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Immunology

D-Index
89
Citations
20990
World Ranking
1136
National Ranking
602

Medicine

D-Index
89
Citations
20985
World Ranking
12868
National Ranking
6580

Robert B. Couch 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 Robert B. Couch sits on this spectrum.

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62 publications 807+

This scientist: 238 publications — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Robert B. Couch 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 Robert B. Couch sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 157+

This scientist: 89 D-Index — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Robert B. Couch is affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine in the United States. Their research spans a multidisciplinary range, primarily focusing on Business, Management and Accounting, Economics, Econometrics and Finance, and Neuroscience. Within these broader fields, they have contributed to subfields including Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Economics and Econometrics, Cognitive Neuroscience, Philosophy, and Infectious Diseases.

Their work addresses several key topics that include Economic Theory and Institutions, Management Theory and Practice, Management and Organizational Studies, Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment, Free Will and Agency, Philosophical Ethics and Theory, and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research.

Among recent publications, Robert B. Couch has authored or co-authored the following papers:

  • "Value creation and the internal goods of business," 2023, published in Frontiers in Sociology
  • "Retraction for Woo et al., 'False-Positive Results in a Recombinant Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-Associated Coronavirus (SARS-CoV) Nucleocapsid Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay Due to HCoV-OC43 and HCoV-229E Rectified by Western Blotting with Recombinant SARS-CoV Spike Polypeptide'," 2022, published in Journal of Clinical Microbiology
  • "On Zeezrom's Conversion: Rationality, Tradition, and Money," 2020, published in Journal of Book of Mormon Studies

They have collaborated with several frequent co-authors, including Caleb Bernacchio, Patrick C. Y. Woo, Susanna K. P. Lau, Beatrice H. L. Wong, and Kwok-Hung Chan.

Robert B. Couch's work has appeared in diverse venues that reflect their interdisciplinary approach. These venues include Frontiers in Sociology, Journal of Clinical Microbiology, and Journal of Book of Mormon Studies.

Best Publications

  • Impact of respiratory virus infections on persons with chronic underlying conditions.

    W P Glezen;S B Greenberg;R L Atmar;P A Piedra

  • Immunization with SARS Coronavirus Vaccines Leads to Pulmonary Immunopathology on Challenge with the SARS Virus

    Chien Te Tseng;Elena Sbrana;Naoko Iwata-Yoshikawa;Patrick C. Newman

  • Immunity to Influenza in Man

    Robert B. Couch;Julius A. Kasel

  • Community Respiratory Virus Infections Among Hospitalized Adult Bone Marrow Transplant Recipients

    Estella Whimbey;Richard E. Champlin;Robert B. Couch;Janet A. Englund

  • Interpandemic Influenza in the Houston Area, 1974–76

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  • Respiratory viral infections in immunocompetent and immunocompromised persons.

    Robert B. Couch;Janet A. Englund;Estella Whimbey

  • Antibody Correlates and Predictors of Immunity to Naturally Occurring Influenza in Humans and the Importance of Antibody to the Neuraminidase

    Robert B. Couch;Robert L. Atmar;Luis M. Franco;John M. Quarles

  • Clinical responses to undiluted and diluted smallpox vaccine.

    Sharon E. Frey;Robert B. Couch;Carol O. Tacket;John J. Treanor

  • Induction of partial immunity to influenza by a neuraminidase-specific vaccine.

    Robert B. Couch;Julius A. Kasel;John L. Gerin;Jerome L. Schulman

  • Immunization with inactivated Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus vaccine leads to lung immunopathology on challenge with live virus.

    Anurodh Shankar Agrawal;Xinrong Tao;Abdullah Algaissi;Abdullah Algaissi;Tania Garron

  • Efficacy of repeated annual immunization with inactivated influenza virus vaccines over a five year period

    Wendy A. Keitel;Thomas R. Cate;Robert B. Couch;Linda L. Huggins;Linda L. Huggins

  • Early Patterns of Gene Expression Correlate With the Humoral Immune Response to Influenza Vaccination in Humans

    Kristine L. Bucasas;Luis M. Franco;Chad A. Shaw;Molly S. Bray

  • Community respiratory virus infections in immunocompromised patients with cancer.

    Estella Whimbey;Janet A. Englund;Robert B. Couch

  • Prevention and treatment of influenza.

    Robert B. Couch

  • A Prospective Study of Chronic Herpes Simplex Virus Infection and Recurrent Herpes Labialis in Humans

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  • Adrenal involvement in the antiphospholipid syndrome: clinical and immunologic characteristics of 86 patients.

    Gerard Espinosa;Eugénia Santos;Ricard Cervera;Jean-Charles Piette

  • Safety of high doses of influenza vaccine and effect on antibody responses in elderly persons.

    Wendy A. Keitel;Robert L. Atmar;Thomas R. Cate;Nancy J. Petersen

  • Effect of route of inoculation on experimental respiratory viral disease in volunteers and evidence for airborne transmission.

    R B Couch;T R Cate;R G Douglas;P J Gerone

  • Influenza: Its Control in Persons and Populations

    R. B. Couch;J. A. Kasel;W. P. Glezen;T. R. Cate

  • Safety and immunogenicity of a high dosage trivalent influenza vaccine among elderly subjects

    Robert B. Couch;Patricia Winokur;Rebecca Brady;Robert Belshe

  • Generation of a Transgenic Mouse Model of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Infection and Disease

    Anurodh Shankar Agrawal;Tania Garron;Xinrong Tao;Bi Hung Peng

  • Respiratory Disease Due to Parainfluenza Virus in Adult Bone Marrow Transplant Recipients

    Victor A. Lewis;Richard Champlin;Janet Englund;Robert Couch

  • Influenza A virus infection engenders a poor antibody response against the ectodomain of matrix protein 2

    Jing Qi Feng;Manxin Zhang;Krystyna Mozdzanowska;Darya Zharikova

  • Herpes zoster-associated encephalitis: clinicopathologic report of 12 cases and review of the literature.

    Joseph Jemsek;Stephen B. Greenberg;Larry Taber;Dan Harvey

  • EFFICACY OF SEQUENTIAL ANNUAL VACCINATION WITH INACTIVATED INFLUENZA VIRUS VACCINE

    W. A. Keitel;T. R Cate;R B. Couch

  • Effects of Tetracycline on Leukotaxis

    R. Russell Martin;Glenn A. Warr;Robert B. Couch;Henry Yeager

  • Nasal vaccination, Escherichia coli enterotoxin, and Bell's palsy

    Robert B Couch

  • Safety and Immunogenicity of Nonadjuvanted and MF59-Adjuvanted Influenza A/H9N2 Vaccine Preparations

    Robert L. Atmar;Wendy A. Keitel;Shital M. Patel;Jacqueline M. Katz

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas R. Cate
Thomas R. Cate Baylor College of Medicine
Wendy A. Keitel
Wendy A. Keitel Baylor College of Medicine
Robert L. Atmar
Robert L. Atmar Baylor College of Medicine
Vernon Knight
Vernon Knight Baylor College of Medicine
John W. Belmont
John W. Belmont Baylor College of Medicine
Robert G. Webster
Robert G. Webster St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Roger D. Rossen
Roger D. Rossen Baylor College of Medicine
Janet A. Englund
Janet A. Englund Seattle Children's Hospital
Chad A. Shaw
Chad A. Shaw Baylor College of Medicine
Robert M. Chanock
Robert M. Chanock National Institutes of Health

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Related Online Degrees & Career Pathways

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