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D-Index
50
Citations
15184
World Ranking
4191
National Ranking
1913

Jörn E. Schmitz 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 Jörn E. Schmitz sits on this spectrum.

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62 publications 807+

This scientist: 103 publications — 3rd percentile

3% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jörn E. Schmitz 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 Jörn E. Schmitz sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 157+

This scientist: 50 D-Index — 15th percentile

15% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Jörn E. Schmitz is affiliated with Harvard Medical School in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of immunology and microbiology as well as medicine. They have contributed to various subfields including immunology, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, molecular biology, virology, and epidemiology.

Their published work covers topics such as monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies research, T-cell and B-cell immunology, receptor mechanisms and signaling, HIV research and treatment, immunodeficiency and autoimmune disorders, along with cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research.

Notable recent papers by Jörn E. Schmitz include:

  • Defining genetic diversity of rhesus macaque Fcγ receptors with long-read RNA sequencing (2024), Frontiers in Immunology
  • Polyclonal B Cell Differentiation and Loss of Gastrointestinal Tract Germinal Centers in the Earliest Stages of HIV-1 Infection (2020), UNC Libraries

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Schmitz are:

  • Georgia D. Tomaras
  • Haleigh E. Conley
  • Max M. He
  • David Easterhoff
  • Hèléne Fradin

Their work has been published mainly in the venues Frontiers in Immunology and UNC Libraries.

Best Publications

  • Control of Viremia in Simian Immunodeficiency Virus Infection by CD8+ Lymphocytes

    Jörn E. Schmitz;Marcelo J. Kuroda;Sampa Santra;Vito G. Sasseville

  • Replication-incompetent adenoviral vaccine vector elicits effective anti-immunodeficiency-virus immunity.

    John W. Shiver;Tong-Ming Fu;Ling Chen;Danilo R. Casimiro

  • Control of Viremia and Prevention of Clinical AIDS in Rhesus Monkeys by Cytokine-Augmented DNA Vaccination

    Dan H. Barouch;Sampa Santra;Jörn E. Schmitz;Marcelo J. Kuroda

  • Eventual AIDS vaccine failure in a rhesus monkey by viral escape from cytotoxic T lymphocytes

    Dan H. Barouch;Jennifer Kunstman;Marcelo J. Kuroda;Jörn E. Schmitz

  • Preserved CD4+ central memory T cells and survival in vaccinated SIV-challenged monkeys.

    Norman L. Letvin;John R. Mascola;Yue Sun;Darci A. Gorgone

  • Analysis of Gag-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes in simian immunodeficiency virus-infected rhesus monkeys by cell staining with a tetrameric major histocompatibility complex class I-peptide complex.

    Marcelo J. Kuroda;Jörn E. Schmitz;Dan H. Barouch;Abie Craiu

  • Emergence of CTL coincides with clearance of virus during primary simian immunodeficiency virus infection in rhesus monkeys.

    Marcelo J. Kuroda;Jörn E. Schmitz;William A. Charini;Christine E. Nickerson

  • Augmentation of immune responses to HIV-1 and simian immunodeficiency virus DNA vaccines by IL-2/Ig plasmid administration in rhesus monkeys

    Dan H. Barouch;Abie Craiu;Marcelo J. Kuroda;Jörn E. Schmitz

  • Reduction of simian-human immunodeficiency virus 89.6P viremia in rhesus monkeys by recombinant modified vaccinia virus Ankara vaccination.

    Dan H. Barouch;Sampa Santra;Marcelo J. Kuroda;Jörn E. Schmitz

  • Toward an AIDS vaccine: lessons from natural simian immunodeficiency virus infections of African nonhuman primate hosts.

    Donald L. Sodora;Jonathan S. Allan;Cristian Apetrei;Cristian Apetrei;Jason M. Brenchley

  • Viral Escape from Dominant Simian Immunodeficiency Virus Epitope-Specific Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes in DNA-Vaccinated Rhesus Monkeys

    Dan H. Barouch;Jennifer Kunstman;Jennifer Glowczwskie;Kevin J. Kunstman

  • Polyclonal B cell differentiation and loss of gastrointestinal tract germinal centers in the earliest stages of HIV-1 infection.

    Marc C. Levesque;M. Anthony Moody;Kwan Ki Hwang;Dawn J. Marshall

  • Simian Immunodeficiency Virus (SIV) gag DNA-Vaccinated Rhesus Monkeys Develop Secondary Cytotoxic T-Lymphocyte Responses and Control Viral Replication after Pathogenic SIV Infection

    Michael A. Egan;William A. Charini;Marcelo J. Kuroda;Jörn E. Schmitz

  • Immunization with a modified vaccinia virus expressing simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) Gag-Pol primes for an anamnestic Gag-specific cytotoxic T-lymphocyte response and is associated with reduction of viremia after SIV challenge.

    Aruna Seth;Ilnour Ourmanov;Jorn E. Schmitz;Marcelo J. Kuroda

  • Effect of Humoral Immune Responses on Controlling Viremia during Primary Infection of Rhesus Monkeys with Simian Immunodeficiency Virus

    Jörn E. Schmitz;Marcelo J. Kuroda;Sampa Santra;Meredith A. Simon

  • Germinal centre CD4+ T cells are an important site of HIV replication in vivo

    F T Hufert;J van Lunzen;G Janossy;S Bertram

  • Effect of CD8+ Lymphocyte Depletion on Virus Containment after Simian Immunodeficiency Virus SIVmac251 Challenge of Live Attenuated SIVmac239Δ3-Vaccinated Rhesus Macaques

    Jörn E. Schmitz;R. Paul Johnson;Harold M. McClure;Kelledy H. Manson

  • A Nonfucosylated Variant of the anti-HIV-1 Monoclonal Antibody b12 Has Enhanced FcγRIIIa-Mediated Antiviral Activity In Vitro but Does Not Improve Protection against Mucosal SHIV Challenge in Macaques

    Brian Moldt;Mami Shibata-Koyama;Eva G. Rakasz;Niccole Schultz

  • Association of Prolonged Survival in HLA-A2+ Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy Patients with a CTL Response Specific for a Commonly Recognized JC Virus Epitope

    Igor J. Koralnik;Renaud A. Du Pasquier;Marcelo J. Kuroda;Jörn E. Schmitz

  • Recombinant modified vaccinia virus Ankara–simian immunodeficiency virus gag pol elicits cytotoxic T lymphocytes in rhesus monkeys detected by a major histocompatibility complex class I/peptide tetramer

    Aruna Seth;Ilnour Ourmanov;Marcelo J. Kuroda;Jörn E. Schmitz

Frequent Co-Authors

Norman L. Letvin
Norman L. Letvin Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Michelle A. Lifton
Michelle A. Lifton Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Sampa Santra
Sampa Santra Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
David C. Montefiori
David C. Montefiori Duke University
Dan H. Barouch
Dan H. Barouch Harvard Medical School
Marcelo J. Kuroda
Marcelo J. Kuroda University of California, Davis
Vanessa M. Hirsch
Vanessa M. Hirsch National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Keith A. Reimann
Keith A. Reimann Harvard Medical School
Klara Tenner-Racz
Klara Tenner-Racz Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine
Paul Racz
Paul Racz Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine

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