2026 William H. Robinson: Immunology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

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	9694	9098	4991	4614	421	32871

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.

62 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.

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.

40 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.

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

1514
Citations
Classification and prediction of clinical Alzheimer's diagnosis based on plasma signaling proteins

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

1333
Citations
Clonally expanded B cells in multiple sclerosis bind EBV EBNA1 and GlialCAM

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1101
Citations
Autoantigen microarrays for multiplex characterization of autoantibody responses

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

924
Citations
Protective and therapeutic role for αB-crystallin in autoimmune demyelination

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

728
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
Proteomic analysis of active multiple sclerosis lesions reveals therapeutic targets

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

610
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
New-onset IgG autoantibodies in hospitalized patients with COVID-19.

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

515
Citations
Treatment of Autoimmune Neuroinflammation with a Synthetic Tryptophan Metabolite

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

510
Citations
Periodontitis and Porphyromonas gingivalis in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

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

474
Citations
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

447
Citations
Lipid microarrays identify key mediators of autoimmune brain inflammation

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

444
Citations
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

441
Citations
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

420
Citations
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

414
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
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

403
Citations
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

336
Citations
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

317
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeremy Sokolove Stanford University

Lawrence Steinman Stanford University

Paul J. Utz Stanford University

V. Michael Holers University of Colorado Denver

Mark C. Genovese Stanford University

Geoffrey M. Thiele University of Nebraska Medical Center

Larry W. Moreland University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Jill M. Norris University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Lawrence L. K. Leung Stanford University

Peter K. Gregersen Feinstein Institute for Medical Research

External Links

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