2026 Ross C. Donehower: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Medicine	81	16373	15399	8239	7622	262	44917

Overview

Ross C. Donehower is affiliated with Johns Hopkins University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of Medicine, with a particular focus on Oncology. Their research spans multiple subfields including Oncology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Cancer Research, Molecular Biology, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

Their recent publications cover diverse topics in cancer research and clinical oncology. Notable papers include:

An International Phase 2 Study of Pazopanib in Progressive and Metastatic Thyroglobulin Antibody Negative Radioactive Iodine Refractory Differentiated Thyroid Cancer, 2020, published in Thyroid
Challenges of the current precision medicine approach for pancreatic cancer: A single institution experience between 2013 and 2017, 2020, published in Cancer Letters
RAD51B Harbors Germline Mutations Associated With Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma, 2022, published in JCO Precision Oncology
Geographic disparities in breast cancer mortality and place of death in the United States from 2003 to 2019, 2022, published in Journal of Clinical Oncology
Hematology/medical oncology fellow responses to the initial development of an antiracism curriculum, 2021, published in Journal of Clinical Oncology

Donehower has frequently collaborated with a number of co-authors across their publications. Notable frequent co-authors include:

Kristen A. Marrone
Ana De Jesus-Acosta
Dung T. Le
Robert A. Anders
Daniel A. Laheru

The scientist's work is published predominantly in journals with a strong focus on clinical oncology and cancer research. These frequent publication venues comprise:

Journal of Clinical Oncology
Clinical Cancer Research
Thyroid
Cancer Letters
JCO Precision Oncology

Key topics explored in Donehower's research include:

Advances in Oncology and Radiotherapy
Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer
Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research
Genetic factors in colorectal cancer
Colorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies

Best Publications

PD-1 Blockade in Tumors with Mismatch-Repair Deficiency

Dung T. Le;Jennifer N. Uram;Hao Wang;Bjarne R. Bartlett

10084
Citations
Mismatch repair deficiency predicts response of solid tumors to PD-1 blockade

Dung T. Le;Dung T. Le;Jennifer N. Durham;Jennifer N. Durham;Kellie N. Smith;Hao Wang

6773
Citations
Taxol: a unique antineoplastic agent with significant activity in advanced ovarian epithelial neoplasms.

William P. McGuire;Eric K. Rowinsky;Neil B. Rosenshein;Francis C. Grumbine

1644
Citations
Taxol: A Novel Investigational Antimicrotubule Agent

Eric K. Rowinsky;Lorranie A. Cazenave;Ross C. Donehower

1568
Citations
Hypersensitivity reactions from taxol.

R B Weiss;R C Donehower;P H Wiernik;T Ohnuma

1533
Citations
Clinical toxicities encountered with paclitaxel (Taxol)

Rowinsky Ek;Eisenhauer Ea;Chaudhry;Arbuck Sg

980
Citations
The Current Status of Camptothecin Analogues as Antitumor Agents

William J. Slichenmyer;Eric K. Rowinsky;Ross C. Donehower;Scott H. Kaufmann

794
Citations
Novel Allogeneic Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor–Secreting Tumor Vaccine for Pancreatic Cancer: A Phase I Trial of Safety and Immune Activation

Elizabeth M. Jaffee;Ralph H. Hruban;Barbara Biedrzycki;Daniel Laheru

704
Citations
Phase II Study of Erlotinib (OSI-774) in Patients With Advanced Hepatocellular Cancer

Philip A. Philip;Michelle R. Mahoney;Cristine Allmer;James Thomas

663
Citations
Evaluation of ipilimumab in combination with allogeneic pancreatic tumor cells transfected with a GM-CSF gene in previously treated pancreatic cancer.

Dung T. Le;Eric Lutz;Jennifer N. Uram;Elizabeth A. Sugar

626
Citations
Cardiac disturbances during the administration of taxol.

Eric K. Rowinsky;William P. McGuire;Thomas Guarnieri;Jason S. Fisherman

497
Citations
The clinical pharmacology and use of antimicrotubule agents in cancer chemotherapeutics.

Eric K. Rowinsky;Ross C. Donehower

490
Citations
Peripheral neuropathy from taxol and cisplatin combination chemotherapy: Clinical and electrophysiological studies

Vinay Chaudhry;Vinay Chaudhry;Eric K. Rowinsky;Susan E. Sartorius;Ross C. Donehower

487
Citations
Microtubule changes and cytotoxicity in leukemic cell lines treated with taxol.

Eric K. Rowinsky;Ross C. Donehower;Richard J. Jones;Robert W. Tucker

486
Citations
Analysis of Fluorouracil-Based Adjuvant Chemotherapy and Radiation After Pancreaticoduodenectomy for Ductal Adenocarcinoma of the Pancreas: Results of a Large, Prospectively Collected Database at the Johns Hopkins Hospital

Joseph M. Herman;Michael J. Swartz;Charles C. Hsu;Jordan Winter

471
Citations
Interventions for preventing neuropathy caused by cisplatin and related compounds

James W Albers;Vinay Chaudhry;Guido Cavaletti;Ross C Donehower

437
Citations
Phase II Study of Erlotinib in Patients With Advanced Biliary Cancer

Philip A. Philip;Michelle R. Mahoney;Cristine Allmer;James Thomas

414
Citations
Rilotumumab in combination with epirubicin, cisplatin, and capecitabine as first-line treatment for gastric or oesophagogastric junction adenocarcinoma: an open-label, dose de-escalation phase 1b study and a double-blind, randomised phase 2 study.

Timothy Iveson;Ross C Donehower;Irina Davidenko;Sergey Tjulandin

344
Citations
Role of body surface area in dosing of investigational anticancer agents in adults, 1991-2001

Sharyn D. Baker;Jaap Verweij;Eric K. Rowinsky;Ross C. Donehower

329
Citations
PD-1 blockade in tumors with mismatch repair deficiency.

Dung T. Le;Jennifer N. Uram;Hao Wang;Bjarne Bartlett

64
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Eric K. Rowinsky Eli Lilly (United States)

David S. Ettinger Johns Hopkins University

Sharyn D. Baker The Ohio State University

Manuel Hidalgo Cornell University

Luis A. Diaz Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Antonio Jimeno University of Colorado Boulder

Wells A. Messersmith University of Colorado Boulder

Charles Erlichman Mayo Clinic

Ralph H. Hruban Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Michael A. Carducci Johns Hopkins University

External Links

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