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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Immunology 72 2200 2021 1065 966 171 21097

Shen-Ying Zhang publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Shen-Ying Zhang between 2003 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Shen-Ying Zhang published across 23 years, from 2003 to 2025, averaging 8.6 papers a year. Output peaked at 29 publications in 2021. 33 of the 197 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20 25
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2003 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 29. Peak 29 publications in 2021. 2003: 2 publications 2004: 1 publication 2005: 1 publication 2006: 3 publications 2007: 7 publications 2008: 6 publications 2009: 4 publications 2010: 6 publications 2011: 6 publications 2012: 4 publications 2013: 12 publications 2014: 4 publications 2015: 7 publications 2016: 8 publications 2017: 4 publications 2018: 7 publications 2019: 6 publications 2020: 10 publications 2021: 29 publications 2022: 19 publications 2023: 18 publications 2024: 20 publications 2025: 13 publications
2003 2025

197 publications in total across all disciplines

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Shen-Ying Zhang: publications per year, 2003 to 2025
Year Publications
2003 2
2004 1
2005 1
2006 3
2007 7
2008 6
2009 4
2010 6
2011 6
2012 4
2013 12
2014 4
2015 7
2016 8
2017 4
2018 7
2019 6
2020 10
2021 29
2022 19
2023 18
2024 20
2025 13
Total 197
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Shen-Ying Zhang 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 Shen-Ying Zhang sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 76 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 62–71 to 807+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 189. Most scientists, 189, have 152–161 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 807 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 162–171 publications, is where this scientist sits. 62–71 publications: 9 scientists 72–81 publications: 23 scientists 82–91 publications: 40 scientists 92–101 publications: 72 scientists 102–111 publications: 86 scientists 112–121 publications: 108 scientists 122–131 publications: 150 scientists 132–141 publications: 160 scientists 142–151 publications: 159 scientists 152–161 publications: 189 scientists 162–171 publications: 166 scientists 172–181 publications: 181 scientists 182–191 publications: 188 scientists 192–201 publications: 187 scientists 202–211 publications: 178 scientists 212–221 publications: 158 scientists 222–231 publications: 168 scientists 232–241 publications: 159 scientists 242–251 publications: 160 scientists 252–261 publications: 148 scientists 262–271 publications: 116 scientists 272–281 publications: 125 scientists 282–291 publications: 115 scientists 292–301 publications: 111 scientists 302–311 publications: 95 scientists 312–321 publications: 97 scientists 322–331 publications: 97 scientists 332–341 publications: 99 scientists 342–351 publications: 96 scientists 352–361 publications: 69 scientists 362–371 publications: 76 scientists 372–381 publications: 71 scientists 382–391 publications: 71 scientists 392–401 publications: 62 scientists 402–411 publications: 54 scientists 412–421 publications: 41 scientists 422–431 publications: 63 scientists 432–441 publications: 53 scientists 442–451 publications: 31 scientists 452–461 publications: 42 scientists 462–471 publications: 40 scientists 472–481 publications: 29 scientists 482–491 publications: 34 scientists 492–501 publications: 30 scientists 502–511 publications: 23 scientists 512–521 publications: 41 scientists 522–531 publications: 29 scientists 532–541 publications: 28 scientists 542–551 publications: 16 scientists 552–561 publications: 18 scientists 562–571 publications: 18 scientists 572–581 publications: 17 scientists 582–591 publications: 17 scientists 592–601 publications: 17 scientists 602–611 publications: 19 scientists 612–621 publications: 13 scientists 622–631 publications: 12 scientists 632–641 publications: 11 scientists 642–651 publications: 16 scientists 652–661 publications: 9 scientists 662–671 publications: 5 scientists 672–681 publications: 13 scientists 682–691 publications: 12 scientists 692–701 publications: 6 scientists 702–711 publications: 6 scientists 712–721 publications: 9 scientists 722–731 publications: 9 scientists 732–741 publications: 6 scientists 742–751 publications: 11 scientists 752–761 publications: 10 scientists 762–771 publications: 7 scientists 772–781 publications: 12 scientists 782–791 publications: 7 scientists 792–801 publications: 5 scientists 802–806 publications: 1 scientist 807+ publications: 100 scientists
62–71 publications 807+

This scientist: 171 publications — 24th percentile

24% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Immunology scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 4,929 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
62–71 9
72–81 23
82–91 40
92–101 72
102–111 86
112–121 108
122–131 150
132–141 160
142–151 159
152–161 189
162–171 166 171
172–181 181
182–191 188
192–201 187
202–211 178
212–221 158
222–231 168
232–241 159
242–251 160
252–261 148
262–271 116
272–281 125
282–291 115
292–301 111
302–311 95
312–321 97
322–331 97
332–341 99
342–351 96
352–361 69
362–371 76
372–381 71
382–391 71
392–401 62
402–411 54
412–421 41
422–431 63
432–441 53
442–451 31
452–461 42
462–471 40
472–481 29
482–491 34
492–501 30
502–511 23
512–521 41
522–531 29
532–541 28
542–551 16
552–561 18
562–571 18
572–581 17
582–591 17
592–601 17
602–611 19
612–621 13
622–631 12
632–641 11
642–651 16
652–661 9
662–671 5
672–681 13
682–691 12
692–701 6
702–711 6
712–721 9
722–731 9
732–741 6
742–751 11
752–761 10
762–771 7
772–781 12
782–791 7
792–801 5
802–806 1
807+ 100
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Shen-Ying Zhang 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 Shen-Ying Zhang sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150 200
Bar chart with 60 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 157+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 201. Most scientists, 201, have 58–59 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 157 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 72–73 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 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: 163 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
40–41 D-Index 157+

This scientist: 72 D-Index — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Immunology scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 4,929 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 28
42–43 91
44–45 157
46–47 192
48–49 175
50–51 188
52–53 177
54–55 155
56–57 194
58–59 201
60–61 197
62–63 201
64–65 173
66–67 167
68–69 172
70–71 199
72–73 184 72
74–75 133
76–77 163
78–79 127
80–81 121
82–83 125
84–85 121
86–87 102
88–89 96
90–91 75
92–93 72
94–95 74
96–97 66
98–99 68
100–101 49
102–103 60
104–105 54
106–107 36
108–109 23
110–111 52
112–113 41
114–115 34
116–117 25
118–119 28
120–121 11
122–123 20
124–125 27
126–127 19
128–129 20
130–131 16
132–133 17
134–135 14
136–137 15
138–139 9
140–141 11
142–143 9
144–145 9
146–147 7
148–149 7
150–151 7
152–153 5
154–155 8
156 6
157+ 96
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Overview

Shen-Ying Zhang is a researcher affiliated with Rockefeller University in the United States. Their work spans multiple domains within biomedical science, focusing extensively on immunology, infectious diseases, and molecular biology. With a publication record encompassing 140 works in Medicine, 80 in Immunology and Microbiology, and 62 in Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, their contributions cover diverse aspects of human health and disease.

Their primary research interests include Immunodeficiency and Autoimmune Disorders, interferon and immune responses, and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research. Additional topics of study include COVID-19 clinical research, RNA regulation and disease, Kawasaki Disease and coronary complications, and blood disorders and treatments.

Notable recent publications by Shen-Ying Zhang include:

  • "Autoantibodies against type I IFNs in patients with life-threatening COVID-19," 2020, Science
  • "X-linked recessive TLR7 deficiency in ~1% of men under 60 years old with life-threatening COVID-19," 2021, Science Immunology
  • "Preexisting autoantibodies to type I IFNs underlie critical COVID-19 pneumonia in patients with APS-1," 2021, The Journal of Experimental Medicine
  • "A Global Effort to Define the Human Genetics of Protective Immunity to SARS-CoV-2 Infection," 2020, Cell
  • "Auto-antibodies to type I IFNs can underlie adverse reactions to yellow fever live attenuated vaccine," 2021, The Journal of Experimental Medicine

Frequent publication venues for Zhang include The Journal of Experimental Medicine (16 publications), bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (10), Journal of Clinical Immunology (9), Current Opinion in Immunology (5), and Science Immunology (4).

Shen-Ying Zhang collaborates regularly with several well-known scientists in the field. Their frequent co-authors include Jean-Laurent Casanova, Paul Bastard, Laurent Abel, Qian Zhang, and Emmanuelle Jouanguy. These collaborations reflect a strong network focused on immunology and infectious diseases research.

Best Publications

  • Autoantibodies against type I IFNs in patients with life-threatening COVID-19.

    Paul Bastard;Paul Bastard;Paul Bastard;Lindsey B. Rosen;Qian Zhang;Eleftherios Michailidis

  • Inborn errors of type I IFN immunity in patients with life-threatening COVID-19

    Qian Zhang;Paul Bastard;Paul Bastard;Zhiyong Liu;Jérémie Le Pen

  • Human CD14dim monocytes patrol and sense nucleic acids and viruses via TLR7 and TLR8 receptors.

    Jérôme Cros;Nicolas Cagnard;Kevin Woollard;Natacha Patey

  • TLR3 deficiency in patients with herpes simplex encephalitis.

    Shen Ying Zhang;Shen Ying Zhang;Emmanuelle Jouanguy;Emmanuelle Jouanguy;Sophie Ugolini;Asma Smahi

  • Herpes simplex virus encephalitis in human UNC-93B deficiency.

    Armanda Casrouge;Shen Ying Zhang;Shen Ying Zhang;Céline Eidenschenk;Emmanuelle Jouanguy;Emmanuelle Jouanguy

  • Autoantibodies neutralizing type I IFNs are present in ~ 4% of uninfected individuals over 70 years old and account for ~ 20% of COVID-19 deaths.

    Paul Bastard;Adrian Gervais;Adrian Gervais;Tom Le Voyer;Tom Le Voyer;Jérémie Rosain;Jérémie Rosain

  • Human intracellular ISG15 prevents interferon-α/β over-amplification and auto-inflammation

    Xianqin Zhang;Dusan Bogunovic;Béatrice Payelle-Brogard;Véronique Francois-Newton

  • Life-threatening influenza and impaired interferon amplification in human IRF7 deficiency

    Michael J. Ciancanelli;Sarah X.L. Huang;Priya Luthra;Hannah Garner

  • Selective predisposition to bacterial infections in IRAK-4–deficient children: IRAK-4–dependent TLRs are otherwise redundant in protective immunity

    Cheng Lung Ku;Horst Von Bernuth;Horst Von Bernuth;Capucine Picard;Shen Ying Zhang

  • Inborn errors of interferon (IFN)-mediated immunity in humans: insights into the respective roles of IFN-alpha/beta, IFN-gamma, and IFN-lambda in host defense.

    Shen-Ying Zhang;Stéphanie Boisson-Dupuis;Stéphanie Boisson-Dupuis;Ariane Chapgier;Ariane Chapgier;Kun Yang;Kun Yang

  • X-linked recessive TLR7 deficiency in ~1% of men under 60 years old with life-threatening COVID-19.

    Takaki Asano;Bertrand Boisson;Bertrand Boisson;Bertrand Boisson;Fanny Onodi;Daniela Matuozzo;Daniela Matuozzo

  • Human TRAF3 Adaptor Molecule Deficiency Leads to Impaired Toll-like Receptor 3 Response and Susceptibility to Herpes Simplex Encephalitis

    Rebeca Pérez de Diego;Rebeca Pérez de Diego;Rebeca Pérez de Diego;Vanessa Sancho-Shimizu;Vanessa Sancho-Shimizu;Vanessa Sancho-Shimizu;Lazaro Lorenzo;Lazaro Lorenzo;Lazaro Lorenzo;Anne Puel;Anne Puel;Anne Puel

  • Impaired intrinsic immunity to HSV-1 in human iPSC-derived TLR3-deficient CNS cells

    Fabien G Lafaille;Itai M. Pessach;Itai M. Pessach;Shen-Ying Zhang;Shen-Ying Zhang;Michael J. Ciancanelli

  • Human TLR-7-, -8-, and -9-Mediated Induction of IFN-α/β and -λ Is IRAK-4 Dependent and Redundant for Protective Immunity to Viruses

    Kun Yang;Kun Yang;Anne Puel;Shenying Zhang;Shenying Zhang;Céline Eidenschenk

  • Heterozygous TBK1 mutations impair TLR3 immunity and underlie herpes simplex encephalitis of childhood

    Melina Herman;Michael Ciancanelli;Yi Hung Ou;Lazaro Lorenzo

  • Parsing the Interferon Transcriptional Network and Its Disease Associations

    Sara Mostafavi;Sara Mostafavi;Hideyuki Yoshida;Devapregasan Moodley;Hugo LeBoité

  • The mutation significance cutoff: gene-level thresholds for variant predictions

    Yuval Itan;Lei Shang;Bertrand Boisson;Bertrand Boisson;Michael J Ciancanelli

  • Herpes simplex encephalitis in children with autosomal recessive and dominant TRIF deficiency

    Vanessa Sancho-Shimizu;Rebeca Pérez de Diego;Lazaro Lorenzo;Rabih Halwani

  • Herpes simplex virus encephalitis in a patient with complete TLR3 deficiency: TLR3 is otherwise redundant in protective immunity

    Yiqi Guo;Yiqi Guo;Magali Audry;Michael Ciancanelli;Laia Alsina;Laia Alsina

  • The human gene damage index as a gene-level approach to prioritizing exome variants

    Yuval Itan;Lei Shang;Bertrand Boisson;Etienne Patin;Etienne Patin

  • Preexisting autoantibodies to type I IFNs underlie critical COVID-19 pneumonia in patients with APS-1.

    Paul Bastard;Paul Bastard;Paul Bastard;Elizaveta Orlova;Leila Sozaeva;Romain Lévy;Romain Lévy

  • IRAK-4-and MyD88-Dependent Pathways Are Essential for the Removal of Developing Autoreactive B Cells in Humans

    Isabelle Isnardi;Yen Shing Ng;Iva Srdanovic;Roja Motaghedi

Frequent Co-Authors

Laurent Abel
Laurent Abel Université Paris Cité
Jean-Laurent Casanova
Jean-Laurent Casanova The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Emmanuelle Jouanguy
Emmanuelle Jouanguy Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital
Bertrand Boisson
Bertrand Boisson Rockefeller University
Aurélie Cobat
Aurélie Cobat Grenoble Alpes University
Stéphanie Boisson-Dupuis
Stéphanie Boisson-Dupuis Université Paris Cité
Capucine Picard
Capucine Picard Université Paris Cité
Jacinta Bustamante
Jacinta Bustamante Rockefeller University
Yuval Itan
Yuval Itan Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

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