Zhenhua Jeremy Wu;Anna C. Groner;Housheng Hansen He

  • Screening for Prostatic Carcinoma with Prostate Specific Antigen

    Michael K. Brawer;Michael P. Chetner;Jeanette Beatie;David M. Buchner

  • Inactivation of the tumor suppressor PTEN/MMAC1 in advanced human prostate cancer through loss of expression

    Young E. Whang;Xinyi Wu;Hiroyoshi Suzuki;Robert E. Reiter

  • Castration resistance in human prostate cancer is conferred by a frequently occurring androgen receptor splice variant

    Shihua Sun;Cynthia C.T. Sprenger;Robert L. Vessella;Kathleen Haugk

  • Changes in circulating microRNA levels associated with prostate cancer

    R J Bryant;T Pawlowski;J W F Catto;G Marsden

  • Substantial interindividual and limited intraindividual genomic diversity among tumors from men with metastatic prostate cancer

    Akash Kumar;Ilsa Coleman;Colm Morrissey;Xiaotun Zhang

  • The Value of Serum Prostate Specific Antigen Determinations Before and after Radical Prostatectomy

    Paul H. Lange;Cesar J. Ercole;Deborah J. Lightner;Elwin E. Fraley

  • Resistance to CYP17A1 inhibition with abiraterone in castration resistant prostate cancer: Induction of steroidogenesis and androgen receptor splice variants

    Elahe A. Mostaghel;Brett T. Marck;Stephen R. Plymate;Robert L. Vessella

  • Prostate-localized and Androgen-regulated Expression of the Membrane-bound Serine Protease TMPRSS2

    Biaoyang Lin;Camari Ferguson;James T. White;Shunyou Wang

  • TMPRSS2:ERG fusion-associated deletions provide insight into the heterogeneity of prostate cancer

    Sven Perner;Sven Perner;Francesca Demichelis;Rameen Beroukhim;Rameen Beroukhim;Folke H. Schmidt

  • Androgen Receptor Pathway-Independent Prostate Cancer Is Sustained through FGF Signaling

    Eric G. Bluemn;Eric G. Bluemn;Ilsa M. Coleman;Jared M. Lucas;Roger T. Coleman

  • Basic mechanisms responsible for osteolytic and osteoblastic bone metastases

    Theresa A. Guise;Khalid S. Mohammad;Gregory Clines;Elizabeth G. Stebbins

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul H. Lange
Paul H. Lange University of Washington
Peter S. Nelson
Peter S. Nelson Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Lawrence D. True
Lawrence D. True University of Washington
Celestia S. Higano
Celestia S. Higano University of Washington
Daniel W. Lin
Daniel W. Lin University of Washington
Teuvo L.J. Tammela
Teuvo L.J. Tammela Tampere University
Stephen R. Plymate
Stephen R. Plymate University of Washington
Peter T. Nelson
Peter T. Nelson University of Kentucky
Beatrice S. Knudsen
Beatrice S. Knudsen University of Utah
Leroy Hood
Leroy Hood University of Washington

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