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Immunology

D-Index
79
Citations
21507
World Ranking
1695
National Ranking
836

Medicine

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79
Citations
21583
World Ranking
17618
National Ranking
8803

Moon H. Nahm 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 Moon H. Nahm sits on this spectrum.

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62 publications 807+

This scientist: 313 publications — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Moon H. Nahm 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 Moon H. Nahm sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 157+

This scientist: 79 D-Index — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Moon H. Nahm is affiliated with the University of Alabama at Birmingham in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology, with significant contributions in the subfields of Epidemiology, Microbiology, Immunology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

The scientist's work covers a variety of topics, focusing notably on Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections, Bacterial Infections and Vaccines, Respiratory Viral Infections Research, Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia Detection and Treatment, Influenza Virus Research Studies, Immunodeficiency and Autoimmune Disorders, and Diabetes and Associated Disorders.

Moon H. Nahm has coauthored multiple research papers alongside frequent collaborators including Feroze Ganaie, David C. LaFon, Jamil S. Saad, Stephanie W. Lo, and Lesley McGee.

The researcher has published extensively in several academic venues. Notably, these include Microbiology Spectrum, Journal of Clinical Microbiology, Vaccine, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and mBio.

Some of the recent publications featuring Moon H. Nahm are as follows:

  • A New Pneumococcal Capsule Type, 10D, is the 100th Serotype and Has a Large cps Fragment from an Oral Streptococcus, 2020, mBio
  • Structural, Genetic, and Serological Elucidation of Streptococcus pneumoniae Serogroup 24 Serotypes: Discovery of a New Serotype, 24C, with a Variable Capsule Structure, 2021, Journal of Clinical Microbiology
  • Capsule Promotes Intracellular Survival and Vascular Endothelial Cell Translocation during Invasive Pneumococcal Disease, 2021, mBio
  • Discovery and Characterization of Pneumococcal Serogroup 36 Capsule Subtypes, Serotypes 36A and 36B, 2023, Journal of Clinical Microbiology
  • Novel pneumococcal capsule type 33E results from the inactivation of glycosyltransferase WciE in vaccine type 33F, 2023, Journal of Biological Chemistry

Best Publications

  • BCL2 protein is topographically restricted in tissues characterized by apoptotic cell death.

    David M. Hockenbery;Mary Zutter;William Hickey;Moon Nahm

  • Pneumococcal Capsules and Their Types: Past, Present, and Future.

    K. Aaron Geno;Gwendolyn L. Gilbert;Gwendolyn L. Gilbert;Joon Young Song;Ian C. Skovsted

  • Discovery of a New Capsular Serotype (6C) within Serogroup 6 of Streptococcus pneumoniae

    In Ho Park;David G. Pritchard;Rob Cartee;Angela Brandao;Angela Brandao

  • ANTIPHOSPHOCHOLINE ANTIBODIES FOUND IN NORMAL MOUSE SERUM ARE PROTECTIVE AGAINST INTRAVENOUS INFECTION WITH TYPE 3 STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE

    David E. Briles;Moon Nahm;Kenneth Schroer;Joseph Davie

  • NOD-Like Receptors in Infection, Immunity, and Diseases

    Young Keun Kim;Jeon Soo Shin;Moon H Nahm

  • Role of lymphotoxin and the type I TNF receptor in the formation of germinal centers.

    Mitsuru Matsumoto;Sanjeev Mariathasan;Moon H. Nahm;Ferenc Baranyay

  • Affinity maturation without germinal centres in lymphotoxin-α-deficient mice

    Mitsuru Matsumoto;Stanley F. Lo;Cynthia J. L. Carruthers;Jingjuan Min

  • Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for quantitation of human antibodies to pneumococcal polysaccharides.

    Catherine M. Wernette;Carl E. Frasch;Dace Madore;George Carlone

  • Immunization of Humans with Recombinant Pneumococcal Surface Protein A (rPspA) Elicits Antibodies That Passively Protect Mice from Fatal Infection with Streptococcus pneumoniae Bearing Heterologous PspA

    David E. Briles;Susan K. Hollingshead;Janice King;Amy Swift

  • A New Pneumococcal Capsule Type, 10D, is the 100th Serotype and Has a Large cps Fragment from an Oral Streptococcus

    Feroze Ganaie;Jamil S. Saad;Lesley McGee;Andries J. van Tonder

  • Subclass restriction of murine antibodies. II. The IgG plaque-forming cell response to thymus-independent type 1 and type 2 antigens in normal mice and mice expressing an X-linked immunodeficiency

    J Slack;G P Der-Balian;M Nahm;J M Davie

  • Intranasal Immunization of Mice with PspA (Pneumococcal Surface Protein A) Can Prevent Intranasal Carriage, Pulmonary Infection, and Sepsis with Streptococcus pneumoniae

    Hong-Yin Wu;Moon H. Nahm;Y. Guo;Michael W. Russell

  • The 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) elicits cross-functional opsonophagocytic killing responses in humans to Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypes 6C and 7A.

    David Cooper;Xinhong Yu;Mohinder Sidhu;Moon H. Nahm

  • Use of opsonophagocytosis for serological evaluation of pneumococcal vaccines.

    Sandra Romero-Steiner;Carl E. Frasch;George Carlone;Roland A. Fleck

  • Pneumococcal Lipoteichoic Acid (LTA) Is Not as Potent as Staphylococcal LTA in Stimulating Toll-Like Receptor 2

    Seung Hyun Han;Je Hak Kim;Michael Martin;Suzanne M. Michalek

  • A new pneumococcal serotype, 11E, has a variably inactivated wcjE gene.

    Juan J. Calix;Moon H. Nahm

  • Development and Validation of a Fourfold Multiplexed Opsonization Assay (MOPA4) for Pneumococcal Antibodies

    Robert L. Burton;Moon H. Nahm

  • Monoclonal antibodies to mouse MHC antigens. I. Serologic characterization of ten anti-H-2 and anti-Ia reagents.

    Vera Hauptfeld;Moon Nahm;Miroslav Hauptfeld;Donald C. Shreffler

  • Clinical Implications of Pneumococcal Serotypes: Invasive Disease Potential, Clinical Presentations, and Antibiotic Resistance

    Joon Young Song;Joon Young Song;Moon H. Nahm;M. Allen Moseley

  • Genetic Basis for the New Pneumococcal Serotype, 6C

    In Ho Park;Saeyoung Park;Susan K. Hollingshead;Moon H. Nahm

  • Cytokine expression by germinal center cells.

    A. W. Butch;Gook-Hyun Chung;J. W. Hoffmann;M. H. Nahm

Frequent Co-Authors

David E. Briles
David E. Briles University of Alabama at Birmingham
Joseph M. Davie
Joseph M. Davie Pfizer (Germany)
Dan M. Granoff
Dan M. Granoff UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital
Susan K. Hollingshead
Susan K. Hollingshead University of Alabama at Birmingham
David Goldblatt
David Goldblatt University College London
George M. Carlone
George M. Carlone Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Richard P. MacDermott
Richard P. MacDermott Albany Medical Center Hospital
William H. Benjamin
William H. Benjamin University of Alabama at Birmingham
Mimi L.K. Tang
Mimi L.K. Tang Royal Children's Hospital
Mark T. Dransfield
Mark T. Dransfield University of Alabama at Birmingham

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