2026 Robert Dantzer: Immunology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	137	216	195	139	123	663	73608
Immunology	134	200	185	130	119	622	69733
Medicine	137	1907	1778	1082	997	654	71116

Research.com Recognitions

1991 - Animal Management Award, American Society of Animal Science

Overview

Robert Dantzer is affiliated with The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in the United States. Their research spans the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience, with a significant focus on biological psychiatry, psychiatry and mental health, behavioral neuroscience, physiology, and neurology.

The primary topics that characterize their scientific work include:

Tryptophan and brain disorders
Stress responses and cortisol
Cancer, stress, anesthesia, and immune response
Pain mechanisms and treatments
Exercise and physiological responses
Neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms
Fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome research

Their recent published papers demonstrate a focus on immunopsychiatry and neuroinflammatory processes. Notable works include:

"Interleukin-6 as potential mediator of long-term neuropsychiatric symptoms of COVID-19" (2021) in Psychoneuroendocrinology
"Effect of immune activation on the kynurenine pathway and depression symptoms - A systematic review and meta-analysis" (2020) in Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
"Interleukin-10 resolves pain hypersensitivity induced by cisplatin by reversing sensory neuron hyperexcitability" (2020) in Pain
"Microglia depletion fails to abrogate inflammation-induced sickness in mice and rats" (2020) in Journal of Neuroinflammation
"Inflammation, negative affect, and amyloid burden in Alzheimer's disease: Insights from the kynurenine pathway" (2021) in Brain Behavior and Immunity

Frequent coauthors who have collaborated with Robert Dantzer include Elisabeth G. Vichaya, Geoffroy Laumet, Cobi J. Heijnen, Golam M. Khandaker, and Bianca G. Ford.

The most frequent publication venues for their work are Brain Behavior and Immunity, Psychoneuroendocrinology, Comprehensive Psychoneuroendocrinology, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews.

Their academic contributions include book publication through Cambridge University Press, notably the "Textbook of Immunopsychiatry" released in 2021.

Among the awards received, Robert Dantzer was honored with the Animal Management Award from the American Society of Animal Science in 1991.

Best Publications

From inflammation to sickness and depression: when the immune system subjugates the brain

Robert Dantzer;Jason C. O'Connor;Gregory G. Freund;Rodney W. Johnson

8203
Citations
Twenty years of research on cytokine-induced sickness behavior

Robert Dantzer;Keith W. Kelley

1739
Citations
Lipopolysaccharide-induced depressive-like behavior is mediated by indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase activation in mice

Jason O'Connor;M. A. Lawson;C. André;M. Moreau

1436
Citations
Cytokine, Sickness Behavior, and Depression

Robert Dantzer

1380
Citations
Cytokine-Induced Sickness Behavior: Mechanisms and Implications

Robert Dantzer

1238
Citations
Cytokine-induced sickness behaviour: mechanisms and implications.

Jan Pieter Konsman;Patricia Parnet;Robert Dantzer

1225
Citations
Sickness behavior as a new target for drug development

Stephen Kent;Rose Marie Bluthé;Keith W. Kelley;Robert Dantzer

1124
Citations
Cytokine-Induced Sickness Behavior: Where Do We Stand?

Robert Dantzer

1110
Citations
Neuroimmune Interactions: From the Brain to the Immune System and Vice Versa

Robert Dantzer

1033
Citations
Cytokine-induced sickness behaviour: a neuroimmune response to activation of innate immunity.

Robert Dantzer

959
Citations
Cytokine-induced sickness behavior

Keith W. Kelley;Rose Marie Bluthé;Robert Dantzer;Jian Hua Zhou

937
Citations
Inflammation-associated depression: From serotonin to kynurenine

Robert Dantzer;Jason C. O’Connor;Marcus A. Lawson;Keith W. Kelley

818
Citations
Stress and immunity: an integrated view of relationships between the brain and the immune system.

Robert Dantzer;Keith W. Kelley

799
Citations
CSF concentrations of brain tryptophan and kynurenines during immune stimulation with IFN-α: relationship to CNS immune responses and depression

Charles L. Raison;Robert Dantzer;Keith W. Kelley;Marcus A. Lawson

735
Citations
Stress in farm animals: a need for reevaluation

Robert Dantzer;Pierre Mormède

721
Citations
Are the symptoms of cancer and cancer treatment due to a shared biologic mechanism? A cytokine-immunologic model of cancer symptoms

Charles S. Cleeland;Gary J. Bennett;Robert Dantzer;Patrick M. Dougherty

659
Citations
Antidepressant activity of anti-cytokine treatment: a systematic review and meta-analysis of clinical trials of chronic inflammatory conditions

Nils Kappelmann;Glyn Lewis;Robert Dantzer;Peter Brian Jones;Peter Brian Jones

659
Citations
Interferon-γ and Tumor Necrosis Factor-α Mediate the Upregulation of Indoleamine 2,3-Dioxygenase and the Induction of Depressive-Like Behavior in Mice in Response to Bacillus Calmette-Guérin

Jason C. O'Connor;Caroline André;Yunxia Wang;Marcus A. Lawson

658
Citations
Association between decreased serum tryptophan concentrations and depressive symptoms in cancer patients undergoing cytokine therapy.

L Capuron;A Ravaud;P J Neveu;A H Miller

618
Citations
Peripheral administration of lipopolysaccharide induces the expression of cytokine transcripts in the brain and pituitary of mice

Sophie Layé;Patricia Parnet;Emmanuelle Goujon;Robert Dantzer

608
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Keith W. Kelley University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Rodney W. Johnson University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Pierre Mormède Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées

Sophie Layé University of Bordeaux

Nathalie Castanon University of Bordeaux

M. Le Moal University of Bordeaux

Annemieke Kavelaars The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

George F. Koob National Institute on Drug Abuse

Cobi Jacoba Johanna Heijnen The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Gilles Gheusi Institut Pasteur

External Links

Personal website of Robert Dantzer

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