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D-Index
68
Citations
15315
World Ranking
2178
National Ranking
909

Grace A. McComsey publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Microbiology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Grace A. McComsey sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 307 publications — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more.

Grace A. McComsey D-index placement in Microbiology in 2026

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

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 68 D-Index — 62nd percentile

62% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more.

Overview

Grace A. McComsey is affiliated with Case Western Reserve University in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Medicine, with a focus on Infectious Diseases, Emergency Medicine, Neurology, Virology, and Epidemiology.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics including HIV-related health complications and treatments, COVID-19 clinical research studies, long-term effects of COVID-19, HIV research and treatment, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, HIV/AIDS research and interventions, and HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment.

Recent publications by McComsey include the following:

  • Development of a Definition of Postacute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 Infection (2023, JAMA)
  • Risk Factors for Weight Gain Following Switch to Integrase Inhibitor-Based Antiretroviral Therapy (2020, Clinical Infectious Diseases)
  • Weight Change Following Antiretroviral Therapy Switch in People With Viral Suppression: Pooled Data from Randomized Clinical Trials (2021, Clinical Infectious Diseases)
  • The Protective Effect of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Vaccination on Postacute Sequelae of COVID-19: A Multicenter Study From a Large National Health Research Network (2022, Open Forum Infectious Diseases)
  • Therapeutic trials for long COVID-19: A call to action from the interventions taskforce of the RECOVER initiative (2023, Frontiers in Immunology)

McComsey frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including:

  • Sahera Dirajlal-Fargo
  • Danielle Labbato
  • Nicholas Funderburg
  • Ofer Levy
  • Al Ozonoff

The scientist's work appears regularly in prominent publication venues such as:

  • Open Forum Infectious Diseases
  • Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • AIDS
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frontiers in Immunology

Best Publications

  • Weight Gain Following Initiation of Antiretroviral Therapy: Risk Factors in Randomized Comparative Clinical Trials

    Paul E. Sax;Kristine M. Erlandson;Jordan E. Lake;Grace A. McComsey

  • Bone Mineral Density and Fractures in Antiretroviral-Naive Persons Randomized to Receive Abacavir-Lamivudine or Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate-Emtricitabine Along With Efavirenz or Atazanavir-Ritonavir: AIDS Clinical Trials Group A5224s, a Substudy of ACTG A5202

    Grace A. McComsey;Douglas Kitch;Eric S. Daar;Camlin Tierney

  • Bone Disease in HIV Infection: A Practical Review and Recommendations for HIV Care Providers

    Grace A. McComsey;Pablo Tebas;Elizabeth Shane;Michael T. Yin

  • Immunologic Failure Despite Suppressive Antiretroviral Therapy Is Related to Activation and Turnover of Memory CD4 Cells

    Michael M. Lederman;Leonard Calabrese;Nicholas T. Funderburg;Brian Clagett

  • Loss of Bone Mineral Density After Antiretroviral Therapy Initiation, Independent of Antiretroviral Regimen

    Todd T Brown;Grace A McComsey;Martin S King;Roula B Qaqish

  • Efficacy and Tolerability of 3 Nonnucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitor–Sparing Antiretroviral Regimens for Treatment-Naive Volunteers Infected With HIV-1: A Randomized, Controlled Equivalence Trial

    Jeffrey L. Lennox;Raphael J. Landovitz;Heather J. Ribaudo;Ighovwerha Ofotokun

  • Relationship between Inflammatory Markers, Endothelial Activation Markers, and Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in HIV-Infected Patients Receiving Antiretroviral Therapy

    Allison C. Ross;Nesrine Rizk;Mary Ann O'Riordan;Vikram Dogra

  • Association between systemic inflammation and incident diabetes in HIV-infected patients after initiation of antiretroviral therapy

    Todd T. Brown;Katherine Tassiopoulos;Ronald J. Bosch;Cecilia Shikuma

  • Improvement in Lipoatrophy Associated with Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy in Human Immunodeficiency Virus—Infected Patients Switched from Stavudine to Abacavir or Zidovudine: The Results of the TARHEEL Study

    Grace A. McComsey;Douglas J. Ward;Siegrid M. Hessenthaler;Michael G. Sension

  • Association between initiation of antiretroviral therapy with efavirenz and decreases in 25-hydroxyvitamin D.

    Todd T Brown;Grace A McComsey

  • Current concepts in the diagnosis and management of metabolic complications of HIV infection and its therapy

    D. A. Wohl;Grace A McComsey;P. Tebas;T. T. Brown

  • Improvements in lipoatrophy, mitochondrial DNA levels and fat apoptosis after replacing stavudine with abacavir or zidovudine.

    Grace A. McComsey;Denise M. Paulsen;J. Tyler Lonergan;Siegrid M. Hessenthaler

  • Alendronate with calcium and vitamin D supplementation is safe and effective for the treatment of decreased bone mineral density in HIV.

    Grace A McComsey;Michelle A Kendall;Pablo Tebas;Susan Swindells

  • Changing Spectrum of Mortality Due to Human Immunodeficiency Virus: Analysis of 260 Deaths during 1995–1999

    Hernan Valdez;Tanvir K. Chowdhry;Robert Asaad;Ian J. Woolley

  • Weight gain and integrase inhibitors.

    Allison Ross Eckard;Grace A McComsey

  • Rosuvastatin reduces vascular inflammation and T-cell and monocyte activation in HIV-infected subjects on antiretroviral therapy

    Nicholas T. Funderburg;Ying Jiang;Sara M Debanne;Danielle Labbato

  • Body Composition Changes After Initiation of Raltegravir or Protease Inhibitors: ACTG A5260s.

    Grace A. McComsey;Carlee Moser;Judith Currier;Heather J. Ribaudo

  • Risk Factors for Weight Gain Following Switch to Integrase Inhibitor-Based Antiretroviral Therapy.

    Jordan E Lake;Kunling Wu;Sara H Bares;Paula Debroy

  • Markers of inflammation and CD8 T-cell activation, but not monocyte activation, are associated with subclinical carotid artery disease in HIV-infected individuals.

    Chris T. Longenecker;Nicholas T. Funderburg;Ying Jiang;Sara Debanne

  • Rosuvastatin treatment reduces markers of monocyte activation in HIV infected subjects on antiretroviral therapy

    Nicholas T. Funderburg;Ying Jiang;Sara M. Debanne;Norma Storer;Norma Storer

  • Changes in Bone Mineral Density After Initiation of Antiretroviral Treatment With Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate/Emtricitabine Plus Atazanavir/Ritonavir, Darunavir/Ritonavir, or Raltegravir

    Todd T. Brown;Carlee Moser;Judith S. Currier;Heather J. Ribaudo

Frequent Co-Authors

Nicholas T. Funderburg
Nicholas T. Funderburg The Ohio State University
Judith S. Currier
Judith S. Currier University of California, Los Angeles
Michael M. Lederman
Michael M. Lederman Case Western Reserve University
Paul E. Sax
Paul E. Sax Brigham and Women's Hospital
Vin Tangpricha
Vin Tangpricha Emory University
Pablo Tebas
Pablo Tebas University of Pennsylvania
James H. Stein
James H. Stein University of Wisconsin–Madison
Eric S. Daar
Eric S. Daar Lundquist Institute
Cissy Kityo
Cissy Kityo Joint Clinical Research Centre
Benigno Rodriguez
Benigno Rodriguez Case Western Reserve University

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