2026 Alkis Togias: Immunology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Immunology	93	945	858	518	462	356	51849
Medicine	93	10664	10013	5482	5066	357	51855

Overview

Alkis Togias is affiliated with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in the United States. The primary field of research involves medicine, with a significant focus on immunology and allergy. Subfields of study also include physiology, surgery, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, and infectious diseases.

Togias's research covers several key topics, notably:

Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Research
Asthma and respiratory diseases
Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization
Eosinophilic Esophagitis
Respiratory and Cough-Related Research
Respiratory viral infections research
Pediatric health and respiratory diseases

The scientist has contributed to multiple recent papers, including:

Allergic rhinitis, 2020, Nature Reviews Disease Primers
Association of respiratory allergy, asthma, and expression of the SARS-CoV-2 receptor ACE2, 2020, Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Food allergy across the globe, 2021, Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Omalizumab for the Treatment of Multiple Food Allergies, 2024, New England Journal of Medicine
Transcriptional atlas of the human immune response to 13 vaccines reveals a common predictor of vaccine-induced antibody responses, 2022, Nature Immunology

Togias has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

Leonard B. Bacharier
Robert A. Wood
Daniel J. Jackson
Gurjit K. Khurana Hershey
Stephen J. Teach

The predominant publication venues for Togias's work are:

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Allergy
Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology Global
The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology In Practice
New England Journal of Medicine

Best Publications

Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma (ARIA): Achievements in 10 years and future needs

J. Bousquet;H. J. Schünemann;B. Samolinski;P. Demoly

7892
Citations
Allergic rhinitis and its impact on asthma (ARIA) 2008 update (in collaboration with the World Health Organization, GA(2)LEN and AllerGen)

J. Bousquet;N. Khaltaev;A. A. Cruz;J. Denburg

7223
Citations
Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma (ARIA) guidelines—2016 revision

Jan L. Brożek;Jean Bousquet;Ioana Agache;Arnav Agarwal

3155
Citations
Rhinosinusitis: Establishing definitions for clinical research and patient care

Eli O. Meltzer;Daniel L. Hamilos;James A. Hadley;Donald C. Lanza

1994
Citations
Addendum guidelines for the prevention of peanut allergy in the United States: Report of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases–sponsored expert panel

Alkis Togias;Susan F. Cooper;Maria L. Acebal;Amal Assa'ad

1440
Citations
Randomized Trial of Omalizumab (Anti-IgE) for Asthma in Inner-City Children

William W. Busse;Wayne J. Morgan;Peter J. Gergen;Herman E. Mitchell

1121
Citations
A genome-wide search for asthma susceptibility loci in ethnically diverse populations

David G. Marsh;Nancy E. Maestri;Linda R. Freidhoff;Kathleen C. Barnes

1012
Citations
Down-regulation of Fc(epsilon)RI expression on human basophils during in vivo treatment of atopic patients with anti-IgE antibody.

Donald W. MacGlashan;Bruce S. Bochner;Daniel C. Adelman;Paula M. Jardieu

999
Citations
Uniform definition of asthma severity, control, and exacerbations: Document presented for the World Health Organization Consultation on Severe Asthma

Jean Bousquet;Jean Bousquet;Eva Mantzouranis;Alvaro A. Cruz;Nadia Aït-Khaled

998
Citations
Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies of asthma in ethnically diverse North American populations

Dara G. Torgerson;Dara G. Torgerson;Elizabeth J. Ampleford;Grace Y. Chiu;W. James Gauderman

964
Citations
Rhinosinusitis: developing guidance for clinical trials.

Eli O. Meltzer;Daniel L. Hamilos;James A. Hadley;Donald C. Lanza

921
Citations
Inflammatory Mediators in Late Antigen-Induced Rhinitis

Robert M. Naclerio;David Proud;Alkis G. Togias;N. Franklin Adkinson

852
Citations
Rhinitis and asthma: evidence for respiratory system integration

Alkis Togias

753
Citations
Sub-Lingual Immunotherapy: World Allergy Organization Position Paper 2009

G Walter Canonica;Jean Bousquet;Thomas Casale;Richard F Lockey

718
Citations
Sub-lingual immunotherapy: World Allergy Organization Position Paper 2009.

Canonica Gw;Bousquet J;Casale T;Lockey Rf

675
Citations
Clinical practice. Allergic rhinitis.

Lisa M Wheatley;Alkis Togias

626
Citations
Association of respiratory allergy, asthma, and expression of the SARS-CoV-2 receptor ACE2.

Daniel J. Jackson;William W. Busse;Leonard B. Bacharier;Meyer Kattan

602
Citations
Airway hyperresponsiveness in asthma: a problem of limited smooth muscle relaxation with inspiration.

G Skloot;S Permutt;A Togias

577
Citations
Preseasonal treatment with either omalizumab or an inhaled corticosteroid boost to prevent fall asthma exacerbations.

Stephen J. Teach;Michelle A. Gill;Alkis Togias;Christine A. Sorkness

568
Citations
Omalizumab-induced reductions in mast cell FcεRI expression and function

Lisa A. Beck;Gregory V. Marcotte;Donald MacGlashan;Alkis Togias

537
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert M. Naclerio University of Chicago

William W. Busse University of Wisconsin–Madison

Andrew H. Liu University of Colorado Denver

James E. Gern University of Wisconsin–Madison

Anne Kagey-Sobotka Johns Hopkins University

Peter J. Gergen National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Lawrence M. Lichtenstein Johns Hopkins University

George T. O'Connor Boston University

Robert A. Wood Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Stephen R. Durham Imperial College London

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