The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Stanley B. Prusiner sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 804 publications — 99th percentile
99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.
The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Stanley B. Prusiner sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 194 D-Index — 100th percentile
100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.
Stanley B. Prusiner is affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco in the United States. Their research mainly centers on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a significant focus on molecular biology, neurology, physiology, biophysics, and computational theory and mathematics as subfields. The scientist's work covers a range of topics including Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, prion diseases and protein misfolding, neurological diseases and metabolism, Parkinson's disease mechanisms and treatments, RNA regulation and disease, cell image analysis techniques, and computational drug discovery methods.
Their recent publications span various high-profile journals and research themes. These include:
Frequent coauthors collaborating with Stanley B. Prusiner include Hooman Kamel, New York, Dena B. Dubal, San Francisco, and Bernard Chang.
The researcher commonly publishes in the following venues:
Their career includes multiple awards and honors, such as the Nobel Prize in 1997 for the discovery of prions as a new biological principle of infection. Other recognitions include the US President's National Medal of Science awarded in 2009, the Benjamin Franklin Medal from the Franklin Institute in 1998, the Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize from Columbia University in 1997, and fellowships in prestigious societies like the Royal Society in the United Kingdom and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Additional distinctions consist of the Keio Medical Science Prize in Tokyo, the Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize in 1995, the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research in 1994, and memberships in the National Academy of Sciences and National Academy of Medicine since 1992, among others.
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Stanley B. Prusiner
Hansruedi Büeler;Marek Fischer;Yolande Lang;Yolande Lang;Horst Bluethmann;Horst Bluethmann
Bruno Oesch;Bruno Oesch;David Westaway;Monika Wälchli;Monika Wälchli;Michael P. McKinley
David C. Bolton;Michael P. McKinley;Stanley B. Prusiner
Jiri Safar;Holger Wille;Vincenza Itri;Darlene Groth
Stanley B. Prusiner;Michael P. McKinley;Karen A. Bowman;David C. Bolton
Neil Stahl;David R. Borchelt;Karen Hsiao;Stanley B. Prusiner
Stanley B. Prusiner
Michael P. McKinley;David C. Bolton;Stanley B. Prusiner
Giuseppe Legname;Ilia V. Baskakov;Hoang-Oanh B. Nguyen;Detlev Riesner
Stanley B Prusiner;Michael R Scott;Stephen J DeArmond;Fred E Cohen
K. Basler;B. Oesch;M. Scott;D. Westaway
Stanley B. Prusiner;Michael Scott;Dallas Foster;Keh-Ming Pan
Glenn C. Telling;Michael Scott;James Mastrianni;Ruth Gabizon
Karen Hsiao;Harry F. Baker;Tim J. Crow;Mark Poulter
Glenn C. Telling;Piero Parchi;Stephen J. DeArmond;Pietro Cortelli
Stanley B. Prusiner
Michael Scott;Dallas Foster;Carol Mirenda;Dan Serban
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