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Best Female Scientists

D-Index
121
Citations
57894
World Ranking
528
National Ranking
313

Medicine

D-Index
125
Citations
62041
World Ranking
3081
National Ranking
1700

Wendy Leisenring 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 Wendy Leisenring sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 715 publications — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Wendy Leisenring 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 Wendy Leisenring sits on this spectrum.

70–71 D-Index: 226 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 391 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 574 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 730 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 891 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 972 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 1,027 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 1,003 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 960 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 970 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 922 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 839 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 808 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 779 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 668 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 611 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 630 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 513 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 541 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 445 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 429 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 400 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 393 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 318 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 302 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 287 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 255 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 256 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 252 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 230 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 179 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 168 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 163 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 159 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 134 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 134 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 118 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 109 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 106 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 74 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 79 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 80 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 87 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 57 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 74 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 69 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 60 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 53 scientists 166–167 D-Index: 39 scientists 168–169 D-Index: 42 scientists 170–171 D-Index: 32 scientists 172–173 D-Index: 39 scientists 174–175 D-Index: 40 scientists 176–177 D-Index: 28 scientists 178–179 D-Index: 19 scientists 180–181 D-Index: 23 scientists 182–183 D-Index: 31 scientists 184–185 D-Index: 18 scientists 186–187 D-Index: 20 scientists 188–189 D-Index: 22 scientists 190–191 D-Index: 13 scientists 192–193 D-Index: 21 scientists 194–195 D-Index: 12 scientists 196–197 D-Index: 12 scientists 198–199 D-Index: 14 scientists 200–201 D-Index: 15 scientists 202–203 D-Index: 13 scientists 204–205 D-Index: 10 scientists 206–207 D-Index: 8 scientists 208–209 D-Index: 4 scientists 210–211 D-Index: 12 scientists 212–213 D-Index: 11 scientists 214–215 D-Index: 10 scientists 216 D-Index: 4 scientists 217+ D-Index: 98 scientists
70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 125 D-Index — 85th percentile

85% 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

  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award

Overview

Wendy Leisenring is affiliated with the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in the United States. Their research predominantly focuses on medicine, with a significant number of publications in pediatrics, perinatology, and child health. Other notable areas of study include public health, environmental and occupational health, epidemiology, oncology, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine.

Their main topics of work cover multiple aspects of childhood cancer and its long-term effects. These topics include:

  • Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
  • Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research
  • Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare
  • Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research
  • Family Support in Illness
  • Chemotherapy-induced cardiotoxicity and mitigation
  • Cancer-related cognitive impairment studies

Leisenring has contributed to several frequently recognized publication venues, with the highest output in the following journals:

  • Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • Cancer
  • Blood
  • JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute
  • Transplantation and Cellular Therapy

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Gregory T. Armstrong
  • Kevin C. Oeffinger
  • Rebecca M. Howell
  • Leslie L. Robison
  • Yutaka Yasui

Their recent papers reflect a strong focus on the survivorship and long-term effects experienced by childhood cancer patients. Selected papers include:

  • "Late mortality and chronic health conditions in long-term survivors of early-adolescent and young adult cancers: a retrospective cohort analysis from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study," 2020, The Lancet Oncology
  • "Major cardiac events for adult survivors of childhood cancer diagnosed between 1970 and 1999: report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study cohort," 2020, BMJ
  • "Life Expectancy of Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer Over 3 Decades," 2020, JAMA Oncology
  • "Specific causes of excess late mortality and association with modifiable risk factors among survivors of childhood cancer: a report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study cohort," 2023, The Lancet
  • "Cytomegalovirus-specific T-cell reconstitution following letermovir prophylaxis after hematopoietic cell transplantation," 2021, Blood

Best Publications

  • Chronic Health Conditions in Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer

    Kevin C. Oeffinger;Ann C. Mertens;Charles A. Sklar;Toana Kawashima

  • Estimation of failure probabilities in the presence of competing risks: new representations of old estimators

    Ted A. Gooley;Ted A. Gooley;Wendy Leisenring;Wendy Leisenring;John Crowley;John Crowley;Barry E. Storer;Barry E. Storer

  • Limitations of the Odds Ratio in Gauging the Performance of a Diagnostic, Prognostic, or Screening Marker

    Margaret Sullivan Pepe;Holly Janes;Gary Longton;Wendy Leisenring

  • Cardiac outcomes in a cohort of adult survivors of childhood and adolescent cancer: retrospective analysis of the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study cohort.

    Daniel A Mulrooney;Mark W Yeazel;Toana Kawashima;Ann C Mertens

  • Epidemiology of Aspergillus Infections in a Large Cohort of Patients Undergoing Bone Marrow Transplantation

    Anna Wald;Wendy Leisenring;Jo Anne Van Burik;Raleigh A. Bowden

  • Stable mixed hematopoietic chimerism in DLA-identical littermate dogs given sublethal total body irradiation before and pharmacological immunosuppression after marrow transplantation.

    Rainer Storb;Cong Yu;John L. Wagner;H. Joachim Deeg

  • Late Mortality Among 5-Year Survivors of Childhood Cancer: A Summary From the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study

    Gregory T. Armstrong;Qi Liu;Yutaka Yasui;Joseph P. Neglia

  • Cause-Specific Late Mortality Among 5-Year Survivors of Childhood Cancer: The Childhood Cancer Survivor Study

    Ann C. Mertens;Qi Liu;Joseph P. Neglia;Karen Wasilewski

  • Subsequent Neoplasms in 5-Year Survivors of Childhood Cancer: The Childhood Cancer Survivor Study

    Debra L. Friedman;John Whitton;Wendy Leisenring;Wendy Leisenring;Ann C. Mertens

  • Late cytomegalovirus disease and mortality in recipients of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplants: importance of viral load and T-cell immunity.

    Michael Boeckh;Wendy Leisenring;Stanley R. Riddell;Raleigh A. Bowden

  • Modifiable Risk Factors and Major Cardiac Events Among Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer

    Gregory T. Armstrong;Kevin C. Oeffinger;Yan Chen;Toana Kawashima

  • Bone marrow transplantation for sickle cell disease.

    Walters Mc;Patience M;Leisenring W;Eckman

  • Cytomegalovirus reactivation in critically ill immunocompetent patients.

    Ajit P. Limaye;Katharine A. Kirby;Gordon D. Rubenfeld;Wendy M. Leisenring

  • Graft-versus-host disease after nonmyeloablative versus conventional hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.

    Marco Mielcarek;Paul J. Martin;Wendy Leisenring;Mary E. D. Flowers

  • Antifungal therapy decreases sensitivity of the Aspergillus galactomannan enzyme immunoassay.

    Kieren A. Marr;Michel Laverdiere;Anja Gugel;Wendy Leisenring;Wendy Leisenring

  • Reduction in Late Mortality among 5-Year Survivors of Childhood Cancer.

    Gregory T. Armstrong;Yan Chen;Yutaka Yasui;Wendy Leisenring

  • Survivors of Childhood Cancer in the United States: Prevalence and Burden of Morbidity

    Siobhan M. Phillips;Lynne S. Padgett;Wendy M. Leisenring;Kayla K. Stratton

  • Fertility of Female Survivors of Childhood Cancer: A Report From the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study

    Daniel M. Green;Toana Kawashima;Marilyn Stovall;Wendy Leisenring

  • Aging and Risk of Severe, Disabling, Life-Threatening, and Fatal Events in the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study

    Gregory T. Armstrong;Toana Kawashima;Wendy Leisenring;Kayla Stratton

  • Itraconazole versus fluconazole for prevention of fungal infections in patients receiving allogeneic stem cell transplants.

    Kieren A. Marr;Fulvio Crippa;Wendy Leisenring;Maggie Hoyle

Frequent Co-Authors

Leslie L. Robison
Leslie L. Robison St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Gregory T. Armstrong
Gregory T. Armstrong St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Kevin C. Oeffinger
Kevin C. Oeffinger Duke University
Michael Boeckh
Michael Boeckh Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Melissa M. Hudson
Melissa M. Hudson St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Marilyn Stovall
Marilyn Stovall The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Kevin R. Krull
Kevin R. Krull St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Janet A. Englund
Janet A. Englund Seattle Children's Hospital
Kirsten K. Ness
Kirsten K. Ness St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Charles A. Sklar
Charles A. Sklar Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

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