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William D. Travis 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 William D. Travis sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 933 publications — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

William D. Travis 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 William D. Travis sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 182 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award

Overview

William D. Travis is affiliated with the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in the United States. Their primary field of study is Medicine, with significant contributions within subfields including Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Oncology, Cancer Research, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, and Epidemiology.

The scientist's research focuses extensively on lung cancer and related respiratory diseases. Main topics of work include:

  • Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations
  • Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Lung Cancer Research Studies
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging
  • Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
  • Occupational and environmental lung diseases

Their publication record features 54 papers in the Journal of Thoracic Oncology, followed by contributions to the CHEST Journal and Laboratory Investigation with eight publications each. Additional frequent publication venues include Modern Pathology and Histopathology.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by William D. Travis include:

  • IASLC Multidisciplinary Recommendations for Pathologic Assessment of Lung Cancer Resection Specimens After Neoadjuvant Therapy, 2020, Journal of Thoracic Oncology
  • The 2021 WHO Classification of Lung Tumors: Impact of Advances Since 2015, 2021, Journal of Thoracic Oncology
  • A Grading System for Invasive Pulmonary Adenocarcinoma: A Proposal From the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Pathology Committee, 2020, Journal of Thoracic Oncology
  • A Phase I Trial of Regional Mesothelin-Targeted CAR T-cell Therapy in Patients with Malignant Pleural Disease, in Combination with the Anti-PD-1 Agent Pembrolizumab, 2021, Cancer Discovery
  • SCLC Subtypes Defined by ASCL1, NEUROD1, POU2F3, and YAP1: A Comprehensive Immunohistochemical and Histopathologic Characterization, 2020, Journal of Thoracic Oncology

William D. Travis has collaborated frequently with several researchers, notably:

  • Natasha Rekhtman
  • Prasad S. Adusumilli
  • Andrew G. Nicholson
  • Ming-Sound Tsao
  • Jennifer L. Sauter

Best Publications

  • International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer/American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society International Multidisciplinary Classification of Lung Adenocarcinoma

    William D Travis;Elisabeth Brambilla;Masayuki Noguchi;Andrew G Nicholson

  • Comprehensive molecular profiling of lung adenocarcinoma: The cancer genome atlas research network

    Eric A. Collisson;Joshua D. Campbell;Angela N. Brooks;Angela N. Brooks;Alice H. Berger

  • American thoracic society/European respiratory society international multidisciplinary consensus classification of the idiopathic interstitial pneumonias

    William D. Travis;Talmadge E. King;Eric D. Bateman;David A. Lynch

  • The 2015 World Health Organization Classification of Lung Tumors: Impact of Genetic, Clinical and Radiologic Advances Since the 2004 Classification

    William D. Travis;Elisabeth Brambilla;Andrew G. Nicholson;Yasushi Yatabe

  • The IASLC Lung Cancer Staging Project: Proposals for Revision of the TNM Stage Groupings in the Forthcoming (Eighth) Edition of the TNM Classification for Lung Cancer.

    Peter Goldstraw;Kari Chansky;John Crowley;Ramon Rami-Porta

  • An Official American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society Statement: Update of the International Multidisciplinary Classification of the Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias

    William D. Travis;Ulrich Costabel;David M. Hansell;Talmadge E. King

  • Wegener granulomatosis : an analysis of 158 patients

    Gary S. Hoffman;Gail S. Kerr;Randi Y. Leavitt;Claire W. Hallahan

  • Pathology and genetics of tumours of the lung , pleura, thymus and heart

    William D. Travis

  • Comprehensive genomic characterization of squamous cell lung cancers

    Peter S. Hammerman;Doug Voet;Michael S. Lawrence;Douglas Voet

  • Diagnosis of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. An Official ATS/ERS/JRS/ALAT Clinical Practice Guideline.

    Ganesh Raghu;Martine Remy-Jardin;Jeffrey L. Myers;Luca Richeldi

  • Somatic mutations affect key pathways in lung adenocarcinoma

    Li Ding;Gad Getz;David A. Wheeler;Elaine R. Mardis

  • Introduction to The 2015 World Health Organization Classification of Tumors of the Lung, Pleura, Thymus, and Heart.

    William D. Travis;Elisabeth Brambilla;Allen P. Burke;Alexander Marx

  • Comprehensive genomic profiles of small cell lung cancer

    Julie George;Jing Shan Lim;Se Jin Jang;Yupeng Cun

  • Histological Typing of Lung and Pleural Tumours

    T.V. Colby;W.D. Travis

  • Guidelines for Management of Incidental Pulmonary Nodules Detected on CT Images: From the Fleischner Society 2017

    Heber MacMahon;David P. Naidich;Jin Mo Goo;Kyung Soo Lee

  • Mapping the hallmarks of lung adenocarcinoma with massively parallel sequencing

    Marcin Imielinski;Alice H. Berger;Alice H. Berger;Peter S. Hammerman;Peter S. Hammerman;Bryan Hernandez

  • A Report of Three Cases

    William D. Travis;Robert Castile;Gordon Vawter;Harry Shwachman

  • The IASLC Lung Cancer Staging Project: Proposals for the Revisions of the T Descriptors in the Forthcoming Eighth Edition of the TNM Classification for Lung Cancer

    Ramón Rami-Porta;David Ball;John Crowley;Dorothy J. Giroux

  • The new World Health Organization classification of lung tumours

    Brambilla E;Travis Wd;Colby Tv;Corrin B

  • WHO classification of tumours of the lung, pleura, thymus and heart

    William D. Travis

Frequent Co-Authors

Valerie W. Rusch
Valerie W. Rusch Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Natasha Rekhtman
Natasha Rekhtman Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Thomas V. Colby
Thomas V. Colby Mayo Clinic
Andrew G. Nicholson
Andrew G. Nicholson Royal Brompton Hospital
Elisabeth Brambilla
Elisabeth Brambilla Grenoble Alpes University
David R. Jones
David R. Jones Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Mark G. Kris
Mark G. Kris Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Marc Ladanyi
Marc Ladanyi Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Gregory J. Riely
Gregory J. Riely Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Ming-Sound Tsao
Ming-Sound Tsao Princess Margaret Cancer Centre

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