2026 Ronald N. Germain: Immunology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Immunology	130	234	215	153	138	307	61271
Medicine	132	2325	2167	1314	1206	310	61692

Research.com Recognitions

2019 - Distinguished Fellows of the American Association of Immunologists (AAI)
2016 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
2012 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Ronald N. Germain is affiliated with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in the United States. Their research spans diverse areas within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, immunology, microbiology, and medicine.

Their main fields of study include:

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Immunology and Microbiology
Medicine

Subfields of particular focus are:

Immunology
Molecular Biology
Oncology
Biophysics
Epidemiology

Their work covers key topics in:

Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
Immune Cell Function and Interaction
Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
Cell Image Analysis Techniques
T-cell and B-cell Immunology
CAR-T cell therapy research
Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers

Notable recent publications include:

"Niche-Specific Reprogramming of Epigenetic Landscapes Drives Myeloid Cell Diversity in Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis" (2020, Immunity)
"Commensal-driven immune zonation of the liver promotes host defence" (2020, Nature)
"IBEX: A versatile multiplex optical imaging approach for deep phenotyping and spatial analysis of cells in complex tissues" (2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
"The β1-adrenergic receptor links sympathetic nerves to T cell exhaustion" (2023, Nature)
"Neutrophils self-limit swarming to contain bacterial growth in vivo" (2021, Science)

Frequent coauthors include:

Andrea J. Radtke
Emily Speranza
Ziv Yaniv
Anita Gola
Hiroshi Ichise

Main venues where Ronald N. Germain has published extensively are:

The Journal of Immunology
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Nature
Science

Throughout their career, Ronald N. Germain has received several recognitions including:

Distinguished Fellow of the American Association of Immunologists (AAI), 2019
Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 2016
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2012

Best Publications

MHC-dependent antigen processing and peptide presentation: Providing ligands for T lymphocyte activation

Ronald N. Germain

2104
Citations
Defining CD8 + T cells that provide the proliferative burst after PD-1 therapy

Se Jin Im;Masao Hashimoto;Michael Y Gerner;Michael Y Gerner;Junghwa Lee

2060
Citations
House dust mite allergen induces asthma via Toll-like receptor 4 triggering of airway structural cells.

Hamida Hammad;Marcello Chieppa;Frederic Perros;Monique A Willart

1375
Citations
The biochemistry and cell biology of antigen processing and presentation

R N Germain;D H Margulies

1373
Citations
Stromal Cell Networks Regulate Lymphocyte Entry, Migration, and Territoriality in Lymph Nodes

Marc Bajénoff;Jackson G. Egen;Lily Y. Koo;Jean Pierre Laugier

1347
Citations
The calcium-sensing receptor regulates the NLRP3 inflammasome through Ca2+ and cAMP

Geun-Shik Lee;Naeha Subramanian;Andrew I. Kim;Ivona Aksentijevich

1180
Citations
IL-10 inhibits macrophage costimulatory activity by selectively inhibiting the up-regulation of B7 expression.

L. Ding;P. S. Linsley;Li-Yun Huang;R. N. Germain

1132
Citations
In Vivo Imaging Reveals an Essential Role for Neutrophils in Leishmaniasis Transmitted by Sand Flies

Nathan C. Peters;Jackson G. Egen;Nagila Secundino;Alain Debrabant

1053
Citations
In vivo microbial stimulation induces rapid CD40 ligand-independent production of interleukin 12 by dendritic cells and their redistribution to T cell areas.

Caetano Reis e Sousa;Sara Hieny;Tanya Scharton-Kersten;Dragana Jankovic

1024
Citations
Chemokines enhance immunity by guiding naive CD8 + T cells to sites of CD4 + T cell–dendritic cell interaction

Flora Castellino;Alex Yee-Chen Huang;Grégoire Altan-Bonnet;Grégoire Altan-Bonnet;Sabine Stoll;Sabine Stoll

997
Citations
Neutrophil swarms require LTB4 and integrins at sites of cell death in vivo

Tim Lämmermann;Philippe V. Afonso;Bastian R. Angermann;Ji Ming Wang

987
Citations
Commensal Microbiota Promote Lung Cancer Development via γδ T Cells.

Chengcheng Jin;Georgia K. Lagoudas;Chen Zhao;Susan Bullman;Susan Bullman

929
Citations
Dynamic Imaging of T Cell-Dendritic Cell Interactions in Lymph Nodes

Sabine Stoll;Jérôme Delon;Tilmann M. Brotz;Ronald N. Germain

890
Citations
Localization, quantitation, and in situ detection of specific peptide-MHC class I complexes using a monoclonal antibody.

Angel Porgador;Jonathan W Yewdell;Yuping Deng;Jack R Bennink

837
Citations
Dynamic imaging of dendritic cell extension into the small bowel lumen in response to epithelial cell TLR engagement

Marcello Chieppa;Maria Rescigno;Alex Y.C. Huang;Ronald N. Germain

830
Citations
The adaptor MAVS promotes NLRP3 mitochondrial localization and inflammasome activation.

Naeha Subramanian;Kannan Natarajan;Menna R. Clatworthy;Menna R. Clatworthy;Ze Wang

824
Citations
SAP-controlled T-B cell interactions underlie germinal centre formation.

Hai Qi;Jennifer L. Cannons;Frederick Klauschen;Pamela L. Schwartzberg

745
Citations
Immunology: The ins and outs of antigen processing and presentations

Ronald N. Germain

669
Citations
Induction of CD8+ cytotoxic T cells by immunization with purified HIV-1 envelope protein in ISCOMs.

H Takahashi;T Takeshita;B Morein;S Putney

643
Citations
The dynamics of T cell receptor signaling: complex orchestration and the key roles of tempo and cooperation.

Ronald N. Germain;Irena Stefanová

639
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Baruj Benacerraf Harvard University

Martin E. Dorf Harvard University

Wolfgang Kastenmüller University of Würzburg

David H. Margulies National Institutes of Health

Mark I. Greene University of Pennsylvania

Iain D. C. Fraser National Institutes of Health

Ethan M. Shevach National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Masaru Ishii Osaka University

Takashi Saito Nagoya City University

Ronald H. Schwartz National Institutes of Health

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