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D-Index
65
Citations
22240
World Ranking
2806
National Ranking
185

Björn E. Clausen publication distribution in Immunology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Immunology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Björn E. Clausen sits on this spectrum.

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62 publications 807+

This scientist: 143 publications — 14th percentile

14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 807 publications or more.

Björn E. Clausen D-index placement in Immunology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Immunology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Björn E. Clausen sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 157+

This scientist: 65 D-Index — 43rd percentile

43% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 157 D-Index or more.

Overview

Björn E. Clausen is affiliated with Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of immunology and microbiology, contributing a significant body of work within these disciplines. They have also contributed to medicine through various studies. Subfields of study in which Björn E. Clausen specializes include immunology, molecular biology, immunology and allergy, epidemiology, and oncology.

The main topics addressed in their research encompass immunotherapy and immune responses, T-cell and B-cell immunology, immune cell function and interaction, immune response and inflammation, cell adhesion molecules research, immune cells in cancer, and pathways involving IL-33, ST2, and innate lymphoid cells (ILC).

Björn E. Clausen has frequently published in several scientific venues, with notable recurring publications in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology, European Journal of Immunology, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and Vaccines.

Frequent collaborators documented in their work include Ronald A. Backer, Hans Christian Probst, Anna Brand, Diana Dudziak, and Emmanuel L. Gautier, each contributing to multiple joint publications.

Examples of recent papers authored or co-authored by Björn E. Clausen include:

  • "Impaired Kupffer Cell Self-Renewal Alters the Liver Response to Lipid Overload during Non-alcoholic Steatohepatitis" (2020, Immunity)
  • "Skin Sodium Accumulates in Psoriasis and Reflects Disease Severity" (2021, Journal of Investigative Dermatology)
  • "Classical DC2 subsets and monocyte-derived DC: Delineating the developmental and functional relationship" (2023, European Journal of Immunology)
  • "Revisiting Current Concepts on the Tolerogenicity of Steady-State Dendritic Cell Subsets and Their Maturation Stages" (2021, The Journal of Immunology)
  • "β-Catenin signaling in alveolar macrophages enhances lung metastasis through a TNF-dependent mechanism" (2023, JCI Insight)

Best Publications

  • Conditional gene targeting in macrophages and granulocytes using LysMcre mice.

    B. E. Clausen;C. Burkhardt;Walter Reith;R. Renkawitz

  • HIF-1α Is Essential for Myeloid Cell-Mediated Inflammation

    Thorsten Cramer;Yuji Yamanishi;Björn E Clausen;Irmgard Förster

  • Enhanced Th1 activity and development of chronic enterocolitis in mice devoid of Stat3 in macrophages and neutrophils.

    Kiyoshi Takeda;Björn E Clausen;Tsuneyasu Kaisho;Tohru Tsujimura

  • SOCS3 negatively regulates IL-6 signaling in vivo.

    Ben A Croker;Danielle L Krebs;Jian-Guo Zhang;Sam Wormald

  • Clearance of influenza virus from the lung depends on migratory langerin+CD11b− but not plasmacytoid dendritic cells

    Corine H. GeurtsvanKessel;Monique A.M. Willart;Leonie S. van Rijt;Femke Muskens

  • The Cytokine GM-CSF Drives the Inflammatory Signature of CCR2+ Monocytes and Licenses Autoimmunity.

    Andrew L. Croxford;Margit Lanzinger;Felix J. Hartmann;Bettina Schreiner

  • Langerhans cells and more: langerin-expressing dendritic cell subsets in the skin

    Nikolaus Romani;Björn E. Clausen;Patrizia Stoitzner

  • Inducible ablation of mouse Langerhans cells diminishes but fails to abrogate contact hypersensitivity

    Clare L. Bennett;Erwin van Rijn;Steffen Jung;Kayo Inaba

  • BRAF-V600E expression in precursor versus differentiated dendritic cells defines clinically distinct LCH risk groups

    Marie-Luise Berres;Karen Phaik Har Lim;Tricia Peters;Jeremy Price

  • Inhibition of NF-kappaB activation in macrophages increases atherosclerosis in LDL receptor-deficient mice.

    Edwin Kanters;Manolis Pasparakis;Marion J.J. Gijbels;Monique N. Vergouwe

  • Distinct and Nonredundant In Vivo Functions of TNF Produced by T Cells and Macrophages/Neutrophils: Protective and Deleterious Effects

    Sergei I. Grivennikov;Alexei V. Tumanov;Alexei V. Tumanov;Dmitry J. Liepinsh;Andrei A. Kruglov

  • Rac1 Deletion in Mouse Neutrophils Has Selective Effects on Neutrophil Functions

    Michael Glogauer;Christophe C. Marchal;Fei Zhu;Aelaf Worku

  • Impaired Kupffer Cell Self-Renewal Alters the Liver Response to Lipid Overload during Non-alcoholic Steatohepatitis.

    Sophie Tran;Ines Baba;Lucie Poupel;Sébastien Dussaud

  • IRF8 Transcription Factor Controls Survival and Function of Terminally Differentiated Conventional and Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells, Respectively

    Dorine Sichien;Charlotte L Scott;Liesbet Martens;Matthias Vanderkerken

  • Stress-induced production of chemokines by hair follicles regulates the trafficking of dendritic cells in skin

    Keisuke Nagao;Tetsuro Kobayashi;Kazuyo Moro;Manabu Ohyama

  • Comparable T helper 1 (Th1) and CD8 T-cell immunity by targeting HIV gag p24 to CD8 dendritic cells within antibodies to Langerin, DEC205, and Clec9A

    Juliana Idoyaga;Ashira Lubkin;Christopher Fiorese;Mireille H. Lahoud;Mireille H. Lahoud

  • Macrophages and neutrophils are the targets for immune suppression by glucocorticoids in contact allergy

    Jan P. Tuckermann;Anna Kleiman;Anna Kleiman;Richard Moriggl;Rainer Spanbroek

  • Dendritic cells as gatekeepers of tolerance

    Ari Waisman;Dominika Lukas;Björn E. Clausen;Nir Yogev

  • Murine epidermal Langerhans cells and langerin-expressing dermal dendritic cells are unrelated and exhibit distinct functions

    Keisuke Nagao;Florent Ginhoux;Wolfgang W. Leitner;Sei-Ichiro Motegi

  • Nicotinic acid-induced flushing is mediated by activation of epidermal Langerhans cells

    Zoltán Benyó;Andreas Gille;Clare L. Bennett;Björn E. Clausen

  • Alternative macrophage activation is essential for survival during schistosomiasis and downmodulates T helper 1 responses and immunopathology (vol 20, pg 623, 2004)

    D. R. Herbert;C. Holscher;M. Mohrs;B. Arendse

Frequent Co-Authors

Patrizia Stoitzner
Patrizia Stoitzner Innsbruck Medical University
Irmgard Förster
Irmgard Förster University of Bonn
Bart N. Lambrecht
Bart N. Lambrecht Ghent University
Ari Waisman
Ari Waisman Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Boris Reizis
Boris Reizis New York University
Daniel H. Kaplan
Daniel H. Kaplan University of Pittsburgh
Louis Boon
Louis Boon University of Amsterdam
Hamida Hammad
Hamida Hammad Ghent University
Tim Sparwasser
Tim Sparwasser Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Ira Mellman
Ira Mellman Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy

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