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William H. Robinson

William H. Robinson

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Immunology 96 861 784 481 431 451 33043
Medicine 96 9693 9097 4990 4613 421 32871

William H. Robinson publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by William H. Robinson between 1968 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. William H. Robinson published across 58 years, from 1968 to 2025, averaging 10.4 papers a year. Output peaked at 57 publications in 2023. 41 of the 602 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30 40 50
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1968 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 57. Peak 57 publications in 2023. 1968: 1 publication 1969: 0 publications 1970: 2 publications 1971: 0 publications 1972: 0 publications 1973: 0 publications 1974: 0 publications 1975: 1 publication 1976: 1 publication 1977: 1 publication 1978: 3 publications 1979: 3 publications 1980: 0 publications 1981: 2 publications 1982: 3 publications 1983: 0 publications 1984: 2 publications 1985: 1 publication 1986: 3 publications 1987: 4 publications 1988: 0 publications 1989: 1 publication 1990: 0 publications 1991: 2 publications 1992: 3 publications 1993: 3 publications 1994: 2 publications 1995: 4 publications 1996: 6 publications 1997: 1 publication 1998: 0 publications 1999: 1 publication 2000: 1 publication 2001: 2 publications 2002: 12 publications 2003: 6 publications 2004: 6 publications 2005: 5 publications 2006: 13 publications 2007: 24 publications 2008: 20 publications 2009: 31 publications 2010: 16 publications 2011: 17 publications 2012: 21 publications 2013: 18 publications 2014: 33 publications 2015: 25 publications 2016: 26 publications 2017: 27 publications 2018: 31 publications 2019: 33 publications 2020: 32 publications 2021: 25 publications 2022: 30 publications 2023: 57 publications 2024: 26 publications 2025: 15 publications
1968 2025

602 publications in total across all disciplines

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William H. Robinson: publications per year, 1968 to 2025
Year Publications
1968 1
1969 0
1970 2
1971 0
1972 0
1973 0
1974 0
1975 1
1976 1
1977 1
1978 3
1979 3
1980 0
1981 2
1982 3
1983 0
1984 2
1985 1
1986 3
1987 4
1988 0
1989 1
1990 0
1991 2
1992 3
1993 3
1994 2
1995 4
1996 6
1997 1
1998 0
1999 1
2000 1
2001 2
2002 12
2003 6
2004 6
2005 5
2006 13
2007 24
2008 20
2009 31
2010 16
2011 17
2012 21
2013 18
2014 33
2015 25
2016 26
2017 27
2018 31
2019 33
2020 32
2021 25
2022 30
2023 57
2024 26
2025 15
Total 602
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William H. Robinson 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 William H. Robinson 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, 442–451 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: 451 publications — 86th percentile

86% 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
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 31 451
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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William H. Robinson 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 William H. Robinson 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, 96–97 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: 96 D-Index — 83rd percentile

83% 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
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 96
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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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2009 - ACM Senior Member
  • 1932 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

William H. Robinson is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States and contributes extensively to medical research, with a focus on immunology and rheumatology. Their work spans multiple fields including Medicine, Immunology and Microbiology, and several subfields such as Rheumatology, Immunology, Molecular Biology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, and Oncology.

The main topics covered in their research include:

  • Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies
  • Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research
  • T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research
  • Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms
  • Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction

William H. Robinson has published in several prominent venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The Journal of Immunology
  • Nature Communications
  • Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
  • Arthritis & Rheumatology

Frequent co-authors include:

  • V. Michael Holers (27 publications)
  • Kevin D. Deane (26 publications)
  • Tobias V. Lanz (22 publications)
  • Laura T. Donlin (17 publications)
  • Jennifer Seifert (17 publications)

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by William H. Robinson are:

  • "Clonally expanded B cells in multiple sclerosis bind EBV EBNA1 and GlialCAM," 2022, Nature
  • "Notch signalling drives synovial fibroblast identity and arthritis pathology," 2020, Nature
  • "New-onset IgG autoantibodies in hospitalized patients with COVID-19," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "Epstein-Barr virus and multiple sclerosis," 2022, Science
  • "Modeling human adaptive immune responses with tonsil organoids," 2021, Nature Medicine

The scientist has been recognized with the following awards:

  • ACM Senior Member, 2009
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 1932

Best Publications

  • Low-grade inflammation as a key mediator of the pathogenesis of osteoarthritis

    William H. Robinson;Christin M. Lepus;Christin M. Lepus;Qian Wang;Qian Wang;Harini Raghu;Harini Raghu

  • Classification and prediction of clinical Alzheimer's diagnosis based on plasma signaling proteins

    Sandip Ray;Markus Britschgi;Charles Herbert;Yoshiko Takeda-Uchimura

  • Clonally expanded B cells in multiple sclerosis bind EBV EBNA1 and GlialCAM

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  • Autoantigen microarrays for multiplex characterization of autoantibody responses

    William H. Robinson;Carla DiGennaro;Wolfgang Hueber;Brian B. Haab

  • Protective and therapeutic role for αB-crystallin in autoimmune demyelination

    Shalina S. Ousman;Beren H. Tomooka;Johannes M. van Noort;Eric F. Wawrousek

  • Identification of a central role for complement in osteoarthritis

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

  • Antibodies against citrullinated proteins enhance tissue injury in experimental autoimmune arthritis

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

  • Proteomic analysis of active multiple sclerosis lesions reveals therapeutic targets

    May H. Han;Sun-Il Hwang;Dolly B. Roy;Deborah H. Lundgren

  • 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

  • New-onset IgG autoantibodies in hospitalized patients with COVID-19.

    Sarah Esther Chang;Allan Feng;Wenzhao Meng;Sokratis A Apostolidis

  • Treatment of Autoimmune Neuroinflammation with a Synthetic Tryptophan Metabolite

    Michael Platten;Peggy P. Ho;Sawsan Youssef;Paulo Fontoura;Paulo Fontoura

  • Periodontitis and Porphyromonas gingivalis in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

    Ted R Mikuls;Jeffrey B Payne;Fang Yu;Geoffrey Milton Thiele

  • Self-antigen tetramers discriminate between myelin autoantibodies to native or denatured protein

    Kevin C O'Connor;Katherine A McLaughlin;Philip L De Jager;Tanuja Chitnis;Tanuja Chitnis

  • Lipid microarrays identify key mediators of autoimmune brain inflammation

    Jennifer L Kanter;Sirisha Narayana;Peggy P Ho;Ingrid Catz

  • CCL2/CCR2, but not CCL5/CCR5, mediates monocyte recruitment, inflammation and cartilage destruction in osteoarthritis.

    Harini Raghu;Christin M Lepus;Christin M Lepus;Qian Wang;Qian Wang;Heidi H Wong;Heidi H Wong

  • Demyelinating and neurologic events reported in association with tumor necrosis factor α antagonism: By what mechanisms could tumor necrosis factor α antagonists improve rheumatoid arthritis but exacerbate multiple sclerosis?

    William H. Robinson;Mark C. Genovese;Larry W. Moreland

  • Plasma proteins present in osteoarthritic synovial fluid can stimulate cytokine production via Toll-like receptor 4

    Dong Hyun Sohn;Dong Hyun Sohn;Jeremy Sokolove;Jeremy Sokolove;Orr Sharpe;Orr Sharpe;Jennifer C Erhart;Jennifer C Erhart

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

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

  • Immune complexes containing citrullinated fibrinogen costimulate macrophages via Toll‐like receptor 4 and Fcγ receptor

    Jeremy Sokolove;Xiaoyan Zhao;Piyanka E. Chandra;William H. Robinson

  • Arthritis induced by posttranslationally modified (citrullinated) fibrinogen in DR4-IE transgenic mice

    Jonathan A. Hill;David A. Bell;David A. Bell;William Brintnell;David Yue

  • Antigen microarray profiling of autoantibodies in rheumatoid arthritis.

    Wolfgang Hueber;Wolfgang Hueber;Brian A. Kidd;Brian A. Kidd;Beren H. Tomooka;Beren H. Tomooka;Byung J. Lee;Byung J. Lee

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeremy Sokolove
Jeremy Sokolove Stanford University
Lawrence Steinman
Lawrence Steinman Stanford University
Paul J. Utz
Paul J. Utz Stanford University
V. Michael Holers
V. Michael Holers University of Colorado Denver
Mark C. Genovese
Mark C. Genovese Stanford University
Geoffrey M. Thiele
Geoffrey M. Thiele University of Nebraska Medical Center
Larry W. Moreland
Larry W. Moreland University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Jill M. Norris
Jill M. Norris University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Lawrence L. K. Leung
Lawrence L. K. Leung Stanford University
Peter K. Gregersen
Peter K. Gregersen Feinstein Institute for Medical Research

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