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Immunology

D-Index
72
Citations
16103
World Ranking
2244
National Ranking
1084

Medicine

D-Index
72
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World Ranking
19891
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9905

Anthony B. Nesburn publication distribution in Immunology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Immunology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Anthony B. Nesburn sits on this spectrum.

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62 publications 807+

This scientist: 321 publications — 68th percentile

68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 807 publications or more.

Anthony B. Nesburn D-index placement in Immunology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Immunology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Anthony B. Nesburn sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 157+

This scientist: 72 D-Index — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 157 D-Index or more.

Overview

Anthony B. Nesburn is affiliated with the University of California, Irvine in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, with a particular focus on infectious diseases, molecular biology, immunology, ophthalmology, and neurology. Their research spans various topics including SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19, COVID-19 clinical research studies, animal virus infection studies, vaccines and immunoinformatics approaches, long-term effects of COVID-19, retinal diseases and treatments, and SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing.

Among notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Nesburn are:

  • Genome-Wide B Cell, CD4+, and CD8+ T Cell Epitopes That Are Highly Conserved between Human and Animal Coronaviruses, Identified from SARS-CoV-2 as Targets for Preemptive Pan-Coronavirus Vaccines, 2021, The Journal of Immunology
  • Cross-protection Induced by Highly Conserved Human B, CD4+, and CD8+ T-Cell Epitopes-Based Vaccine against Severe Infection, Disease, and Death Caused by Multiple SARS-CoV-2 Variants of Concern, 2024, Frontiers in Immunology
  • Role of Resveratrol in Transmitochondrial AMD RPE Cells, 2020, Nutrients
  • High Frequencies of Alpha Common Cold Coronavirus/SARS-CoV-2 Cross-Reactive Functional CD4+ and CD8+ Memory T Cells Are Associated with Protection from Symptomatic and Fatal SARS-CoV-2 Infections in Unvaccinated COVID-19 Patients, 2024, Frontiers in Immunology
  • Mucosal CCL28 Chemokine Improves Protection against Genital Herpes through Mobilization of Antiviral Effector Memory CCR10+CD44+ CD62L−CD8+ T Cells and Memory CCR10+B220+CD27+ B Cells into the Infected Vaginal Mucosa, 2023, The Journal of Immunology

Nesburn frequently publishes in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), The Journal of Immunology, Frontiers in Immunology, Biomolecules, and Nutrients.

Collaborations have been common in their career, with frequent coauthors including Baruch D. Kuppermann, Swayam Prakash, Lbachir BenMohamed, Nisha R. Dhanushkodi, and Hawa Vahed.

Best Publications

  • Virus-Induced Neuronal Apoptosis Blocked by the Herpes Simplex Virus Latency-Associated Transcript

    Guey-Chuen Perng;Clinton J. Jones;Janice Ciacci-Zanella;Melissa Stone

  • Videokeratography of the Fellow Eye in Unilateral Keratoconus

    Yaron S. Rabinowitz;Anthony B. Nesburn;Peter J. McDonnell

  • Detection of latency-related viral RNAs in trigeminal ganglia of rabbits latently infected with herpes simplex virus type 1.

    Daniel L Rock;A. B. Nesburn;H. Ghiasi;J. Ong

  • The latency-associated transcript gene of herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) is required for efficient in vivo spontaneous reactivation of HSV-1 from latency.

    Guey Chuen Perng;Edmund C. Dunkel;Patricia A. Geary;Susan M. Slanina

  • Lipopeptide vaccines—yesterday, today, and tomorrow

    Lbachir BenMohamed;Steven L Wechsler;Anthony B Nesburn

  • Herpetic eye disease study : a controlled trial of oral acyclovir for herpes simplex stromal keratitis

    Bruce A. Barron;Lauren Gee;Walter W. Hauck;Natalie Kurinij

  • IDU therapy of herpes simplex.

    Herbert E. Kaufman;Anthony B. Nesburn;Emily D. Maloney

  • A two-year experience with excimer laser photorefractive keratectomy for myopia.

    James J. Salz;Ezra Maguen;Anthony B. Nesburn;Cathy Warren

  • Activity of herpes simplex virus type 1 latency-associated transcript (LAT) promoter in neuron-derived cells: evidence for neuron specificity and for a large LAT transcript.

    J C Zwaagstra;H Ghiasi;S M Slanina;A B Nesburn

  • Abnormalities of the extracellular matrix in keratoconus corneas.

    M C Kenney;A B Nesburn;R E Burgeson;R J Butkowski

  • Expression of seven herpes simplex virus type 1 glycoproteins (gB, gC, gD, gE, gG, gH, and gI): comparative protection against lethal challenge in mice.

    H Ghiasi;R Kaiwar;A B Nesburn;S Slanina

  • Fine mapping of the latency-related gene of herpes simplex virus type 1: alternative splicing produces distinct latency-related RNAs containing open reading frames.

    S L Wechsler;A B Nesburn;R Watson;S M Slanina

  • Latent herpes simplex virus from trigeminal ganglia of rabbits with recurrent eye infection.

    J. G. Stevens;A. B. Nesburn;M. L. Cook

  • The spontaneous reactivation function of the herpes simplex virus type 1 LAT gene resides completely within the first 1.5 kilobases of the 8.3-kilobase primary transcript.

    Guey-Chuen Perng;H. Ghiasi;S. M. Slanina;A. B. Nesburn

  • A pooled case-control study of the apolipoprotein E (APOE) gene in age-related maculopathy.

    Silke Schmidt;Caroline C. W. Klaver;Ann M. Saunders;Eric A. Postel

  • Region of Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 Latency-Associated Transcript Sufficient for Wild-Type Spontaneous Reactivation Promotes Cell Survival in Tissue Culture

    Melissa Inman;Guey-Chuen Perng;Gail A. Henderson;Homayon Ghiasi;Homayon Ghiasi

  • Molecular and bioenergetic differences between cells with African versus European inherited mitochondrial DNA haplogroups: implications for population susceptibility to diseases.

    M. Cristina Kenney;Marilyn Chwa;Shari R. Atilano;Payam Falatoonzadeh

  • Basement membrane abnormalities in human eyes with diabetic retinopathy.

    A V Ljubimov;R E Burgeson;R J Butkowski;J R Couchman

  • Penetrating Keratoplasty: Changing Indications, 1947 to 1978

    Ronald E. Smith;H. Richard McDonald;Anthony B. Nesburn;Donald S. Minckler

  • Results of excimer laser photorefractive keratectomy for the correction of myopia

    Ezra Maguen;Ezra Maguen;James J. Salz;James J. Salz;Anthony B. Nesburn;Anthony B. Nesburn;Cathy Warren

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven L. Wechsler
Steven L. Wechsler University of California, Irvine
Lbachir BenMohamed
Lbachir BenMohamed University of California, Irvine
Guey Chuen Perng
Guey Chuen Perng National Cheng Kung University
Douglas C. Wallace
Douglas C. Wallace Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Clinton Jones
Clinton Jones Oklahoma State University
Herbert E. Kaufman
Herbert E. Kaufman Louisiana State University
Alexander V. Ljubimov
Alexander V. Ljubimov Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Florence M. Hofman
Florence M. Hofman University of Southern California
James V. Jester
James V. Jester University of California, Irvine
S. Michal Jazwinski
S. Michal Jazwinski Tulane University

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