Robert Brink

Active 1988–2025

94
Papers
19,032
Citations
67
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Citations

Citations per year for Robert Brink1982: 3 citations1986: 1 citations1989: 11 citations1990: 15 citations1991: 22 citations1992: 24 citations1993: 36 citations1994: 35 citations1995: 38 citations1996: 43 citations1997: 32 citations1998: 40 citations1999: 36 citations2000: 37 citations2001: 27 citations2002: 36 citations2003: 35 citations2004: 77 citations2005: 61 citations2006: 104 citations2007: 83 citations2008: 133 citations2009: 177 citations2010: 207 citations2011: 237 citations2012: 278 citations2013: 251 citations2014: 243 citations2015: 248 citations2016: 270 citations2017: 202 citations2018: 270 citations2019: 771 citations2020: 622 citations2021: 760 citations2022: 592 citations2023: 484 citations2024: 625 citations2025: 318 citations2026: 14 citations1983–1985: no citations, so these years are not shown1987–1988: no citations, so these years are not shown

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Countries

World map of the countries and regions citing this authorUnited States: 2,492 citing papers, 29.8% of this breakdownChina: 816 citing papers, 9.8% of this breakdownAustralia: 650 citing papers, 7.8% of this breakdownUnited Kingdom: 638 citing papers, 7.6% of this breakdownGermany: 555 citing papers, 6.6% of this breakdownFrance: 374 citing papers, 4.5% of this breakdownJapan: 288 citing papers, 3.5% of this breakdownCanada: 253 citing papers, 3% of this breakdownSwitzerland: 235 citing papers, 2.8% of this breakdownNetherlands: 196 citing papers, 2.3% of this breakdownItaly: 189 citing papers, 2.3% of this breakdownSweden: 123 citing papers, 1.5% of this breakdown
0%29.8%Other 18.5%

Fields

  • Immunology and Microbiology44.8%
  • Medicine30.4%
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology21.6%
  • Neuroscience1.5%
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.3%
  • Engineering0.2%
  • Other1.2%

Topics

  • T-cell and B-cell Immunology14.3%
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction12.4%
  • Immunotherapy and Immune Responses6.7%
  • Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research2.6%
  • Immunodeficiency and Autoimmune Disorders2.6%
  • Cell death mechanisms and regulation2.3%
  • Other59.1%

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  1. Osteoclasts recycle via osteomorphs during RANKL-stimulated bone resorption

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , David Abi‐Hanna, Rohit Jain, Wolfgang Weninger, Mischa Lundberg, Shuting Sun, Frank H. Ebetino, Paul Timpson, Woei Ming Lee, Paul A. Baldock, Michael J. Rogers, Robert Brink, Graham R. Williams, J. H. Duncan Bassett, John P. Kemp, Nathan J. Pavlos, Peter I. Croucher, Tri Giang Phan - Cell 2021 cited by 423

  2. The unique biology of germinal center B cells

    Authors: , - Immunity 2021 cited by 220

  3. Differentiation of germinal center B cells into plasma cells is initiated by high-affinity antigen and completed by Tfh cells

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , - The Journal of Experimental Medicine 2017 cited by 290

  4. IAP Antagonists Target cIAP1 to Induce TNFα-Dependent Apoptosis

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , - Cell 2007 cited by 1,070

  5. Circulating Precursor CCR7loPD-1hi CXCR5+ CD4+ T Cells Indicate Tfh Cell Activity and Promote Antibody Responses upon Antigen Reexposure

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , - Immunity 2013 cited by 654

  6. Antigen recognition strength regulates the choice between extrafollicular plasma cell and germinal center B cell differentiation

    Authors: , , , , , - The Journal of Experimental Medicine 2006 cited by 541

  7. Transcriptional Regulation of Germinal Center B and Plasma Cell Fates by Dynamical Control of IRF4

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , - Immunity 2013 cited by 455

  8. Follicular Dendritic Cells Emerge from Ubiquitous Perivascular Precursors

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , - Cell 2012 cited by 396

  9. B cell priming for extrafollicular antibody responses requires Bcl-6 expression by T cells

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , - The Journal of Experimental Medicine 2011 cited by 304

  10. CCR6 Defines Memory B Cell Precursors in Mouse and Human Germinal Centers, Revealing Light-Zone Location and Predominant Low Antigen Affinity

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , - Immunity 2017 cited by 241

  11. Excess BAFF Rescues Self-Reactive B Cells from Peripheral Deletion and Allows Them to Enter Forbidden Follicular and Marginal Zone Niches

    Authors: , , , , , , - Immunity 2004 cited by 724

  12. High affinity germinal center B cells are actively selected into the plasma cell compartment

    Authors: , , , , , , - The Journal of Experimental Medicine 2006 cited by 392

  13. Osteocyte transcriptome mapping identifies a molecular landscape controlling skeletal homeostasis and susceptibility to skeletal disease

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , John A. Eisman, David M. Evans, Eleftheria Zeggini, Paul A. Baldock, J. H. Duncan Bassett, Graham R. Williams, Peter I. Croucher - Nature Communications 2021 cited by 124

  14. Lymphoma Driver Mutations in the Pathogenic Evolution of an Iconic Human Autoantibody

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Tom P. Gordon, Christopher C. Goodnow, Joanne H. Reed - Cell 2020 cited by 119

  15. Redemption of autoantibodies on anergic B cells by variable-region glycosylation and mutation away from self-reactivity

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , - National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2014 cited by 246

  16. Interleukin-21, acting beyond the immunological synapse, independently controls T follicular helper and germinal center B cells

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , - Immunity 2022 cited by 92

  17. Apoptotic cell fragments locally activate tingible body macrophages in the germinal center

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , - Cell 2023 cited by 61

  18. Altered immunoglobulin expression and functional silencing of self-reactive B lymphocytes in transgenic mice.

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , - Nature 1988 cited by 1,574

  19. The good, the bad and the ugly — TFH cells in human health and disease

    Authors: , , , - Nature reviews. Immunology 2013 cited by 514

  20. Antigen Affinity Controls Rapid T-Dependent Antibody Production by Driving the Expansion Rather than the Differentiation or Extrafollicular Migration of Early Plasmablasts

    Authors: , , , , , - The Journal of Immunology 2009 cited by 244

  21. Memory B cells are reactivated in subcapsular proliferative foci of lymph nodes

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , - Nature Communications 2018 cited by 114

  22. STAT3 gain-of-function mutations connect leukemia with autoimmune disease by pathological NKG2Dhi CD8+ T cell dysregulation and accumulation

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Christopher C. Goodnow - Immunity 2022 cited by 67

  23. An epithelial cell-derived metabolite tunes immunoglobulin A secretion by gut-resident plasma cells

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , - Nature Immunology 2023 cited by 48

  24. Follicular helper T cells are required for systemic autoimmunity

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , - The Journal of Experimental Medicine 2009 cited by 574