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Immunology

D-Index
107
Citations
48939
World Ranking
542
National Ranking
28

Medicine

D-Index
107
Citations
49036
World Ranking
6175
National Ranking
351

Thomas Dörner 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 Thomas Dörner sits on this spectrum.

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62 publications 807+

This scientist: 539 publications — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Thomas Dörner 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 Thomas Dörner sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 157+

This scientist: 107 D-Index — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Thomas Dörner is affiliated with Charité - University Medicine Berlin in Germany. Their research spans across medicine, immunology, and microbiology, with a particular focus on rheumatology, immunology, infectious diseases, pathology and forensic medicine, and oncology. The scientist's work predominantly centers on systemic lupus erythematosus research, T-cell and B-cell immunology, monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies research, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, salivary gland disorders and functions, immune cell function and interaction, and COVID-19 clinical research studies.

They have contributed extensively to several publication venues, including:

  • Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Zeitschrift für Rheumatologie
  • Abstracts

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Thomas Dörner include Ana-Luisa Stefanski, Eva Schrezenmeier, Andreia C. Lino, Franziska Szelinski, and Héctor Rincón-Arévalo.

Representative recent papers from their research include:

  • "Mechanisms of action of hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine: implications for rheumatology," 2020, Nature Reviews Rheumatology
  • "EULAR recommendations for the management of systemic lupus erythematosus: 2023 update," 2023, Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
  • "Guidelines for the use of flow cytometry and cell sorting in immunological studies (third edition)," 2021, European Journal of Immunology
  • "2023 ACR/EULAR antiphospholipid syndrome classification criteria," 2023, Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
  • "Impaired humoral immunity to SARS-CoV-2 BNT162b2 vaccine in kidney transplant recipients and dialysis patients," 2021, Science Immunology

Best Publications

  • 2019 European League Against Rheumatism/American College of Rheumatology Classification Criteria for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

    Martin Aringer;Karen Costenbader;David Daikh;Ralph Brinks

  • Mechanisms of action of hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine: implications for rheumatology.

    Eva Schrezenmeier;Thomas Dörner

  • Competence and competition : the challenge of becoming a long-lived plasma cell

    Andreas Radbruch;Gwendolin Muehlinghaus;Elke O. Luger;Ayako Inamine

  • Joint European League Against Rheumatism and European Renal Association–European Dialysis and Transplant Association (EULAR/ERA-EDTA) recommendations for the management of adult and paediatric lupus nephritis

    George K Bertsias;Maria Tektonidou;Zahir Amoura;Martin Aringer

  • EULAR recommendations for the management of antiphospholipid syndrome in adults

    Maria G Tektonidou;Laura Andreoli;Marteen Limper;Zahir Amoura

  • IL-35-producing B cells are critical regulators of immunity during autoimmune and infectious diseases

    Ping Shen;Toralf Roch;Vicky Lampropoulou;Richard A. O’Connor

  • Updated consensus statement on biological agents for the treatment of rheumatic diseases, 2010

    D. E. Furst;E. C. Keystone;J. Braun;F. C. Breedveld

  • Guidelines for the use of flow cytometry and cell sorting in immunological studies

    Andrea Cossarizza;Hyun Dong Chang;Andreas Radbruch;Mübeccel Akdis

  • Guidelines for the use of flow cytometry and cell sorting in immunological studies (second edition)

    Andrea Cossarizza;Hyun Dong Chang;Andreas Radbruch;Andreas Acs

  • Treat-to-target in systemic lupus erythematosus: recommendations from an international task force

    Ronald van Vollenhoven;Marta Mosca;George Bertsias;David Isenberg

  • Disturbed peripheral B lymphocyte homeostasis in systemic lupus erythematosus.

    Marcus Odendahl;Annett Jacobi;Arne Hansen;Eugen Feist

  • EULAR recommendations for the management of Sjögren's syndrome with topical and systemic therapies.

    Manuel Ramos-Casals;Pilar Brito-Zerón;Stefano Bombardieri;Hendrika Bootsma

  • Immunopathogenic mechanisms of systemic autoimmune disease

    Marie Wahren-Herlenius;Thomas Dörner

  • Guidelines for the use of flow cytometry and cell sorting in immunological studies (third edition)

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  • EULAR Sjögren's Syndrome Patient Reported Index (ESSPRI): development of a consensus patient index for primary Sjögren's syndrome

    Raphaele Seror;Philippe Ravaud;Xavier Mariette;Xavier Mariette;Hendrika Bootsma

  • Baricitinib for systemic lupus erythematosus: a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled, phase 2 trial

    Daniel J Wallace;Richard A Furie;Yoshiya Tanaka;Kenneth C Kalunian

  • Novel paradigms in systemic lupus erythematosus

    Thomas Dörner;Richard Furie

  • Generation of migratory antigen-specific plasma blasts and mobilization of resident plasma cells in a secondary immune response.

    Marcus Odendahl;Henrik Mei;Bimba F. Hoyer;Annett M. Jacobi

  • Updated consensus statement on the use of rituximab in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

    M.H. Buch;J.S. Smolen;N. Betteridge;F.C. Breedveld

  • High-throughput sequencing of the paired human immunoglobulin heavy and light chain repertoire.

    Brandon J DeKosky;Gregory C Ippolito;Ryan P Deschner;Jason J Lavinder

  • Correlation between circulating CD27high plasma cells and disease activity in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.

    Annett M. Jacobi;Marcus Odendahl;Karin Reiter;Anne Bruns

Frequent Co-Authors

Falk Hiepe
Falk Hiepe Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Andreas Radbruch
Andreas Radbruch German Rheumatism Research Centre
Gerd R. Burmester
Gerd R. Burmester Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Martin Aringer
Martin Aringer TU Dresden
Marta Mosca
Marta Mosca University of Pisa
Xavier Mariette
Xavier Mariette University of Paris-Saclay
Josef S. Smolen
Josef S. Smolen Medical University of Vienna
Hendrika Bootsma
Hendrika Bootsma University Medical Center Groningen
Ian N. Bruce
Ian N. Bruce University of Manchester
Karen H. Costenbader
Karen H. Costenbader Brigham and Women's Hospital

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