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D-Index
51
Citations
14400
World Ranking
4114
National Ranking
1875

Sampa Santra 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 Sampa Santra sits on this spectrum.

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62 publications 807+

This scientist: 101 publications — 3rd percentile

3% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Sampa Santra 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 Sampa Santra sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 157+

This scientist: 51 D-Index — 17th percentile

17% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Sampa Santra is affiliated with the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in the United States. Their research contributions primarily span across immunology, microbiology, and medicine, with a significant focus on virology and molecular biology. The scientist's work also integrates aspects of infectious diseases and animal science and zoology.

Their scholarly output covers a broad range of topics, including:

  • HIV Research and Treatment
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • Vaccines and Immunoinformatics Approaches
  • Animal Virus Infections Studies
  • T-cell and B-cell Immunology

Santra has published extensively in several prominent venues, reflecting the interdisciplinary nature of their research. Frequent publication platforms include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • npj Vaccines
  • Nature Communications
  • Cell
  • Science Translational Medicine

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Santra are:

  • "D614G Spike Mutation Increases SARS CoV-2 Susceptibility to Neutralization," 2020, Cell Host & Microbe
  • "Fab-dimerized glycan-reactive antibodies are a structural category of natural antibodies," 2021, Cell
  • "Lipid nanoparticle encapsulated nucleoside-modified mRNA vaccines elicit polyfunctional HIV-1 antibodies comparable to proteins in nonhuman primates," 2021, npj Vaccines
  • "D614G Spike Mutation Increases SARS CoV-2 Susceptibility to Neutralization," 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • "Breadth of SARS-CoV-2 neutralization and protection induced by a nanoparticle vaccine," 2022, Nature Communications

Santra frequently collaborates with several researchers in their field. Common coauthors include:

  • Barton F. Haynes
  • David C. Montefiori
  • Kevin O. Saunders
  • Laura L. Sutherland
  • Mark G. Lewis

Their main fields of study are categorized as:

  • Immunology and Microbiology
  • Medicine
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Subfields within these areas emphasize:

  • Immunology
  • Virology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Animal Science and Zoology

Best Publications

  • Control of Viremia in Simian Immunodeficiency Virus Infection by CD8+ Lymphocytes

    Jörn E. Schmitz;Marcelo J. Kuroda;Sampa Santra;Vito G. Sasseville

  • Control of Viremia and Prevention of Clinical AIDS in Rhesus Monkeys by Cytokine-Augmented DNA Vaccination

    Dan H. Barouch;Sampa Santra;Jörn E. Schmitz;Marcelo J. Kuroda

  • Zika virus protection by a single low-dose nucleoside-modified mRNA vaccination

    Norbert Pardi;Michael J. Hogan;Rebecca S. Pelc;Hiromi Muramatsu

  • Eventual AIDS vaccine failure in a rhesus monkey by viral escape from cytotoxic T lymphocytes

    Dan H. Barouch;Jennifer Kunstman;Marcelo J. Kuroda;Jörn E. Schmitz

  • Vaccine Induction of Antibodies against a Structurally Heterogeneous Site of Immune Pressure within HIV-1 Envelope Protein Variable Regions 1 and 2

    Hua Xin Liao;Mattia Bonsignori;S. Munir Alam;Jason S. McLellan

  • ALVAC-SIV-gag-pol-env-Based Vaccination and Macaque Major Histocompatibility Complex Class I (A*01) Delay Simian Immunodeficiency Virus SIVmac-Induced Immunodeficiency

    R. Pal;D. Venzon;N. L. Letvin;S. Santra

  • D614G Spike Mutation Increases SARS CoV-2 Susceptibility to Neutralization.

    Drew Weissman;Mohamad Gabriel Alameh;Thushan de Silva;Paul Collini

  • Augmentation of immune responses to HIV-1 and simian immunodeficiency virus DNA vaccines by IL-2/Ig plasmid administration in rhesus monkeys

    Dan H. Barouch;Abie Craiu;Marcelo J. Kuroda;Jörn E. Schmitz

  • Mosaic vaccines elicit CD8+ T lymphocyte responses that confer enhanced immune coverage of diverse HIV strains in monkeys.

    Sampa Santra;Hua-Xin Liao;Ruijin Zhang;Mark Muldoon

  • Reduction of simian-human immunodeficiency virus 89.6P viremia in rhesus monkeys by recombinant modified vaccinia virus Ankara vaccination.

    Dan H. Barouch;Sampa Santra;Marcelo J. Kuroda;Jörn E. Schmitz

  • Viral Escape from Dominant Simian Immunodeficiency Virus Epitope-Specific Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes in DNA-Vaccinated Rhesus Monkeys

    Dan H. Barouch;Jennifer Kunstman;Jennifer Glowczwskie;Kevin J. Kunstman

  • Envelope residue 375 substitutions in simian–human immunodeficiency viruses enhance CD4 binding and replication in rhesus macaques

    Hui Li;Shuyi Wang;Rui Kong;Wenge Ding

  • Potent CD4+ T cell responses elicited by a bicistronic HIV-1 DNA vaccine expressing gp120 and GM-CSF.

    Dan H. Barouch;Sampa Santra;Klara Tenner-Racz;Paul Racz

  • Augmentation and Suppression of Immune Responses to an HIV-1 DNA Vaccine by Plasmid Cytokine/Ig Administration

    Dan H. Barouch;Sampa Santra;Tavis D. Steenbeke;Xin X. Zheng

  • Replication-Defective Adenovirus Serotype 5 Vectors Elicit Durable Cellular and Humoral Immune Responses in Nonhuman Primates

    Sampa Santra;Michael S. Seaman;Ling Xu;Dan H. Barouch

  • Effect of Humoral Immune Responses on Controlling Viremia during Primary Infection of Rhesus Monkeys with Simian Immunodeficiency Virus

    Jörn E. Schmitz;Marcelo J. Kuroda;Sampa Santra;Meredith A. Simon

  • Human Non-neutralizing HIV-1 Envelope Monoclonal Antibodies Limit the Number of Founder Viruses during SHIV Mucosal Infection in Rhesus Macaques

    Sampa Santra;Georgia D. Tomaras;Ranjit Warrier;Nathan I. Nicely

  • Plasmid Chemokines and Colony-Stimulating Factors Enhance the Immunogenicity of DNA Priming-Viral Vector Boosting Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Vaccines

    Dan H. Barouch;Paul F. McKay;Shawn M. Sumida;Sampa Santra

  • Pentavalent HIV-1 vaccine protects against simian-human immunodeficiency virus challenge

    Todd Bradley;Justin Pollara;Sampa Santra;Nathan Vandergrift

  • Neutralizing Antibodies Elicited by Immunization of Monkeys with DNA Plasmids and Recombinant Adenoviral Vectors Expressing Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Proteins

    John R. Mascola;Anna Sambor;Kristin Beaudry;Sampa Santra

Frequent Co-Authors

Norman L. Letvin
Norman L. Letvin Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Barton F. Haynes
Barton F. Haynes Duke University
David C. Montefiori
David C. Montefiori Duke University
Robert Parks
Robert Parks Duke University
Hua-Xin Liao
Hua-Xin Liao Duke University
Michelle A. Lifton
Michelle A. Lifton Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Georgia D. Tomaras
Georgia D. Tomaras Duke University
S. Munir Alam
S. Munir Alam Duke University
M. Anthony Moody
M. Anthony Moody Duke University
Dan H. Barouch
Dan H. Barouch Harvard Medical School

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