2026 Dorian B. McGavern: Immunology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Immunology	70	2389	2194	1144	1039	215	21788

Dorian B. McGavern 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 Dorian B. McGavern sits on this spectrum.

62 publications 807+

This scientist: 215 publications — 40th percentile

40% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Dorian B. McGavern 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 Dorian B. McGavern sits on this spectrum.

40 D-Index 157+

This scientist: 70 D-Index — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Dorian B. McGavern is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine, Immunology and Microbiology, and Neuroscience. Within these areas, they focus on subfields including Immunology, Neurology, Molecular Biology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Oncology.

Their work covers several main topics such as:

Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
Immune Cell Function and Interaction
T-cell and B-cell Immunology
Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances
Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
CAR-T cell therapy research
Immune Response and Inflammation

Frequent publication venues for McGavern include:

Nature Immunology
The Journal of Immunology
Nature
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Neurosurgery

Among their recent published papers are:

"A lymphocyte-microglia-astrocyte axis in chronic active multiple sclerosis", 2021, Nature
"Gut-educated IgA plasma cells defend the meningeal venous sinuses", 2020, Nature
"BACH2 enforces the transcriptional and epigenetic programs of stem-like CD8+ T cells", 2021, Nature Immunology
"T cell engagement of cross-presenting microglia protects the brain from a nasal virus infection", 2020, Science Immunology
"Temporally distinct myeloid cell responses mediate damage and repair after cerebrovascular injury", 2021, Nature Neuroscience

McGavern collaborates regularly with several researchers, including:

Selamawit Gossa
Dragan Maric
E. Ashley Moseman
Pamela L. Schwartzberg
Panagiotis Mastorakos

Best Publications

A role for humoral mechanisms in the pathogenesis of Devic’s neuromyelitis optica

Claudia F. Lucchinetti;Raul N. Mandler;Dorian McGavern;Wolfgang Bruck

1418
Citations
Microglia development and function.

Debasis Nayak;Theodore L. Roth;Dorian B. McGavern

1230
Citations
Interleukin-10 determines viral clearance or persistence in vivo.

David G Brooks;Matthew J Trifilo;Kurt H Edelmann;Luc Teyton

1174
Citations
Inflammation and Neuroprotection in Traumatic Brain Injury

Kara N. Corps;Theodore L. Roth;Dorian B. McGavern

918
Citations
Neuroimmunology of Traumatic Brain Injury: Time for a Paradigm Shift.

Yasir N. Jassam;Saef Izzy;Saef Izzy;Michael Whalen;Dorian B. McGavern

757
Citations
A lymphocyte-microglia-astrocyte axis in chronic active multiple sclerosis.

Martina Absinta;Martina Absinta;Martina Absinta;Dragan Maric;Marjan Gharagozloo;Thomas Garton

710
Citations
The TCF1-Bcl6 axis counteracts type I interferon to repress exhaustion and maintain T cell stemness.

Tuoqi Wu;Yun Ji;E. Ashley Moseman;Haifeng C. Xu

635
Citations
Transcranial amelioration of inflammation and cell death after brain injury

Theodore L. Roth;Debasis Nayak;Tatjana Atanasijevic;Alan P. Koretsky

616
Citations
Single-cell RNA-seq reveals TOX as a key regulator of CD8+ T cell persistence in chronic infection.

Chen Yao;Hong-Wei Sun;Neal E. Lacey;Yun Ji

555
Citations
Differentiation of human and murine induced pluripotent stem cells to microglia-like cells.

Hetal Pandya;Michael J Shen;David M Ichikawa;Andrea B Sedlock

473
Citations
Cross-linking cellular prion protein triggers neuronal apoptosis in vivo.

Laura Solforosi;Jose R. Criado;Dorian B. McGavern;Sebastian Wirz

459
Citations
Inflammatory neuroprotection following traumatic brain injury.

Matthew V. Russo;Dorian B. McGavern

407
Citations
Viral persistence redirects CD4 T cell differentiation toward T follicular helper cells

Laura M. Fahey;Elizabeth B. Wilson;Heidi Elsaesser;Chris D. Fistonich

377
Citations
Myelomonocytic cell recruitment causes fatal CNS vascular injury during acute viral meningitis

Jiyun V. Kim;Silvia Ss Kang;Michael L. Dustin;Dorian B. McGavern

374
Citations
Viral diseases of the central nervous system.

Phillip A Swanson;Dorian B McGavern

331
Citations
Intrinsic Functional Dysregulation of CD4 T Cells Occurs Rapidly following Persistent Viral Infection

David G. Brooks;Luc Teyton;Michael B. A. Oldstone;Dorian B. McGavern

316
Citations
Illuminating viral infections in the nervous system

Dorian B. McGavern;Silvia S. Kang

310
Citations
Advances in Meningeal Immunity

Rejane Rua;Dorian B. McGavern

309
Citations
The anatomy and immunology of vasculature in the central nervous system.

Panagiotis Mastorakos;Dorian McGavern

305
Citations
PD-1 promotes immune exhaustion by inducing antiviral T cell motility paralysis.

Bernd H. Zinselmeyer;Sara Heydari;Catarina Sacristán;Debasis Nayak

298
Citations
Bone marrow plasmacytoid dendritic cells can differentiate into myeloid dendritic cells upon virus infection.

Elina I Zuniga;Dorian B McGavern;Jose L Pruneda-Paz;Chao Teng

263
Citations
Absence of neurological deficits following extensive demyelination in a class I-deficient murine model of multiple sclerosis

Cynthia Rivera-Quiñones;Dorian McGavern;James D. Schmelzer;Samuel F. Hunter

263
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael B. A. Oldstone Scripps Research Institute

Moses Rodriguez Mayo Clinic

David G. Brooks University of Toronto

Michael L. Dustin University of Oxford

Pamela L. Schwartzberg National Institutes of Health

Luca Gattinoni University of Regensburg

Stefan Kunz University of Lausanne

Juan Carlos de la Torre Scripps Research Institute

Claudia Kemper National Institutes of Health

Dragan Maric National Institutes of Health

External Links

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