2026 Max D. Cooper: Immunology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Immunology	134	203	188	132	121	592	58119
Medicine	133	2255	2098	1275	1168	588	58078

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

1595
Citations
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

1523
Citations
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

1126
Citations
The evolution of adaptive immune systems.

Max D. Cooper;Matthew N. Alder

1110
Citations
The Primary Immunodeficiencies

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

1045
Citations
DELINEATION OF THE THYMIC AND BURSAL LYMPHOID SYSTEMS IN THE CHICKEN.

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

820
Citations
Somatic diversification of variable lymphocyte receptors in the agnathan sea lamprey

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

787
Citations
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

744
Citations
The evolution of adaptive immunity.

Zeev Pancer;Max D. Cooper

739
Citations
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

682
Citations
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

596
Citations
The T cell dependence of B cell differentiation induced by pokeweed mitogen.

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

519
Citations
Pre-B-cell leukemia. A new phenotype of childhood lymphoblastic leukemia.

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

518
Citations
HUMAN T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATIONS DEFINED BY Fc RECEPTORS AND MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES A Comparison

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

499
Citations
Identification, Enumeration, and Isolation of B and T Lymphocytes from Human Peripheral Blood

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

485
Citations
Early production of intracellular IgM by B-lymphocyte precursors in mouse.

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

477
Citations
A new concept of the cellular basis of immunity

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

474
Citations
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

465
Citations
Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome: An immunologic deficiency disease involving the afferent limb of immunity

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

458
Citations
Dual nature of the adaptive immune system in lampreys

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

453
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Hiromi Kubagawa University of Alabama at Birmingham

Robert A. Good University of Minnesota

John F. Kearney University of Alabama at Birmingham

Ian A. Wilson Scripps Research Institute

Carlo E. Grossi University of Genoa

Thomas F. Tedder Duke University

Peter M. Lydyard University College London

Thomas Boehm Max Planck Society

John E. Volanakis University of Alabama at Birmingham

Chris T. Amemiya University of California, Merced

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