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Bruce D. Walker 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 Bruce D. Walker sits on this spectrum.

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62 publications 807+

This scientist: 959 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Bruce D. Walker 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 Bruce D. Walker sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 157+

This scientist: 181 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Immunology in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Immunology in United States Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in United States Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Immunology in United States Leader Award
  • 2010 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2009 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
  • 2004 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Bruce D. Walker is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research spans the fields of Immunology and Microbiology, with significant contributions also in Medicine. Within these broad disciplines, their work focuses on Immunology, Infectious Diseases, Virology, Molecular Biology, and Epidemiology.

Their main research topics cover HIV Research and Treatment, Immune Cell Function and Interaction, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, T-cell and B-cell Immunology, HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment, HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions, and COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies.

Frequent publication venues for their work include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature, SSRN Electronic Journal, Cell, and UNC Libraries.

Co-authors who have collaborated extensively with Bruce D. Walker include:

  • Xu G. Yu
  • Gaurav D. Gaiha
  • Alicja Piechocka-Trocha
  • Thumbi Ndung'u
  • Mathias Lichterfeld

Recent notable papers by Bruce D. Walker include:

  • Persistence and Evolution of SARS-CoV-2 in an Immunocompromised Host, 2020, New England Journal of Medicine
  • SARS-CoV-2 viral load is associated with increased disease severity and mortality, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Loss of Bcl-6-Expressing T Follicular Helper Cells and Germinal Centers in COVID-19, 2020, Cell
  • Viral epitope profiling of COVID-19 patients reveals cross-reactivity and correlates of severity, 2020, Science
  • Detection of SARS-CoV-2 with SHERLOCK One-Pot Testing, 2020, New England Journal of Medicine

Bruce D. Walker has received recognition through several awards, including:

  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2010
  • Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), 2009
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2004
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Best Publications

  • Hepatitis C Virus Infection

    Georg M. Lauer;Bruce D. Walker

  • PD-1 expression on HIV-specific T cells is associated with T-cell exhaustion and disease progression

    Cheryl L Day;Daniel E Kaufmann;Photini Kiepiela;Julia A Brown

  • Latent infection of CD4 + T cells provides a mechanism for lifelong persistence of HIV-1, even in patients on effective combination therapy

    Diana Finzi;Joel N Blankson;Janet M Siliciano;Joseph Bernard Margolick

  • Vigorous HIV-1-specific CD4+ T cell responses associated with control of viremia

    Eric S. Rosenberg;James M. Billingsley;Angela M. Caliendo;Steven L. Boswell

  • The major genetic determinants of HIV-1 control affect HLA class I peptide presentation

    Pereyra F;Jia X;McLaren Pj

  • Analysis of Successful Immune Responses in Persons Infected with Hepatitis C Virus

    F. Lechner;D. K. H. Wong;P. R. Dunbar;R. Chapman

  • Sequence and structural convergence of broad and potent HIV antibodies that mimic CD4 binding.

    Johannes F. Scheid;Hugo Mouquet;Beatrix Ueberheide;Ron Diskin

  • HIV-1 Nef protein protects infected primary cells against killing by cytotoxic T lymphocytes

    Kathleen L. Collins;Benjamin K. Chen;Spyros A. Kalams;Spyros A. Kalams;Bruce D. Walker;Bruce D. Walker

  • Persistence and Evolution of SARS-CoV-2 in an Immunocompromised Host.

    Bina Choi;Manish C. Choudhary;James Regan;Jeffrey A. Sparks

  • Immune control of HIV-1 after early treatment of acute infection

    Eric S. Rosenberg;Marcus Altfeld;Samuel H. Poon;Mary N. Phillips

  • CD8+ T-cell responses to different HIV proteins have discordant associations with viral load

    Photini Kiepiela;Kholiswa Ngumbela;Christina Thobakgale;Dhanwanthie Ramduth

  • Acute Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Infection

    James O. Kahn;Bruce D. Walker

  • HIV evolution: CTL escape mutation and reversion after transmission.

    A J Leslie;K J Pfafferott;P Chetty;R Draenert

  • Broad diversity of neutralizing antibodies isolated from memory B cells in HIV-infected individuals

    Johannes F. Scheid;Hugo Mouquet;Niklas Feldhahn;Michael S. Seaman

  • HIV-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes in seropositive individuals.

    Bruce D. Walker;Sekhar Chakrabarti;Bernard Moss;Timothy J. Paradis

  • Comprehensive Epitope Analysis of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 (HIV-1)-Specific T-Cell Responses Directed against the Entire Expressed HIV-1 Genome Demonstrate Broadly Directed Responses, but No Correlation to Viral Load

    M. M. Addo;X. G. Yu;A. Rathod;D. Cohen

  • Dominant influence of HLA-B in mediating the potential co-evolution of HIV and HLA.

    Photini Kiepiela;Alasdair J. Leslie;Isobella Honeyborne;Danni Ramduth

  • Human Immunodeficiency Virus Controllers: Mechanisms of Durable Virus Control in the Absence of Antiretroviral Therapy

    Steven G. Deeks;Steven G. Deeks;Bruce D. Walker;Bruce D. Walker

  • SARS-CoV-2 viral load is associated with increased disease severity and mortality.

    Jesse Fajnzylber;James Regan;Kendyll Coxen;Heather Corry

  • Innate partnership of HLA-B and KIR3DL1 subtypes against HIV-1

    Maureen P. Martin;Ying Qi;Xiaojiang Gao;Eriko Yamada

  • The Critical Need for CD4 Help in Maintaining Effective Cytotoxic T Lymphocyte Responses

    Spyros A. Kalams;Bruce D. Walker

Frequent Co-Authors

Philip J. R. Goulder
Philip J. R. Goulder University of Oxford
Thumbi Ndung'u
Thumbi Ndung'u University of KwaZulu-Natal
Marcus Altfeld
Marcus Altfeld University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
Eric S. Rosenberg
Eric S. Rosenberg Harvard University
Todd M. Allen
Todd M. Allen Harvard University
Florencia Pereyra
Florencia Pereyra Harvard University
Zabrina L. Brumme
Zabrina L. Brumme Simon Fraser University
Christian Brander
Christian Brander University of Vic - Central University of Catalonia
Mary Carrington
Mary Carrington Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard
Xu G. Yu
Xu G. Yu Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard

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