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91
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33543
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11680
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5987

Timothy R. Sterling 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 Timothy R. Sterling sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 415 publications — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Timothy R. Sterling 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 Timothy R. Sterling sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 91 D-Index — 43rd percentile

43% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Timothy R. Sterling is affiliated with Vanderbilt University Medical Center in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on infectious diseases, with significant contributions spanning tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, and related health complications.

The scientist's main field of study is medicine, with a strong emphasis on subfields including infectious diseases, epidemiology, surgery, emergency medicine, and virology. Their work features prominently in topics such as tuberculosis research and epidemiology, HIV/AIDS research and interventions, Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment, HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment, HIV-related health complications and treatments, Mycobacterium research and diagnosis, and diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Timothy R. Sterling include:

  • Richard D. Moore
  • Michael J. Silverberg
  • Bruno B. Andrade
  • Keri N. Althoff
  • Peter F. Rebeiro

Publications by Timothy R. Sterling have appeared in several notable venues, reflecting the breadth of their work. These include:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • The Journal of Infectious Diseases

Representative recent papers authored or co-authored by Timothy R. Sterling are:

  • Guidelines for the Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection: Recommendations from the National Tuberculosis Controllers Association and CDC, 2020, published in MMWR Recommendations and Reports

Other recent influential papers associated with related research topics include:

  • Life expectancy after 2015 of adults with HIV on long-term antiretroviral therapy in Europe and North America: a collaborative analysis of cohort studies, 2023, The Lancet HIV
  • Weight gain among treatment-naïve persons with HIV starting integrase inhibitors compared to non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors or protease inhibitors in a large observational cohort in the United States and Canada, 2020, Journal of the International AIDS Society
  • RISK6, a 6-gene transcriptomic signature of TB disease risk, diagnosis and treatment response, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Longitudinal trends in causes of death among adults with HIV on antiretroviral therapy in Europe and North America from 1996 to 2020: a collaboration of cohort studies, 2024, The Lancet HIV

Best Publications

  • Closing the gap: increases in life expectancy among treated HIV-positive individuals in the United States and Canada.

    Hasina Samji;Angela Cescon;Robert S. Hogg;Robert S. Hogg;Sharada P. Modur

  • Effect of early versus deferred antiretroviral therapy for HIV on survival.

    Mari M. Kitahata;Stephen J. Gange;Alison G. Abraham;Barry Merriman

  • An official ATS statement: hepatotoxicity of antituberculosis therapy.

    Jussi J. Saukkonen;David L. Cohn;Robert M. Jasmer;Steven Schenker

  • The emergence of drug-resistant tuberculosis in New York City.

    Thomas R. Frieden;Timothy Sterling;Ariel Pablos-Mendez;James O. Kilburn

  • Survival of HIV-positive patients starting antiretroviral therapy between 1996 and 2013: a collaborative analysis of cohort studies

    Adam Trickey;Margaret T May;Jorg-Janne Vehreschild;Niels Obel

  • Three Months of Rifapentine and Isoniazid for Latent Tuberculosis Infection

    Timothy R. Sterling;M. Elsa Villarino;Andrey S. Borisov;Nong Shang

  • Official American Thoracic Society/Infectious Diseases Society of America/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Clinical Practice Guidelines: Diagnosis of Tuberculosis in Adults and Children

    David M. Lewinsohn;Michael K. Leonard;Philip A. LoBue;David L. Cohn

  • Management of latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection: WHO guidelines for low tuberculosis burden countries.

    Haileyesus Getahun;Alberto Matteelli;Ibrahim Abubakar;Mohamed Abdel Aziz

  • Risk of Anal Cancer in HIV-Infected and HIV-Uninfected Individuals in North America

    Michael J. Silverberg;Bryan Lau;Amy C. Justice;Amy C. Justice;Eric Engels

  • Guidelines for the treatment of latent tuberculosis infection: Recommendations from the National Tuberculosis Controllers Association and CDC, 2020

    Timothy R. Sterling;Gibril Njie;Dominik Zenner;David L. Cohn

  • Antiretroviral Therapy for Prevention of Tuberculosis in Adults with HIV: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    Amitabh B. Suthar;Stephen D. Lawn;Stephen D. Lawn;Julia del Amo;Haileyesus Getahun

  • Initial Plasma HIV-1 RNA Levels and Progression to AIDS in Women and Men

    Timothy R. Sterling;David Vlahov;David Vlahov;Jacquie Astemborski;Donald R. Hoover

  • The Relationship Between Delayed or Incomplete Treatment and All-Cause Mortality in Patients With Tuberculosis

    Ariel Pablos-Méndez;Timothy R. Sterling;Thomas R. Frieden

  • Cumulative Incidence of Cancer Among Persons With HIV in North America: A Cohort Study

    Michael J. Silverberg;Bryan Lau;Chad J. Achenbach;Yuezhou Jing

  • Rising Obesity Prevalence and Weight Gain Among Adults Starting Antiretroviral Therapy in the United States and Canada.

    John R. Koethe;Cathy A. Jenkins;Bryan Lau;Bryan E. Shepherd

  • A systematic review of gyrase mutations associated with fluoroquinolone-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis and a proposed gyrase numbering system

    Fernanda Maruri;Timothy R. Sterling;Anne W. Kaiga;Amondrea Blackman

  • Brief Report: Weight Gain in Persons With HIV Switched From Efavirenz-Based to Integrase Strand Transfer Inhibitor-Based Regimens.

    Jamison Norwood;Megan Turner;Carmen Bofill;Peter Rebeiro

  • Invasive cervical cancer risk among HIV-infected women: a North American multicohort collaboration prospective study.

    Alison G. Abraham;Gypsyamber D'Souza;Yuezhou Jing;Stephen J. Gange

  • Latent TB Infection Treatment Acceptance and Completion in the United States and Canada

    C. Robert Horsburgh;Stefan Goldberg;James Bethel;Shande Chen

  • Late Presentation for Human Immunodeficiency Virus Care in the United States and Canada

    Keri N. Althoff;Stephen J. Gange;Marina B. Klein;John T. Brooks

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard D. Moore
Richard D. Moore Johns Hopkins University
Amy C. Justice
Amy C. Justice Yale University
Michael J. Silverberg
Michael J. Silverberg Kaiser Permanente
Mari M. Kitahata
Mari M. Kitahata University of Washington
Michael S. Saag
Michael S. Saag University of Alabama at Birmingham
Marina B. Klein
Marina B. Klein McGill University
Stephen J. Gange
Stephen J. Gange Johns Hopkins University
Jennifer E. Thorne
Jennifer E. Thorne Johns Hopkins University
Robert S. Hogg
Robert S. Hogg Simon Fraser University
Ronald J. Bosch
Ronald J. Bosch Harvard University

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