2026 Donna L. Farber: Immunology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Immunology	81	1549	1409	774	690	263	26918

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

1611
Citations
Human T Cell Development, Localization, and Function throughout Life.

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

1321
Citations
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

1094
Citations
Human memory T cells: generation, compartmentalization and homeostasis

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

1078
Citations
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

1001
Citations
Distribution and Compartmentalization of Human Circulating and Tissue-Resident Memory T Cell Subsets

Taheri Sathaliyawala;Masaru Kubota;Naomi Yudanin;Damian Turner

950
Citations
Innate Lymphoid Cells Promote Anatomical Containment of Lymphoid-Resident Commensal Bacteria

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

820
Citations
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

735
Citations
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

712
Citations
COVID-19 vaccines: modes of immune activation and future challenges.

John R Teijaro;Donna L Farber

674
Citations
Location, location, location: Tissue resident memory T cells in mice and humans

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

631
Citations
Spatial map of human T cell compartmentalization and maintenance over decades of life

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

606
Citations
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

558
Citations
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

528
Citations
Expansion of HIV-specific T follicular helper cells in chronic HIV infection.

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

495
Citations
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

456
Citations
Vaccine-generated lung tissue–resident memory T cells provide heterosubtypic protection to influenza infection

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

426
Citations
Tissue Determinants of Human NK Cell Development, Function, and Residence

Pranay Dogra;Chiara Rancan;Wenji Ma;Marta Toth

405
Citations
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

357
Citations
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

327
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

John R. Teijaro Scripps Research Institute

Yufeng Shen Columbia University

David Artis Cornell University

George C. Tsokos Harvard Medical School

Megan Sykes Columbia University

Kim Bottomly Yale University

Patrick M.A. Sleiman Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Eline T. Luning Prak University of Pennsylvania

Stefanie N. Vogel University of Maryland, Baltimore

Hakon Hakonarson Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

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