Trends in Immunology

Top Research Topics at Trends in Immunology?

The topics of Immunology, Immune system, Immunity, Cell biology and Receptor are the focal point of discussions in Trends in Immunology. The journal facilitated presentations on Immunology research, particularly Antigen, Inflammation, T cell, Innate immune system and Acquired immune system. The journal focuses on Antigen as well as the interrelated topic of Antigen presentation.

Trends in Immunology focuses on Inflammation research which is adjacent to topics in Cytokine. Trends in Immunology explores research in Cytotoxic T cell and overlapping concepts in CD8 to expand the discourse in T cell. In particular, the Acquired immune system works presented emphasize discussions on Innate lymphoid cell.

While the journal focused on Immune system, it was also able to explore topics like Disease, Function (biology) and Virology. Cell biology works presented in the journal have a specific focus on Signal transduction. Cancer immunotherapy is a major topic of Immunotherapy research presented in it.

• Immunology (98.39%)
• Immune system (34.31%)
• Immunity (13.89%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• The chemokine system in diverse forms of macrophage activation and polarization. (4377 citations)
• Macrophage polarization: tumor-associated macrophages as a paradigm for polarized M2 mononuclear phagocytes (3704 citations)
• The biology of human natural killer-cell subsets. (2213 citations)

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

The journal publications explore disciplines such as Immunology, Immune system, Inflammation, Receptor and Immunity. The works on Immunology tackled in the most cited publications bring together disciplines like Signal transduction and Cell biology. In addition to Immune system research, the most cited publications aim to explore topics under Function (biology), Antigen and Effector.

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 journal is mainly concerned with subjects like Immunology, Immune system, Cell biology, Inflammation and T cell. Topics in Immunology were tackled in line with various other fields like Cell, Disease and Homeostasis. Immune system research featured in it incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Antibody and Cytokine.

The studies on Cell biology discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Stromal cell, Cell growth and Lymph node. In the journal, Tissue homeostasis and Viral replication are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Inflammation research. The overlapping concepts between Immunotherapy and Cancer cell and CD8 are the key highlights of T cell study.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• A Potential Role of Interleukin 10 in COVID-19 Pathogenesis. (55 citations)
• T Cells: Warriors of SARS-CoV-2 Infection. (42 citations)
• Dual Nature of Type I Interferons in SARS-CoV-2-Induced Inflammation. (17 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 Trends in Immunology (based on the number of publications) are:

• Luke A. J. O'Neill (32 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Hilary Marshall (24 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Steve Ward (17 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Lorenzo Moretta (12 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Stephen G. Ward (11 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 Trends in Immunology (based on the number of publications) are:

• National Institutes of Health (101 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
• Harvard University (58 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
• French Institute of Health and Medical Research (55 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
• University of Oxford (37 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• Yale University (32 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 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, 5.10% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 29.03% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 8.60% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 18.28% of all publications and 44.09% 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.