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David L. Woodland

David L. Woodland

D-Index & Metrics

Immunology

D-Index
84
Citations
20392
World Ranking
1407
National Ranking
716

Medicine

D-Index
84
Citations
20356
World Ranking
15309
National Ranking
7723

David L. Woodland 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 L. Woodland sits on this spectrum.

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62 publications 807+

This scientist: 335 publications — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

David L. Woodland 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 L. Woodland sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 157+

This scientist: 84 D-Index — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

David L. Woodland is affiliated with the Trudeau Institute in the United States. Their research spans several interconnected fields, with a focus on immunology, oncology, epidemiology, molecular biology, and education.

The scientist's work predominantly covers topics related to cancer immunotherapy and biomarkers, T-cell and B-cell immunology, immune cell function and interaction, higher education research studies, intergenerational and educational inequality studies, labor market dynamics and wage inequality, and respiratory viral infections research.

David L. Woodland has contributed to publications primarily appearing in the following venues:

  • Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature
  • Journal of Interferon & Cytokine Research
  • Viral Immunology

Selected recent papers include:

  • Faculty Opinions recommendation of VISTA is a checkpoint regulator for naïve T cell quiescence and peripheral tolerance., 2020, Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature
  • A Life in Science: Twenty Reviews, Research Articles, Commentaries, and Reflections on Peter Doherty's Scientific Contributions and Mentorship, 2020, Viral Immunology
  • Passing the Torch, 2020, Viral Immunology
  • Looking Back, Looking Forward at the Journal of Interferon and Cytokine Research, 2021, Journal of Interferon & Cytokine Research
  • Faculty Opinions recommendation of Influenza- and MCMV-induced memory CD8 T cells control respiratory vaccinia virus infection despite residence in distinct anatomical niches., 2021, Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature

Best Publications

  • Role of inducible bronchus associated lymphoid tissue (iBALT) in respiratory immunity.

    Juan E Moyron-Quiroz;Javier Rangel-Moreno;Kim Kusser;Louise Hartson

  • Virus-Specific CD8+ T Cells in Primary and Secondary Influenza Pneumonia

    Kirsten J Flynn;Gabrielle T Belz;John D Altman;Rafi Ahmed

  • Age-associated decline in T cell repertoire diversity leads to holes in the repertoire and impaired immunity to influenza virus

    Eric J. Yager;Mushtaq Ahmed;Kathleen Lanzer;Troy D. Randall

  • Jump-starting the immune system: prime–boosting comes of age

    David L. Woodland

  • Migration, maintenance and recall of memory T cells in peripheral tissues

    David L. Woodland;Jacob E. Kohlmeier

  • Activated Antigen-Specific CD8+ T Cells Persist in the Lungs Following Recovery from Respiratory Virus Infections

    Robert J. Hogan;Edward J. Usherwood;Weimin Zhong;Alan D. Roberts

  • The MHC molecule I-E is necessary but not sufficient for the clonal deletion of V beta 11-bearing T cells.

    J Bill;O Kanagawa;D L Woodland;E Palmer

  • Latent Murine γ-Herpesvirus Infection Is Established in Activated B Cells, Dendritic Cells, and Macrophages

    Emilio Flaño;S. Mazher Husain;Jeffery T. Sample;Jeffery T. Sample;David L. Woodland;David L. Woodland

  • Lymphocyte Activation Gene-3 (CD223) Regulates the Size of the Expanding T Cell Population Following Antigen Activation In Vivo

    Creg J. Workman;Linda S. Cauley;In-Jeong Kim;Marcia A. Blackman

  • Activation phenotype, rather than central- or effector-memory phenotype, predicts the recall efficacy of memory CD8+ T cells.

    Hirokazu Hikono;Jacob E. Kohlmeier;Shiki Takamura;Susan T. Wittmer

  • An endogenous retrovirus mediating deletion of alpha beta T cells

    David L. Woodland;Mary Pat Happ;Kenneth J. Gollob;Ed Palmer;Ed Palmer

  • Activated primary and memory CD8 T cells migrate to nonlymphoid tissues regardless of site of activation or tissue of origin.

    David Masopust;Vaiva Vezys;Edward J. Usherwood;Linda S. Cauley

  • Immunity to Respiratory Viruses

    Jacob E. Kohlmeier;David L. Woodland

  • Protection from respiratory virus infections can be mediated by antigen-specific CD4(+) T cells that persist in the lungs.

    Robert J. Hogan;Weimin Zhong;Edward J. Usherwood;Tres Cookenham

  • Differential contributions of central and effector memory T cells to recall responses.

    Alan D. Roberts;Kenneth H. Ely;David L. Woodland

  • The chemokine receptor CCR5 plays a key role in the early memory CD8+ T cell response to respiratory virus infections.

    Jacob E. Kohlmeier;Shannon C. Miller;Joanna Smith;Bao Lu

  • Specific niches for lung-resident memory CD8+ T cells at the site of tissue regeneration enable CD69-independent maintenance.

    Shiki Takamura;Hideki Yagi;Yoshiyuki Hakata;Chihiro Motozono

  • ESAT-6-specific CD4 T cell responses to aerosol Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection are initiated in the mediastinal lymph nodes.

    William W. Reiley;Mark D. Calayag;Susan T. Wittmer;Jennifer L. Huntington

  • Differential Antigen Presentation Regulates the Changing Patterns of CD8+ T Cell Immunodominance in Primary and Secondary Influenza Virus Infections

    Sherry R. Crowe;Stephen J. Turner;Shannon C. Miller;Alan D. Roberts

  • Type I Interferons Regulate Cytolytic Activity of Memory CD8+ T Cells in the Lung Airways during Respiratory Virus Challenge

    Jacob E. Kohlmeier;Tres Cookenham;Alan D. Roberts;Shannon C. Miller

  • A role for clonal inactivation in T cell tolerance to Mls-1a.

    Marcia A. Blackman;Hans Gerhard-Burgert;David L. Woodland;Ed Palmer

  • Erratum: A role for clonal inactivation in T cell tolerance to Mls-1 a

    Marcia A. Blackman;Hans-Gerhard Burgert;David L. Woodland;Ed Palmer

Frequent Co-Authors

Marcia A. Blackman
Marcia A. Blackman Trudeau Institute
Alan D. Roberts
Alan D. Roberts Trudeau Institute
Troy D. Randall
Troy D. Randall University of Alabama at Birmingham
Peter C. Doherty
Peter C. Doherty University of Melbourne
Susan L. Swain
Susan L. Swain University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Frances E. Lund
Frances E. Lund University of Alabama at Birmingham
Richard W. Dutton
Richard W. Dutton University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Markus Mohrs
Markus Mohrs Trudeau Institute
Dario A. A. Vignali
Dario A. A. Vignali University of Pittsburgh
Ed Palmer
Ed Palmer University of Basel

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