Macfarlane Burnet

1.2k total citations
32 papers, 690 citations indexed

About

Macfarlane Burnet is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Rheumatology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Macfarlane Burnet has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 690 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Epidemiology, 4 papers in Rheumatology and 4 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Macfarlane Burnet's work include Influenza Virus Research Studies (4 papers), Urticaria and Related Conditions (2 papers) and Animal Virus Infections Studies (2 papers). Macfarlane Burnet is often cited by papers focused on Influenza Virus Research Studies (4 papers), Urticaria and Related Conditions (2 papers) and Animal Virus Infections Studies (2 papers). Macfarlane Burnet collaborates with scholars based in Australia. Macfarlane Burnet's co-authors include Margaret C. Holmes, Patricia E Lind, William R. Duryee, J. A. Dudgeon, Campbell Aitken, Nick Crofts and Michael Kerger and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, New England Journal of Medicine and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

Macfarlane Burnet

32 papers receiving 571 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Macfarlane Burnet Australia 15 210 147 103 102 84 32 690
B. Cinader Canada 14 308 1.5× 179 1.2× 54 0.5× 95 0.9× 77 0.9× 33 684
James J. Castles United States 19 223 1.1× 274 1.9× 63 0.6× 37 0.4× 74 0.9× 44 808
Peter Brain Croatia 15 340 1.6× 106 0.7× 122 1.2× 63 0.6× 90 1.1× 61 1.1k
R R Lindquist United States 18 311 1.5× 224 1.5× 47 0.5× 209 2.0× 63 0.8× 47 1.0k
J Hamburger France 19 315 1.5× 161 1.1× 78 0.8× 44 0.4× 171 2.0× 66 1.0k
Margaret B. Goldman United States 10 355 1.7× 114 0.8× 145 1.4× 50 0.5× 47 0.6× 36 683
B H Petersen United States 15 343 1.6× 103 0.7× 85 0.8× 65 0.6× 39 0.5× 22 695
B. W. Lacey United Kingdom 8 65 0.3× 227 1.5× 68 0.7× 56 0.5× 148 1.8× 14 649
Thompson Js United States 11 112 0.5× 83 0.6× 55 0.5× 43 0.4× 73 0.9× 47 517
David G. Ritchie United States 15 139 0.7× 220 1.5× 161 1.6× 54 0.5× 51 0.6× 25 761

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Fields of papers citing papers by Macfarlane Burnet

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Macfarlane Burnet

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kerger, Michael, Campbell Aitken, Nick Crofts, & Macfarlane Burnet. (2001). Piloting peer-delivered hepatitis C testing and counselling based at a needle and syringe program.. 1 indexed citations
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Burnet, Macfarlane. (1981). Biomedical Research: Changes and Opportunities. Perspectives in biology and medicine. 24(4). 511–524. 3 indexed citations
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Burnet, Macfarlane. (1980). The evolution of cellular functions. Developmental & Comparative Immunology. 4. 1–1. 3 indexed citations
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Burnet, Macfarlane. (1974). Intrinsic mutagenesis. 78 indexed citations
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Burnet, Macfarlane. (1972). Immunology as Scholarly Discipline. Perspectives in biology and medicine. 16(1). 1–10. 4 indexed citations
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Burnet, Macfarlane. (1969). Self and Not-Self: Cellular Immunology Book One. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 10 indexed citations
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Burnet, Macfarlane. (1967). Concepts of Autoimmune Disease and Their Implications for Therapy. Perspectives in biology and medicine. 10(2). 141–152. 13 indexed citations
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Burnet, Macfarlane & Margaret C. Holmes. (1965). Genetic Investigations of Autoimmune Disease in Mice. Nature. 207(4995). 368–371. 67 indexed citations
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Burnet, Macfarlane. (1964). IMMUNOLOGICAL FACTORS IN THE PROCESS OF CARCINOGENESIS. British Medical Bulletin. 20(2). 154–158. 173 indexed citations
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Burnet, Macfarlane. (1964). A Darwinian Approach to Immunity. Nature. 203(4944). 451–454. 28 indexed citations
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Burnet, Macfarlane. (1962). Autoimmune Disease — Experimental and Clinical. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine. 55(8). 619–626. 20 indexed citations
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Burnet, Macfarlane. (1962). AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE. The Medical Journal of Australia. 1(1). 1–6. 3 indexed citations
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Burnet, Macfarlane. (1959). Migration and race mixture from the genetic angle.. PubMed. 51(2). 93–7. 1 indexed citations
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Burnet, Macfarlane. (1954). VIRULENCE IN ANIMAL VIRUSES. The Lancet. 264(6838). 559–563. 6 indexed citations
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Burnet, Macfarlane & Patricia E Lind. (1954). Genetics of Virulence in Influenza Viruses. Nature. 173(4405). 627–630. 16 indexed citations
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Burnet, Macfarlane. (1953). ECOLOGY OF VIRUS DISEASES. British Medical Bulletin. 9(3). 173–175. 3 indexed citations
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Burnet, Macfarlane. (1953). Recent work on the intrinsic qualities of influenza virus; somatic and genetic aspects.. PubMed. 8(5-6). 661–82. 4 indexed citations
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Burnet, Macfarlane. (1952). THE PATTERN OF DISEASE IN CHILDHOOD. Australasian Annals of Medicine. 1(2). 93–108. 16 indexed citations
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Burnet, Macfarlane. (1952). Listerian Oration THE SEEDS OF TIME: THE IMPACT OF MICROBIOLOGY ON HUMAN AFFAIRS SINCE LISTER'S DAY. The Medical Journal of Australia. 1(24). 801–807. 1 indexed citations
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Dudgeon, J. A., et al.. (1951). RECURRENT KAPOSI'S VARICELLIFORM ERUPTION IN AN ADULT. The Lancet. 257(6651). 383–384. 16 indexed citations

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