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2026

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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Immunology 148 128 120 84 78 736 82140
Medicine 149 1200 1107 690 624 754 84296

Richard Bucala publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Richard Bucala between 1982 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Richard Bucala published across 44 years, from 1982 to 2025, averaging 17.1 papers a year. Output peaked at 41 publications in 2013. 12 of the 752 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30 40
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1982 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 41. Peak 41 publications in 2013. 1982: 1 publication 1983: 2 publications 1984: 3 publications 1985: 8 publications 1986: 1 publication 1987: 1 publication 1988: 0 publications 1989: 0 publications 1990: 0 publications 1991: 4 publications 1992: 6 publications 1993: 5 publications 1994: 18 publications 1995: 18 publications 1996: 23 publications 1997: 30 publications 1998: 26 publications 1999: 22 publications 2000: 19 publications 2001: 12 publications 2002: 21 publications 2003: 27 publications 2004: 13 publications 2005: 26 publications 2006: 28 publications 2007: 27 publications 2008: 21 publications 2009: 30 publications 2010: 28 publications 2011: 32 publications 2012: 31 publications 2013: 41 publications 2014: 35 publications 2015: 22 publications 2016: 24 publications 2017: 26 publications 2018: 22 publications 2019: 36 publications 2020: 25 publications 2021: 22 publications 2022: 2 publications 2023: 2 publications 2024: 6 publications 2025: 6 publications
1982 2025

752 publications in total across all disciplines

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Richard Bucala: publications per year, 1982 to 2025
Year Publications
1982 1
1983 2
1984 3
1985 8
1986 1
1987 1
1988 0
1989 0
1990 0
1991 4
1992 6
1993 5
1994 18
1995 18
1996 23
1997 30
1998 26
1999 22
2000 19
2001 12
2002 21
2003 27
2004 13
2005 26
2006 28
2007 27
2008 21
2009 30
2010 28
2011 32
2012 31
2013 41
2014 35
2015 22
2016 24
2017 26
2018 22
2019 36
2020 25
2021 22
2022 2
2023 2
2024 6
2025 6
Total 752
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Richard Bucala publications per year - data summary

  • Richard Bucala, a Immunology scholar from Yale University, has 752 publications recorded across 44 years, from 1982 to 2025.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1982 and the most recent to 2025.
  • The most productive year is 2013, with 41 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 1982, 1986 and 1987, with 1 publication each.
  • 3 of the 44 years in the span carry no publications at all (1988, 1989 and 1990).
  • The rate of publication averages 17.1 papers per year over the whole span, or 18.3 per year counting only the 41 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2021-2025) hold 38 publications, 5% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1982-1996: 90 publications (6.0 per year); 1997-2011: 362 publications (24.1 per year); 2012-2025: 300 publications (21.4 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Richard Bucala 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 Richard Bucala sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 76 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 62–71 to 807+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 189. Most scientists, 189, have 152–161 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 807 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 732–741 publications, is where this scientist sits. 62–71 publications: 9 scientists 72–81 publications: 23 scientists 82–91 publications: 40 scientists 92–101 publications: 72 scientists 102–111 publications: 86 scientists 112–121 publications: 108 scientists 122–131 publications: 150 scientists 132–141 publications: 160 scientists 142–151 publications: 159 scientists 152–161 publications: 189 scientists 162–171 publications: 166 scientists 172–181 publications: 181 scientists 182–191 publications: 188 scientists 192–201 publications: 187 scientists 202–211 publications: 178 scientists 212–221 publications: 158 scientists 222–231 publications: 168 scientists 232–241 publications: 159 scientists 242–251 publications: 160 scientists 252–261 publications: 148 scientists 262–271 publications: 116 scientists 272–281 publications: 125 scientists 282–291 publications: 115 scientists 292–301 publications: 111 scientists 302–311 publications: 95 scientists 312–321 publications: 97 scientists 322–331 publications: 97 scientists 332–341 publications: 99 scientists 342–351 publications: 96 scientists 352–361 publications: 69 scientists 362–371 publications: 76 scientists 372–381 publications: 71 scientists 382–391 publications: 71 scientists 392–401 publications: 62 scientists 402–411 publications: 54 scientists 412–421 publications: 41 scientists 422–431 publications: 63 scientists 432–441 publications: 53 scientists 442–451 publications: 31 scientists 452–461 publications: 42 scientists 462–471 publications: 40 scientists 472–481 publications: 29 scientists 482–491 publications: 34 scientists 492–501 publications: 30 scientists 502–511 publications: 23 scientists 512–521 publications: 41 scientists 522–531 publications: 29 scientists 532–541 publications: 28 scientists 542–551 publications: 16 scientists 552–561 publications: 18 scientists 562–571 publications: 18 scientists 572–581 publications: 17 scientists 582–591 publications: 17 scientists 592–601 publications: 17 scientists 602–611 publications: 19 scientists 612–621 publications: 13 scientists 622–631 publications: 12 scientists 632–641 publications: 11 scientists 642–651 publications: 16 scientists 652–661 publications: 9 scientists 662–671 publications: 5 scientists 672–681 publications: 13 scientists 682–691 publications: 12 scientists 692–701 publications: 6 scientists 702–711 publications: 6 scientists 712–721 publications: 9 scientists 722–731 publications: 9 scientists 732–741 publications: 6 scientists 742–751 publications: 11 scientists 752–761 publications: 10 scientists 762–771 publications: 7 scientists 772–781 publications: 12 scientists 782–791 publications: 7 scientists 792–801 publications: 5 scientists 802–806 publications: 1 scientist 807+ publications: 100 scientists
62–71 publications 807+

This scientist: 736 publications — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Immunology scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 4,929 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
62–71 9
72–81 23
82–91 40
92–101 72
102–111 86
112–121 108
122–131 150
132–141 160
142–151 159
152–161 189
162–171 166
172–181 181
182–191 188
192–201 187
202–211 178
212–221 158
222–231 168
232–241 159
242–251 160
252–261 148
262–271 116
272–281 125
282–291 115
292–301 111
302–311 95
312–321 97
322–331 97
332–341 99
342–351 96
352–361 69
362–371 76
372–381 71
382–391 71
392–401 62
402–411 54
412–421 41
422–431 63
432–441 53
442–451 31
452–461 42
462–471 40
472–481 29
482–491 34
492–501 30
502–511 23
512–521 41
522–531 29
532–541 28
542–551 16
552–561 18
562–571 18
572–581 17
582–591 17
592–601 17
602–611 19
612–621 13
622–631 12
632–641 11
642–651 16
652–661 9
662–671 5
672–681 13
682–691 12
692–701 6
702–711 6
712–721 9
722–731 9
732–741 6 736
742–751 11
752–761 10
762–771 7
772–781 12
782–791 7
792–801 5
802–806 1
807+ 100
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Richard Bucala publication distribution in Immunology in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 4,929 Immunology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 76 ranges running from 62–71 to 807+ publications.
  • Richard Bucala, a Immunology scholar from Yale University, records 736 publications - the 97th percentile of the discipline.
  • 97% of ranked Immunology scientists score the same or lower than Richard Bucala, and about 3% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 242–251 publications range, and Richard Bucala ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 152–161 publications, holding 189 scientists (4% of the field).
  • 52% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 242–251 publications), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 807 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (2% of the field).

Richard Bucala 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 Richard Bucala sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150 200
Bar chart with 60 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 157+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 201. Most scientists, 201, have 58–59 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 157 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 148–149 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40–41 D-Index: 28 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 91 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 157 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 192 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 175 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 188 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 177 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 155 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 194 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 201 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 197 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 201 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 173 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 167 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 172 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 199 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 184 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 133 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 163 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 127 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 121 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 125 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 121 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 102 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 96 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 75 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 72 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 74 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 66 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 68 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 49 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 60 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 54 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 36 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 23 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 52 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 41 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 34 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 25 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 28 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 11 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 20 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 27 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 19 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 20 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 16 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 17 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 14 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 15 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 9 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 11 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 9 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 9 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 7 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 7 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 7 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 5 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 8 scientists 156 D-Index: 6 scientists 157+ D-Index: 96 scientists
40–41 D-Index 157+

This scientist: 148 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

View D-Index distribution as a table
Number of Immunology scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 4,929 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 28
42–43 91
44–45 157
46–47 192
48–49 175
50–51 188
52–53 177
54–55 155
56–57 194
58–59 201
60–61 197
62–63 201
64–65 173
66–67 167
68–69 172
70–71 199
72–73 184
74–75 133
76–77 163
78–79 127
80–81 121
82–83 125
84–85 121
86–87 102
88–89 96
90–91 75
92–93 72
94–95 74
96–97 66
98–99 68
100–101 49
102–103 60
104–105 54
106–107 36
108–109 23
110–111 52
112–113 41
114–115 34
116–117 25
118–119 28
120–121 11
122–123 20
124–125 27
126–127 19
128–129 20
130–131 16
132–133 17
134–135 14
136–137 15
138–139 9
140–141 11
142–143 9
144–145 9
146–147 7
148–149 7 148
150–151 7
152–153 5
154–155 8
156 6
157+ 96
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Richard Bucala D-index placement in Immunology in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 4,929 Immunology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 60 ranges running from 40–41 to 157+ D-Index.
  • Richard Bucala, a Immunology scholar from Yale University, records 148 D-Index - the 97th percentile of the discipline.
  • 97% of ranked Immunology scientists score the same or lower than Richard Bucala, and about 3% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 68–69 D-Index range, and Richard Bucala ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 58–59 D-Index, holding 201 scientists (4% of the field).
  • 50% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 68–69 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 157 D-Index or more, 96 scientists in all (2% of the field).

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Immunology in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Immunology in United States Leader Award

Overview

Richard Bucala is a researcher affiliated with Yale University in the United States. Their work primarily focuses on immunology and microbiology, contributing substantially to the fields of neuroscience, rheumatology, pharmacology, and oncology.

They have published extensively on topics that include macrophage migration inhibitory factor, nuclear receptors and signaling, galectins and cancer biology, apelin-related biomedical research, systemic lupus erythematosus research, cytokine signaling pathways and interactions, and the role of immune cells in cancer.

Frequent coauthors in Bucala's research include Lin Leng, Thuy Tran, Gabriela Athziri Sánchez-Zuno, Caroline Naomi Valdez, and Lais Osmani.

Their publications appear regularly in venues such as:

  • PLoS Biology
  • Regular and Young Investigator Award Abstracts
  • The Journal of Urology
  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • Cell Reports

Selected recent papers by Richard Bucala are:

  • "Glioblastoma Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cell Subsets Express Differential Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor Receptor Profiles That Can Be Targeted to Reduce Immune Suppression", 2020, Frontiers in Immunology
  • "CD74 as a regulator of transcription in normal B cells", 2022, Cell Reports
  • "CD74 is a regulator of hematopoietic stem cell maintenance", 2021, PLoS Biology
  • "CD74 promotes the formation of an immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment in triple-negative breast cancer in mice by inducing the expansion of tolerogenic dendritic cells and regulatory B cells", 2024, PLoS Biology
  • "Potential role of RhoA GTPase regulation in type interferon signaling in systemic lupus erythematosus", 2024, Arthritis Research & Therapy

Best Publications

  • Regulation of lung injury and repair by Toll-like receptors and hyaluronan.

    Dianhua Jiang;Jiurong Liang;Juan Fan;Shuang Yu

  • Circulating fibrocytes define a new leukocyte subpopulation that mediates tissue repair.

    Richard Bucala;Lori A. Spiegel;Jason Chesney;Margaret Hogan

  • Advanced glycosylation products quench nitric oxide and mediate defective endothelium-dependent vasodilatation in experimental diabetes.

    R Bucala;K J Tracey;A Cerami

  • MIF as a glucocorticoid-induced modulator of cytokine production

    Thierry Calandra;Jürgen Bernhagen;Christine N. Metz;Lori A. Spiegel

  • MIF is a noncognate ligand of CXC chemokine receptors in inflammatory and atherogenic cell recruitment

    Jürgen Bernhagen;Regina Krohn;Hongqi Lue;Julia L Gregory

  • Peripheral blood fibrocytes differentiation pathway and migration to wound sites

    Riichiro Abe;Richard Bucala;Seamas Donnelly;Christine Metz

  • MIF signal transduction initiated by binding to CD74.

    Lin Leng;Christine N. Metz;Yan Ju Fang;Jing-Jing Xu

  • MIF is a pituitary-derived cytokine that potentiates lethal endotoxaemia

    J. Bernhagen;T. Calandra;R. A. Mitchell;S. B. Martin

  • The macrophage is an important and previously unrecognized source of macrophage migration inhibitory factor.

    Thierry Calandra;JLirgen Bernhagen;Robert A. Mitchell;Richard Bucala

  • Pathogenic effects of advanced glycosylation: biochemical, biologic, and clinical implications for diabetes and aging.

    Vlassara H;Bucala R;Striker L

  • Advanced glycation end products contribute to amyloidosis in Alzheimer disease

    M. P. Vitek;Keshab Bhattacharya;J. M. Glendening;E. Stopa

  • Orally absorbed reactive glycation products (glycotoxins): an environmental risk factor in diabetic nephropathy.

    Theodore Koschinsky;Ci-Jiang He;Tomoko Mitsuhashi;Richard Bucala

  • Protection from septic shock by neutralization of macrophage migration inhibitory factor.

    Thierry Calandra;Bernd Echtenacher;Didier Le Roy;Jérôme Pugin

  • An essential regulatory role for macrophage migration inhibitory factor in T-cell activation

    Michael Bacher;Christine N. Metz;Thierry Calandra;Katrin Mayer

  • Cytokines in Sepsis: Potent Immunoregulators and Potential Therapeutic Targets—An Updated View

    Wibke Schulte;Jürgen Bernhagen;Richard Bucala

  • Lipid advanced glycosylation : pathway for lipid oxidation in vivo

    Richard Bucala;Zenji Makita;Theodor Koschinsky;Anthony Cerami

  • Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) sustains macrophage proinflammatory function by inhibiting p53: Regulatory role in the innate immune response

    Robert A. Mitchell;Hong Liao;Jason Chesney;Gunter Fingerle-Rowson

  • CD44 is the signaling component of the macrophage migration inhibitory factor-CD74 receptor complex.

    Xuerong Shi;Lin Leng;Tian Wang;Wenkui Wang

  • Tobacco Smoke is a Source of Toxic Reactive Glycation Products

    Carla Cerami;Hank Founds;Iain Nicholl;Tomoko Mitsuhashi

  • Immunochemical detection of advanced glycosylation end products in vivo.

    Z Makita;H Vlassara;A Cerami;R Bucala

Frequent Co-Authors

Lin Leng
Lin Leng Yale University
Christine N. Metz
Christine N. Metz Feinstein Institute for Medical Research
Jürgen Bernhagen
Jürgen Bernhagen Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Anthony Cerami
Anthony Cerami Araim Pharmaceuticals (United States)
Elias Lolis
Elias Lolis Yale University
Thierry Calandra
Thierry Calandra University of Lausanne
Hui Y. Lan
Hui Y. Lan Chinese University of Hong Kong
Jason Chesney
Jason Chesney University of Louisville
Eric F. Morand
Eric F. Morand Monash University
Andreas Meinhardt
Andreas Meinhardt University of Giessen

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