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D-Index
81
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26918
World Ranking
1549
National Ranking
774

Donna L. Farber 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 Donna L. Farber sits on this spectrum.

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62 publications 807+

This scientist: 263 publications — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Donna L. Farber 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 Donna L. Farber sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 157+

This scientist: 81 D-Index — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2019 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Donna L. Farber is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States and focuses their research primarily on immunology and microbiology, with substantial contributions also in the field of medicine. Their work spans various subfields such as immunology, infectious diseases, molecular biology, epidemiology, and oncology.

The scientist's research covers a range of main topics, including:

  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
  • Immune responses and vaccinations

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Donna L. Farber include:

  • Peter A. Szabo
  • Rei Matsumoto
  • Steven B. Wells
  • Peter A. Sims
  • Thomas J. Connors

Their publications frequently appear in the following venues:

  • The Journal of Immunology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Immunology
  • The Journal of Experimental Medicine
  • Science Immunology

Selected recent papers authored or coauthored by Donna L. Farber include:

  • "Cross-tissue immune cell analysis reveals tissue-specific features in humans" (2022) published in Science
  • "COVID-19 vaccines: modes of immune activation and future challenges" (2021) published in Nature reviews. Immunology
  • "Distinct antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2 in children and adults across the COVID-19 clinical spectrum" (2020) published in Nature Immunology
  • "Tissue Determinants of Human NK Cell Development, Function, and Residence" (2020) published in Cell
  • "Longitudinal profiling of respiratory and systemic immune responses reveals myeloid cell-driven lung inflammation in severe COVID-19" (2021) published in Immunity

Donna L. Farber was awarded the status of Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2019.

Best Publications

  • Innate lymphoid cells promote lung-tissue homeostasis after infection with influenza virus

    Laurel A Monticelli;Gregory F Sonnenberg;Michael C Abt;Theresa Alenghat

  • Human T Cell Development, Localization, and Function throughout Life.

    Brahma V. Kumar;Thomas J. Connors;Donna L. Farber

  • Human Tissue-Resident Memory T Cells Are Defined by Core Transcriptional and Functional Signatures in Lymphoid and Mucosal Sites

    Brahma Vencel Kumar;Wenji Ma;Michelle Miron;Tomer Granot

  • Human memory T cells: generation, compartmentalization and homeostasis

    Donna L. Farber;Naomi A. Yudanin;Nicholas P. Restifo

  • Group 2 innate lymphoid cells promote beiging of white adipose tissue and limit obesity

    Jonathan R. Brestoff;Brian S. Kim;Steven A. Saenz;Rachel R. Stine

  • Distribution and Compartmentalization of Human Circulating and Tissue-Resident Memory T Cell Subsets

    Taheri Sathaliyawala;Masaru Kubota;Naomi Yudanin;Damian Turner

  • Innate Lymphoid Cells Promote Anatomical Containment of Lymphoid-Resident Commensal Bacteria

    Gregory F. Sonnenberg;Laurel A. Monticelli;Theresa Alenghat;Thomas C. Fung

  • Single-cell transcriptomics of human T cells reveals tissue and activation signatures in health and disease

    Peter A. Szabo;Hanna Mendes Levitin;Michelle Miron;Mark E. Snyder

  • Cutting Edge: Tissue-Retentive Lung Memory CD4 T Cells Mediate Optimal Protection to Respiratory Virus Infection

    John R. Teijaro;Damian Turner;Quynh Pham;E. John Wherry

  • COVID-19 vaccines: modes of immune activation and future challenges.

    John R Teijaro;Donna L Farber

  • Location, location, location: Tissue resident memory T cells in mice and humans

    Peter A. Szabo;Michelle Miron;Donna L. Farber

  • Spatial map of human T cell compartmentalization and maintenance over decades of life

    Joseph J.C. Thome;Naomi Yudanin;Yoshiaki Ohmura;Masaru Kubota

  • The neuropeptide neuromedin U stimulates innate lymphoid cells and type 2 inflammation

    Christoph S.N. Klose;Tanel Mahlakõiv;Jesper B. Moeller;Jesper B. Moeller;Lucille C. Rankin

  • Distinct antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2 in children and adults across the COVID-19 clinical spectrum.

    Stuart P. Weisberg;Thomas J. Connors;Yun Zhu;Matthew R. Baldwin

  • Expansion of HIV-specific T follicular helper cells in chronic HIV infection.

    Madelene Lindqvist;Jan van Lunzen;Damien Z. Soghoian;Bjorn D. Kuhl

  • Lung niches for the generation and maintenance of tissue-resident memory T cells

    D. L. Turner;K. L. Bickham;J. J. T. Thome;C. Y. Kim

  • Vaccine-generated lung tissue–resident memory T cells provide heterosubtypic protection to influenza infection

    Kyra D. Zens;Jun Kui Chen;Donna L. Farber

  • Tissue Determinants of Human NK Cell Development, Function, and Residence

    Pranay Dogra;Chiara Rancan;Wenji Ma;Marta Toth

  • Longitudinal profiling of respiratory and systemic immune responses reveals myeloid cell-driven lung inflammation in severe COVID-19.

    Peter A. Szabo;Pranay Dogra;Joshua I. Gray;Steven B. Wells

  • Early-life compartmentalization of human T cell differentiation and regulatory function in mucosal and lymphoid tissues

    Joseph J C Thome;Kara L Bickham;Yoshiaki Ohmura;Masaru Kubota

Frequent Co-Authors

John R. Teijaro
John R. Teijaro Scripps Research Institute
Yufeng Shen
Yufeng Shen Columbia University
David Artis
David Artis Cornell University
George C. Tsokos
George C. Tsokos Harvard Medical School
Megan Sykes
Megan Sykes Columbia University
Kim Bottomly
Kim Bottomly Yale University
Patrick M.A. Sleiman
Patrick M.A. Sleiman Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Eline T. Luning Prak
Eline T. Luning Prak University of Pennsylvania
Stefanie N. Vogel
Stefanie N. Vogel University of Maryland, Baltimore
Hakon Hakonarson
Hakon Hakonarson Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

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