# D. Carleton Gajdusek

**Type:** Researchers  
**Canonical URL:** https://scholariq.org/researchers/d-carleton-gajdusek/

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Citations | 33,465 |
| Field | Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding |
| h-index | 93 |
| i10-index | 386 |
| OpenAlex ID | https://openalex.org/A5111936437 |
| Works | 511 |

## Researcher topics

- [Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding](https://scholariq.org/topics/prion-diseases-and-protein-misfolding/)
- [Neurological diseases and metabolism](https://scholariq.org/topics/neurological-diseases-and-metabolism/)
- [Trace Elements in Health](https://scholariq.org/topics/trace-elements-in-health-2/)
- [Alzheimer's disease research and treatments](https://scholariq.org/topics/alzheimer-s-disease-research-and-treatments/)
- [Viral Infections and Vectors](https://scholariq.org/topics/viral-infections-and-vectors-2/)

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Source: ScholarIQ — public research metadata, principally OpenAlex. See https://scholariq.org/sources/ for provenance and https://scholariq.org/methodology/ for what these figures mean.