2026 Carolyn Williamson: Immunology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Immunology	70	2371	2178	9	9	239	28473

Overview

Carolyn Williamson is a researcher affiliated with the University of Cape Town in South Africa. Their work spans multiple disciplines within medicine, with a particular focus on infectious diseases and immunology.

The main fields of study in Williamson's research include Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology. Within these broad areas, their subfields of focus are Infectious Diseases, Virology, Molecular Biology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, and Immunology.

Williamson has contributed extensively to topics related to HIV and SARS-CoV-2, including:

HIV Research and Treatment
SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment
HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
Vaccines and immunoinformatics approaches
COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies

Their frequent publication venues are:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
UNC Libraries
Journal of Virology
Nature Communications
Nature

Williamson has collaborated regularly with several researchers, including:

Deelan Doolabh
Arash Iranzadeh
Penny L. Moore
Lynn Morris
Houriiyah Tegally

Some of Williamson's recent papers are:

Rapid epidemic expansion of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in southern Africa, 2022, Nature
Detection of a SARS-CoV-2 variant of concern in South Africa, 2021, Nature
Emergence and rapid spread of a new severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) lineage with multiple spike mutations in South Africa, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Omicron extensively but incompletely escapes Pfizer BNT162b2 neutralization, 2021, Nature
Emergence of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron lineages BA.4 and BA.5 in South Africa, 2022, Nature Medicine

The research focus throughout these publications includes genomic surveillance, variant detection, and immunological response to SARS-CoV-2, especially variants of concern such as Omicron.

Best Publications

Rapid epidemic expansion of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in southern Africa

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3014
Citations
Omicron extensively but incompletely escapes Pfizer BNT162b2 neutralization

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2055
Citations
Detection of a SARS-CoV-2 variant of concern in South Africa.

Houriiyah Tegally;Eduan Wilkinson;Marta Giovanetti;Marta Giovanetti;Arash Iranzadeh

1635
Citations
Emergence of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron lineages BA.4 and BA.5 in South Africa

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1096
Citations
RDP2: recombination detection and analysis from sequence alignments

D. P. Martin;C. Williamson;D. Posada

1081
Citations
Emergence and rapid spread of a new severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) lineage with multiple spike mutations in South Africa

Houriiyah Tegally;Eduan Wilkinson;Marta Giovanetti;Marta Giovanetti;Arash Iranzadeh

1043
Citations
A Modified Bootscan Algorithm for Automated Identification of Recombinant Sequences and Recombination Breakpoints

D.P. Martin;D. Posada;K.A. Crandall;C. Williamson

946
Citations
Developmental pathway for potent V1V2-directed HIV-neutralizing antibodies.

Nicole A. Doria-Rose;Chaim A. Schramm;Jason Gorman;Penny L. Moore

809
Citations
Escape of SARS-CoV-2 501Y.V2 from neutralization by convalescent plasma.

Sandile Cele;Inbal Gazy;Inbal Gazy;Laurelle Jackson;Shi-Hsia Hwa

672
Citations
The Neutralization Breadth of HIV-1 Develops Incrementally over Four Years and Is Associated with CD4+ T Cell Decline and High Viral Load during Acute Infection

Elin S. Gray;Maphuti C. Madiga;Tandile. Hermanus;Penny L. Moore

602
Citations
Quantitating the Multiplicity of Infection with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Subtype C Reveals a Non-Poisson Distribution of Transmitted Variants

M. R. Abrahams;J. A. Anderson;E. E. Giorgi;E. E. Giorgi;C. Seoighe

497
Citations
Two Randomized Trials of Neutralizing Antibodies to Prevent HIV-1 Acquisition

Lawrence Corey;Peter B Gilbert;Michal Juraska;David C Montefiori

478
Citations
Genital Inflammation and the Risk of HIV Acquisition in Women

Lindi Masson;Lindi Masson;Jo Ann S. Passmore;Jo Ann S. Passmore;Lenine J. Liebenberg;Lise Werner

459
Citations
Viral escape from HIV-1 neutralizing antibodies drives increased plasma neutralization breadth through sequential recognition of multiple epitopes and immunotypes

Constantinos Kurt Wibmer;Jinal N Bhiman;Elin S Gray;Nancy Tumba

433
Citations
Global and regional molecular epidemiology of HIV-1, 1990–2015: a systematic review, global survey, and trend analysis

Joris Hemelaar;Ramyiadarsini Elangovan;Jason Yun;Leslie Dickson-Tetteh

408
Citations
Neutralizing Antibody Responses in Acute Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Subtype C Infection

E. S. Gray;P. L. Moore;I. A. Choge;J. M. Decker

404
Citations
Evolution of an HIV glycan-dependent broadly neutralizing antibody epitope through immune escape

Penny L. Moore;Elin S. Gray;C. Kurt Wibmer;C. Kurt Wibmer;Jinal N. Bhiman;Jinal N. Bhiman

382
Citations
Genetic and Neutralization Properties of Subtype C Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Molecular env Clones from Acute and Early Heterosexually Acquired Infections in Southern Africa

Ming Li;Jesus F. Salazar-Gonzalez;Cynthia A. Derdeyn;Lynn Morris

370
Citations
Sixteen novel lineages of SARS-CoV-2 in South Africa.

Houriiyah Tegally;Eduan Wilkinson;Richard J. Lessells;Jennifer Giandhari

355
Citations
Optimal combinations of broadly neutralizing antibodies for prevention and treatment of HIV-1 Clade C infection

Kshitij Wagh;Tanmoy Bhattacharya;Carolyn Williamson;Alex Robles

328
Citations
Dual HIV-1 infection associated with rapid disease progression.

Geoffrey S. Gottlieb;David C. Nickle;Mark A. Jensen;Kim G. Wong

279
Citations
Limited neutralizing antibody specificities drive neutralization escape in early HIV-1 subtype C infection.

Penny L. Moore;Nthabeleng Ranchobe;Bronwen E. Lambson;Elin S. Gray

277
Citations
Plasma cytokine levels during acute HIV-1 infection predict HIV disease progression.

Lindi Roberts;Jo-Ann S Passmore;Carolyn Williamson;Francesca Little

269
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Salim S. Abdool Karim Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa

Lynn Morris University of the Witwatersrand

Penny L. Moore National Health Laboratory Service

Koleka Mlisana National Health Laboratory Service

Quarraisha Abdool Karim Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa

Anna-Lise Williamson University of Cape Town

Jinal N. Bhiman University of the Witwatersrand

Elin S. Gray Edith Cowan University

Bette T. Korber Los Alamos National Laboratory

David C. Montefiori Duke University

External Links

Personal website of Carolyn Williamson

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