2026 Mary K. Estes: Immunology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Best Female Scientists	143	209	196	131	123	663	68634
Immunology	144	144	134	96	88	654	70926
Medicine	144	1453	1343	849	773	658	71172

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Immunology in United States Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
2025 - Research.com Immunology in United States Leader Award
2018 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
2007 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
1999 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Mary K. Estes is affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with particular emphasis on Infectious Diseases, Genetics, Animal Science and Zoology, Epidemiology, and Oncology.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics including viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology, animal virus infection studies, virus-based gene therapy research, viral infections and immunology research, respiratory viral infections research, cancer cells and metastasis, and digestive system and related health.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Mary K. Estes include:

Robert L. Atmar
Sue E. Crawford
Sasirekha Ramani
Sarah E. Blutt
Xi-Lei Zeng

Publication venues commonly featuring their work are:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Journal of Virology
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
mBio
Nature Communications

Selected recent papers include:

"New Insights and Enhanced Human Norovirus Cultivation in Human Intestinal Enteroids," 2021, mSphere
"Bile acids and ceramide overcome the entry restriction for GII.3 human norovirus replication in human intestinal enteroids," 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
"Genetic Manipulation of Human Intestinal Enteroids Demonstrates the Necessity of a Functional Fucosyltransferase 2 Gene for Secretor-Dependent Human Norovirus Infection," 2020, mBio
"Fusobacterium nucleatum Adheres to Clostridioides difficile via the RadD Adhesin to Enhance Biofilm Formation in Intestinal Mucus," 2020, Gastroenterology
"Human norovirus exhibits strain-specific sensitivity to host interferon pathways in human intestinal enteroids," 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Mary K. Estes' research contributions are recognized through awards such as being a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) since 1999, election as a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2007, and a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors in 2018.

Best Publications

Replication of human noroviruses in stem cell–derived human enteroids

Khalil Ettayebi;Sue E. Crawford;Kosuke Murakami;James R. Broughman

1365
Citations
Expression, self-assembly, and antigenicity of the Norwalk virus capsid protein.

Xi Jiang;Min Wang;D. Y. Graham;M. K. Estes

1292
Citations
Rotavirus Infection in Infants as Protection against Subsequent Infections

F R Velázquez;D O Matson;J J Calva;L Guerrero

1217
Citations
Rotavirus gene structure and function.

M K Estes;J Cohen

1196
Citations
Uniformity of rotavirus strain nomenclature proposed by the Rotavirus Classification Working Group (RCWG).

Jelle Matthijnssens;Max Ciarlet;Sarah M. McDonald;Houssam Attoui

1156
Citations
X-ray Crystallographic Structure of the Norwalk Virus Capsid

B. V. V. Prasad;Michele E. Hardy;Terje Dokland;Jordi Bella

1152
Citations
Norwalk virus shedding after experimental human infection.

Robert L. Atmar;Antone R. Opekun;Mark A. Gilger;Mary K. Estes

1003
Citations
Norovirus Gastroenteritis

Unknown

1003
Citations
Age-Dependent Diarrhea Induced by a Rotaviral Nonstructural Glycoprotein

Judith M. Ball;Peng Tian;Carl Q.-Y. Zeng;Andrew P. Morris

929
Citations
Sequence and Genomic Organization of Norwalk Virus

Xi Jiang;Min Wang;Kening Wang;Mary K. Estes

925
Citations
Rotavirus infection

Unknown

905
Citations
Recommendations for the classification of group A rotaviruses using all 11 genomic RNA segments.

Jelle Matthijnssens;Max Ciarlet;Mustafizur Rahman;Mustafizur Rahman;Houssam Attoui

870
Citations
Norwalk virus genome cloning and characterization

Xi Jiang;David Y. Graham;Kening Wang;Mary K. Estes

859
Citations
Expression of Norwalk virus capsid protein in transgenic tobacco and potato and its oral immunogenicity in mice.

Hugh S. Mason;Judith M. Ball;Jian Jian Shi;Xi Jiang;Xi Jiang

830
Citations
Laboratory efforts to cultivate noroviruses.

Erwin Duizer;Kellogg J. Schwab;Frederick H. Neill;Robert L. Atmar

778
Citations
Taxonomy of the caliciviruses.

K Y Green;T Ando;M S Balayan;T Berke

726
Citations
HUMAN IMMUNE RESPONSES TO A NOVEL NORWALK VIRUS VACCINE DELIVERED IN TRANSGENIC POTATOES

Carol O. Tacket;Hugh S. Mason;Genevieve Losonsky;Mary K. Estes

658
Citations
Norwalk virus infection and disease is associated with ABO histo-blood group type.

Anne M. Hutson;Robert L. Atmar;David Y. Graham;David Y. Graham;Mary K. Estes

654
Citations
Norwalk Virus Infection of Volunteers: New Insights Based on Improved Assays

D. Y. Graham;Xi Jiang;T. Tanaka;A. R. Opekun

602
Citations
Rotaviruses: From Pathogenesis to Vaccination

Harry B. Greenberg;Mary K. Estes

567
Citations
Norovirus Vaccine against Experimental Human Norwalk Virus Illness

Robert L. Atmar;David I. Bernstein;Clayton D. Harro;Mohamed S. Al-Ibrahim

567
Citations
Diagnosis of Noncultivatable Gastroenteritis Viruses, the Human Caliciviruses

Robert L. Atmar;Mary K. Estes

543
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Sue E. Crawford Baylor College of Medicine

Robert L. Atmar Baylor College of Medicine

David Y. Graham Baylor College of Medicine

B. V. Venkataram Prasad Baylor College of Medicine

Margaret E. Conner Baylor College of Medicine

Max Ciarlet Novartis (Switzerland)

Mark Donowitz Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

David O. Matson Eastern Virginia Medical School

Robert F. Ramig Baylor College of Medicine

Gagandeep Kang Christian Medical College & Hospital

External Links

Personal website of Mary K. Estes

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