2026 Jacqueline A. Pongracic: Immunology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Immunology	61	3214	2963	1503	1376	271	15548

Overview

Jacqueline A. Pongracic is affiliated with Lurie Children's Hospital in the United States. Their work primarily focuses on fields within medicine, including subfields such as immunology and allergy, physiology, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, health, toxicology and mutagenesis, and surgery.

Their research spans several topics, notably:

Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Research
Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization
Asthma and respiratory diseases
Eosinophilic Esophagitis
Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
Respiratory viral infections research
Pediatric health and respiratory diseases

Pongracic has contributed extensively to scholarly literature. Some of their recent papers include:

"Mepolizumab for urban children with exacerbation-prone eosinophilic asthma in the USA (MUPPITS-2): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group trial" (2022) published in The Lancet
"Phase 3 Trial of Epicutaneous Immunotherapy in Toddlers with Peanut Allergy" (2023) published in New England Journal of Medicine
"Long-term, open-label extension study of the efficacy and safety of epicutaneous immunotherapy for peanut allergy in children: PEOPLE 3-year results" (2020) published in Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
"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) published in The Lancet Planetary Health
"Continuous and Daily Oral Immunotherapy for Peanut Allergy: Results from a 2-Year Open-Label Follow-On Study" (2020) published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology In Practice

Their frequent collaborators include researchers such as Amal Assa'ad, Leonard B. Bacharier, Daniel J. Jackson, Hemant Sharma, and Gurjit K. Khurana Hershey.

Pongracic's most common publication venues reflect their research focus and include:

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology In Practice
Annals of Allergy Asthma & Immunology
PEDIATRICS
The Lancet

Best Publications

The Prevalence, Severity, and Distribution of Childhood Food Allergy in the United States

Ruchi S. Gupta;Elizabeth E. Springston;Manoj R. Warrier;Bridget Smith;Bridget Smith

1713
Citations
Randomized Trial of Omalizumab (Anti-IgE) for Asthma in Inner-City Children

William W. Busse;Wayne J. Morgan;Peter J. Gergen;Herman E. Mitchell

1121
Citations
International consensus on (ICON) pediatric asthma

N. G. Papadopoulos;H. Arakawa;A. Custovic;J. Gern

837
Citations
AR101 Oral Immunotherapy for Peanut Allergy

Brian P Vickery;Andrea Vereda;Thomas B Casale

779
Citations
Management of asthma based on exhaled nitric oxide in addition to guideline-based treatment for inner-city adolescents and young adults: a randomised controlled trial

Stanley J Szefler;Herman Mitchell;Christine A Sorkness;Peter J Gergen

595
Citations
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

568
Citations
Inner City Asthma Study: Relationships among sensitivity, allergen exposure, and asthma morbidity

Rebecca S. Gruchalla;Jacqueline A Pongracic;Marshall Plaut;Richard Evans

549
Citations
Primary Prevention of Allergic Disease Through Nutritional Interventions

David M. Fleischer;Jonathan M. Spergel;Amal H. Assa'ad;Jacqueline A. Pongracic

355
Citations
Omalizumab facilitates rapid oral desensitization for peanut allergy

Andrew J. MacGinnitie;Rima Rachid;Hana Gragg;Sara V. Little

332
Citations
Early Administration of Azithromycin and Prevention of Severe Lower Respiratory Tract Illnesses in Preschool Children With a History of Such Illnesses: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Leonard B. Bacharier;Theresa W. Guilbert;David T. Mauger;Susan Boehmer

326
Citations
Individualized therapy for persistent asthma in young children

Anne M. Fitzpatrick;Daniel J. Jackson;David T. Mauger;Susan J. Boehmer

295
Citations
Effect of Epicutaneous Immunotherapy vs Placebo on Reaction to Peanut Protein Ingestion among Children with Peanut Allergy: The PEPITES Randomized Clinical Trial

David M. Fleischer;Matthew Greenhawt;Gordon Sussman;Philippe Bégin

279
Citations
Genome-wide association study identifies peanut allergy-specific loci and evidence of epigenetic mediation in US children

Xiumei Hong;Ke Hao;Christine Ladd-Acosta;Kasper D. Hansen

270
Citations
Effect of Varying Doses of Epicutaneous Immunotherapy vs Placebo on Reaction to Peanut Protein Exposure Among Patients With Peanut Sensitivity: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Hugh A. Sampson;Hugh A. Sampson;Wayne G. Shreffler;William H. Yang;Gordon L. Sussman

239
Citations
Airborne fungi in the homes of children with asthma in low-income urban communities: The Inner-City Asthma Study.

George T. O'Connor;Michelle Walter;Herman Mitchell;Meyer Kattan

181
Citations
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

180
Citations
Prematurity, chorioamnionitis, and the development of recurrent wheezing: a prospective birth cohort study.

Rajesh Kumar;Yunxian Yu;Rachel E. Story;Jacqueline A. Pongracic

180
Citations
Food Allergy is Associated with an Increased Risk of Asthma

A. Schroeder;R. Kumar;J. A. Pongracic;C. L. Sullivan

170
Citations
Familial aggregation of food allergy and sensitization to food allergens: a family-based study.

Hui-Ju Tsai;Rajesh Kumar;Rajesh Kumar;Jacqueline Pongracic;Jacqueline Pongracic;Xin Liu;Xin Liu

168
Citations
Mepolizumab for urban children with exacerbation-prone eosinophilic asthma in the USA (MUPPITS-2): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group trial

Unknown

167
Citations
Differential effects of outdoor versus indoor fungal spores on asthma morbidity in inner-city children

Jacqueline A. Pongracic;George T. O'Connor;Michael L. Muilenberg;Ben Vaughn

165
Citations
Parental use of EpiPen for children with food allergies.

Jennifer S. Kim;James M. Sinacore;Jacqueline A. Pongracic

164
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Xiaobin Wang Johns Hopkins University

Rajesh Kumar Lurie Children's Hospital

Andrew H. Liu University of Colorado Denver

Rebecca S. Gruchalla The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Peter J. Gergen National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Amal Assa'ad Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Meyer Kattan Columbia University

Carolyn M. Kercsmar Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

William W. Busse University of Wisconsin–Madison

Gurjit K. Khurana Hershey Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

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