2026 Mehul S. Suthar: Immunology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Immunology	79	1666	1517	822	736	271	28338

Overview

Mehul S. Suthar is affiliated with Emory University in the United States and has a significant body of research focused primarily within the field of Medicine. Their work spans several subfields including Infectious Diseases, Immunology, Animal Science and Zoology, Epidemiology, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's research efforts are concentrated on key topics such as SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, COVID-19 clinical research studies, animal virus infections studies, SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing, immunotherapy and immune responses, COVID-19 impact on reproduction, and viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology.

Suthar has contributed to multiple scientific publications, with a selection of notable papers highlighted below:

Safety and Immunogenicity of SARS-CoV-2 mRNA-1273 Vaccine in Older Adults, 2020, New England Journal of Medicine
SARS-CoV-2 spike-protein D614G mutation increases virion spike density and infectivity, 2020, Nature Communications
Durability of Responses after SARS-CoV-2 mRNA-1273 Vaccination, 2020, New England Journal of Medicine
Loss of furin cleavage site attenuates SARS-CoV-2 pathogenesis, 2021, Nature
Antibody Persistence through 6 Months after the Second Dose of mRNA-1273 Vaccine for Covid-19, 2021, New England Journal of Medicine

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Suthar include Lilin Lai, Venkata Viswanadh Edara, Katharine Floyd, Jens Wrammert, and Meredith E. Davis-Gardner. These collaborations span numerous joint publications, signaling ongoing research partnerships.

The predominant venues for Suthar's published work feature a range of journals, reflecting the interdisciplinary nature of their research. These venues include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), The Journal of Immunology, UNC Libraries, Nature, and Cell Reports Medicine, indicating active participation in both preprint sharing and peer-reviewed scientific communication.

Best Publications

Safety and Immunogenicity of SARS-CoV-2 mRNA-1273 Vaccine in Older Adults.

Evan J. Anderson;Nadine G. Rouphael;Alicia T. Widge;Lisa A. Jackson

1560
Citations
SARS-CoV-2 Omicron virus causes attenuated disease in mice and hamsters

Unknown

1076
Citations
SARS-CoV-2 spike-protein D614G mutation increases virion spike density and infectivity

Lizhou Zhang;Cody B. Jackson;Huihui Mou;Amrita Ojha

956
Citations
Homologous and Heterologous Covid-19 Booster Vaccinations

Unknown

945
Citations
Durability of Responses after SARS-CoV-2 mRNA-1273 Vaccination.

Alicia T. Widge;Nadine G. Rouphael;Lisa A. Jackson;Evan J. Anderson

799
Citations
Loss of furin cleavage site attenuates SARS-CoV-2 pathogenesis.

Bryan A. Johnson;Xuping Xie;Adam L. Bailey;Birte Kalveram

699
Citations
Antibody Persistence through 6 Months after the Second Dose of mRNA-1273 Vaccine for Covid-19.

Nicole Doria-Rose;Mehul S. Suthar;Mat Makowski;Sarah O’Connell

672
Citations
A complement–microglial axis drives synapse loss during virus-induced memory impairment

Michael J. Vasek;Charise Garber;Denise Dorsey;Douglas M. Durrant;Douglas M. Durrant

657
Citations
Human antibody responses after dengue virus infection are highly cross-reactive to Zika virus

Lalita Priyamvada;Kendra M. Quicke;William H. Hudson;Nattawat Onlamoon

637
Citations
Rapid generation of neutralizing antibody responses in COVID-19 patients

Mehul S. Suthar;Mehul S. Suthar;Matthew G. Zimmerman;Matthew G. Zimmerman;Robert C. Kauffman;Grace Mantus

564
Citations
Zika Virus Infects Human Placental Macrophages

Kendra M. Quicke;Kendra M. Quicke;James R. Bowen;James R. Bowen;Erica L. Johnson;Circe E. McDonald;Circe E. McDonald

551
Citations
Durability of mRNA-1273 vaccine-induced antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 variants.

Pegu, Amarendra, O’Connell, Sarah E.;Stephen D. Schmidt;O’Dell, Sijy, Talana, Chloe A.

550
Citations
Systems vaccinology of the BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine in humans.

Prabhu S. Arunachalam;Madeleine K. D. Scott;Thomas Hagan;Thomas Hagan;Chunfeng Li

528
Citations
West Nile virus infection and immunity

Mehul S. Suthar;Michael S. Diamond;Michael Gale

519
Citations
Longitudinal analysis shows durable and broad immune memory after SARS-CoV-2 infection with persisting antibody responses and memory B and T cells.

Kristen W. Cohen;Susanne L. Linderman;Zoe Moodie;Julie Czartoski

514
Citations
N6-Methyladenosine in Flaviviridae Viral RNA Genomes Regulates Infection.

Nandan S. Gokhale;Alexa B.R. McIntyre;Michael J. McFadden;Allison E. Roder

509
Citations
Toll-Like Receptor 3 Has a Protective Role against West Nile Virus Infection

Stephane Daffis;Melanie A. Samuel;Mehul S. Suthar;Michael Gale

424
Citations
Neutralization against BA.2.75.2, BQ.1.1, and XBB from mRNA Bivalent Booster

Unknown

382
Citations
IRF-3, IRF-5, and IRF-7 coordinately regulate the type I IFN response in myeloid dendritic cells downstream of MAVS signaling

Helen M. Lazear;Alissa Lancaster;Courtney Wilkins;Mehul S. Suthar;Mehul S. Suthar

354
Citations
Infection and Vaccine-Induced Neutralizing-Antibody Responses to the SARS-CoV-2 B.1.617 Variants.

Venkata-Viswanadh Edara;Benjamin A. Pinsky;Mehul S. Suthar;Lilin Lai

338
Citations
Adjuvanting a subunit COVID-19 vaccine to induce protective immunity.

Prabhu S. Arunachalam;Alexandra C. Walls;Nadia Golden;Caroline Atyeo

324
Citations
Type I and Type III Interferons Restrict SARS-CoV-2 Infection of Human Airway Epithelial Cultures.

Abigail Vanderheiden;Philipp Ralfs;Philipp Ralfs;Tatiana Chirkova;Amit A. Upadhyay;Amit A. Upadhyay

317
Citations
Vaccine Efficacy in Senescent Mice Challenged with Recombinant SARS-CoV Bearing Epidemic and Zoonotic Spike Variants

Damon Deming;Timothy Sheahan;Mark Heise;Boyd Yount

316
Citations
IL-1β Signaling Promotes CNS-Intrinsic Immune Control of West Nile Virus Infection

Hilario J. Ramos;Marion C. Lanteri;Gabriele Blahnik;Amina Negash

288
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Gale University of Washington

Jens Wrammert Emory University

Michael S. Diamond Washington University in St. Louis

Bali Pulendran Stanford University

Vineet D. Menachery The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

Arash Grakoui Emory University School of Medicine

Nadine Rouphael Emory University

Pei-Yong Shi GlaxoSmithKline (United Kingdom)

Rafi Ahmed Emory University

Steven E. Bosinger Emory University

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