2026 Richard M. Ransohoff: Immunology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	154	134	120	89	78	567	114778
Immunology	154	108	102	68	63	566	114468
Medicine	154	987	908	564	506	576	114804

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Immunology in United States Leader Award
2026 - Research.com Neuroscience in United States Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Immunology in United States Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Neuroscience in United States Leader Award
2007 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Member of the Association of American Physicians
Member of the Association of American Physicians
Member of the Association of American Physicians
Member of the Association of American Physicians
Member of the Association of American Physicians
Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Richard M. Ransohoff is a researcher affiliated with Harvard University in the United States, specializing in neuroscience, medicine, and immunology and microbiology. Their body of work encompasses several subfields, notably neurology, immunology, molecular biology, physiology, and cellular and molecular neuroscience. The primary focus of their research lies in neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms, immune cells in cancer, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, immune response and inflammation, multiple sclerosis research studies, neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms, and barrier structure and function studies.

Their recent published papers include:

"Microglia states and nomenclature: A field at its crossroads" (2022, Neuron)
"Crosstalk Between Astrocytes and Microglia: An Overview" (2020, Frontiers in Immunology)
"Neuroinflammation in Alzheimer disease" (2024, Nature Reviews. Immunology)
"Human microglia states are conserved across experimental models and regulate neural stem cell responses in chimeric organoids" (2021, Cell Stem Cell)
"Differential accumulation of storage bodies with aging defines discrete subsets of microglia in the healthy brain" (2020, eLife)

Frequent publication venues for their research include:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Frontiers in Immunology
eLife
Neuron
Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation

Collaborations are an important part of Ransohoff's academic profile. Frequent co-authors include:

Jeremy C. Burns
Marie-Ève Tremblay
Philip L. De Jager
Michaël Mingueneau
Rosa Chiara Paolicelli

Their academic contributions have been recognized through awards such as being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2007 and membership in the Association of American Physicians.

Best Publications

Neuroinflammation in Alzheimer's disease

Michael T Heneka;Monica J Carson;Joseph El Khoury;Gary E Landreth

6282
Citations
Axonal transection in the lesions of multiple sclerosis.

Bruce D. Trapp;John Peterson;Richard M. Ransohoff;Richard Rudick

5010
Citations
Microglia sculpt postnatal neural circuits in an activity and complement-dependent manner.

Dorothy P. Schafer;Emily K. Lehrman;Amanda G. Kautzman;Ryuta Koyama

4239
Citations
The Many Roles of Chemokines and Chemokine Receptors in Inflammation

Israel F. Charo;Richard M. Ransohoff

3303
Citations
Identification of a unique TGF-β–dependent molecular and functional signature in microglia

Oleg Butovsky;Mark P Jedrychowski;Craig S Moore;Ron Cialic

2781
Citations
Development, maintenance and disruption of the blood-brain barrier

Birgit Obermeier;Richard Daneman;Richard M Ransohoff

2564
Citations
Single-cell transcriptomic analysis of Alzheimer’s disease

Hansruedi Mathys;Hansruedi Mathys;Jose Davila-Velderrain;Jose Davila-Velderrain;Zhuyu Peng;Zhuyu Peng;Fan Gao;Fan Gao

2480
Citations
Immune attack: the role of inflammation in Alzheimer disease

Frank L. Heppner;Richard M. Ransohoff;Burkhard Becher

2299
Citations
Microglial physiology: unique stimuli, specialized responses

Richard M. Ransohoff;V. Hugh Perry

2217
Citations
Reactive astrocyte nomenclature, definitions, and future directions

Carole Escartin;Elena Galea;András Lakatos;James P. O’Callaghan

2183
Citations
Microglia states and nomenclature: A field at its crossroads

Unknown

2095
Citations
How neuroinflammation contributes to neurodegeneration.

Richard M. Ransohoff

1966
Citations
Control of microglial neurotoxicity by the fractalkine receptor

Astrid E. Cardona;Erik P. Pioro;Margaret E. Sasse;Volodymyr Kostenko

1791
Citations
A polarizing question: do M1 and M2 microglia exist?

Richard M Ransohoff

1585
Citations
Interferons at age 50: past, current and future impact on biomedicine.

Ernest C Borden;Ganes Sen;Gilles Uze;Robert H Silverman

1451
Citations
A role for humoral mechanisms in the pathogenesis of Devic’s neuromyelitis optica

Claudia F. Lucchinetti;Raul N. Mandler;Dorian McGavern;Wolfgang Bruck

1418
Citations
Three or more routes for leukocyte migration into the central nervous system

Richard M. Ransohoff;Pia Kivisäkk;Grahame Kidd

1369
Citations
An environment-dependent transcriptional network specifies human microglia identity

David Gosselin;Dylan Skola;Nicole G. Coufal;Nicole G. Coufal;Inge R. Holtman;Inge R. Holtman

1298
Citations
Inflammatory Cortical Demyelination in Early Multiple Sclerosis

Claudia F. Lucchinetti;Bogdan F.G. Popescu;Reem F. Bunyan;Natalia M. Moll

1257
Citations
Expression of specific chemokines and chemokine receptors in the central nervous system of multiple sclerosis patients

Torben L. Sørensen;Marie Tani;Jakob Jensen;Virginia Pierce

1222
Citations
Erratum: Identification of a unique TGF-β-dependent molecular and functional signature in microglia (Nature Neuroscience (2014) 17 (131-143))

Oleg Butovsky;Mark P. Jedrychowski;Craig S. Moore;Ron Cialic

12
Citations
Neuroinfl ammation in Alzheimer's disease

Michael T Heneka;Monica J Carson;Joseph El Khoury;Gary E Landreth

3
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Bruce T. Lamb Indiana University

Richard A. Rudick Biogen (United States)

Vincent K. Tuohy Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine

Gary E. Landreth Indiana University

Li-Huei Tsai MIT

Israel F. Charo University of California, San Francisco

Hans Lassmann Medical University of Vienna

Bruce D. Trapp Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine

Steven Lodewyk Wesselingh South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute

Xiaoxia Li Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine

External Links

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