2026 Charles N. Serhan: Immunology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Best Scientists	189	445	412	296	269	799	124453
Immunology	191	21	20	15	14	744	127828
Medicine	192	244	221	164	146	772	128623

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
2010 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Charles N. Serhan is affiliated with Brigham and Women's Hospital in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant contributions in nutrition and dietetics, immunology, biochemistry, molecular biology, and pharmacology.

Their work encompasses various scientific topics, including:

Fatty Acid Research and Health
Eicosanoids and Hypertension Pharmacology
Immune Response and Inflammation
S100 Proteins and Annexins
Inflammatory mediators and NSAID effects
Advanced Glycation End Products research
Immune cells in cancer

Serhan has frequently published in several scientific venues, such as:

The FASEB Journal
IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology CITE
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Cancer Research
Cancer and Metastasis Reviews

Coauthor collaborations include multiple publications with:

Robert Nshimiyimana
Nan Chiang
Dipak Panigrahy
Bruce D. Levy
Darlene A. Dartt

Representative recent papers authored or coauthored by Serhan include:

"Polyunsaturated fatty acids and fatty acid-derived lipid mediators: Recent advances in the understanding of their biosynthesis, structures, and functions," 2022, Progress in Lipid Research
"Specialized pro-resolving mediator network: an update on production and actions," 2020, Essays in Biochemistry
"Resolution of inflammation: An organizing principle in biology and medicine," 2021, Pharmacology & Therapeutics
"Inflammation resolution: a dual-pronged approach to averting cytokine storms in COVID-19?," 2020, Cancer and Metastasis Reviews
"Carcinogenesis: Failure of resolution of inflammation?," 2020, Pharmacology & Therapeutics

Charles N. Serhan has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2010.

Best Publications

Resolving inflammation : dual anti-inflammatory and pro-resolution lipid mediators

Charles N. Serhan;Nan Chiang;Thomas E. Van Dyke

3572
Citations
Pro-resolving lipid mediators are leads for resolution physiology

Charles N. Serhan

3060
Citations
Resolution of inflammation: the beginning programs the end.

Charles N Serhan;John Savill

3056
Citations
Leukotrienes and lipoxins: structures, biosynthesis, and biological effects

Bengt Samuelsson;Sven-Erik Dahlén;Jan Åke Lindgren;Carol A. Rouzer

2992
Citations
Resolvins: a family of bioactive products of omega-3 fatty acid transformation circuits initiated by aspirin treatment that counter proinflammation signals.

Charles N. Serhan;Song Hong;Karsten Gronert;Sean P. Colgan

2163
Citations
Lipid mediator class switching during acute inflammation: signals in resolution

Bruce D. Levy;Clary B. Clish;Birgitta Schmidt;Karsten Gronert

1748
Citations
Novel Functional Sets of Lipid-Derived Mediators with Antiinflammatory Actions Generated from Omega-3 Fatty Acids via Cyclooxygenase 2–Nonsteroidal Antiinflammatory Drugs and Transcellular Processing

Charles N. Serhan;Clary B. Clish;Jessica Brannon;Sean P. Colgan

1675
Citations
Resolvin E1 and protectin D1 activate inflammation-resolution programmes.

Jan M. Schwab;Nan Chiang;Makoto Arita;Makoto Arita;Charles N. Serhan

1456
Citations
Resolvins in inflammation: emergence of the pro-resolving superfamily of mediators.

Charles N. Serhan;Bruce D. Levy

1419
Citations
Resolution of inflammation: state of the art, definitions and terms.

Charles N. Serhan;Sue D. Brain;Christopher D. Buckley;Derek W. Gilroy

1372
Citations
TLR11 Activation of Dendritic Cells by a Protozoan Profilin-Like Protein

Felix Yarovinsky;Dekai Zhang;John F. Andersen;Gerard L. Bannenberg

1353
Citations
Resolution Phase of Inflammation: Novel Endogenous Anti-Inflammatory and Proresolving Lipid Mediators and Pathways

Charles N. Serhan

1312
Citations
Novel Docosatrienes and 17S-Resolvins Generated from Docosahexaenoic Acid in Murine Brain, Human Blood, and Glial Cells: AUTACOIDS IN ANTI-INFLAMMATION *

Song Hong;Karsten Gronert;Pallavi R. Devchand;Rose-Laure Moussignac

1238
Citations
Resolvins and Protectins in Inflammation-Resolution

Charles N. Serhan;Nicos A. Petasis

1180
Citations
Stereochemical assignment, antiinflammatory properties, and receptor for the omega-3 lipid mediator resolvin E1

Makoto Arita;Francesca Bianchini;Julio Aliberti;Alan Sher

1140
Citations
A role for docosahexaenoic acid-derived neuroprotectin D1 in neural cell survival and Alzheimer disease.

Walter J. Lukiw;Jian Guo Cui;Victor L. Marcheselli;Merete Bodker

1083
Citations
Maresins: novel macrophage mediators with potent antiinflammatory and proresolving actions

Charles N. Serhan;Rong Yang;Kimberly Martinod;Kie Kasuga

1058
Citations
Lipoxins: novel series of biologically active compounds formed from arachidonic acid in human leukocytes

Charles N. Serhan;Mats Hamberg;Bengt Samuelsson

1017
Citations
Novel Docosanoids Inhibit Brain Ischemia-Reperfusion-mediated Leukocyte Infiltration and Pro-inflammatory Gene Expression

Victor L. Marcheselli;Song Hong;Walter J. Lukiw;Xiao Hua Tian

969
Citations
Neuroprotectin D1: A docosahexaenoic acid-derived docosatriene protects human retinal pigment epithelial cells from oxidative stress

Pranab K. Mukherjee;Victor L. Marcheselli;Charles N. Serhan;Nicolas G. Bazan

918
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Nan Chiang Brigham and Women's Hospital

Jesmond Dalli Queen Mary University of London

Nicos A. Petasis University of Southern California

Bruce D. Levy Brigham and Women's Hospital

Romain A. Colas Brigham and Women's Hospital

Makoto Arita RIKEN

Clary B. Clish Broad Institute

Karsten Gronert University of California, Berkeley

Sean P. Colgan University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Bengt Samuelsson Karolinska Institute

External Links

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