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D-Index
60
Citations
10702
World Ranking
3360
National Ranking
1553

Shan Lu 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 Shan Lu sits on this spectrum.

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62 publications 807+

This scientist: 227 publications — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Shan Lu 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 Shan Lu sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 28 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 91 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 157 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 192 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 175 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 188 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 177 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 155 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 194 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 201 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 197 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 201 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 173 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 167 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 172 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 199 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 184 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 133 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 162 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 127 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 121 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 125 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 121 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 102 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 96 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 75 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 72 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 74 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 66 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 68 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 49 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 60 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 54 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 36 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 23 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 52 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 41 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 34 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 25 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 28 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 11 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 20 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 27 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 19 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 20 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 16 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 17 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 14 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 15 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 9 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 11 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 9 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 9 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 7 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 7 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 7 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 5 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 8 scientists 156 D-Index: 6 scientists 157+ D-Index: 96 scientists
40 D-Index 157+

This scientist: 60 D-Index — 33rd percentile

33% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Shan Lu is affiliated with the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology, with significant contributions to Infectious Diseases, Immunology, Molecular Biology, Virology, and Artificial Intelligence as subfields.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, including:

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

Shan Lu has published multiple papers in various venues, including:

  • "Timely development of vaccines against SARS-CoV-2," 2020, Emerging Microbes & Infections
  • "The safety and immunogenicity of an inactivated SARS-CoV-2 vaccine in Chinese adults aged 18-59 years: A phase I randomized, double-blinded, controlled trial," 2021, Vaccine
  • "A novel DNA and protein combination COVID-19 vaccine formulation provides full protection against SARS-CoV-2 in rhesus macaques," 2021, Emerging Microbes & Infections
  • "Cuproptosis: Mechanisms, biological significance, and advances in disease treatment-A systematic review," 2024, CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics
  • "Repolarizing neutrophils via MnO2 nanoparticle-activated STING pathway enhances Salmonella-mediated tumor immunotherapy," 2024, Journal of Nanobiotechnology

Frequent publication sources for Shan Lu's research include:

  • Emerging Microbes & Infections (7 publications)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (3 publications)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal (3 publications)
  • Journal of Virology (2 publications)
  • PubMed (2 publications)

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Shan Lu are:

  • Shixia Wang (10 collaborations)
  • Guangnan Hu (6 collaborations)
  • H. J. Yang (6 collaborations)
  • Jianguo Xu (6 collaborations)
  • Ji Pu (5 collaborations)

Best Publications

  • Neutralizing antibody-independent containment of immunodeficiency virus challenges by DNA priming and recombinant pox virus booster immunizations.

    H L Robinson;D C Montefiori;R P Johnson;K H Manson

  • Heterologous prime-boost vaccination.

    Shan Lu

  • The Ability of an Oligomeric Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 (HIV-1) Envelope Antigen To Elicit Neutralizing Antibodies against Primary HIV-1 Isolates Is Improved following Partial Deletion of the Second Hypervariable Region

    S. W. Barnett;S. Lu;I. Srivastava;S. Cherpelis

  • Simian immunodeficiency virus DNA vaccine trial in macaques.

    Shan Lu;James Arthos;David C. Montefiori;Yasuhiro Yasutomi

  • Cross-subtype antibody and cellular immune responses induced by a polyvalent DNA prime–protein boost HIV-1 vaccine in healthy human volunteers

    Shixia Wang;Jeffrey S. Kennedy;Kim West;David C. Montefiori

  • Identification of QS-21 as an Inflammasome-activating Molecular Component of Saponin Adjuvants

    Robyn Marty-Roix;Gregory I. Vladimer;Kimberly Pouliot;Dan Weng

  • The wide utility of rabbits as models of human diseases

    Pedro J. Esteves;Joana Abrantes;Hanna Mari Baldauf;Lbachir BenMohamed

  • Use of DNAs Expressing HIV-1 Env and Noninfectious HIV-1 Particles to Raise Antibody Responses in Mice

    Shan Lu;Joseph C. Santoro;Deborah H. Fuller;Joel R. Haynes

  • Simian immunodeficiency virus-specific cytotoxic T-lymphocyte induction through DNA vaccination of rhesus monkeys.

    Yasuhiro Yasutomi;Harriet L. Robinson;Shan Lu;Farah Mustafa

  • Polyvalent HIV-1 Env vaccine formulations delivered by the DNA priming plus protein boosting approach are effective in generating neutralizing antibodies against primary human immunodeficiency virus type 1 isolates from subtypes A, B, C, D and E

    Shixia Wang;Ranajit Pal;John R. Mascola;Te-Hui W. Chou

  • Current progress of DNA vaccine studies in humans.

    Shan Lu;Shixia Wang;Jill M Grimes-Serrano

  • EV71: An emerging infectious disease vaccine target in the Far East?

    Juan Xu;Yuan Qian;Shixia Wang;Shixia Wang;Jill M. Grimes Serrano

  • Follicular regulatory T cells repress cytokine production by follicular helper T cells and optimize IgG responses in mice.

    Hao Wu;Yuxin Chen;Hong Liu;Lin Lin Xu

  • Hemagglutinin (HA) Proteins from H1 and H3 Serotypes of Influenza A Viruses Require Different Antigen Designs for the Induction of Optimal Protective Antibody Responses as Studied by Codon-Optimized HA DNA Vaccines

    Shixia Wang;Jessica Taaffe;Christopher S. Parker;Alicia Solorzano

  • Studies of the neutralizing activity and avidity of anti-human immunodeficiency virus type 1 Env antibody elicited by DNA priming and protein boosting.

    J. F L Richmond;S. Lu;J. C. Santoro;J. Weng

  • Characterization of H9N2 influenza viruses isolated from vaccinated flocks in an integrated broiler chicken operation in eastern China during a 5 year period (1998-2002).

    Pinghu Zhang;Pinghu Zhang;Yinghua Tang;Xiaowen Liu;Daxin Peng

  • Enhanced Immunogenicity of gp120 Protein When Combined with Recombinant DNA Priming To Generate Antibodies That Neutralize the JR-FL Primary Isolate of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1

    Shixia Wang;James Arthos;John M. Lawrence;Donald I. Van Ryk

  • Improved Induction of Antibodies against Key Neutralizing Epitopes by Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 gp120 DNA Prime-Protein Boost Vaccination Compared to gp120 Protein-Only Vaccination

    Michael Vaine;Shixia Wang;Emma T. Crooks;Pengfei Jiang

  • Immunization of rhesus macaques with a polyvalent DNA prime/protein boost human immunodeficiency virus type 1 vaccine elicits protective antibody response against simian human immunodeficiency virus of R5 phenotype

    Ranajit Pal;Shixia Wang;V.S. Kalyanaraman;B.C. Nair

  • Relative contributions of codon usage, promoter efficiency and leader sequence to the antigen expression and immunogenicity of HIV-1 Env DNA vaccine.

    Shixia Wang;Diego J. Farfan-Arribas;Siyuan Shen;Te-hui W. Chou

  • Antibody responses elicited through homologous or heterologous prime-boost DNA and protein vaccinations differ in functional activity and avidity.

    Michael Vaine;Shixia Wang;Anthony Hackett;James Arthos

Frequent Co-Authors

Shixia Wang
Shixia Wang University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
David C. Montefiori
David C. Montefiori Duke University
Susan Zolla-Pazner
Susan Zolla-Pazner Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
James Arthos
James Arthos National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Miroslaw K. Gorny
Miroslaw K. Gorny New York University
Phillip D. Markham
Phillip D. Markham Northrop Grumman (United States)
Vaniambadi S. Kalyanaraman
Vaniambadi S. Kalyanaraman North Shore University Hospital
Harriet L. Robinson
Harriet L. Robinson Emory University
Paul R. Clapham
Paul R. Clapham University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Ranajit Pal
Ranajit Pal Advanced Bioscience Laboratories (United States)

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