The 2nd edition of Research.com ranking of the best scientists in the
discipline of Immunology was created using data
consolidated from a wide range of data sources including OpenAlex and
CrossRef. The bibliometric data for estimating the citation-based metrics were
collected on 21-12-2022. Position in the ranking is based on a scientist's
D-index (Discipline H-index), which only includes
publications and citation metrics for an examined discipline.
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The focus of our Immunology research
Research.com’s best researchers ranking is a reliable
account of leading researchers from the field of
Immunology, created using a thorough
analysis of 166,880 researchers identified
from a variety of bibliometric data sources. For the area of
Immunology, over 8616 scholars were
investigated.
What is D-index inclusion threshold for Immunology
The D-index threshold for accepting a scientist to be
considered is placed at 40 if
most of their publications are in the discipline of Immunology. The
acceptance factors for researchers to be
considered into the ranking of top scholars are based on the D-index,
ratio of the publications made within the specific
discipline plus the awards and achievements of the
scientists. The D-index threshold for including leading
researchers is set as an increment of 10 depending on the total number of
researchers projected for each
area od study whilst ensuring that the top 1% of
leading researchers are added into the list.
We estimate a proximity of 30% or less between a scientist’s
general H-index and their D-index.
Extra verification rules
As our primary goal is to ensure that only
credible researchers are mentioned in
Research.com ranking we believe that metrics are never
supposed to be an absolute means to assess the
contributions of scholars. This is why
we manually verify each profile and cross-correlate it against publications in a
varied range of reliable sources. Although it’s not a
factor impacting a researcher’s position in
the ranking, the number of papers published in
major journals and conference proceedings should constitute a
reliable secondary indication of their contribution to research in a
given area of science. Position in the ranking is
determined by each scholar’s D-index
according to metrics compiled from OpenAlex and
CrossRef, which are the most credible and well-established bibliometric
databases of this kind open to the research community. A
thorough definition of our research process
can be found on our
methodology page.
Our goal
Our aim is to motivate scholars,
companies and decision-makers
around the world to investigate where prominent experts are heading
and to give a way for the whole scientific community to
find out who the leading experts in specific
fields of research, in various countries, or even within research
institutions are.
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Key findings for Immunology
As far as scientific affiliations are concerned, the institution with the highest
number of top researchers in the world is National Institutes of Health with
103 researchers affiliated with it being features in
the Immunology ranking.
It is followed by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases with
73 researchers.
Ranking thirds is Harvard University with 57
scientists.
Prominent scholars featured in the world are representing University of California, San Francisco, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Rockefeller University, Scripps Research Institute, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, University of Tokyo, Collège de France, Immunai, Duke University.
Professor Shizuo Akira from Osaka University is featured as the best researcher in the world in our ranking with a D-index of 286. Ranking second in the world is Richard A. Flavell from Yale University with a D-index of 236. The third spot in the world is taken by Steven A. Rosenberg from National Institutes of Health with a D-index of 235.
The average D-index for the top 3% scientists is 154 against an average of 69 for all scientists included in Research.com ranking.
The average number of published papers in the discipline of Immunology for the top 5% of scholars in the ranking is 611 in comparison to an average of 245 for all scholars.
The average number of citations for the top 10% scholars is 65488 against an average of 21808 for all researchers.
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