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D-Index
72
Citations
24608
World Ranking
2179
National Ranking
81

Robert Brink 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 Brink sits on this spectrum.

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62 publications 807+

This scientist: 175 publications — 25th percentile

25% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Robert Brink 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 Brink sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 157+

This scientist: 72 D-Index — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Robert Brink is affiliated with the University of New South Wales in Australia. Their research is primarily situated within the fields of Immunology and Microbiology as well as Medicine, with significant contributions detailed across multiple subfields including Immunology, Molecular Biology, Oncology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, and Genetics.

Their research topics focus extensively on:

  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • Immunodeficiency and Autoimmune Disorders
  • Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
  • Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research
  • Bone Metabolism and Diseases
  • Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research

Robert Brink has published in a range of venues, showing frequent appearances in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Immunity
  • Cell
  • The Journal of Immunology
  • The Journal of Experimental Medicine

Among their recent papers are:

  • Osteoclasts recycle via osteomorphs during RANKL-stimulated bone resorption, 2021, Cell
  • The unique biology of germinal center B cells, 2021, Immunity
  • Lymphoma Driver Mutations in the Pathogenic Evolution of an Iconic Human Autoantibody, 2020, Cell
  • Osteocyte transcriptome mapping identifies a molecular landscape controlling skeletal homeostasis and susceptibility to skeletal disease, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Osteoclasts recycle via osteomorphs during RANKL-stimulated bone resorption, 2021, Cell

Frequent co-authors of Robert Brink include:

  • Christopher C. Goodnow (19 coauthored works)
  • Etienne Masle-Farquhar (14 coauthored works)
  • Katherine Jackson (13 coauthored works)
  • Stuart G. Tangye (12 coauthored works)
  • Elissa K. Deenick (11 coauthored works)

Best Publications

  • Altered immunoglobulin expression and functional silencing of self-reactive B lymphocytes in transgenic mice.

    Christopher C Goodnow;Jeffrey Crosbie;Stephen Adelstein;Thomas B Lavoie

  • IAP Antagonists Target cIAP1 to Induce TNFα-Dependent Apoptosis

    James E. Vince;W. Wei-Lynn Wong;Nufail Khan;Rebecca Feltham

  • Elimination from peripheral lymphoid tissues of self-reactive B lymphocytes recognizing membrane-bound antigens.

    Suzanne B. Hartley;Jeffrey Crosbie;Robert Brink;Aaron B. Kantor

  • Excess BAFF Rescues Self-Reactive B Cells from Peripheral Deletion and Allows Them to Enter Forbidden Follicular and Marginal Zone Niches

    Marilyn Thien;Tri Giang Phan;Sandra Gardam;Michelle Amesbury

  • Circulating precursor CCR7(lo)PD-1(hi) CXCR5⁺ CD4⁺ T cells indicate Tfh cell activity and promote antibody responses upon antigen reexposure.

    Jing He;Louis M Tsai;Yew A Leong;Xin Jack Hu;Xin Jack Hu

  • Follicular helper T cells are required for systemic autoimmunity.

    Michelle A. Linterman;Robert J. Rigby;Raphael. K. Wong;Di Yu

  • Induction of self-tolerance in mature peripheral B lymphocytes

    Christopher C. Goodnow;Jeffrey Crosbie;Helle Jorgensen;Robert A. Brink

  • Antigen recognition strength regulates the choice between extrafollicular plasma cell and germinal center B cell differentiation

    Didrik Paus;Tri Giang Phan;Tri Giang Phan;Tyani D. Chan;Tyani D. Chan;Sandra Gardam;Sandra Gardam

  • BAFF selectively enhances the survival of plasmablasts generated from human memory B cells

    Danielle T. Avery;Susan L. Kalled;Julia I. Ellyard;Christine Ambrose

  • The good, the bad and the ugly - TFH cells in human health and disease.

    Stuart G. Tangye;Cindy S. Ma;Cindy S. Ma;Robert Brink;Robert Brink;Elissa K. Deenick;Elissa K. Deenick

  • IAP antagonists target cIAP1 to induce TNFalpha-dependent apoptosis.

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  • Control systems and decision making for antibody production

    Christopher C Goodnow;Carola G Vinuesa;Katrina L Randall;Katrina L Randall;Fabienne Mackay

  • Transcriptional Regulation of Germinal Center B and Plasma Cell Fates by Dynamical Control of IRF4

    Kyoko Ochiai;Mark Maienschein-Cline;Giorgia Simonetti;Jianjun Chen

  • High affinity germinal center B cells are actively selected into the plasma cell compartment

    Tri Giang Phan;Didrik Paus;Didrik Paus;Tyani D. Chan;Tyani D. Chan;Marian L. Turner

  • B cell-intrinsic signaling through IL-21 receptor and STAT3 is required for establishing long-lived antibody responses in humans

    Danielle T. Avery;Elissa K. Deenick;Elissa K. Deenick;Cindy S. Ma;Cindy S. Ma;Santi Suryani;Santi Suryani

  • Follicular Dendritic Cells Emerge from Ubiquitous Perivascular Precursors

    Nike Julia Krautler;Veronika Kana;Jan Kranich;Yinghua Tian

  • Follicular helper T cell differentiation requires continuous antigen presentation that is independent of unique B cell signaling

    Elissa K. Deenick;Anna Chan;Cindy S. Ma;Cindy S. Ma;Dominique Gatto;Dominique Gatto

  • B cell priming for extrafollicular antibody responses requires Bcl-6 expression by T cells

    Sau K. Lee;Robert J. Rigby;Dimitra Zotos;Louis M. Tsai

  • B cells and the BAFF/APRIL axis: fast-forward on autoimmunity and signaling.

    Fabienne Mackay;Pablo A Silveira;Robert Brink

  • Breakdown of self-tolerance in anergic B lymphocytes.

    Christopher C. Goodnow;Robert Brink;Elizabeth Adams

  • Guidance of B Cells by the Orphan G Protein-Coupled Receptor EBI2 Shapes Humoral Immune Responses

    Dominique Gatto;Didrik Paus;Antony Basten;Antony Basten;Charles Reay Mackay;Charles Reay Mackay

Frequent Co-Authors

Stuart G. Tangye
Stuart G. Tangye Garvan Institute of Medical Research
Christopher C. Goodnow
Christopher C. Goodnow Garvan Institute of Medical Research
Antony Basten
Antony Basten Garvan Institute of Medical Research
Tri Giang Phan
Tri Giang Phan Garvan Institute of Medical Research
Cindy S. Ma
Cindy S. Ma Garvan Institute of Medical Research
Elissa K. Deenick
Elissa K. Deenick Garvan Institute of Medical Research
Carola G. Vinuesa
Carola G. Vinuesa Australian National University
Fabienne Mackay
Fabienne Mackay QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Shane T. Grey
Shane T. Grey Garvan Institute of Medical Research
Peter R. Schofield
Peter R. Schofield Neuroscience Research Australia

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