2026 Richard K. Gershon: Immunology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Immunology	54	3867	1771	190	12993

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Immunology

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Research.com Recognitions

1980 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

Richard K. Gershon was affiliated with Yale University in the United States. Their academic work primarily focused on Medicine, with significant contributions to subfields such as Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation, Psychiatry and Mental Health, and Rehabilitation.

The scientist's research addressed topics including:

Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention
Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders
Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery

Richard K. Gershon published in various venues, notably:

UNC Libraries
Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Some of their recent papers included:

The Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) developed and tested its first wave of adult self-reported health outcome item banks: 2005-2008, 2020, published in UNC Libraries
Standing Balance Among Older Adults With and Without Cognitive Impairment, 2023, published in Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Frequent co-authors of Richard K. Gershon were:

David Cella
William Riley
Arthur A. Stone
Nan Rothrock
Bryce B. Reeve

Richard K. Gershon was awarded membership in the National Academy of Sciences in 1980.

Best Publications

POTENTIATION OF THE T-LYMPHOCYTE RESPONSE TO MITOGENS : I. THE RESPONDING CELL

Igal Gery;Richard K. Gershon;Byron H. Waksman

1261
Citations
T cell control of antibody production.

Richard K. Gershon

740
Citations
Suppressor T cells

Richard K. Gershon;Philip Cohen;Ronald Hencin;Stephen A. Liebhaber

614
Citations
Augmentation of delayed-type hypersensitivity by doses of cyclophosphamide which do not affect antibody responses.

P W Askenase;B J Hayden;R K Gershon

602
Citations
Immunoregulatory circuits among T-cell sets. I. T-helper cells induce other T-cell sets to exert feedback inhibition.

D D Eardley;J Hugenberger;L McVay-Boudreau;F W Shen

559
Citations
Immunoregulatory T-Cell Pathways

Douglas R. Green;Patrick M. Flood;Richard K. Gershon

413
Citations
Immunological circuits: cellular composition.

H Cantor;R K Gershon

400
Citations
Immunoregulatory circuits among T-cell sets. II. Physiologic role of feedback inhibition in vivo: absence in NZB mice.

H Cantor;L McVay-Boudreau;J Hugenberger;K Naidorf

395
Citations
Cell-mediated immunity: delayed-type hypersensitivity and cytotoxic responses are mediated by different T-cell subclasses.

B Huber;O Devinsky;R K Gershon;H Cantor

301
Citations
A disquisition on suppressor T cells.

Richard K. Gershon

293
Citations
Contrasuppression. A novel immunoregulatory activity.

R K Gershon;D D Eardley;S Durum;D R Green

279
Citations
Role of antigen-presenting cells in the development and persistence of contact hypersensitivity.

W Ptak;D Rozycka;P W Askenase;R K Gershon

240
Citations
Identification of a B-cell surface structure involved in antigen-dependent triggering: absence of this structure on B cells from CBA/N mutant mice.

B Huber;R K Gershon;H Cantor

235
Citations
Immunoregulatory circuits among T-cell sets. Identification of a subpopulation of T-helper cells that induces feedback inhibition.

H Cantor;J Hugenberger;L McVay-Boudreau;D D Eardley

224
Citations
Requirement for vasoactive amines for production of delayed-type hypersensitvity skin reactions.

Richard K. Gershon;Philip W. Askenase;Michael D. Gershon

221
Citations
T cell-dependent mast cell degranulation and release of serotonin in murine delayed-type hypersensitivity.

P W Askenase;S Bursztajn;M D Gershon;R K Gershon

216
Citations
Fever and immunoregulation. III: Hyperthermia augments the primary in vitro humoral immune response

Henry D. Jampel;Gordon W. Duff;Richard K. Gershon;Elisha Atkins

212
Citations
Effect of thymus-derived lymphocytes on amount and affinity of anti-hapten antibody.

Richard K. Gershon;William E. Paul

186
Citations
Regulation of Delayed-Type Hypersensitivity Reactions by Cyclophosphamide-Sensitive T Cells

Anthony Schwartz;Philip W. Askenase;Richard K. Gershon

180
Citations
Immuno-regulatory role of spleen localizing thymocytes.

Richard K. Gershon;Eugene M. Lance;Kazunari Kondo

165
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Philip W. Askenase Yale University

Douglas R. Green St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Harvey Cantor Harvard University

Brigitte T. Huber Tufts University

Stephen A. Liebhaber University of Pennsylvania

Scott K. Durum National Institutes of Health

Charles A. Janeway Yale University

Lloyd J. Old Ludwig Cancer Research

Igal Gery National Institutes of Health

Mark I. Greene University of Pennsylvania

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