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2026

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Microbiology

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126
Citations
53722
World Ranking
98
National Ranking
48

Medicine

D-Index
126
Citations
53241
World Ranking
2983
National Ranking
1653

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Microbiology in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Microbiology in United States Leader Award
  • 2013 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 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
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Robert W. Doms is affiliated with the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia in the United States. Their body of research covers multiple areas within medicine, particularly focusing on infectious diseases and medical education.

Their recent publications include:

  • Comparative Evaluation of Choose Your Own Adventure and Traditional Linear Case Formats in Radiology Small Group Teaching, 2022, Academic Radiology
  • V3 Loop Truncations in HIV-1 Envelope Impart Resistance to Coreceptor Inhibitors and Enhanced Sensitivity to Neutralizing Antibodies, 2020, UNC Libraries

The scientist's work spans the following main fields of study:

  • Medicine

Within medicine, they have contributed to several subfields, including:

  • Infectious Diseases
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
  • Family Practice
  • Virology

The primary topics explored in their research include:

  • Innovations in Medical Education
  • Radiology practices and education
  • Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills
  • HIV Research and Treatment
  • HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment
  • HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions

Robert W. Doms has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including Sarah P. Thomas, Ramie Fathy, Savannah Aepli, Caitlin B. Clancy, and Gregg Y. Lipschik.

Their work has been published in venues such as Academic Radiology and UNC Libraries.

Awards received include:

  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2013
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Best Publications

  • Resistance to HIV-1 infection in caucasian individuals bearing mutant alleles of the CCR-5 chemokine receptor gene.

    Michel Samson;Frédérick Libert;Benjamin J. Doranz;Joseph Rucker

  • A dual-tropic primary HIV-1 isolate that uses fusin and the beta-chemokine receptors CKR-5, CKR-3, and CKR-2b as fusion cofactors.

    Benjamin J Doranz;Joseph Rucker;Yanjie Yi;Robert J Smyth

  • A new classification for HIV-1

    E. A. Berger;R. W. Doms;E.-M. Fenyö;B. T. M. Korber

  • HIV vaccine design and the neutralizing antibody problem

    Dennis R Burton;Ronald C Desrosiers;Robert W Doms;Wayne C Koff

  • HIV: Cell Binding and Entry

    Craig B. Wilen;John Christian Tilton;Robert W. Doms

  • CD4-Independent Infection by HIV-2 Is Mediated by Fusin/CXCR4

    Michael J Endres;Paul R Clapham;Mark Marsh;Ména Ahuja

  • Quantification of CD4, CCR5, and CXCR4 levels on lymphocyte subsets, dendritic cells, and differentially conditioned monocyte-derived macrophages.

    Benhur Lee;Matthew Sharron;Luis J. Montaner;Drew Weissman

  • Brefeldin A Redistributes Resident and Itinerant Golgi Proteins to the Endoplasmic Reticulum

    Robert W. Doms;Gustav Russ;Jonathan W. Yewdell

  • Diversity of receptors binding HIV on dendritic cell subsets

    Stuart G. Turville;Paul U. Cameron;Amanda Handley;George Lin

  • Folding and assembly of viral membrane proteins.

    Robert W. Doms;Robert A. Lamb;John K. Rose;Ari Helenius

  • Alzheimer's A beta(1-42) is generated in the endoplasmic reticulum/intermediate compartment of NT2N cells.

    David G. Cook;Mark S. Forman;Jane C. Sung;Susan Leight

  • Human immunodeficiency virus type 2

    Jacqueline D. Reeves;Robert W. Doms

  • Constitutive and induced expression of DC-SIGN on dendritic cell and macrophage subpopulations in situ and in vitro.

    Elizabeth J. Soilleux;Lesley S. Morris;George Leslie;Jihed Chehimi

  • GENETIC ACCELERATION OF AIDS PROGRESSION BY A PROMOTER VARIANT OF CCR5

    Maureen P. Martin;Michael Dean;Michael W. Smith;Cheryl Winkler

  • Assembly of influenza hemagglutinin trimers and its role in intracellular transport.

    Constance S. Copeland;Robert W. Doms;Eva M. Bolzau;Robert G. Webster

  • Maturation and Endosomal Targeting of β-Site Amyloid Precursor Protein-cleaving Enzyme THE ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE β-SECRETASE

    Jason T. Huse;Donald S. Pijak;George J. Leslie;Virginia M.-Y. Lee

  • Hepatitis C Virus Glycoproteins Interact with DC-SIGN and DC-SIGNR

    Stefan Pöhlmann;Jie Zhang;Frédéric Baribaud;Zhiwei Chen

  • Sensitivity of HIV-1 to entry inhibitors correlates with envelope/coreceptor affinity, receptor density, and fusion kinetics

    Jacqueline D. Reeves;Stephen A. Gallo;Navid Ahmad;John L. Miamidian

  • Regulation of protein export from the endoplasmic reticulum.

    John K. Rose;Robert W. Doms

  • Oligomeric structure of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 envelope glycoprotein

    Patricia L. Earl;Robert W. Doms;Bernard Moss

Frequent Co-Authors

Benhur Lee
Benhur Lee Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Virginia M.-Y. Lee
Virginia M.-Y. Lee University of Pennsylvania
James A. Hoxie
James A. Hoxie University of Pennsylvania
Benjamin J. Doranz
Benjamin J. Doranz University of Pennsylvania
Stefan Pöhlmann
Stefan Pöhlmann German Primate Center
Marc Parmentier
Marc Parmentier Université Libre de Bruxelles
Ari Helenius
Ari Helenius ETH Zurich
Theodore C. Pierson
Theodore C. Pierson National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Bernard Moss
Bernard Moss National Institutes of Health
Craig B. Wilen
Craig B. Wilen Yale University

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