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Immunology

D-Index
83
Citations
23867
World Ranking
1454
National Ranking
735

Medicine

D-Index
83
Citations
23867
World Ranking
15669
National Ranking
7884

Suzanne U. Emerson 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 Suzanne U. Emerson sits on this spectrum.

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62 publications 807+

This scientist: 166 publications — 22nd percentile

22% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Suzanne U. Emerson 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 Suzanne U. Emerson sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 157+

This scientist: 83 D-Index — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Suzanne U. Emerson is affiliated with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in the United States. Their work spans several fields of study, primarily within medicine, with a focus on hepatology, pharmacology, infectious diseases, and epidemiology.

The scientist's research topics include:

  • Hepatitis Viruses Studies and Epidemiology
  • Drug-Induced Hepatotoxicity and Protection
  • Liver Disease and Transplantation
  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
  • Hepatitis B Virus Studies

They have published work in the venue UNC Libraries, with multiple papers appearing there. Among the recent papers authored or coauthored by Suzanne U. Emerson are:

  • "Acute Hepatitis E Infection Accounts for Some Cases of Suspected Drug-Induced Liver Injury," 2020, UNC Libraries
  • "A hepatitis A virus deletion mutant which lacks the first pyrimidine-rich tract of the 5' nontranslated RNA remains virulent in primates after direct intrahepatic nucleic acid transfection," 2020, UNC Libraries

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Timothy J. Davern
  • Naga Chalasani
  • Robert J. Fontana
  • Paul H. Hayashi
  • Petr Protiva

Best Publications

  • A novel virus in swine is closely related to the human hepatitis E virus

    Xiang-Jin Meng;Robert H. Purcell;Patrick G. Halbur;James R. Lehman

  • Hepatitis E virus.

    Suzanne U. Emerson;Robert H. Purcell

  • Hepatitis E: an emerging awareness of an old disease.

    R.H. Purcell;S.U. Emerson

  • Genetic and Experimental Evidence for Cross-Species Infection by Swine Hepatitis E Virus

    Xiang-Jin Meng;Patrick G. Halbur;Max S. Shapiro;Sugantha Govindarajan

  • Consensus proposals for classification of the family Hepeviridae

    Donald B. Smith;Peter Simmonds;Shahid Jameel

  • Prevalence of Antibodies to Hepatitis E Virus in Veterinarians Working with Swine and in Normal Blood Donors in the United States and Other Countries

    X. J. Meng;B. Wiseman;F. Elvinger;D. K. Guenette

  • Transcripts from a single full-length cDNA clone of hepatitis C virus are infectious when directly transfected into the liver of a chimpanzee

    Masayuki Yanagi;Robert H. Purcell;Suzanne U. Emerson;Jens Bukh

  • A virus discovery method incorporating DNase treatment and its application to the identification of two bovine parvovirus species.

    Tobias Allander;Suzanne U. Emerson;Ronald E. Engle;Robert H. Purcell

  • In vitro assay for neutralizing antibody to hepatitis C virus: evidence for broadly conserved neutralization epitopes.

    Birke Bartosch;Jens Bukh;Jean-Christophe Meunier;Christelle Granier

  • Comparative pathogenesis of infection of pigs with hepatitis E viruses recovered from a pig and a human

    P. G. Halbur;C. Kasorndorkbua;C. Gilbert;D. Guenette

  • Age-Specific Prevalence of Antibodies to Hepatitis A and E Viruses in Pune, India, 1982 and 1992

    Vidya A. Arankalle;Sergei A. Tsarev;Mandeep S. Chadha;David W. Alling

  • Acute Hepatitis E Infection Accounts for Some Cases of Suspected Drug-Induced Liver Injury

    Timothy J. Davern;Naga Chalasani;Robert J. Fontana;Paul Hideyo Hayashi

  • The p7 polypeptide of hepatitis C virus is critical for infectivity and contains functionally important genotype-specific sequences

    Akito Sakai;Marisa St. Claire;Kristina Faulk;Sugantha Govindarajan

  • A Bicistronic Subgenomic mRNA Encodes both the ORF2 and ORF3 Proteins of Hepatitis E Virus

    Judith Graff;Udana Torian;Hanh Nguyen;Suzanne U. Emerson

  • Cross-species infections of cultured cells by hepatitis E virus and discovery of an infectious virus–host recombinant

    Priyanka Shukla;Hanh T. Nguyen;Udana Torian;Ronald E. Engle

  • Determination and analysis of the complete genomic sequence of avian hepatitis E virus (avian HEV) and attempts to infect rhesus monkeys with avian HEV

    F. F. Huang;Z. F. Sun;S. U. Emerson;R. H. Purcell

  • Evidence for cross-genotype neutralization of hepatitis C virus pseudo-particles and enhancement of infectivity by apolipoprotein C1

    Jean-Christophe Meunier;Ronald E. Engle;Kristina Faulk;Ming Zhao

  • In vivo analysis of the 3' untranslated region of the hepatitis C virus after in vitro mutagenesis of an infectious cDNA clone.

    Masayuki Yanagi;Marisa St. Claire;Suzanne U. Emerson;Robert H. Purcell

  • Transcripts of a chimeric cDNA clone of hepatitis C virus genotype 1b are infectious in vivo.

    Masayuki Yanagi;Marisa St. Claire;Max Shapiro;Suzanne U. Emerson

  • Experimental infection of pigs with the newly identified swine hepatitis E virus (swine HEV), but not with human strains of HEV

    X.-J. Meng;P. G. Halbur;J. S. Haynes;T. S. Tsareva

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert H. Purcell
Robert H. Purcell National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Jens Bukh
Jens Bukh University of Copenhagen
Ronald E. Engle
Ronald E. Engle National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Sugantha Govindarajan
Sugantha Govindarajan University of Southern California
Xiang-Jin Meng
Xiang-Jin Meng Virginia Tech
Xavier Forns
Xavier Forns University of Barcelona
Patrick G. Halbur
Patrick G. Halbur Iowa State University
Patrizia Farci
Patrizia Farci National Institutes of Health
Peter Schuck
Peter Schuck National Institutes of Health
Rosina Girones
Rosina Girones University of Barcelona

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