2026 John Chan: Immunology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Immunology	68	2543	2338	1217	1109	128	27173

Overview

John Chan is affiliated with the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the United States. The scientist's research spans multiple fields with a primary focus on Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology. Their work explores a range of subfields including Immunology, Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biology, Oncology, and Epidemiology.

Chan's research covers key topics such as:

Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
Immune responses and vaccinations
Mycobacterium research and diagnosis
Immune Response and Inflammation
Immunodeficiency and Autoimmune Disorders
Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research
Bacteriophages and microbial interactions

The scientist has contributed to a number of publications across notable venues. Frequent publication venues include:

The Journal of Immunology
International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Frontiers in Oncology
Vaccine

Among recent papers, John Chan is associated with works such as:

"Mycobacteriophages as Potential Therapeutic Agents against Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis" (2021), International Journal of Molecular Sciences
"Multiple genetic paths including massive gene amplification allow Mycobacterium tuberculosis to overcome loss of ESX-3 secretion system substrates" (2022), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
"Cell-free circulating tumor RNAs in plasma as the potential prognostic biomarkers in colorectal cancer" (2023), Frontiers in Oncology
"BCG-Prime and boost with Esx-5 secretion system deletion mutant leads to better protection against clinical strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis" (2020), Vaccine
"Sinonasal cancer: an overview of the emerging subtypes" (2020), The Journal of Laryngology & Otology

Frequent collaborators in their scholarly work include:

William R. Jacobs
Steven A. Porcelli
Tony W. Ng
Rajagopalan Saranathan
Jiayong Xu

Best Publications

An essential role for interferon gamma in resistance to Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection.

Jo Anne L. Flynn;John Chan;Karla J. Triebold;Dyana K. Dalton

3170
Citations
Immunology of tuberculosis.

JoAnne L. Flynn;John Chan

2865
Citations
Tumor necrosis factor-α is required in the protective immune response against mycobacterium tuberculosis in mice

Jo Anne L. Flynn;Marsha M. Goldstein;John Chan;Karla J. Triebold

2164
Citations
Tuberculosis: latency and reactivation.

JoAnne L. Flynn;John Chan

736
Citations
Effects of Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha on Host Immune Response in Chronic Persistent Tuberculosis: Possible Role for Limiting Pathology

Vellore P. Mohan;Charles A. Scanga;Keming Yu;Holly M. Scott

712
Citations
Latent tuberculosis: mechanisms of host and bacillus that contribute to persistent infection

Jo Ann M. Tufariello;John Chan;Jo Anne L. Flynn

576
Citations
Effects of nitric oxide synthase inhibitors on murine infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

J Chan;K Tanaka;D Carroll;J Flynn

564
Citations
LIPOARABINOMANNAN, A POSSIBLE VIRULENCE FACTOR INVOLVED IN PERSISTENCE OF MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS WITHIN MACROPHAGES

J. Chan;Xuedong Fan;S. W. Hunter;P. J. Brennan

552
Citations
Macrophages and control of granulomatous inflammation in tuberculosis

J L Flynn;J Chan;P L Lin

503
Citations
Characterization of the tuberculous granuloma in murine and human lungs: cellular composition and relative tissue oxygen tension.

Ming C. Tsai;Soumya Chakravarty;Guofeng Zhu;Jiayong Xu

501
Citations
Depletion of Cd4+ T Cells Causes Reactivation of Murine Persistent Tuberculosis despite Continued Expression of Interferon γ and Nitric Oxide Synthase 2

Charles A. Scanga;V. P. Mohan;Keming Yu;Heather Joseph

500
Citations
Attenuation of and protection induced by a leucine auxotroph of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Mary K. Hondalus;Stoyan Bardarov;Robert Russell;John Chan

402
Citations
Immune evasion by Mycobacterium tuberculosis: living with the enemy

Jo Anne L. Flynn;John Chan

384
Citations
B Cells Moderate Inflammatory Progression and Enhance Bacterial Containment upon Pulmonary Challenge with Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Paul J. Maglione;Jiayong Xu;John Chan

380
Citations
Enhanced priming of adaptive immunity by a proapoptotic mutant of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

Joseph Hinchey;Sunhee Lee;Bo Y. Jeon;Randall J. Basaraba

376
Citations
Reactivation of Latent Tuberculosis: Variations on the Cornell Murine Model

Charles A. Scanga;V. P. Mohan;Heather Joseph;Keming Yu

343
Citations
Chemokines and tuberculosis

Holly M.Scott Algood;John Chan;Jo Anne L. Flynn

321
Citations
Effects of aminoguanidine on latent murine tuberculosis

JoAnne L. Flynn;Charles A. Scanga;Kathryn E. Tanaka;John Chan

317
Citations
Mycobacterium tuberculosis induces differential cytokine production from dendritic cells and macrophages with divergent effects on naive T cell polarization.

Somia Perdow Hickman;John Chan;Padmini Salgame

292
Citations
How B cells shape the immune response against Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Paul J. Maglione;John Chan

286
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

William R. Jacobs Albert Einstein College of Medicine

JoAnne L. Flynn University of Pittsburgh

Steven A. Porcelli Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Barry R. Bloom Harvard University

Herbert B. Tanowitz Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Louis M. Weiss Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Arturo Casadevall Johns Hopkins University

Murray Wittner Yeshiva University

Stephen M. Factor Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Denise E. Kirschner University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

External Links

Personal website of John Chan

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