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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Immunology 50 4179 3858 1905 1743 155 21814

Franck Housseau publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Franck Housseau between 1993 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Franck Housseau published across 34 years, from 1993 to 2026, averaging 7.9 papers a year. Output peaked at 110 publications in 2023. 41 of the 270 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
25 50 75 100
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1993 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 110. Peak 110 publications in 2023. 1993: 2 publications 1994: 0 publications 1995: 0 publications 1996: 0 publications 1997: 4 publications 1998: 1 publication 1999: 1 publication 2000: 0 publications 2001: 2 publications 2002: 2 publications 2003: 2 publications 2004: 0 publications 2005: 1 publication 2006: 1 publication 2007: 1 publication 2008: 6 publications 2009: 5 publications 2010: 4 publications 2011: 1 publication 2012: 1 publication 2013: 1 publication 2014: 7 publications 2015: 9 publications 2016: 9 publications 2017: 6 publications 2018: 8 publications 2019: 15 publications 2020: 7 publications 2021: 9 publications 2022: 11 publications 2023: 110 publications 2024: 3 publications 2025: 40 publications 2026: 1 publication
1993 2026

270 publications in total across all disciplines

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Franck Housseau: publications per year, 1993 to 2026
Year Publications
1993 2
1994 0
1995 0
1996 0
1997 4
1998 1
1999 1
2000 0
2001 2
2002 2
2003 2
2004 0
2005 1
2006 1
2007 1
2008 6
2009 5
2010 4
2011 1
2012 1
2013 1
2014 7
2015 9
2016 9
2017 6
2018 8
2019 15
2020 7
2021 9
2022 11
2023 110
2024 3
2025 40
2026 1
Total 270
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Franck Housseau 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 Franck Housseau sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 76 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 62–71 to 807+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 189. Most scientists, 189, have 152–161 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 807 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 152–161 publications, is where this scientist sits. 62–71 publications: 9 scientists 72–81 publications: 23 scientists 82–91 publications: 40 scientists 92–101 publications: 72 scientists 102–111 publications: 86 scientists 112–121 publications: 108 scientists 122–131 publications: 150 scientists 132–141 publications: 160 scientists 142–151 publications: 159 scientists 152–161 publications: 189 scientists 162–171 publications: 166 scientists 172–181 publications: 181 scientists 182–191 publications: 188 scientists 192–201 publications: 187 scientists 202–211 publications: 178 scientists 212–221 publications: 158 scientists 222–231 publications: 168 scientists 232–241 publications: 159 scientists 242–251 publications: 160 scientists 252–261 publications: 148 scientists 262–271 publications: 116 scientists 272–281 publications: 125 scientists 282–291 publications: 115 scientists 292–301 publications: 111 scientists 302–311 publications: 95 scientists 312–321 publications: 97 scientists 322–331 publications: 97 scientists 332–341 publications: 99 scientists 342–351 publications: 96 scientists 352–361 publications: 69 scientists 362–371 publications: 76 scientists 372–381 publications: 71 scientists 382–391 publications: 71 scientists 392–401 publications: 62 scientists 402–411 publications: 54 scientists 412–421 publications: 41 scientists 422–431 publications: 63 scientists 432–441 publications: 53 scientists 442–451 publications: 31 scientists 452–461 publications: 42 scientists 462–471 publications: 40 scientists 472–481 publications: 29 scientists 482–491 publications: 34 scientists 492–501 publications: 30 scientists 502–511 publications: 23 scientists 512–521 publications: 41 scientists 522–531 publications: 29 scientists 532–541 publications: 28 scientists 542–551 publications: 16 scientists 552–561 publications: 18 scientists 562–571 publications: 18 scientists 572–581 publications: 17 scientists 582–591 publications: 17 scientists 592–601 publications: 17 scientists 602–611 publications: 19 scientists 612–621 publications: 13 scientists 622–631 publications: 12 scientists 632–641 publications: 11 scientists 642–651 publications: 16 scientists 652–661 publications: 9 scientists 662–671 publications: 5 scientists 672–681 publications: 13 scientists 682–691 publications: 12 scientists 692–701 publications: 6 scientists 702–711 publications: 6 scientists 712–721 publications: 9 scientists 722–731 publications: 9 scientists 732–741 publications: 6 scientists 742–751 publications: 11 scientists 752–761 publications: 10 scientists 762–771 publications: 7 scientists 772–781 publications: 12 scientists 782–791 publications: 7 scientists 792–801 publications: 5 scientists 802–806 publications: 1 scientist 807+ publications: 100 scientists
62–71 publications 807+

This scientist: 155 publications — 18th percentile

18% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Immunology scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 4,929 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
62–71 9
72–81 23
82–91 40
92–101 72
102–111 86
112–121 108
122–131 150
132–141 160
142–151 159
152–161 189 155
162–171 166
172–181 181
182–191 188
192–201 187
202–211 178
212–221 158
222–231 168
232–241 159
242–251 160
252–261 148
262–271 116
272–281 125
282–291 115
292–301 111
302–311 95
312–321 97
322–331 97
332–341 99
342–351 96
352–361 69
362–371 76
372–381 71
382–391 71
392–401 62
402–411 54
412–421 41
422–431 63
432–441 53
442–451 31
452–461 42
462–471 40
472–481 29
482–491 34
492–501 30
502–511 23
512–521 41
522–531 29
532–541 28
542–551 16
552–561 18
562–571 18
572–581 17
582–591 17
592–601 17
602–611 19
612–621 13
622–631 12
632–641 11
642–651 16
652–661 9
662–671 5
672–681 13
682–691 12
692–701 6
702–711 6
712–721 9
722–731 9
732–741 6
742–751 11
752–761 10
762–771 7
772–781 12
782–791 7
792–801 5
802–806 1
807+ 100
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Franck Housseau 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 Franck Housseau sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150 200
Bar chart with 60 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 157+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 201. Most scientists, 201, have 58–59 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 157 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 50–51 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40–41 D-Index: 28 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 91 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 157 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 192 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 175 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 188 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 177 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 155 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 194 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 201 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 197 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 201 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 173 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 167 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 172 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 199 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 184 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 133 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 163 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 127 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 121 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 125 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 121 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 102 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 96 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 75 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 72 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 74 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 66 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 68 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 49 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 60 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 54 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 36 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 23 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 52 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 41 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 34 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 25 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 28 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 11 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 20 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 27 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 19 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 20 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 16 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 17 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 14 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 15 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 9 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 11 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 9 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 9 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 7 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 7 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 7 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 5 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 8 scientists 156 D-Index: 6 scientists 157+ D-Index: 96 scientists
40–41 D-Index 157+

This scientist: 50 D-Index — 15th percentile

15% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Immunology scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 4,929 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 28
42–43 91
44–45 157
46–47 192
48–49 175
50–51 188 50
52–53 177
54–55 155
56–57 194
58–59 201
60–61 197
62–63 201
64–65 173
66–67 167
68–69 172
70–71 199
72–73 184
74–75 133
76–77 163
78–79 127
80–81 121
82–83 125
84–85 121
86–87 102
88–89 96
90–91 75
92–93 72
94–95 74
96–97 66
98–99 68
100–101 49
102–103 60
104–105 54
106–107 36
108–109 23
110–111 52
112–113 41
114–115 34
116–117 25
118–119 28
120–121 11
122–123 20
124–125 27
126–127 19
128–129 20
130–131 16
132–133 17
134–135 14
136–137 15
138–139 9
140–141 11
142–143 9
144–145 9
146–147 7
148–149 7
150–151 7
152–153 5
154–155 8
156 6
157+ 96
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Overview

Franck Housseau is affiliated with Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in the United States. Their research spans across multiple fields within medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with notable focus areas including molecular biology, immunology, oncology, infectious diseases, and epidemiology.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Medicine
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within these fields, they have concentrated on several subfields of study:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Immunology
  • Oncology
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Epidemiology

Key research topics explored by Franck Housseau include:

  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
  • Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research
  • Immune cells in cancer
  • Inflammatory Bowel Disease
  • Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence
  • Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics

Recent publications by Franck Housseau feature the following papers:

  • Epigenetic therapy inhibits metastases by disrupting premetastatic niches, 2020, published in Nature
  • IL-17 and immunologically induced senescence regulate response to injury in osteoarthritis, 2020, Journal of Clinical Investigation
  • Interleukin 17 and senescent cells regulate the foreign body response to synthetic material implants in mice and humans, 2020, Science Translational Medicine
  • Human Colon Cancer-Derived Clostridioides difficile Strains Drive Colonic Tumorigenesis in Mice, 2022, Cancer Discovery
  • Pathways of immune exclusion in metastatic osteosarcoma are associated with inferior patient outcomes, 2021, Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Regular and Young Investigator Award Abstracts
  • Gastroenterology
  • Cancer Discovery
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Franck Housseau has collaborated regularly with several co-authors, including:

  • Drew M. Pardoll
  • Ada Tam
  • Cynthia L. Sears
  • Jennifer H. Elisseeff
  • Joscelyn C. Mejías

Best Publications

  • Mismatch repair deficiency predicts response of solid tumors to PD-1 blockade

    Dung T. Le;Dung T. Le;Jennifer N. Durham;Jennifer N. Durham;Kellie N. Smith;Hao Wang

  • A human colonic commensal promotes colon tumorigenesis via activation of T helper type 17 T cell responses

    Shaoguang Wu;Ki Jong Rhee;Ki Jong Rhee;Ki Jong Rhee;Emilia Albesiano;Shervin Rabizadeh

  • The Vigorous Immune Microenvironment of Microsatellite Instable Colon Cancer Is Balanced by Multiple Counter-Inhibitory Checkpoints

    Nicolas J. Llosa;Michael Cruise;Ada Tam;Elizabeth C. Wicks

  • Cutting Edge: An In Vivo Requirement for STAT3 Signaling in TH17 Development and TH17-Dependent Autoimmunity

    Timothy J. Harris;Joseph F. Grosso;Hung Rong Yen;Hong Xin

  • Developing a pro-regenerative biomaterial scaffold microenvironment requires T helper 2 cells.

    Kaitlyn Sadtler;Kaitlyn Sadtler;Kenneth Estrellas;Kenneth Estrellas;Brian W. Allen;Brian W. Allen;Matthew T. Wolf;Matthew T. Wolf

  • Bacteroides fragilis Toxin Coordinates a Pro-carcinogenic Inflammatory Cascade via Targeting of Colonic Epithelial Cells.

    Liam Chung;Erik Thiele Orberg;Abby L. Geis;June L. Chan

  • Interferon-producing killer dendritic cells provide a link between innate and adaptive immunity.

    Camie W. Chan;Emily Crafton;Hong Ni Fan;James Flook

  • Oncogenic Kras Activates a Hematopoietic-to-Epithelial IL-17 Signaling Axis in Preinvasive Pancreatic Neoplasia

    Florencia McAllister;Jennifer M. Bailey;Janivette Alsina;Christopher J. Nirschl

  • Bacteroides fragilis subverts mucosal biology: from symbiont to colon carcinogenesis

    Cynthia L. Sears;Abby L. Geis;Franck Housseau

  • Key players in the immune response to biomaterial scaffolds for regenerative medicine.

    Liam Chung;David R. Maestas;Franck Housseau;Jennifer H. Elisseeff

  • Epigenetic therapy inhibits metastases by disrupting premetastatic niches

    Zhihao Lu;Zhihao Lu;Zhihao Lu;Jianling Zou;Shuang Li;Michael J. Topper

  • Induction of Persistent Colitis by a Human Commensal, Enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis, in Wild-Type C57BL/6 Mice

    Ki Jong Rhee;Shaoguang Wu;Xinqun Wu;David L. Huso

  • CD40-stimulated B lymphocytes pulsed with tumor antigens are effective antigen-presenting cells that can generate specific T cells.

    Réjean Lapointe;Angélique Bellemare-Pelletier;Franck Housseau;Jacques Thibodeau

  • Divergent immune responses to synthetic and biological scaffolds.

    Kaitlyn Sadtler;Matthew T. Wolf;Sudipto Ganguly;Christopher A. Moad

  • IL-17 and immunologically induced senescence regulate response to injury in osteoarthritis.

    Heather J. Faust;Hong Zhang;Jin Han;Matthew T. Wolf

  • Cooperative B7-1/2 (CD80/CD86) and B7-DC Costimulation of CD4+ T Cells Independent of the PD-1 Receptor

    Tahiro Shin;Gene Kennedy;Kevin Gorski;Haruo Tsuchiya

  • The myeloid immune signature of enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis-induced murine colon tumorigenesis.

    E Thiele Orberg;H Fan;A J Tam;C M Dejea

  • In vivo costimulatory role of B7-DC in tuning T helper cell 1 and cytotoxic T lymphocyte responses

    Tahiro Shin;Kiyoshi Yoshimura;Takako Shin;Emily B. Crafton

  • Regulatory T-cell Response to Enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis Colonization Triggers IL17-Dependent Colon Carcinogenesis

    Abby L. Geis;Hongni Fan;Xinqun Wu;Shaoguang Wu

  • Interleukin 17 and Senescent Cells Regulate the Foreign Body Response to Synthetic Material Implants in Mice and Humans

    Liam Chung;Liam Chung;David R. Maestas;Andriana Lebid;Ashlie Mageau

  • Contrasting patterns of regulation of the antioxidant selenoproteins, thioredoxin reductase, and glutathione peroxidase, in cancer cells

    Vadim N. Gladyshev;Vadim N. Gladyshev;Valentina M. Factor;Franck Housseau;Dolph L. Hatfield

Frequent Co-Authors

Drew M. Pardoll
Drew M. Pardoll Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Cynthia L. Sears
Cynthia L. Sears Johns Hopkins University
Robert A. Anders
Robert A. Anders Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Jennifer H. Elisseeff
Jennifer H. Elisseeff Johns Hopkins University
David L. Huso
David L. Huso Johns Hopkins University
Janis M. Taube
Janis M. Taube Johns Hopkins University
Kenneth W. Kinzler
Kenneth W. Kinzler Johns Hopkins University
Luis A. Diaz
Luis A. Diaz Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Cynthia L. Sears
Cynthia L. Sears Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Bert Vogelstein
Bert Vogelstein Johns Hopkins University

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