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89
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41207
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12464
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6384

Drew Weissman publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Drew Weissman sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 318 publications — 21st percentile

21% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Drew Weissman D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Drew Weissman sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 89 D-Index — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2022 - Japan Prize for pioneering research contributing to the development of mRNA vaccines.
  • 2022 - Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences for engineering modified RNA technology which enabled rapid development of effective COVID-19 vaccines.
  • 2021 - Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize, Columbia University
  • 2021 - Albany Medical Center Prize in Medicine and Biomedical Research
  • 1991 - IEEE Fellow For leadership in the development of radar techniques to measure ocean surface wave parameters and surface winds.
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Drew Weissman is affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in medicine, biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, immunology, and microbiology. Their academic output includes significant work in subfields such as molecular biology, infectious diseases, immunology, epidemiology, and animal science and zoology.

The scientist's research encompasses topics related to RNA interference and gene delivery, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, immunotherapy and immune responses, animal virus infections studies, viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology, advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques, and HIV research and treatment.

Recent notable papers authored or co-authored by Weissman include:

  • mRNA vaccines for infectious diseases: principles, delivery and clinical translation, 2021, Nature Reviews Drug Discovery
  • Lipid nanoparticles enhance the efficacy of mRNA and protein subunit vaccines by inducing robust T follicular helper cell and humoral responses, 2021, Immunity
  • Nanomaterial Delivery Systems for mRNA Vaccines, 2021, Vaccines
  • An ionizable lipid toolbox for RNA delivery, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Recent advances in mRNA vaccine technology, 2020, Current Opinion in Immunology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Weissman include Mohamad-Gabriel Alameh, Ying K. Tam, Norbert Pardi, Michael J. Mitchell, and Paulo J.C. Lin.

Weissman has published numerous articles in several venues, with many works appearing in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), npj Vaccines, Nature Communications, Journal of the American Chemical Society, and The Journal of Immunology.

The scientist has received various awards, including:

  • Japan Prize (2022), for pioneering research contributing to the development of mRNA vaccines
  • Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences (2022), for engineering modified RNA technology which enabled rapid development of effective COVID-19 vaccines
  • Albany Medical Center Prize in Medicine and Biomedical Research (2021)
  • Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize, Columbia University (2021)
  • IEEE Fellow (1991), for leadership in the development of radar techniques to measure ocean surface wave parameters and surface winds
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Best Publications

  • Suppression of RNA Recognition by Toll-like Receptors: The Impact of Nucleoside Modification and the Evolutionary Origin of RNA

    Katalin Karikó;Michael Buckstein;Houping Ni;Drew Weissman

  • Incorporation of pseudouridine into mRNA yields superior nonimmunogenic vector with increased translational capacity and biological stability.

    Katalin Karikó;Hiromi Muramatsu;Frank A Welsh;János Ludwig

  • mRNA Is an Endogenous Ligand for Toll-like Receptor 3

    Katalin Karikó;Houping Ni;John Capodici;Marc Lamphier

  • Zika virus protection by a single low-dose nucleoside-modified mRNA vaccination

    Norbert Pardi;Michael J. Hogan;Rebecca S. Pelc;Hiromi Muramatsu

  • Quantification of CD4, CCR5, and CXCR4 levels on lymphocyte subsets, dendritic cells, and differentially conditioned monocyte-derived macrophages.

    Benhur Lee;Matthew Sharron;Luis J. Montaner;Drew Weissman

  • Lipid nanoparticles enhance the efficacy of mRNA and protein subunit vaccines by inducing robust T follicular helper cell and humoral responses

    Mohamad-Gabriel Alameh;István Tombácz;Emily Bettini;Katlyn Lederer

  • Inherited Resistance to HIV-1 Conferred by an Inactivating Mutation in CC Chemokine Receptor 5: Studies in Populations with Contrasting Clinical Phenotypes, Defined Racial Background, and Quantified Risk

    Peter A. Zimmerman;Alicia Buckler-White;Ghalib Alkhatib;Todd Spalding

  • Constitutive and induced expression of DC-SIGN on dendritic cell and macrophage subpopulations in situ and in vitro.

    Elizabeth J. Soilleux;Lesley S. Morris;George Leslie;Jihed Chehimi

  • Macrophage-tropic HIV and SIV envelope proteins induce a signal through the CCR5 chemokine receptor

    Drew Weissman;Ronald L. Rabin;James Arthos;Andrea Rubbert

  • Nucleoside-modified mRNA vaccines induce potent T follicular helper and germinal center B cell responses.

    Norbert Pardi;Michael J. Hogan;Martin S. Naradikian;Kaela Parkhouse

  • SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccines Foster Potent Antigen-Specific Germinal Center Responses Associated with Neutralizing Antibody Generation.

    Katlyn Lederer;Diana Castaño;Diana Castaño;Daniela Gómez Atria;Thomas H. Oguin

  • A Single Immunization with Nucleoside-Modified mRNA Vaccines Elicits Strong Cellular and Humoral Immune Responses against SARS-CoV-2 in Mice.

    Dorottya Laczkó;Michael J. Hogan;Sushila A. Toulmin;Philip Hicks

  • Administration of nucleoside-modified mRNA encoding broadly neutralizing antibody protects humanized mice from HIV-1 challenge

    Norbert Pardi;Anthony J. Secreto;Xiaochuan Shan;Fotini Debonera

  • Inhibition of Toll-like receptor and cytokine signaling: A unifying theme in ischemic tolerance

    Katalin Karikó;Drew Weissman;Frank A Welsh

  • D614G Spike Mutation Increases SARS CoV-2 Susceptibility to Neutralization.

    Drew Weissman;Mohamad Gabriel Alameh;Thushan de Silva;Paul Collini

  • Differential N-Linked Glycosylation of Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Ebola Virus Envelope Glycoproteins Modulates Interactions with DC-SIGN and DC-SIGNR

    George Lin;Graham Simmons;Stefan Pöhlmann;Frédéric Baribaud

  • Nucleoside-modified mRNA immunization elicits influenza virus hemagglutinin stalk-specific antibodies

    Norbert Pardi;Kaela Parkhouse;Ericka Kirkpatrick;Meagan McMahon

  • Neutralizing antibody vaccine for pandemic and pre-emergent coronaviruses.

    Kevin O. Saunders;Esther Lee;Robert Parks;David R. Martinez

  • A Multi-Targeting, Nucleoside-Modified mRNA Influenza Virus Vaccine Provides Broad Protection in Mice

    Alec W. Freyn;Jamile Ramos da Silva;Jamile Ramos da Silva;Victoria C. Rosado;Carly M. Bliss

  • HIV replication in CD4+ T cells of HIV-infected individuals is regulated by a balance between the viral suppressive effects of endogenous β-chemokines and the viral inductive effects of other endogenous cytokines

    Audrey L. Kinter;Mario Ostrowski;Delia Goletti;Alessandra Oliva

Frequent Co-Authors

Katalin Karikó
Katalin Karikó University of Pennsylvania
Kevin O. Saunders
Kevin O. Saunders Duke University
Barton F. Haynes
Barton F. Haynes Duke University
Theodore C. Pierson
Theodore C. Pierson National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Georgia D. Tomaras
Georgia D. Tomaras Duke University
Xiaoying Shen
Xiaoying Shen Duke University
Daniel Malamud
Daniel Malamud New York University
Jason S. McLellan
Jason S. McLellan The University of Texas at Austin
Sallie R. Permar
Sallie R. Permar Duke University
David C. Montefiori
David C. Montefiori Duke University

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