2026 V. Michael Holers: Immunology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Immunology	104	623	576	363	329	445	34812
Medicine	104	7116	6682	3738	3460	450	34888

V. Michael Holers 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 V. Michael Holers sits on this spectrum.

62 publications 807+

This scientist: 445 publications — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

V. Michael Holers 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 V. Michael Holers sits on this spectrum.

40 D-Index 157+

This scientist: 104 D-Index — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

Member of the Association of American Physicians
Member of the Association of American Physicians
Member of the Association of American Physicians
Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

V. Michael Holers is affiliated with the University of Colorado Denver in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on Medicine, with significant contributions in Immunology and Microbiology. Subfields of study include Rheumatology, Immunology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Hematology, and Nephrology.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics, including:

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research
Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies
Complement system in diseases
Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research
T-cell and B-cell Immunology
Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies
Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders Research

V. Michael Holers has published in multiple venues with frequent contributions to:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Arthritis & Rheumatology
The Journal of Immunology
Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
Frontiers in Immunology

Notable recent papers include:

Notch signalling drives synovial fibroblast identity and arthritis pathology (2020, Nature)
Deconstruction of rheumatoid arthritis synovium defines inflammatory subtypes (2023, Nature)
Rheumatoid Arthritis Pathogenesis, Prediction, and Prevention: An Emerging Paradigm Shift (2020, Arthritis & Rheumatology)
Methotrexate and rheumatoid arthritis associated interstitial lung disease (2020, European Respiratory Journal)
Clonal IgA and IgG autoantibodies from individuals at risk for rheumatoid arthritis identify an arthritogenic strain of Subdoligranulum (2022, Science Translational Medicine)

Frequent co-authors in their work include:

Kevin D. Deane
Jennifer Seifert
Larry W. Moreland
Gary S. Firestein
Jane H. Buckner

V. Michael Holers has been recognized as a Member of the Association of American Physicians.

Best Publications

Defining inflammatory cell states in rheumatoid arthritis joint synovial tissues by integrating single-cell transcriptomics and mass cytometry.

Fan Zhang;Kevin Wei;Kamil Slowikowski;Chamith Y Fonseka

1397
Citations
Arthritis Critically Dependent on Innate Immune System Players

Hong Ji;Koichiro Ohmura;Koichiro Ohmura;Umar Mahmood;David M Lee

835
Citations
Complement C5a receptors and neutrophils mediate fetal injury in the antiphospholipid syndrome

Guillermina Girardi;Jessica Berman;Patricia Redecha;Lynn Spruce

782
Citations
Complement C3 activation is required for antiphospholipid antibody-induced fetal loss.

V. Michael Holers;Guillermina Girardi;Lian Mo;Joel M. Guthridge

732
Citations
C3 glomerulopathy: consensus report

Matthew C. Pickering;Vivette D. D'agati;Carla M. Nester;Richard J. Smith

716
Citations
Genetic and environmental risk factors for rheumatoid arthritis

Kevin D. Deane;M. Kristen Demoruelle;Lindsay B. Kelmenson;Kristine A. Kuhn

700
Citations
Identification of a central role for complement in osteoarthritis

Qian Wang;Andrew L Rozelle;Christin M Lepus;Carla R Scanzello

672
Citations
Antibodies against citrullinated proteins enhance tissue injury in experimental autoimmune arthritis

Kristine A. Kuhn;Liudmila Kulik;Beren Tomooka;Kristin J. Braschler

661
Citations
A Critical Role for Murine Complement Regulator Crry in Fetomaternal Tolerance

Chenguang Xu;Dailing Mao;V. Michael Holers;Ben Palanca

639
Citations
The central role of the alternative complement pathway in human disease.

Joshua M. Thurman;V. Michael Holers

636
Citations
Complement activation induces dysregulation of angiogenic factors and causes fetal rejection and growth restriction

Guillermina Girardi;Dmitry Yarilin;Joshua M. Thurman;V. Michael Holers

603
Citations
Complement proteins bind to nanoparticle protein corona and undergo dynamic exchange in vivo

Fangfang Chen;Fangfang Chen;Guankui Wang;James I. Griffin;Barbara Brenneman

572
Citations
Autoantibody epitope spreading in the pre-clinical phase predicts progression to rheumatoid arthritis.

Jeremy Sokolove;Jeremy Sokolove;Reuven Bromberg;Reuven Bromberg;Kevin D. Deane;Lauren J. Lahey

571
Citations
Complement and Its Receptors: New Insights into Human Disease

V Michael Holers

497
Citations
Rheumatoid arthritis and the mucosal origins hypothesis: protection turns to destruction.

V. Michael Holers;M. Kristen Demoruelle;Kristine A. Kuhn;Jane H. Buckner

411
Citations
REL, encoding a member of the NF-kappaB family of transcription factors, is a newly defined risk locus for rheumatoid arthritis.

Peter K Gregersen;Chistopher I Amos;Annette T Lee;Yue Lu

408
Citations
Lack of a Functional Alternative Complement Pathway Ameliorates Ischemic Acute Renal Failure in Mice

Joshua M. Thurman;Danica Ljubanovic;Charles L. Edelstein;Gary S. Gilkeson

404
Citations
Antibody responses to Porphyromonas gingivalis (P. gingivalis) in subjects with rheumatoid arthritis and periodontitis

Ted R. Mikuls;Jeffrey B. Payne;Richard A. Reinhardt;Geoffrey M. Thiele

351
Citations
The spectrum of complement alternative pathway‐mediated diseases

V. Michael Holers

340
Citations
N-α-Benzoyl-N5-(2-Chloro-1-Iminoethyl)-l-Ornithine Amide, a Protein Arginine Deiminase Inhibitor, Reduces the Severity of Murine Collagen-Induced Arthritis

Van C. Willis;Alison M. Gizinski;Nirmal K. Banda;Corey P. Causey

325
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Jill M. Norris University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Stephen Tomlinson Medical University of South Carolina

William H. Robinson Stanford University

Richard J. Quigg University at Buffalo, State University of New York

William P. Arend University of Colorado Denver

Michael H. Weisman Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Kazue Takahashi Harvard University

Jane H. Buckner Virginia Mason Medical Center

Peter K. Gregersen Feinstein Institute for Medical Research

Jane E. Salmon Hospital for Special Surgery

External Links

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