2026 Adrian Hayday: Immunology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Immunology	104	610	564	55	51	400	44117
Medicine	104	7003	6589	685	653	399	44117

Research.com Recognitions

2016 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

Adrian Hayday is affiliated with King's College London in the United Kingdom and has a research focus primarily in immunology and related medical fields. Their body of work encompasses a range of topics including immune cell function, T-cell and B-cell immunology, infectious diseases, oncology, and molecular biology.

Hayday's recent publications include:

"A dynamic COVID-19 immune signature includes associations with poor prognosis" (2020) published in Nature Medicine
"Safety and immunogenicity of one versus two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine BNT162b2 for patients with cancer: interim analysis of a prospective observational study" (2021) published in The Lancet Oncology
"Guidelines for the use of flow cytometry and cell sorting in immunological studies (third edition)" (2021) published in European Journal of Immunology
"SARS-CoV-2 RNAemia and proteomic trajectories inform prognostication in COVID-19 patients admitted to intensive care" (2021) published in Nature Communications
"Neutralization potency of monoclonal antibodies recognizing dominant and subdominant epitopes on SARS-CoV-2 Spike is impacted by the B.1.1.7 variant" (2021) published in Immunity

The main fields of study represented in their research are Immunology and Microbiology with 78 publications and Medicine with 74 publications. Subfields include Immunology (78 publications), Infectious Diseases (38), Oncology (18), Molecular Biology (11), and Neurology (5).

Hayday frequently collaborates with several co-authors, some with whom there are multiple joint publications. These include Miguel Muñoz-Ruiz, Francesca Di Rosa, Duncan R. McKenzie, Pierre Vantourout, and Katie J. Doores.

Publishing venues where they have contributed most include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) with 8 publications, Frontiers in Immunology with 5, Nature Medicine and Nature Communications with 3 publications each, and Science with 3 publications.

Their work spans multiple main topics, emphasizing immune cell function and interaction; T-cell and B-cell immunology; SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research; COVID-19 clinical research studies; immunotherapy and immune responses; CAR-T cell therapy research; and investigations into the long-term effects of COVID-19.

Adrian Hayday has been recognized by election as a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2016 and as a Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences in the United Kingdom.

Best Publications

[gamma][delta] cells: a right time and a right place for a conserved third way of protection.

Adrian C. Hayday

1686
Citations
Enhanced Growth of Mice Lacking the Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor Function of p27Kip1

Hiroaki Kiyokawa;Rhonda D Kineman;Katia O Manova-Todorova;Vera C Soares

1540
Citations
Six-of-the-best: unique contributions of γδ T cells to immunology

Pierre Vantourout;Adrian Hayday

1431
Citations
Regulation of Cutaneous Malignancy by γδ T Cells

Michael Girardi;David E. Oppenheim;Carrie R. Steele;Julia M. Lewis

1343
Citations
Identification of 15 new psoriasis susceptibility loci highlights the role of innate immunity

Lam C. Tsoi;Sarah L. Spain;Sarah L. Spain;Jo Knight;Eva Ellinghaus;Eva Ellinghaus

1162
Citations
A Genome-Wide Association Study Identifies New Psoriasis Susceptibility Loci and an Interaction Between HLA-C and ERAP1

Amy Strange;Francesca Capon;Chris C A Spencer

1130
Citations
A dynamic COVID-19 immune signature includes associations with poor prognosis.

Adam G. Laing;Anna Lorenc;Irene del Molino del Barrio;Irene del Molino del Barrio;Abhishek Das;Abhishek Das

962
Citations
CD27 is a thymic determinant of the balance between interferon-gamma- and interleukin 17-producing gammadelta T cell subsets.

Julie C Ribot;Ana deBarros;Ana deBarros;Dick John Pang;Joana F Neves;Joana F Neves

854
Citations
Complete primary structure of a heterodimeric T-cell receptor deduced from cDNA sequences.

Haruo Saito;David M. Kranz;Yohtaroh Takagaki;Adrian C. Hayday

847
Citations
Syk tyrosine kinase required for mouse viability and B-cell development

Alec M. Cheng;Bruce Rowley;William Pao;Adrian Hayday

772
Citations
Specificity and function of T cells bearing γδ receptors

Charles A. Janeway;Barry Jones;Adrian Hayday

734
Citations
A third rearranged and expressed gene in a clone of cytotoxic T lymphocytes.

Haruo Saito;David M. Kranz;Yohtaroh Takagaki;Adrian C. Hayday

643
Citations
Intraepithelial lymphocytes: exploring the Third Way in immunology.

Adrian Hayday;Adrian Hayday;Efstathios Theodoridis;Elizabeth Ramsburg;John Shires;John Shires

641
Citations
Physical, cognitive, and mental health impacts of COVID-19 after hospitalisation (PHOSP-COVID): a UK multicentre, prospective cohort study.

Rachael A Evans;Hamish McAuley;Ewen M Harrison;Aarti Shikotra

624
Citations
Targeting human {gamma}delta} T cells with zoledronate and interleukin-2 for immunotherapy of hormone-refractory prostate cancer

Francesco Dieli;David Vermijlen;Fabio Fulfaro;Nadia Caccamo

612
Citations
Immunoregulation in the tissues by |[gamma]||[delta]| T cells

Adrian Hayday;Robert Tigelaar

611
Citations
γδ T Cells and the Lymphoid Stress-Surveillance Response

Adrian C. Hayday;Adrian C. Hayday

596
Citations
Guidelines for the use of flow cytometry and cell sorting in immunological studies (third edition)

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589
Citations
Sustained localized expression of ligand for the activating NKG2D receptor impairs natural cytotoxicity in vivo and reduces tumor immunosurveillance

David E Oppenheim;Scott J Roberts;Sarah L Clarke;Renata Filler

550
Citations
Safety and immunogenicity of one versus two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine BNT162b2 for patients with cancer: interim analysis of a prospective observational study.

Leticia Monin;Adam G Laing;Miguel Muñoz-Ruiz;Duncan R McKenzie

534
Citations
Structure, organization, and somatic rearrangement of T cell gamma genes

Adrian C. Hayday;Haruo Saito;Stephen D. Gillies;David M. Kranz

531
Citations
A genome-wide asociation study identifies new psoriasis susceptibility loci and an interaction betwEn HLA-C and ERAP1

A. Strange;F. Capon;C. C. A. Spencer;J. Knight

4
Citations
Identification of 15 new psoriasis susceptibility loci highlights the role of innate immunity

L. C. Tsoi;S. L. Spain;J. Knight;E. Ellinghaus

0
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert E. Tigelaar Yale University

Bruno Silva-Santos University of Lisbon

Frank O. Nestle Deerfield (United States)

Richard C. Trembath King's College London

Kai Kisand University of Tartu

Jonathan Barker King's College London

Michael John Owen Cardiff University

Mark Peakman King's College London

Adrian Smith University of Oxford

Simon R. Carding University of East Anglia

External Links

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