2026 Charles M. Rice: Immunology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Best Scientists	187	474	438	310	282	623	126834
Immunology	189	24	23	17	16	613	130658
Medicine	189	266	242	178	160	620	130693

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
2020 - Nobel Prize for the discovery of Hepatitis C virus
2015 - Robert Koch Prize
2004 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Charles M. Rice is affiliated with Rockefeller University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. They have a particular focus on Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biology, Epidemiology, Immunology, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health as subfields.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, including SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, Mosquito-borne diseases and control, Hepatitis C virus research, Hepatitis B Virus Studies, interferon and immune responses, Viral Infections and Vectors, and COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies.

Recent publications include:

Autoantibodies against type I IFNs in patients with life-threatening COVID-19, 2020, Science
Convergent antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2 in convalescent individuals, 2020, Nature
Escape from neutralizing antibodies by SARS-CoV-2 spike protein variants, 2020, eLife
Naturally enhanced neutralizing breadth against SARS-CoV-2 one year after infection, 2021, Nature
Measuring SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibody activity using pseudotyped and chimeric viruses, 2020, The Journal of Experimental Medicine

Frequent co-authors in their publications include:

Hans-Heinrich Hoffmann
Eleftherios Michailidis
Margaret R. MacDonald
Michel C. Nussenzweig
Alison W. Ashbrook

Preferred publication venues for their work are:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
The Journal of Experimental Medicine
UNC Libraries
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Cell

Charles M. Rice has received several awards, including the Nobel Prize in 2020 for the discovery of Hepatitis C virus. Additional recognitions include the Robert Koch Prize in 2015 and becoming a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2004.

Best Publications

Interferon-Stimulated Genes: A Complex Web of Host Defenses

William M. Schneider;Meike Dittmann Chevillotte;Charles M. Rice

3772
Citations
Flavivirus Genome Organization, Expression, and Replication

Thomas J. Chambers;Chang S. Hahn;Ricardo Galler;Charles M. Rice

2915
Citations
Complete Replication of Hepatitis C Virus in Cell Culture

Brett D. Lindenbach;Brett D. Lindenbach;Brett D. Lindenbach;Matthew J. Evans;Matthew J. Evans;Matthew J. Evans;Andrew J. Syder;Andrew J. Syder;Andrew J. Syder;Benno Wölk;Benno Wölk;Benno Wölk

2801
Citations
A diverse range of gene products are effectors of the type I interferon antiviral response

John W Schoggins;Sam J. Wilson;Maryline Panis;Mary Y. Murphy

2711
Citations
Autoantibodies against type I IFNs in patients with life-threatening COVID-19.

Paul Bastard;Paul Bastard;Paul Bastard;Lindsey B. Rosen;Qian Zhang;Eleftherios Michailidis

2660
Citations
Convergent antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2 in convalescent individuals.

Davide F. Robbiani;Davide F. Robbiani;Christian Gaebler;Frauke Muecksch;Julio C.C. Lorenzi

2548
Citations
Inborn errors of type I IFN immunity in patients with life-threatening COVID-19

Qian Zhang;Paul Bastard;Paul Bastard;Zhiyong Liu;Jérémie Le Pen

2199
Citations
Replication of hepatitis C virus

Darius Moradpour;François Penin;Charles M. Rice

1856
Citations
Efficient initiation of HCV RNA replication in cell culture.

Keril J. Blight;Alexander A. Kolykhalov;Charles M. Rice;Charles M. Rice

1854
Citations
Expanded classification of hepatitis C virus into 7 genotypes and 67 subtypes: Updated criteria and genotype assignment web resource

Donald B. Smith;Jens Bukh;Carla Kuiken;A. Scott Muerhoff

1773
Citations
Suppression of inflammation by a synthetic histone mimic

Edwige Nicodeme;Kate L. Jeffrey;Uwe Schaefer;Soren Beinke

1729
Citations
Claudin-1 is a hepatitis C virus co-receptor required for a late step in entry.

Matthew J. Evans;Thomas von Hahn;Donna M. Tscherne;Andrew J. Syder

1652
Citations
Interferon-stimulated genes and their antiviral effector functions.

John W Schoggins;Charles M Rice

1524
Citations
Identification of microRNAs of the herpesvirus family

Sébastien Pfeffer;Alain Sewer;Mariana Lagos-Quintana;Robert Sheridan

1501
Citations
Highly Permissive Cell Lines for Subgenomic and Genomic Hepatitis C Virus RNA Replication

Keril J. Blight;Jane A. McKeating;Charles M. Rice

1457
Citations
Escape from neutralizing antibodies by SARS-CoV-2 spike protein variants.

Yiska Weisblum;Fabian Schmidt;Fengwen Zhang;Justin DaSilva

1441
Citations
A proposed system for the nomenclature of hepatitis C viral genotypes

P Simmonds;A Alberti;H J Alter;F Bonino

1333
Citations
Expression and identification of hepatitis C virus polyprotein cleavage products.

Arash Grakoui;C. Wychowski;C. Lin;S. M. Feinstone

1213
Citations
Human occludin is a hepatitis C virus entry factor required for infection of mouse cells

Alexander Ploss;Matthew J. Evans;Matthew J. Evans;Valeriya A. Gaysinskaya;Maryline Panis

1211
Citations
Nucleotide sequence of yellow fever virus: implications for flavivirus gene expression and evolution

Charles M. Rice;Edith M. Lenches;Sean R. Eddy;Se Jung Shin

1143
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Alexander Ploss Princeton University

Michel C. Nussenzweig Rockefeller University

Margaret R. MacDonald Rockefeller University

Paul D. Bieniasz Rockefeller University

Sangeeta N. Bhatia MIT

John W. Schoggins The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

James H. Strauss California Institute of Technology

Brett D. Lindenbach Yale University

Davide F. Robbiani Universita della Svizzera Italiana

Jane A. McKeating University of Oxford

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