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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Immunology 86 1231 1118 641 570 268 41320
Medicine 86 13877 13065 7045 6521 274 41432

Kendall A. Smith publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Kendall A. Smith between 1968 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Kendall A. Smith published across 58 years, from 1968 to 2025, averaging 5.1 papers a year. Output peaked at 19 publications in 1984. 13 of the 293 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1968 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 19. Peak 19 publications in 1984. 1968: 1 publication 1969: 0 publications 1970: 0 publications 1971: 0 publications 1972: 2 publications 1973: 4 publications 1974: 0 publications 1975: 0 publications 1976: 3 publications 1977: 8 publications 1978: 6 publications 1979: 12 publications 1980: 10 publications 1981: 13 publications 1982: 6 publications 1983: 9 publications 1984: 19 publications 1985: 9 publications 1986: 11 publications 1987: 12 publications 1988: 7 publications 1989: 7 publications 1990: 7 publications 1991: 10 publications 1992: 7 publications 1993: 12 publications 1994: 6 publications 1995: 6 publications 1996: 4 publications 1997: 5 publications 1998: 2 publications 1999: 8 publications 2000: 5 publications 2001: 3 publications 2002: 4 publications 2003: 4 publications 2004: 3 publications 2005: 5 publications 2006: 5 publications 2007: 3 publications 2008: 6 publications 2009: 1 publication 2010: 5 publications 2011: 3 publications 2012: 5 publications 2013: 3 publications 2014: 3 publications 2015: 5 publications 2016: 3 publications 2017: 0 publications 2018: 1 publication 2019: 1 publication 2020: 1 publication 2021: 1 publication 2022: 3 publications 2023: 1 publication 2024: 6 publications 2025: 7 publications
1968 2025

293 publications in total across all disciplines

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Kendall A. Smith: publications per year, 1968 to 2025
Year Publications
1968 1
1969 0
1970 0
1971 0
1972 2
1973 4
1974 0
1975 0
1976 3
1977 8
1978 6
1979 12
1980 10
1981 13
1982 6
1983 9
1984 19
1985 9
1986 11
1987 12
1988 7
1989 7
1990 7
1991 10
1992 7
1993 12
1994 6
1995 6
1996 4
1997 5
1998 2
1999 8
2000 5
2001 3
2002 4
2003 4
2004 3
2005 5
2006 5
2007 3
2008 6
2009 1
2010 5
2011 3
2012 5
2013 3
2014 3
2015 5
2016 3
2017 0
2018 1
2019 1
2020 1
2021 1
2022 3
2023 1
2024 6
2025 7
Total 293
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Kendall A. Smith 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 Kendall A. Smith sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 76 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 62–71 to 807+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 189. Most scientists, 189, have 152–161 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 807 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 262–271 publications, is where this scientist sits. 62–71 publications: 9 scientists 72–81 publications: 23 scientists 82–91 publications: 40 scientists 92–101 publications: 72 scientists 102–111 publications: 86 scientists 112–121 publications: 108 scientists 122–131 publications: 150 scientists 132–141 publications: 160 scientists 142–151 publications: 159 scientists 152–161 publications: 189 scientists 162–171 publications: 166 scientists 172–181 publications: 181 scientists 182–191 publications: 188 scientists 192–201 publications: 187 scientists 202–211 publications: 178 scientists 212–221 publications: 158 scientists 222–231 publications: 168 scientists 232–241 publications: 159 scientists 242–251 publications: 160 scientists 252–261 publications: 148 scientists 262–271 publications: 116 scientists 272–281 publications: 125 scientists 282–291 publications: 115 scientists 292–301 publications: 111 scientists 302–311 publications: 95 scientists 312–321 publications: 97 scientists 322–331 publications: 97 scientists 332–341 publications: 99 scientists 342–351 publications: 96 scientists 352–361 publications: 69 scientists 362–371 publications: 76 scientists 372–381 publications: 71 scientists 382–391 publications: 71 scientists 392–401 publications: 62 scientists 402–411 publications: 54 scientists 412–421 publications: 41 scientists 422–431 publications: 63 scientists 432–441 publications: 53 scientists 442–451 publications: 31 scientists 452–461 publications: 42 scientists 462–471 publications: 40 scientists 472–481 publications: 29 scientists 482–491 publications: 34 scientists 492–501 publications: 30 scientists 502–511 publications: 23 scientists 512–521 publications: 41 scientists 522–531 publications: 29 scientists 532–541 publications: 28 scientists 542–551 publications: 16 scientists 552–561 publications: 18 scientists 562–571 publications: 18 scientists 572–581 publications: 17 scientists 582–591 publications: 17 scientists 592–601 publications: 17 scientists 602–611 publications: 19 scientists 612–621 publications: 13 scientists 622–631 publications: 12 scientists 632–641 publications: 11 scientists 642–651 publications: 16 scientists 652–661 publications: 9 scientists 662–671 publications: 5 scientists 672–681 publications: 13 scientists 682–691 publications: 12 scientists 692–701 publications: 6 scientists 702–711 publications: 6 scientists 712–721 publications: 9 scientists 722–731 publications: 9 scientists 732–741 publications: 6 scientists 742–751 publications: 11 scientists 752–761 publications: 10 scientists 762–771 publications: 7 scientists 772–781 publications: 12 scientists 782–791 publications: 7 scientists 792–801 publications: 5 scientists 802–806 publications: 1 scientist 807+ publications: 100 scientists
62–71 publications 807+

This scientist: 268 publications — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Immunology scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 4,929 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
62–71 9
72–81 23
82–91 40
92–101 72
102–111 86
112–121 108
122–131 150
132–141 160
142–151 159
152–161 189
162–171 166
172–181 181
182–191 188
192–201 187
202–211 178
212–221 158
222–231 168
232–241 159
242–251 160
252–261 148
262–271 116 268
272–281 125
282–291 115
292–301 111
302–311 95
312–321 97
322–331 97
332–341 99
342–351 96
352–361 69
362–371 76
372–381 71
382–391 71
392–401 62
402–411 54
412–421 41
422–431 63
432–441 53
442–451 31
452–461 42
462–471 40
472–481 29
482–491 34
492–501 30
502–511 23
512–521 41
522–531 29
532–541 28
542–551 16
552–561 18
562–571 18
572–581 17
582–591 17
592–601 17
602–611 19
612–621 13
622–631 12
632–641 11
642–651 16
652–661 9
662–671 5
672–681 13
682–691 12
692–701 6
702–711 6
712–721 9
722–731 9
732–741 6
742–751 11
752–761 10
762–771 7
772–781 12
782–791 7
792–801 5
802–806 1
807+ 100
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Kendall A. Smith 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 Kendall A. Smith sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150 200
Bar chart with 60 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 157+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 201. Most scientists, 201, have 58–59 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 157 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 86–87 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40–41 D-Index: 28 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 91 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 157 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 192 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 175 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 188 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 177 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 155 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 194 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 201 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 197 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 201 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 173 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 167 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 172 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 199 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 184 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 133 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 163 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 127 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 121 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 125 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 121 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 102 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 96 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 75 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 72 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 74 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 66 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 68 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 49 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 60 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 54 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 36 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 23 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 52 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 41 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 34 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 25 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 28 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 11 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 20 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 27 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 19 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 20 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 16 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 17 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 14 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 15 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 9 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 11 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 9 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 9 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 7 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 7 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 7 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 5 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 8 scientists 156 D-Index: 6 scientists 157+ D-Index: 96 scientists
40–41 D-Index 157+

This scientist: 86 D-Index — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Immunology scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 4,929 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 28
42–43 91
44–45 157
46–47 192
48–49 175
50–51 188
52–53 177
54–55 155
56–57 194
58–59 201
60–61 197
62–63 201
64–65 173
66–67 167
68–69 172
70–71 199
72–73 184
74–75 133
76–77 163
78–79 127
80–81 121
82–83 125
84–85 121
86–87 102 86
88–89 96
90–91 75
92–93 72
94–95 74
96–97 66
98–99 68
100–101 49
102–103 60
104–105 54
106–107 36
108–109 23
110–111 52
112–113 41
114–115 34
116–117 25
118–119 28
120–121 11
122–123 20
124–125 27
126–127 19
128–129 20
130–131 16
132–133 17
134–135 14
136–137 15
138–139 9
140–141 11
142–143 9
144–145 9
146–147 7
148–149 7
150–151 7
152–153 5
154–155 8
156 6
157+ 96
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Overview

Kendall A. Smith is affiliated with Cornell University in the United States. Smith's research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on immunology and microbiology as well as medicine. Their work encompasses several subfields including immunology, oncology, artificial intelligence, sociology and political science, and safety research.

The main research topics covered by Smith include immune cell function and interaction, T-cell and B-cell immunology, CAR-T cell therapy research, immunotherapy and immune responses, hate speech and cyberbullying detection, multi-agent systems and negotiation, and the ethics and social impacts of artificial intelligence.

Smith has contributed to a number of publications in various venues with notable frequency. These publication venues include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • The Journal of Immunology
  • Nature
  • Cell Reports
  • Proceedings of the 2022 Conference of the North American Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics: Human Language Technologies

Recent papers by Smith cover both biomedical and computational topics. Some of these papers include:

  • "PD-1 combination therapy with IL-2 modifies CD8+ T cell exhaustion program," published in 2022 in Nature
  • "Autocrine and paracrine IL-2 signals collaborate to regulate distinct phases of CD8 T cell memory," published in 2022 in Cell Reports
  • "Benchmarking Intersectional Biases in NLP," published in 2022 in the Proceedings of the 2022 Conference of the North American Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics: Human Language Technologies
  • "Modeling Responsibly Toward a Fair, Interpretable, and Ethical Machine Learning for the Social Sciences," published in 2022 in TMS Proceedings 2021
  • "Streptococcal Cellulitis: A Potentially Life-Threatening Infection Beyond Skin Involvement," published in 2025 in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Frequent collaborators in Smith's research include:

  • Yevgeniy Yuzefpolskiy
  • Surojit Sarkar
  • Vandana Kalia
  • Adithya Vegaraju
  • Anthony A. Mangino

Best Publications

  • T Cell Growth Factor: Parameters of Production and a Quantitative Microassay for Activity

    Steven Gillis;Mary M. Ferm;Winny Ou;Kendall A. Smith

  • Interleukin-2: inception, impact, and implications.

    Kendall A. Smith

  • Latent infection of CD4 + T cells provides a mechanism for lifelong persistence of HIV-1, even in patients on effective combination therapy

    Diana Finzi;Joel N Blankson;Janet M Siliciano;Joseph Bernard Margolick

  • Long term culture of tumour-specific cytotoxic T cells.

    Steven Gillis;Kendall A. Smith

  • T cell growth factor receptors. Quantitation, specificity, and biological relevance

    RJ Robb;A Munck;KA Smith

  • Thalidomide exerts its inhibitory action on tumor necrosis factor alpha by enhancing mRNA degradation.

    A L Moreira;E P Sampaio;A Zmuidzinas;P Frindt

  • The interleukin-2 T-cell system: a new cell growth model.

    Doreen A. Cantrell;Kendall A. Smith

  • T‐Cell Growth Factor

    Kendall A. Smith

  • A monoclonal antibody that appears to recognize the receptor for human T-cell growth factor; partial characterization of the receptor

    Warren J. Leonard;Joel M. Depper;Takashi Uchiyama;Kendall A. Smith

  • The functional relationship of the interleukins.

    Kendall A. Smith;Lawrence B. Lachman;Joost J. Oppenheim;Margaret F. Favata

  • Transient expression of interleukin 2 receptors. Consequences for T cell growth.

    Doreen A. Cantrell;Kendall A. Smith

  • Glucocorticoid-induced inhibition of T cell growth factor production. I. The effect on mitogen-induced lymphocyte proliferation.

    Steven Gillis;Gerald R. Crabtree;Kendall A. Smith

  • Prolonged Interleukin-2Rα Expression on Virus-Specific CD8+ T Cells Favors Terminal-Effector Differentiation In Vivo

    Vandana Kalia;Surojit Sarkar;Shruti Subramaniam;W. Nicholas Haining

  • Interleukin 2 high-affinity receptor expression requires two distinct binding proteins.

    K Teshigawara;H M Wang;K Kato;K A Smith

  • Triggering of the T3-Ti antigen-receptor complex results in clonal T-cell proliferation through an interleukin 2-dependent autocrine pathway

    Stefan C. Meuer;Rebecca E. Hussey;Doreen A. Cantrell;James C. Hodgdon

  • Interleukin 2 regulates its own receptors.

    Kendall A. Smith;Doreen A. Cantrell

  • The interleukin 2 receptor. Functional consequences of its bimolecular structure.

    Huey-Mei Wang;K. A. Smith

  • Functional consequences of interleukin 2 receptor expression on resting human lymphocytes. Identification of a novel natural killer cell subset with high affinity receptors.

    M A Caligiuri;A Zmuidzinas;T J Manley;H Levine

  • Therapeutic use of IL-2 to enhance antiviral T-cell responses in vivo

    Joseph N. Blattman;Jason M. Grayson;E. John Wherry;Susan M. Kaech

  • Differentiation of T cell lymphokine gene expression: the in vitro acquisition of T cell memory.

    S Ehlers;K A Smith

  • Thalidomide Exerts Its Inhibitory Action on Tumor Necrosis Factor oe by Enhancing mRNA Degradation By Andre L. Moreira,* Elizabeth P. Sampaio,*S Antonina Zmuidzinas,*

    Paula Frindt;Kendall A. Smith;Gilla Kaplan

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven Gillis
Steven Gillis Dartmouth College
Allan Munck
Allan Munck Dartmouth College
Gerald R. Crabtree
Gerald R. Crabtree Stanford University
Gilla Kaplan
Gilla Kaplan Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Rafi Ahmed
Rafi Ahmed Emory University
Zanvil A. Cohn
Zanvil A. Cohn Rockefeller University
Doreen A. Cantrell
Doreen A. Cantrell University of Dundee
Francis W. Ruscetti
Francis W. Ruscetti National Institutes of Health
Takashi Uchiyama
Takashi Uchiyama Kyoto University
Clara D. Bloomfield
Clara D. Bloomfield The Ohio State University

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