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D-Index
93
Citations
30874
World Ranking
972
National Ranking
60

Dirk H. Busch 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 Dirk H. Busch sits on this spectrum.

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62 publications 807+

This scientist: 421 publications — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Dirk H. Busch 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 Dirk H. Busch sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 157+

This scientist: 93 D-Index — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Dirk H. Busch is affiliated with the Technical University of Munich in Germany. Their work predominantly intersects the fields of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology, with a significant focus on Immunology, Oncology, Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases, and Epidemiology.

The scientist's research spans several main topics, including:

  • CAR-T cell therapy research
  • T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
  • Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research
  • Virus-based gene therapy research
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies

Dirk H. Busch has coauthored frequently with the following researchers:

  • Kilian Schober
  • Sebastian Jarosch
  • Elvira D'Ippolito
  • Veit R. Buchholz
  • Kathrin Rothe

Their research has been published in several recurring venues, including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • European Journal of Immunology
  • Blood
  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • Scientific Reports

Notable recent papers include:

  • Guidelines for the use of flow cytometry and cell sorting in immunological studies (third edition), 2021, European Journal of Immunology
  • Endogenous TCR promotes in vivo persistence of CD19-CAR-T cells compared to a CRISPR/Cas9-mediated TCR knockout CAR, 2020, Blood
  • Rates of bacterial co-infections and antimicrobial use in COVID-19 patients: a retrospective cohort study in light of antibiotic stewardship, 2020, European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases
  • Helicobacter pylori promotes colorectal carcinogenesis by deregulating intestinal immunity and inducing a mucus-degrading microbiota signature, 2023, Gut
  • PGE2 limits effector expansion of tumour-infiltrating stem-like CD8+ T cells, 2024, Nature

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use of flow cytometry and cell sorting in immunological studies

    Andrea Cossarizza;Hyun Dong Chang;Andreas Radbruch;Mübeccel Akdis

  • Guidelines for the use of flow cytometry and cell sorting in immunological studies (second edition)

    Andrea Cossarizza;Hyun Dong Chang;Andreas Radbruch;Andreas Acs

  • NF-kappaB is a negative regulator of IL-1beta secretion as revealed by genetic and pharmacological inhibition of IKKbeta.

    Florian R. Greten;Florian R. Greten;Melek C. Arkan;Melek C. Arkan;Julia Bollrath;Li-Chung Hsu

  • A humanized version of Foxp2 affects cortico-basal ganglia circuits in mice

    Wolfgang Enard;Sabine Gehre;Kurt Hammerschmidt;Sabine M. Hölter

  • Direct identification of clinically relevant neoepitopes presented on native human melanoma tissue by mass spectrometry

    Michal Bassani-Sternberg;Eva Bräunlein;Richard Klar;Thomas Engleitner;Thomas Engleitner

  • Selective expression of IL-7 receptor on memory T cells identifies early CD40L-dependent generation of distinct CD8+ memory T cell subsets.

    Katharina M. Huster;Verena Busch;Matthias Schiemann;Kathrin Linkemann

  • Coordinate regulation of complex T cell populations responding to bacterial infection.

    Dirk H Busch;Ingrid M Pilip;Sujata Vijh;Eric G Pamer

  • T Cell Affinity Maturation by Selective Expansion during Infection

    Dirk H. Busch;Eric G. Pamer

  • Guidelines for the use of flow cytometry and cell sorting in immunological studies (third edition)

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  • Platelets secrete stromal cell–derived factor 1α and recruit bone marrow–derived progenitor cells to arterial thrombi in vivo

    Steffen Massberg;Ildiko Konrad;Katrin Schürzinger;Michael Lorenz

  • Disparate Individual Fates Compose Robust CD8+ T Cell Immunity

    Veit R. Buchholz;Michael Flossdorf;Michael Flossdorf;Inge Hensel;Lorenz Kretschmer

  • A Single Naive CD8+ T Cell Precursor Can Develop into Diverse Effector and Memory Subsets

    Christian Stemberger;Katharina M. Huster;Martina Koffler;Florian Anderl

  • 5′-triphosphate-siRNA: turning gene silencing and Rig-I activation against melanoma

    Poeck H;Besch R;Maihoefer C;Maihoefer C;Renn M

  • Rapamycin extends murine lifespan but has limited effects on aging

    Frauke Neff;Diana Flores-Dominguez;Devon P. Ryan;Marion Horsch

  • Direct Assessment of MHC Class I Binding by Seven Ly49 Inhibitory NK Cell Receptors

    Thomas Hanke;Hisao Takizawa;Christopher W McMahon;Dirk H Busch

  • Serial Transfer of Single-Cell-Derived Immunocompetence Reveals Stemness of CD8+ Central Memory T Cells

    Patricia Graef;Veit R. Buchholz;Christian Stemberger;Michael Flossdorf;Michael Flossdorf

  • Reversible MHC multimer staining for functional isolation of T-cell populations and effective adoptive transfer.

    Michael Knabel;Tobias J Franz;Matthias Schiemann;Anna Wulf

  • TLR ligands and antigen need to be coencapsulated into the same biodegradable microsphere for the generation of potent cytotoxic T lymphocyte responses

    Eva Schlosser;Marc Mueller;Stefan Fischer;Sameh Basta

  • Targeted antibody-mediated depletion of murine CD19 CAR T cells permanently reverses B cell aplasia

    Paulina J. Paszkiewicz;Simon P. Fräßle;Shivani Srivastava;Daniel Sommermeyer

  • Influences of competition level, gender, player nationality, career stage and playing position on relative age effects.

    J. Schorer;S. Cobley;D. Büsch;H. Bräutigam

  • Antagonistic antibody prevents toll-like receptor 2–driven lethal shock-like syndromes

    Guangxun Meng;Mark Rutz;Matthias Schiemann;Jochen Metzger

  • Adoptive transfer and selective reconstitution of streptamer-selected cytomegalovirus-specific CD8+ T cells leads to virus clearance in patients after allogeneic peripheral blood stem cell transplantation

    Anita Schmitt;Torsten Tonn;Dirk H. Busch;Goetz Ulrich Grigoleit

  • Functional classification of memory CD8(+) T cells by CX3CR1 expression.

    Jan P. Böttcher;Marc Beyer;Felix Meissner;Zeinab Abdullah

Frequent Co-Authors

Valerie Gailus-Durner
Valerie Gailus-Durner Helmholtz Zentrum München
Eckhard Wolf
Eckhard Wolf Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Helmut Fuchs
Helmut Fuchs Helmholtz Zentrum München
Martin Klingenspor
Martin Klingenspor Technical University of Munich
Thomas Klopstock
Thomas Klopstock Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Wolfgang Wurst
Wolfgang Wurst German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases
Markus Ollert
Markus Ollert University of Southern Denmark
Jochen Graw
Jochen Graw Technical University of Munich
Martin Hrabé de Angelis
Martin Hrabé de Angelis Technical University of Munich
Johannes Beckers
Johannes Beckers Technical University of Munich

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