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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Immunology 86 1245 1132 650 579 361 30364
Medicine 86 14025 13206 7114 6586 361 30126

Lee Ratner publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Lee Ratner between 1977 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Lee Ratner published across 49 years, from 1977 to 2025, averaging 8.6 papers a year. Output peaked at 34 publications in 2023. 28 of the 422 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1977 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 34. Peak 34 publications in 2023. 1977: 2 publications 1978: 3 publications 1979: 0 publications 1980: 2 publications 1981: 2 publications 1982: 0 publications 1983: 0 publications 1984: 4 publications 1985: 11 publications 1986: 6 publications 1987: 9 publications 1988: 1 publication 1989: 11 publications 1990: 7 publications 1991: 14 publications 1992: 12 publications 1993: 14 publications 1994: 11 publications 1995: 8 publications 1996: 10 publications 1997: 5 publications 1998: 8 publications 1999: 11 publications 2000: 15 publications 2001: 13 publications 2002: 6 publications 2003: 3 publications 2004: 8 publications 2005: 8 publications 2006: 11 publications 2007: 7 publications 2008: 4 publications 2009: 12 publications 2010: 4 publications 2011: 13 publications 2012: 10 publications 2013: 6 publications 2014: 6 publications 2015: 12 publications 2016: 12 publications 2017: 7 publications 2018: 16 publications 2019: 13 publications 2020: 8 publications 2021: 5 publications 2022: 10 publications 2023: 34 publications 2024: 12 publications 2025: 16 publications
1977 2025

422 publications in total across all disciplines

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Lee Ratner: publications per year, 1977 to 2025
Year Publications
1977 2
1978 3
1979 0
1980 2
1981 2
1982 0
1983 0
1984 4
1985 11
1986 6
1987 9
1988 1
1989 11
1990 7
1991 14
1992 12
1993 14
1994 11
1995 8
1996 10
1997 5
1998 8
1999 11
2000 15
2001 13
2002 6
2003 3
2004 8
2005 8
2006 11
2007 7
2008 4
2009 12
2010 4
2011 13
2012 10
2013 6
2014 6
2015 12
2016 12
2017 7
2018 16
2019 13
2020 8
2021 5
2022 10
2023 34
2024 12
2025 16
Total 422
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Lee Ratner 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 Lee Ratner 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, 352–361 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: 361 publications — 75th percentile

75% 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
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 69 361
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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Lee Ratner 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 Lee Ratner 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

Lee Ratner is affiliated with Washington University in St. Louis in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, focusing extensively on Oncology and Immunology as key subfields. Additional areas of study include Agronomy and Crop Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Cancer Research.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics within their domains, including:

  • T-cell and Retrovirus Studies
  • Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology
  • Vector-Borne Animal Diseases
  • Viral-associated cancers and disorders
  • Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
  • Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics

Lee Ratner has published research papers in several notable venues, with frequent contributions to Kazan medical journal, Clinical Cancer Research, Blood, PLoS Pathogens, and Cancer Research.

Selected recent publications include:

  • Defactinib, Pembrolizumab, and Gemcitabine in Patients with Advanced Treatment Refractory Pancreatic Cancer: A Phase I Dose Escalation and Expansion Study (2022, Clinical Cancer Research)
  • Genetic subgroups inform on pathobiology in adult and pediatric Burkitt lymphoma (2022, Blood)
  • Impact of Myc in HIV-associated non-Hodgkin lymphomas treated with EPOCH and outcomes with vorinostat (AMC-075 trial) (2020, Blood)
  • Brentuximab vedotin with AVD for stage II-IV HIV-related Hodgkin lymphoma (AMC 085): phase 2 results from an open-label, single arm, multicentre phase 1/2 trial (2023, The Lancet Haematology)
  • Heparanase Blockade as a Novel Dual-Targeting Therapy for COVID-19 (2022, Journal of Virology)

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Daniel A. Rauch
  • Ancy Joseph
  • Richard F. Ambinder
  • John C. S. Harding
  • David H. Henry

Best Publications

  • Complete nucleotide sequence of the AIDS virus, HTLV-III

    Lee Ratner;William Haseltine;Roberto Patarca;Kenneth J. Livak

  • The Vpr protein of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 influences nuclear localization of viral nucleic acids in nondividing host cells

    Nina K. Heinzinger;Michael I. Bukrinsky;Sheryl A. Haggerty;Anna M. Ragland

  • Myristoylation-dependent replication and assembly of human immunodeficiency virus 1

    Martin Bryant;Lee Ratner

  • Sensitivity of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 to the Fusion Inhibitor T-20 Is Modulated by Coreceptor Specificity Defined by the V3 Loop of gp120

    Cynthia A. Derdeyn;Julie M. Decker;Jeffrey N. Sfakianos;Xiaoyun Wu

  • Definition, Prognostic Factors, Treatment, and Response Criteria of Adult T-Cell Leukemia-Lymphoma: A Proposal From an International Consensus Meeting

    Kunihiro Tsukasaki;Olivier Hermine;Ali Bazarbachi;Lee Ratner

  • Multidrug resistance transporters and modulation.

    Benjamin Tan;David Piwnica-Worms;Lee Ratner

  • The sor gene of HIV-1 is required for efficient virus transmission in vitro.

    Amanda G. Fisher;Barbara Ensoli;Lucinda Ivanoff;Mark Chamberlain

  • Viral protein R regulates nuclear import of the HIV‐1 pre‐integration complex

    Serguei Popov;Michael Rexach;Gabriele Zybarth;Norbert Reiling

  • Complete nucleotide sequences of functional clones of the AIDS virus

    Lee Ratner;Amanda Fisher;Linda L. Jagodzinski;Hiroaki Mitsuya

  • Development of leukemia in mice transgenic for the tax gene of human T-cell leukemia virus type I

    William J. Grossman;Jason T. Kimata;Fen Hwa Wong;Mary Zutter

  • A molecular clone of HTLV-III with biological activity.

    Amanda G. Fisher;Enrico Collalti;Lee Ratner;Robert C. Gallo

  • Molecular Biology of Human T-Lymphotropic Retroviruses

    Flossie Wong-Staal;Lee Ratner;George Shaw;Beatrice Hahn

  • Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 viral protein R localization in infected cells and virions.

    Yuh-Ling Lu;P. Spearman;L. Ratner

  • Identification of a determinant within the human immunodeficiency virus 1 surface envelope glycoprotein critical for productive infection of primary monocytes.

    Peter Westervelt;Howard E. Gendelman;Lee Ratner

  • Bioluminescence imaging of myeloperoxidase activity in vivo.

    Shimon Gross;Seth T Gammon;Britney L Moss;Daniel Rauch

  • Macrophage tropism determinants of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 in vivo.

    Peter Westervelt;D. B. Trowbridge;L. G. Epstein;B. M. Blumberg

  • Killing HIV-infected cells by transduction with an HIV protease-activated caspase-3 protein

    Adita M. Vocero-Akbani;Nancy Vander Heyden;Natalie A. Lissy;Lee Ratner

  • Identification of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 Gag protein domains essential to membrane binding and particle assembly.

    P Spearman;J J Wang;N Vander Heyden;L Ratner

  • Relationship of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 sequence heterogeneity to stage of disease.

    Terry McNearney;Zuzana Hornickova;Richard Markham;Anahid Birdwell

  • Chemotherapy for Human Immunodeficiency Virus–Associated Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma in Combination With Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy

    Lee Ratner;Jeannette Lee;Shenghui Tang;David Redden

  • Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 negative factor is a transcriptional silencer

    Thomas M. J. Niederman;Benjamin J. Thielan;Lee Ratner

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Dale Lairmore
Michael Dale Lairmore University of California, Davis
Jeannette Y. Lee
Jeannette Y. Lee University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Richard F. Ambinder
Richard F. Ambinder Johns Hopkins University
Ronald T. Mitsuyasu
Ronald T. Mitsuyasu University of California, Los Angeles
Joseph A. Sparano
Joseph A. Sparano Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Robert C. Gallo
Robert C. Gallo University of South Florida
Ethel Cesarman
Ethel Cesarman Cornell University
George M. Shaw
George M. Shaw University of Pennsylvania
Peter Westervelt
Peter Westervelt Brown University
Beatrice H. Hahn
Beatrice H. Hahn University of Pennsylvania

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