2026 Mübeccel Akdis: Immunology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Immunology	109	519	480	10	9	314	43643
Medicine	109	5784	5431	73	71	315	43643

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Immunology in Switzerland Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Medicine in Switzerland Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Immunology in Switzerland Leader Award

Overview

Mübeccel Akdis is affiliated with the University of Zurich in Switzerland and has a research profile spanning multiple areas within medicine and immunology. Their work is notably concentrated on asthma, allergy, immunology, and respiratory diseases, contributing extensively to these fields through scholarly publications.

The main fields of study covered by their publications include Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology, while their subfields of expertise focus on Immunology, Physiology, Immunology and Allergy, Dermatology, and Infectious Diseases.

Research topics central to their work include:

Asthma and respiratory diseases
Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization
Dermatology and Skin Diseases
IL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways
Immune Cell Function and Interaction
Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Research
COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies

Mübeccel Akdis has published numerous papers, with notable recent works including:

Risk factors for severe and critically ill COVID-19 patients: A review, 2020, Allergy
Immune response to SARS-CoV-2 and mechanisms of immunopathological changes in COVID-19, 2020, Allergy
Guidelines for the use of flow cytometry and cell sorting in immunological studies (third edition), 2021, European Journal of Immunology
Efficacy and safety of treatment with biologicals (benralizumab, dupilumab, mepolizumab, omalizumab and reslizumab) for severe eosinophilic asthma. A systematic review for the EAACI Guidelines - recommendations on the use of biologicals in severe asthma, 2020, Allergy
Epithelial barrier hypothesis: Effect of the external exposome on the microbiome and epithelial barriers in allergic disease, 2022, Allergy

Their frequent co-authors include Cezmi A. Akdiş, Kari C. Nadeau, Ioana Agache, Marek Jutel, and Willem van de Veen.

Mübeccel Akdis's research is primarily published in these venues:

Allergy
Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Clinical & Experimental Allergy
Clinical and Translational Allergy
World Allergy Organization Journal

Best Publications

Risk factors for severe and critically ill COVID-19 patients: A review.

Ya-Dong Gao;Mei Ding;Mei Ding;Xiang Dong;Jin-Jin Zhang

1478
Citations
Role of interleukin 10 in specific immunotherapy.

Cezmi A. Akdis;Thorsten Blesken;Mübeccel Akdis;Brunello Wüthrich

1300
Citations
IL-10 and TGF-beta cooperate in the regulatory T cell response to mucosal allergens in normal immunity and specific immunotherapy.

Marek Jutel;Mübeccel Akdis;Ferah Budak;Carmen Aebischer-Casaulta

1212
Citations
Immune response to SARS-CoV-2 and mechanisms of immunopathological changes in COVID-19.

Ahmet Kursat Azkur;Mübeccel Akdis;Dilek Azkur;Milena Sokolowska

1195
Citations
Interleukins, from 1 to 37, and interferon-γ: receptors, functions, and roles in diseases

Mübeccel Akdis;Simone Burgler;Reto Crameri;Thomas Eiwegger

1143
Citations
Guidelines for the use of flow cytometry and cell sorting in immunological studies

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

1078
Citations
Interleukins (from IL-1 to IL-38), interferons, transforming growth factor β, and TNF-α: Receptors, functions, and roles in diseases

Mübeccel Akdis;Alar Aab;Can Altunbulakli;Kursat Azkur

967
Citations
Mechanisms of immune suppression by interleukin‐10 and transforming growth factor‐β: the role of T regulatory cells

Alison Taylor;Johan Verhagen;Kurt Blaser;Mübeccel Akdis

926
Citations
Guidelines for the use of flow cytometry and cell sorting in immunological studies (second edition)

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

914
Citations
Mechanisms of allergen-specific immunotherapy

Cezmi A. Akdis;Mübeccel Akdis

768
Citations
IgG4 production is confined to human IL-10–producing regulatory B cells that suppress antigen-specific immune responses

Willem van de Veen;Barbara Stanic;Görkem Yaman;Marcin Wawrzyniak

742
Citations
Histamine regulates T-cell and antibody responses by differential expression of H1 and H2 receptors

Marek Jutel;Takeshi Watanabe;Sven Klunker;Mübeccel Akdis

712
Citations
Glucocorticoids upregulate FOXP3 expression and regulatory T cells in asthma

Christian Karagiannidis;Mübeccel Akdis;Päivi Holopainen;Niina J. Woolley

694
Citations
Mechanisms of allergen-specific immunotherapy: multiple suppressor factors at work in immune tolerance to allergens.

Mübeccel Akdis;Cezmi A. Akdis

673
Citations
T cell-mediated Fas-induced keratinocyte apoptosis plays a key pathogenetic role in eczematous dermatitis.

Axel Trautmann;Mübeccel Akdis;Daniela Kleemann;Frank Altznauer

573
Citations
Successful immunotherapy with T-cell epitope peptides of bee venom phospholipase A2 induces specific T-cell anergy in patients allergic to bee venom

Ulrich Müller;Cezmi A. Akdis;Michael Fricker;Mübeccel Akdis

565
Citations
In vivo switch to IL-10-secreting T regulatory cells in high dose allergen exposure

Flurina Meiler;Judith Zumkehr;Sven Klunker;Beate Rückert

555
Citations
Mechanisms and treatment of allergic disease in the big picture of regulatory T cells

Cezmi A. Akdis;Mübeccel Akdis

484
Citations
T regulatory cells in allergy: Novel concepts in the pathogenesis, prevention, and treatment of allergic diseases

Mübeccel Akdis;Kurt Blaser;Cezmi A. Akdis

480
Citations
Role of Treg in immune regulation of allergic diseases

Oscar Palomares;Görkem Yaman;Görkem Yaman;Ahmet K. Azkur;Ahmet K. Azkur;Tunc Akkoc;Tunc Akkoc

480
Citations
Mechanisms of allergen-specific immunotherapy

Hiroyuki Fujita;Hiroyuki Fujita;Michael B Soyka;Mübeccel Akdis;Cezmi A Akdis

215
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Cezmi A. Akdis University of Zurich

Kurt Blaser University of Zurich

Marek Jutel Wrocław Medical University

Oscar Palomares Complutense University of Madrid

Liam O'Mahony University College Cork

Ioana Agache Transylvania University of Brașov

Nikolaos G. Papadopoulos National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Milena Sokolowska University of Zurich

Reto Crameri University of Zurich

Claus Bachert Karolinska Institute

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