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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Immunology 153 111 105 71 66 450 110263
Medicine 153 1022 940 581 522 451 110345

David D. Ho publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by David D. Ho between 1982 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. David D. Ho published across 44 years, from 1982 to 2025, averaging 13 papers a year. Output peaked at 58 publications in 2021. 41 of the 571 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30 40 50
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1982 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 58. Peak 58 publications in 2021. 1982: 1 publication 1983: 0 publications 1984: 5 publications 1985: 10 publications 1986: 8 publications 1987: 10 publications 1988: 5 publications 1989: 5 publications 1990: 7 publications 1991: 11 publications 1992: 13 publications 1993: 14 publications 1994: 14 publications 1995: 22 publications 1996: 19 publications 1997: 23 publications 1998: 26 publications 1999: 17 publications 2000: 11 publications 2001: 11 publications 2002: 16 publications 2003: 15 publications 2004: 10 publications 2005: 19 publications 2006: 7 publications 2007: 6 publications 2008: 10 publications 2009: 5 publications 2010: 8 publications 2011: 7 publications 2012: 1 publication 2013: 7 publications 2014: 4 publications 2015: 3 publications 2016: 8 publications 2017: 4 publications 2018: 3 publications 2019: 2 publications 2020: 33 publications 2021: 58 publications 2022: 38 publications 2023: 34 publications 2024: 26 publications 2025: 15 publications
1982 2025

571 publications in total across all disciplines

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David D. Ho: publications per year, 1982 to 2025
Year Publications
1982 1
1983 0
1984 5
1985 10
1986 8
1987 10
1988 5
1989 5
1990 7
1991 11
1992 13
1993 14
1994 14
1995 22
1996 19
1997 23
1998 26
1999 17
2000 11
2001 11
2002 16
2003 15
2004 10
2005 19
2006 7
2007 6
2008 10
2009 5
2010 8
2011 7
2012 1
2013 7
2014 4
2015 3
2016 8
2017 4
2018 3
2019 2
2020 33
2021 58
2022 38
2023 34
2024 26
2025 15
Total 571
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David D. Ho 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 D. Ho sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 76 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 62–71 to 807+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 189. Most scientists, 189, have 152–161 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 807 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 442–451 publications, is where this scientist sits. 62–71 publications: 9 scientists 72–81 publications: 23 scientists 82–91 publications: 40 scientists 92–101 publications: 72 scientists 102–111 publications: 86 scientists 112–121 publications: 108 scientists 122–131 publications: 150 scientists 132–141 publications: 160 scientists 142–151 publications: 159 scientists 152–161 publications: 189 scientists 162–171 publications: 166 scientists 172–181 publications: 181 scientists 182–191 publications: 188 scientists 192–201 publications: 187 scientists 202–211 publications: 178 scientists 212–221 publications: 158 scientists 222–231 publications: 168 scientists 232–241 publications: 159 scientists 242–251 publications: 160 scientists 252–261 publications: 148 scientists 262–271 publications: 116 scientists 272–281 publications: 125 scientists 282–291 publications: 115 scientists 292–301 publications: 111 scientists 302–311 publications: 95 scientists 312–321 publications: 97 scientists 322–331 publications: 97 scientists 332–341 publications: 99 scientists 342–351 publications: 96 scientists 352–361 publications: 69 scientists 362–371 publications: 76 scientists 372–381 publications: 71 scientists 382–391 publications: 71 scientists 392–401 publications: 62 scientists 402–411 publications: 54 scientists 412–421 publications: 41 scientists 422–431 publications: 63 scientists 432–441 publications: 53 scientists 442–451 publications: 31 scientists 452–461 publications: 42 scientists 462–471 publications: 40 scientists 472–481 publications: 29 scientists 482–491 publications: 34 scientists 492–501 publications: 30 scientists 502–511 publications: 23 scientists 512–521 publications: 41 scientists 522–531 publications: 29 scientists 532–541 publications: 28 scientists 542–551 publications: 16 scientists 552–561 publications: 18 scientists 562–571 publications: 18 scientists 572–581 publications: 17 scientists 582–591 publications: 17 scientists 592–601 publications: 17 scientists 602–611 publications: 19 scientists 612–621 publications: 13 scientists 622–631 publications: 12 scientists 632–641 publications: 11 scientists 642–651 publications: 16 scientists 652–661 publications: 9 scientists 662–671 publications: 5 scientists 672–681 publications: 13 scientists 682–691 publications: 12 scientists 692–701 publications: 6 scientists 702–711 publications: 6 scientists 712–721 publications: 9 scientists 722–731 publications: 9 scientists 732–741 publications: 6 scientists 742–751 publications: 11 scientists 752–761 publications: 10 scientists 762–771 publications: 7 scientists 772–781 publications: 12 scientists 782–791 publications: 7 scientists 792–801 publications: 5 scientists 802–806 publications: 1 scientist 807+ publications: 100 scientists
62–71 publications 807+

This scientist: 450 publications — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Immunology scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 4,929 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
62–71 9
72–81 23
82–91 40
92–101 72
102–111 86
112–121 108
122–131 150
132–141 160
142–151 159
152–161 189
162–171 166
172–181 181
182–191 188
192–201 187
202–211 178
212–221 158
222–231 168
232–241 159
242–251 160
252–261 148
262–271 116
272–281 125
282–291 115
292–301 111
302–311 95
312–321 97
322–331 97
332–341 99
342–351 96
352–361 69
362–371 76
372–381 71
382–391 71
392–401 62
402–411 54
412–421 41
422–431 63
432–441 53
442–451 31 450
452–461 42
462–471 40
472–481 29
482–491 34
492–501 30
502–511 23
512–521 41
522–531 29
532–541 28
542–551 16
552–561 18
562–571 18
572–581 17
582–591 17
592–601 17
602–611 19
612–621 13
622–631 12
632–641 11
642–651 16
652–661 9
662–671 5
672–681 13
682–691 12
692–701 6
702–711 6
712–721 9
722–731 9
732–741 6
742–751 11
752–761 10
762–771 7
772–781 12
782–791 7
792–801 5
802–806 1
807+ 100
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David D. Ho 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 D. Ho sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150 200
Bar chart with 60 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 157+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 201. Most scientists, 201, have 58–59 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 157 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 152–153 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40–41 D-Index: 28 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 91 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 157 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 192 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 175 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 188 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 177 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 155 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 194 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 201 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 197 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 201 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 173 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 167 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 172 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 199 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 184 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 133 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 163 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 127 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 121 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 125 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 121 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 102 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 96 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 75 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 72 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 74 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 66 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 68 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 49 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 60 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 54 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 36 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 23 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 52 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 41 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 34 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 25 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 28 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 11 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 20 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 27 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 19 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 20 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 16 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 17 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 14 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 15 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 9 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 11 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 9 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 9 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 7 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 7 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 7 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 5 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 8 scientists 156 D-Index: 6 scientists 157+ D-Index: 96 scientists
40–41 D-Index 157+

This scientist: 153 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Immunology scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 4,929 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 28
42–43 91
44–45 157
46–47 192
48–49 175
50–51 188
52–53 177
54–55 155
56–57 194
58–59 201
60–61 197
62–63 201
64–65 173
66–67 167
68–69 172
70–71 199
72–73 184
74–75 133
76–77 163
78–79 127
80–81 121
82–83 125
84–85 121
86–87 102
88–89 96
90–91 75
92–93 72
94–95 74
96–97 66
98–99 68
100–101 49
102–103 60
104–105 54
106–107 36
108–109 23
110–111 52
112–113 41
114–115 34
116–117 25
118–119 28
120–121 11
122–123 20
124–125 27
126–127 19
128–129 20
130–131 16
132–133 17
134–135 14
136–137 15
138–139 9
140–141 11
142–143 9
144–145 9
146–147 7
148–149 7
150–151 7
152–153 5 153
154–155 8
156 6
157+ 96
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Immunology in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Immunology in United States Leader Award
  • 1997 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1996 - Oswald Avery Award, Infectious Diseases Society of America
  • 1994 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

David D. Ho is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with a significant concentration in infectious diseases, as well as molecular biology, animal science and zoology, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, and immunology.

The scientist's recent research output includes several papers concentrated on the COVID-19 pandemic and related viral immunology topics. Notable publications are:

  • Extrapulmonary manifestations of COVID-19 (2020, Nature Medicine)
  • Potent neutralizing antibodies against multiple epitopes on SARS-CoV-2 spike (2020, Nature)
  • Striking antibody evasion manifested by the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 (2021, Nature)
  • Alarming antibody evasion properties of rising SARS-CoV-2 BQ and XBB subvariants (2022, Cell)
  • Antibody evasion properties of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron sublineages (2022, Nature)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with David D. Ho include:

  • Lihong Liu
  • Yaoxing Huang
  • Manoj S. Nair
  • Yicheng Guo
  • Pengfei Wang

Their publications have appeared extensively in several scientific venues, including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature
  • Nature Communications
  • Cell Host & Microbe
  • Cell Reports

The scientist's main fields of study focus heavily on infectious diseases, supported by a substantial body of work in molecular biology and related life sciences subfields. Key subfields include:

  • Infectious Diseases
  • Molecular Biology
  • Animal Science and Zoology
  • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
  • Immunology

Core research topics covered in their publications encompass:

  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
  • Animal Virus Infections Studies
  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
  • Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research
  • Vaccines and immunoinformatics approaches

In recognition of professional achievements, David D. Ho has received several awards, including:

  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1997)
  • Oswald Avery Award, Infectious Diseases Society of America (1996)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (1994)

Best Publications

  • Rapid turnover of plasma virions and CD4 lymphocytes in HIV-1 infection

    David D. Ho;Avidan U. Neumann;Alan S. Perelson;Wen Chen

  • HIV-1 Dynamics in Vivo: Virion Clearance Rate, Infected Cell Life-Span, and Viral Generation Time

    Alan S. Perelson;Avidan U. Neumann;Martin Markowitz;John M. Leonard

  • Temporal association of cellular immune responses with the initial control of viremia in primary human immunodeficiency virus type 1 syndrome.

    R. A. Koup;J. T. Safrit;Yunzhen Cao;C. A. Andrews

  • Identification of a Reservoir for HIV-1 in Patients on Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy

    Diana Finzi;Monika Hermankova;Theodore Pierson;Lucy M. Carruth

  • Extrapulmonary manifestations of COVID-19.

    Aakriti Gupta;Aakriti Gupta;Mahesh V. Madhavan;Kartik Sehgal;Kartik Sehgal;Nandini Nair

  • Decay characteristics of HIV-1-infected compartments during combination therapy

    Alan S. Perelson;Paulina Essunger;Yunzhen Cao;Mika Vesanen

  • Antibody resistance of SARS-CoV-2 variants B.1.351 and B.1.1.7.

    Pengfei Wang;Manoj S. Nair;Lihong Liu;Sho Iketani;Sho Iketani

  • Genotypic and phenotypic characterization of HIV-1 patients with primary infection

    Tuofu Zhu;Hongmei Mo;Ning Wang;Daniel S. Nam

  • Quantitation of HIV-1-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes and plasma load of viral RNA.

    G. S. Ogg;Xia Jin;S. Bonhoeffer;P. R. Dunbar

  • Dramatic rise in plasma viremia after CD8+ T cell depletion in simian immunodeficiency virus-infected macaques

    Xia Jin;Daniel E. Bauer;Sarah E. Tuttleton;Sharon Lewin

  • The role of a mutant CCR5 allele in HIV–1 transmission and disease progression

    Yaoxing Huang;William A. Paxton;Steven M. Wolinsky;Avidan U. Neumann

  • Quantitation of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 in the blood of infected persons.

    David D. Ho;Tarsem Moudgil;Masud Alam

  • Identification of microRNAs of the herpesvirus family

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

  • Potent neutralizing antibodies against multiple epitopes on SARS-CoV-2 spike.

    Lihong Liu;Pengfei Wang;Manoj S. Nair;Jian Yu

  • Virologic and Immunologic Characterization of Long-Term Survivors of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Infection

    Yunzhen Cao;Limo Qin;Linqi Zhang;Jeffrey Safrit

  • Efficient neutralization of primary isolates of HIV-1 by a recombinant human monoclonal antibody

    Dennis R. Burton;Jayashree Pyati;Raju Koduri;Stephen J. Sharp

  • Sequence and structural convergence of broad and potent HIV antibodies that mimic CD4 binding.

    Johannes F. Scheid;Hugo Mouquet;Beatrix Ueberheide;Ron Diskin

  • Isolation of HTLV-III from Cerebrospinal Fluid and Neural Tissues of Patients with Neurologic Syndromes Related to the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

    D D Ho;T R Rota;R T Schooley;J C Kaplan

  • Transient high levels of viremia in patients with primary human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection.

    Eric S. Daar;Tarsem Moudgil;Richard D. Meyer;David D. Ho

  • Ordered accumulation of mutations in HIV protease confers resistance to ritonavir.

    Molla A;Korneyeva M;Gao Q;Vasavanonda S

  • Increased Resistance of SARS-CoV-2 Variants B.1.351 and B.1.1.7 to Antibody Neutralization

    Pengfei Wang;Manoj S Nair;Lihong Liu;Sho Iketani;Sho Iketani

Frequent Co-Authors

Yaoxing Huang
Yaoxing Huang Columbia University
Yunzhen Cao
Yunzhen Cao Beijing YouAn Hospital
Martin Markowitz
Martin Markowitz Rockefeller University
Alan S. Perelson
Alan S. Perelson Los Alamos National Laboratory
Linqi Zhang
Linqi Zhang Tsinghua University
John P. Moore
John P. Moore Cornell University
Arlene Hurley
Arlene Hurley Rockefeller University
Zhiwei Chen
Zhiwei Chen University of Hong Kong
Peter D. Kwong
Peter D. Kwong Columbia University Medical Center
Lawrence Shapiro
Lawrence Shapiro Columbia University

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