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Clinical Immunology
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Clinical Immunology

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Immunology 43 303 484 31
Medicine 707 249 326 28

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 728
Documents by Best Scientists*: 737
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 18
SCIMAGO H-index: 145
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.279
Impact Factor: 3.8

Overview

Top Research Topics at Clinical Immunology?

The journal mostly deals with topics like Immunology, Immune system, Internal medicine, T cell and Antibody. Topics like Cytokine, Autoimmunity, Antigen, Inflammation and Autoimmune disease are tackled as part of the discussions on Immunology. The Immune system study featured in it draws connections with the study of Virology.

Some problems in Internal medicine that were presented in the journal overlapped with concepts under Gastroenterology, Endocrinology and Oncology. The concepts on T cell presented in Clinical Immunology can also apply to other research fields, including Cytotoxic T cell and T lymphocyte. The majority of Cytotoxic T cell studies presented zero in on Interleukin 21.

Autoantibody is a major topic of Antibody research presented in Clinical Immunology.

  • Immunology (58.58%)
  • Immune system (14.93%)
  • Internal medicine (10.78%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • COMMON VARIABLE IMMUNODEFICIENCY: CLINICAL AND IMMUNOLOGICAL FEATURES OF 248 PATIENTS (1223 citations)
  • Diagnostic Criteria for Primary Immunodeficiencies (860 citations)
  • The use of anti-inflammatory drugs in the treatment of people with severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): The Perspectives of clinical immunologists from China. (724 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Clinical Immunology:

The most cited publications primarily focus on research topics in Immunology, Immune system, Cytokine, T cell and Autoimmunity. Inflammation, Antibody, Autoimmune disease, Antigen and Immunopathology are among the areas of Immunology tackled in the published papers. The journal publications explore issues in Immune system which can be linked to other research areas like Endocrinology and Internal medicine.

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

  • Internal medicine
  • Gene
  • Disease

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Clinical Immunology is mainly concerned with subjects like Immunology, Immune system, Internal medicine, Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and Cancer research. Disease and Coronavirus are some topics wherein Immunology research discussed in it have an impact. The Internal medicine works featured in the journal incorporate elements from Gastroenterology and Oncology.

While work presented in Clinical Immunology provided substantial information on Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), it also covered topics in Virology, Pediatrics and 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak. Cancer research research in the journal involves the investigation of Cell studies, all of which are linked to disciplines such as Flow cytometry. Topics in Antibody were tackled in line with various other fields like Antigen and Vaccination.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • COVID-19: A review of therapeutic strategies and vaccine candidates. (60 citations)
  • Do COVID-19 RNA-based vaccines put at risk of immune-mediated diseases? In reply to "potential antigenic cross-reactivity between SARS-CoV-2 and human tissue with a possible link to an increase in autoimmune diseases". (24 citations)
  • Influenza infection, SARS, MERS and COVID-19: Cytokine storm - The common denominator and the lessons to be learned. (19 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 Clinical Immunology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • David A. Hafler (74 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Alessandro Plebani (43 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • George C. Tsokos (37 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • George S. Eisenbarth (36 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Luigi D. Notarangelo (35 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous 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 Clinical Immunology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Harvard University (181 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • National Institutes of Health (165 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Boston Children's Hospital (160 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 7 less than at the previous edition,
  • Stanford University (156 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of California, Los Angeles (145 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, 7.51% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 15.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 7.50% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 8.75% of all publications and 68.75% 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

  • COVID-19: Immunology and treatment options.

    Susanna Felsenstein;Jenny A. Herbert;Paul S. McNamara;Christian M. Hedrich;Christian M. Hedrich

    (2020)
    680 Citations
  • Early predictors of clinical outcomes of COVID-19 outbreak in Milan, Italy.

    Fabio Ciceri;Antonella Castagna;Patrizia Rovere-Querini;Francesco De Cobelli

    (2020)
    303 Citations
  • The first case of COVID-19 treated with the complement C3 inhibitor AMY-101.

    Sara Mastaglio;Annalisa Ruggeri;Antonio M. Risitano;Piera Angelillo

    (2020)
    289 Citations
  • COVID-19: A review of therapeutic strategies and vaccine candidates.

    Vladislav Izda;Matlock A. Jeffries;Matlock A. Jeffries;Amr H. Sawalha

    (2021)
    269 Citations
  • Epigenetic dysregulation of ACE2 and interferon-regulated genes might suggest increased COVID-19 susceptibility and severity in lupus patients.

    Amr H. Sawalha;Ming Zhao;Patrick Coit;Qianjin Lu

    (2020)
    252 Citations
  • Complement C3 vs C5 inhibition in severe COVID-19: Early clinical findings reveal differential biological efficacy.

    Dimitrios C. Mastellos;Bruno G.P. Pires da Silva;Benedito A.L. Fonseca;Natasha P. Fonseca

    (2020)
    242 Citations

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