2026 Onur Boyman: Immunology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Immunology	68	2563	2357	66	56	165	20063

Onur Boyman 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 Onur Boyman sits on this spectrum.

62 publications 807+

This scientist: 165 publications — 22nd percentile

22% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Onur Boyman 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 Onur Boyman sits on this spectrum.

40 D-Index 157+

This scientist: 68 D-Index — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Onur Boyman is affiliated with the University of Zurich in Switzerland and has contributed extensively to the fields of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology. Their research focuses primarily on immunology, infectious diseases, neurology, oncology, and molecular biology.

Their work addresses a wide range of topics, including:

SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
Immune Cell Function and Interaction
Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
T-cell and B-cell Immunology
Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers

Boyman has published numerous articles in prominent venues. The frequent publication platforms include:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Allergy
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Nature Communications
Frontiers in Immunology

Among recent papers are:

"Systemic and mucosal antibody responses specific to SARS-CoV-2 during mild versus severe COVID-19," 2020, Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
"Persistent complement dysregulation with signs of thromboinflammation in active Long Covid," 2024, Science
"Immunoglobulin signature predicts risk of post-acute COVID-19 syndrome," 2022, Nature Communications
"Commensal Clostridiales strains mediate effective anti-cancer immune response against solid tumors," 2021, Cell Host & Microbe
"A systematic review of interleukin-2-based immunotherapies in clinical trials for cancer and autoimmune diseases," 2023, EBioMedicine

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

Miro E. Raeber
Carlo Cervia
Yves Zurbuchen
Jakob Nilsson
Sarah Adamo

Best Publications

The role of interleukin-2 during homeostasis and activation of the immune system.

Onur Boyman;Jonathan Sprent;Jonathan Sprent

2054
Citations
Plasmacytoid predendritic cells initiate psoriasis through interferon-α production

Frank O. Nestle;Curdin Conrad;Adrian Tun-Kyi;Bernhard Homey

1382
Citations
Selective stimulation of T cell subsets with antibody-cytokine immune complexes

Onur Boyman;Marek Kovar;Marek Kovar;Mark P. Rubinstein;Mark P. Rubinstein;Charles D. Surh;Charles D. Surh

1028
Citations
Spontaneous Development of Psoriasis in a New Animal Model Shows an Essential Role for Resident T Cells and Tumor Necrosis Factor-α

Onur Boyman;Hans Peter Hefti;Curdin Conrad;Brian J. Nickoloff

671
Citations
In vivo expansion of T reg cells with IL-2–mAb complexes: induction of resistance to EAE and long-term acceptance of islet allografts without immunosuppression

Kylie E. Webster;Stacey Walters;Rachel E. Kohler;Tomas Mrkvan

610
Citations
Exploiting a natural conformational switch to engineer an interleukin-2 'superkine'

Aron M. Levin;Darren L. Bates;Aaron M. Ring;Carsten Krieg

601
Citations
Memory B Cells Activate Brain-Homing, Autoreactive CD4+ T Cells in Multiple Sclerosis.

Ivan Jelcic;Faiez Al Nimer;Faiez Al Nimer;Jian Wang;Verena Lentsch

504
Citations
Converting IL-15 to a superagonist by binding to soluble IL-15Rα

Mark P. Rubinstein;Marek Kovar;Jared F. Purton;Jae-Ho Cho

503
Citations
Improved IL-2 immunotherapy by selective stimulation of IL-2 receptors on lymphocytes and endothelial cells

Carsten Krieg;Sven Létourneau;Giuseppe Pantaleo;Onur Boyman

443
Citations
Systemic and mucosal antibody responses specific to SARS-CoV-2 during mild versus severe COVID-19

Carlo Cervia;Jakob Nilsson;Yves Zurbuchen;Alan Valaperti

404
Citations
Cytokines and T-cell homeostasis.

Onur Boyman;Jared F Purton;Charles D Surh;Jonathan Sprent

390
Citations
Homeostasis of memory T cells.

Charles D. Surh;Onur Boyman;Jared F. Purton;Jonathan Sprent

379
Citations
Persistent complement dysregulation with signs of thromboinflammation in active Long Covid

Unknown

366
Citations
IL-2- and CD25-dependent immunoregulatory mechanisms in the homeostasis of T-cell subsets.

Sven Létourneau;Carsten Krieg;Giuseppe Pantaleo;Onur Boyman

365
Citations
Interleukin-2: biology, design and application

Natalia Arenas-Ramirez;Janine Woytschak;Onur Boyman

363
Citations
GATA3-Driven Th2 Responses Inhibit TGF-β1–Induced FOXP3 Expression and the Formation of Regulatory T Cells

Pierre-Yves Mantel;Harmjan Kuipers;Onur Boyman;Claudio Rhyner

357
Citations
The epigenetic modifier EZH2 controls melanoma growth and metastasis through silencing of distinct tumour suppressors

Daniel Zingg;Julien Debbache;Simon M. Schaefer;Eylul Tuncer

355
Citations
Homeostatic proliferation and survival of naïve and memory T cells.

Onur Boyman;Sven Létourneau;Carsten Krieg;Jonathan Sprent

335
Citations
The Histone Methyltransferase Ezh2 Controls Mechanisms of Adaptive Resistance to Tumor Immunotherapy

Daniel Zingg;Natalia Arenas-Ramirez;Dilara Sahin;Rodney A. Rosalia

325
Citations
Alpha1beta1 integrin is crucial for accumulation of epidermal T cells and the development of psoriasis.

Curdin Conrad;Onur Boyman;Onur Boyman;Giulia Tonel;Giulia Tonel;Adrian Tun-Kyi

322
Citations
IL-2/anti-IL-2 antibody complexes show strong biological activity by avoiding interaction with IL-2 receptor α subunit CD25

Sven Létourneau;Ester M. M. van Leeuwen;Carsten Krieg;Chris Martin

253
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Jonathan Sprent Garvan Institute of Medical Research

Charles D. Surh Pohang University of Science and Technology

Frank O. Nestle Deerfield (United States)

Cezmi A. Akdis University of Zurich

Giuseppe Pantaleo University of Lausanne

Brian J. Nickoloff Loyola University Chicago

Aaron M. Ring Yale University

Bernd Bodenmiller University of Zurich

Gerhard Rogler University of Zurich

Adriano Aguzzi University of Zurich

External Links

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