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Annual Review of Immunology
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Annual Review of Immunology

0732-0582

Published by: Annual Reviews

https://www.annualreviews.org/journal/immunol

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Immunology 37 74 60 36
Medicine 969 42 32 24

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 115
Documents by Best Scientists*: 93
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 11
SCIMAGO H-index:
SCIMAGO SJR:
Impact Factor: 33.3

Overview

Top Research Topics at Annual Review of Immunology?

Annual Review of Immunology focuses on Immunology, Cell biology, Immune system, Antigen and T cell. It aims to address concerns in Immunology, specifically in the areas of Immunity, Acquired immune system, Inflammation, Innate immune system and Autoimmunity. The subject of Antigen-presenting cell, which is connected to the field of Natural killer T cell, serves as the foundation of the Cell biology research featured in it.

The Immune system works featured in it incorporate elements from Effector, Disease, Cytokine and Virology. Topics in Antigen explored in it were investigated in conjunction with research in Antibody and Antigen presentation. Antigen presentation research presented is mostly focused on the subject of Antigen processing.

T cell research featured in Annual Review of Immunology incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Cytotoxic T cell, CD8 and B cell. Research on Cytotoxic T cell presented in the journal focuses, in particular, on IL-2 receptor and Interleukin 21. Major histocompatibility complex, which encompasses MHC class I and MHC restriction, is the main subject of the journal.

  • Immunology (50.74%)
  • Cell biology (36.44%)
  • Immune system (33.07%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • TH1 and TH2 cells: different patterns of lymphokine secretion lead to different functional properties. (7067 citations)
  • Innate Immune Recognition (6764 citations)
  • Immunobiology of Dendritic Cells (6013 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Annual Review of Immunology:

The published articles primarily tackle Immunology, Cell biology, Immune system, Antigen and T cell. While the most cited articles focused on Cell biology, they were also able to explore topics like Receptor and Cytotoxic T cell, Antigen presentation, Antigen-presenting cell. The published articles hold forums on Antigen that merge themes from other disciplines such as Cellular differentiation and T-cell receptor.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • Gene
  • Immune system
  • Cytokine

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The main points discussed in the journal deals with Immune system, Immunology, Immunity, Inflammation and Cell biology. Innate immune system is a major topic of Immune system research. In the journal, Bone marrow failure and Disease are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Immunology research.

Discussions in it are anchored in the field of Immunity but it branches out to cover the subject of interrelated disciplines, including

  • B cell that intertwine with fields like Humoral immunity and T cell,
  • Effector together with Human cytomegalovirus, Immunological memory and Cellular immunity.. Topics in Inflammation were tackled in line with various other fields like Acquired immune system, Cytokine, Homeostasis, Central nervous system and Immune tolerance. The journal facilitates discussions on Cell biology that incorporate concepts from other fields like Phenotype, Dendritic cell, Messenger RNA, AU-rich element and Epigenetics.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Dendritic Cells Revisited. (24 citations)
  • Microglia and Central Nervous System–Associated Macrophages—From Origin to Disease Modulation (20 citations)
  • Eosinophil Knockout Humans: Uncovering the Role of Eosinophils Through Eosinophil-Directed Biological Therapies. (10 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in Annual Review of Immunology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • William E. Paul (6 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Antonio Lanzavecchia (6 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Mark M. Davis (6 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Philippa Marrack (5 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Kenneth L. Rock (4 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Annual Review of Immunology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • National Institutes of Health (72 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Harvard University (54 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Stanford University (35 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Washington University in St. Louis (29 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of California, San Francisco (22 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 0.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 36.67% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 13.33% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 13.33% of all publications and 36.67% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

Top Publications

  • Caspases in Cell Death, Inflammation, and Pyroptosis

    Sannula Kesavardhana;R.K. Subbarao Malireddi;Thirumala-Devi Kanneganti

    (2020)
    866 Citations
  • Regulatory T Cells and Human Disease.

    Shimon Sakaguchi;Shimon Sakaguchi;Norihisa Mikami;James B Wing;Atsushi Tanaka

    (2020)
    758 Citations
  • Dendritic Cells Revisited.

    Mar Cabeza-Cabrerizo;Ana Cardoso;Carlos M Minutti;Mariana Pereira da Costa

    (2021)
    478 Citations
  • Interaction Between the Microbiota, Epithelia, and Immune Cells in the Intestine.

    Hisako Kayama;Ryu Okumura;Kiyoshi Takeda

    (2020)
    472 Citations
  • Cytokine Regulation and Function in T Cells.

    Chen Dong;Chen Dong

    (2021)
    333 Citations
  • Krebs Cycle Reborn in Macrophage Immunometabolism

    Dylan G Ryan;Luke A J O'Neill

    (2020)
    329 Citations

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