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D-Index
79
Citations
45708
World Ranking
1657
National Ranking
819

Philip L. Felgner 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 Philip L. Felgner sits on this spectrum.

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62 publications 807+

This scientist: 304 publications — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Philip L. Felgner 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 Philip L. Felgner 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

Philip L. Felgner is affiliated with the University of California, Irvine in the United States. Their research spans primarily across the fields of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology, with a prominent focus on infectious diseases and public health.

The main subfields of their work include Infectious Diseases, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Immunology, Molecular Biology, and Epidemiology. Their research addresses a variety of topics, including SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, Mosquito-borne diseases and control, Malaria Research and Control, SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing, COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, the Complement system in diseases, and Animal Virus Infections Studies.

Philip L. Felgner has contributed to multiple scientific publications, notably in these venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • Scientific Reports
  • Nature Communications

The scientist frequently collaborates with coauthors including:

  • Aarti Jain
  • Rie Nakajima
  • Algis Jasinskas
  • D. Huw Davies
  • Saahir Khan

Their recent published papers include:

  • A serological assay to detect SARS-CoV-2 seroconversion in humans, 2020, Nature Medicine
  • A serological assay to detect SARS-CoV-2 seroconversion in humans, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Modeling human adaptive immune responses with tonsil organoids, 2021, Nature Medicine
  • The 60-year evolution of lipid nanoparticles for nucleic acid delivery, 2024, Nature Reviews Drug Discovery
  • Analysis of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in COVID-19 convalescent blood using a coronavirus antigen microarray, 2021, Nature Communications

Best Publications

  • Lipofection: a highly efficient, lipid-mediated DNA-transfection procedure

    Philip L. Felgner;Thomas R. Gadek;Marilyn Holm;Richard Roman

  • Direct gene transfer into mouse muscle in vivo.

    Jon A. Wolff;Robert W. Malone;Phillip Williams;Wang Chong

  • Heterologous protection against influenza by injection of DNA encoding a viral protein

    Jeffrey B. Ulmer;John J. Donnelly;Suezanne E. Parker;Gary H. Rhodes

  • A serological assay to detect SARS-CoV-2 seroconversion in humans.

    Fatima Amanat;Daniel Stadlbauer;Shirin Strohmeier;Shirin Strohmeier;Thi H. O. Nguyen

  • Enhanced gene delivery and mechanism studies with a novel series of cationic lipid formulations

    J. H. Felgner;Raj Kumar;C. N. Sridhar;C. J. Wheeler

  • Generation of an immune response to a pathogen

    Philip L. Felgner;Jon Asher Wolff;Gary H. Rhodes;Robert Wallace Malone

  • Cationic liposome-mediated transfection

    P L Felgner;G M Ringold

  • N[ omega ,( omega -1)-dialkyloxy]- and N-[ omega ,( omega -1)-dialkenyloxy]-alk-1-yl-N,N,N-tetrasubstituted ammonium lipids and uses therefor

    Eppstein Deborah A;Felgner Philip L;Gadek Thomas R;Jones Gordon H

  • Induction of a protective immune response in a mammal by injecting a DNA sequence

    Philip L. Felgner;Jon Asher Wolff;Gary H. Rhodes;Robert Wallace Malone

  • Cationic liposome-mediated RNA transfection

    Robert W. Malone;Philip L. Felgner;Inder M. Verma

  • Selective system scan for multizone radiotelephone subscriber units.

    Felgner Philip L;Kumar Raj;Basava Channa;Border Richard C

  • N-[ω,(ω-1)-dialkyloxy]- and N-[ω,(ω-1)-dialkenyloxy]-alk-1-yl-N,N,N,-tetrasubstituted ammonium lipids and uses therefor

    Deborah A. Eppstein;Philip L. Felgner;Thomas R. Gadek;Gordon H. Jones

  • Nomenclature for Synthetic Gene Delivery Systems

    P. L. Felgner;Y. Barenholz;J. P. Behr;S. H. Cheng

  • Expression of exogenous polynucleotide sequences in a vertebrate

    Philip L. Rancho Santa Fe Felgner;Jon Asher Madison Wolff;Gary H. Leucadia Rhodes;Robert Wallace Malone

  • A prospective analysis of the Ab response to Plasmodium falciparum before and after a malaria season by protein microarray.

    Peter D Crompton;Matthew A Kayala;Boubacar Traore;Kassoum Kayentao

  • Profiling the humoral immune response to infection by using proteome microarrays: High-throughput vaccine and diagnostic antigen discovery

    D. Huw Davies;Xiaowu Liang;Jenny E. Hernandez;Arlo Randall

  • High-throughput prediction of protein antigenicity using protein microarray data

    Christophe N. Magnan;Michael Zeller;Matthew A. Kayala;Adam Vigil

  • Nonviral strategies for gene therapy.

    Philip L. Felgner

  • A novel cationic lipid greatly enhances plasmid DNA delivery and expression in mouse lung

    Carl J. Wheeler;Philip L. Felgner;Yali J. Tsai;John Marshall

  • Improved cationic lipid formulations for in vivo gene therapy

    Philip L. Felgner;Yali J. Tsai;Loretta Sukhu;Carl J. Wheeler

Frequent Co-Authors

Denise L. Doolan
Denise L. Doolan Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine
Marston Manthorpe
Marston Manthorpe Vical (United States)
Pierre Baldi
Pierre Baldi University of California, Irvine
Peter D. Crompton
Peter D. Crompton National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Christopher V. Plowe
Christopher V. Plowe University of Maryland, Baltimore
Joseph M. Vinetz
Joseph M. Vinetz Yale University
Albert I. Ko
Albert I. Ko Yale University
Richard W. Titball
Richard W. Titball University of Exeter
Dennis A. Carson
Dennis A. Carson University of California, San Diego
Alex Loukas
Alex Loukas James Cook University

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