D. Carleton Gajdusek

33.4k citations

425 papers · 22.3k indexed · 12 hit papers · h-index 77

Molecular Biology top 0.2%
Neurology top 0.02%
Physiology top 0.5%
Nutrition and Dietetics top 0.05%
Neurology top 0.2%

Co-authors: Clarence J. Gibbs Paul Brown David M. Asher Ralph M. Garruto Vincent Zigas Richard Yanagihara Colin L. Masters Dmitry Goldgaber
Topics: Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding (183 papers)Neurological diseases and metabolism (50 papers)Trace Elements in Health (37 papers)
Cited by: Neurology Virology Nutrition and Dietetics
Journals: Nature Science New England Journal of Medicine
Partner nations: United States France Australia

In The Last Decade

D. Carleton Gajdusek

422 papers receiving 20.6k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Characterization and Chromosomal Localization of a cDNA Encoding Brain Amyloid of Alzheimer's Disease

1987 1.0k citations D. Carleton Gajdusek et al. profile →
HTLV-III Infection in Brains of Children and Adults with AIDS Encephalopathy

1985 739 citations D. Carleton Gajdusek et al. profile →
Unconventional Viruses and the Origin and Disappearance of Kuru

1977 634 citations D. Carleton Gajdusek profile →
Intraneuronal Aluminum Accumulation in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Parkinsonism-Dementia of Guam

1982 590 citations D. Carleton Gajdusek, Ralph M. Garruto et al. profile →
Human spongiform encephalopathy: The national institutes of health series of 300 cases of experimentally transmitted disease

1994 583 citations Clarence J. Gibbs, Pamela Rodgers‐Johnson et al. Annals of Neurology profile →
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (Spongiform Encephalopathy): Transmission to the Chimpanzee

1968 530 citations Clarence J. Gibbs, D. Carleton Gajdusek et al. profile →
Creutzfeldt‐Jakob disease: Patterns of worldwide occurrence and the significance of familial and sporadic clustering

1979 449 citations D. Carleton Gajdusek, Clarence J. Gibbs et al. Annals of Neurology profile →
Degenerative Disease of the Central Nervous System in New Guinea

1957 342 citations D. Carleton Gajdusek, Vincent Zigas profile →
Pathology of Kuru.

1959 217 citations D. Carleton Gajdusek, Vincent Zigas et al. PubMed profile →
CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB DISEASE

1969 203 citations David M. Asher, D. Carleton Gajdusek et al. profile →
An "Autoimmune" Reaction Against Human Tissue Antigens in Certain Acute and Chronic Diseases

1958 167 citations D. Carleton Gajdusek profile →
PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII—ETIOLOGIC AGENT OF INTERSTITIAL PLASMA CELL PNEUMONIA OF PREMATURE AND YOUNG INFANTS

1957 141 citations D. Carleton Gajdusek profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Ultrastructural Pathology of Human T-Cell Lymphotropic Virus Type I Encephalomyelopathy in a White Patient with Adult T-Cell Leukemia/Lymphoma 1994 ·Ultrastructural Pathology ·Paweł P. Liberski,Pamela Rodgers‐Johnson,Richard Yanagihara,James W. Lee,Barnett S. Kramer,Pedro Piccardo,Carlos A. Mora,Clarence J. Gibbs,D. Carleton Gajdusek	2
2	Long-Term Observations of Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Chimpanzees 1993 ·AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses ·Bruce K. Johnson,Gary Stone,M. S. Godec,David M. Asher,D. Carleton Gajdusek,Clarence J. Gibbs	42
3	Microglia is a component of the prion protein amyloid plaque in the Gerstmann-Str�ussler-Scheinker syndrome 1993 ·Acta Neuropathologica ·Maria Barcikowska,Paweł P. Liberski,J. W. Boellaard,Paul Brown,D. Carleton Gajdusek,Herbert Budka	48
4	Coexistence of Human T-Lymphotropic Virus Types I and II Among the Wayuu Indians from the Guajira Region of Colombia 1992 ·AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses ·(unknown),Jaime E. Bernal,(unknown),Ignacio Briceño,(unknown),Richard Yanagihara,D. Carleton Gajdusek	40
5	Transmission of spongiform encephalopathy from a familial Creutzfeldt‐Jakob disease patient of Jewish Libyan origin carrying the PRNP codon 200 mutation 1992 ·Neurology ·Joab Chapman,Paul Brown,J. M. Rabey,L. G. Goldfarb,Rivka Inzelberg,C. J. Gibbs,D. Carleton Gajdusek,Amos D. Korczyn	12
6	The new biology of spongiform encephalopathy: infectious amyloidoses with a genetic twist 1991 ·The Lancet ·Paul Brown,Lev G. Goldfarb,D. Carleton Gajdusek	93
7	The temporal expression of amyloid precursor protein mRNA in vitro in dissociated hippocampal neuron cultures 1990 ·Experimental Neurology ·Michael J. Strong,Arne Svedmyr,D. Carleton Gajdusek,Ralph M. Garruto	26
8	HTLV-I-Like viral particles in spinal cord cells in jamaican tropical spastic paraparesis 1988 ·Annals of Neurology ·Paweł P. Liberski,Pamela Rodgers‐Johnson,(unknown),Pedro Piccardo,Clarence J. Gibbs,D. Carleton Gajdusek	31
9	Histochemical and X-ray microanalytical localization of aluminum in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and parkinsonism-dementia of Guam 1988 ·Acta Neuropathologica ·Pedro Piccardo,Richard Yanagihara,Ralph M. Garruto,C. J. Gibbs,D. Carleton Gajdusek	28
10	See-ee: Clinical Characteristics of Highly Prevalent Seizure Disorders in the Gbawein and Wroughbarh Clan Region of Grand Bassa County, Liberia 1983 ·Neuroepidemiology ·(unknown),Jaap Goudsmit,D. Carleton Gajdusek	33
11	Further Studies on the Genetics of the Chamorros of Guam: Dermatoglyphics 1983 ·Human Heredity ·Chris C. Plato,Ralph M. Garruto,D. Carleton Gajdusek	3
12	Meeting of The Society for Pediatric Research: Atlantic City, New Jersey, May 2, 1969 1969 ·Pediatric Research ·(unknown),(unknown),D. Carleton Gajdusek,John J. Hooks,Armand Löwenthal,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown)	4
13	On the Distribution of the Gc Variant Gc Aborigine in Melanesian Populations; Determination of Gc-Types in Sera from Tongariki Island, New Hebrides 1967 ·Human Heredity ·Hartwig Clevė,R. L. Kirk,D. Carleton Gajdusek,Jean Guiart	5
14	Index autorum ad Vol. 17 1967 ·Human Heredity ·(unknown),R. L. Kirk,D. Carleton Gajdusek,Jean Guiart,K.G. Kenrick,(unknown),R Lisker,Arno G. Motulsky,George J. Allen,B Harvald,Jerry A. Shields,(unknown),E. Monn,Alvar Lorı́a,G. H. Vos,(unknown),Francisco M. Salzano,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown)	0
15	A BLOOD GROUP GENETIC SURVEY OF CHILDREN OF BELLONA AND RENNELL ISLANDS (B.S.I.P.) AND CERTAIN NORTHERN NEW HEBRIDEAN ISLANDS 1966 ·Archaeology in Oceania/Archæology & physical anthropology in Oceania ·R. T. Simmons,D. Carleton Gajdusek	7
16	ARTHROPOD-BORNE VIRUS INFECTIONS OF ABORIGINES INDIGENOUS TO AUSTRALASIA. A PRELIMINARY REPORT. 1964 ·PubMed ·Charles L. Wisseman,D. Carleton Gajdusek,F. D. Schofield,(unknown)	6
17	Arthropod-Borne Virus Infections of Aborigines Indigenous to Australasia. 1964 ·Charles L. Wisseman,D. Carleton Gajdusek,F. D. Schofield,(unknown)	6
18	NEW TREMOR SYNDROMES OCCURRING SPORADICALLY IN NATIVES OF THE WABAG-LAIAGAM-KUNDEP REGION OF THE WESTERN HIGHLANDS OF AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA 1959 ·The Lancet ·Keith E. Wilson,Vincent Zigas,D. Carleton Gajdusek	10
19	Kuru. Clinical, Pathological and Epidemiclogical Study of a Recently Discovered Acute Progressive Degenerative Disease of the Central Nervous System reaching " Epidemic " Proportions among Natives of the Eastern Highlands of New Guinea. 1959 ·Vincent Zigas,D. Carleton Gajdusek	21
20	Tissue Culture Studies of Venezuelan Equine Encephalomyelitis Virus 1954 ·The Journal of Immunology ·D. Carleton Gajdusek,Ralph O. Anslow,(unknown),R. H. Yager	0

About D. Carleton Gajdusek

D. Carleton Gajdusek is a scholar working on Neurology, Neurology and Molecular Biology, having authored 425 papers that have together received 22.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding (183 papers), Neurological diseases and metabolism (50 papers) and Trace Elements in Health (37 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Neurology (5.9k citations), Virology (1.4k citations) and Nutrition and Dietetics (3.5k citations). D. Carleton Gajdusek has collaborated with scholars based in United States, France and Australia. Frequent co-authors include Clarence J. Gibbs, Paul Brown, David M. Asher, Ralph M. Garruto, Vincent Zigas, Richard Yanagihara, Colin L. Masters, Dmitry Goldgaber, C. J. Gibbs and Paul S. Brown. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

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