2026 Donald S. Burke: Immunology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Immunology	102	662	611	387	351	372	46809
Medicine	103	7244	6805	3797	3515	390	48088

Research.com Recognitions

2003 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Donald S. Burke is affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh in the United States. Their work primarily spans the field of Medicine, with notable focus areas including Infectious Diseases, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Modeling and Simulation, Epidemiology, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's recent research contributions cover a spectrum of topics, particularly centered on COVID-19 and related infectious diseases. Their work includes studies in COVID-19 epidemiological analysis, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, clinical research related to COVID-19, opioid use disorder treatment, respiratory viral infections research, genomics and phylogenetic studies, and cardiac arrest and resuscitation.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Donald S. Burke include:

A systematic review of antibody mediated immunity to coronaviruses: kinetics, correlates of protection, and association with severity (2020, Nature Communications)
A systematic review of antibody mediated immunity to coronaviruses: antibody kinetics, correlates of protection, and association of antibody responses with severity of disease (2020, bioRxiv [Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory])
Genome modeling and design across all domains of life with Evo 2 (2025, bioRxiv [Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory])
HIV-1 Genetic Diversity (2021, Frontiers research topics)
Carfentanil and the rise and fall of overdose deaths in the United States (2020, Addiction)

The scientist frequently publishes in venues such as:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Addiction
Perspectives in biology and medicine
Nature Communications
Cell

Frequent co-authors include:

Hawre Jalal
Kyueun Lee
Hani Goodarzi
Mark S. Roberts
Chiara Ricci-Tam

In 2003, Donald S. Burke was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Best Publications

MULTIFACTORIAL INDEX OF CARDIAC RISK IN NONCARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES

L. Goldman;D. Caldera;S. Nussbaum;F. Southwick

3690
Citations
Strategies for mitigating an influenza pandemic

Neil M. Ferguson;Derek A. T. Cummings;Christophe Fraser;James C. Cajka

2731
Citations
Strategies for containing an emerging influenza pandemic in Southeast Asia

Neil M. Ferguson;Derek A.T. Cummings;Simon Cauchemez;Christophe Fraser

2346
Citations
A prospective study of dengue infections in Bangkok.

Donald S. Burke;Ananda Nisalak;David E. Johnson;Robert McN. Scott

1103
Citations
Effect of temperature on the vector efficiency of Aedes aegypti for dengue 2 virus.

Douglas M. Watts;Donald S. Burke;Bruce A. Harrison;Richard E. Whitmire

1039
Citations
Cross-Species Virus Transmission and the Emergence of New Epidemic Diseases

Colin R. Parrish;Edward C. Holmes;David M. Morens;Eun Chung Park

990
Citations
Identification of Breakpoints in Intergenotypic Recombinants of HIV Type 1 by Bootscanning

Mika O. Salminen;Jean K. Carr;Donald S. Burke;Francine E. McCUTCHAN

976
Citations
Classification system for human T-lymphotropic virus type III/lymphadenopathy-associated virus infections

D. S. Burke;R. R. Redfield;J. Chin

956
Citations
Efficient isolation and propagation of human immunodeficiency virus on recombinant colony-stimulating factor 1-treated monocytes

H E Gendelman;J M Orenstein;M A Martin;C Ferrua

915
Citations
A systematic review of antibody mediated immunity to coronaviruses: kinetics, correlates of protection, and association with severity.

Angkana T. Huang;Bernardo Garcia-Carreras;Matt D. T. Hitchings;Bingyi Yang

842
Citations
Modeling targeted layered containment of an influenza pandemic in the United States

Elizabeth M. Halloran;Neil M. Ferguson;Stephen Eubank;Ira M. Longini;Ira M. Longini

784
Citations
Evidence that maternal dengue antibodies are important in the development of dengue hemorrhagic fever in infants.

Srisakul C. Kliks;Suchitra Nimmanitya;Ananda Nisalak;Donald S. Burke

776
Citations
Bushmeat Hunting, Deforestation, and Prediction of Zoonotic Disease Emergence.

Nathan D. Wolfe;Peter Daszak;A. Marm Kilpatrick;Donald S. Burke

746
Citations
Changing dynamics of the drug overdose epidemic in the United States from 1979 through 2016

Hawre Jalal;Jeanine M. Buchanich;Mark S. Roberts;Lauren C. Balmert;Lauren C. Balmert

712
Citations
Historical Perspective — Emergence of Influenza A (H1N1) Viruses

Shanta M. Zimmer;Donald S. Burke

707
Citations
Antibody-dependent enhancement of dengue virus growth in human monocytes as a risk factor for dengue hemorrhagic fever.

Srisakul C. Kliks;Amanda Nisalak;Walter E. Brandt;Larry Wahl

669
Citations
A systematic review of barriers to data sharing in public health

Willem G van Panhuis;Proma Paul;Claudia Emerson;John Grefenstette

604
Citations
Travelling waves in the occurrence of dengue haemorrhagic fever in Thailand

Derek A.T. Cummings;Rafael A. Irizarry;Norden E. Huang;Timothy P. Endy

589
Citations
Emergence of unique primate T-lymphotropic viruses among central African bushmeat hunters

Nathan D. Wolfe;Walid Heneine;Jean K. Carr;Albert D. Garcia

572
Citations
Naturally acquired simian retrovirus infections in central African hunters

Nathan D Wolfe;William M Switzer;Jean K Carr;Vinod B Bhullar

562
Citations
Immunization with Envelope Subunit Vaccine Products Elicits Neutralizing Antibodies against Laboratory-Adapted but Not Primary Isolates of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1

J R Mascola;S W Snyder;O S Weislow;S M Belay

560
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert R. Redfield Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Derek A. T. Cummings University of Florida

Nathan D. Wolfe Global Viral

Deborah L. Birx Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

John J. Grefenstette University of Pittsburgh

Francine E. McCutchan Columbia University

Ananda Nisalak United States Department of the Army

Eitel Mpoudi-Ngole Johns Hopkins University

Thomas M. Folks Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

John R. Mascola ModeX Therapeutics

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