2026 Dennis R. Burton: Immunology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Best Scientists	190	429	398	289	263	804	128159
Immunology	192	18	17	13	12	775	130231

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Immunology in United States Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
2025 - Research.com Immunology in United States Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Immunology in United States Leader Award

Overview

Dennis R. Burton is affiliated with the Scripps Research Institute in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on fields such as Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology, with a substantial number of publications in these areas. The scientist has a significant body of work in various subfields, including Infectious Diseases, Immunology, Virology, Molecular Biology, and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging.

The main research topics covered by Burton include:

SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
HIV Research and Treatment
Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research
Immune Cell Function and Interaction
Animal Virus Infections Studies
Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
Immunotherapy and Immune Responses

Among recent publications, the following papers have been highlighted:

"Isolation of potent SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibodies and protection from disease in a small animal model," 2020, Science
"Structural basis of a shared antibody response to SARS-CoV-2," 2020, Science
"Broad neutralization of SARS-related viruses by human monoclonal antibodies," 2020, Science
"Structural and functional ramifications of antigenic drift in recent SARS-CoV-2 variants," 2021, Science
"Broad and potent activity against SARS-like viruses by an engineered human monoclonal antibody," 2021, Science

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

Raiees Andrabi
Andrew B. Ward
Ian A. Wilson
Devin Sok
Ge Song

Dennis R. Burton's work has been published in various journals and venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature Communications, PLoS Pathogens, Cell Reports, and Science, with the highest number of publications in bioRxiv.

Additionally, Burton has contributed to book publications, including a work titled Vaccination Strategies Against Highly Variable Pathogens, published by Springer Science+Business Media in 2020.

Best Publications

Complete Replication of Hepatitis C Virus in Cell Culture

Brett D. Lindenbach;Brett D. Lindenbach;Brett D. Lindenbach;Matthew J. Evans;Matthew J. Evans;Matthew J. Evans;Andrew J. Syder;Andrew J. Syder;Andrew J. Syder;Benno Wölk;Benno Wölk;Benno Wölk

2801
Citations
Generation of a large combinatorial library of the immunoglobulin repertoire in phage lambda

William D. Huse;Lakshmi Sastry;Sheila A. Iverson;Angray S. Kang;Angray S. Kang

2794
Citations
DNA encoding antibodies with altered effector functions

Gregory Paul Winter;Alexander Robert Duncan;Dennis Raymond Burton

2474
Citations
Robust hepatitis C virus infection in vitro

Jin Zhong;Pablo Gastaminza;Guofeng Cheng;Sharookh Kapadia

2167
Citations
Broad and potent neutralizing antibodies from an African donor reveal a new HIV-1 vaccine target.

Laura M. Walker;Sanjay K. Phogat;Po-Ying Chan-Hui;Denise Wagner

2080
Citations
Broad neutralization coverage of HIV by multiple highly potent antibodies

Laura M. Walker;Michael Huber;Michael Huber;Katie J. Doores;Katie J. Doores;Emilia Falkowska;Emilia Falkowska

1773
Citations
Efficient neutralization of primary isolates of HIV-1 by a recombinant human monoclonal antibody

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

1438
Citations
Sequence and structural convergence of broad and potent HIV antibodies that mimic CD4 binding.

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

1401
Citations
Isolation of potent SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibodies and protection from disease in a small animal model.

Thomas F. Rogers;Thomas F. Rogers;Fangzhu Zhao;Deli Huang;Nathan Beutler

1373
Citations
Printed covalent glycan array for ligand profiling of diverse glycan binding proteins

Ola Blixt;Steve Head;Tony Mondala;Christopher Scanlan

1351
Citations
Multiplex PCR method for MinION and Illumina sequencing of Zika and other virus genomes directly from clinical samples

Joshua Quick;Nathan D Grubaugh;Steven T Pullan;Ingra M Claro

1284
Citations
HIV-1 evades antibody-mediated neutralization through conformational masking of receptor-binding sites

Peter D. Kwong;Peter D. Kwong;Michael L. Doyle;Michael L. Doyle;David J. Casper;Claudia Cicala

1173
Citations
Crystal structure of a neutralizing human IGG against HIV-1: a template for vaccine design.

Erica Ollmann Saphire;Paul W. H. I. Parren;Ralph Pantophlet;Michael B. Zwick

1151
Citations
HIV vaccine design and the neutralizing antibody problem

Dennis R Burton;Ronald C Desrosiers;Robert W Doms;Wayne C Koff

1071
Citations
Structure of HIV-1 gp120 V1/V2 domain with broadly neutralizing antibody PG9

Jason S. McLellan;Marie Pancera;Chris Carrico;Jason Gorman

1061
Citations
Fc receptor but not complement binding is important in antibody protection against HIV

Ann J. Hessell;Lars Hangartner;Meredith Hunter;Carin E. G. Havenith

1044
Citations
Broadly neutralizing antibodies targeted to the membrane-proximal external region of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 glycoprotein gp41.

Michael B. Zwick;Aran F. Labrijn;Meng Wang;Catherine Spenlehauer

1037
Citations
Antibody Domain Exchange Is an Immunological Solution to Carbohydrate Cluster Recognition

Daniel A. Calarese;Christopher N. Scanlan;Michael B. Zwick;Songpon Deechongkit

1013
Citations
Focused evolution of hiv-1 neutralizing antibodies revealed by crystal structures and deep sequencing

John R. Mascola;Gary Nabel;Barton F. Haynes;Xueling Wu

994
Citations
Structural definition of a conserved neutralization epitope on HIV-1 gp120.

Tongqing Zhou;Ling Xu;Barna Dey;Ann J. Hessell

994
Citations
A large array of human monoclonal antibodies to type 1 human immunodeficiency virus from combinatorial libraries of asymptomatic seropositive individuals.

Dennis R. Burton;Carlos F. Barbas;Mats A. A. Persson;Scott Koenig

968
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Ian A. Wilson Scripps Research Institute

Andrew B. Ward Scripps Research Institute

Devin Sok Scripps Research Institute

Pascal Poignard Grenoble Alpes University

Paul W. H. I. Parren Leiden University Medical Center

Carlos F. Barbas Scripps Research Institute

Michael B. Zwick Scripps Research Institute

Rogier W. Sanders University of Amsterdam

John P. Moore Cornell University

William R. Schief Scripps Research Institute

External Links

Personal website of Dennis R. Burton

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