2026 Joseph C. Sun: Immunology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Immunology	61	3193	2943	1496	1370	152	20689

Overview

Joseph C. Sun is affiliated with the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in the United States. Their primary fields of study include Immunology and Microbiology as well as Medicine. Within these fields, specific subfields of study include Immunology, Epidemiology, Molecular Biology, Oncology, and Infectious Diseases.

The researcher's work covers several main topics, notably:

Immune Cell Function and Interaction
T-cell and B-cell Immunology
IL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways
Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research
Immune cells in cancer
Immune responses and vaccinations
Immunotherapy and Immune Responses

Joseph C. Sun has published extensively in a range of scientific journals, frequently contributing to:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Nature Immunology
The Journal of Immunology
The Journal of Experimental Medicine
Cell Reports

Frequent co-authors include:

Colleen M. Lau
Simon Grassmann
Endi K. Santosa
Hyunu Kim
Katharine C. Hsu

Recent publications highlight topics related to immunity and cancer research. Notable examples are:

Defining trained immunity and its role in health and disease, 2020, Nature Reviews Immunology
Trained immunity, tolerance, priming and differentiation: distinct immunological processes, 2020, Nature Immunology
Epigenetic memory of coronavirus infection in innate immune cells and their progenitors, 2023, Cell
The RNA m6A reader YTHDF2 controls NK cell antitumor and antiviral immunity, 2021, The Journal of Experimental Medicine
STING inhibits the reactivation of dormant metastasis in lung adenocarcinoma, 2023, Nature

Best Publications

Defining trained immunity and its role in health and disease

Mihai G. Netea;Mihai G. Netea;Jorge Domínguez-Andrés;Luis B. Barreiro;Luis B. Barreiro;Triantafyllos Chavakis;Triantafyllos Chavakis

2315
Citations
Adaptive immune features of natural killer cells

Joseph C. Sun;Joshua N. Beilke;Lewis L. Lanier

1907
Citations
Defective CD8 T Cell Memory Following Acute Infection Without CD4 T Cell Help

Joseph C. Sun;Michael J. Bevan

1893
Citations
CD4 + T cells are required for the maintenance, not programming, of memory CD8 + T cells after acute infection

Joseph C Sun;Matthew A Williams;Michael J Bevan

979
Citations
NK cell development, homeostasis and function: parallels with CD8 + T cells

Joseph C. Sun;Lewis L. Lanier

871
Citations
The Transcription Factors T-bet and Eomes Control Key Checkpoints of Natural Killer Cell Maturation

Scott M. Gordon;Julie Chaix;Levi J. Rupp;Junmin Wu

847
Citations
Trained immunity, tolerance, priming and differentiation: distinct immunological processes.

Maziar Divangahi;Peter Aaby;Shabaana A. Khader;Luis B. Barreiro

548
Citations
ILC1 Confer Early Host Protection at Initial Sites of Viral Infection

Orr El Weizman;Nicholas M. Adams;Iona S. Schuster;Chirag Krishna

451
Citations
Natural Killer Cell Memory

Timothy E. O’Sullivan;Joseph C. Sun;Joseph C. Sun;Lewis L. Lanier

387
Citations
Proinflammatory cytokine signaling required for the generation of natural killer cell memory

Joseph C. Sun;Sharline Madera;Natalie A. Bezman;Joshua N. Beilke

326
Citations
Molecular definition of the identity and activation of natural killer cells

Natalie A Bezman;Charles C Kim;Joseph C Sun;Gundula Min-Oo

312
Citations
BNIP3- and BNIP3L-Mediated Mitophagy Promotes the Generation of Natural Killer Cell Memory

Timothy E. O’Sullivan;Lexus R. Johnson;Helen H. Kang;Joseph C. Sun;Joseph C. Sun

311
Citations
Adipose-Resident Group 1 Innate Lymphoid Cells Promote Obesity-Associated Insulin Resistance

Timothy E. O'Sullivan;Moritz Rapp;Xiying Fan;Orr El Weizman

300
Citations
Epigenetic control of innate and adaptive immune memory.

Colleen M. Lau;Nicholas M. Adams;Clair D. Geary;Orr-El Weizman

279
Citations
Nfil3 is crucial for development of innate lymphoid cells and host protection against intestinal pathogens

Theresa L. Geiger;Michael C. Abt;Georg Gasteiger;Matthew A. Firth

279
Citations
NK Cells and Immune “Memory”

Joseph C. Sun;Sandra Lopez-Verges;Charles C. Kim;Joseph L. DeRisi

269
Citations
Epigenetic memory of coronavirus infection in innate immune cells and their progenitors

Unknown

268
Citations
Transforming Growth Factor-β Signaling Guides the Differentiation of Innate Lymphoid Cells in Salivary Glands.

Victor S. Cortez;Luisa Cervantes-Barragan;Michelle L. Robinette;Jennifer K. Bando

255
Citations
IL-2–dependent tuning of NK cell sensitivity for target cells is controlled by regulatory T cells

Georg Gasteiger;Saskia Hemmers;Matthew A. Firth;Audrey Le Floc’h

247
Citations
STING inhibits the reactivation of dormant metastasis in lung adenocarcinoma

Unknown

240
Citations
Developing and maintaining protective CD8+ memory T cells.

Matthew A. Williams;Brittany J. Holmes;Joseph C. Sun;Michael J. Bevan

222
Citations
Molecular definition of the identity and activation of natural killer cells

Natalie A Bezman;Charles C Kim;Joseph C Sun;Gundula Min-Oo

2
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Lewis L. Lanier University of California, San Francisco

Ramnik J. Xavier Broad Institute

Ananda W. Goldrath University of California, San Diego

Brian D. Brown Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Patrick J. Brennan Colorado State University

Gwendalyn J. Randolph Washington University in St. Louis

Miriam Merad Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Daphne Koller insitro Inc.

Diane Mathis Harvard University

Aviv Regev Genentech

External Links

Personal website of Joseph C. Sun

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