2026 Christophe Benoist: Immunology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Immunology	161	78	75	52	50	512	95779
Medicine	162	718	657	407	363	520	96529

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Immunology in United States Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Immunology in United States Leader Award
2005 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Christophe Benoist is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of immunology and microbiology, medicine, and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Within these broad disciplines, their work focuses specifically on immunology, molecular biology, infectious diseases, oncology, and astronomy and astrophysics.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics in immunology and related areas. Key themes include immune cell function and interaction, T-cell and B-cell immunology, single-cell and spatial transcriptomics, IL-33, ST2, and ILC pathways, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, gut microbiota and health, and CAR-T cell therapy research.

Christophe Benoist has an extensive publication record in various high-profile scientific venues. Frequently publishing in:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Nature Immunology
Immunity
Science Immunology

Their recent influential papers include:

"The neutrotime transcriptional signature defines a single continuum of neutrophils across biological compartments," 2021, Nature Communications
"Thymic epithelial cells co-opt lineage-defining transcription factors to eliminate autoreactive T cells," 2022, Cell
"Gut CD4+ T cell phenotypes are a continuum molded by microbes, not by TH archetypes," 2021, Nature Immunology
"An Immunologic Mode of Multigenerational Transmission Governs a Gut Treg Setpoint," 2020, Cell
"Profound Treg perturbations correlate with COVID-19 severity," 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Frequent collaborators include Diane Mathis, Kaitavjeet Chowdhary, Deepshika Ramanan, Juliette Léon, and Ricardo N. Ramírez. Collaborations with these researchers have contributed to many publications and advances in immunological research.

Christophe Benoist has been recognized by election to prestigious scientific organizations. They are a member of the National Academy of Sciences since 2005 and a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).

Best Publications

Projection of an Immunological Self Shadow Within the Thymus by the Aire Protein

Mark S. Anderson;Emily S. Venanzi;Ludger Klein;Zhibin Chen

2990
Citations
Lean, but not obese, fat is enriched for a unique population of regulatory T cells that affect metabolic parameters

Markus Feuerer;Laura Herrero;Laura Herrero;Daniela Cipolletta;Afia Naaz

2421
Citations
The Immunological Genome Project: networks of gene expression in immune cells

Tracy S P Heng;Michio W Painter;Kutlu Elpek;Veronika Lukacs-Kornek

2026
Citations
Gut-residing segmented filamentous bacteria drive autoimmune arthritis via T helper 17 cells

Hsin Jung Wu;Ivaylo I. Ivanov;Jaime Darce;Jaime Darce;Kimie Hattori;Kimie Hattori

1774
Citations
In vivo sequence requirements of the SV40 early promoter region

Christophe Benoist;Christophe Benoist;Pierre Chambon

1707
Citations
The Human Cell Atlas

Aviv Regev;Aviv Regev;Aviv Regev;Sarah A Teichmann;Sarah A Teichmann;Sarah A Teichmann;Eric S Lander;Eric S Lander;Eric S Lander;Ido Amit

1560
Citations
FOXP3 Controls Regulatory T Cell Function through Cooperation with NFAT

Yongqing Wu;Madhuri Borde;Vigo Heissmeyer;Markus Feuerer

1481
Citations
Ovalbumin gene: evidence for a leader sequence in mRNA and DNA sequences at the exon-intron boundaries.

R Breathnach;C Benoist;K O'Hare;F Gannon

1474
Citations
Gut Immune Maturation Depends on Colonization with a Host-Specific Microbiota

Hachung Chung;Hachung Chung;Sünje Johanna Pamp;Sünje Johanna Pamp;Jonathan A. Hill;Neeraj K. Surana;Neeraj K. Surana;Neeraj K. Surana

1374
Citations
β-Cell death during progression to diabetes

Diane Mathis;Luis Vence;Christophe Benoist

1358
Citations
A Special Population of Regulatory T Cells Potentiates Muscle Repair

Dalia Burzyn;Wilson Kuswanto;Dmitriy Kolodin;Jennifer L. Shadrach;Jennifer L. Shadrach

1291
Citations
PPAR-γ is a major driver of the accumulation and phenotype of adipose tissue T reg cells

Daniela Cipolletta;Markus Feuerer;Markus Feuerer;Amy Li;Nozomu Kamei;Nozomu Kamei

1253
Citations
The ovalbumin gene - sequence of putative control regions

C. Benoist;K. O'Hare;R. Breathnach;Pierre Chambon

1137
Citations
Organ-Specific Disease Provoked by Systemic Autoimmunity

Valérie Kouskoff;Anne-Sophie Korganow;Véronique Duchatelle;Claude Degott

1064
Citations
Mice lacking MHC class II molecules

Dominic Cosgrove;David Gray;Andrée Dierich;Jim Kaufman

1038
Citations
The AKT–mTOR axis regulates de novo differentiation of CD4+Foxp3+ cells

Sokol Haxhinasto;Diane Mathis;Diane Mathis;Christophe Benoist;Christophe Benoist

1034
Citations
Treg cells expressing the coinhibitory molecule TIGIT selectively inhibit proinflammatory Th1 and Th17 cell responses.

Nicole Joller;Ester Lozano;Patrick R. Burkett;Bonny Patel

1017
Citations
From systemic T cell self-reactivity to organ-specific autoimmune disease via immunoglobulins

Anne-Sophie Korganow;Hong Ji;Sara Mangialaio;Véronique Duchatelle

1003
Citations
A multiplicity of CCAAT box-binding proteins

Arnulf Dorn;Jacques Bollekens;Adrian Staub;Christophe Benoist

952
Citations
Mast Cells: A Cellular Link Between Autoantibodies and Inflammatory Arthritis

David M. Lee;Daniel S. Friend;Michael F. Gurish;Christophe Benoist

947
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Diane Mathis Harvard University

Aviv Regev Genentech

Philip L. De Jager Columbia University

Ralph Weissleder Harvard University

Nir Hacohen Harvard University

Towfique Raj Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Amy J. Wagers Harvard University

L. N. da Costa Harvard University

Daphne Koller insitro Inc.

Antonio Gonzalez University of Santiago de Compostela

External Links

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