Christopher J. Lessard

5.4k total citations
35 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Christopher J. Lessard is a scholar working on Physiology, Rheumatology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher J. Lessard has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Physiology, 14 papers in Rheumatology and 8 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Christopher J. Lessard's work include Salivary Gland Disorders and Functions (25 papers), Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research (13 papers) and Diabetes and associated disorders (7 papers). Christopher J. Lessard is often cited by papers focused on Salivary Gland Disorders and Functions (25 papers), Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research (13 papers) and Diabetes and associated disorders (7 papers). Christopher J. Lessard collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and France. Christopher J. Lessard's co-authors include Kathy L. Moser, Jennifer A. Kelly, John B. Harley, Kathy L. Sivils, Patrick M. Gaffney, John A. Ice, Barbara Segal, Courtney G. Montgomery, Nelson L. Rhodus and Indra Adrianto and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Blood and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Christopher J. Lessard

32 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Christopher J. Lessard United States 19 630 552 476 245 240 35 1.3k
Kathy L. Sivils United States 21 1.1k 1.7× 532 1.0× 552 1.2× 336 1.4× 325 1.4× 49 1.8k
Gwenny M. Verstappen Netherlands 19 908 1.4× 456 0.8× 288 0.6× 198 0.8× 198 0.8× 67 1.4k
P. Martin van Hagen Netherlands 21 329 0.5× 457 0.8× 267 0.6× 210 0.9× 165 0.7× 62 1.2k
Dana Cavill Australia 11 572 0.9× 929 1.7× 425 0.9× 153 0.6× 276 1.1× 14 1.7k
Marika Kvarnström Sweden 18 374 0.6× 340 0.6× 323 0.7× 93 0.4× 130 0.5× 38 803
Sylvie Mistou France 11 277 0.4× 390 0.7× 223 0.5× 311 1.3× 120 0.5× 15 884
Gaëtane Nocturne France 24 1.7k 2.7× 694 1.3× 690 1.4× 433 1.8× 468 1.9× 90 2.6k
Juliana Imgenberg‐Kreuz Sweden 16 288 0.5× 266 0.5× 213 0.4× 212 0.9× 145 0.6× 22 707
Toshimasa Shimizu Japan 17 229 0.4× 321 0.6× 390 0.8× 249 1.0× 53 0.2× 90 983
Efstathia K. Kapsogeorgou Greece 28 1.9k 3.0× 863 1.6× 560 1.2× 592 2.4× 482 2.0× 53 2.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Christopher J. Lessard

Since Specialization
Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Christopher J. Lessard's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Christopher J. Lessard with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Christopher J. Lessard more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Christopher J. Lessard

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Christopher J. Lessard. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Christopher J. Lessard. The network helps show where Christopher J. Lessard may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christopher J. Lessard

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Christopher J. Lessard. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Christopher J. Lessard based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Christopher J. Lessard. Christopher J. Lessard is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
1.
Kurien, Biji T., John A. Ice, Rebecca Wood, et al.. (2025). Mitochondrial dysfunction and fatigue in Sjögren’s disease. RMD Open. 11(2). e005046–e005046.
2.
Khatri, Bhuwan, Santosh R. Rananaware, David A. Ostrov, et al.. (2023). Ancestral origins are associated with SARS-CoV-2 susceptibility and protection in a Florida patient population. PLoS ONE. 18(1). e0276700–e0276700. 1 indexed citations
3.
Khatri, Bhuwan, Constantin Georgescu, Christina Lawrence, et al.. (2023). Autoantibodies identify primary Sjögren's syndrome in patients lacking serum IgG specific for Ro/SS-A and La/SS-B. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 82(9). 1181–1190. 10 indexed citations
4.
Felten, Renaud, Tao Ye, Benno Schwikowski, et al.. (2023). Identification of new candidate drugs for primary Sjögren’s syndrome using a drug repurposing transcriptomic approach. Lara D. Veeken. 62(11). 3715–3723. 6 indexed citations
5.
Bagavant, Harini, Astrid Rasmussen, Nathan Pezant, et al.. (2023). Anti-vimentin antibodies are associated with higher severity of Sjögren's disease. Clinical Immunology. 247. 109243–109243. 1 indexed citations
6.
Min, Sangwon, Christopher J. Lessard, Astrid Rasmussen, et al.. (2021). Transcriptomic and Network Analysis of Minor Salivary Glands of Patients With Primary Sjögren’s Syndrome. Frontiers in Immunology. 11. 606268–606268. 33 indexed citations
7.
Wu, Qi, Bhuwan Khatri, Nadja Borisow, et al.. (2020). Transcriptomics and proteomics reveal a cooperation between interferon and T-helper 17 cells in neuromyelitis optica. Nature Communications. 11(1). 2856–2856. 64 indexed citations
8.
Verstappen, Gwenny M., John A. Ice, Hendrika Bootsma, et al.. (2020). Gene expression profiling of epithelium-associated FcRL4+ B cells in primary Sjögren's syndrome reveals a pathogenic signature. Journal of Autoimmunity. 109. 102439–102439. 44 indexed citations
9.
Stone, Donald U., Dustin Fife, Michael Brown, et al.. (2017). Effect of Tobacco Smoking on The Clinical, Histopathological, and Serological Manifestations of Sjögren’s Syndrome. PLoS ONE. 12(2). e0170249–e0170249. 28 indexed citations
10.
Rasmussen, Astrid, Lida Radfar, David M. Lewis, et al.. (2016). Previous diagnosis of Sjögren’s Syndrome as rheumatoid arthritis or systemic lupus erythematosus. Lara D. Veeken. 55(7). 1195–1201. 38 indexed citations
11.
Reksten, Tove Ragna, Christopher J. Lessard, & Kathy L. Sivils. (2016). Genetics in Sjögren Syndrome. Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North America. 42(3). 435–447. 23 indexed citations
12.
Nocturne, Gaëtane, Jessica Tarn, Saida Boudaoud, et al.. (2015). Germline variation of TNFAIP3 in primary Sjögren's syndrome-associated lymphoma. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 75(4). 780–783. 36 indexed citations
13.
Li, He, John A. Ice, Christopher J. Lessard, & Kathy L. Sivils. (2013). Interferons in Sjögren’s Syndrome: Genes, Mechanisms, and Effects. Frontiers in Immunology. 4. 290–290. 47 indexed citations
14.
Ice, John A., Li He, Indra Adrianto, et al.. (2012). Genetics of Sjögren’s syndrome in the genome-wide association era. Journal of Autoimmunity. 39(1-2). 57–63. 50 indexed citations
15.
Adrianto, Indra, Chee Paul Lin, Jessica Hale, et al.. (2012). Genome-Wide Association Study of African and European Americans Implicates Multiple Shared and Ethnic Specific Loci in Sarcoidosis Susceptibility. PLoS ONE. 7(8). e43907–e43907. 92 indexed citations
16.
Lessard, Christopher J., John A. Ice, Indra Adrianto, et al.. (2011). The genomics of autoimmune disease in the era of genome-wide association studies and beyond. Autoimmunity Reviews. 11(4). 267–275. 49 indexed citations
17.
Lessard, Christopher J., Emily C. Baechler, Patrick M. Gaffney, et al.. (2009). Peripheral blood gene expression profiling in Sjögren's syndrome. Genes and Immunity. 10(4). 285–296. 187 indexed citations
18.
Moser, Kathy L., Jennifer A. Kelly, Christopher J. Lessard, & John B. Harley. (2009). Recent insights into the genetic basis of systemic lupus erythematosus. Genes and Immunity. 10(5). 373–379. 250 indexed citations
19.
Cobb, Beth L., Christopher J. Lessard, John B. Harley, & Kathy L. Moser. (2008). Genes and Sjögren's Syndrome. Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North America. 34(4). 847–868. 40 indexed citations
20.
Thyagarajan, Bharat, Kristin E. Anderson, Christopher J. Lessard, et al.. (2007). Alkaline unwinding flow cytometry assay to measure nucleotide excision repair. Mutagenesis. 22(2). 147–153. 11 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact

Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Kathy L. Sivils Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Gwenny M. Verstappen Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by P. Martin van Hagen Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Dana Cavill Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Marika Kvarnström Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Sylvie Mistou Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Gaëtane Nocturne Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Juliana Imgenberg‐Kreuz Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Toshimasa Shimizu Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Efstathia K. Kapsogeorgou
Rankless by CCL
2026