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

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Best Scientists	172	813	744	489	437	718	102802
Immunology	172	51	48	38	36	715	102431
Medicine	172	496	452	296	265	712	102363

Robert H. Purcell 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 H. Purcell sits on this spectrum.

62 publications 807+

This scientist: 715 publications — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Robert H. Purcell 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 H. Purcell sits on this spectrum.

40 D-Index 157+

This scientist: 172 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Immunology in United States Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
2025 - Research.com Immunology in United States Leader Award
1999 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
1998 - King Faisal Prize
1988 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
1980 - Oswald Avery Award, Infectious Diseases Society of America
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

Robert H. Purcell is affiliated with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in the United States. Their primary field of research is Medicine, with a focus on Hepatology, Epidemiology, Molecular Biology, Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine, and Physiology.

The scientist's work spans several key topics, including:

Hepatitis C virus research
Hepatitis B Virus Studies
Hepatitis Viruses Studies and Epidemiology
Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation
Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors
Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
Eicosanoids and Hypertension Pharmacology

Notable recent publications include:

"Context-dependent regulation of endothelial cell metabolism: differential effects of the PPARβ/δ agonist GW0742 and VEGF-A," 2020, Scientific Reports
"Preclinical models for studying immune responses to traumatic injury," 2020, Immunology
"Distinct Cytokine Profiles Correlate with Disease Severity and Outcome in Longitudinal Studies of Acute Hepatitis B Virus and Hepatitis D Virus Infection in Chimpanzees," 2020, mBio
"Distinct disease features in chimpanzees infected with a precore HBV mutant associated with acute liver failure in humans," 2020, PLoS Pathogens
"Effect of parachute delivery on red blood cell (RBC) and plasma quality measures of blood for transfusion," 2021, Transfusion

Frequent co-authors in this body of work include:

Patrizia Farci
Ronald E. Engle
Zhaochun Chen
Jessica Katy Skelton
Emily J. Danoff

Published work often appears in the following venues:

PLoS Pathogens
Scientific Reports
Immunology
mBio
Transfusion

Robert H. Purcell has received several awards and honors, including:

Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 1999
King Faisal Prize, 1998
Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 1988
Oswald Avery Award, Infectious Diseases Society of America, 1980
Member of the Association of American Physicians

Best Publications

An assay for circulating antibodies to a major etiologic virus of human non-A, non-B hepatitis

G. Kuo;Q.-L. Choo;H.J. Alter;G.L. Gitnick

4489
Citations
Detection of antibody to hepatitis C virus in prospectively followed transfusion recipients with acute and chronic non-A, non-B hepatitis

Harvey J. Alter;Robert H. Purcell;James W. Shih;Jacqueline C. Melpolder

2174
Citations
An assay for circulating antibodies to a major etiologic virus of human non-A, non-B hepatitis.

Unknown

1715
Citations
Viral Clearance Without Destruction of Infected Cells During Acute HBV Infection

Luca G. Guidotti;Rosemary Rochford;Josan Chung;Max Shapiro

1676
Citations
A novel virus in swine is closely related to the human hepatitis E virus

Xiang-Jin Meng;Robert H. Purcell;Patrick G. Halbur;James R. Lehman

1525
Citations
Interrelationship of blood transfusion, non‐A, non‐B hepatitis and hepatocellular carcinoma: Analysis by detection of antibody to hepatitis C virus

Kendo Kiyosawa;Takeshi Sodeyama;Eiji Tanaka;Yukio Gibo

1484
Citations
CD8+ T Cells Mediate Viral Clearance and Disease Pathogenesis during Acute Hepatitis B Virus Infection

Robert Thimme;Stefan Wieland;Carola Steiger;John Ghrayeb

1316
Citations
The outcome of acute hepatitis C predicted by the evolution of the viral quasispecies.

Patrizia Farci;Atsushi Shimoda;Alessandra Coiana;Giacomo Diaz

1296
Citations
Genetic Heterogeneity of Hepatitis C Virus: Quasispecies and Genotypes

Jens Bukh;Roger H. Miller;Robert H. Purcell

1223
Citations
Hepatitis E virus.

Suzanne U. Emerson;Robert H. Purcell

1209
Citations
Genomic analysis of the host response to hepatitis C virus infection.

Andrew I. Su;John P. Pezacki;Lisa Wodicka;Amy D. Brideau

1147
Citations
Hepatitis A: Detection by Immune Electron Microscopy of a Viruslike Antigen Associated with Acute Illness

Stephen M. Feinstone;Albert Z. Kapikian;Robert H. Purcell

1105
Citations
DNA polymerase associated with human hepatitis B antigen.

Paul M. Kaplan;Paul M. Kaplan;Paul M. Kaplan;Richard L. Greenman;Richard L. Greenman;Richard L. Greenman;John L. Gerin;John L. Gerin;John L. Gerin;Robert H. Purcell;Robert H. Purcell;Robert H. Purcell

1044
Citations
An African primate lentivirus (SIVsm) closely related to HIV-2

Vanessa M. Hirsch;Robert A. Olmsted;Michael Murphey-Corb;Robert H. Purcell

1019
Citations
Lack of protective immunity against reinfection with hepatitis C virus

Patrizia Farci;Harvey J. Alter;Sugantha Govindarajan;Doris C. Wong

978
Citations
Hepatitis C virus shares amino acid sequence similarity with pestiviruses and flaviviruses as well as members of two plant virus supergroups

Roger H. Miller;Robert H. Purcell

965
Citations
Hepatitis E: an emerging awareness of an old disease.

R.H. Purcell;S.U. Emerson

924
Citations
Nucleotide sequence and mutation rate of the H strain of hepatitis C virus.

Norio Ogata;Harvey J. Alter;Roger H. Miller;Robert H. Purcell

887
Citations
Prevention of Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Chimpanzees by Hyperimmune Serum against the Hypervariable Region 1 of the Envelope 2 Protein

Patrizia Farci;Atsushi Shimoda;Doris Wong;Teresa Cabezon

883
Citations
Viral and immunological determinants of hepatitis C virus clearance, persistence, and disease

Robert Thimme;Jens Bukh;Hans Christian Spangenberg;Stefan Wieland

856
Citations
Transfusion-Associated Hepatitis Not Due to Viral Hepatitis Type A or B

Stephen M. Feinstone;Albert Z. Kapikian;Robert H. Purcell;Harvey J. Alter

843
Citations
National Institutes of Health Consensus Development Conference panel statement: Management of hepatitis C

D. W. Powell;B. Z. Abramson;J. A. Balint;S. Belle

415
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Suzanne U. Emerson National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Jens Bukh University of Copenhagen

Ronald E. Engle National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

John L. Gerin Georgetown University Medical Center

Jules L. Dienstag Harvard University

Harvey J. Alter National Institutes of Health

Sugantha Govindarajan University of Southern California

Patrizia Farci National Institutes of Health

Hans Popper Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Robert M. Chanock National Institutes of Health

External Links

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