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Current Opinion in Immunology
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Current Opinion in Immunology

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Immunology 39 172 179 34
Medicine 625 89 99 31

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 301
Documents by Best Scientists*: 278
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 23
SCIMAGO H-index: 215
SCIMAGO SJR: 2.74
Impact Factor: 5.8

Overview

Top Research Topics at Current Opinion in Immunology?

The foci of Current Opinion in Immunology are Immunology, Immune system, Cell biology, Antigen and Immunity. The study on Immunology presented in it intersects with subjects under the field of Virology. Virus is a focus of the presented Virology works and it dives deep in Virus.

Current Opinion in Immunology focuses on Immune system but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Inflammation, Cancer, Antibody and Disease. Issues in Cell biology were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Receptor, Cytotoxic T cell, Antigen-presenting cell and T-cell receptor. Current Opinion in Immunology investigates Cytotoxic T cell research which frequently intersects with CD8.

The work on Antigen addressed in the journal expands to the thematically related Antigen presentation. The works on Antigen presentation deal in particular with Antigen processing. Current Opinion in Immunology tackles topics on Major histocompatibility complex, which can potentially contribute to the wider field of Genetics.

  • Immunology (56.32%)
  • Immune system (30.17%)
  • Cell biology (27.02%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Role of nitric oxide synthesis in macrophage antimicrobial activity. (1359 citations)
  • Innate immunity: impact on the adaptive immune response (1334 citations)
  • Origin, maturation and antigen presenting function of dendritic cells (1288 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Current Opinion in Immunology:

The most cited papers mostly deal with topics like Immunology, Cell biology, Immune system, Antigen and Receptor. The journal publications tackle studies in Antigen-presenting cell and the interrelated subject of CD40 to gain insights into Cell biology. The Immune system research tackled in the most cited articles is interrelated with Virology which concerns subjects like CD8.

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

  • Gene
  • Immune system
  • Internal medicine

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The concepts of Cancer immunotherapy, T cell, Antigen, Cancer cell and Immune system are tackled in the journal. Current Opinion in Immunology explores research in Cancer research and overlapping concepts in Cytotoxic T cell, Major histocompatibility complex, Tumor antigen and Cytokine to expand the discourse in Cancer immunotherapy. The T cell research dealing mostly with T-cell receptor is the focus of Current Opinion in Immunology.

Topics in Antigen explored in the journal were investigated in conjunction with research in Cancer, Malignant cells, Animal studies and Bioinformatics. Cancer cell research featured in Current Opinion in Immunology incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Function (biology), Receptor, Human cancer, Signal transduction and Cell therapy. Many of the research works in Immune system, specifically Immune checkpoint, closely connected to disciplines like Tumour destruction.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Exploiting ECM remodelling to promote immune-mediated tumour destruction. (0 citations)
  • Synthetic receptors for logic gated T cell recognition and function (0 citations)
  • The role of CD4 T cells in rejection of solid tumors. (0 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 Current Opinion in Immunology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Jean-Laurent Casanova (21 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Stefan H. E. Kaufmann (18 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • David R. Greaves (18 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Rafi Ahmed (13 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Herman Waldmann (13 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 Current Opinion in Immunology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • National Institutes of Health (165 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Harvard University (139 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • French Institute of Health and Medical Research (102 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Stanford University (79 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Washington University in St. Louis (78 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 2022 edition, 0.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 0.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 40.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 0.00% of all publications and 60.00% 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

  • Recent advances in mRNA vaccine technology

    Norbert Pardi;Michael J Hogan;Drew Weissman

    (2020)
    400 Citations
  • COVID-19 vaccines.

    Duduzile Ndwandwe;Charles S Wiysonge

    (2021)
    337 Citations
  • Type I interferon in the pathogenesis of systemic lupus erythematosus.

    Mariana Postal;Jessica F Vivaldo;Ruth Fernandez-Ruiz;Jacqueline L Paredes

    (2020)
    253 Citations
  • The increasing prevalence of autoimmunity and autoimmune diseases: an urgent call to action for improved understanding, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.

    (2022)
    220 Citations
  • New insights on Drosophila antimicrobial peptide function in host defense and beyond.

    Mark Austin Hanson;Bruno Lemaitre

    (2020)
    182 Citations
  • DNA vaccines: prime time is now

    Ebony N Gary;David B Weiner

    (2020)
    144 Citations
  • Tryptophan and indole metabolism in immune regulation.

    Alessandra Fiore;Peter J Murray

    (2021)
    130 Citations
  • Inflammasomes and the fine line between defense and disease.

    Shelbi Christgen;Thirumala-Devi Kanneganti

    (2020)
    110 Citations

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