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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Immunology 76 1935 1771 943 852 364 17499

Gurjit K. Khurana Hershey publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Gurjit K. Khurana Hershey between 1989 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Gurjit K. Khurana Hershey published across 37 years, from 1989 to 2025, averaging 12.8 papers a year. Output peaked at 46 publications in 2025. 76 of the 474 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30 40
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1989 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 46. Peak 46 publications in 2025. 1989: 2 publications 1990: 1 publication 1991: 0 publications 1992: 1 publication 1993: 0 publications 1994: 0 publications 1995: 0 publications 1996: 0 publications 1997: 1 publication 1998: 0 publications 1999: 1 publication 2000: 1 publication 2001: 4 publications 2002: 4 publications 2003: 7 publications 2004: 9 publications 2005: 6 publications 2006: 21 publications 2007: 16 publications 2008: 13 publications 2009: 14 publications 2010: 13 publications 2011: 19 publications 2012: 17 publications 2013: 15 publications 2014: 7 publications 2015: 23 publications 2016: 22 publications 2017: 19 publications 2018: 23 publications 2019: 27 publications 2020: 26 publications 2021: 21 publications 2022: 36 publications 2023: 29 publications 2024: 30 publications 2025: 46 publications
1989 2025

474 publications in total across all disciplines

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Gurjit K. Khurana Hershey: publications per year, 1989 to 2025
Year Publications
1989 2
1990 1
1991 0
1992 1
1993 0
1994 0
1995 0
1996 0
1997 1
1998 0
1999 1
2000 1
2001 4
2002 4
2003 7
2004 9
2005 6
2006 21
2007 16
2008 13
2009 14
2010 13
2011 19
2012 17
2013 15
2014 7
2015 23
2016 22
2017 19
2018 23
2019 27
2020 26
2021 21
2022 36
2023 29
2024 30
2025 46
Total 474
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Gurjit K. Khurana Hershey publications per year - data summary

  • Gurjit K. Khurana Hershey, a Immunology scholar from Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, has 474 publications recorded across 37 years, from 1989 to 2025.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1989 and the most recent to 2025.
  • The most productive year is 2025, with 46 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 1990, 1992, 1997, 1999 and others, with 1 publication each.
  • 6 of the 37 years in the span carry no publications at all (1991, 1993, 1994, 1995 and others).
  • The rate of publication averages 12.8 papers per year over the whole span, or 15.3 per year counting only the 31 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2021-2025) hold 162 publications, 34% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1989-2001: 11 publications (0.8 per year); 2002-2014: 161 publications (12.4 per year); 2015-2025: 302 publications (27.5 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Gurjit K. Khurana Hershey 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 Gurjit K. Khurana Hershey 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, 362–371 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: 364 publications — 76th percentile

76% 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
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 76 364
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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Gurjit K. Khurana Hershey publication distribution in Immunology in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 4,929 Immunology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 76 ranges running from 62–71 to 807+ publications.
  • Gurjit K. Khurana Hershey, a Immunology scholar from Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, records 364 publications - the 76th percentile of the discipline.
  • 76% of ranked Immunology scientists score the same or lower than Gurjit K. Khurana Hershey, and about 24% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 242–251 publications range, and Gurjit K. Khurana Hershey ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 152–161 publications, holding 189 scientists (4% of the field).
  • 52% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 242–251 publications), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 807 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (2% of the field).

Gurjit K. Khurana Hershey 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 Gurjit K. Khurana Hershey 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, 76–77 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: 76 D-Index — 62nd percentile

62% 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
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 76
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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Gurjit K. Khurana Hershey D-index placement in Immunology in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 4,929 Immunology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 60 ranges running from 40–41 to 157+ D-Index.
  • Gurjit K. Khurana Hershey, a Immunology scholar from Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, records 76 D-Index - the 62nd percentile of the discipline.
  • 62% of ranked Immunology scientists score the same or lower than Gurjit K. Khurana Hershey, and about 38% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 68–69 D-Index range, and Gurjit K. Khurana Hershey ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 58–59 D-Index, holding 201 scientists (4% of the field).
  • 50% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 68–69 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 157 D-Index or more, 96 scientists in all (2% of the field).

Overview

Gurjit K. Khurana Hershey is affiliated with Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine with a focus on subfields including Physiology, Immunology and Allergy, Dermatology, Immunology, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

The scientist's work concentrates on topics related to asthma and respiratory diseases, dermatology and skin diseases, allergic rhinitis and sensitization, food allergy and anaphylaxis research, IL-33, ST2, and ILC pathways, respiratory viral infections research, and pediatric health and respiratory diseases.

Among recent publications, the following papers are notable:

  • "Mepolizumab for urban children with exacerbation-prone eosinophilic asthma in the USA (MUPPITS-2): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group trial" (2022, The Lancet)
  • "Childhood Asthma Incidence, Early and Persistent Wheeze, and Neighborhood Socioeconomic Factors in the ECHO/CREW Consortium" (2022, JAMA Pediatrics)
  • "Associations between outdoor air pollutants and non-viral asthma exacerbations and airway inflammatory responses in children and adolescents living in urban areas in the USA: a retrospective secondary analysis" (2023, The Lancet Planetary Health)
  • "Seasonal airway microbiome and transcriptome interactions promote childhood asthma exacerbations" (2022, Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology)
  • "Expression quantitative trait locus fine mapping of the 17q12-21 asthma locus in African American children: a genetic association and gene expression study" (2020, The Lancet Respiratory Medicine)

Frequent co-authors associated with their research include Leonard B. Bacharier, Daniel J. Jackson, Lisa J. Martin, James E. Gern, and Edward M. Zoratti.

Their work is published regularly in several academic venues, with frequent publications in the:

  • Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
  • Annals of Allergy Asthma & Immunology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • JAMA Network Open
  • Allergy

Best Publications

  • The association of atopy with a gain-of-function mutation in the alpha subunit of the interleukin-4 receptor.

    Gurjit K. Khurana Hershey;Michal F. Friedrich;Laura A. Esswein;Matthew L. Thomas

  • IL-13 receptors and signaling pathways: An evolving web

    Gurjit K.Khurana Hershey

  • Preseasonal treatment with either omalizumab or an inhaled corticosteroid boost to prevent fall asthma exacerbations.

    Stephen J. Teach;Michelle A. Gill;Alkis Togias;Christine A. Sorkness

  • Chemokines in asthma: cooperative interaction between chemokines and IL-13.

    Nives Zimmermann;Gurjit Khurana Hershey;Paul S Foster;Marc E Rothenberg

  • Importance of cytokines in murine allergic airway disease and human asthma.

    Fred D. Finkelman;Simon P. Hogan;Gurjit K. Khurana Hershey;Marc E. Rothenberg

  • Environmental exposures and mechanisms in allergy and asthma development

    Liza Bronner Murrison;Liza Bronner Murrison;Eric B. Brandt;Jocelyn Biagini Myers;Jocelyn Biagini Myers;Gurjit K. Khurana Hershey;Gurjit K. Khurana Hershey

  • Variants of thymic stromal lymphopoietin and its receptor associate with eosinophilic esophagitis

    Joseph D. Sherrill;Pei Song Gao;Emily M. Stucke;Carine Blanchard

  • Diesel exhaust particle induction of IL-17A contributes to severe asthma.

    Eric B. Brandt;Melinda Butsch Kovacic;Gerald B. Lee;Aaron M. Gibson

  • Intrinsically defective skin barrier function in children with atopic dermatitis correlates with disease severity.

    Jayanta Gupta;Jayanta Gupta;Emilie Grube;Mark B. Ericksen;Michelle D. Stevenson

  • Infant origins of childhood asthma associated with specific molds

    Tiina Reponen;James Lockey;David I. Bernstein;Stephen J. Vesper

  • The R576 IL-4 receptor α allele correlates with asthma severity☆☆☆★

    Lillian Rosa-Rosa;Nives Zimmermann;Jonathan A. Bernstein;Marc E. Rothenberg

  • Commensal Candida albicans Positively Calibrates Systemic Th17 Immunological Responses.

    Tzu-Yu Shao;W.X. Gladys Ang;Tony T. Jiang;Felicia Scaggs Huang

  • Trefoil factor 2 rapidly induces interleukin 33 to promote type 2 immunity during allergic asthma and hookworm infection

    Marsha Wills-Karp;Reena Rani;Krista Dienger;Ian Lewkowich

  • Traffic-related air pollution exposure in the first year of life and behavioral scores at 7 years of age.

    Nicholas C Newman;Patrick J. Ryan;Grace LeMasters;Linda Levin

  • Epithelial EGF receptor signaling mediates airway hyperreactivity and remodeling in a mouse model of chronic asthma

    Timothy D. Le Cras;Thomas H. Acciani;Elizabeth M. Mushaben;Elizabeth L. Kramer

  • V75R576 IL-4 Receptor α Is Associated with Allergic Asthma and Enhanced IL-4 Receptor Function

    Kimberly A. Risma;Ning Wang;Ryan P. Andrews;Christie M. Cunningham

  • Functional Variant in the Autophagy-Related 5 Gene Promotor is Associated with Childhood Asthma

    Lisa J. Martin;Jayanta Gupta;Soma S. S. K. Jyothula;Melinda Butsch Kovacic

  • A comparison of proximity and land use regression traffic exposure models and wheezing in infants.

    Patrick H. Ryan;Grace K. LeMasters;Pratim Biswas;Linda Levin

  • High environmental relative moldiness index during infancy as a predictor of asthma at 7 years of age.

    Tiina Reponen;Stephen Vesper;Linda Levin;Elisabet Johansson

  • Transcriptome networks identify mechanisms of viral and nonviral asthma exacerbations in children.

    Matthew C Altman;Matthew C Altman;Michelle A Gill;Elizabeth Whalen;Denise C Babineau

  • A Functional IL-13 Receptor is Expressed on Polarized Murine CD4+ Th17 Cells and IL-13 Signaling Attenuates Th17 Cytokine Production

    Dawn C. Newcomb;Weisong Zhou;Martin L. Moore;Kasia Goleniewska

Frequent Co-Authors

Lisa J. Martin
Lisa J. Martin Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
David I. Bernstein
David I. Bernstein University of Cincinnati
Carolyn M. Kercsmar
Carolyn M. Kercsmar Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Tiina Reponen
Tiina Reponen University of Cincinnati
Andrew H. Liu
Andrew H. Liu University of Colorado Denver
Rebecca S. Gruchalla
Rebecca S. Gruchalla The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
William W. Busse
William W. Busse University of Wisconsin–Madison
Peter J. Gergen
Peter J. Gergen National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Marc E. Rothenberg
Marc E. Rothenberg Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Meyer Kattan
Meyer Kattan Columbia University

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