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Immunology

D-Index
102
Citations
34794
World Ranking
683
National Ranking
394

Medicine

D-Index
102
Citations
34794
World Ranking
7717
National Ranking
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Gary B. Huffnagle 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 Gary B. Huffnagle sits on this spectrum.

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62 publications 807+

This scientist: 281 publications — 59th percentile

59% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Gary B. Huffnagle 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 Gary B. Huffnagle sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 157+

This scientist: 102 D-Index — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Gary B. Huffnagle is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on subfields including Molecular Biology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Food Science, and Epidemiology.

The scientist's scholarly output prominently addresses several interconnected topics, such as:

  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research
  • Probiotics and Fermented Foods
  • Respiratory viral infections research
  • Asthma and respiratory diseases
  • Antifungal resistance and susceptibility
  • Neonatal Respiratory Health Research

Some of the frequent co-authors who have collaborated extensively with Gary B. Huffnagle include:

  • Nicole R. Falkowski
  • John R. Erb-Downward
  • Christopher A. Brown
  • Nicholas W. Lukacs
  • Robert P. Dickson

The venues chosen for publishing reflect a specialized concentration in microbiology and respiratory medicine. Frequent publication venues are:

  • Microbiology Resource Announcements
  • The Journal of Immunology
  • American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
  • mBio
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Gary B. Huffnagle include:

  • Lung Microbiota Predict Clinical Outcomes in Critically Ill Patients, 2020, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
  • The Lung Microbiome during Health and Disease, 2021, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Lung and gut microbiota are altered by hyperoxia and contribute to oxygen-induced lung injury in mice, 2020, Science Translational Medicine
  • Lung Microbiota and Metabolites Collectively Associate with Clinical Outcomes in Milder Stage Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, 2022, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
  • Lung microbiota associations with clinical features of COPD in the SPIROMICS cohort, 2021, npj Biofilms and Microbiomes

Best Publications

  • Analysis of the Lung Microbiome in the “Healthy” Smoker and in COPD

    John R. Erb-Downward;Deborah L. Thompson;Meilan K. Han;Christine M. Freeman;Christine M. Freeman

  • Antibiotic-induced shifts in the mouse gut microbiome and metabolome increase susceptibility to Clostridium difficile infection

    Casey M. Theriot;Mark J. Koenigsknecht;Paul E. Carlson;Gabrielle E. Hatton

  • The Microbiome and the Respiratory Tract

    Robert P. Dickson;John R. Erb-Downward;Fernando J. Martinez;Gary B. Huffnagle

  • Analysis of the Upper Respiratory Tract Microbiotas as the Source of the Lung and Gastric Microbiotas in Healthy Individuals

    Christine M. Bassis;John R. Erb-Downward;Robert P. Dickson;Christine M. Freeman

  • Cc Chemokine Receptor 2 Is Critical for Induction of Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis

    Brian T. Fife;Gary B. Huffnagle;William A. Kuziel;William J. Karpus

  • Enrichment of the lung microbiome with gut bacteria in sepsis and the acute respiratory distress syndrome.

    Robert P. Dickson;Benjamin H. Singer;Michael W. Newstead;Nicole R. Falkowski

  • Does the microbiota regulate immune responses outside the gut

    Mairi C. Noverr;Gary B. Huffnagle

  • The emerging world of the fungal microbiome.

    Gary B. Huffnagle;Mairi C. Noverr

  • The Lung Microbiome: New Principles for Respiratory Bacteriology in Health and Disease.

    Robert P. Dickson;Gary B. Huffnagle

  • Spatial Variation in the Healthy Human Lung Microbiome and the Adapted Island Model of Lung Biogeography

    Robert P. Dickson;John R. Erb-Downward;Christine M. Freeman;Lisa McCloskey

  • The role of the microbiome in exacerbations of chronic lung diseases

    Robert P Dickson;Fernando J Martinez;Gary B Huffnagle

  • The ‘microflora hypothesis’ of allergic diseases

    M. C. Noverr;Gary B. Huffnagle

  • Bacterial Topography of the Healthy Human Lower Respiratory Tract.

    Robert P. Dickson;John R. Erb-Downward;Christine M. Freeman;Lisa McCloskey

  • The respiratory tract microbiome and lung inflammation: a two-way street.

    G B Huffnagle;R P Dickson;N W Lukacs

  • Macrophage M1/M2 Polarization Dynamically Adapts to Changes in Cytokine Microenvironments in Cryptococcus neoformans Infection

    Michael J. Davis;Tiffany M. Tsang;Tiffany M. Tsang;Yafeng Qiu;Jeremy K. Dayrit

  • The microbiome of the lung.

    James M. Beck;James M. Beck;Vincent B. Young;Gary B. Huffnagle

  • The role of the bacterial microbiome in lung disease.

    Robert P Dickson;John R Erb-Downward;Gary B Huffnagle

  • CCR5 provides a signal for microbial induced production of IL-12 by CD8 alpha+ dendritic cells.

    J Aliberti;C Reis e Sousa;M Schito;S Hieny

  • Application of a neutral community model to assess structuring of the human lung microbiome

    Arvind Venkataraman;Christine M. Bassis;James M. Beck;James M. Beck;Vincent B. Young

  • Leptin-deficient mice exhibit impaired host defense in gram-negative pneumonia

    Peter Mancuso;Andrew Gottschalk;Susan M. Phare;Marc Peters-Golden

  • Lung microbiome and disease progression in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: an analysis of the COMET study

    Mei Lan K. Han;Yueren Zhou;Susan Murray;Nabihah Tayob

Frequent Co-Authors

Galen B. Toews
Galen B. Toews University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Vincent B. Young
Vincent B. Young University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Jeffrey L. Curtis
Jeffrey L. Curtis University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Fernando J. Martinez
Fernando J. Martinez University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
MeiLan K. Han
MeiLan K. Han University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
John Y. Kao
John Y. Kao University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Eric S. White
Eric S. White University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Nicholas W. Lukacs
Nicholas W. Lukacs University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Mary F. Lipscomb
Mary F. Lipscomb University of New Mexico
Bethany B. Moore
Bethany B. Moore University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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