David M. Asher

7.2k citations

115 papers · 5.9k · 3 hit papers · h-index 36

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Neurology top 0.5%
- Neurological diseases and metabolism
- Alcoholism and Thiamine Deficiency
Virology top 1%
- HIV Research and Treatment

Papers in

Molecular Biology 72
- Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding 62
Neurology 15
- Neurological diseases and metabolism 14
- Alcoholism and Thiamine Deficiency 6

Co-authors: D. Carleton Gajdusek (43 shared papers)Clarence Joseph Gibbs (32 shared papers)Paul S. Brown (4 shared papers)P. M. Daniel (3 shared papers)Lev G. Goldfarb (8 shared papers)W.B. Matthews (2 shared papers)Colin Louis Masters (4 shared papers)C. J. Gibbs (7 shared papers)
Journals: Transfusion (8 papers)Annals of Neurology (7 papers)Journal of General Virology (5 papers)Neurology (5 papers)Archives of Virology (5 papers)
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom Netherlands

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David M. Asher

115 papers receiving 5.3k citations

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Human spongiform encephalopathy: The national institutes of health series of 300 cases of experimentally transmitted disease 1994 · 682 citations

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Paper score: A paper's citations measured against the top-1% bar of its own field and year: the square root of citations ÷ bar, so 1 means right at the bar and 2 means four times its citations. The bar blends the citation counts that enter the top 1% of the paper's subfields in its year (weighted 89.5%), of those subfields over all years (0.5%) and of its year across all fields (10%); a subfield and year with fewer than 400 papers takes its year's bar. Papers from 2026 are not scored yet: in an unfinished year, when a paper appeared matters more than how it is cited.

Hit paper: A paper cited at least 1.5× the top-1% bar of its field and year: a paper score of at least √1.5.

1994 Annals of Neurology
1979 Annals of Neurology
1968 Science

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1	Human spongiform encephalopathy: The national institutes of health series of 300 cases of experimentally transmitted disease Annals of Neurology ·Paul S. Brown, Clarence Joseph Gibbs, Pamela Rodgers‐Johnson, David M. Asher, Michael P. Sulima, Alfred E. Bacote, Lev G. Goldfarb, D. Carleton Gajdusek Hit paper breakdown →	1994	682
2	Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (Spongiform Encephalopathy): Transmission to the Chimpanzee Science ·Clarence Joseph Gibbs, D. Carleton Gajdusek, David M. Asher, Michael P. Alpers, Elizabeth M. Beck, P. M. Daniel, W.B. Matthews Hit paper breakdown →	1968	606
3	Creutzfeldt‐Jakob disease: Patterns of worldwide occurrence and the significance of familial and sporadic clustering Annals of Neurology ·Colin Louis Masters, Jonathan O. Harris, D. Carleton Gajdusek, Clarence Joseph Gibbs, Christoph Bernoulli, David M. Asher Hit paper breakdown →	1979	531
4	Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 neutralization epitope with conserved architecture elicits early type-specific antibodies in experimentally infected chimpanzees. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Jaap Goudsmit, Christine M. Debouck, Rob H. Meloen, Linda Smit, Margreet E. Bakker, David M. Asher, A V Wolff, Clarence Joseph Gibbs	1988	463
5	Mutations in familial Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker's syndrome Experimental Neurology ·Dmitry Goldgaber, Lev G. Goldfarb, Paul Brown, David M. Asher, William Ted Brown, Scott Lin, James W. Teener, Stephen M. Feinstone	1989	227
6	CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB DISEASE Brain ·Elisabeth Beck, P. M. Daniel, W.B. Matthews, Dennis Leroy Stevens, M P Alpers, David M. Asher, D. Carleton Gajdusek, C. J. Gibbs	1969	224
7	Potential Epidemic of Creutzfeldt–Jakob Disease from Human Growth Hormone Therapy New England Journal of Medicine ·Paul S. Brown, D. Carleton Gajdusek, C. J. Gibbs, David M. Asher	1985	195
8	Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy and Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease: Background, Evolution, and Current Concerns Emerging infectious diseases ·Paul Brown, Robert G. Will, Raymond Bradley, David M. Asher, Linda A. Detwiler	2001	181
9	Abnormal Proteins in the Cerebrospinal Fluid of Patients with Creutzfeldt–Jakob Disease New England Journal of Medicine ·Michael G. Harrington, Carl R. Merril, David M. Asher, D. Carleton Gajdusek	1986	146
10	Evidence for and against the transmissibility of Alzheimer disease Neurology ·Jaap Goudsmit, Chuck H. Morrow, David M. Asher, Richard T. Yanagihara, Colin Louis Masters, Clarence Joseph Gibbs, D. Carleton Gajdusek	1980	142
11	Diagnosis of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease by Western Blot Identification of Marker Protein in Human Brain Tissue New England Journal of Medicine ·Paul Brown, Millicent Coker-Vann, Kitty L. Pomeroy, Maryellen C. Franko, David M. Asher, Clarence Joseph Gibbs, D. Carleton Gajdusek	1986	130
12	Precautions in Medical Care of, and in Handling Materials from, Patients with Transmissible Virus Dementia (Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease) New England Journal of Medicine ·D. Carleton Gajdusek, Clarence Joseph Gibbs, David M. Asher, Paul S. Brown, Arwin R. Diwan, Paul M. Hoffman, George J. Nemo, Robert G. Rohwer	1977	106
13	Persistent infection of chimpanzees with human immunodeficiency virus: serological responses and properties of reisolated viruses Journal of Virology ·Peter Lloyd Nara, W G Robey, L O Arthur, David M. Asher, A V Wolff, Clarence Joseph Gibbs, D. Carleton Gajdusek, Peter J. Fischinger	1987	98
14	Creutzfeldt‐Jakob disease cosegregates with the codon 178AsnPRNP mutation in families of European origin Annals of Neurology ·Lev G. Goldfarb, Paul Brown, Matti Haltia, Françoise Cathala, William Richard McCombie, J. Kovanen, Larisa Červen̆áková, Lynn R. Goldin	1992	91
15	Transmission of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease to a chimpanzee by electrodes contaminated during neurosurgery. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry ·Clarence Joseph Gibbs, David M. Asher, Arthur I. Kobrine, H L Amyx, Michael P. Sulima, D. Carleton Gajdusek	1994	91
16	Creutzfeldt‐Jakob disease Neurology ·Zoreh Davanipour, Milton Alter, Eugene L. Sobel, David M. Asher, D. Carleton Gajdusek	1985	86
17	CONFERENCE REPORT: Transfusion‐transmitted babesiosis in the United States: summary of a workshop Transfusion ·Diane M. Gubernot, Hira Lal Nakhasi, Paul Mied, David M. Asher, Jay S. Epstein, Sanjai Kumar	2009	68
18	Detection of flaviviruses by reverse‐transcriptase polymerase chain reaction Journal of Medical Virology ·ZAYD A. ELDADAH, David M. Asher, Mark S. Godec, Kitty L. Pomeroy, Lev G. Goldfarb, Stephen M. Feinstone, Herbert Levitan, C. J. Gibbs	1991	68
19	Pathological and immunological observations on tropical spastic paraparesis in patients from jamaica Annals of Neurology ·Pedro Piccardo, Mauro Ceroni, Pamela Rodgers‐Johnson, Carlos A. Mora, David M. Asher, Guendra Char, Clarence Joseph Gibbs, D. Carleton Gajdusek	1988	64
20	Detection of measles virus genomic sequences in sspe brain tissue by the polymerase chain reaction Journal of Medical Virology ·Mark S. Godec, David M. Asher, Peggy T. Swoveland, ZAYD A. ELDADAH, Stephen M. Feinstone, Lev G. Goldfarb, C. J. Gibbs, D. Carleton Gajdusek	1990	60

About David M. Asher

David M. Asher is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Neurology, Infectious Diseases, Agronomy and Crop Science and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, having authored 115 papers that have together received 5.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding (62 papers), Neurological diseases and metabolism (14 papers), Viral Infections and Immunology Research (12 papers), Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology (10 papers), T-cell and Retrovirus Studies (9 papers), Viral Infections and Vectors (7 papers), Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (7 papers) and Alcoholism and Thiamine Deficiency (6 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Neurology (1.5k citations), Virology (656 citations), Molecular Biology (3.8k citations), Nutrition and Dietetics (751 citations) and Infectious Diseases (876 citations). David M. Asher has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Netherlands. Frequent co-authors include D. Carleton Gajdusek, Clarence Joseph Gibbs, Paul S. Brown, P. M. Daniel, Lev G. Goldfarb, W.B. Matthews, Colin Louis Masters, C. J. Gibbs, Michael P. Sulima and Pamela Rodgers‐Johnson. Their work appears in journals such as Transfusion, Annals of Neurology, Journal of General Virology, Neurology and Archives of Virology.

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