Nature Reviews Immunology

Top Research Topics at Nature Reviews Immunology?

The journal covers a variety of subjects, including Immunology, Cell biology, Immune system, Immunity and Innate immune system. Immunology and Disease are closely related fields of research discussed in it. The journal explores topics in Cell biology which can be helpful for research in disciplines like T cell and Receptor.

The journal focuses on Immune system but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Neuroscience and Virology.

• Immunology (42.06%)
• Cell biology (22.71%)
• Immune system (21.58%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Toll-like receptor signalling (6657 citations)
• Exploring the full spectrum of macrophage activation. (5940 citations)
• Alternative activation of macrophages (4931 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Nature Reviews Immunology:

The journal papers tackle a plethora of topics, such as Immunology, Immune system, Cell biology, Immunity and Innate immune system. Most of the works presented in the journal papers deal with Immunology but they intersect with the subject of Disease. While the journal articles focused on Cell biology, they were also able to explore topics like Receptor, Transcription factor and T cell.

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

• Gene
• Internal medicine
• Immune system

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The aim of the journal is to expand the discussion of research in Immunology, Immune system, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak. Topics in Immunology explored in Nature Reviews Immunology were investigated in conjunction with research in Microbiome and Disease. Some problems in Immune system that were presented in it overlapped with concepts under Inflammation, Context (language use) and Cell biology.

Issues in Cell biology were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like T cell, Cell and CD8. While Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the key highlight in it, it also covered some subjects on Virology and Antibody and Monoclonal antibody. The study of Innate immune system, which falls within the realm of Receptor, was the main focus of the presentations.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Viral targets for vaccines against COVID-19. (238 citations)
• A guide to vaccinology: from basic principles to new developments (87 citations)
• Neutralizing monoclonal antibodies for treatment of COVID-19. (77 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.

Top authors and change over time

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

• Yvonne Bordon (315 papers) published 10 papers at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
• Lucy Bird (314 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 7 less than at the previous edition,
• Kirsty Minton (306 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 7 less than at the previous edition,
• Olive Leavy (273 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Elaine Bell (143 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.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

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

• National Institutes of Health (113 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
• Harvard University (74 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (72 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 40 less than at the previous edition,
• University of Oxford (64 papers) published 11 papers at the last edition, 16 less than at the previous edition,
• Yale University (43 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition the same number as 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, 28.90% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 31.71% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 14.63% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 23.58% of all publications and 30.08% 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.