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Seminars in Immunology
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Seminars in Immunology

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Immunology 52 128 127 30
Medicine 749 73 75 28

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 211
Documents by Best Scientists*: 185
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 15
SCIMAGO H-index: 153
SCIMAGO SJR: 3.417
Impact Factor: 7.8

Overview

Top Research Topics at Seminars in Immunology?

Seminars in Immunology mainly deals with areas of study such as Immunology, Cell biology, Immune system, T cell and Antigen. Most of the Immunology studies addressed also intersect with Disease. It addresses concerns in Cell biology which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Receptor, Cytotoxic T cell, B cell and T-cell receptor.

Antigen-presenting cell, IL-2 receptor and Interleukin 21 studies are all carried out as a component of the study in Cytotoxic T cell presented. It is concerned with the study of T-cell receptor and Genetics in general. It focuses on Immune system but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Cancer research, Neuroscience and Effector.

The research on T cell tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Molecular biology and Cellular differentiation. The studies in Antigen featured incorporate elements of Antibody and Antigen presentation. More specifically, the research on Major histocompatibility complex in it is related to MHC class I.

  • Immunology (45.43%)
  • Cell biology (38.03%)
  • Immune system (30.89%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Foreign body reaction to biomaterials. (3114 citations)
  • TLR SIGNALING PATHWAYS (1857 citations)
  • The IκB kinase (IKK) and NF-κB: key elements of proinflammatory signalling (811 citations)

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

The most cited articles mostly deal with topics like Immunology, Cell biology, Immune system, Receptor and T cell. In addition to Cell biology research, the published papers aim to explore topics under Cytotoxic T cell, IL-2 receptor, Antigen-presenting cell and T-cell receptor. The published articles focus on Immune system but sometimes tackle the closely related topic of B cell which is concerned with Cellular differentiation and Autoimmunity.

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

  • Gene
  • Immune system
  • Cancer

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Seminars in Immunology facilitates discussions on Immune system, T cell, Immunotherapy, Cancer research and Cancer immunotherapy. Immune system research featured in the journal incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Inflammation, Bioinformatics and Antiretroviral therapy. The journal explores issues in T cell which can be linked to other research areas like Cell, Antibody and Neuroscience.

The close relationship between Antigen presentation and Dendritic cell and Acquired immune system is one of the points of interest dissected in Immunotherapy research. Topics in Cancer immunotherapy explored in Seminars in Immunology were investigated in conjunction with research in Blockade, Autoimmunity and Effector. Chronic infection research presented falls under the umbrella topic of Immunology.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • HIV persistence in subsets of CD4+ T cells: 50 shades of reservoirs. (8 citations)
  • Immunological approaches to HIV cure. (8 citations)
  • Emerging concepts in PD-1 checkpoint biology. (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 Seminars in Immunology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Michael P. Cancro (11 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Alberto Mantovani (8 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Juan Carlos Zúñiga-Pflücker (8 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Ronald N. Germain (7 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • John D. Lambris (7 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 Seminars in Immunology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • National Institutes of Health (74 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Harvard University (50 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • University of Pennsylvania (49 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Toronto (45 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • French Institute of Health and Medical Research (36 papers) published 1 paper 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, 0.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 33.33% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 11.11% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 38.89% of all publications and 16.67% 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

  • Outer membrane vesicle vaccines

    Francesca Micoli;Calman A. MacLennan

    (2020)
    180 Citations
  • Emerging concepts in PD-1 checkpoint biology.

    Kristen E. Pauken;James A. Torchia;Apoorvi Chaudhri;Arlene H. Sharpe

    (2021)
    125 Citations
  • Dendritic cells in the tumor microenvironment: prognostic and theranostic impact.

    Johanna Verneau;Catherine Sautés-Fridman;Cheng-Ming Sun;Cheng-Ming Sun

    (2020)
    115 Citations
  • Non-coding RNA-based regulation of inflammation.

    (2022)
    101 Citations
  • The immunology of SARS-CoV-2 infections and vaccines

    Lilit Grigoryan;Bali Pulendran

    (2020)
    97 Citations
  • The continued advance of vaccine adjuvants - 'we can work it out'.

    Derek T. O’Hagan;Rushit N. Lodaya;Giuseppe Lofano

    (2020)
    89 Citations

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