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David C. Montefiori

David C. Montefiori

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Immunology
USA
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Immunology

D-Index
161
Citations
102274
World Ranking
75
National Ranking
50

Medicine

D-Index
161
Citations
102290
World Ranking
748
National Ranking
426

David C. Montefiori publication distribution in Immunology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Immunology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David C. Montefiori sits on this spectrum.

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62 publications 807+

This scientist: 956 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 807 publications or more.

David C. Montefiori D-index placement in Immunology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Immunology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David C. Montefiori sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 157+

This scientist: 161 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 157 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Immunology in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Immunology in United States Leader Award

Overview

David C. Montefiori is affiliated with Duke University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology, with specific subfields including Infectious Diseases, Virology, Immunology, Molecular Biology, and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging.

The scientist has contributed extensively to areas such as HIV Research and Treatment, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research, Immune Cell Function and Interaction, Immunotherapy and Immune Responses, COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, and Animal Virus Infections Studies.

Some of the recent publications by David C. Montefiori include:

  • Tracking Changes in SARS-CoV-2 Spike: Evidence that D614G Increases Infectivity of the COVID-19 Virus, 2020, Cell
  • Immune correlates analysis of the mRNA-1273 COVID-19 vaccine efficacy clinical trial, 2022, Science
  • A Bivalent Omicron-Containing Booster Vaccine against Covid-19, 2022, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Homologous and Heterologous Covid-19 Booster Vaccinations, 2022, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Two Randomized Trials of Neutralizing Antibodies to Prevent HIV-1 Acquisition, 2021, New England Journal of Medicine

Frequent co-authors working with David C. Montefiori include:

  • Barton F. Haynes
  • Celia C. LaBranche
  • Xiaoying Shen
  • Georgia D. Tomaras
  • Kevin O. Saunders

Publications are often found in well-known venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • UNC Libraries
  • Nature Communications
  • PLoS Pathogens
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Best Publications

  • Tracking Changes in SARS-CoV-2 Spike: Evidence that D614G Increases Infectivity of the COVID-19 Virus.

    Bette Korber;Will M. Fischer;Sandrasegaram Gnanakaran;Hyejin Yoon

  • Control of Viremia in Simian Immunodeficiency Virus Infection by CD8+ Lymphocytes

    Jörn E. Schmitz;Marcelo J. Kuroda;Sampa Santra;Vito G. Sasseville

  • Identification and characterization of transmitted and early founder virus envelopes in primary HIV-1 infection

    Brandon F. Keele;Elena E. Giorgi;Elena E. Giorgi;Jesus F. Salazar-Gonzalez;Julie M. Decker

  • Immune-Correlates Analysis of an HIV-1 Vaccine Efficacy Trial

    Barton F. Haynes;Peter B. Gilbert;M. Juliana McElrath;Susan Zolla-Pazner

  • Replication-incompetent adenoviral vaccine vector elicits effective anti-immunodeficiency-virus immunity.

    John W. Shiver;Tong-Ming Fu;Ling Chen;Danilo R. Casimiro

  • Control of a mucosal challenge and prevention of AIDS by a multiprotein DNA/MVA vaccine.

    Rama Rao Amara;Francois Villinger;John D. Altman;Shari L. Lydy

  • Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 env Clones from Acute and Early Subtype B Infections for Standardized Assessments of Vaccine-Elicited Neutralizing Antibodies

    Ming Li;Feng Gao;John R. Mascola;Leonidas Stamatatos

  • Co-evolution of a broadly neutralizing HIV-1 antibody and founder virus

    Hua-Xin Liao;Rebecca Lynch;Tongqing Zhou;Feng Gao;Feng Gao

  • Control of Viremia and Prevention of Clinical AIDS in Rhesus Monkeys by Cytokine-Augmented DNA Vaccination

    Dan H. Barouch;Sampa Santra;Jörn E. Schmitz;Marcelo J. Kuroda

  • Immune correlates analysis of the mRNA-1273 COVID-19 vaccine efficacy clinical trial.

    Peter B Gilbert;Peter B Gilbert;David C Montefiori;Adrian B McDermott;Youyi Fong

  • Studies in subjects with long-term nonprogressive human immunodeficiency virus infection.

    Giuseppe Pantaleo;Stefano Menzo;Mauro Vaccarezza;Cecilia Graziosi

  • Initial B-Cell Responses to Transmitted Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1: Virion-Binding Immunoglobulin M (IgM) and IgG Antibodies Followed by Plasma Anti-gp41 Antibodies with Ineffective Control of Initial Viremia

    Georgia D. Tomaras;Nicole L. Yates;Pinghuang Liu;Li Qin

  • Eventual AIDS vaccine failure in a rhesus monkey by viral escape from cytotoxic T lymphocytes

    Dan H. Barouch;Jennifer Kunstman;Marcelo J. Kuroda;Jörn E. Schmitz

  • Evaluating Neutralizing Antibodies Against HIV, SIV, and SHIV in Luciferase Reporter Gene Assays

    David C. Montefiori

  • Tiered categorization of a diverse panel of HIV-1 Env pseudoviruses for assessment of neutralizing antibodies.

    Michael S. Seaman;Holly Janes;Natalie Hawkins;Lauren E. Grandpre

  • Efficacy Trial of a DNA/rAd5 HIV-1 Preventive Vaccine

    Scott M. Hammer;Magdalena E. Sobieszczyk;Holly Janes;Shelly T. Karuna

  • Measuring HIV neutralization in a luciferase reporter gene assay.

    David C. Montefiori

  • Optimization and validation of the TZM-bl assay for standardized assessments of neutralizing antibodies against HIV-1.

    Marcella Sarzotti-Kelsoe;Robert T. Bailer;Ellen Turk;Chen-li Lin

  • An Effective AIDS Vaccine Based on Live Attenuated Vesicular Stomatitis Virus Recombinants

    Nina F. Rose;Preston A. Marx;Preston A. Marx;Amara Luckay;Douglas F. Nixon

  • Immune Control of an SIV Challenge by a T Cell-Based Vaccine in Rhesus Monkeys

    Jinyan Liu;Kara L. O’Brien;Diana M. Lynch;Nathaniel L. Simmons

  • Spike mutation pipeline reveals the emergence of a more transmissible form of SARS-CoV-2

    Bette Korber;Will Fischer;S. Gnana Gnanakaran;Heyjin Yoon

  • Control of a mucosal challenge and prevention of AIDS by a multiprotein DNA/MVA vaccine

    Rama Rao Amara;Francois Villinger;John D Altman;Shari L Lydy;Shari L Lydy

Frequent Co-Authors

Celia C. LaBranche
Celia C. LaBranche Duke University
Barton F. Haynes
Barton F. Haynes Duke University
Georgia D. Tomaras
Georgia D. Tomaras Duke University
Guido Ferrari
Guido Ferrari Duke University
Hua-Xin Liao
Hua-Xin Liao Duke University
Bette T. Korber
Bette T. Korber Los Alamos National Laboratory
John R. Mascola
John R. Mascola ModeX Therapeutics
S. Munir Alam
S. Munir Alam Duke University
Norman L. Letvin
Norman L. Letvin Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Michael S. Seaman
Michael S. Seaman Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

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