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Immunology

D-Index
91
Citations
67908
World Ranking
1018
National Ranking
25

Medicine

D-Index
91
Citations
67908
World Ranking
11485
National Ranking
156

Christian Münz 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 Christian Münz sits on this spectrum.

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62 publications 807+

This scientist: 386 publications — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Christian Münz 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 Christian Münz sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 157+

This scientist: 91 D-Index — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Christian Münz is affiliated with the University of Zurich in Switzerland. Their research spans several main fields, particularly in Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology. Within these broader areas, their work focuses on subfields including Immunology, Oncology, Epidemiology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, and Infectious Diseases.

The scientist's research explores various topics, with notable coverage in:

  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • Viral-associated cancers and disorders
  • Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research
  • Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
  • Autophagy in Disease and Therapy
  • CAR-T cell therapy research
  • Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment

Münz has contributed to numerous recent publications, including papers of significant citation impact. Some of the recent notable works are:

  • "Autophagy in major human diseases" (2021), published in The EMBO Journal
  • "CD4+ T cells in cancer" (2023), published in Nature Cancer
  • "HLA-DR15 Molecules Jointly Shape an Autoreactive T Cell Repertoire in Multiple Sclerosis" (2020), published in Cell
  • "Epstein-Barr virus as a leading cause of multiple sclerosis: mechanisms and implications" (2023), published in Nature Reviews Neurology
  • "Innovations, challenges, and minimal information for standardization of humanized mice" (2020), published in EMBO Molecular Medicine

The scientist frequently collaborates with several colleagues, including Obinna Chijioke, Nicole Caduff, Burkhard Becher, Lisa Rieble, and Anita Murer. These coauthors have partnered on multiple publications, indicating ongoing collaborative research efforts.

Münz's work is disseminated through a range of scientific journals, with recurrent publications appearing in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • European Journal of Immunology
  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • Autophagy
  • Nature Communications

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Amal Kamal Abdel-Aziz;Sara Abdelfatah;Mahmoud Abdellatif

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Fabio C. Abdalla;Hagai Abeliovich;Robert T. Abraham

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy in higher eukaryotes

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Hagai Abeliovich;Patrizia Agostinis;Devendra K. Agrawal

  • Antigen-specific inhibition of effector T cell function in humans after injection of immature dendritic cells.

    Madhav V. Dhodapkar;Ralph M. Steinman;Joseph Krasovsky;Christian Munz

  • Molecular definitions of autophagy and related processes

    Lorenzo Galluzzi;Lorenzo Galluzzi;Eric H. Baehrecke;Andrea Ballabio;Patricia Boya

  • Autophagy in major human diseases

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Giulia Petroni;Ravi K. Amaravadi;Eric H. Baehrecke

  • Human dendritic cells activate resting natural killer (NK) cells and are recognized via the NKp30 receptor by activated NK cells.

    Guido Ferlazzo;Ming L. Tsang;Lorenzo Moretta;Lorenzo Moretta;Giovanni Melioli

  • Guidelines for the use of flow cytometry and cell sorting in immunological studies

    Andrea Cossarizza;Hyun Dong Chang;Andreas Radbruch;Mübeccel Akdis

  • Endogenous MHC Class II Processing of a Viral Nuclear Antigen After Autophagy

    Casper Paludan;Dorothee Schmid;Markus Landthaler;Martina Vockerodt

  • Guidelines for the use of flow cytometry and cell sorting in immunological studies (second edition)

    Andrea Cossarizza;Hyun Dong Chang;Andreas Radbruch;Andreas Acs

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Antigen-Loading Compartments for Major Histocompatibility Complex Class II Molecules Continuously Receive Input from Autophagosomes

    Dorothee Schmid;Marc Pypaert;Christian Münz

  • The Abundant NK Cells in Human Secondary Lymphoid Tissues Require Activation to Express Killer Cell Ig-Like Receptors and Become Cytolytic

    Guido Ferlazzo;Dolca Thomas;Shao Lee Lin;Kiera Goodman

  • Distinct roles of IL-12 and IL-15 in human natural killer cell activation by dendritic cells from secondary lymphoid organs.

    Guido Ferlazzo;Maggi Pack;Dolca Thomas;Casper Paludan

  • Matrix Protein 2 of Influenza A Virus Blocks Autophagosome Fusion with Lysosomes

    Monique Gannagé;Dorothee Dormann;Randy Albrecht;Jörn Dengjel

  • CD56brightCD16− Killer Ig-Like Receptor− NK Cells Display Longer Telomeres and Acquire Features of CD56dim NK Cells upon Activation

    Chiara Romagnani;Kerstin Juelke;Michela Falco;Barbara Morandi

  • Autophagy and autophagy-related proteins in the immune system

    Shusaku T Shibutani;Tatsuya Saitoh;Heike Nowag;Christian Münz

  • Antiviral immune responses: triggers of or triggered by autoimmunity?

    Christian Münz;Jan D. Lünemann;Meghann Teague Getts;Stephen D. Miller

  • Dendritic cell maturation by innate lymphocytes coordinated stimulation of innate and adaptive immunity

    Christian Münz;Ralph M. Steinman;Shin-ichiro Fujii

Frequent Co-Authors

Till Strowig
Till Strowig Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research
Guido Ferlazzo
Guido Ferlazzo University of Messina
Beth Levine
Beth Levine The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Hans-Georg Rammensee
Hans-Georg Rammensee University of Tübingen
Noboru Mizushima
Noboru Mizushima University of Tokyo
Francesco Cecconi
Francesco Cecconi Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Fulvio Reggiori
Fulvio Reggiori University of Groningen
Guido Kroemer
Guido Kroemer Université Paris Cité
Tamotsu Yoshimori
Tamotsu Yoshimori Osaka University
Andrea Ballabio
Andrea Ballabio Baylor College of Medicine

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