2026 Ronald G. Tompkins: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Medicine	113	4873	4573	2640	2447	621	57833

Ronald G. Tompkins 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 Ronald G. Tompkins sits on this spectrum.

101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 621 publications — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ronald G. Tompkins 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 Ronald G. Tompkins sits on this spectrum.

70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 113 D-Index — 76th percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

1998 - Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)

Overview

Ronald G. Tompkins is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States and focuses research primarily in the field of Medicine. Their work spans several subfields including Immunology, Epidemiology, Molecular Biology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Emergency Medicine.

Key topics covered in their research include:

Burn Injury Management and Outcomes
Injury Epidemiology and Prevention
Neutrophil, Myeloperoxidase and Oxidative Mechanisms
Platelet Disorders and Treatments
Immune cells in cancer
Immune Response and Inflammation
S100 Proteins and Annexins

Ronald G. Tompkins has contributed to various scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

Journal of Burn Care & Research
iScience
Scientific Reports
Frontiers in Immunology
The FASEB Journal

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Tompkins include:

"Megakaryocytes contain extranuclear histones and may be a source of platelet-associated histones during sepsis" (2020, Scientific Reports)
"Megakaryocytes respond during sepsis and display innate immune cell behaviors" (2023, Frontiers in Immunology)
"Physical Rehabilitation and Mental Health Care After Burn Injury: A Multinational Study" (2021, Journal of Burn Care & Research)
"Transcriptomic responses from improved murine sepsis models can better mimic human surgical sepsis" (2020, The FASEB Journal)
"A PREVENTIVE TOOL FOR PREDICTING BLOODSTREAM INFECTIONS IN CHILDREN WITH BURNS" (2023, Shock)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Tompkins include:

Lewis E. Kazis
Galit H. Frydman
Hannah M. Bailey
Ananya Vasudevan
Amy Tsurumi

In 1998, Ronald G. Tompkins was recognized as a Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE).

Best Publications

Isolation of rare circulating tumour cells in cancer patients by microchip technology.

Sunitha Nagrath;Lecia V. Sequist;Shyamala Maheswaran;Daphne W. Bell;Daphne W. Bell

4330
Citations
Genomic responses in mouse models poorly mimic human inflammatory diseases

Seok Junhee Seok;Shaw Warren H. Shaw Warren;G. Cuenca Alex;N. Mindrinos Michael

3265
Citations
Detection of Mutations in EGFR in Circulating Lung-Cancer Cells

Shyamala Maheswaran;Lecia V. Sequist;Sunitha Nagrath;Lindsey Ulkus

2082
Citations
A network-based analysis of systemic inflammation in humans

Steve E. Calvano;Wenzhong Xiao;Daniel R. Richards;Ramon M. Felciano

1704
Citations
Common virulence factors for bacterial pathogenicity in plants and animals

Laurence G. Rahme;Emily J. Stevens;Sean F. Wolfort;Jing Shao

1649
Citations
A genomic storm in critically injured humans

Wenzhong Xiao;Wenzhong Xiao;Michael N. Mindrinos;Junhee Seok;Joseph Cuschieri

1315
Citations
Circulating Interleukin-1 and Tumor Necrosis Factor in Septic Shock and Experimental Endotoxin Fever

J.G. Cannon;R.G. Tompkins;J.A. Gelfand;H.R. Michie

1037
Citations
Objective Estimates of the Probability of Death from Burn Injuries

Colleen M. Ryan;David A. Schoenfeld;William P. Thorpe;Robert L. Sheridan

940
Citations
Hepatocyte function and extracellular matrix geometry: long-term culture in a sandwich configuration.

James C. Y. Dunn;Martin L. Yarmush;Hans G. Koebe;Ronald G. Tompkins

908
Citations
Long-term in vitro function of adult hepatocytes in a collagen sandwich configuration.

James C. Y. Dunn;Ronald G. Tompkins;Martin L. Yarmush;Martin L. Yarmush

864
Citations
Analysis of Pseudomonas aeruginosa 4-hydroxy-2-alkylquinolines (HAQs) reveals a role for 4-hydroxy-2-heptylquinoline in cell-to-cell communication.

Eric Déziel;François Lépine;Sylvain Milot;Jianxin He

811
Citations
Mesenchymal stem cells: Mechanisms of immunomodulation and homing.

Hiroshi Yagi;Alejandro Soto-Gutierrez;Biju Parekkadan;Yuko Kitagawa

798
Citations
Pseudomonas aeruginosa killing of Caenorhabditis elegans used to identify P. aeruginosa virulence factors

Man-Wah Tan;Laurence G. Rahme;Jeffrey A. Sternberg;Ronald G. Tompkins

780
Citations
American Burn Association consensus conference to define sepsis and infection in burns

David G. Greenhalgh;Jeffrey R. Saffle;James H. Holmes;Richard L. Gamelli

779
Citations
Significance analysis of time course microarray experiments

John D. Storey;Wenzhong Xiao;Jeffrey T. Leek;Ronald G. Tompkins

739
Citations
Isolation and Characterization of Circulating Tumor Cells from Patients with Localized and Metastatic Prostate Cancer

Shannon L. Stott;Richard J. Lee;Sunitha Nagrath;Min Yu

656
Citations
Support of the metabolic response to burn injury

David N Herndon;Ronald G Tompkins

650
Citations
Plants and animals share functionally common bacterial virulence factors.

Laurence G. Rahme;Frederick M. Ausubel;Hui Cao;Eliana Drenkard

522
Citations
Release factors differing in specificity for terminator codons.

E Scolnick;R Tompkins;T Caskey;M Nirenberg

488
Citations
A microfluidic device for practical label-free CD4+ T cell counting of HIV-infected subjects

Xuanhong Cheng;Daniel Irimia;Meredith Dixon;Kazuhiko Sekine

437
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin L. Yarmush Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Robert L. Sheridan Harvard University

Mehmet Toner Harvard University

Alan J. Fischman Harvard University

David N. Herndon The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

Laurence G. Rahme Harvard University

Wenzhong Xiao Harvard University

Michael N. Mindrinos Stanford University

Lyle L. Moldawer University of Florida

Ronald W. Davis Stanford University

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