2026 Christopher D. Buckley: Immunology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Immunology	110	498	460	45	43	583	48463
Medicine	111	5309	4984	522	499	598	48983

Overview

Christopher D. Buckley is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on Medicine, with particular expertise in subfields such as Immunology, Rheumatology, Molecular Biology, Genetics, and Oncology.

The scientist's recent work includes notable publications that address inflammation, immune regulation, and arthritis pathology. These papers include:

Distinct synovial tissue macrophage subsets regulate inflammation and remission in rheumatoid arthritis (2020, Nature Medicine)
Fibroblasts as immune regulators in infection, inflammation and cancer (2021, Nature Reviews Immunology)
Notch signalling drives synovial fibroblast identity and arthritis pathology (2020, Nature)
IL-1-driven stromal-neutrophil interactions define a subset of patients with inflammatory bowel disease that does not respond to therapies (2021, Nature Medicine)
The complement system drives local inflammatory tissue priming by metabolic reprogramming of synovial fibroblasts (2021, Immunity)

Their frequent co-authors include Andrew Filer, Karim Raza, Mark Coles, Iain B. McInnes, and John D. Isaacs. These collaborations reflect a network crossing various aspects of immune and inflammatory disorders.

Publication venues where Christopher D. Buckley has appeared most frequently include:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Alzheimer's & Dementia
Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
Lara D. Veeken
Nature Reviews Rheumatology

The main topics covered in their research span a range of immunological and medical focuses, including:

Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research
Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders Research
Immune cells in cancer
Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
Immune Cell Function and Interaction

This body of work situates Christopher D. Buckley as a contributor to the understanding of autoimmune and inflammatory diseases, with a particular emphasis on rheumatoid arthritis, immune cell function, and interactions relevant to both chronic and cancer-related conditions.

Best Publications

EULAR recommendations for the management of rheumatoid arthritis with synthetic and biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs: 2016 update

Josef S Smolen;Robert Landewé;Ferdinand C Breedveld;Maya Buch;Maya Buch

5227
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
IL-23 induces spondyloarthropathy by acting on ROR-γt+ CD3+CD4-CD8- entheseal resident T cells

Jonathan P Sherlock;Barbara Joyce-Shaikh;Scott P Turner;Cheng-Chi Chao

1213
Citations
Pathologically expanded peripheral T helper cell subset drives B cells in rheumatoid arthritis

Deepak A. Rao;Michael F. Gurish;Jennifer L. Marshall;Kamil Slowikowski

1118
Citations
Distinct fibroblast subsets drive inflammation and damage in arthritis.

Adam P. Croft;Joana Campos;Kathrin Jansen;Jason D. Turner

878
Citations
Proresolving Lipid Mediators and Mechanisms in the Resolution of Acute Inflammation

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

868
Citations
Fibroblasts regulate the switch from acute resolving to chronic persistent inflammation.

Christopher D Buckley;Darrell Pilling;Janet M Lord;Arne N Akbar

723
Citations
Distinct synovial tissue macrophage subsets regulate inflammation and remission in rheumatoid arthritis.

Stefano Alivernini;Lucy MacDonald;Aziza Elmesmari;Samuel Finlay

657
Citations
Early rheumatoid arthritis is characterized by a distinct and transient synovial fluid cytokine profile of T cell and stromal cell origin

Karim Raza;Francesco Falciani;S John Curnow;Emma J Ross

646
Citations
Periodontitis in systemic rheumatic diseases.

Paola de Pablo;Iain L. C. Chapple;Christopher D. Buckley;Thomas Dietrich

627
Citations
RGD peptides induce apoptosis by direct caspase-3 activation

Christopher D. Buckley;Darrell Pilling;Nick V. Henriquez;Greg Parsonage

602
Citations
Functionally distinct disease-associated fibroblast subsets in rheumatoid arthritis

Fumitaka Mizoguchi;Kamil Slowikowski;Kevin Wei;Jennifer L. Marshall

582
Citations
Cytokines in rheumatoid arthritis - shaping the immunological landscape.

Iain B. McInnes;Christopher D. Buckley;John D. Isaacs

563
Citations
EULAR recommendations for terminology and research in individuals at risk of rheumatoid arthritis: report from the Study Group for Risk Factors for Rheumatoid Arthritis

Danielle M. Gerlag;Karim Raza;Lisa G M van Baarsen;Elisabeth Brouwer

552
Citations
Fibroblasts as immune regulators in infection, inflammation and cancer

Sarah Davidson;Mark Coles;Tom Thomas;George Kollias

546
Citations
Apoptosis disables CD31-mediated cell detachment from phagocytes promoting binding and engulfment.

Simon Brown;Isabelle Heinisch;Ewan Ross;Kate Shaw

535
Citations
The resolution of inflammation.

Christopher D. Buckley;Derek W. Gilroy;Charles N. Serhan;Brigitta Stockinger

535
Citations
The Small Gtpase, Rap1, Mediates Cd31-Induced Integrin Adhesion

Kris Reedquist;Ewan Ross;EA Koop;RM Wolthuis

499
Citations
CD56bright Human NK Cells Differentiate Into CD56dim Cells: Role of Contact With Peripheral Fibroblasts

Antoni Chan;Deng-Li Hong;Ann Atzberger;Simon Kollnberger

489
Citations
Notch signalling drives synovial fibroblast identity and arthritis pathology

Kevin Wei;Ilya Korsunsky;Jennifer L. Marshall;Anqi Gao

486
Citations
Mesenchymal stem cells: the fibroblasts' new clothes?

Muzlifah A. Haniffa;Matthew P. Collin;Christopher D. Buckley;Francesco Dazzi

457
Citations
Persistent induction of the chemokine receptor CXCR4 by TGF-beta 1 on synovial T cells contributes to their accumulation within the rheumatoid synovium

C D Buckley;N Amft;P F Bradfield;D Pilling

428
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew Filer University of Birmingham

Mike Salmon University of Birmingham

Gerard B. Nash University of Birmingham

David Simmons Western Sydney University

Iain B. McInnes University of Glasgow

Costantino Pitzalis Queen Mary University of London

Janet M. Lord University of Birmingham

Michele Bombardieri Queen Mary University of London

John D. Isaacs Newcastle University

Peter C. Taylor University of Oxford

External Links

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