2026 Matthias Nahrendorf: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Medicine	125	3100	2891	1711	1573	427	57357

Matthias Nahrendorf publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Matthias Nahrendorf sits on this spectrum.

101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 427 publications — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Matthias Nahrendorf D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Matthias Nahrendorf sits on this spectrum.

70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 125 D-Index — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Overview

Matthias Nahrendorf is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology, with specific subfields including Immunology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Molecular Biology, Neurology, and Epidemiology.

The main topics in Matthias Nahrendorf's work encompass immune cells in cancer, cardiac fibrosis and remodeling, atherosclerosis and cardiovascular diseases, neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms, adipokines, inflammation and metabolic diseases, tryptophan and brain disorders, and cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias.

Matthias Nahrendorf has contributed to several recent publications, including:

Single-nucleus profiling of human dilated and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (2022), published in Nature
Astrocytic interleukin-3 programs microglia and limits Alzheimer's disease (2021), published in Nature
Increased stem cell proliferation in atherosclerosis accelerates clonal hematopoiesis (2021), published in Cell
Ibrutinib-Mediated Atrial Fibrillation Attributable to Inhibition of C-Terminal Src Kinase (2020), published in Circulation
Brain motor and fear circuits regulate leukocytes during acute stress (2022), published in Nature

The most frequent co-authors collaborating with Matthias Nahrendorf include Filip K. Świrski, Yoshiko Iwamoto, Maximilian J. Schloss, Maarten Hulsmans, and David Rohde.

Their research has been published repeatedly in venues such as JACC Basic to Translational Science, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Circulation, Nature Cardiovascular Research, and the European Heart Journal.

Best Publications

The healing myocardium sequentially mobilizes two monocyte subsets with divergent and complementary functions

Matthias Nahrendorf;Filip K. Swirski;Elena Aikawa;Lars Stangenberg

2683
Citations
Identification of splenic reservoir monocytes and their deployment to inflammatory sites

Filip K. Swirski;Matthias Nahrendorf;Martin Etzrodt;Martin Etzrodt;Moritz Wildgruber

2600
Citations
Molecularly self-assembled nucleic acid nanoparticles for targeted in vivo siRNA delivery

Hyukjin Lee;Abigail K. R. Lytton-Jean;Yi Chen;Kevin T. Love

1264
Citations
Leukocyte Behavior in Atherosclerosis, Myocardial Infarction, and Heart Failure

Filip K. Swirski;Matthias Nahrendorf

1216
Citations
Myocardial infarction accelerates atherosclerosis

Partha Dutta;Gabriel Courties;Ying Wei;Florian Leuschner;Florian Leuschner

1190
Citations
Local proliferation dominates lesional macrophage accumulation in atherosclerosis

Clinton S Robbins;Ingo Hilgendorf;Georg F Weber;Igor Theurl

1184
Citations
Macrophages facilitate electrical conduction in the heart

Maarten Hulsmans;Sebastian Clauss;Sebastian Clauss;Ling Xiao;Aaron D. Aguirre

978
Citations
Monocytes: Protagonists of Infarct Inflammation and Repair After Myocardial Infarction

Matthias Nahrendorf;Mikael J. Pittet;Filip K. Swirski

950
Citations
Therapeutic siRNA silencing in inflammatory monocytes in mice

Florian Leuschner;Partha Dutta;Rostic Gorbatov;Tatiana I Novobrantseva

937
Citations
Imaging macrophages with nanoparticles

Ralph Weissleder;Matthias Nahrendorf;Mikael J. Pittet

873
Citations
Chronic variable stress activates hematopoietic stem cells

Timo Heidt;Hendrik B Sager;Gabriel Courties;Partha Dutta

862
Citations
Osteogenesis Associates With Inflammation in Early-Stage Atherosclerosis Evaluated by Molecular Imaging In Vivo

Elena Aikawa;Matthias Nahrendorf;Jose-Luiz Figueiredo;Filip K. Swirski

779
Citations
Origins of tumor-associated macrophages and neutrophils

Virna Cortez-Retamozo;Martin Etzrodt;Andita Newton;Philipp J. Rauch

774
Citations
Cardioimmunology: the immune system in cardiac homeostasis and disease

Filip K Swirski;Matthias Nahrendorf

762
Citations
In vivo endothelial siRNA delivery using polymeric nanoparticles with low molecular weight

James E. Dahlman;Carmen Barnes;Omar F. Khan;Aude Thiriot

724
Citations
Modified mRNA directs the fate of heart progenitor cells and induces vascular regeneration after myocardial infarction.

Lior Zangi;Kathy O Lui;Kathy O Lui;Alexander von Gise;Alexander von Gise;Qing Ma;Qing Ma

717
Citations
Relation between resting amygdalar activity and cardiovascular events: a longitudinal and cohort study

Ahmed Tawakol;Amorina Ishai;Richard Ap Takx;Amparo L Figueroa

686
Citations
Nanoparticle PET-CT Imaging of Macrophages in Inflammatory Atherosclerosis

Matthias Nahrendorf;Hanwen Zhang;Sheena Hembrador;Peter Panizzi

670
Citations
Noninvasive Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 Imaging Identifies Inflammatory Activation of Cells in Atherosclerosis

Matthias Nahrendorf;Farouc A. Jaffer;Kimberly A. Kelly;David E. Sosnovik

670
Citations
Molecularly self-assembled nucleic acid nanoparticles for targeted in vivo siRNA delivery

Alfica Sehgal;William Querbes;Christopher S. Zurenko;Muthusamy Jayaraman

0
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Ralph Weissleder Harvard University

Filip K. Swirski Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Peter Libby Brigham and Women's Hospital

Mikael J. Pittet University of Geneva

Elena Aikawa Brigham and Women's Hospital

Daniel G. Anderson MIT

Zahi A. Fayad Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Georg Ertl University of Würzburg

Robert Langer MIT

Galina K. Sukhova Harvard Medical School

External Links

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