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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Immunology 56 3698 3413 1703 1559 171 12970

Sung-Yun Pai publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Sung-Yun Pai between 1992 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Sung-Yun Pai published across 34 years, from 1992 to 2025, averaging 6.2 papers a year. Output peaked at 17 publications in 2022. 27 of the 212 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1992 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 17. Peak 17 publications in 2022. 1992: 1 publication 1993: 0 publications 1994: 1 publication 1995: 2 publications 1996: 1 publication 1997: 0 publications 1998: 0 publications 1999: 0 publications 2000: 0 publications 2001: 0 publications 2002: 2 publications 2003: 1 publication 2004: 1 publication 2005: 1 publication 2006: 2 publications 2007: 3 publications 2008: 6 publications 2009: 4 publications 2010: 10 publications 2011: 10 publications 2012: 3 publications 2013: 13 publications 2014: 13 publications 2015: 10 publications 2016: 10 publications 2017: 9 publications 2018: 13 publications 2019: 13 publications 2020: 13 publications 2021: 11 publications 2022: 17 publications 2023: 15 publications 2024: 12 publications 2025: 15 publications
1992 2025

212 publications in total across all disciplines

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Sung-Yun Pai: publications per year, 1992 to 2025
Year Publications
1992 1
1993 0
1994 1
1995 2
1996 1
1997 0
1998 0
1999 0
2000 0
2001 0
2002 2
2003 1
2004 1
2005 1
2006 2
2007 3
2008 6
2009 4
2010 10
2011 10
2012 3
2013 13
2014 13
2015 10
2016 10
2017 9
2018 13
2019 13
2020 13
2021 11
2022 17
2023 15
2024 12
2025 15
Total 212
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Sung-Yun Pai 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 Sung-Yun Pai 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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Sung-Yun Pai 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 Sung-Yun Pai 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, 56–57 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: 56 D-Index — 26th percentile

26% 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 56
58–59 201
60–61 197
62–63 201
64–65 173
66–67 167
68–69 172
70–71 199
72–73 184
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

Sung-Yun Pai is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on medicine, immunology and microbiology, and biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology. Within these disciplines, Pai has contributed extensively to subfields such as immunology, genetics, epidemiology, hematology, and oncology.

The scientist's work centers on several main research topics, which include:

  • Immunodeficiency and Autoimmune Disorders
  • Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research
  • CAR-T cell therapy research
  • Virus-based gene therapy research
  • Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
  • Neutrophil, Myeloperoxidase and Oxidative Mechanisms
  • Blood disorders and treatments

The following frequent co-authors have collaborated with Pai in their scientific publications:

  • Luigi D. Notarangelo
  • Christopher C. Dvorak
  • Michael A. Pulsipher
  • Donald B. Kohn
  • Élie Haddad

Pai has published extensively across several notable scientific venues. The most frequent publication outlets include:

  • Blood
  • Transplantation and Cellular Therapy
  • Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
  • Clinical Immunology
  • Blood Advances

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Pai are:

  • Post-Transcriptional Genetic Silencing of BCL11A to Treat Sickle Cell Disease, 2020, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Lentiviral gene therapy for X-linked chronic granulomatous disease, 2020, Nature Medicine
  • Excellent outcomes following hematopoietic cell transplantation for Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome: a PIDTC report, 2020, Blood
  • The diagnosis of severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID): The Primary Immune Deficiency Treatment Consortium (PIDTC) 2022 Definitions, 2022, Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
  • Measuring the effect of newborn screening on survival after haematopoietic cell transplantation for severe combined immunodeficiency: a 36-year longitudinal study from the Primary Immune Deficiency Treatment Consortium, 2023, The Lancet

Best Publications

  • Transplantation Outcomes for Severe Combined Immunodeficiency, 2000–2009

    Sung Yun Pai;Brent R. Logan;Linda M. Griffith;Rebecca H. Buckley

  • Newborn Screening for Severe Combined Immunodeficiency in 11 Screening Programs in the United States

    Antonia Kwan;Roshini S. Abraham;Robert Currier;Amy Brower

  • Multicenter study of banked third-party virus-specific T cells to treat severe viral infections after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

    Ann M. Leen;Catherine M. Bollard;Adam M. Mendizabal;Elizabeth J. Shpall

  • GATA3 and the T-cell lineage: essential functions before and after T-helper-2-cell differentiation.

    I-Cheng Ho;Tzong-Shyuan Tai;Sung-Yun Pai

  • GATA-3 deficiency abrogates the development and maintenance of T helper type 2 cells

    Sung-Yun Pai;Morgan L. Truitt;I-Cheng Ho

  • A Modified γ-Retrovirus Vector for X-Linked Severe Combined Immunodeficiency

    Salima Hacein-Bey-Abina;Sung Yun Pai;H. Bobby Gaspar;Myriam Armant

  • GATA-3 links tumor differentiation and dissemination in a luminal breast cancer model

    Hosein Kouros-Mehr;Seth K. Bechis;Euan M. Slorach;Laurie E. Littlepage

  • Critical Roles for Transcription Factor GATA-3 in Thymocyte Development

    Sung-Yun Pai;Morgan L Truitt;Chao-Nan Ting;Jeffrey M Leiden

  • Post-Transcriptional Genetic Silencing of BCL11A to Treat Sickle Cell Disease

    Erica B. Esrick;Leslie E. Lehmann;Alessandra Biffi;Maureen Achebe

  • Long-term outcome and lineage-specific chimerism in 194 patients with Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome treated by hematopoietic cell transplantation in the period 1980-2009: an international collaborative study

    Daniele Moratto;Silvia Giliani;Carmem Bonfim;Evelina Mazzolari

  • Establishing diagnostic criteria for severe combined immunodeficiency disease (SCID), leaky SCID, and Omenn syndrome: The Primary Immune Deficiency Treatment Consortium experience

    William T. Shearer;Elizabeth Dunn;Luigi D. Notarangelo;Christopher C. Dvorak

  • DOCK8 Deficiency: Clinical and Immunological Phenotype and Treatment Options - a Review of 136 Patients

    Susanne E. Aydin;Sara Sebnem Kilic;Caner Aytekin;Ashish Kumar

  • Long-term follow-up of IPEX syndrome patients after different therapeutic strategies: An international multicenter retrospective study

    Federica Barzaghi;Laura Cristina Amaya Hernandez;Benedicte Neven;Silvia Ricci

  • Immune reconstitution and survival of 100 SCID patients post-hematopoietic cell transplant: a PIDTC natural history study.

    Jennifer Heimall;Brent R. Logan;Morton J. Cowan;Luigi D. Notarangelo

  • Human HOIP and LUBAC deficiency underlies autoinflammation, immunodeficiency, amylopectinosis, and lymphangiectasia

    Bertrand Boisson;Emmanuel Laplantine;Kerry Dobbs;Aurélie Cobat

  • Lentiviral gene therapy for X-linked chronic granulomatous disease.

    Donald B. Kohn;Claire Booth;Elizabeth M. Kang;Sung-Yun Pai

  • The syndrome of hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in primary immunodeficiencies: implications for differential diagnosis and pathogenesis

    Sebastian Fn Bode;Sandra Ammann;Waleed Al-Herz;Mihaela Bataneant

  • Small-molecule screen identifies reactive oxygen species as key regulators of neutrophil chemotaxis

    Hidenori Hattori;Kulandayan K. Subramanian;Jiro Sakai;Yonghui Jia

  • GATA-3 Regulates the Development and Function of Invariant NKT Cells

    Peter J. Kim;Sung-Yun Pai;Manfred Brigl;Manfred Brigl;Gurdyal S. Besra

  • Whole-exome sequencing identifies tetratricopeptide repeat domain 7A (TTC7A) mutations for combined immunodeficiency with intestinal atresias

    Rui Chen;Silvia Giliani;Gaetana Lanzi;George I. Mias

  • Human HOIP and LUBAC de!ciency underlies autoin"ammation, immunode!ciency, amylopectinosis, and lymphangiectasia

    Bertrand Boisson;Emmanuel Laplantine;Kerry Dobbs;Aurélie Cobat

Frequent Co-Authors

Luigi D. Notarangelo
Luigi D. Notarangelo National Institutes of Health
Morton J. Cowan
Morton J. Cowan University of California, San Francisco
Raif S. Geha
Raif S. Geha Boston Children's Hospital
Jennifer M. Puck
Jennifer M. Puck University of California, San Francisco
Donald B. Kohn
Donald B. Kohn University of California, Los Angeles
Jolan E. Walter
Jolan E. Walter University of South Florida
Waleed Al-Herz
Waleed Al-Herz Kuwait University
Elie Haddad
Elie Haddad University of Montreal
Andrew R. Gennery
Andrew R. Gennery Newcastle University
I-Cheng Ho
I-Cheng Ho Brigham and Women's Hospital

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