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Ruth S. Nussenzweig

Ruth S. Nussenzweig

D-Index & Metrics

Immunology

D-Index
84
Citations
25806
World Ranking
1371
National Ranking
703

Medicine

D-Index
84
Citations
25792
World Ranking
15099
National Ranking
7625

Ruth S. Nussenzweig 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 S. Nussenzweig sits on this spectrum.

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62 publications 807+

This scientist: 230 publications — 45th percentile

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

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

Ruth S. Nussenzweig 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 S. Nussenzweig sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 157+

This scientist: 84 D-Index — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2015 - Warren Alpert Foundation Prize For their pioneering discoveries in chemistry and parasitology, and personal commitments to translate these into effective chemotherapeutic and vaccine-based approaches to control malaria - their collective work will impact millions of lives globally particularly in the developing countries.
  • 2013 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2008 - Albert B. Sabin Gold Medal, Sabin Vaccine Institute
  • 2006 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
  • 1985 - Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize

Overview

Ruth S. Nussenzweig was affiliated with New York University in the United States during their research career.

The scientist received several notable awards recognizing contributions to the fields of chemistry, parasitology, and vaccine development. These included the Warren Alpert Foundation Prize in 2015, awarded for pioneering discoveries and efforts toward controlling malaria through chemotherapeutic and vaccine-based approaches. Additional distinctions included election as a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2013, receipt of the Albert B. Sabin Gold Medal from the Sabin Vaccine Institute in 2008, membership in the National Academy of Medicine in 2006, and the Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize in 1985.

Ruth S. Nussenzweig's research work primarily contributed to areas intersecting chemistry and parasitology, with a focus on diseases such as malaria. Their work had implications for the development of chemotherapeutic agents and vaccines aimed at disease control and prevention, particularly with a global health perspective centered on developing countries.

Best Publications

  • Protective Immunity produced by the Injection of X-irradiated Sporozoites of Plasmodium berghei

    R. S. Nussenzweig;J. Vanderberg;H. Most;C. Orton

  • γ Interferon, CD8 + T cells and antibodies required for immunity to malaria sporozoites

    Louis Schofield;Jaime Villaquiran;Arturo Ferreira;Huub Schellekens

  • TRAP is necessary for gliding motility and infectivity of plasmodium sporozoites.

    Ali A Sultan;Vandana Thathy;Ute Frevert;Kathryn J.H Robson

  • Migration of Plasmodium Sporozoites Through Cells Before Infection

    Maria M. Mota;Gabriele Pradel;Jerome P. Vanderberg;Julius C. R. Hafalla

  • Safety and immunogenicity in man of a synthetic peptide malaria vaccine against plasmodium falciparum sporozoites

    Deirdre A. Herrington;David F. Clyde;Genevieve Losonsky;Manuel Cortesia

  • Hybridoma produces protective antibodies directed against the sporozoite stage of malaria parasite

    Nobuko Yoshida;Ruth S. Nussenzweig;Pedro Potocnjak;Victor Nussenzweig

  • Cloned cytotoxic T cells recognize an epitope in the circumsporozoite protein and protect against malaria

    Pedro Romero;Janet L. Maryanski;Giampietro Corradin;Ruth S. Nussenzweig

  • Monovalent fragments (Fab) of monoclonal antibodies to a sporozoite surface antigen (Pb44) protect mice against malarial infection.

    Pedro Potocnjak;Nobuko Yoshida;Ruth S. Nussenzweig;Victor Nussenzweig

  • Rationale for Development of a Synthetic Vaccine Against Plasmodium falciparum Malaria

    Fidel Zavala;James P. Tam;Michael R. Hollingdale;Allan H. Cochrane

  • Rationale for the development of an engineered sporozoite malaria vaccine.

    Victor Nussenzweig;Ruth S. Nussenzweig

  • Circumsporozoite proteins of malaria parasites contain a single immunodominant region with two or more identical epitopes

    Fidel Zavala;Alan H. Cochrane;Elizabeth H. Nardin;Ruth S. Nussenzweig

  • Circumsporozoite proteins of human malaria parasites Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax.

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  • Inhibition of development of exoerythrocytic forms of malaria parasites by gamma-interferon

    A Ferreira;L Schofield;V Enea;H Schellekens

  • Circumsporozoite protein is required for development of malaria sporozoites in mosquitoes

    Robert Ménard;Ali A. Sultan;Claudio Cortes;Rita Altszuler

  • Inhibition of entry of Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax sporozoites into cultured cells: an in vitro assay of protective antibodies

    M. R. Hollingdale;E. H. Nardin;S. Tharavanij;Alan Schwartz

  • Priming with recombinant influenza virus followed by administration of recombinant vaccinia virus induces CD8+ T-cell-mediated protective immunity against malaria

    Shengqiang Li;Mauricio Rodrigues;Dolores Rodriguez;Juan Ramon Rodriguez

  • DNA cloning of Plasmodium falciparum circumsporozoite gene: amino acid sequence of repetitive epitope.

    Vincenzo Enea;Joan Ellis;Fidel Zavala;David E. Arnot

  • Antigen targeting to dendritic cells elicits long-lived T cell help for antibody responses.

    Silvia B. Boscardin;Julius C.R. Hafalla;Revati F. Masilamani;Alice O. Kamphorst

  • Interferon-γ Responses Are Associated with Resistance to Reinfection with Plasmodium falciparum in Young African Children

    Adrian J. F. Luty;Bertrand Lell;Ruprecht Schmidt-Ott;Leopold G. Lehman

  • From the circumsporozoite protein to the RTS, S/AS candidate vaccine.

    Joe Cohen;Victor Nussenzweig;Ruth Nussenzweig;Johan Vekemans

Frequent Co-Authors

Victor Nussenzweig
Victor Nussenzweig New York University
Fidel P Zavala
Fidel P Zavala Johns Hopkins University
Elizabeth Nardin
Elizabeth Nardin New York University
Moriya Tsuji
Moriya Tsuji Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center
Mauricio M. Rodrigues
Mauricio M. Rodrigues Federal University of Sao Paulo
Jerome P. Vanderberg
Jerome P. Vanderberg New York University
Masamichi Aikawa
Masamichi Aikawa Tokai University
Mariano Esteban
Mariano Esteban Spanish National Research Council
William E. Collins
William E. Collins Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Adolfo García-Sastre
Adolfo García-Sastre Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

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