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Joan K. Lunney publication distribution in Animal Science and Veterinary in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Animal Science and Veterinary in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Joan K. Lunney sits on this spectrum.

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29 publications 442+

This scientist: 202 publications — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 442 publications or more.

Joan K. Lunney D-index placement in Animal Science and Veterinary in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Animal Science and Veterinary scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Joan K. Lunney sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 50 D-Index — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 77 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1998 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Joan K. Lunney is affiliated with the Agricultural Research Service in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines within agricultural and biological sciences, biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology, and medicine. The scientist's work primarily addresses animal science and zoology, genetics, molecular biology, infectious diseases, and immunology.

The principal research topics covered by Joan K. Lunney include:

  • Animal Virus Infections Studies
  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
  • Virus-based gene therapy research
  • Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology
  • Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects
  • T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • Animal Genetics and Reproduction

The scientist has contributed to a number of recent papers, including:

  • Importance of the pig as a human biomedical model, 2021, Science Translational Medicine
  • Reference Transcriptomes of Porcine Peripheral Immune Cells Created Through Bulk and Single-Cell RNA Sequencing, 2021, Frontiers in Genetics
  • Associations of natural variation in the CD163 and other candidate genes on host response of nursery pigs to porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus infection, 2021, Journal of Animal Science
  • Effect of a genetic marker for the GBP5 gene on resilience to a polymicrobial natural disease challenge in pigs, 2021, Livestock Science
  • Porcine cytokines, chemokines and growth factors: 2019 update, 2020, Research in Veterinary Science

The frequent publication venues where Joan K. Lunney's work appears include:

  • The Journal of Immunology
  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • Frontiers in Genetics
  • Journal of Animal Science
  • BMC Genomics

Joan K. Lunney has collaborated frequently with the following co-authors:

  • Kristen Walker
  • John C. S. Harding
  • Jack C. M. Dekkers
  • J. Alex Pasternak
  • Gourapura J. Renukaradhya

In recognition of their contributions to science, Joan K. Lunney was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1998.

Best Publications

  • Importance of the pig as a human biomedical model

    Joan K. Lunney;Angelica Van Goor;Kristen E. Walker;Taylor Hailstock

  • Genome to Phenome: Improving Animal Health, Production, and Well-Being - A New USDA Blueprint for Animal Genome Research 2018-2027.

    Caird Rexroad;Jeffrey Vallet;Lakshmi Kumar Matukumalli;James Reecy

  • Characterization of swine leukocyte differentiation antigens

    Joan K. Lunney

  • Transplantation in miniature swine. VIII. Recombination within the major histocompatibility complex of miniature swine.

    Larry R. Pennington;Joan K. Lunney;David H. Sachs

  • Phenotypic and functional characterization of pig lymphocyte populations

    J.K. Lunney;M.D. Pescovitz

  • Effect of porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) vaccination on porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) and PCV2 coinfection

    T. Opriessnig;D.M. Madson;J.R. Prickett;D. Kuhar

  • Molecular characterization of swine leucocyte antigen class II genes in outbred pig populations

    C.-S. Ho;J. K. Lunney;J.-H. Lee;M. H. Franzo-Romain

  • Nomenclature for factors of the SLA class-I system, 2004.

    Douglas M. Smith;J. K. Lunney;G. W. Martens;A. Ando

  • Nomenclature for factors of the SLA system, update 2008.

    C. S. Ho;J. K. Lunney;A. Ando;C. Rogel-Gaillard

  • Immunodominant epitopes in nsp2 of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus are dispensable for replication, but play an important role in modulation of the host immune response

    Zhenhai Chen;Xiaoxin Zhou;Joan K. Lunney;Steven Lawson

  • Nomenclature for factors of the swine leukocyte antigen class II system, 2005.

    Douglas M. Smith;J. K. Lunney;C. S. Ho;G. W. Martens

  • Interleukin-8, Interleukin-1β, and Interferon-γ Levels Are Linked to PRRS Virus Clearance

    Joan K. Lunney;Eric R. Fritz;James M. Reecy;Daniel Kuhar

  • A Vision for Development and Utilization of High-Throughput Phenotyping and Big Data Analytics in Livestock.

    James E. Koltes;John B. Cole;Roxanne Clemmens;Ryan N. Dilger

  • Genetic control of host resistance to porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) infection.

    Joan K. Lunney;Hongbo Chen

  • African swine fever virus specific porcine cytotoxic T cell activity.

    C. L. V. Martins;M. J. P. Lawman;T. Scholl;C. A. Mebus

  • Summary of the animal homologue section of HLDA8.

    Armin Saalmüller;Joan K. Lunney;Claudia Daubenberger;William Davis

  • Opportunities for bead-based multiplex assays in veterinary diagnostic laboratories

    Jane Christopher-Hennings;Karla P. C. Araujo;Karla P. C. Araujo;Karla P. C. Araujo;Carlos J. H. Souza;Carlos J. H. Souza;Carlos J. H. Souza;Ying Fang;Ying Fang;Ying Fang

  • Contribution of antibody-secreting cells induced in mucosal lymphoid tissues of pigs inoculated with respiratory or enteric strains of coronavirus to immunity against enteric coronavirus challenge.

    J L VanCott;T A Brim;J K Lunney;L J Saif

  • Differential immunity in pigs with high and low responses to porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus infection.

    D B Petry;J Lunney;P Boyd;D Kuhar

  • A porcine cell surface receptor identified by monoclonal antibodies to SWC3 is a member of the signal regulatory protein family and associates with protein-tyrosine phosphatase SHP-1.

    B Alvarez;C Sánchez;R Bullido;A Marina

  • Validation of a first-generation long-oligonucleotide microarray for transcriptional profiling in the pig.

    Shu-Hong Zhao;Justin Recknor;Joan K. Lunney;Dan Nettleton

  • Isolation and purification of lymphocyte subsets from gut-associated lymphoid tissue in neonatal swine.

    Gloria Isabel Solano-Aguilar;Kelly Garland Vengroski;Ethiopia Beshah;Joan K Lunney

  • Characterization of lymphocyte subsets from mucosal tissues in neonatal swine.

    Gloria I. Solano-Aguilar;Kelly G. Vengroski;Ethiopia Beshah;Larry W. Douglass

  • Conference lecture Perspectives for artificial insemination and genomics to improve global swine populations

    Roger J. Gerrits;Joan K. Lunney;Lawrence A. Johnson;Vernon G. Pursel

  • Nomenclature for factors of the SLA system, update 2018

    Sabine E. Hammer;Joan Lunney;Asako Ando;Claire Rogel Gaillard

Frequent Co-Authors

Jack C. M. Dekkers
Jack C. M. Dekkers Iowa State University
Raymond R. R. Rowland
Raymond R. R. Rowland University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Christopher K. Tuggle
Christopher K. Tuggle Iowa State University
James M. Reecy
James M. Reecy Iowa State University
Graham Plastow
Graham Plastow University of Alberta
David H. Sachs
David H. Sachs Columbia University
Armin Saalmüller
Armin Saalmüller University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
Federico A. Zuckermann
Federico A. Zuckermann University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
William C. Davis
William C. Davis Washington State University
Michael P. Murtaugh
Michael P. Murtaugh University of Minnesota

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