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Immunology

D-Index
78
Citations
21808
World Ranking
1752
National Ranking
34

Medicine

D-Index
78
Citations
21806
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18056
National Ranking
760

Zhou Xing 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 Zhou Xing sits on this spectrum.

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62 publications 807+

This scientist: 237 publications — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Zhou Xing 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 Zhou Xing sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 157+

This scientist: 78 D-Index — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Zhou Xing is a researcher affiliated with McMaster University in Canada, actively contributing to the fields of medicine and immunology and microbiology. Their research encompasses multiple subfields including immunology, infectious diseases, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, health, and molecular biology.

Their work focuses on topics such as immune responses and vaccinations, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, vaccine coverage and hesitancy, inhalation and respiratory drug delivery, COVID-19 impact on reproduction, infection control and ventilation, and tuberculosis research and epidemiology.

Among their recent publications are:

  • Immunological considerations for COVID-19 vaccine strategies (2020), published in Nature Reviews Immunology
  • Respiratory mucosal delivery of next-generation COVID-19 vaccine provides robust protection against both ancestral and variant strains of SARS-CoV-2 (2022), published in Cell
  • Parenteral BCG vaccine induces lung-resident memory macrophages and trained immunity via the gut-lung axis (2022), published in Nature Immunology
  • COVID-19 vaccines and kidney disease (2021), published in Nature Reviews Nephrology
  • COVID-19: Current knowledge in clinical features, immunological responses, and vaccine development (2021), published in The FASEB Journal

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Zhou Xing include:

  • Mangalakumari Jeyanathan
  • Sam Afkhami
  • Michael R. D'Agostino
  • Alisha Kang
  • Anna Zganiacz

Zhou Xing's work is commonly published in venues such as the International Journal of Pharmaceutics, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature Immunology, Frontiers in Immunology, and Pharmaceutical Research.

Best Publications

  • IL-6 is an antiinflammatory cytokine required for controlling local or systemic acute inflammatory responses.

    Z Xing;J Gauldie;G Cox;H Baumann

  • Adenovector-mediated gene transfer of active transforming growth factor-beta1 induces prolonged severe fibrosis in rat lung.

    P J Sime;Z Xing;F L Graham;K G Csaky

  • Immunological considerations for COVID-19 vaccine strategies.

    Mangalakumari Jeyanathan;Sam Afkhami;Fiona Smaill;Matthew S. Miller

  • Induction of Autonomous Memory Alveolar Macrophages Requires T Cell Help and Is Critical to Trained Immunity.

    Yushi Yao;Mangalakumari Jeyanathan;Siamak Haddadi;Nicole G. Barra

  • Respiratory mucosal delivery of next-generation COVID-19 vaccine provides robust protection against both ancestral and variant strains of SARS-CoV-2

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  • Single Mucosal, but Not Parenteral, Immunization with Recombinant Adenoviral-Based Vaccine Provides Potent Protection from Pulmonary Tuberculosis

    Jun Wang;Lisa Thorson;Richard W. Stokes;Michael Santosuosso

  • Macrophage engulfment of apoptotic neutrophils contributes to the resolution of acute pulmonary inflammation in vivo.

    G. Cox;J. Crossley;Zhou Xing

  • Cytokine expression by neutrophils and macrophages in vivo: endotoxin induces tumor necrosis factor-alpha, macrophage inflammatory protein-2, interleukin-1 beta, and interleukin-6 but not RANTES or transforming growth factor-beta 1 mRNA expression in acute lung inflammation.

    Zhou Xing;M. Jordana;H. Kirpalani;K. E. Driscoll

  • Transfer of Tumor Necrosis Factor-α to Rat Lung Induces Severe Pulmonary Inflammation and Patchy Interstitial Fibrogenesis with Induction of Transforming Growth Factor-β1 and Myofibroblasts

    Patricia J. Sime;Robert A. Marr;David Gauldie;Zhou Xing

  • Viral booster vaccines improve Mycobacterium bovis BCG-induced protection against bovine tuberculosis.

    H. Martin Vordermeier;Bernardo Villarreal-Ramos;Paul J. Cockle;Martin McAulay

  • GM-CSF transgene expression in the airway allows aerosolized ovalbumin to induce allergic sensitization in mice.

    M. R. Stampfli;R. E. Wiley;G. S. Neigh;B. U. Gajewska

  • Interleukin 10 inhibits lipopolysaccharide-induced survival and cytokine production by human peripheral blood eosinophils.

    Shingo Takanaski;Reiko Nonaka;Zhou Xing;Paul O’byrne

  • Cytokine and eosinophil responses in the lung, peripheral blood, and bone marrow compartments in a murine model of allergen-induced airways inflammation.

    Yuichi Ohkawara;Xue-Feng Lei;Martin R. Stampfli;Jean S. Marshall

  • Transient transgene expression of decorin in the lung reduces the fibrotic response to bleomycin.

    Martin Kolb;Peter J. Margetts;T. O. M. Galt;Patricia J. Sime

  • Macrophages are a significant source of type 1 cytokines during mycobacterial infection

    Jun Wang;Julia Wakeham;Robin Harkness;Zhou Xing

  • IL-10 is necessary for the expression of airway hyperresponsiveness but not pulmonary inflammation after allergic sensitization

    M. J. Mäkelä;A. Kanehiro;L. Borish;A. Dakhama

  • TNF-α is a critical negative regulator of type 1 immune activation during intracellular bacterial infection

    Anna Zganiacz;Michael Santosuosso;Jun Wang;Tony Yang

  • Influenza Infection Leads to Increased Susceptibility to Subsequent Bacterial Superinfection by Impairing NK Cell Responses in the Lung

    Cherrie-Lee Small;Christopher R. Shaler;Sarah McCormick;Mangalakumari Jeyanathan

  • Transfer of granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor gene to rat lung induces eosinophilia, monocytosis, and fibrotic reactions.

    Z. Xing;Y. Ohkawara;M. Jordana;F. L. Graham

  • Mechanisms of Mucosal and Parenteral Tuberculosis Vaccinations: Adenoviral-Based Mucosal Immunization Preferentially Elicits Sustained Accumulation of Immune Protective CD4 and CD8 T Cells within the Airway Lumen

    Michael Santosuosso;Xizhong Zhang;Sarah McCormick;Jun Wang

  • Intranasal Boosting with an Adenovirus-Vectored Vaccine Markedly Enhances Protection by Parenteral Mycobacterium bovis BCG Immunization against Pulmonary Tuberculosis

    Michael Santosuosso;Sarah McCormick;Xizhong Zhang;Anna Zganiacz

Frequent Co-Authors

Jack Gauldie
Jack Gauldie McMaster University
Manel Jordana
Manel Jordana McMaster University
Frank L. Graham
Frank L. Graham McMaster University
Jonathan L. Bramson
Jonathan L. Bramson McMaster University
Emily D. Cranston
Emily D. Cranston University of British Columbia
Maziar Divangahi
Maziar Divangahi McGill University Health Centre
Yonghong Wan
Yonghong Wan McMaster University
Martin R. Stämpfli
Martin R. Stämpfli McMaster University
Brian D. Lichty
Brian D. Lichty McMaster University
Ali A. Ashkar
Ali A. Ashkar McMaster University

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