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Pamela J. Bjorkman 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 Pamela J. Bjorkman sits on this spectrum.

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62 publications 807+

This scientist: 504 publications — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Pamela J. Bjorkman 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 Pamela J. Bjorkman sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 157+

This scientist: 117 D-Index — 93rd percentile

93% 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

  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 2007 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2001 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1997 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1996 - AAI-BD Biosciences Investigator Award, American Association of Immunologists

Overview

Pamela J. Bjorkman is affiliated with the California Institute of Technology in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with significant contributions in immunology and microbiology.

The scientist's work spans several subfields, including infectious diseases, immunology, virology, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, and molecular biology. Their research topics prominently feature SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19, HIV research and treatment, monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies, animal virus infections, immune cell function and interaction, COVID-19 clinical research, and vaccines and immunoinformatics approaches.

Frequent publication venues for their research include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature
  • Cell
  • Nature Communications
  • Immunity

Notable recent papers of Pamela J. Bjorkman include:

  • "Convergent antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2 in convalescent individuals," 2020, Nature
  • "SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibody structures inform therapeutic strategies," 2020, Nature
  • "Evolution of antibody immunity to SARS-CoV-2," 2021, Nature
  • "mRNA vaccine-elicited antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 and circulating variants," 2021, Nature
  • "Structures of Human Antibodies Bound to SARS-CoV-2 Spike Reveal Common Epitopes and Recurrent Features of Antibodies," 2020, Cell

The scientist collaborates frequently with other researchers in the field. Their most common co-authors include:

  • Michel C. Nussenzweig
  • Priyanthi N.P. Gnanapragasam
  • Anthony P. West
  • Christopher O. Barnes
  • Jennifer R. Keeffe

Pamela J. Bjorkman has received several awards, such as:

  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2007
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 2001
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1997
  • AAI-BD Biosciences Investigator Award, American Association of Immunologists, 1996

Best Publications

  • Structure of the human class I histocompatibility antigen, HLA-A2.

    P. J. Bjorkman;M. A. Saper;B. Samraoui;W. S. Bennett

  • T-cell antigen receptor genes and T-cell recognition.

    Mark M. Davis;Pamela J. Bjorkman

  • The foreign antigen binding site and T cell recognition regions of class I histocompatibility antigens

    P. J. Bjorkman;P. J. Bjorkman;P. J. Bjorkman;M. A. Saper;B. Samraoui;W. S. Bennett;W. S. Bennett

  • Convergent antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2 in convalescent individuals.

    Davide F. Robbiani;Davide F. Robbiani;Christian Gaebler;Frauke Muecksch;Julio C.C. Lorenzi

  • SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibody structures inform therapeutic strategies.

    Christopher O. Barnes;Claudia A. Jette;Morgan E. Abernathy;Kim Marie A. Dam

  • Evolution of antibody immunity to SARS-CoV-2.

    Christian Gaebler;Zijun Wang;Julio C. C. Lorenzi;Frauke Muecksch

  • A hypothetical model of the foreign antigen binding site of class II histocompatibility molecules.

    Jerry H. Brown;Theodore Jardetzky;Mark A. Saper;Boudjema Samraoui

  • mRNA vaccine-elicited antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 and circulating variants.

    Zijun Wang;Fabian Schmidt;Yiska Weisblum;Frauke Muecksch

  • Sequence and structural convergence of broad and potent HIV antibodies that mimic CD4 binding.

    Johannes F. Scheid;Hugo Mouquet;Beatrix Ueberheide;Ron Diskin

  • Refined structure of the human histocompatibility antigen HLA-A2 at 2.6 Å resolution☆

    M.A. Saper;P.J. Bjorkman;D.C. Wiley

  • Structure, Function, and Diversity of Class I Major Histocompatibility Complex Molecules

    Pamela J. Bjorkman;Peter Parham

  • The hemochromatosis gene product complexes with the transferrin receptor and lowers its affinity for ligand binding

    John N. Feder;David M. Penny;Alivelu Irrinki;Vince K. Lee

  • Structures of Human Antibodies Bound to SARS-CoV-2 Spike Reveal Common Epitopes and Recurrent Features of Antibodies.

    Christopher O. Barnes;Anthony P. West;Kathryn E. Huey-Tubman;Magnus A.G. Hoffmann

  • Specificity pockets for the side chains of peptide antigens in HLA-Aw68

    T. P. J. Garrett;M. A. Saper;P. J. Bjorkman;P. J. Bjorkman;J. L. Strominger

  • Crystal structure of the hemochromatosis protein HFE and characterization of its interaction with transferrin receptor.

    José A. Lebrón;Melanie J. Bennett;Daniel E. Vaughn;Arthur J. Chirino

  • Complex-type N-glycan recognition by potent broadly neutralizing HIV antibodies.

    Hugo Mouquet;Louise Scharf;Zelda Euler;Yan Liu

  • Gut microbiota utilize immunoglobulin A for mucosal colonization

    Gregory P. Donaldson;Mark S. Ladinsky;K. B. Yu;Jon G. Sanders

  • Crystal structure of the complex of rat neonatal Fc receptor with Fc

    Wilhelm P. Burmeister;Andrew H. Huber;Pamela J. Bjorkman

  • Somatic Mutations of the Immunoglobulin Framework Are Generally Required for Broad and Potent HIV-1 Neutralization

    Florian Klein;Ron Diskin;Ron Diskin;Johannes F. Scheid;Johannes F. Scheid;Christian Gaebler;Christian Gaebler

  • A gut-derived metabolite alters brain activity and anxiety behaviour in mice

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  • Evolution of Antibody Immunity to SARS-CoV-2

    Christian Gaebler;Zijun Wang;Julio C C Lorenzi;Frauke Muecksch

  • Pillars Article: The foreign antigen binding site and T cell recognition regions of class I histocompatibility antigens.

    P. J. Bjorkman;M. A. Saper;B. Samraoui;W. S. Bennett

Frequent Co-Authors

Michel C. Nussenzweig
Michel C. Nussenzweig Rockefeller University
Anthony P. West
Anthony P. West California Institute of Technology
Michael S. Seaman
Michael S. Seaman Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Paul D. Bieniasz
Paul D. Bieniasz Rockefeller University
Anna Gazumyan
Anna Gazumyan Rockefeller University
Davide F. Robbiani
Davide F. Robbiani Universita della Svizzera Italiana
Thiago Y. Oliveira
Thiago Y. Oliveira Rockefeller University
Marina Caskey
Marina Caskey Rockefeller University
Theodora Hatziioannou
Theodora Hatziioannou Rockefeller University
Hugo Mouquet
Hugo Mouquet Institut Pasteur

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