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Max D. Cooper 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 Max D. Cooper sits on this spectrum.

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62 publications 807+

This scientist: 592 publications — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Max D. Cooper 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 Max D. Cooper sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 134 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% 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

  • 2019 - Distinguished Fellows of the American Association of Immunologists (AAI)
  • 2017 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • 2012 - AAI Excellence in Mentoring Award, American Association of Immunologists
  • 2010 - Robert Koch Prize
  • 2006 - AAI-Steinman Award for Human Immunology Research, American Association of Immunologists
  • 2000 - AAI Lifetime Achievement Award, American Association of Immunologists
  • 1994 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1992 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1988 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

Max D. Cooper is affiliated with Emory University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on immunology and microbiology, with significant contributions in medicine. The main fields of study include immunology, oncology, molecular biology, genetics, and radiology, nuclear medicine, and imaging.

Themes central to Cooper's work encompass T-cell and B-cell immunology, aquaculture disease management and microbiota, monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies research, immune response and inflammation, invertebrate immune response mechanisms, chromosomal and genetic variations, and glycosylation and glycoproteins research.

Cooper has authored several recent papers, notable among them are:

  • Hagfish genome elucidates vertebrate whole-genome duplication events and their evolutionary consequences, 2024, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Development of smart anti-glycan reagents using immunized lampreys, 2020, Communications Biology
  • Evolution of variable lymphocyte receptor B antibody loci in jawless vertebrates, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Novel lamprey antibody recognizes terminal sulfated galactose epitopes on mammalian glycoproteins, 2021, Communications Biology
  • Evolution of two distinct variable lymphocyte receptors in lampreys: VLRD and VLRE, 2023, Cell Reports

Their frequent co-authors include Sabyasachi Das, Jonathan P. Rast, Masayuki Hirano, Brantley R. Herrin, and Thomas Boehm.

Max D. Cooper's work has appeared repeatedly in venues such as The Journal of Immunology, Communications Biology, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature Ecology & Evolution, and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

The scientist has received numerous awards, including the Distinguished Fellows of the American Association of Immunologists (2019), Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom (2017), AAI Excellence in Mentoring Award from the American Association of Immunologists (2012), the Robert Koch Prize (2010), AAI-Steinman Award for Human Immunology Research (2006), AAI Lifetime Achievement Award (2000), Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1994), Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1992), and membership in the National Academy of Sciences (1988).

Best Publications

  • Deficient expression of a B cell cytoplasmic tyrosine kinase in human X-linked agammaglobulinemia

    Satoshi Tsukada;Douglas C. Saffran;David J. Rawlings;Ornella Parolini;Ornella Parolini

  • Functional analysis of two human T-cell subpopulations: help and suppression of B-cell responses by T cells bearing receptors for IgM or IgG.

    L Moretta;S R Webb;C E Grossi;P M Lydyard

  • THE FUNCTIONS OF THE THYMUS SYSTEM AND THE BURSA SYSTEM IN THE CHICKEN

    Max D. Cooper;Raymond D. A. Peterson;Mary Ann South;Robert A. Good

  • The evolution of adaptive immune systems.

    Max D. Cooper;Matthew N. Alder

  • The Primary Immunodeficiencies

    Fred S. Rosen;Max D. Cooper;Ralph J. P. Wedgwood

  • DELINEATION OF THE THYMIC AND BURSAL LYMPHOID SYSTEMS IN THE CHICKEN.

    Max D. Cooper;Raymond D. A. Peterson;Robert A. Good

  • Somatic diversification of variable lymphocyte receptors in the agnathan sea lamprey

    Zeev Pancer;Chris T. Amemiya;Götz R. A. Ehrhardt;Jill Ceitlin

  • Pinocytosis by epithelium associated with lymphoid follicles in the bursa of fabricius, appendix, and Peyer's patches. An electron microscopic study

    Dale E. Bockman;Dale E. Bockman;Max D. Cooper;Max D. Cooper

  • The evolution of adaptive immunity.

    Zeev Pancer;Max D. Cooper

  • Lymphotoxin alpha/beta and tumor necrosis factor are required for stromal cell expression of homing chemokines in B and T cell areas of the spleen.

    Vu N. Ngo;Heinrich Korner;Michael D. Gunn;Kerstin N. Schmidt

  • Immunofluorescent studies of the development of pre-B cells, B lymphocytes and immunoglobulin isotype diversity in humans

    W.E. Gathings;A.R. Lawton;M.D. Cooper

  • The T cell dependence of B cell differentiation induced by pokeweed mitogen.

    Richard G. Keightley;Max D. Cooper;Alexander R. Lawton

  • Pre-B-cell leukemia. A new phenotype of childhood lymphoblastic leukemia.

    Larry B. Vogler;William M. Crist;Dale E. Bockman;Elliott R. Pearl

  • HUMAN T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATIONS DEFINED BY Fc RECEPTORS AND MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES A Comparison

    E L Reinherz;L Moretta;M Roper;J M Breard

  • Identification, Enumeration, and Isolation of B and T Lymphocytes from Human Peripheral Blood

    F. Aiuti;J.C. Cerottini;R. R. A. Coombs;M. Cooper

  • Early production of intracellular IgM by B-lymphocyte precursors in mouse.

    Martin C. Raff;Mary Megson;John J. T. Owen;Max. D. Cooper

  • A new concept of the cellular basis of immunity

    Max D. Cooper;Raymond D.A. Peterson;Robert A. Good

  • Expression of the immunoregulatory molecule FcRH4 defines a distinctive tissue-based population of memory B cells

    Götz R.A. Ehrhardt;Joyce T. Hsu;Lanier Gartland;Chuen Miin Leu

  • Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome: An immunologic deficiency disease involving the afferent limb of immunity

    M.D. Cooper;H.P. Chase;J.T. Lowman;W. Krivit

  • Dual nature of the adaptive immune system in lampreys

    Peng Guo;Masayuki Hirano;Brantley R. Herrin;Jianxu Li

Frequent Co-Authors

Hiromi Kubagawa
Hiromi Kubagawa University of Alabama at Birmingham
Robert A. Good
Robert A. Good University of Minnesota
John F. Kearney
John F. Kearney University of Alabama at Birmingham
Ian A. Wilson
Ian A. Wilson Scripps Research Institute
Carlo E. Grossi
Carlo E. Grossi University of Genoa
Thomas F. Tedder
Thomas F. Tedder Duke University
Peter M. Lydyard
Peter M. Lydyard University College London
Thomas Boehm
Thomas Boehm Max Planck Society
John E. Volanakis
John E. Volanakis University of Alabama at Birmingham
Chris T. Amemiya
Chris T. Amemiya University of California, Merced

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