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Immunology Letters
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Immunology Letters

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Immunology 98 89 88 17
Medicine 2088 37 44 12

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 173
Documents by Best Scientists*: 159
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
SCIMAGO H-index: 114
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.98
Impact Factor: 2.8

Overview

Top Research Topics at Immunology Letters?

Immunology Letters tackles a plethora of topics, such as Immunology, Molecular biology, Immune system, Antigen and Cell biology. Cytotoxic T cell and Virology are some topics wherein Immunology research discussed in the journal have an impact. The journal investigates Cytotoxic T cell research which frequently intersects with CD8.

Virology research presented is mostly focused on the subject of Virus. The studies in Molecular biology featured incorporate elements of Cell culture, Receptor, Biochemistry, Epitope and Monoclonal antibody. The work on Immune system addressed in the journal expands to the thematically related Internal medicine.

The majority of Cell biology studies are focused on the issues of Signal transduction. It focuses on Cytokine as well as the interrelated topic of Tumor necrosis factor alpha.

  • Immunology (41.07%)
  • Molecular biology (25.01%)
  • Immune system (16.55%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Recognition of pathogen-associated molecular patterns by TLR family (992 citations)
  • Exosomes: from biogenesis and secretion to biological function. (659 citations)
  • Commensal bacteria (normal microflora), mucosal immunity and chronic inflammatory and autoimmune diseases (577 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Immunology Letters:

The most cited publications generally zeroe in on subjects such as Immunology, Immune system, Cell biology, Molecular biology and Antigen. The Immunology research presented in the published articles focuses mostly on Virology and, on occasion, topics in Epitope. The most cited publications explore topics in Molecular biology which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Cell culture and Biochemistry.

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

  • Internal medicine
  • Gene
  • Enzyme

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The primary areas of discussion in the journal are Immune system, Immunology, Cell biology, Cancer research and Inflammation. The research on Immune system featured in the journal combines topics in other fields like Antigen, Disease and Function (biology). Presentations on Immunology include those discussing Autoimmunity, Flow cytometry, Multiple sclerosis, Cytokine and Innate immune system.

The featured Cell biology studies mainly concentrate on Pyroptosis but also cover areas of interest in Sepsis. The journal addresses concerns in Inflammation which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as TUNEL assay, Neuroimmunology, Liver injury, Antibody and Neuroscience. Some problems in T cell that were presented in the journal overlapped with concepts under Cell and CD8.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • The impact of ageing on monocytes and macrophages (12 citations)
  • Immune reactivity during COVID-19: Implications for treatment. (5 citations)
  • Are the emerging SARS-COV-2 mutations friend or foe? (5 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 Immunology Letters (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Anna Erdei (41 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • János Gergely (32 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Eva Klein (31 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Mi-La Cho (30 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Vladimir P. Zav'yalov (28 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 Immunology Letters (based on the number of publications) are:

  • French Institute of Health and Medical Research (143 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Pasteur Institute (125 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Weizmann Institute of Science (98 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Kyoto University (90 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Karolinska Institutet (86 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, 3.51% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 3.64% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 5.45% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 8.18% of all publications and 82.73% 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 ROCK signaling in health, malignant and non-malignant diseases

    Roya Shahbazi;Behzad Baradaran;Monireh Khordadmehr;Sahar Safaei

    (2020)
    67 Citations
  • Brain-resident regulatory T cells and their role in health and disease.

    (2022)
    64 Citations
  • Immune reactivity during COVID-19: Implications for treatment.

    Claudio Napoli;Giuditta Benincasa;Clelia Criscuolo;Mario Faenza

    (2021)
    54 Citations
  • Natural killer cells in multiple sclerosis: a review

    Max Mimpen;Joost Smolders;Raymond Hupperts;Jan Damoiseaux

    (2020)
    51 Citations
  • A comprehensive review on miR-146a molecular mechanisms in a wide spectrum of immune and non-immune inflammatory diseases.

    Seyed Shahabeddin Mortazavi-Jahromi;Mona Aslani;Abbas Mirshafiey

    (2020)
    50 Citations
  • Plasticity of monocyte development and monocyte fates.

    Sébastien Trzebanski;Steffen Jung

    (2020)
    49 Citations
  • Mechanisms underpinning poor antibody responses to vaccines in ageing.

    Jia Le Lee;Michelle A Linterman

    (2022)
    45 Citations
  • Beyond bacterial killing: NADPH oxidase 2 is an immunomodulator

    Silvia Cellone Trevelin;Ajay M. Shah;Giovanna Lombardi

    (2020)
    43 Citations
  • CXC chemokine receptor 3 antagonist AMG487 shows potent anti-arthritic effects on collagen-induced arthritis by modifying B cell inflammatory profile

    Saleh A. Bakheet;Bader S. Alrwashied;Mushtaq A. Ansari;Ahmed Nadeem

    (2020)
    40 Citations

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