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121
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3543
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William L. Gerald 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 L. Gerald sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 289 publications — 15th percentile

15% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

William L. Gerald 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 L. Gerald sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 121 D-Index — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

William L. Gerald was affiliated with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in the United States. Their research primarily targeted fields within Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Medicine, with a specific focus on Molecular Biology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, and Oncology.

The scientist's work covered various topics that included:

  • Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research
  • Chromatin Remodeling and Cancer
  • Cancer Mechanisms and Therapy
  • Mechanisms of cancer metastasis
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Cancer-related gene regulation
  • RNA modifications and cancer

Among the recent papers published by William L. Gerald were:

  • "The SWI/SNF ATPase Brm Is a Gatekeeper of Proliferative Control in Prostate Cancer" (2020) in UNC Libraries
  • "Author Correction: Aberrant ERG expression cooperates with loss of PTEN to promote cancer progression in the prostate" (2020) in Nature Genetics
  • "Author Correction: A co-clinical approach identifies mechanisms and potential therapies for androgen deprivation resistance in prostate cancer" (2020) in Nature Genetics
  • "A Genome-Wide Screen for Promoter Methylation in Lung Cancer Identifies Novel Methylation Markers for Multiple Malignancies" (2020) in UNC Libraries
  • "Editor's Note: Activator Protein-1 Transcription Factors Are Associated with Progression and Recurrence of Prostate Cancer" (2023) in Cancer Research

The scientist collaborated frequently with various coauthors, notably Walter J. Jessen, Bruce J. Aronow, Caterina Nardella, Peter T. Scardino, and Carlos Cordon-Cardo.

William L. Gerald's work appeared recurrently in venues such as UNC Libraries, Nature Genetics, and Cancer Research, with UNC Libraries and Nature Genetics hosting multiple publications.

Best Publications

  • Comprehensive genomic characterization defines human glioblastoma genes and core pathways

    Roger McLendon;Allan Friedman;Darrell Bigner;Erwin G. Van Meir

  • Integrative genomic profiling of human prostate cancer

    Barry S. Taylor;Nikolaus Schultz;Haley Hieronymus;Anuradha Gopalan

  • Genes that mediate breast cancer metastasis to lung

    Andy J. Minn;Gaorav P. Gupta;Peter M. Siegel;Peter M. Siegel;Paula D. Bos

  • Multiclass cancer diagnosis using tumor gene expression signatures

    Sridhar Ramaswamy;Pablo Tamayo;Ryan Rifkin;Sayan Mukherjee

  • Endogenous human microRNAs that suppress breast cancer metastasis

    Sohail F. Tavazoie;Claudio Alarcón;Thordur Oskarsson;David Padua

  • Crucial role of p53-dependent cellular senescence in suppression of Pten-deficient tumorigenesis

    Zhenbang Chen;Lloyd C. Trotman;David Shaffer;Hui Kuan Lin

  • Genes that mediate breast cancer metastasis to the brain

    Paula D. Bos;Xiang H.-F. Zhang;Cristina Nadal;Weiping Shu

  • MET amplification occurs with or without T790M mutations in EGFR mutant lung tumors with acquired resistance to gefitinib or erlotinib

    James Bean;Cameron Brennan;Jin-Yuan Shih;Gregory Riely

  • Inactivation of the apoptosis effector Apaf-1 in malignant melanoma.

    María S. Soengas;Paola Capodieci;David Polsky;Jaume Mora

  • Id1 and Id3 are required for neurogenesis, angiogenesis and vascularization of tumour xenografts

    David Lyden;Alison Z. Young;David Zagzag;Wei Yan

  • Gene expression-based survival prediction in lung adenocarcinoma: a multi-site, blinded validation study.

    Kerby Shedden;Jeremy M.G. Taylor;Steven A. Enkemann;Ming Sound Tsao

  • TGFβ Primes Breast Tumors for Lung Metastasis Seeding through Angiopoietin-like 4

    David Padua;Xiang H.-F. Zhang;Qiongqing Wang;Cristina Nadal

  • Impact of proposed IASLC/ATS/ERS classification of lung adenocarcinoma: prognostic subgroups and implications for further revision of staging based on analysis of 514 stage I cases

    Akihiko Yoshizawa;Noriko Motoi;Noriko Motoi;Gregory J Riely;Cami S Sima

  • MAD2 haplo-insufficiency causes premature anaphase and chromosome instability in mammalian cells

    Loren S. Michel;Vasco Liberal;Anupam Chatterjee;Regina Kirchwegger

  • Distinct organ-specific metastatic potential of individual breast cancer cells and primary tumors

    Andy J. Minn;Yibin Kang;Inna Serganova;Gaorav P. Gupta

  • Gene Expression Analysis of Human Prostate Carcinoma during Hormonal Therapy Identifies Androgen-Responsive Genes and Mechanisms of Therapy Resistance

    Jeff Holzbeierlein;Priti Lal;Eva LaTulippe;Alex Smith

  • Intra-abdominal desmoplastic small round-cell tumor. Report of 19 cases of a distinctive type of high-grade polyphenotypic malignancy affecting young individuals.

    William L. Gerald;Hariatmi K. Miller;Hector Battifora;Markku Miettinen

  • Latent bone metastasis in breast cancer tied to Src-dependent survival signals.

    Xiang H.-F. Zhang;Qiongqing Wang;William Gerald;Clifford A. Hudis

  • Comprehensive gene expression analysis of prostate cancer reveals distinct transcriptional programs associated with metastatic disease.

    Eva LaTulippe;Jaya Satagopan;Alex Smith;Howard Scher

  • Aberrant ERG expression cooperates with loss of PTEN to promote cancer progression in the prostate.

    Brett S Carver;Jennifer Tran;Anuradha Gopalan;Zhenbang Chen;Zhenbang Chen

Frequent Co-Authors

Nai-Kong V. Cheung
Nai-Kong V. Cheung Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Carlos Cordon-Cardo
Carlos Cordon-Cardo Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Pier Paolo Pandolfi
Pier Paolo Pandolfi Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Marc Ladanyi
Marc Ladanyi Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Victor E. Reuter
Victor E. Reuter Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Peter T. Scardino
Peter T. Scardino Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Michael P. LaQuaglia
Michael P. LaQuaglia Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Howard I. Scher
Howard I. Scher Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Joan Massagué
Joan Massagué Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Daniel A. Haber
Daniel A. Haber Harvard University

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