2026 Ron Brookmeyer: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Medicine	91	11518	10829	5906	5464	310	50487

Research.com Recognitions

1997 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
1996 - Fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA)

Overview

Ron Brookmeyer is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with significant contributions in subfields such as Infectious Diseases, Statistics and Probability, Health, Psychiatry and Mental Health, and Economics and Econometrics.

They have published extensively in topics related to Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research, Health Disparities and Outcomes, HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions, Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life, Statistical Methods and Inference, Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research, and COVID-19 and Healthcare Impacts.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Ron Brookmeyer include:

Creating a Framework for Conducting Randomized Clinical Trials during Disease Outbreaks, 2020, New England Journal of Medicine
Evaluation of Selective Survival and Sex/Gender Differences in Dementia Incidence Using a Simulation Model, 2021, JAMA Network Open
Neighborhood disadvantage and dementia incidence in a cohort of Asian American and non-Latino White older adults in Northern California, 2022, Alzheimer's & Dementia
Association of Education With Dementia Incidence Stratified by Ethnicity and Nativity in a Cohort of Older Asian American Individuals, 2023, JAMA Network Open
Comparative impact of methamphetamine and other drug use on viral suppression among sexual minority men on antiretroviral therapy, 2021, Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Ron Brookmeyer are:

Eleanor Hayes-Larson
Rachel A. Whitmer
Elizabeth Rose Mayeda
Gilbert C. Gee
Paola Gilsanz

The most common publication venues for their work include:

UNC Libraries
Alzheimer's & Dementia
American Journal of Epidemiology
Statistics in Medicine
JAMA Network Open

Ron Brookmeyer has also been recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) since 1997 and as a Fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA) since 1996.

Best Publications

Forecasting the global burden of Alzheimer’s disease

Ron Brookmeyer;Elizabeth Johnson;Kathryn Ziegler-Graham;H. Michael Arrighi

4419
Citations
Identification of a Reservoir for HIV-1 in Patients on Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy

Diana Finzi;Monika Hermankova;Theodore Pierson;Lucy M. Carruth

3849
Citations
Estimating the prevalence of limb loss in the United States: 2005 to 2050.

Kathryn Ziegler-Graham;Ellen J. MacKenzie;Patti L. Ephraim;Thomas G. Travison

3249
Citations
Quantification of latent tissue reservoirs and total body viral load in HIV-1 infection

Tae Wook Chun;Lucy Carruth;Diana Finzi;Xuefei Shen

2623
Citations
Projections of Alzheimer's disease in the United States and the public health impact of delaying disease onset.

Ron Brookmeyer;Sarah Gray;Claudia Kawas

2509
Citations
Global epidemiology of HIV infection in men who have sex with men

Chris Beyrer;Stefan D Baral;Frits van Griensven;Steven M Goodreau

1888
Citations
Estimation of HIV Incidence in the United States

H. Irene Hall;Ruiguang Song;Philip Rhodes;Joseph Prejean

1758
Citations
Probability of HIV-1 transmission per coital act in monogamous, heterosexual, HIV-1-discordant couples in Rakai, Uganda

Ronald H Gray;Maria J Wawer;Ron Brookmeyer;Nelson K Sewankambo

1688
Citations
A prospective study of estrogen replacement therapy and the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease The Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging

Claudia Kawas;S. Resnick;A. Morrison;R. Brookmeyer

1303
Citations
Marrow Transplantation for Acute Nonlymphocytic Leukemia after Treatment with Busulfan and Cyclophosphamide

George W. Santos;Peter J. Tutschka;Ronald Brookmeyer;Rein Saral

1159
Citations
Incubation periods of acute respiratory viral infections: a systematic review

Justin Lessler;Nicholas G Reich;Ron Brookmeyer;Trish M Perl;Trish M Perl

1081
Citations
A Confidence Interval for the Median Survival Time

Ron Brookmeyer;John Crowley

953
Citations
Predictors of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome developing in a cohort of seropositive homosexual men.

B. F. Polk;R. Fox;R. Brookmeyer;Sukon Kanchanaraksa

776
Citations
Serum beta-carotene, vitamins A and E, selenium, and the risk of lung cancer.

Marilyn S. Menkes;Marilyn S. Menkes;George W. Comstock;George W. Comstock;Jean P. Vuilleumier;Jean P. Vuilleumier;Knud J. Helsing;Knud J. Helsing

682
Citations
The timing of specialist evaluation in chronic kidney disease and mortality.

Kraig S. Kinchen;John Sadler;Nancy Fink;Ronald Brookmeyer

645
Citations
Age-specific incidence rates of Alzheimer's disease: the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging.

Claudia Kawas;S. M. Gray;S. M. Gray;R. Brookmeyer;J. Fozard

595
Citations
Dementia Incidence Continues to Increase with Age in the Oldest Old The 90+ Study

María M. Corrada;Ron Brookmeyer;Annlia Paganini-Hill;Annlia Paganini-Hill;Daniel Berlau

590
Citations
National estimates of the prevalence of Alzheimer's disease in the United States*

Ron Brookmeyer;Denis A. Evans;Liesi Hebert;Kenneth M. Langa;Kenneth M. Langa

494
Citations
Survival following a diagnosis of Alzheimer disease.

Ron Brookmeyer;Maria M. Corrada;Maria M. Corrada;Frank C. Curriero;Claudia Kawas;Claudia Kawas

471
Citations
AIDS Epidemiology: A Quantitative Approach

Ron Brookmeyer;Mitchell H. Gail

448
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas C. Quinn Johns Hopkins University

Claudia H. Kawas University of California, Irvine

Oliver Laeyendecker Johns Hopkins University

Susan H. Eshleman Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Ramesh S. Paranjape Indian Council of Medical Research

Elizabeth K. Johnson University of Toronto

Mitchell H. Gail National Institutes of Health

M. Elizabeth Halloran Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

Justin Lessler Johns Hopkins University

Roger Detels University of California, Los Angeles

External Links

Personal website of Ron Brookmeyer

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