Ross W. Ward

827 total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 527 citations indexed

About

Ross W. Ward is a scholar working on Immunology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ross W. Ward has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 527 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Immunology, 3 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 2 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Ross W. Ward's work include Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies (3 papers), interferon and immune responses (2 papers) and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (2 papers). Ross W. Ward is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies (3 papers), interferon and immune responses (2 papers) and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (2 papers). Ross W. Ward collaborates with scholars based in Ireland, United Kingdom and United States. Ross W. Ward's co-authors include Ed C. Lavelle, Coralie Guy, Emma M. Creagh, Giulia Anderluzzi, Claire H. Hearnden, Carla B. Roces, Yvonne Perrie, Craig P. McEntee, Joan A. Geoghegan and Matthew Campbell and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature reviews. Immunology, Science Advances and European Journal of Immunology.

In The Last Decade

Ross W. Ward

11 papers receiving 512 citations

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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.

Mucosal vaccines — fortifying the frontiers

2021 464 citations Ed C. Lavelle, Ross W. Ward Nature reviews. Immunology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ross W. Ward Ireland	6	241	222	136	124	50	12	527
Stéphanie Longet United Kingdom	14	231 1.0×	182 0.8×	163 1.2×	107 0.9×	46 0.9×	24	538
Elena Pettini Italy	17	309 1.3×	249 1.1×	132 1.0×	135 1.1×	58 1.2×	29	623
LaToya Jones Braun United States	11	158 0.7×	140 0.6×	118 0.9×	211 1.7×	32 0.6×	12	471
Angelika Wagner Austria	12	153 0.6×	200 0.9×	165 1.2×	83 0.7×	22 0.4×	26	550
Steve Rockman Australia	14	293 1.2×	240 1.1×	441 3.2×	130 1.0×	27 0.5×	26	777
Birgit Thierry-Carstensen Denmark	10	299 1.2×	317 1.4×	284 2.1×	108 0.9×	125 2.5×	15	655
Taff Jones Canada	11	152 0.6×	155 0.7×	260 1.9×	60 0.5×	35 0.7×	20	396
Rafaela Giemza United Kingdom	8	242 1.0×	216 1.0×	161 1.2×	87 0.7×	56 1.1×	9	521
Fabio Fiorino Italy	14	205 0.9×	260 1.2×	74 0.5×	103 0.8×	28 0.6×	32	479
Robert Mischler Switzerland	11	390 1.6×	272 1.2×	558 4.1×	309 2.5×	36 0.7×	12	998

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ross W. Ward

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12 of 12 papers shown

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Toller-Kawahisa, Juliana E., Eva M. Pålsson‐McDermott, Emily A. Day, et al.. (2025). Mitochondrial respiratory complex III sustains IL-10 production in activated macrophages and promotes tumor-mediated immune evasion. Science Advances. 11(4). eadq7307–eadq7307. 6 indexed citations

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Zhu, Jingjing, Benoı̂t J. Van den Eynde, Christian T. Mayer, et al.. (2025). Adsorption of antigen to polymeric nanoparticles enhances cytotoxic T‐cell responses and anti‐tumor immunity by targeting conventional type 1 dendritic cells. Immunology and Cell Biology. 103(9). 825–843.

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Ward, Ross W., Natalia Muñoz‐Wolf, Lei Jin, et al.. (2024). Intratumoral delivery of the chitin-derived C100 adjuvant promotes robust STING, IFNAR, and CD8+ T cell-dependent anti-tumor immunity. Cell Reports Medicine. 5(5). 101560–101560. 4 indexed citations

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Ward, Ross W., et al.. (2023). Rational design of polymer‐based particulate vaccine adjuvants. European Journal of Immunology. 54(2). e2350512–e2350512. 5 indexed citations

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Muñoz‐Wolf, Natalia, Ross W. Ward, Claire H. Hearnden, et al.. (2023). Non-canonical inflammasome activation mediates the adjuvanticity of nanoparticles. Cell Reports Medicine. 4(1). 100899–100899. 22 indexed citations

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Sullivan, Graeme P., Pavel B. Davidovich, Natalia Muñoz‐Wolf, et al.. (2022). Myeloid cell–derived proteases produce a proinflammatory form of IL-37 that signals via IL-36 receptor engagement. Science Immunology. 7(78). eade5728–eade5728. 4 indexed citations

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Muñoz‐Wolf, Natalia, Ross W. Ward, Claire H. Hearnden, et al.. (2022). Non‐Canonical Inflammasome Activation Mediates the Adjuvanticity of Nanoparticles. SSRN Electronic Journal. 6 indexed citations

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Lavelle, Ed C. & Ross W. Ward. (2021). Mucosal vaccines — fortifying the frontiers. Nature reviews. Immunology. 22(4). 236–250. 464 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lavelle, Ed C. & Ross W. Ward. (2021). Publisher Correction: Mucosal vaccines — fortifying the frontiers. Nature reviews. Immunology. 22(4). 266–266. 13 indexed citations

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Osman, Faizel, et al.. (2008). Twiddler's syndrome in a patient with a biventricular-defibrillator device. EP Europace. 10(3). 364–365. 1 indexed citations

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Osman, Faizel, Ross W. Ward, & Adrian Morley‐Davies. (2008). Fishpond pseudo-ventricular fibrillation. Heart. 94(11). 1401–1401. 1 indexed citations

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Osman, Faizel, et al.. (2008). Simultaneous spontaneous onset of ventricular tachycardia and termination of atrial fibrillation. EP Europace. 10(2). 171–172. 1 indexed citations

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