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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Immunology 75 1968 1802 51 42 200 23750

Jeffrey B. Ulmer publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Jeffrey B. Ulmer between 1983 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Jeffrey B. Ulmer published across 43 years, from 1983 to 2025, averaging 5.1 papers a year. Output peaked at 16 publications in 2006. 11 of the 221 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1983 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 16. Peak 16 publications in 2006. 1983: 3 publications 1984: 0 publications 1985: 0 publications 1986: 1 publication 1987: 1 publication 1988: 1 publication 1989: 1 publication 1990: 1 publication 1991: 1 publication 1992: 3 publications 1993: 4 publications 1994: 7 publications 1995: 6 publications 1996: 9 publications 1997: 13 publications 1998: 14 publications 1999: 8 publications 2000: 12 publications 2001: 7 publications 2002: 4 publications 2003: 13 publications 2004: 9 publications 2005: 13 publications 2006: 16 publications 2007: 2 publications 2008: 9 publications 2009: 3 publications 2010: 1 publication 2011: 4 publications 2012: 6 publications 2013: 6 publications 2014: 6 publications 2015: 4 publications 2016: 4 publications 2017: 2 publications 2018: 3 publications 2019: 2 publications 2020: 2 publications 2021: 2 publications 2022: 4 publications 2023: 3 publications 2024: 7 publications 2025: 4 publications
1983 2025

221 publications in total across all disciplines

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Jeffrey B. Ulmer: publications per year, 1983 to 2025
Year Publications
1983 3
1984 0
1985 0
1986 1
1987 1
1988 1
1989 1
1990 1
1991 1
1992 3
1993 4
1994 7
1995 6
1996 9
1997 13
1998 14
1999 8
2000 12
2001 7
2002 4
2003 13
2004 9
2005 13
2006 16
2007 2
2008 9
2009 3
2010 1
2011 4
2012 6
2013 6
2014 6
2015 4
2016 4
2017 2
2018 3
2019 2
2020 2
2021 2
2022 4
2023 3
2024 7
2025 4
Total 221
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Jeffrey B. Ulmer 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 Jeffrey B. Ulmer 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, 192–201 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: 200 publications — 34th percentile

34% 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
192–201 187 200
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
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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Jeffrey B. Ulmer 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 Jeffrey B. Ulmer 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, 74–75 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: 75 D-Index — 61st percentile

61% 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 75
76–77 163
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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Overview

Jeffrey B. Ulmer is affiliated with Novartis in Switzerland and contributes extensively to scientific research in the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their work spans several subfields, including Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biology, Epidemiology, Neurology, and Immunology.

The research topics that Jeffrey B. Ulmer has contributed to focus mainly on viral infections and vaccine technology. These topics include:

  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
  • RNA Interference and Gene Delivery
  • Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
  • Vaccines and immunoinformatics approaches
  • Respiratory viral infections research

Ulmer's recent publications highlight involvement in vaccine development and pandemic prevention. Notable recent papers include:

  • "Stopping pandemics before they start: Lessons learned from SARS-CoV-2," 2022, published in Science
  • "Development of a potent Zika virus vaccine using self-amplifying messenger RNA," 2020, published in Science Advances
  • "A self-amplifying mRNA SARS-CoV-2 vaccine candidate induces safe and robust protective immunity in preclinical models," 2022, published in Molecular Therapy
  • "Self-amplifying mRNA-Based Vaccine Technology and Its Mode of Action," 2021, published in Current topics in microbiology and immunology
  • "Antibody-guided structure-based vaccines," 2020, published in Seminars in Immunology

Frequent collaborators with whom Ulmer has co-authored multiple papers include Lbachir BenMohamed, Swayam Prakash, Hawa Vahed, Daniel Gil, and Nisha R. Dhanushkodi.

Many of Ulmer's research articles have been published in prominent venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), hosting six of their works, as well as Frontiers in Immunology, Science, Science Advances, and Molecular Therapy.

Best Publications

  • Heterologous protection against influenza by injection of DNA encoding a viral protein

    Jeffrey B. Ulmer;John J. Donnelly;Suezanne E. Parker;Gary H. Rhodes

  • Increased DNA vaccine delivery and immunogenicity by electroporation in vivo.

    Georg Widera;Melissa Austin;Dietmar Rabussay;Cheryl Goldbeck

  • Immunogenicity and protective efficacy of a tuberculosis DNA vaccine

    Huygen K;Denis O;Montgomery Dl

  • Targeting the innate immune response with improved vaccine adjuvants

    Achal Pashine;Nicholas M Valiante;Jeffrey B Ulmer

  • Nonviral delivery of self-amplifying RNA vaccines

    Andrew J. Geall;Ayush Verma;Gillis R. Otten;Christine A. Shaw

  • mRNA as a Transformative Technology for Vaccine Development to Control Infectious Diseases.

    Giulietta Maruggi;Cuiling Zhang;Junwei Li;Jeffrey B. Ulmer

  • Vaccine manufacturing: challenges and solutions

    Jeffrey B Ulmer;Ulrich Valley;Rino Rappuoli

  • Preclinical efficacy of a prototype DNA vaccine: Enhanced protection against antigenic drift in influenza virus

    John J. Donnelly;Arthur Friedman;Douglas Martinez;Donna L. Montgomery

  • Distribution of DNA vaccines determines their immunogenicity after intramuscular injection in mice.

    Marc Dupuis;Kimberly Denis-Mize;Carolyn Woo;Cheryl Goldbeck

  • Priming of cytotoxic T lymphocytes by DNA vaccines: requirement for professional antigen presenting cells and evidence for antigen transfer from myocytes.

    T.-M. Fu;J. B. Ulmer;M. J. Caulfield;R. R. Deck

  • Polynucleotide tuberculosis vaccine

    Kris Huygen;Margaret A. Liu;Donna Montgomery

  • Heterologous and Homologous Protection Against Influenza A by DNA Vaccination: Optimization of DNA Vectors

    Donna L. Montgomery;John W. Shiver;Karen R. Leander;Helen C. Perry

  • Evaluation of New Vaccines in the Mouse and Guinea Pig Model of Tuberculosis

    Susan L. Baldwin;Celine D’Souza;Alan D. Roberts;Brian P. Kelly

  • Generation of MHC class I-restricted cytotoxic T lymphocytes by expression of a viral protein in muscle cells: antigen presentation by non-muscle cells.

    J. B. Ulmer;R. R. Deck;C. M. Dewitt;J. J. Donnelly

  • PROTECTIVE CD4+ AND CD8+ T CELLS AGAINST INFLUENZA VIRUS INDUCED BY VACCINATION WITH NUCLEOPROTEIN DNA

    Jeffrey B. Ulmer;Tong-Ming Fu;R. Randall Deck;Arthur Friedman

  • The Ability of an Oligomeric Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 (HIV-1) Envelope Antigen To Elicit Neutralizing Antibodies against Primary HIV-1 Isolates Is Improved following Partial Deletion of the Second Hypervariable Region

    S. W. Barnett;S. Lu;I. Srivastava;S. Cherpelis

  • A Cationic Nanoemulsion for the Delivery of Next-generation RNA Vaccines

    Luis A Brito;Michelle Chan;Christine A Shaw;Armin Hekele

  • Immunization of non-human primates with DNA vaccines

    Margaret A. Liu;William McClements;Jeffrey B. Ulmer;John Shiver

  • Human clinical trials of plasmid DNA vaccines.

    Margaret A Liu;Jeffrey B Ulmer

  • Mechanism of action of mRNA-based vaccines

    Carlo Iavarone;Derek T. O’hagan;Dong Yu;Nicolas F. Delahaye

  • Vaccination with Plasmid DNA Encoding Mycobacterial Antigen 85A Stimulates a CD4+ and CD8+ T-Cell Epitopic Repertoire Broader than That Stimulated by Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv Infection

    Olivier Denis;Audrey Tanghe;Kamiel Palfliet;Fabienne Jurion

Frequent Co-Authors

John J. Donnelly
John J. Donnelly Novartis (United States)
Margaret A. Liu
Margaret A. Liu Karolinska Institute
John W. Shiver
John W. Shiver United States Military Academy
Susan W. Barnett
Susan W. Barnett Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Kris Huygen
Kris Huygen Institut Pasteur
Derek O'hagan
Derek O'hagan GlaxoSmithKline (United Kingdom)
Manmohan Singh
Manmohan Singh Beam Therapeutics
Rino Rappuoli
Rino Rappuoli Imperial College London
Nicholas M. Valiante
Nicholas M. Valiante Novartis (Switzerland)
Christian W. Mandl
Christian W. Mandl Novartis (Switzerland)

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