2026 Ruslan Medzhitov: Immunology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Immunology	136	179	166	118	109	288	160900

Research.com Recognitions

2013 - Lurie Prize in Biomedical Sciences, Foundation for the National Institutes of Health
2013 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
2011 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2010 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
2006 - AAI-BD Biosciences Investigator Award, American Association of Immunologists

Overview

Ruslan Medzhitov is affiliated with Yale University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of medicine, immunology, and microbiology. Their research encompasses biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with subfields that include immunology, molecular biology, epidemiology, cell biology, and physiology. Their work covers a range of topics including immune cell function and interaction, asthma and respiratory diseases, immune cells in cancer, long-term effects of COVID-19, IL-33, ST2, and ILC pathways, mast cells and histamine, and adipokines, inflammation, and metabolic diseases.

Several recent publications by Ruslan Medzhitov highlight their active role in advancing immunological science. These include:

Longitudinal analyses reveal immunological misfiring in severe COVID-19, 2020, Nature
Distinguishing features of long COVID identified through immune profiling, 2023, Nature
The spectrum of inflammatory responses, 2021, Science
Tissue Homeostasis and Inflammation, 2021, Annual Review of Immunology
Distinguishing features of Long COVID identified through immune profiling, 2022, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Medzhitov include:

Miri Adler
Scott D. Pope
Akiko Iwasaki
Ruth A. Franklin
Jaechul Lim

Publication venues where Ruslan Medzhitov regularly appears are:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Science
Cell
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
The Journal of Immunology

The scientist has received several awards and honors over the years, including:

Lurie Prize in Biomedical Sciences, Foundation for the National Institutes of Health, 2013
Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), 2013
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2011
Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 2010
AAI-BD Biosciences Investigator Award, American Association of Immunologists, 2006

Best Publications

Innate Immune Recognition

Charles A. Janeway;Ruslan Medzhitov

11049
Citations
A human homologue of the Drosophila Toll protein signals activation of adaptive immunity

Ruslan Medzhitov;Paula Preston-Hurlburt;Charles A. Janeway

8165
Citations
Recognition of double-stranded RNA and activation of NF-kappaB by Toll-like receptor 3.

Lena Alexopoulou;Agnieszka Czopik Holt;Ruslan Medzhitov;Richard A. Flavell

8152
Citations
Origin and Physiological Roles of Inflammation

Ruslan Medzhitov

7547
Citations
Toll-like receptors and innate immunity

Ruslan Medzhitov

5641
Citations
Toll-like receptor control of the adaptive immune responses.

Akiko Iwasaki;Ruslan Medzhitov

5512
Citations
Recognition of Commensal Microflora by Toll-Like Receptors Is Required for Intestinal Homeostasis

Seth Rakoff-Nahoum;Justin Paglino;Fatima Eslami-Varzaneh;Stephen Edberg

5115
Citations
Recognition of microorganisms and activation of the immune response.

Ruslan Medzhitov

3701
Citations
Innate Immunity: The Virtues of a Nonclonal System of Recognition

Ruslan Medzhitov;Charles A Janeway

3351
Citations
Decoding the patterns of self and nonself by the innate immune system.

Ruslan Medzhitov;Charles A. Janeway

2850
Citations
Regulation of Adaptive Immunity by the Innate Immune System

Akiko Iwasaki;Ruslan Medzhitov;Ruslan Medzhitov

2755
Citations
Toll Pathway-Dependent Blockade of CD4+CD25+ T Cell-Mediated Suppression by Dendritic Cells

Chandrashekhar Pasare;Ruslan Medzhitov

2629
Citations
Control of adaptive immunity by the innate immune system

Akiko Iwasaki;Ruslan Medzhitov

2366
Citations
Innate immunity: impact on the adaptive immune response

Ruslan Medzhitov;Charles A Janeway

2215
Citations
The microbial metabolite butyrate regulates intestinal macrophage function via histone deacetylase inhibition

Pamela V. Chang;Liming Hao;Stefan Offermanns;Ruslan Medzhitov

2175
Citations
Longitudinal analyses reveal immunological misfiring in severe COVID-19.

Carolina Lucas;Patrick Wong;Jon Klein;Tiago B R Castro

2173
Citations
Innate immune recognition: mechanisms and pathways

Ruslan Medzhitov;CharleS. Jr Janeway

2043
Citations
MyD88 Is an Adaptor Protein in the hToll/IL-1 Receptor Family Signaling Pathways

Ruslan Medzhitov;Paula Preston-Hurlburt;Elizabeth Kopp;Andrew Stadlen

2034
Citations
Inflammation 2010: new adventures of an old flame.

Ruslan Medzhitov

2015
Citations
Disease Tolerance as a Defense Strategy

Ruslan Medzhitov;David S. Schneider;Miguel P. Soares

1848
Citations
Toll-like receptors control activation of adaptive immune responses.

Markus Schnare;Markus Schnare;Gregory M. Barton;Gregory M. Barton;Agnieszka Czopik Holt;Kiyoshi Takeda

1836
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Charles A. Janeway Yale University

Akiko Iwasaki Yale University

Gregory M. Barton University of California, Berkeley

Richard A. Flavell Yale University

J. Magarian Blander Cornell University

Jens C. Brüning Max Planck Society

Eric Vivier Aix-Marseille University

Koichi Kobayashi Osaka Metropolitan University

Uri Alon Weizmann Institute of Science

Hongyu Zhao Yale University

External Links

Personal website of Ruslan Medzhitov

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