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Mihai G. Netea 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 Mihai G. Netea sits on this spectrum.

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62 publications 807+

This scientist: 1,230 publications — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Mihai G. Netea 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 Mihai G. Netea sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 157+

This scientist: 202 D-Index — 100th percentile

100% 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

  • 2026 - Research.com Immunology in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Medicine in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Immunology in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Medicine in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Immunology in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Medicine in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2016 - Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2016 - Spinoza Prize, Dutch Research Council
  • 2015 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Mihai G. Netea is a researcher affiliated with Radboud University in the Netherlands. Their work spans the fields of medicine and immunology and microbiology, with significant focus on immunology and infectious diseases. The scientist's research interests cover a breadth of topics including immune responses and vaccinations, COVID-19 clinical research studies, immune cells in cancer, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, vaccine coverage and hesitancy, COVID-19 impact on reproduction, and diabetes and associated disorders.

Frequent venues for the publication of their research include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Frontiers in Immunology, SSRN Electronic Journal, University of Groningen research database (University of Groningen / Centre for Information Technology), and eLife.

Among their recent papers are the following:

  • "Defining trained immunity and its role in health and disease", 2020, Nature reviews. Immunology
  • "Complex Immune Dysregulation in COVID-19 Patients with Severe Respiratory Failure", 2020, Cell Host & Microbe
  • "A minimal common outcome measure set for COVID-19 clinical research", 2020, The Lancet Infectious Diseases
  • "Presence of Genetic Variants Among Young Men With Severe COVID-19", 2020, JAMA
  • "Swarm Learning for decentralized and confidential clinical machine learning", 2021, Nature

Netea collaborates frequently with a group of other researchers, including Leo A. B. Joosten, Yang Li, Frank L. van de Veerdonk, Simone J.C.F.M. Moorlag, and Martin Jaeger. The volume of coauthored works ranges up to 252 publications with some collaborators, indicating a consistent network of partnership in their scientific endeavors.

Their subfields of study extend deeply into immunology, infectious diseases, molecular biology, epidemiology, and genetics. This multidisciplinary background supports research that integrates molecular mechanisms with clinical and population-level impacts.

The researcher has been recognized by various awards, including membership in the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2016, the Spinoza Prize from the Dutch Research Council in 2016, and membership in Academia Europaea in 2015.

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Amal Kamal Abdel-Aziz;Sara Abdelfatah;Mahmoud Abdellatif

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Fabio C. Abdalla;Hagai Abeliovich;Robert T. Abraham

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Hidden Killers: Human Fungal Infections

    Gordon D. Brown;David W. Denning;Neil A. R. Gow;Stuart M. Levitz

  • Trained immunity: A program of innate immune memory in health and disease

    Mihai G. Netea;Leo A. B. Joosten;Eicke Latz;Kingston H. G. Mills

  • Defining trained immunity and its role in health and disease

    Mihai G. Netea;Mihai G. Netea;Jorge Domínguez-Andrés;Luis B. Barreiro;Luis B. Barreiro;Triantafyllos Chavakis;Triantafyllos Chavakis

  • mTOR- and HIF-1α–mediated aerobic glycolysis as metabolic basis for trained immunity

    Shih-Chin Cheng;Jessica Quintin;Robert A. Cramer;Kelly M. Shepardson

  • COMPLEX IMMUNE DYSREGULATION IN COVID-19 PATIENTS WITH SEVERE RESPIRATORY FAILURE

    Evangelos J. Giamarellos-Bourboulis;Mihai G. Netea;Mihai G. Netea;Nikoletta Rovina;Karolina Akinosoglou

  • Population-based metagenomics analysis reveals markers for gut microbiome composition and diversity.

    Alexandra Zhernakova;Alexander Kurilshikov;Marc Jan Bonder;Ettje F. Tigchelaar

  • The immunopathology of sepsis and potential therapeutic targets

    Tom van der Poll;Frank L. van de Veerdonk;Brendon P. Scicluna;Mihai G. Netea

  • Bacille Calmette-Guérin induces NOD2-dependent nonspecific protection from reinfection via epigenetic reprogramming of monocytes

    Johanneke Kleinnijenhuis;Jessica Quintin;Frank Preijers;Leo A. B. Joosten

  • Epigenetic programming of monocyte-to-macrophage differentiation and trained innate immunity

    Sadia Saeed;Jessica Quintin;Hindrik H. D. Kerstens;Nagesha A. Rao

  • Trained Immunity: A Memory for Innate Host Defense

    Mihai G. Netea;Jessica Quintin;Jos W.M. van der Meer

  • A minimal common outcome measure set for COVID-19 clinical research

    John C. Marshall;Srinivas Murthy;Janet Diaz;Neil Adhikari

  • The Human Cell Atlas

    Aviv Regev;Aviv Regev;Aviv Regev;Sarah A Teichmann;Sarah A Teichmann;Sarah A Teichmann;Eric S Lander;Eric S Lander;Eric S Lander;Ido Amit

  • Causal relationships among the gut microbiome, short-chain fatty acids and metabolic diseases.

    Serena Sanna;Natalie R van Zuydam;Natalie R van Zuydam;Anubha Mahajan;Alexander Kurilshikov

  • Candida albicans Infection Affords Protection against Reinfection via Functional Reprogramming of Monocytes

    Jessica Quintin;Sadia Saeed;Joost H.A. Martens;Evangelos J. Giamarellos-Bourboulis

  • Linking the Human Gut Microbiome to Inflammatory Cytokine Production Capacity.

    Melanie Schirmer;Melanie Schirmer;Sanne P. Smeekens;Hera Vlamakis;Martin Jaeger

  • BCG Vaccination Protects against Experimental Viral Infection in Humans through the Induction of Cytokines Associated with Trained Immunity

    Rob J.W. Arts;Simone J.C.F.M. Moorlag;Boris Novakovic;Yang Li

  • An integrated model of the recognition of Candida albicans by the innate immune system.

    Mihai G. Netea;Gordon D. Brown;Bart Jan Kullberg;Neil A. R. Gow

Frequent Co-Authors

Leo A. B. Joosten
Leo A. B. Joosten Radboud University
Jos W. M. van der Meer
Jos W. M. van der Meer Radboud University Medical Center
Frank L. van de Veerdonk
Frank L. van de Veerdonk Radboud University
Bart Jan Kullberg
Bart Jan Kullberg Radboud University
Charles A. Dinarello
Charles A. Dinarello University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Reinout van Crevel
Reinout van Crevel Radboud University
Marije Oosting
Marije Oosting Radboud University
Niels P. Riksen
Niels P. Riksen Radboud University
Ramnik J. Xavier
Ramnik J. Xavier Broad Institute
Cisca Wijmenga
Cisca Wijmenga University Medical Center Groningen

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