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Viral Infections and Immunology Research

Last updated June 1, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Qian Zhong
Sun Yat-sen University
99
2
Vijay Mishra
Lovely Professional University
99
3
Jesús Olivero
Universidad de Málaga
80
4
Ming Xian Chang
Chinese Academy of Sciences
80
5
Loredana Sarmati
University of Rome Tor Vergata
69
6
Xi Zhang
Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University
58
7
Ingo Fricke
Unknown
54
8
Boghuma K Titanji
Emory University
51
9
Akilah A. Jefferson
Arkansas Children's Hospital
51
10
Arvind Kaul
St. George's University
51

Rising Stars Papers

1
Hnf4α integrates AIF and caspase 3/9 signaling to restrict single and coinfecting pathogens in teleosts
PLoS Pathogens|2025
1 cit.
2
The PLEKHA1-TACC2 fusion gene drives tumorigenesis via vascular mimicry formation in esophageal squamous-cell carcinoma
Cell Death and Differentiation|2025
0 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Zhu-Long Hu
Sun Yat-sen University
99
2
Ankit Yadav
Lovely Professional University
98
3
Pouria Momayyezi
Unknown
90
4
Raianna F. Fantin
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
73
5
Nathalie Garnier
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
51
6
Petar Atanasov
National Institute of Emergency Medicine "Pirogov"
51
7
Fatemeh Najafi
Islamic Azad University Medical Branch of Tehran
51
8
Jennifer Terry
Arkansas State University
51
9
Rayssa de Cassia Alves Iemini
Universidade Federal de Alfenas
51
10
Ulrika Hellberg
Unknown
50

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Dissecting human monoclonal antibody responses from mRNA- and protein-based XBB.1.5 COVID-19 monovalent vaccines
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)|2024
1 cit.

All-Time Leaders

The canon

All-Time Leaders Researchers

1
Xiaowei Zhuang
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
99
2
Tracy Hussell
University of Manchester
97
3
John J.V. McMurray
British Heart Foundation
89
4
Daniel G. Streicker
MRC University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research
83
5
George Jour
NYU Langone Health
76
6
Antonio Bertoletti
Agency for Science, Technology and Research
71
7
Donna Mancini
Cardiovascular Institute of the South
69
8
Dominik Mertz
McMaster University
67
9
Claúdia C. dos Santos
St. Michael's Hospital
66
10
Chien‐Te K. Tseng
The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
64

All-Time Leaders Papers

1
Cardiovascular, mortality, and kidney outcomes with GLP-1 receptor agonists in patients with type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis of cardiovascular outcome trials
The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology|2019
1.6k cit.
2
Spatially resolved cell atlas of the mouse primary motor cortex by MERFISH
Nature|2021
527 cit.
3
Molecularly defined and spatially resolved cell atlas of the whole mouse brain
Nature|2023
456 cit.
4
Economics of Chronic Heart Failure
European Journal of Heart Failure|2001
404 cit.
5
Sustained desensitization to bacterial Toll-like receptor ligands after resolutionof respiratory influenza infection
The Journal of Experimental Medicine|2008
390 cit.
6
A 3D microfluidic model for preclinical evaluation of TCR-engineered T cells against solid tumors
JCI Insight|2017
239 cit.
7
Dynamic Innate Immune Responses of Human Bronchial Epithelial Cells to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-Associated Coronavirus Infection
PLoS ONE|2010
213 cit.
8
Dual Function of CD81 in Influenza Virus Uncoating and Budding
PLoS Pathogens|2013
99 cit.
9
A molecularly defined and spatially resolved cell atlas of the whole mouse brain
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)|2023
69 cit.
10
Altered regulation of Toll-like receptor responses impairs antibacterial immunity in the allergic lung
Mucosal Immunology|2012
66 cit.

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