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Frontiers in Immunology

Published by: Frontiers Media S.A.

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/immunology#

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Immunology 2 2234 5375 108
Medicine 37 2543 4445 101

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 8675
Documents by Best Scientists*: 12026
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 264
SCIMAGO H-index: 259
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.941
Impact Factor: 5.9

Overview

Top Research Topics at Frontiers in Immunology?

The journal is organized to address concerns in the fields of Immunology, Immune system, Cell biology, Inflammation and T cell. The work on Immunology tackled in Frontiers in Immunology brings together disciplines like Cytotoxic T cell and Disease. The study on Immune system presented is investigated in conjunction with research in Cancer research.

The Cancer research research dealing mostly with Tumor microenvironment is the focus of it. It facilitates discussions on Cell biology that incorporate concepts from other fields like Receptor and Cell. The majority of Inflammation studies are focused on the issues of Proinflammatory cytokine.

Frontiers in Immunology dives deep in exploring the relationship between the study of T cell and CD8. It focuses on Antibody as well as the interrelated topic of Virology.

  • Immunology (41.23%)
  • Immune system (35.31%)
  • Cell biology (18.40%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Toll-like receptor signaling pathways. (1259 citations)
  • IgG subclasses and allotypes: from structure to effector functions. (1162 citations)
  • Macrophage cytokines: involvement in immunity and infectious diseases. (1129 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Frontiers in Immunology:

The main points discussed in the published articles deal with Immunology, Immune system, Cell biology, Inflammation and Innate immune system. The journal articles connects the study in Immunology with the closely related areas of Disease. The most cited articles address concerns in Immune system which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Cancer research and Cytokine.

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

  • Internal medicine
  • Gene
  • Immune system

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal mainly tackles studies in Immune system, Immunology, Inflammation, Cell biology and Cancer research. It connects the study in Immune system with the closely related area of Antigen. Most of the Immunology studies addressed also intersect with Disease.

Frontiers in Immunology explores research in Cell biology and the adjacent study of Receptor. Frontiers in Immunology addresses concerns in Cancer research which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Immune checkpoint, Cancer, Cell and Cancer immunotherapy. The overlapping concepts between CD8 and Cytotoxic T cell are the key highlights of T cell study.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • The Transcriptome of Paired Major and Minor Salivary Gland Tissue in Patients With Primary Sjögren's Syndrome. (29 citations)
  • Reaction of Human Monoclonal Antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 Proteins With Tissue Antigens: Implications for Autoimmune Diseases. (24 citations)
  • Acute Transverse Myelitis (ATM):Clinical Review of 43 Patients With COVID-19-Associated ATM and 3 Post-Vaccination ATM Serious Adverse Events With the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 Vaccine (AZD1222). (21 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 Frontiers in Immunology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Uday Kishore (38 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Lorenzo Moretta (36 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Martin Herrmann (32 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition,
  • Johan Garssen (30 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
  • Angela Santoni (30 papers) published 4 papers 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 Frontiers in Immunology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • National Institutes of Health (438 papers) published 102 papers at the last edition, 30 more than at the previous edition,
  • French Institute of Health and Medical Research (400 papers) published 68 papers at the last edition, 7 more than at the previous edition,
  • Boston Children's Hospital (376 papers) published 91 papers at the last edition, 11 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Oxford (318 papers) published 62 papers at the last edition, 15 more than at the previous edition,
  • Harvard University (247 papers) published 58 papers at the last edition, 11 more than at the previous 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, 3.44% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 13.58% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 8.66% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 17.37% of all publications and 60.39% 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

  • Targeting Inflammation Driven by HMGB1.

    Huan Yang;Haichao Wang;Ulf Andersson

    (2020)
    630 Citations
  • Gut Microbiota as a Trigger for Metabolic Inflammation in Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes

    Torsten P. M. Scheithauer;Torsten P. M. Scheithauer;Elena Rampanelli;Max Nieuwdorp;Max Nieuwdorp;Bruce A. Vallance

    (2020)
    609 Citations
  • The Tumor Microenvironment in the Response to Immune Checkpoint Blockade Therapies.

    Florent Petitprez;Maxime Meylan;Aurélien de Reyniès;Catherine Sautès-Fridman

    (2020)
    596 Citations
  • Cytokine Storm in COVID-19-Immunopathological Mechanisms, Clinical Considerations, and Therapeutic Approaches: The REPROGRAM Consortium Position Paper.

    Sonu Bhaskar;Sonu Bhaskar;Akansha Sinha;Maciej Banach;Shikha Mittoo

    (2020)
    506 Citations
  • Interferon-α2b Treatment for COVID-19

    Qiong Zhou;Virginia Chen;Casey P. Shannon;Xiao Shan Wei

    (2020)
    470 Citations
  • Quercetin and Vitamin C: An Experimental, Synergistic Therapy for the Prevention and Treatment of SARS-CoV-2 Related Disease (COVID-19).

    Ruben Manuel Luciano Colunga Biancatelli;Ruben Manuel Luciano Colunga Biancatelli;Ruben Manuel Luciano Colunga Biancatelli;Max Berrill;John D. Catravas;John D. Catravas;John D. Catravas;Paul Ellis Marik

    (2020)
    457 Citations
  • Glial Cells: Role of the Immune Response in Ischemic Stroke.

    Shenbin Xu;Jianan Lu;Anwen Shao;John H. Zhang

    (2020)
    456 Citations
  • MS-Based Allotype-Specific Analysis of Polyclonal IgG-Fc N-Glycosylation

    Thomas Sénard;Andrea F. G. Gargano;Andrea F. G. Gargano;David Falck;Steven W. de Taeye

    (2020)
    437 Citations

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