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Ruth R. Montgomery

Ruth R. Montgomery

D-Index & Metrics

Immunology

D-Index
66
Citations
16471
World Ranking
2753
National Ranking
1311

Ruth R. Montgomery 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 Ruth R. Montgomery sits on this spectrum.

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62 publications 807+

This scientist: 158 publications — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ruth R. Montgomery 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 Ruth R. Montgomery sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 157+

This scientist: 66 D-Index — 45th percentile

45% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Ruth R. Montgomery is affiliated with Yale University in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Medicine, with a strong focus on Infectious Diseases, Immunology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Molecular Biology, and Neurology.

The scientist's work addresses a variety of topics related to viral infections and immune responses. Key areas of research include COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, Long-Term Effects of COVID-19, Viral Infections and Vectors, Mosquito-borne Diseases and Control, Immune Cell Function and Interaction, and interferon and immune responses.

Recent significant publications by Montgomery include the following:

  • "Single-cell longitudinal analysis of SARS-CoV-2 infection in human airway epithelium identifies target cells, alterations in gene expression, and cell state changes" (2021), published in PLoS Biology
  • "SenNet recommendations for detecting senescent cells in different tissues" (2024), published in Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
  • "Smooth Muscle Cell Reprogramming in Aortic Aneurysms" (2020), published in Cell Stem Cell
  • "Single-cell multi-omics reveals dyssynchrony of the innate and adaptive immune system in progressive COVID-19" (2022), published in Nature Communications
  • "A genome-scale gain-of-function CRISPR screen in CD8 T cells identifies proline metabolism as a means to enhance CAR-T therapy" (2022), published in Cell Metabolism

Montgomery frequently co-authors research with the following collaborators:

  • Steven H. Kleinstein
  • Ofer Levy
  • Albert C. Shaw
  • David A. Hafler
  • Joann Diray-Arce

The scientist's publications have appeared repeatedly in several noted venues, including bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), JCI Insight, Aging Cell, Nature Communications, and Nature Immunology.

Best Publications

  • Age-dependent dysregulation of innate immunity

    Albert C. Shaw;Daniel R. Goldstein;Ruth R. Montgomery

  • RNA interference screen for human genes associated with West Nile virus infection.

    Manoj N Krishnan;Aylwin Ng;Bindu Sukumaran;Felicia D Gilfoy

  • Innate Immune Function by Toll-like Receptors: Distinct Responses in Newborns and the Elderly

    Tobias R. Kollmann;Ofer Levy;Ruth R. Montgomery;Stanislas Goriely

  • Age-Associated Decrease in TLR Function in Primary Human Dendritic Cells Predicts Influenza Vaccine Response

    Alexander Panda;Feng Qian;Subhasis Mohanty;David van Duin

  • Human innate immunosenescence: causes and consequences for immunity in old age.

    Alexander Panda;Alvaro Arjona;Elizabeth Sapey;Fengwei Bai

  • TROSPA, an Ixodes scapularis receptor for Borrelia burgdorferi

    Utpal Pal;Xin Li;Tian Wang;Ruth R. Montgomery

  • West Nile Virus: Biology, Transmission, and Human Infection

    Tonya M. Colpitts;Michael J. Conway;Ruth R. Montgomery;Erol Fikrig;Erol Fikrig

  • Age-Associated Defect in Human TLR-1/2 Function

    David van Duin;Subhasis Mohanty;Venetta Thomas;Sandra Ginter

  • Attachment of Borrelia burgdorferi within Ixodes scapularis mediated by outer surface protein A.

    Utpal Pal;Aravinda M. de Silva;Ruth R. Montgomery;Durland Fish

  • Direct demonstration of antigenic substitution of Borrelia burgdorferi ex vivo: exploration of the paradox of the early immune response to outer surface proteins A and C in Lyme disease.

    Ruth R. Montgomery;Stephen E. Malawista;Kevin J. M. Feen;Linda K. Bockenstedt

  • Circulating monocytes from systemic sclerosis patients with interstitial lung disease show an enhanced profibrotic phenotype.

    Susan K Mathai;Mridu Gulati;Xueyan Peng;Thomas R Russell

  • Evidence for reactive nitrogen intermediates in killing of staphylococci by human neutrophil cytoplasts. A new microbicidal pathway for polymorphonuclear leukocytes.

    S E Malawista;R R Montgomery;G van Blaricom

  • Mx1 reveals innate pathways to antiviral resistance and lethal influenza disease

    Padmini S. Pillai;Ryan D. Molony;Kimberly Martinod;Huiping Dong

  • Single-cell longitudinal analysis of SARS-CoV-2 infection in human airway epithelium identifies target cells, alterations in gene expression, and cell state changes.

    Neal G Ravindra;Mia Madel Alfajaro;Victor Gasque;Nicholas C Huston

  • Outer surface proteins E and F of Borrelia burgdorferi, the agent of Lyme disease.

    T. T. Lam;T.-P. K. Nguyen;R. R. Montgomery;F. S. Kantor

  • Toll-like Receptor 7 Mitigates Lethal West Nile Encephalitis via Interleukin 23-Dependent Immune Cell Infiltration and Homing

    Terrence Town;Fengwei Bai;Tian Wang;Tian Wang;Amber T. Kaplan

  • Dysregulation of human Toll-like receptor function in aging.

    Albert C. Shaw;Alexander Panda;Samit R. Joshi;Feng Qian

  • A Paradoxical Role for Neutrophils in the Pathogenesis of West Nile Virus

    Fengwei Bai;Kok-Fai Kong;Jianfeng Dai;Feng Qian

  • Abrogation of macrophage migration inhibitory factor decreases West Nile virus lethality by limiting viral neuroinvasion

    Alvaro Arjona;Harald G. Foellmer;Terrence Town;Lin Leng

  • Myeloid differentiation antigen 88 deficiency impairs pathogen clearance but does not alter inflammation in Borrelia burgdorferi-infected mice

    Nengyin Liu;Ruth R. Montgomery;Stephen W. Barthold;Linda K. Bockenstedt

  • Chitinase 3-like 1 suppresses injury and promotes fibroproliferative responses in Mammalian lung fibrosis.

    Yang Zhou;Hong Peng;Huanxing Sun;Xueyan Peng

Frequent Co-Authors

Erol Fikrig
Erol Fikrig Yale University
Stephen E. Malawista
Stephen E. Malawista Yale University
Akiko Iwasaki
Akiko Iwasaki Yale University
Richard Bucala
Richard Bucala Yale University
Steven H. Kleinstein
Steven H. Kleinstein Yale University
Albert I. Ko
Albert I. Ko Yale University
Richard A. Flavell
Richard A. Flavell Yale University
Lin Leng
Lin Leng Yale University
Yuval Kluger
Yuval Kluger Yale University
Mitermayer G. Reis
Mitermayer G. Reis Oswaldo Cruz Foundation

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