2026 Roland W. Sutter: Immunology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Immunology	67	2685	2472	68	58	226	14790

Overview

Roland W. Sutter is affiliated with the World Health Organization in Switzerland. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with significant contributions to the fields of infectious diseases, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, epidemiology, modeling and simulation, and immunology.

Their scientific work covers multiple main topics, including:

Viral Infections and Immunology Research
Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
Respiratory viral infections research
COVID-19 epidemiological studies
Immunodeficiency and Autoimmune Disorders
Celiac Disease Research and Management

Roland W. Sutter has published extensively in renowned journals. Frequent publication venues include:

The Journal of Infectious Diseases
Science
Pathogens
MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
Vaccine

Some of their recent scientific papers are:

Evolving epidemiology of poliovirus serotype 2 following withdrawal of the serotype 2 oral poliovirus vaccine, 2020, Science
Immunization Against Poliomyelitis and the Challenges to Worldwide Poliomyelitis Eradication, 2020, The Journal of Infectious Diseases
Modelling the spread of serotype-2 vaccine derived-poliovirus outbreak in Pakistan and Afghanistan to inform outbreak control strategies in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, 2021, Vaccine
Inactivated Poliovirus Vaccine: Recent Developments and the Tortuous Path to Global Acceptance, 2024, Pathogens
Immunogenicity of Fractional Dose Inactivated Poliovirus Vaccine in India, 2021, Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society

Roland W. Sutter has collaborated frequently with other researchers including Harish Verma, Ondrej Mach, Ananda S Bandyopadhyay, Natalia A. Molodecky, and Vishali Jeyaseelan.

Best Publications

Vaccine-derived polioviruses and the endgame strategy for global polio eradication.

Olen M. Kew;Roland W. Sutter;Esther M. de Gourville;Walter R. Dowdle

893
Citations
Outbreak of Poliomyelitis in Hispaniola Associated with Circulating Type 1 Vaccine-Derived Poliovirus

Olen Kew;Victoria Morris-Glasgow;Mauricio Landaverde;Cara Burns

812
Citations
A Population-Based Serologic Survey of Immunity to Tetanus in the United States

Peter J. Gergen;Geraldine M. McQuillan;Michele Kiely;Trena M. Ezzati-Rice

465
Citations
Epidemiology of Poliomyelitis in the United States One Decade after the Last Reported Case of Indigenous Wild Virus-Associated Disease

Peter M. Strebel;Roland W. Sutter;Stephen L. Cochi;Robin J. Biellik

412
Citations
Vaccine-Derived Polioviruses

Cara C. Burns;Ousmane M. Diop;Roland W. Sutter;Olen M. Kew

365
Citations
Vaccine-Associated Paralytic Poliomyelitis: A Review of the Epidemiology and Estimation of the Global Burden

Lauren R Platt;Concepción F Estívariz;Roland W Sutter

302
Citations
Prolonged Replication of a Type 1 Vaccine-Derived Poliovirus in an Immunodeficient Patient

Olen M. Kew;Roland W. Sutter;Baldev K. Nottay;Michael J. McDonough

282
Citations
Vaccine policy changes and epidemiology of poliomyelitis in the United States.

Lorraine Niño Alexander;Jane F. Seward;Tammy A. Santibanez;Mark A. Pallansch

274
Citations
Poliovirus vaccine-live

Roland W. Sutter;Olen M. Kew;Stephen L. Cochi

238
Citations
Current situation and control strategies for resurgence of diphtheria in newly independent states of the former Soviet Union

I.R.B. Hardy;R.W. Sutter;S. Dittmann

231
Citations
Fractional Doses of Inactivated Poliovirus Vaccine in Oman

Ali Jafer Mohammed;Salah AlAwaidy;Shyam Bawikar;Padmamohan J Kurup

224
Citations
Successful control of epidemic diphtheria in the states of the Former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics: lessons learned.

Sieghart Dittmann;Melinda Wharton;Charles Vitek;Massimo Ciotti

223
Citations
Factors Determining Prevalence of Maternal Antibody to Measles Virus throughout Infancy: A Review

Victor M. Cáceres;Peter M. Strebel;Roland W. Sutter

216
Citations
Risks of paralytic disease due to wild or vaccine-derived poliovirus after eradication.

Radboud J. Duintjer Tebbens;Mark A. Pallansch;Olen M. Kew;Victor M. Cáceres

185
Citations
Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial of Fractional Doses of Inactivated Poliovirus Vaccine Administered Intradermally by Needle-Free Device in Cuba

Sonia Resik;Alina Tejeda;Pedro Mas Lago;Manuel Diaz

183
Citations
Protective efficacy of a monovalent oral type 1 poliovirus vaccine: a case-control study

Nicholas C Grassly;Jay Wenger;Sunita Durrani;Sunil Bahl

180
Citations
Update on Vaccine-Derived Polioviruses - Worldwide, January 2017-June 2018.

Jaume Jorba;Ousmane M Diop;Jane Iber;Roland W Sutter

180
Citations
Immunogenicity of bivalent types 1 and 3 oral poliovirus vaccine: a randomised, double-blind, controlled trial

Roland W Sutter;T Jacob John;Hemant Jain;Sharad Agarkhedkar

176
Citations
Priming after a Fractional Dose of Inactivated Poliovirus Vaccine

Sonia Resik;Alina Tejeda;Roland W. Sutter;Manuel Diaz

169
Citations
Economic analysis of the global polio eradication initiative.

Radboud J. Duintjer Tebbens;Mark A. Pallansch;Stephen L. Cochi;Steven G.F. Wassilak

163
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark A. Pallansch National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases

M. Steven Oberste Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Olen M. Kew Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Nicholas C. Grassly Imperial College London

Peter M. Strebel World Health Organization

David L. Heymann London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Jay D. Wenger Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

John F. Modlin Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Stephen C. Hadler Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Zulfiqar A Bhutta Aga Khan University

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