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D-Index
50
Citations
19019
World Ranking
4182
National Ranking
1907

Megan A. 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 Megan A. Cooper sits on this spectrum.

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62 publications 807+

This scientist: 152 publications — 17th percentile

17% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Megan A. 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 Megan A. Cooper sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 157+

This scientist: 50 D-Index — 15th percentile

15% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Megan A. Cooper is affiliated with Washington University in St. Louis in the United States. Their research output spans several key areas of immunology and related biomedical sciences.

The main fields of study covered in their work include Immunology and Microbiology, with 130 publications, and Medicine, with 93 publications. Subfields in which they are active include Immunology, Genetics, Epidemiology, Molecular Biology, and Oncology.

Their primary research topics focus on Immunodeficiency and Autoimmune Disorders, Immune Cell Function and Interaction, T-cell and B-cell Immunology, Blood disorders and treatments, Respiratory viral infections research, Immune Response and Inflammation, and Immune responses and vaccinations.

Frequent publication venues for their work include The Journal of Immunology and Clinical Immunology, each with 10 publications, The Journal of Experimental Medicine with 8 publications, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) with 7 publications, and Journal of Clinical Immunology with 6 publications.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Megan A. Cooper are Nermina Saucier (24 publications), Ana Kolicheski (15 publications), Joshua D. Milner (14 publications), Erica G. Schmitt (14 publications), and Jahnavi Aluri (12 publications).

Selected recent papers by Megan A. Cooper include:

  • A Global Effort to Define the Human Genetics of Protective Immunity to SARS-CoV-2 Infection (2020, Cell)
  • Studying severe long COVID to understand post-infectious disorders beyond COVID-19 (2022, Nature Medicine)
  • Recessive inborn errors of type I IFN immunity in children with COVID-19 pneumonia (2022, The Journal of Experimental Medicine)
  • Autoantibodies against type I IFNs in patients with critical influenza pneumonia (2022, The Journal of Experimental Medicine)
  • Toll-Like Receptor Signaling in the Establishment and Function of the Immune System (2021, Cells)

Best Publications

  • The biology of human natural killer-cell subsets.

    Megan A Cooper;Todd A Fehniger;Michael A Caligiuri

  • Human natural killer cells: a unique innate immunoregulatory role for the CD56bright subset

    Megan A. Cooper;Todd A. Fehniger;Sarah C. Turner;Kenneth S. Chen

  • CD56bright natural killer cells are present in human lymph nodes and are activated by T cell–derived IL-2: a potential new link between adaptive and innate immunity

    Todd A Fehniger;Megan A Cooper;Gerard J Nuovo;Marina Cella

  • Differential Cytokine and Chemokine Gene Expression by Human NK Cells Following Activation with IL-18 or IL-15 in Combination with IL-12: Implications for the Innate Immune Response

    Todd A. Fehniger;Manisha H. Shah;Matthew J. Turner;Jeffrey B. VanDeusen

  • Cytokine-induced memory-like natural killer cells

    Megan A. Cooper;Julie M. Elliott;Peter A. Keyel;Liping Yang

  • Cytokine-induced memory-like natural killer cells exhibit enhanced responses against myeloid leukemia

    Rizwan Romee;Maximillian Rosario;Melissa M. Berrien-Elliott;Julia A. Wagner

  • Cytokine activation induces human memory-like NK cells.

    Rizwan Romee;Stephanie E. Schneider;Jeffrey W. Leong;Julie M. Chase

  • NK cell and DC interactions.

    Megan A. Cooper;Todd A. Fehniger;Anja Fuchs;Marco Colonna

  • Early-onset lymphoproliferation and autoimmunity caused by germline STAT3 gain-of-function mutations

    Joshua D. Milner;Tiphanie P. Vogel;Lisa Forbes;Chi A. Ma

  • In vivo evidence for a dependence on interleukin 15 for survival of natural killer cells.

    Megan A. Cooper;Jennifer E. Bush;Todd A. Fehniger;Jeffrey B. VanDeusen

  • Fatal Leukemia in Interleukin 15 Transgenic Mice Follows Early Expansions in Natural Killer and Memory Phenotype Cd8+ T Cells

    Todd A. Fehniger;Kazuhiro Suzuki;Anand Ponnappan;Jeffrey B. VanDeusen

  • Interleukin-2 and interleukin-15: immunotherapy for cancer.

    Todd A Fehniger;Megan A Cooper;Michael A Caligiuri

  • Activation-Specific Metabolic Requirements for NK Cell IFN-γ Production

    Molly P. Keppel;Nermina Saucier;Annelise Y. Mah;Tiphanie P. Vogel

  • Preactivation with IL-12, IL-15, and IL-18 Induces CD25 and a Functional High-Affinity IL-2 Receptor on Human Cytokine-Induced Memory-like Natural Killer Cells

    Jeffrey W. Leong;Julie M. Chase;Rizwan Romee;Stephanie E. Schneider

  • Jakinibs for the treatment of immune dysregulation in patients with gain-of-function signal transducer and activator of transcription 1 (STAT1) or STAT3 mutations.

    Lisa R. Forbes;Tiphanie P. Vogel;Megan A. Cooper;Johana Castro-Wagner

  • Germline hypomorphic CARD11 mutations in severe atopic disease

    Chi A Ma;Jeffrey R Stinson;Yuan Zhang;Jordan K Abbott

  • A Global Effort to Define the Human Genetics of Protective Immunity to SARS-CoV-2 Infection.

    Jean-Laurent Casanova;Helen C. Su;Covid Human Genetic Effort

  • Mutations in sphingosine-1-phosphate lyase cause nephrosis with ichthyosis and adrenal insufficiency

    Svjetlana Lovric;Sara Goncalves;Sara Goncalves;Heon Yung Gee;Babak Oskouian

  • Recessive inborn errors of type I IFN immunity in children with COVID-19 pneumonia

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  • Hidden talents of natural killers: NK cells in innate and adaptive immunity

    Megan A. Cooper;Marco Colonna;Wayne M. Yokoyama

  • The Ying and Yang of STAT3 in Human Disease

    Tiphanie P. Vogel;Joshua D. Milner;Megan A. Cooper

  • Rituximab for the treatment of juvenile dermatomyositis: a report of four pediatric patients.

    Megan A. Cooper;Donna L. Willingham;Diane E. Brown;Anthony R. French

Frequent Co-Authors

Todd A. Fehniger
Todd A. Fehniger Washington University in St. Louis
Michael A. Caligiuri
Michael A. Caligiuri City Of Hope National Medical Center
Joshua D. Milner
Joshua D. Milner Columbia University
Marco Colonna
Marco Colonna Washington University in St. Louis
Jolan E. Walter
Jolan E. Walter University of South Florida
Troy R. Torgerson
Troy R. Torgerson Allen Institute
Wayne M. Yokoyama
Wayne M. Yokoyama Washington University in St. Louis
Christopher D. Putnam
Christopher D. Putnam University of California, San Diego
Julie D. Saba
Julie D. Saba University of California, San Francisco
Friedhelm Hildebrandt
Friedhelm Hildebrandt Boston Children's Hospital

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