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117
Citations
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364
National Ranking
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Jonathan Sprent publication distribution in Immunology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Immunology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jonathan Sprent sits on this spectrum.

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62 publications 807+

This scientist: 393 publications — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 807 publications or more.

Jonathan Sprent D-index placement in Immunology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Immunology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jonathan Sprent sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 157+

This scientist: 117 D-Index — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 157 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Immunology in Australia Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Immunology in Australia Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Immunology in Australia Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Immunology in Australia Leader Award
  • 2019 - Distinguished Fellows of the American Association of Immunologists (AAI)
  • 2017 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2015 - AAI Lifetime Achievement Award, American Association of Immunologists
  • 1998 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom

Overview

Jonathan Sprent is affiliated with the Garvan Institute of Medical Research in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on immunology, with a significant contribution to the understanding of T-cell biology and immune responses.

The scientist's recent publications include:

  • COVID-19 vaccine side effects: The positives about feeling bad, 2021, Science Immunology
  • Dual Nature of Type I Interferons in SARS-CoV-2-Induced Inflammation, 2021, Trends in Immunology
  • Homeostasis of Naive and Memory T Lymphocytes, 2021, Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology
  • High levels of soluble CD25 in COVID-19 severity suggest a divergence between anti-viral and pro-inflammatory T-cell responses, 2021, Clinical & Translational Immunology
  • Treg Therapies Revisited: Tolerance Beyond Deletion, 2021, Frontiers in Immunology

Frequent co-authors in their work include Nina Pilat, Romy Steiner, Charles M. King, Takeshi Kawabe, and Romain Rouet.

Jonathan Sprent has published repeatedly in these venues:

  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • Science Immunology
  • Trends in Immunology
  • Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology
  • Clinical & Translational Immunology

Their main fields of study are Immunology and Microbiology, and Medicine, with subfields covering Immunology, Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, Transplantation, and Molecular Biology.

The research topics addressed include:

  • T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments
  • Reproductive System and Pregnancy

Jonathan Sprent has been recognized with several awards, such as:

  • Distinguished Fellows of the American Association of Immunologists (AAI), 2019
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 2017
  • AAI Lifetime Achievement Award, American Association of Immunologists, 2015
  • Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom, 1998

Best Publications

  • The role of interleukin-2 during homeostasis and activation of the immune system.

    Onur Boyman;Jonathan Sprent;Jonathan Sprent

  • Potent and Selective Stimulation of Memory-Phenotype CD8+ T Cells In Vivo by IL-15

    Xiaohong Zhang;Siquan Sun;Inkyu Hwang;David F Tough

  • Homeostasis of naive and memory T cells.

    Charles D. Surh;Jonathan Sprent

  • T-cell apoptosis detected in situ during positive and negative selection in the thymus

    Charles D. Surh;Jonathan Sprent

  • Induction of Bystander T Cell Proliferation by Viruses and Type I Interferon in Vivo

    David F. Tough;Persephone Borrow;Jonathan Sprent

  • IL-7 is critical for homeostatic proliferation and survival of naïve T cells

    Joyce T. Tan;Eric Dudl;Eric LeRoy;Richard Murray

  • Type I interferons act directly on CD8 T cells to allow clonal expansion and memory formation in response to viral infection.

    Ganesh A. Kolumam;Sunil Thomas;Lucas J. Thompson;Jonathan Sprent

  • Turnover of naive- and memory-phenotype T cells.

    David F. Tough;Jonathan Sprent

  • Extrathymic tolerance of mature T cells: clonal elimination as a consequence of immunity.

    Susan Webb;Claudia Morris;Jonathan Sprent

  • Selective stimulation of T cell subsets with antibody-cytokine immune complexes

    Onur Boyman;Marek Kovar;Marek Kovar;Mark P. Rubinstein;Mark P. Rubinstein;Charles D. Surh;Charles D. Surh

  • Interleukin (IL)-15 and IL-7 jointly regulate homeostatic proliferation of memory phenotype CD8+ cells but are not required for memory phenotype CD4+ cells.

    Joyce T. Tan;Bettina Ernst;William C. Kieper;Eric M. Leroy

  • The Peptide Ligands Mediating Positive Selection in the Thymus Control T Cell Survival and Homeostatic Proliferation in the Periphery

    Bettina Ernst;Dong-Sup Lee;Jennifer M Chang;Jonathan Sprent

  • A Fundamental Role for Interleukin-21 in the Generation of T Follicular Helper Cells

    Alexis Vogelzang;Helen N McGuire;Di Yu;Jonathon Sprent

  • Lethal graft-versus-host disease after bone marrow transplantation across minor histocompatibility barriers in mice. Prevention by removing mature T cells from marrow.

    R Korngold;J Sprent

  • A monoclonal antibody discriminating between subsets of T and B cells.

    J Bruce;F W Symington;T J McKearn;J Sprent

  • Normal T cell homeostasis: the conversion of naive cells into memory-phenotype cells

    Jonathan Sprent;Charles D Surh;Charles D Surh

  • In vivo expansion of T reg cells with IL-2–mAb complexes: induction of resistance to EAE and long-term acceptance of islet allografts without immunosuppression

    Kylie E. Webster;Stacey Walters;Rachel E. Kohler;Tomas Mrkvan

  • A RECEPTOR FOR ANTIBODY ON B LYMPHOCYTES : I. METHOD OF DETECTION AND FUNCTIONAL SIGNIFICANCE

    A. Basten;J. F. A. P. Miller;J. Sprent;J. Pye

  • TCR-mediated internalization of peptide-MHC complexes acquired by T cells

    Jing-Feng Huang;Young Yang;Homero Sepulveda;Weixing Shi

  • Lymphocyte life-span and memory

    Jonathan Sprent;David F. Tough

Frequent Co-Authors

Charles D. Surh
Charles D. Surh Pohang University of Science and Technology
David F. Tough
David F. Tough GlaxoSmithKline (United Kingdom)
Onur Boyman
Onur Boyman University of Zurich
Per A. Peterson
Per A. Peterson Scripps Research Institute
Robert Korngold
Robert Korngold Hackensack University Medical Center
H. von Boehmer
H. von Boehmer Harvard Medical School
Darcy B. Wilson
Darcy B. Wilson Torrey Pines Institute For Molecular Studies
David Lo
David Lo University of California, Riverside
Antony Basten
Antony Basten Garvan Institute of Medical Research
Noel L. Warner
Noel L. Warner Becton Dickinson (United States)

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