Georgia D. Tomaras

29.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
190 papers, 6.4k citations indexed

About

Georgia D. Tomaras is a scholar working on Virology, Immunology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Georgia D. Tomaras has authored 190 papers receiving a total of 6.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 161 papers in Virology, 117 papers in Immunology and 53 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Georgia D. Tomaras's work include HIV Research and Treatment (160 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (72 papers) and T-cell and B-cell Immunology (44 papers). Georgia D. Tomaras is often cited by papers focused on HIV Research and Treatment (160 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (72 papers) and T-cell and B-cell Immunology (44 papers). Georgia D. Tomaras collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and South Africa. Georgia D. Tomaras's co-authors include Barton F. Haynes, David C. Montefiori, Guido Ferrari, Andrew J. McMichael, Persephone Borrow, Nilu Goonetilleke, M. Anthony Moody, Hua‐Xin Liao, Kent J. Weinhold and S. Munir Alam and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Georgia D. Tomaras

177 papers receiving 6.3k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

The immune response during acute HIV-1 infection: clues for vaccine development

2009 592 citations Georgia D. Tomaras, Barton F. Haynes et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Georgia D. Tomaras United States	44	4.5k	3.7k	1.8k	1.5k	1.4k	190	6.4k
Pascal Poignard United States	37	5.1k 1.1×	3.6k 1.0×	1.9k 1.1×	1.8k 1.2×	1.1k 0.8×	69	6.7k
Guido Ferrari United States	45	3.8k 0.8×	3.3k 0.9×	1.7k 0.9×	1.3k 0.9×	1.4k 1.0×	191	5.8k
Donald N. Forthal United States	38	3.5k 0.8×	2.6k 0.7×	2.3k 1.2×	1.3k 0.9×	1.9k 1.4×	100	6.3k
Hendrik Streeck United States	42	3.4k 0.8×	4.3k 1.2×	1.9k 1.1×	1.1k 0.7×	1.2k 0.9×	116	6.8k
Ann J. Hessell United States	25	3.4k 0.7×	2.5k 0.7×	1.6k 0.9×	1.2k 0.8×	1.2k 0.9×	63	5.0k
Paul A. Goepfert United States	45	4.1k 0.9×	3.8k 1.0×	2.0k 1.1×	1.4k 0.9×	1.7k 1.2×	144	6.9k
Mark K. Louder United States	34	4.1k 0.9×	2.7k 0.7×	2.3k 1.3×	1.3k 0.8×	1.0k 0.8×	61	5.7k
Florian Klein Germany	44	3.9k 0.9×	3.1k 0.9×	2.8k 1.5×	1.9k 1.2×	1.3k 0.9×	159	7.8k
Peter L. Nara United States	42	4.4k 1.0×	2.7k 0.7×	2.2k 1.2×	1.8k 1.2×	1.4k 1.1×	99	6.5k
Gabriela Stiegler United States	36	6.0k 1.3×	3.8k 1.0×	2.3k 1.3×	2.4k 1.6×	1.4k 1.0×	47	7.8k

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Manickam, Cordelia, et al.. (2025). Myeloid cell recruitment and activation through systemic and mucosae‐directed cytokine therapy. Immunology and Cell Biology. 103(10). 945–956.

Montefiori, David C., Guido Ferrari, Dieter Mielke, LaTonya D. Williams, & Georgia D. Tomaras. (2025). Current Approaches for Assessments of Neutralizing, Binding, and Effector Functions of Antibodies on the Path to Antibody-Mediated Prevention Strategies for HIV-1. Current HIV Research. 23(6). 428–441.

Horn, Gillian Q., Kathryn M. Hastie, Haoyang Li, et al.. (2023). Cryptic-site-specific antibodies to the SARS-CoV-2 receptor binding domain can retain functional binding affinity to spike variants. Journal of Virology. 97(12). e0107023–e0107023.

Verheul, Marije K., Katherine L. Williams, Celina Jin, et al.. (2021). Salmonella Typhi Vi capsule prime-boost vaccination induces convergent and functional antibody responses. Science Immunology. 6(64). eabj1181–eabj1181. 9 indexed citations

Andersen‐Nissen, Erica, Andrew Fioré-Gartland, Lamar Ballweber-Fleming, et al.. (2021). Innate immune signatures to a partially-efficacious HIV vaccine predict correlates of HIV-1 infection risk. PLoS Pathogens. 17(3). e1009363–e1009363. 20 indexed citations

Jin, Celina, Jennifer Hill, Bronwyn M. Gunn, et al.. (2020). Vi-specific serological correlates of protection for typhoid fever. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 218(2). 45 indexed citations

Fourati, Slim, Susan Pereira Ribeiro, Aarthi Talla, et al.. (2019). Integrated systems approach defines the antiviral pathways conferring protection by the RV144 HIV vaccine. Nature Communications. 10(1). 863–863. 24 indexed citations

Fong, Youyi, Coleen K. Cunningham, Elizabeth J. McFarland, et al.. (2017). HIV-Exposed Infants Vaccinated with an MF59/Recombinant gp120 Vaccine Have Higher-Magnitude Anti-V1V2 IgG Responses than Adults Immunized with the Same Vaccine. Journal of Virology. 92(1). 25 indexed citations

Meyerhoff, Robert, Richard M. Scearce, Joy Pickeral, et al.. (2017). HIV-1 Consensus Envelope-Induced Broadly Binding Antibodies. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 33(8). 859–868. 8 indexed citations

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Knox, James J., Marcus Buggert, Lela Kardava, et al.. (2017). T-bet+ B cells are induced by human viral infections and dominate the HIV gp140 response. JCI Insight. 2(8). 114 indexed citations

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Tay, Matthew Zirui, Pinghuang Liu, LaTonya D. Williams, et al.. (2016). Antibody-Mediated Internalization of Infectious HIV-1 Virions Differs among Antibody Isotypes and Subclasses. PLoS Pathogens. 12(8). e1005817–e1005817. 79 indexed citations

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Huang, Ying, Carlos A. DiazGranados, Holly Janes, et al.. (2016). Selection of HIV vaccine candidates for concurrent testing in an efficacy trial. Current Opinion in Virology. 17. 57–65. 7 indexed citations

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Liu, Pinghuang, LaTonya D. Williams, Xiaoying Shen, et al.. (2014). Capacity for Infectious HIV-1 Virion Capture Differs by Envelope Antibody Specificity. Journal of Virology. 88(9). 5165–5170. 28 indexed citations

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Kepler, Thomas B., Supriya Munshaw, Kevin Wiehe, et al.. (2014). Reconstructing a B-Cell Clonal Lineage. II. Mutation, Selection, and Affinity Maturation. Frontiers in Immunology. 5. 170–170. 58 indexed citations

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Grand, Roger Le, Stefania Dispinseri, Laurent Gosse, et al.. (2014). Microbicide-vaccine Combination Provides Significant Protection against Vaginal SHIV-162P3 Challenge in Cynomolgous Monkeys. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 30(S1). A26–A26. 1 indexed citations

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Prentice, Heather A., Daniel E. Geraghty, Georgia D. Tomaras, et al.. (2014). Immune Correlates Identified in the RV144 Vaccine Efficacy Trial Impact HIV-1 Acquisition Only in the Presence of Certain HLA Class II Genes. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 30(S1). A40–A40.

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Hay, Christine M., Gregory J. Wilson, Marnie Elizaga, et al.. (2014). An HIV DNA Vaccine Delivered by Electroporation and Boosted by rVSV HIV-1 Gag Is Safe and Immunogenic in Healthy HIV-uninfected Adults. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 30(S1). A17–A17. 1 indexed citations

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Liu, Jinyan, Brandon F. Keele, Hui Li, et al.. (2010). Low-Dose Mucosal Simian Immunodeficiency Virus Infection Restricts Early Replication Kinetics and Transmitted Virus Variants in Rhesus Monkeys. Journal of Virology. 84(19). 10406–10412. 88 indexed citations

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Binley, James Μ., Emma T. Crooks, Michael S. Seaman, et al.. (2008). Profiling the Specificity of Neutralizing Antibodies in a Large Panel of Plasmas from Patients Chronically Infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Subtypes B and C. Journal of Virology. 82(23). 11651–11668. 278 indexed citations

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Alam, S. Munir, Richard M. Scearce, Robert Parks, et al.. (2007). Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 gp41 Antibodies That Mask Membrane Proximal Region Epitopes: Antibody Binding Kinetics, Induction, and Potential for Regulation in Acute Infection. Journal of Virology. 82(1). 115–125. 85 indexed citations

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