2026 Otoniel Martínez-Maza: Immunology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Immunology	65	2860	2639	1352	1238	332	14024

Otoniel Martínez-Maza 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 Otoniel Martínez-Maza sits on this spectrum.

62 publications 807+

This scientist: 332 publications — 70th percentile

70% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Otoniel Martínez-Maza 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 Otoniel Martínez-Maza sits on this spectrum.

40 D-Index 157+

This scientist: 65 D-Index — 43rd percentile

43% 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

2017 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Otoniel Martínez-Maza is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within medicine and immunology, with a focus on pathology, oncology, and virology.

Their work primarily covers the following main fields of study:

Medicine
Immunology and Microbiology

Within these fields, Martínez-Maza's subfields include:

Pathology and Forensic Medicine
Immunology
Oncology
Virology
Genetics

Their primary research topics consist of:

Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment
HIV Research and Treatment
Viral-associated Cancers and Disorders
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research
HIV-related Health Complications and Treatments
Immune Cell Function and Interaction
HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions

Martínez-Maza has published frequently in a variety of scientific venues. The most common publication outlets for their research are:

Scientific Reports
Cancer Research
Blood
Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention
iScience

Highlighted recent papers authored or coauthored by Martínez-Maza include:

"Accelerated aging with HIV occurs at the time of initial HIV infection" (2022, iScience)
"Treatment of advanced AIDS-associated Kaposi sarcoma in resource-limited settings: a three-arm, open-label, randomised, non-inferiority trial" (2020, The Lancet)
"The Effects of Anti-retroviral Therapy on Epigenetic Age Acceleration Observed in HIV-1-infected Adults" (2020, Pathogens and Immunity)
"Increased Rate of Epigenetic Aging in Men Living With HIV Prior to Treatment" (2022, Frontiers in Genetics)
"Circulating markers of microbial translocation and host response to bacteria with risk of colorectal cancer: a prospective, nested case-control study in men" (2023, EBioMedicine)

Frequent collaborators include:

Marta Epeldegui
Larry Magpantay
Elizabeth C. Breen
Mary E. Sehl
Roger Shih

Martínez-Maza's contributions have been recognized through at least one notable award: the Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), awarded in 2017.

Best Publications

Autoimmune disorders and risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma subtypes: a pooled analysis within the InterLymph Consortium.

Karin Ekström Smedby;Claire M. Vajdic;Michael Falster;Eric A. Engels

755
Citations
Infection with HIV is associated with elevated IL-6 levels and production.

E C Breen;A R Rezai;K Nakajima;G N Beall

722
Citations
Sleep Loss Activates Cellular Inflammatory Signaling

Michael R. Irwin;Minge Wang;Denise Ribeiro;Hyong Jin Cho

519
Citations
The effect of HAART-induced HIV suppression on circulating markers of inflammation and immune activation.

Nikolas Itaru Wada;Lisa P. Jacobson;Joseph B. Margolick;Elizabeth Crabb Breen

430
Citations
Induction of IL-6 (B cell stimulatory factor-2/IFN-beta 2) production by HIV.

K Nakajima;O Martínez-Maza;T Hirano;E C Breen

363
Citations
Serum interleukin-6 levels correlate with disease status in patients with epithelial ovarian cancer

Jonathan S. Berek;Catherine Chung;Klara Kaldi;Joanna M. Watson

348
Citations
Oncostatin M as a potent mitogen for AIDS-Kaposi's sarcoma-derived cells.

Steven A. Miles;Otoniel Martinez-Maza;Ahmad Rezai;Larry Magpantay

337
Citations
Constitutive Production of Interleukin 6 by Ovarian Cancer Cell Lines and by Primary Ovarian Tumor Cultures

Joanna M. Watson;John L. Sensintaffar;Jonathan S. Berek;Otoniel Martínez-Maza

292
Citations
Infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is associated with an in vivo increase in B lymphocyte activation and immaturity.

O Martínez-Maza;E Crabb;R T Mitsuyasu;J L Fahey

290
Citations
Multisite comparison of high-sensitivity multiplex cytokine assays

Elizabeth Crabb Breen;Sandra M. Reynolds;Christopher Cox;Lisa P. Jacobson

205
Citations
The multicenter AIDS Cohort Study, 1983 to …

R. Detels;L. Jacobson;J. Margolick;O. Martinez-Maza

198
Citations
Cancer incidence in the multicenter aids cohort study before and during the HAART era: 1984 to 2007

Eric C. Seaberg;Dorothy Wiley;Otoniel Martínez-Maza;Joan S. Chmiel

194
Citations
IL-17A is increased in the serum and in spinal cord CD8 and mast cells of ALS patients

Milan Fiala;Madhuri Chattopadhay;Antonio La Cava;Eric Tse

194
Citations
B-cell activation and lymphoma in patients with HIV.

Otoniel Martínez-Maza;Elizabeth Crabb Breen

189
Citations
Risk of lymphoma subtypes after solid organ transplantation in the United States

C A Clarke;L M Morton;C Lynch;R M Pfeiffer

174
Citations
Is the E receptor on human T lymphocytes a "negative signal receptor"?

R Palacios;O Martinez-Maza

174
Citations
Presence of interleukin 10 (IL-10) in the ascites of patients with ovarian and other intra-abdominal cancers

Walter H. Gotlieb;John S. Abrams;Joanna M. Watson;Thierry J. Velu

164
Citations
B-Cell Stimulatory Cytokines and Markers of Immune Activation Are Elevated Several Years Prior to the Diagnosis of Systemic AIDS–Associated Non-Hodgkin B-Cell Lymphoma

Elizabeth Crabb Breen;Shehnaz K. Hussain;Larry Magpantay;Lisa P. Jacobson

159
Citations
IL-6 levels and genotype are associated with risk of young adult Hodgkin lymphoma.

Wendy Cozen;Parkash S. Gill;Sue Ann Ingles;Rizwan Masood

156
Citations
Reduced ecto-5'-nucleotidase activity and enhanced OKT10 and HLA-DR expression on CD8 (T suppressor/cytotoxic) lymphocytes in the acquired immune deficiency syndrome: evidence of CD8 cell immaturity.

J F Salazar-Gonzalez;D J Moody;J V Giorgi;O Martinez-Maza

147
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Elizabeth C. Breen University of California, Los Angeles

Roger Detels University of California, Los Angeles

Lisa P. Jacobson Johns Hopkins University

Joseph B. Margolick Johns Hopkins University

Benjamin Bonavida University of California, Los Angeles

Richard F. Ambinder Johns Hopkins University

Jay H. Bream Johns Hopkins University

Wendy Cozen University of Southern California

Charles R. Rinaldo University of Pittsburgh

Tadamitsu Kishimoto Osaka University

External Links

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