2026 Juan-Manuel Anaya: Immunology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Immunology	98	798	729	1	1	437	30010
Medicine	101	8069	7584	2	2	489	30993

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Medicine in Colombia Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Medicine in Colombia Leader Award

Overview

Juan-Manuel Anaya is affiliated with Universidad del Rosario in Colombia and has contributed extensively to the field of Medicine, with a focus on Infectious Diseases, Neurology, Immunology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Physiology. Their research encompasses significant topics related to COVID-19, including clinical research studies, long-term effects of COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, diabetes and associated disorders, salivary gland disorders and functions, COVID-19 and mental health, and the impact of COVID-19 on reproduction.

Anaya's recent publications reflect active engagement with COVID-19 and autoimmune conditions. Key papers include:

Post-COVID syndrome. A case series and comprehensive review, 2021, Autoimmunity Reviews
Human genetic and immunological determinants of critical COVID-19 pneumonia, 2022, Nature
Autoantibodies neutralizing type I IFNs are present in ~4% of uninfected individuals over 70 years old and account for ~20% of COVID-19 deaths, 2021, Science Immunology
Convalescent plasma in Covid-19: Possible mechanisms of action, 2020, Autoimmunity Reviews
Autoinflammatory and autoimmune conditions at the crossroad of COVID-19, 2020, Journal of Autoimmunity

They frequently collaborate with a core group of coauthors, including Manuel Rojas, Carolina Ramírez-Santana, Yhojan Rodríguez, Diana M. Monsalve, and Yeny Acosta-Ampudia. These collaborations indicate a broad and ongoing network in immunology and infectious disease research.

Anaya's work appears often in several key publication venues. The journals and other outlets with multiple contributions include:

Medicina
Journal of Translational Autoimmunity
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Journal of Autoimmunity
Autoimmunity Reviews

Their specialization primarily covers 147 publications in Medicine, with subfields broken down as follows:

Infectious Diseases (40 publications)
Neurology (21 publications)
Immunology (19 publications)
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (12 publications)
Physiology (11 publications)

Main research topics focus heavily on COVID-19 related areas with the following distribution of works:

COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies (44 publications)
Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 (34 publications)
SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (30 publications)
Diabetes and associated disorders (14 publications)
Salivary Gland Disorders and Functions (14 publications)
COVID-19 and Mental Health (12 publications)
COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction (10 publications)

Best Publications

Human polymorphism at microRNAs and microRNA target sites.

Liuqing Yang;Chunru Lin;Chunyu Jin;Joy C. Yang

2133
Citations
Molecular mimicry and autoimmunity

Manuel Rojas;Paula Restrepo-Jiménez;Diana M Monsalve;Yovana Pacheco

622
Citations
Autoantibodies neutralizing type I IFNs are present in ~ 4% of uninfected individuals over 70 years old and account for ~ 20% of COVID-19 deaths.

Paul Bastard;Adrian Gervais;Adrian Gervais;Tom Le Voyer;Tom Le Voyer;Jérémie Rosain;Jérémie Rosain

592
Citations
Human genetic and immunological determinants of critical COVID-19 pneumonia

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588
Citations
Variants at multiple loci implicated in both innate and adaptive immune responses are associated with Sjogren's syndrome.

Christopher J. Lessard;Christopher J. Lessard;He Li;He Li;Indra Adrianto;John A. Ice

571
Citations
Convalescent plasma in Covid-19: Possible mechanisms of action.

Manuel Rojas;Yhojan Rodríguez;Diana M. Monsalve;Yeny Acosta-Ampudia

545
Citations
Tolerance and short-term efficacy of rituximab in 43 patients with systemic autoimmune diseases

JE Gottenberg;L Guillevin;O Lambotte;B Combe

511
Citations
Autoimmune disease and gender: Plausible mechanisms for the female predominance of autoimmunity

Olga L. Quintero;Manuel J. Amador-Patarroyo;Gladys Montoya-Ortiz;Adriana Rojas-Villarraga

387
Citations
Evaluation of the TREX1 gene in a large multi-ancestral lupus cohort

B. Namjou;P. H. Kothari;J. A. Kelly;S. B. Glenn

358
Citations
Pulmonary involvement in rheumatoid arthritis

Juan Manuel Anaya;Lisa Diethelm;Luis A. Ortiz;Miguel Gutierrez

317
Citations
Autoinflammatory and autoimmune conditions at the crossroad of COVID-19.

Yhojan Rodríguez;Lucia Novelli;Manuel Rojas;Maria De Santis

315
Citations
Association of a functional variant downstream of TNFAIP3 with systemic lupus erythematosus

Indra Adrianto;Feng Wen;Amanda Templeton;Graham B. Wiley

299
Citations
Cutaneous vasculitis in primary Sjogren syndrome : classification and clinical significance of 52 patients

Manuel Ramos-Casals;Juan-Manuel Anaya;Mario García-Carrasco;José Rosas

288
Citations
Epstein-Barr virus and cytomegalovirus in autoimmune diseases: are they truly notorious? A preliminary report

O. Barzilai;Y. Sherer;M. Ram;D. Izhaky

282
Citations
How do autoimmune diseases cluster in families? A systematic review and meta-analysis

Jorge Cárdenas-Roldán;Adriana Rojas-Villarraga;Juan Manuel Anaya

271
Citations
The risk of COVID-19 death is much greater and age dependent with type I IFN autoantibodies

Unknown

263
Citations
Sjögren syndrome associated with hepatitis C virus: a multicenter analysis of 137 cases.

Manuel Ramos-Casals;Veronique Loustaud-Ratti;Salvatore De Vita;Margit Zeher

257
Citations
Post-COVID syndrome. A case series and comprehensive review.

Juan-Manuel Anaya;Manuel Rojas;Martha L. Salinas;Yhojan Rodríguez

255
Citations
Autoimmunity is a hallmark of post-COVID syndrome

Unknown

252
Citations
Association of Genetic Variants in Complement Factor H and Factor H-Related Genes with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Susceptibility

Jian Zhao;Hui Wu;Melanie Khosravi;Huijuan Cui

242
Citations
CCL3L1 and CCR5 influence cell-mediated immunity and affect HIV-AIDS pathogenesis via viral entry-independent mechanisms.

Matthew J. Dolan;Hemant Kulkarni;Jose F. Camargo;Weijing He

233
Citations
Introducing polyautoimmunity: secondary autoimmune diseases no longer exist

Adriana Rojas-Villarraga;Jenny Amaya-Amaya;Alberto Rodriguez-Rodriguez;Rubén D. Mantilla

232
Citations
Comparison of the American-European Consensus Group Sjögren's syndrome classification criteria to newly proposed American College of Rheumatology criteria in a large, carefully characterised sicca cohort

Astrid Rasmussen;John A. Ice;He Li;He Li;Kiely Grundahl

228
Citations
Th1/Th2 cytokines in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: is tumor necrosis factor α protective?

Diana Gómez;Paula A. Correa;Luis Miguel Gómez;José Cadena

223
Citations
Autoimmunity. From Bench to Bedside

Juan-Manuel Anaya;Ricard Cervera;Adriana Rojas-Villarraga;Yehuda Shoenfeld

188
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

John B. Harley United States Department of Veterans Affairs

Judith A. James Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation

R. Hal Scofield University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

Kenneth M. Kaufman Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Yehuda Shoenfeld Sheba Medical Center

Marta E. Alarcón-Riquelme University of Granada

Jennifer A. Kelly Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation

Patrick M. Gaffney Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation

Timothy J. Vyse King's College London

Gary S. Gilkeson Medical University of South Carolina

External Links

Personal website of Juan-Manuel Anaya

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