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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Best Female Scientists 120 550 522 328 308 428 65917
Microbiology 123 119 108 60 51 420 70285

Jenny P.-Y. Ting publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Jenny P.-Y. Ting between 1980 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Jenny P.-Y. Ting published across 46 years, from 1980 to 2025, averaging 10.2 papers a year. Output peaked at 30 publications in 2012. 16 of the 468 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1980 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 30. Peak 30 publications in 2012. 1980: 1 publication 1981: 1 publication 1982: 1 publication 1983: 2 publications 1984: 3 publications 1985: 2 publications 1986: 0 publications 1987: 9 publications 1988: 5 publications 1989: 5 publications 1990: 5 publications 1991: 8 publications 1992: 7 publications 1993: 6 publications 1994: 6 publications 1995: 5 publications 1996: 2 publications 1997: 12 publications 1998: 13 publications 1999: 11 publications 2000: 11 publications 2001: 10 publications 2002: 13 publications 2003: 12 publications 2004: 5 publications 2005: 14 publications 2006: 15 publications 2007: 18 publications 2008: 22 publications 2009: 11 publications 2010: 17 publications 2011: 20 publications 2012: 30 publications 2013: 16 publications 2014: 10 publications 2015: 24 publications 2016: 16 publications 2017: 13 publications 2018: 11 publications 2019: 10 publications 2020: 10 publications 2021: 14 publications 2022: 4 publications 2023: 22 publications 2024: 7 publications 2025: 9 publications
1980 2025

468 publications in total across all disciplines

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Jenny P.-Y. Ting: publications per year, 1980 to 2025
Year Publications
1980 1
1981 1
1982 1
1983 2
1984 3
1985 2
1986 0
1987 9
1988 5
1989 5
1990 5
1991 8
1992 7
1993 6
1994 6
1995 5
1996 2
1997 12
1998 13
1999 11
2000 11
2001 10
2002 13
2003 12
2004 5
2005 14
2006 15
2007 18
2008 22
2009 11
2010 17
2011 20
2012 30
2013 16
2014 10
2015 24
2016 16
2017 13
2018 11
2019 10
2020 10
2021 14
2022 4
2023 22
2024 7
2025 9
Total 468
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Jenny P.-Y. Ting publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Microbiology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jenny P.-Y. Ting sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150 200 250
Bar chart with 64 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 55–64 to 679+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 288. Most scientists, 288, have 135–144 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 415–424 publications, is where this scientist sits. 55–64 publications: 8 scientists 65–74 publications: 29 scientists 75–84 publications: 55 scientists 85–94 publications: 112 scientists 95–104 publications: 137 scientists 105–114 publications: 190 scientists 115–124 publications: 235 scientists 125–134 publications: 234 scientists 135–144 publications: 288 scientists 145–154 publications: 265 scientists 155–164 publications: 264 scientists 165–174 publications: 253 scientists 175–184 publications: 276 scientists 185–194 publications: 190 scientists 195–204 publications: 234 scientists 205–214 publications: 208 scientists 215–224 publications: 198 scientists 225–234 publications: 155 scientists 235–244 publications: 161 scientists 245–254 publications: 160 scientists 255–264 publications: 146 scientists 265–274 publications: 139 scientists 275–284 publications: 148 scientists 285–294 publications: 115 scientists 295–304 publications: 96 scientists 305–314 publications: 88 scientists 315–324 publications: 106 scientists 325–334 publications: 65 scientists 335–344 publications: 76 scientists 345–354 publications: 64 scientists 355–364 publications: 62 scientists 365–374 publications: 65 scientists 375–384 publications: 61 scientists 385–394 publications: 34 scientists 395–404 publications: 44 scientists 405–414 publications: 36 scientists 415–424 publications: 35 scientists 425–434 publications: 29 scientists 435–444 publications: 33 scientists 445–454 publications: 34 scientists 455–464 publications: 25 scientists 465–474 publications: 26 scientists 475–484 publications: 20 scientists 485–494 publications: 19 scientists 495–504 publications: 16 scientists 505–514 publications: 17 scientists 515–524 publications: 23 scientists 525–534 publications: 14 scientists 535–544 publications: 14 scientists 545–554 publications: 18 scientists 555–564 publications: 12 scientists 565–574 publications: 7 scientists 575–584 publications: 9 scientists 585–594 publications: 9 scientists 595–604 publications: 9 scientists 605–614 publications: 7 scientists 615–624 publications: 9 scientists 625–634 publications: 7 scientists 635–644 publications: 4 scientists 645–654 publications: 5 scientists 655–664 publications: 6 scientists 665–674 publications: 7 scientists 675–678 publications: 3 scientists 679+ publications: 99 scientists
55–64 publications 679+

This scientist: 420 publications — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more.

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Number of Microbiology scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 5,513 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
55–64 8
65–74 29
75–84 55
85–94 112
95–104 137
105–114 190
115–124 235
125–134 234
135–144 288
145–154 265
155–164 264
165–174 253
175–184 276
185–194 190
195–204 234
205–214 208
215–224 198
225–234 155
235–244 161
245–254 160
255–264 146
265–274 139
275–284 148
285–294 115
295–304 96
305–314 88
315–324 106
325–334 65
335–344 76
345–354 64
355–364 62
365–374 65
375–384 61
385–394 34
395–404 44
405–414 36
415–424 35 420
425–434 29
435–444 33
445–454 34
455–464 25
465–474 26
475–484 20
485–494 19
495–504 16
505–514 17
515–524 23
525–534 14
535–544 14
545–554 18
555–564 12
565–574 7
575–584 9
585–594 9
595–604 9
605–614 7
615–624 9
625–634 7
635–644 4
645–654 5
655–664 6
665–674 7
675–678 3
679+ 99
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Jenny P.-Y. Ting D-index placement in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Microbiology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jenny P.-Y. Ting sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 88 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40 to 127+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 162. Most scientists, 162, have 58 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 123 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40 D-Index: 30 scientists 41 D-Index: 86 scientists 42 D-Index: 90 scientists 43 D-Index: 117 scientists 44 D-Index: 122 scientists 45 D-Index: 123 scientists 46 D-Index: 108 scientists 47 D-Index: 110 scientists 48 D-Index: 106 scientists 49 D-Index: 109 scientists 50 D-Index: 129 scientists 51 D-Index: 111 scientists 52 D-Index: 116 scientists 53 D-Index: 127 scientists 54 D-Index: 134 scientists 55 D-Index: 134 scientists 56 D-Index: 112 scientists 57 D-Index: 136 scientists 58 D-Index: 162 scientists 59 D-Index: 151 scientists 60 D-Index: 139 scientists 61 D-Index: 123 scientists 62 D-Index: 126 scientists 63 D-Index: 144 scientists 64 D-Index: 109 scientists 65 D-Index: 103 scientists 66 D-Index: 124 scientists 67 D-Index: 112 scientists 68 D-Index: 103 scientists 69 D-Index: 131 scientists 70 D-Index: 94 scientists 71 D-Index: 93 scientists 72 D-Index: 96 scientists 73 D-Index: 92 scientists 74 D-Index: 80 scientists 75 D-Index: 66 scientists 76 D-Index: 87 scientists 77 D-Index: 60 scientists 78 D-Index: 73 scientists 79 D-Index: 59 scientists 80 D-Index: 57 scientists 81 D-Index: 55 scientists 82 D-Index: 47 scientists 83 D-Index: 77 scientists 84 D-Index: 50 scientists 85 D-Index: 45 scientists 86 D-Index: 42 scientists 87 D-Index: 41 scientists 88 D-Index: 32 scientists 89 D-Index: 38 scientists 90 D-Index: 35 scientists 91 D-Index: 34 scientists 92 D-Index: 27 scientists 93 D-Index: 26 scientists 94 D-Index: 33 scientists 95 D-Index: 22 scientists 96 D-Index: 37 scientists 97 D-Index: 22 scientists 98 D-Index: 21 scientists 99 D-Index: 22 scientists 100 D-Index: 30 scientists 101 D-Index: 16 scientists 102 D-Index: 20 scientists 103 D-Index: 17 scientists 104 D-Index: 19 scientists 105 D-Index: 16 scientists 106 D-Index: 19 scientists 107 D-Index: 18 scientists 108 D-Index: 14 scientists 109 D-Index: 10 scientists 110 D-Index: 9 scientists 111 D-Index: 7 scientists 112 D-Index: 11 scientists 113 D-Index: 6 scientists 114 D-Index: 15 scientists 115 D-Index: 10 scientists 116 D-Index: 12 scientists 117 D-Index: 7 scientists 118 D-Index: 10 scientists 119 D-Index: 10 scientists 120 D-Index: 11 scientists 121 D-Index: 2 scientists 122 D-Index: 7 scientists 123 D-Index: 12 scientists 124 D-Index: 5 scientists 125 D-Index: 9 scientists 126 D-Index: 6 scientists 127+ D-Index: 95 scientists
40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 123 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more.

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Number of Microbiology scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 5,513 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40 30
41 86
42 90
43 117
44 122
45 123
46 108
47 110
48 106
49 109
50 129
51 111
52 116
53 127
54 134
55 134
56 112
57 136
58 162
59 151
60 139
61 123
62 126
63 144
64 109
65 103
66 124
67 112
68 103
69 131
70 94
71 93
72 96
73 92
74 80
75 66
76 87
77 60
78 73
79 59
80 57
81 55
82 47
83 77
84 50
85 45
86 42
87 41
88 32
89 38
90 35
91 34
92 27
93 26
94 33
95 22
96 37
97 22
98 21
99 22
100 30
101 16
102 20
103 17
104 19
105 16
106 19
107 18
108 14
109 10
110 9
111 7
112 11
113 6
114 15
115 10
116 12
117 7
118 10
119 10
120 11
121 2
122 7
123 12 123
124 5
125 9
126 6
127+ 95
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Microbiology in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Microbiology in United States Leader Award

Overview

Jenny P.-Y. Ting is affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the United States. Their research portfolio spans multiple disciplines including biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology, medicine, and immunology and microbiology. Within these broad fields, their work particularly focuses on molecular biology, immunology, oncology, infectious diseases, and epidemiology.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Inflammasome and immune disorders
  • Interferon and immune responses
  • Immune cell function and interaction
  • Cytokine signaling pathways and interactions
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research
  • Heme oxygenase-1 and carbon monoxide
  • Immune cells in cancer

Jenny P.-Y. Ting has contributed to various publication venues, most notably:

  • UNC Libraries
  • The Journal of Immunology
  • Nature
  • Nature Reviews Immunology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Jenny P.-Y. Ting include:

  • W. June Brickey
  • Wei-Chun Chou
  • Joseph A. Duncan
  • Debra J. Taxman
  • Beckley K. Davis

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Jenny P.-Y. Ting illustrate the focus on immune mechanisms and signaling pathways:

  • A 360° view of the inflammasome: Mechanisms of activation, cell death, and diseases (2023, Cell)
  • STING-induced regulatory B cells compromise NK function in cancer immunity (2022, Nature)
  • The NLR gene family: from discovery to present day (2023, Nature Reviews Immunology)
  • AIM2 in regulatory T cells restrains autoimmune diseases (2021, Nature)
  • Impact of intracellular innate immune receptors on immunometabolism (2021, Cellular and Molecular Immunology)

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • The NLRP3 inflammasome: molecular activation and regulation to therapeutics

    Karen V. Swanson;Meng Deng;Jenny P.-Y. Ting

  • Inflammasomes: mechanism of action, role in disease, and therapeutics

    Haitao Guo;Justin B. Callaway;Jenny P.-Y. Ting

  • Fatty acid-induced NLRP3-ASC inflammasome activation interferes with insulin signaling

    Haitao Wen;Denis Gris;Yu Lei;Sushmita Jha

  • The Inflammasome NLRs in Immunity, Inflammation, and Associated Diseases

    Beckley K. Davis;Haitao Wen;Jenny P.Y. Ting

  • TNF alpha promotes proliferation of oligodendrocyte progenitors and remyelination.

    Heather A. Arnett;Jeff Mason;Jeff Mason;Mike Marino;Kinuko Suzuki

  • The NLRP3 Inflammasome Mediates in vivo Innate Immunity to Influenza A Virus through Recognition of Viral RNA

    Irving C. Allen;Margaret A. Scull;Chris B. Moore;Eda K. Holl

  • The NLR gene family: a standard nomenclature

    Jenny P.Y. Ting;Ruth C. Lovering;Emad S. Alnemri;John Bertin

  • DJ-1, a cancer- and Parkinson's disease-associated protein, stabilizes the antioxidant transcriptional master regulator Nrf2.

    Casey M. Clements;Richard S. McNally;Brian J. Conti;Tak W. Mak

  • The NLRP3 inflammasome functions as a negative regulator of tumorigenesis during colitis-associated cancer

    Irving C. Allen;Erin McElvania Tekippe;Rita Marie T Woodford;Joshua M. Uronis

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Novel role of PKR in inflammasome activation and HMGB1 release

    Ben Lu;Takahisa Nakamura;Karen Inouye;Jianhua Li

  • Akt-dependent regulation of NF-κB is controlled by mTOR and Raptor in association with IKK

    Han C. Dan;Matthew J. Cooper;Patricia C. Cogswell;Joseph A. Duncan

  • Cutting Edge: Inflammasome activation by Alum and Alum’s adjuvant effect are mediated by NLRP3

    Hanfen Li;Stephen B. Willingham;Jenny P.-Y. Ting;Fabio Re

  • The immunogenicity of human adipose-derived cells: temporal changes in vitro.

    Kevin McIntosh;Sanjin Zvonic;Sara Garrett;James B. Mitchell

  • Genetic Control of MHC Class II Expression

    Jenny Pan Yun Ting;John Trowsdale

  • NLRX1 is a regulator of mitochondrial antiviral immunity

    Chris B. Moore;Daniel T. Bergstralh;Joseph A. Duncan;Yu Lei

  • Autophagy Links Inflammasomes to Atherosclerotic Progression

    Babak Razani;Chu Feng;Trey Coleman;Roy Emanuel

  • A role for the NLRP3 inflammasome in metabolic diseases--did Warburg miss inflammation?

    Haitao Wen;Jenny P.Y. Ting;Luke A.J. O'Neill

  • NLRP12 Suppresses Colon Inflammation and Tumorigenesis through the Negative Regulation of Noncanonical NF-κB Signaling

    Irving C. Allen;Justin E. Wilson;Monika Schneider;John D. Lich

  • Cryopyrin/NALP3 binds ATP/dATP, is an ATPase, and requires ATP binding to mediate inflammatory signaling.

    Joseph A. Duncan;Daniel T. Bergstralh;Yanhong Wang;Stephen B. Willingham

Frequent Co-Authors

Yu Lei
Yu Lei Sun Yat-sen University
Glenn K. Matsushima
Glenn K. Matsushima University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Lishan Su
Lishan Su University of Maryland, Baltimore
Beverly H. Koller
Beverly H. Koller University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Gregory D. Sempowski
Gregory D. Sempowski Duke University
Kinuko Suzuki
Kinuko Suzuki University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Jeffrey A. Frelinger
Jeffrey A. Frelinger University of Arizona
Neil E. Alexis
Neil E. Alexis University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Xian Chen
Xian Chen University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Blossom Damania
Blossom Damania University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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