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D-Index
66
Citations
31108
World Ranking
8443
National Ranking
3800

William A. Dunn publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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 William A. Dunn sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 120 publications — 12th percentile

12% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

William A. Dunn D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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 William A. Dunn sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 66 D-Index — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

William A. Dunn is affiliated with the University of Florida in the United States. Their research spans fields primarily within Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with particular focus on subfields such as Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Periodontics, Infectious Diseases, and Immunology.

Their scientific contributions address several main topics, including:

  • Cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research
  • Vaccines and immunoinformatics approaches
  • Immune responses and vaccinations
  • Fetal and pediatric neurological disorders
  • Traumatic brain injury and neurovascular disturbances
  • Oral microbiology and periodontitis research

Selected recent publications by William A. Dunn include:

  • "Allelic variation in class I HLA determines CD8+ T cell repertoire shape and cross-reactive memory responses to SARS-CoV-2.", 2022, PubMed
  • "Cerebrospinal fluid flow extends to peripheral nerves further unifying the nervous system", 2024, Science Advances
  • "Porphyromonas gingivalis W83 traffics via ICAM1 in microvascular endothelial cells and alters capillary organization in vivo", 2020, Journal of Oral Microbiology
  • "Cerebrospinal Fluid Flow Extends to Peripheral Nerves", 2023, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • "Labelling of a Live Obligate Anaerobe Using Fluorescent D-Amino Acids", 2025, SSRN Electronic Journal

Frequent coauthors collaborating with William A. Dunn include:

  • Ann Progulske-Fox
  • Alexander P Ligocki
  • Augustine V. Vinson
  • Anthony T. Yachnis
  • Douglas E. Smith

The venues where William A. Dunn has frequently published comprise:

  • PubMed
  • Science Advances
  • Journal of Oral Microbiology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy in higher eukaryotes

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Hagai Abeliovich;Patrizia Agostinis;Devendra K. Agrawal

  • Insights into social insects from the genome of the honeybee Apis mellifera

    George M. Weinstock;Gene E. Robinson;Richard A. Gibbs;Kim C. Worley

  • A Unified Nomenclature for Yeast Autophagy-Related Genes

    Daniel J. Klionsky;James M. Cregg;William A Dunn;Scott D. Emr

  • Studies on the mechanisms of autophagy formation of the autophagic vacuole

    W A Dunn

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Autophagy and related mechanisms of lysosome-mediated protein degradation.

    William A. Dunn

  • Human Atherosclerotic Plaque Contains Viable Invasive Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans and Porphyromonas gingivalis

    Emil V. Kozarov;Brian R. Dorn;Charles E. Shelburne;William A. Dunn

  • Invasion of Human Coronary Artery Cells by Periodontal Pathogens

    Brian R. Dorn;William A. Dunn;Ann Progulske-Fox

  • Dysregulated autophagy in the RPE is associated with increased susceptibility to oxidative stress and AMD.

    Sayak K Mitter;Chunjuan Song;Xiaoping Qi;Haoyu Mao

  • Emerging role for autophagy in the removal of aggresomes in Schwann cells.

    Jenny Fortun;William A. Dunn;Shale Joy;Jie Li

  • Dissection of Autophagosome Biogenesis into Distinct Nucleation and Expansion Steps

    Hagai Abeliovich;William A. Dunn;John Kim;Daniel J. Klionsky

  • Pexophagy: the selective autophagy of peroxisomes.

    Dunn Wa;Cregg Jm;Kiel Ja;van der Klei Ij

  • Divergent modes of autophagy in the methylotrophic yeast Pichia pastoris

    Daniel L. Tuttle;William A. Dunn

  • Autophagy and amino acid homeostasis are required for chronological longevity in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

    Ashley L. Alvers;Laura K. Fishwick;Michael S. Wood;Doreen Hu

  • Cvt9/Gsa9 Functions in Sequestering Selective Cytosolic Cargo Destined for the Vacuole

    John Kim;Yoshiaki Kamada;Per E. Stromhaug;Ju Guan

  • Erratum to: Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition) (Autophagy, 12, 1, 1-222, 10.1080/15548627.2015.1100356

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Porphyromonas gingivalis Traffics to Autophagosomes in Human Coronary Artery Endothelial Cells

    Brian R. Dorn;William A. Dunn;Ann Progulske-Fox

  • Autophagy is required for extension of yeast chronological life span by rapamycin

    Ashley L. Alvers;Michael S. Wood;Doreen Hu;Amelia C. Kaywell

  • Immunological evidence for eight spans in the membrane domain of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase: implications for enzyme degradation in the endoplasmic reticulum

    J Roitelman;EH Olender;S Bar-Nun;WA Dunn

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael E. Boulton
Michael E. Boulton University of Alabama at Birmingham
Daniel J. Klionsky
Daniel J. Klionsky University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Maria B. Grant
Maria B. Grant University of Alabama at Birmingham
Lucia Notterpek
Lucia Notterpek University of Florida
Christiaan Leeuwenburgh
Christiaan Leeuwenburgh University of Florida
Evelina Gatti
Evelina Gatti Aix-Marseille University
Beth Levine
Beth Levine The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Ida J. van der Klei
Ida J. van der Klei University of Groningen
Shazib Pervaiz
Shazib Pervaiz National University of Singapore
Alfred S. Lewin
Alfred S. Lewin University of Florida

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