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D-Index
88
Citations
29384
World Ranking
1165
National Ranking
617

Matthew D. Scharff 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 Matthew D. Scharff sits on this spectrum.

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62 publications 807+

This scientist: 282 publications — 60th percentile

60% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Matthew D. Scharff 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 Matthew D. Scharff sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 157+

This scientist: 88 D-Index — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2015 - AAI-BioLegend Herzenberg Award, American Association of Immunologists
  • 1998 - AAI Excellence in Mentoring Award, American Association of Immunologists
  • 1984 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1982 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

Matthew D. Scharff is affiliated with the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine, Immunology and Microbiology, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Scharff's work is situated within several specialized subfields including Immunology, Molecular Biology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Genetics, and Cancer Research.

The scientist's research covers a range of main topics, such as:

  • T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research
  • DNA Repair Mechanisms
  • Genetic factors in colorectal cancer
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Immunodeficiency and Autoimmune Disorders
  • Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment

Frequently publishing in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Frontiers in Immunology, Nucleic Acids Research, and Frontiers in Oncology, Scharff's scientific contributions are diverse and concentrated in immunology and molecular biology.

Some of the recent publications include:

  • "AID Overlapping and Polη Hotspots Are Key Features of Evolutionary Variation Within the Human Antibody Heavy Chain (IGHV) Genes," 2020, Frontiers in Immunology
  • "Role of Dot1L and H3K79 methylation in regulating somatic hypermutation of immunoglobulin genes," 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Role of EXO1 nuclease activity in genome maintenance, the immune response and tumor suppression in Exo1D173A mice," 2022, Nucleic Acids Research
  • "The role of HIRA-dependent H3.3 deposition and its modifications in the somatic hypermutation of immunoglobulin variable regions," 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Post-Transformation IGHV-IGHD-IGHJ Mutations in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia B Cells: Implications for Mutational Mechanisms and Impact on Clinical Course," 2021, Frontiers in Oncology

Scharff has collaborated repeatedly with several researchers, most notably Thomas MacCarthy, Nicholas Chiorazzi, Zhi Duan, Yongwei Zhang, and Catherine Tang, reflecting a network of coauthors involved in related fields of study.

Over the course of the career, Scharff has been recognized with awards including the AAI-BioLegend Herzenberg Award and AAI Excellence in Mentoring Award from the American Association of Immunologists. The scientist is also a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a Member of the National Academy of Sciences, indicating involvement and acknowledgment within high-level scientific communities.

Best Publications

  • Single amino acid substitution altering antigen-binding specificity

    Stuart Rudikoff;Angela M. Giusti;Wendy D. Cook;Matthew D. Scharff

  • The polypeptides of adenovirus: I. Evidence for multiple protein components in the virion and a comparison of types 2, 7A, and 12☆

    Jacob V. Maizel;David O. White;Matthew D. Scharff

  • Activation-induced cytidine deaminase deaminates deoxycytidine on single-stranded DNA but requires the action of RNase

    Ronda Bransteitter;Phuong Pham;Matthew D. Scharff;Myron F. Goodman

  • A simple method for polyethylene glycol-promoted hybridization of mouse myeloma cells.

    Malcolm L. Gefter;David H. Margulies;Matthew D. Scharff

  • The Biochemistry of Somatic Hypermutation

    Jonathan U. Peled;Fei Li Kuang;Maria D. Iglesias-Ussel;Sergio Roa

  • Somatic mutation of the T15 heavy chain gives rise to an antibody with autoantibody specificity

    Betty Diamond;Matthew D. Scharff

  • The generation of antibody diversity through somatic hypermutation and class switch recombination

    Ziqiang Li;Caroline J. Woo;Maria D. Iglesias-Ussel;Diana Ronai

  • Return to the past: the case for antibody-based therapies in infectious diseases.

    Arturo Casadevall;Matthew D. Scharff

  • The role of somatic hypermutation in the generation of antibody diversity

    Deborah L. French;Reuven Laskov;Matthew D. Scharff

  • Characterization of a Murine Monoclonal Antibody to Cryptococcus neoformans Polysaccharide That Is a Candidate for Human Therapeutic Studies

    Arturo Casadevall;Wendy Cleare;Marta Feldmesser;Aharona Glatman-Freedman

  • SYNTHESIS, ASSEMBLY, AND SECRETION OF GAMMA GLOBULIN BY MOUSE MYELOMA CELLS I. ADAPTATION OF THE MERWIN PLASMA CELL TUMOR-11 TO CULTURE, CLONING, AND CHARACTERIZATION OF GAMMA GLOBULIN SUBUNITS

    Reuven Laskov;Matthew D. Scharff

  • Protective murine monoclonal antibodies to Cryptococcus neoformans.

    J Mukherjee;M D Scharff;A Casadevall

  • Use of monoclonal anti-mouse immunoglobulin to detect mouse antibodies.

    Dale E. Yelton;Catherine Desaymard;Matthew D. Scharff

  • Significant structural and functional change of an antigen-binding site by a distant amino acid substitution: proposal of a structural mechanism

    Nadine C. Chien;Victoria A. Roberts;Angela M. Giusti;Matthew D. Scharff

  • The polypeptides of adenovirus. II. Soluble proteins, cores, top components and the structure of the virion

    Jacob V. Maizel;David O. White;Matthew D. Scharff

  • Cloning of mouse myeloma cells and detection of rare variants.

    Philip Coffino;Reuben Baumal;Reuven Laskov;Matthew D. Scharff

  • Activation-induced cytidine deaminase turns on somatic hypermutation in hybridomas.

    Alberto Martin;Philip D. Bardwell;Caroline J. Woo;Manxia Fan

  • Serum therapy revisited: animal models of infection and development of passive antibody therapy.

    A Casadevall;M D Scharff

  • The role of somatic mutation in the pathogenic anti-DNA response

    Betty Diamond;Jessica B. Katz;Elahna Paul;Cynthia Aranow

  • Rapidly labeled, polyribosome-associated RNA having the properties of histone messenger.

    Thaddeus W. Borun;Matthew D. Scharff;Elliott Robbins

  • Altered somatic hypermutation and reduced class-switch recombination in exonuclease 1-mutant mice.

    Philip D Bardwell;Caroline J Woo;Kaichun Wei;Ziqiang Li

Frequent Co-Authors

Arturo Casadevall
Arturo Casadevall Johns Hopkins University
Winfried Edelmann
Winfried Edelmann Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Betty Diamond
Betty Diamond Feinstein Institute for Medical Research
Kanti R. Rai
Kanti R. Rai Hofstra University
Samuel M. Behar
Samuel M. Behar University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Myron F. Goodman
Myron F. Goodman University of Southern California
Deborah L. French
Deborah L. French Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Liise Anne Pirofski
Liise Anne Pirofski Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Joseph D. Buxbaum
Joseph D. Buxbaum Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
David H. Margulies
David H. Margulies National Institutes of Health

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