2026 Gregory A. Poland: Immunology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Immunology	95	898	818	499	446	611	33070
Medicine	95	10070	9448	5186	4789	620	33264

Gregory A. Poland 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 Gregory A. Poland sits on this spectrum.

62 publications 807+

This scientist: 611 publications — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Gregory A. Poland 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 Gregory A. Poland sits on this spectrum.

40 D-Index 157+

This scientist: 95 D-Index — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Gregory A. Poland is affiliated with the Mayo Clinic in the United States. The primary field of study is Medicine, with a focus on subfields including Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, Health, Immunology, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's research covers several main topics, including:

SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
Influenza Virus Research Studies
COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
Vaccines and Immunoinformatics Approaches
Virology and Viral Diseases
Respiratory Viral Infections Research

Recent notable papers authored or co-authored by Gregory A. Poland include:

SARS-CoV-2 immunity: review and applications to phase 3 vaccine candidates, published in 2020 in The Lancet
Prevention of monkeypox with vaccines: a rapid review, published in 2022 in The Lancet Infectious Diseases
SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Development: Current Status, published in 2020 in Mayo Clinic Proceedings
The role of host genetics in the immune response to SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 susceptibility and severity, published in 2020 in Immunological Reviews (co-authored)
The public's role in COVID-19 vaccination: Human-centered recommendations to enhance pandemic vaccine awareness, access, and acceptance in the United States, published in 2020 in Vaccine (co-authored)

Frequent collaborators include:

Richard B. Kennedy
Inna G. Ovsyannikova
Iana H. Haralambieva
Diane E. Grill
Huy Quang Quach

Publications appear regularly in the following venues:

Vaccine
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Mayo Clinic Proceedings
Scientific Reports
Frontiers in Immunology

Best Publications

Score Tests for Association between Traits and Haplotypes when Linkage Phase Is Ambiguous

Daniel J. Schaid;Charles M. Rowland;David E. Tines;Robert M. Jacobson

2075
Citations
Career fit and burnout among academic faculty.

Tait D Shanafelt;Colin Patrick West;Jeff A Sloan;Paul J. Novotny

741
Citations
SARS-CoV-2 immunity: review and applications to phase 3 vaccine candidates.

Gregory A Poland;Inna G Ovsyannikova;Richard B Kennedy

627
Citations
Influenza vaccination of health care workers in hospitals - a review of studies on attitudes and predictors.

Helge G. Hollmeyer;Frederick Hayden;Gregory Poland;Udo Buchholz

580
Citations
Value of Immunological Markers in Predicting Responsiveness to Influenza Vaccination in Elderly Individuals

Jörg J. Goronzy;James W. Fulbright;Cynthia S. Crowson;Gregory A. Poland

570
Citations
Immunosenescence and human vaccine immune responses.

Stephen N. Crooke;Inna G. Ovsyannikova;Gregory A. Poland;Richard B. Kennedy

491
Citations
Requiring influenza vaccination for health care workers: seven truths we must accept

Gregory A. Poland;Pritish Tosh;Robert M. Jacobson

392
Citations
Prevention of Hepatitis B with the Hepatitis B Vaccine

Gregory A. Poland;Robert M. Jacobson

387
Citations
The Age-Old Struggle against the Antivaccinationists

Gregory A. Poland;Robert M. Jacobson

383
Citations
Myopericarditis Following Smallpox Vaccination Among Vaccinia-Naive US Military Personnel

Jeffrey S. Halsell;James R. Riddle;J. Edwin Atwood;Pierce Gardner

381
Citations
Calculating Sample Size Estimates for RNA Sequencing Data

Steven N. Hart;Terry M. Therneau;Yuji Zhang;Gregory A. Poland

361
Citations
Understanding those who do not understand: a brief review of the anti-vaccine movement

Gregory A. Poland;Robert M. Jacobson

333
Citations
Live attenuated measles virus induces regression of human lymphoma xenografts in immunodeficient mice.

Deanna Grote;Stephen J. Russell;Stephen J. Russell;Tatjana I. Cornu;Tatjana I. Cornu;Roberto Cattaneo;Roberto Cattaneo

300
Citations
Fine Mapping Causal Variants with an Approximate Bayesian Method Using Marginal Test Statistics.

Wenan Chen;Beth R. Larrabee;Inna G. Ovsyannikova;Richard B. Kennedy

270
Citations
Frequency of adverse reactions to influenza vaccine in the elderly: A randomized, placebo-controlled trial

K. L. Margolis;K. L. Nichol;G. A. Poland;R. E. Pluhar

249
Citations
Making vaccines more acceptable--methods to prevent and minimize pain and other common adverse events associated with vaccines

Robert M Jacobson;Avril Swan;Adedunni Adegbenro;Sarah L Ludington

246
Citations
Determination of Deltoid Fat Pad Thickness: Implications for Needle Length in Adult Immunization

Gregory A. Poland;Aleta Borrud;Robert M. Jacobson;Kristina McDermott;Kristina McDermott

243
Citations
Immunosenescence: role and measurement in influenza vaccine response among the elderly.

Paul V. Targonski;Robert M. Jacobson;Gregory A. Poland

242
Citations
The role of host genetics in the immune response to SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 susceptibility and severity.

Inna G. Ovsyannikova;Iana H. Haralambieva;Stephen N. Crooke;Gregory A. Poland

242
Citations
Immunization Programs for Infants, Children, Adolescents, and Adults: Clinical Practice Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America

Larry K. Pickering;Carol J. Baker;Gary L. Freed;Stanley A. Gall

238
Citations
The 2009-2010 influenza pandemic: effects on pandemic and seasonal vaccine uptake and lessons learned for seasonal vaccination campaigns.

Gregory A. Poland

231
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Inna G. Ovsyannikova Mayo Clinic

Robert M. Jacobson Mayo Clinic

Richard B. Kennedy Mayo Clinic

Robert A. Vierkant Mayo Clinic

V. Shane Pankratz University of New Mexico

Ann L. Oberg Mayo Clinic

Steven J. Jacobsen Kaiser Permanente

Daniel J. Schaid Mayo Clinic

Peter C. Wollan University of Rochester

Harry L. Keyserling Emory University

External Links

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