2026 Hiroshi Kiyono: Immunology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Immunology	127	264	244	12	12	773	52801

Research.com Recognitions

2023 - Research.com Immunology in Japan Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Immunology in Japan Leader Award

Overview

Hiroshi Kiyono is affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan and conducts research primarily in the field of Medicine. Their work spans multiple subfields, including Health, Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, Hepatology, and Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health.

Their research themes cover a diversity of topics, with frequent emphasis on Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy, Hepatitis Viruses Studies and Epidemiology, Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology, Global Maternal and Child Health, Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research, Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections, and Bacterial Infections and Vaccines.

Recent published papers by Hiroshi Kiyono include:

Strengthening surveillance in Ghana against public health emergencies of international concern, 2022, Tropical Medicine and Health
Endotoxin-Free Stx2B-C-CPE Vaccine and Its Optimized Adjuvant Regimen for Preventing Food Poisoning, 2023, Frontiers in Bioscience-Landmark
Lymphoid-Tissue-Resident Commensal Bacteria Promote Members of the IL-10 Cytokine Family to Establish Mutualism, 2020, UNC Libraries
Nanogel-Based PspA Intranasal Vaccine Prevents Invasive Disease and Nasal Colonization by Streptococcus pneumoniae, 2020, UNC Libraries

Hiroshi Kiyono has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including Jun Kunisawa, with whom they have worked on at least three publications. Other frequent collaborators include David W. Pascual, M Adachi, Kiyosu Taniguchi, and Hiroki Hori.

Their publications appear in venues such as UNC Libraries, Tropical Medicine and Health, and Frontiers in Bioscience-Landmark, with multiple works appearing in UNC Libraries.

In addition to journal articles, Kiyono has contributed to book publications, notably with Academic Press. One such book is titled Mucosal vaccines: innovation for preventing infectious diseases, published in 2020.

Best Publications

The mucosal immune system : from fundamental concepts to vaccine development

Jerry R. McGhee;Jiri Mestecky;Mark T. Dertzbaugh;John H. Eldridge

1434
Citations
Detection of individual mouse splenic T cells producing IFN-γ and IL-5 using the enzyme-linked immunospot (ELISPOT) assay

Takashi Taguchi;Jerry R. McGhee;Robert L. Coffman;Kenneth W. Beagley

1036
Citations
NALT- versus PEYER'S-patch-mediated mucosal immunity

Hiroshi Kiyono;Satoshi Fukuyama

977
Citations
Regulation of humoral and cellular gut immunity by lamina propria dendritic cells expressing Toll-like receptor 5

Satoshi Uematsu;Kosuke Fujimoto;Myoung Ho Jang;Bo Gie Yang

888
Citations
Innate Lymphoid Cells Promote Anatomical Containment of Lymphoid-Resident Commensal Bacteria

Gregory F. Sonnenberg;Laurel A. Monticelli;Theresa Alenghat;Thomas C. Fung

820
Citations
Uptake through glycoprotein 2 of FimH(+) bacteria by M cells initiates mucosal immune response.

Koji Hase;Kazuya Kawano;Tomonori Nochi;Gemilson Soares Pontes

705
Citations
Helper T cell subsets for immunoglobulin A responses: oral immunization with tetanus toxoid and cholera toxin as adjuvant selectively induces Th2 cells in mucosa associated tissues.

J Xu-Amano;H Kiyono;R J Jackson;H F Staats

670
Citations
Innate lymphoid cells regulate intestinal epithelial cell glycosylation

Yoshiyuki Goto;Takashi Obata;Jun Kunisawa;Shintaro Sato

626
Citations
Nanogel antigenic protein-delivery system for adjuvant-free intranasal vaccines

Tomonori Nochi;Yoshikazu Yuki;Haruko Takahashi;Shin Ichi Sawada

607
Citations
Interleukins and IgA synthesis. Human and murine interleukin 6 induce high rate IgA secretion in IgA-committed B cells.

K W Beagley;J H Eldridge;F Lee;H Kiyono

598
Citations
Identification of Multiple Isolated Lymphoid Follicles on the Antimesenteric Wall of the Mouse Small Intestine

Hiromasa Hamada;Takachika Hiroi;Yasuhiro Nishiyama;Yasuhiro Nishiyama;Hidemi Takahashi

595
Citations
Intestinal villous M cells: An antigen entry site in the mucosal epithelium

Myoung Ho Jang;Mi Na Kweon;Mi Na Kweon;Mi Na Kweon;Koichi Iwatani;Masafumi Yamamoto;Masafumi Yamamoto;Masafumi Yamamoto

573
Citations
CCR7 is critically important for migration of dendritic cells in intestinal lamina propria to mesenteric lymph nodes.

Myoung Ho Jang;Nagako Sougawa;Toshiyuki Tanaka;Takako Hirata

508
Citations
Mucosal adjuvant effect of cholera toxin in mice results from induction of T helper 2 (Th2) cells and IL-4.

M Marinaro;H F Staats;T Hiroi;R J Jackson

488
Citations
Terminology: nomenclature of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue

P Brandtzaeg;H Kiyono;R Pabst;M W Russell

472
Citations
A nontoxic mutant of cholera toxin elicits Th2-type responses for enhanced mucosal immunity

Shingo Yamamoto;Hiroshi Kiyono;Masafumi Yamamoto;Koichi Imaoka

456
Citations
Rice-based mucosal vaccine as a global strategy for cold-chain- and needle-free vaccination

Tomonori Nochi;Hidenori Takagi;Yoshikazu Yuki;Lijun Yang

451
Citations
Probiotic Bifidobacterium breve Induces IL-10-Producing Tr1 Cells in the Colon

Seong Gyu Jeon;Hisako Kayama;Yoshiyasu Ueda;Takuya Takahashi

422
Citations
Polyunsaturated fatty acid saturation by gut lactic acid bacteria affecting host lipid composition

Shigenobu Kishino;Michiki Takeuchi;Si Bum Park;Akiko Hirata

414
Citations
Regulation of IgA synthesis and immune response by T cells and interleukins.

Jerry R. McGhee;Jiri Mestecky;Charles O. Elson;Hiroshi Kiyono

396
Citations
Regulation of mucosal and systemic antibody responses by T helper cell subsets, macrophages, and derived cytokines following oral immunization with live recombinant Salmonella.

J L VanCott;H F Staats;D W Pascual;M Roberts

371
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Jerry R. McGhee University of Alabama at Birmingham

Kohtaro Fujihashi University of Alabama at Birmingham

Jun Kunisawa National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition

Yoshikazu Yuki University of Tokyo

Tomonori Nochi Tohoku University

Ichiro Takahashi Hiroshima University

Kenneth W. Beagley Queensland University of Technology

Shintaro Sato Osaka University

Suzanne M. Michalek University of Alabama at Birmingham

John H. Eldridge University of Alabama at Birmingham

External Links

Personal website of Hiroshi Kiyono

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