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Robert M. Plenge publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Robert M. Plenge sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 186 publications — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Robert M. Plenge D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Robert M. Plenge sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 87 D-Index — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Robert M. Plenge is affiliated with Bristol Myers Squibb in the United States. Their research spans several fields within medicine, with a particular focus on immunology and microbiology. The main subfields of their work include immunology, infectious diseases, pharmacology, molecular biology, and cardiology and cardiovascular medicine.

The scientist's research topics cover areas such as SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, COVID-19 clinical research studies, immune responses and vaccinations, fungal biology and applications, steroid chemistry and biochemistry, viral infections and immunology research, and Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies.

Robert M. Plenge has contributed to several publications, with research appearing in venues such as UNC Libraries, JAMA, and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory). Notable papers include:

  • Molecular Underpinnings of Severe Coronavirus Disease 2019, 2020, JAMA
  • Deep mutational scanning reveals pharmacologically relevant insights into TYK2 signaling and disease, 2025, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Most Common SNPs Associated with Rheumatoid Arthritis in Subjects of European Ancestry Confer Risk of Rheumatoid Arthritis in African-Americans, 2020, UNC Libraries
  • The Rheumatoid Arthritis Risk Variant CCR6DNP Regulates CCR6 via PARP-1, 2020, UNC Libraries

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Robert M. Plenge include Conor J Howard, Nathan S. Abell, Robert Warneford-Thomson, Eden Mahdavi, and Alan L Su.

Best Publications

  • Principal components analysis corrects for stratification in genome-wide association studies

    Alkes L Price;Alkes L Price;Nick J Patterson;Robert M Plenge;Robert M Plenge;Michael E Weinblatt

  • Genetics of rheumatoid arthritis contributes to biology and drug discovery

    Yukinori Okada;Yukinori Okada;Di Wu;Di Wu;Di Wu;Gosia Trynka;Gosia Trynka;Towfique Raj;Towfique Raj

  • Genomic atlas of the human plasma proteome.

    Benjamin Sun;Joseph C Maranville;James E Peters;James E Peters;David Stacey

  • The major genetic determinants of HIV-1 control affect HLA class I peptide presentation

    Pereyra F;Jia X;McLaren Pj

  • Genome-wide association study meta-analysis identifies seven new rheumatoid arthritis risk loci

    Eli A Stahl;Soumya Raychaudhuri;Soumya Raychaudhuri;Elaine F Remmers;Gang Xie

  • STAT4 and the Risk of Rheumatoid Arthritis and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

    Elaine F. Remmers;Robert M. Plenge;Annette T. Lee;Robert R. Graham;Robert R. Graham

  • JAK and STAT Signaling Molecules in Immunoregulation and Immune-Mediated Disease

    John J. O'Shea;Robert Plenge;Robert Plenge

  • Five amino acids in three HLA proteins explain most of the association between MHC and seropositive rheumatoid arthritis

    Soumya Raychaudhuri;Cynthia Sandor;Eli A. Stahl;Eli A. Stahl;Jan Freudenberg

  • TRAF1–C5 as a Risk Locus for Rheumatoid Arthritis — A Genomewide Study

    Robert M. Plenge;Mark Seielstad;Leonid Padyukov;Annette T. Lee

  • Genome-wide association analyses identify 18 new loci associated with serum urate concentrations

    Anna Köttgen;Anna Köttgen;Eva Albrecht;Alexander Teumer;Veronique Vitart

  • High-density genetic mapping identifies new susceptibility loci for rheumatoid arthritis

    Steve Eyre;John Bowes;John Bowes;Dorothée Diogo;Dorothée Diogo;Annette Lee

  • A common haplotype of interferon regulatory factor 5 (IRF5) regulates splicing and expression and is associated with increased risk of systemic lupus erythematosus.

    Robert R. Graham;Robert R. Graham;Sergey V. Kozyrev;Emily C. Baechler;M. V.Prasad Linga Reddy

  • Defining the Role of the MHC in Autoimmunity: A Review and Pooled Analysis

    Michelle M. A. Fernando;Christine R. Stevens;Emily C. Walsh;Philip Lawrence De Jager;Philip Lawrence De Jager;Philip Lawrence De Jager

  • Two independent alleles at 6q23 associated with risk of rheumatoid arthritis

    Robert M Plenge;Robert M Plenge;Robert M Plenge;Chris Cotsapas;Chris Cotsapas;Leela Davies;Alkes L Price;Alkes L Price

  • Validating therapeutic targets through human genetics

    Robert M. Plenge;Edward M. Scolnick;David Altshuler;David Altshuler

  • Genetic variants near TNFAIP3 on 6q23 are associated with systemic lupus erythematosus.

    Robert R Graham;Chris Cotsapas;Chris Cotsapas;Leela Davies;Rachel Hackett

  • Common variants at CD40 and other loci confer risk of rheumatoid arthritis

    Soumya Raychaudhuri;Soumya Raychaudhuri;Soumya Raychaudhuri;Elaine F Remmers;Annette T Lee;Rachel Hackett

  • Gene-Gene and Gene-Environment Interactions Involving HLA-DRB1, PTPN22, and Smoking in Two Subsets of Rheumatoid Arthritis

    Henrik Källberg;Leonid Padyukov;Robert M. Plenge;Robert M. Plenge;Johan Rönnelid

  • Replication of putative candidate-gene associations with rheumatoid arthritis in >4,000 samples from North America and Sweden: association of susceptibility with PTPN22, CTLA4, and PADI4.

    Robert M. Plenge;Leonid Padyukov;Elaine F. Remmers;Shaun Purcell

  • Three functional variants of IFN regulatory factor 5 (IRF5) define risk and protective haplotypes for human lupus.

    Robert R. Graham;Chieko Kyogoku;Snaevar Sigurdsson;Irina A. Vlasova

Frequent Co-Authors

Soumya Raychaudhuri
Soumya Raychaudhuri Brigham and Women's Hospital
Elizabeth W. Karlson
Elizabeth W. Karlson Brigham and Women's Hospital
Peter K. Gregersen
Peter K. Gregersen Feinstein Institute for Medical Research
Eli A. Stahl
Eli A. Stahl Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Isaac S. Kohane
Isaac S. Kohane Harvard University
Jane Worthington
Jane Worthington University of Manchester
Lars Klareskog
Lars Klareskog Karolinska Institute
Leonid Padyukov
Leonid Padyukov Karolinska Institute
Philip L. De Jager
Philip L. De Jager Columbia University
Mark J. Daly
Mark J. Daly Massachusetts General Hospital

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