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61
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11700
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3263
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Robert E. Shope 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 E. Shope sits on this spectrum.

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62 publications 807+

This scientist: 199 publications — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Robert E. Shope 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 E. Shope sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 157+

This scientist: 61 D-Index — 36th percentile

36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Robert E. Shope was affiliated with The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston in the United States.

Their research focused primarily on medicine, with specific attention to immunology and microbiology. Key subfields included infectious diseases, public health, environmental and occupational health, and parasitology.

The scientist's work covered a range of topics, including:

  • Viral infections and vectors
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Leptospirosis research and findings
  • Vector-borne infectious diseases

Recent publications by Robert E. Shope included:

  • "Etiologies of Acute Undifferentiated Febrile Illnesses in and near Iquitos from 1993 to 1999 in the Amazon River Basin of Peru," 2022, American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
  • "Arthropod-Borne and Rodent-Borne Infections in Peru From 1990 to 2022," 2024, The Journal of Infectious Diseases

Frequent co-authors during the course of their research were:

  • Douglas M. Watts
  • Kevin L. Russell
  • Carolina Guevara
  • Scott C. Weaver
  • Eduardo Gotuzzo

Their most common publication venues were:

  • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
  • The Journal of Infectious Diseases

Best Publications

  • Antigenic relationships between flaviviruses as determined by cross-neutralization tests with polyclonal antisera.

    Charles H. Calisher;Nick Karabatsos;Joel M. Dalrymple;Robert E. Shope

  • Neurologic abnormalities of Lyme disease.

    Louis Reik;Allen C. Steere;Nicholas H. Bartenhagen;Robert E. Shope

  • Myopericarditis Following Smallpox Vaccination Among Vaccinia-Naive US Military Personnel

    Jeffrey S. Halsell;James R. Riddle;J. Edwin Atwood;Pierce Gardner

  • Global climate change and infectious diseases.

    Robert Shope

  • Japanese encephalitis virus-vaccinia recombinants produce particulate forms of the structural membrane proteins and induce high levels of protection against lethal JEV infection.

    Peter W. Mason;Steven Pincus;Maurille J. Fournier;Thomas L. Mason

  • Mice immunized with a subviral particle containing the japanese encephalitis virus prM/M and E proteins are protected from lethal JEV infection

    Eiji Konishi;Steven Pincus;Enzo Paoletti;Robert E. Shope

  • Physicochemical and morphological relationships of some arthropod-borne viruses to bluetongue virus--a new taxonomic group. Physiocochemical and serological studies.

    E. C. Borden;R. E. Shope;F. A. Murphy

  • Two African Viruses Serologically and Morphologically Related to Rabies Virus

    Robert E. Shope;Frederick A. Murphy;Alyne K. Harrison;Ottis R. Causey

  • Recombinant, chimaeric live, attenuated vaccine (ChimeriVax) incorporating the envelope genes of Japanese encephalitis (SA14-14-2) virus and the capsid and nonstructural genes of yellow fever (17D) virus is safe, immunogenic and protective in non-human primates.

    T. P. Monath;K. Soike;I. Levenbook;Z. X. Zhang

  • Biophysical Characterization and Vector-Specific Antagonist Activity of Domain III of the Tick-Borne Flavivirus Envelope Protein

    S. Bhardwaj;M. Holbrook;R. E. Shope;Alan Barrett

  • Comparative safety and immunogenicity of two yellow fever 17D vaccines (ARILVAX and YF-VAX) in a phase III multicenter, double-blind clinical trial

    Thomas P Monath;Richard Nichols;W Tad Archambault;Linda Moore

  • Physicochemical and morphological relationships of some arthropod-borne viruses to bluetongue virus--a new taxonomic group. Electron microscopic studies.

    F. A. Murphy;E. C. Borden;R. E. Shope;Alyne Harrison

  • Genetic and antigenic diversity among eastern equine encephalitis viruses from North, Central, and South America.

    Aaron C. Brault;Ann M. Powers;Cesar Luis Villarreal Chavez;Roberto Navarro Lopez

  • A highly attenuated host range-restricted vaccinia virus strain, NYVAC, encoding the prM, E, and NS1 genes of Japanese encephalitis virus prevents JEV viremia in swine.

    Eiji Konishi;Steven Pincus;Enzo Paoletti;William W. Laegreid

  • Recombinant vaccinia virus producing the prM and E proteins of yellow fever virus protects mice from lethal yellow fever encephalitis.

    Steven Pincus;Peter W. Mason;Peter W. Mason;Eiji Konishi;Benedito A.L. Fonseca

  • Characterization of a Highly Attenuated Japanese Encephalitis Virus Generated from Molecularly Cloned cDNA

    Hideo Sumiyoshi;Gregory H. Tignor;Robert E. Shope

  • Genetic Variation in Yellow Fever Virus: Duplication in the 3′ Noncoding Region of Strains from Africa

    Eryu Wang;Scott C. Weaver;Robert E. Shope;Robert B. Tesh

  • Recombinant vaccinia viruses co-expressing dengue-1 glycoproteins prM and E induce neutralizing antibodies in mice

    Benedito A.L. Fonseca;Steven Pincus;Robert E. Shope;Enzo Paoletti

  • Recurrence of Rift Valley fever in Egypt

    R.R. Arthur;S.E. Cope;B.A. Botros;R.G. Hibbs

  • Double-subgenomic Sindbis virus recombinants expressing immunogenic proteins of Japanese encephalitis virus induce significant protection in mice against lethal JEV infection.

    Konstantin V. Pugachev;Peter W. Mason;Robert E. Shope;Teryl K. Frey

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter W. Mason
Peter W. Mason Novartis (Switzerland)
Alan D.T. Barrett
Alan D.T. Barrett The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Robert B. Tesh
Robert B. Tesh The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Scott C. Weaver
Scott C. Weaver The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Douglas M. Watts
Douglas M. Watts The University of Texas at El Paso
David G. Gorenstein
David G. Gorenstein The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Enzo Paoletti
Enzo Paoletti Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Michael R. Holbrook
Michael R. Holbrook National Institutes of Health
Robert B. Tesh
Robert B. Tesh Yale University
David W.C. Beasley
David W.C. Beasley The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

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