2026 Jeffrey V. Ravetch: Immunology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Immunology	139	166	153	111	102	345	86876

Research.com Recognitions

2025 - Research.com Immunology in United States Leader Award
2018 - Robert Koch Prize
2012 - Canada Gairdner International Award
2008 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2008 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
2007 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
2006 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

Jeffrey V. Ravetch is affiliated with Rockefeller University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on immunology and medicine, with significant contributions to the fields of immunology and microbiology. Within these broader areas, their work spans subfields including immunology, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, molecular biology, oncology, and infectious diseases.

Their main research topics include monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies research, glycosylation and glycoproteins research, immune cell function and interaction, cancer immunotherapy and biomarkers, immunotherapy and immune responses, galectins and cancer biology, and T-cell and B-cell immunology.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Ravetch include:

The role of IgG Fc receptors in antibody-dependent enhancement (2020, Nature Reviews Immunology)
Antibody potency, effector function, and combinations in protection and therapy for SARS-CoV-2 infection in vivo (2020, The Journal of Experimental Medicine)
Engineered ACE2 receptor traps potently neutralize SARS-CoV-2 (2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
Targeting MARCO and IL37R on Immunosuppressive Macrophages in Lung Cancer Blocks Regulatory T Cells and Supports Cytotoxic Lymphocyte Function (2020, Cancer Research)
Fc-engineered antibody therapeutics with improved anti-SARS-CoV-2 efficacy (2021, Nature)

Frequent coauthors working with Ravetch include:

Stylianos Bournazos
David A. Knorr
Juan C. Osorio
Kevin S. Kao
Patrick Smith

Ravetch has published extensively in prominent scientific venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Regular and Young Investigator Award Abstracts, Cancer Research, and Neuro-Oncology.

The scientist's professional recognition includes election as a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2008, a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) also in 2008, and membership in the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) since 2007 and the National Academy of Sciences since 2006.

They have also been awarded the Canada Gairdner International Award in 2012 and the Robert Koch Prize in 2018.

Best Publications

Inhibitory Fc receptors modulate in vivo cytotoxicity against tumor targets.

Raphael A. Clynes;Terri L. Towers;Leonard G. Presta;Jeffrey V. Ravetch

3617
Citations
Fcγ receptors as regulators of immune responses

Falk Nimmerjahn;Jeffrey V. Ravetch

3482
Citations
Dendritic Cells Induce Peripheral T Cell Unresponsiveness under Steady State Conditions in Vivo

Daniel Hawiger;Kayo Inaba;Kayo Inaba;Yair Dorsett;Ming Guo

2331
Citations
IgG Fc Receptors

Jeffrey V. Ravetch;Silvia Bolland

2273
Citations
Anti-Inflammatory Activity of Immunoglobulin G Resulting from Fc Sialylation

Yoshikatsu Kaneko;Falk Nimmerjahn;Jeffrey V. Ravetch

2101
Citations
Immune inhibitory receptors.

Jeffrey V. Ravetch;Lewis L. Lanier

1703
Citations
Fc-dependent depletion of tumor-infiltrating regulatory T cells co-defines the efficacy of anti-CTLA-4 therapy against melanoma.

Tyler R. Simpson;Fubin Li;Welby Montalvo-Ortiz;Manuel A. Sepulveda

1621
Citations
Fcγ Receptors: Old Friends and New Family Members

Falk Nimmerjahn;Jeffrey V. Ravetch

1391
Citations
Divergent Immunoglobulin G Subclass Activity Through Selective Fc Receptor Binding

Falk Nimmerjahn;Jeffrey V. Ravetch

1310
Citations
Anti-inflammatory Activity of IVIG Mediated Through the Inhibitory Fc Receptor

Astrid Samuelsson;Terri L. Towers;Jeffrey V. Ravetch

1278
Citations
γ -Interferon transcriptionally regulates an early-response gene containing homology to platelet proteins

Andrew D. Luster;Jay C. Unkeless;Jeffrey V. Ravetch

1221
Citations
FcR γ chain deletion results in pleiotrophic effector cell defects

Toshiyuki Takai;Min Li;Diana Sylvestre;Raphael Clynes

1201
Citations
Structure of the human immunoglobulin mu locus: characterization of embryonic and rearranged J and D genes.

Jeffrey V. Ravetch;Ulrich Siebenlist;Stanley Korsmeyer;Thomas Waldmann

1192
Citations
Broad diversity of neutralizing antibodies isolated from memory B cells in HIV-infected individuals

Johannes F. Scheid;Hugo Mouquet;Niklas Feldhahn;Michael S. Seaman

1043
Citations
Augmented humoral and anaphylactic responses in FcγRII-deficient mice

Toshiyuki Takai;Masao Ono;Masaki Hikida;Hitoshi Ohmori

1000
Citations
The Innate Mononuclear Phagocyte Network Depletes B Lymphocytes through Fc Receptor–dependent Mechanisms during Anti-CD20 Antibody Immunotherapy

Junji Uchida;Yasuhito Hamaguchi;Julie A. Oliver;Jeffrey V. Ravetch

992
Citations
Recapitulation of IVIG Anti-Inflammatory Activity with a Recombinant IgG Fc

Robert M. Anthony;Falk Nimmerjahn;Falk Nimmerjahn;David J. Ashline;Vernon N. Reinhold

985
Citations
Uncoupling of Immune Complex Formation and Kidney Damage in Autoimmune Glomerulonephritis

Raphael Clynes;Calin Dumitru;Jeffrey V. Ravetch

948
Citations
Spontaneous Autoimmune Disease in FcγRIIB-Deficient Mice Results from Strain-Specific Epistasis

Silvia Bolland;Jeffrey V Ravetch

946
Citations
Role of the inositol phosphatase SHIP in negative regulation of the immune system by the receptor Fc(gamma)RIIB.

Masao Ono;Silvia Bolland;Silvia Bolland;Paul Tempst;Jeffrey V. Ravetch;Jeffrey V. Ravetch

932
Citations
FcγRIV : A novel FcR with distinct IgG subclass specificity

Falk Nimmerjahn;Pierre Bruhns;Ken Horiuchi;Jeffrey V. Ravetch

888
Citations
Fc receptors.

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170
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Falk Nimmerjahn University of Erlangen-Nuremberg

Michel C. Nussenzweig Rockefeller University

Silvia Bolland National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Raphael Clynes Columbia University

Thomas A. Waldmann National Institutes of Health

Toshiyuki Takai Tohoku University

Ralph M. Steinman Rockefeller University

Andrew D. Luster Harvard University

Michael Lanzer University Hospital Heidelberg

Philip Leder Harvard University

External Links

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