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Richard K. Gershon

Richard K. Gershon

D-Index & Metrics

Immunology

D-Index
54
Citations
12993
World Ranking
3867
National Ranking
1771

Richard K. Gershon 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 K. Gershon sits on this spectrum.

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62 publications 807+

This scientist: 190 publications — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Richard K. Gershon 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 K. Gershon sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 157+

This scientist: 54 D-Index — 22nd percentile

22% 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

  • 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

  • T cell control of antibody production.

    Richard K. Gershon

  • Suppressor T cells

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

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

    P W Askenase;B J Hayden;R K Gershon

  • 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

  • Immunoregulatory T-Cell Pathways

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

  • Immunological circuits: cellular composition.

    H Cantor;R K Gershon

  • 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

  • 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

  • A disquisition on suppressor T cells.

    Richard K. Gershon

  • Contrasuppression. A novel immunoregulatory activity.

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

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

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

  • 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

  • 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

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

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

  • 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

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

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

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

    Richard K. Gershon;William E. Paul

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

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

  • Immuno-regulatory role of spleen localizing thymocytes.

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Philip W. Askenase
Philip W. Askenase Yale University
Douglas R. Green
Douglas R. Green St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Harvey Cantor
Harvey Cantor Harvard University
Brigitte T. Huber
Brigitte T. Huber Tufts University
Stephen A. Liebhaber
Stephen A. Liebhaber University of Pennsylvania
Scott K. Durum
Scott K. Durum National Institutes of Health
Charles A. Janeway
Charles A. Janeway Yale University
Lloyd J. Old
Lloyd J. Old Ludwig Cancer Research
Igal Gery
Igal Gery National Institutes of Health
Mark I. Greene
Mark I. Greene University of Pennsylvania

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