2026 John V. Forrester: Immunology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Immunology	93	980	891	89	84	496	28141
Medicine	94	10577	9931	1014	968	513	28714

Research.com Recognitions

2003 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Overview

John V. Forrester is affiliated with the University of Aberdeen in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology, with a significant focus on Immunology, Ophthalmology, and Epidemiology. The scientist has also contributed to areas such as Molecular Biology and Genetics.

Their work covers several main topics including:

Ocular Diseases and Behçet's Syndrome
Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research
Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
Retinal and Optic Conditions
Immune Response and Inflammation
Ocular Surface and Contact Lens
Retinal Diseases and Treatments

John V. Forrester's recent papers include:

"The Role of Inflammation in Diabetic Retinopathy," 2020, published in Frontiers in Immunology
"Immune Privilege: The Microbiome and Uveitis," 2021, published in Frontiers in Immunology
"Severity of Experimental Autoimmune Uveitis Is Reduced by Pretreatment with Live Probiotic Escherichia coli Nissle 1917," 2020, published in Cells
"A Role for Folate in Microbiome-Linked Control of Autoimmunity," 2021, published in Journal of Immunology Research
"Treatment With FoxP3+ Antigen-Experienced T Regulatory Cells Arrests Progressive Retinal Damage in a Spontaneous Model of Uveitis," 2020, published in Frontiers in Immunology

The scientist frequently publishes in the following venues:

Frontiers in Immunology
Cells
Journal of Immunology Research
Eye
Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Collaborative work is evident through multiple co-authors, including:

Lucia Kuffová
Christine Mölzer
Heather M. Wilson
Izabela P. Klaska
Richard J. Cornall

John V. Forrester has been recognized as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh since 2003.

Best Publications

Electrical signals control wound healing through phosphatidylinositol-3-OH kinase-γ and PTEN

Min Zhao;Bing Song;Jin Pu;Teiji Wada

1307
Citations
Para-inflammation in the aging retina.

Heping Xu;Mei Chen;John Vincent Forrester

771
Citations
Epidemiology of diabetic retinopathy and macular oedema: a systematic review

R Williams;M Airey;H Baxter;J Forrester

633
Citations
Electrical stimulation directly induces pre-angiogenic responses in vascular endothelial cells by signaling through VEGF receptors

Min Zhao;Huai Bai;Entong Wang;John Vincent Forrester

562
Citations
The Eye: Basic Sciences in Practice

J.V. Forrester;J.V. Forrester;A.D. Dick;Paul Mcmenamin;F. Roberts

474
Citations
An image-processing strategy for the segmentation and quantification of microaneurysms in fluorescein angiograms of the ocular fundus

Timothy Spencer;John A. Olson;Kenneth C. McHardy;Peter F. Sharp

434
Citations
The Role of Inflammation in Diabetic Retinopathy

John V Forrester;Lucia Kuffova;Lucia Kuffova;Mirela Delibegovic

398
Citations
CNS infection and immune privilege

John V. Forrester;Paul G. McMenamin;Samantha J. Dando

331
Citations
Electrical cues regulate the orientation and frequency of cell division and the rate of wound healing in vivo

Bing Song;Min Zhao;John Vincent Forrester;Colin Darnley McCaig

321
Citations
Age-dependent accumulation of lipofuscin in perivascular and subretinal microglia in experimental mice.

Heping Xu;Mei Chen;Ayyakkannu Manivannan;Noemi Lois

319
Citations
Inducible nitric oxide synthase isoform is a key mediator of leukostasis and blood-retinal barrier breakdown in diabetic retinopathy.

Ermelindo C Leal;Ayyakkannu Manivannan;Ken-Ichi Hosoya;Tetsuya Terasaki

305
Citations
A comparison of computer based classification methods applied to the detection of microaneurysms in ophthalmic fluorescein angiograms.

Allan J. Frame;Peter E. Undrill;Michael J. Cree;John A. Olson

302
Citations
Membrane lipids, EGF receptors, and intracellular signals colocalize and are polarized in epithelial cells moving directionally in a physiological electric field

Min Zhao;Jin Pu;John V. Forrester;Colin D. McCaig

293
Citations
The corneoscleral limbus in human corneal epithelial wound healing.

Harminder S. Dua;John V. Forrester

290
Citations
Constitutive retinal CD200 expression regulates resident microglia and activation state of inflammatory cells during experimental autoimmune uveoretinitis

Cathryn Broderick;Robert M. Hoek;John V. Forrester;Janet Liversidge

280
Citations
Orientation and directed migration of cultured corneal epithelial cells in small electric fields are serum dependent.

Min Zhao;Adrians Agius-Fernandez;John V. Forrester;Colin D. McCaig

275
Citations
The role of tumour necrosis factor (TNF-alpha) in experimental autoimmune uveoretinitis (EAU).

A. D. Dick;John Vincent Forrester;Janet Mary Liversidge;A. P. Cope

269
Citations
Effects of Physiological Electric Fields on Migration of Human Dermal Fibroblasts

Aihua Guo;Bing Song;Bing Song;Brian Reid;Brian Reid;Yu Gu;Yu Gu

256
Citations
A small, physiological electric field orients cell division.

Min Zhao;John V. Forrester;Colin D. McCaig

252
Citations
Prospective surveillance of sympathetic ophthalmia in the UK and Republic of Ireland

Dara J Kilmartin;Andrew D Dick;John V Forrester

232
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew D. Dick University of Bristol

Janet Liversidge University of Aberdeen

Heping Xu Queen's University Belfast

Colin D. McCaig University of Aberdeen

Harminder S Dua University of Nottingham

May Griffith University of Montreal

Mariapia A. Degli-Esposti Monash University

Richard J. Cornall University of Oxford

Manfred Zierhut University of Tübingen

Foo Y. Liew University of Glasgow

External Links

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