2026 Thomas W. Geisbert: Immunology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Immunology	106	569	526	339	308	339	37614
Medicine	106	6588	6193	3498	3245	340	37616

Overview

Thomas W. Geisbert is affiliated with The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston in the United States. Their research contributions predominantly fall within the field of Medicine, with a specialized focus on Infectious Diseases. Other subfields covered by their work include Epidemiology, Molecular Biology, Modeling and Simulation, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

Geisbert's research extensively addresses topics related to viral infections and outbreaks, including viral infections and vectors, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, hepatitis B virus studies, virology and viral diseases, viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology, and COVID-19 epidemiological studies.

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
The Journal of Infectious Diseases
Journal of Virology
Science Translational Medicine
Cell Reports

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Geisbert are:

Robert W. Cross
Viktoriya Borisevich
Krystle N. Agans
Karla A. Fenton
Courtney Woolsey

Some recent papers authored by Geisbert include:

The neutralizing antibody, LY-CoV555, protects against SARS-CoV-2 infection in nonhuman primates (2021), published in Science Translational Medicine
LY-CoV1404 (bebtelovimab) potently neutralizes SARS-CoV-2 variants (2022), published in Cell Reports
Establishment of an African green monkey model for COVID-19 and protection against re-infection (2020), published in Nature Immunology
Ebola (2020), published in New England Journal of Medicine
LY-CoV555, a rapidly isolated potent neutralizing antibody, provides protection in a non-human primate model of SARS-CoV-2 infection (2020), published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Best Publications

Ebola haemorrhagic fever

Heinz Feldmann;Heinz Feldmann;Thomas W Geisbert

1820
Citations
Live attenuated recombinant vaccine protects nonhuman primates against Ebola and Marburg viruses.

Steven M. Jones;Heinz Feldmann;Heinz Feldmann;Ute Ströher;Ute Ströher;Joan B. Geisbert

840
Citations
A Mouse Model for Evaluation of Prophylaxis and Therapy of Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever

Mike Bray;Kelly Davis;Thomas Geisbert;Connie Schmaljohn

736
Citations
Pathogenesis of Ebola hemorrhagic fever in cynomolgus macaques: evidence that dendritic cells are early and sustained targets of infection.

Thomas W. Geisbert;Lisa E. Hensley;Tom Larsen;Howard A. Young

732
Citations
LY-CoV1404 (bebtelovimab) potently neutralizes SARS-CoV-2 variants

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718
Citations
Accelerated vaccination for Ebola virus haemorrhagic fever in non-human primates

Nancy J. Sullivan;Thomas W. Geisbert;Joan B. Geisbert;Ling Xu

680
Citations
Exotic emerging viral diseases: progress and challenges

Thomas W Geisbert;Peter B Jahrling

623
Citations
Proposal for a revised taxonomy of the family Filoviridae: classification, names of taxa and viruses, and virus abbreviations.

Jens H. Kuhn;Stephan Becker;Hideki Ebihara;Thomas W. Geisbert

605
Citations
Postexposure protection of non-human primates against a lethal Ebola virus challenge with RNA interference: a proof-of-concept study

Thomas W. Geisbert;Amy Ch Lee;Marjorie Robbins;Joan B. Geisbert

596
Citations
Lipid Raft Microdomains A Gateway for Compartmentalized Trafficking of Ebola and Marburg Viruses

Sina Bavari;Catharine M. Bosio;Elizabeth Wiegand;Gordon Ruthel

571
Citations
Pathology of Fatal West Nile Virus Infections in Native and Exotic Birds during the 1999 Outbreak in New York City, New York

K. E. Steele;M. J. Linn;R. J. Schoepp;N. Komar

571
Citations
Treatment of Ebola virus infection with a recombinant inhibitor of factor VIIa/tissue factor: a study in rhesus monkeys.

Thomas W Geisbert;Lisa E Hensley;Peter B Jahrling;Tom Larsen

522
Citations
Preliminary report: isolation of Ebola virus from monkeys imported to USA.

P. B. Jahrling;Thomas Geisbert;E. D. Johnson;C. J. Peters

521
Citations
An optofluidic nanoplasmonic biosensor for direct detection of live viruses from biological media.

Ahmet A. Yanik;Min Huang;Osami Kamohara;Alp Artar

520
Citations
Mechanisms Underlying Coagulation Abnormalities in Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever: Overexpression of Tissue Factor in Primate Monocytes/Macrophages Is a Key Event

Thomas W. Geisbert;Howard A. Young;Peter B. Jahrling;Kelly J. Davis

468
Citations
Reverse genetics with a full-length infectious cDNA of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus

Boyd Yount;Kristopher M. Curtis;Elizabeth A. Fritz;Lisa E. Hensley

464
Citations
Pathogenesis of Experimental Ebola Virus Infection in Guinea Pigs

Brett M. Connolly;Keith E. Steele;Kelly J. Davis;Thomas W. Geisbert

456
Citations
Pathogenesis of Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever in Primate Models: Evidence that Hemorrhage Is Not a Direct Effect of Virus-Induced Cytolysis of Endothelial Cells

Thomas W. Geisbert;Howard A. Young;Peter B. Jahrling;Kelly J. Davis

429
Citations
The neutralizing antibody, LY-CoV555, protects against SARS-CoV-2 infection in nonhuman primates.

Bryan E. Jones;Patricia L. Brown-Augsburger;Kizzmekia S. Corbett;Kathryn Westendorf

429
Citations
Evaluation of Immune Globulin and Recombinant Interferon-α2b for Treatment of Experimental Ebola Virus Infections

Peter B. Jahrling;Peter B. Jahrling;Peter B. Jahrling;Thomas Geisbert;Thomas Geisbert;J. B. Geisbert;J. B. Geisbert;J. R. Swearengen;J. R. Swearengen

401
Citations
Differentiation of filoviruses by electron microscopy

Thomas Geisbert;P. B. Jahrling

390
Citations
Panmicrobial oligonucleotide array for diagnosis of infectious diseases.

Gustavo F. Palacios;Phuong-Lan Quan;Omar J. Jabado;Sean Conlan

381
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Joan B. Geisbert The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

Heinz Feldmann National Institutes of Health

Robert W. Cross Galveston College

Lisa E. Hensley National Institutes of Health

Peter B. Jahrling National Institutes of Health

Peter B. Jahrling National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Steven M. Jones University of Saskatchewan

Friederike Feldmann National Institutes of Health

Erica Ollmann Saphire La Jolla Institute For Allergy & Immunology

Christopher C. Broder Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

External Links

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