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Immunology

D-Index
57
Citations
21142
World Ranking
3579
National Ranking
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Ozden Sanal 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 Ozden Sanal sits on this spectrum.

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62 publications 807+

This scientist: 214 publications — 40th percentile

40% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ozden Sanal 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 Ozden Sanal sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 157+

This scientist: 57 D-Index — 28th percentile

28% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Immunology in Turkey Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Immunology in Turkey Leader Award

Overview

Ozden Sanal is affiliated with Hacettepe University in Turkey and has a research focus primarily on immunology, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work spans multiple interconnected fields related to immune system disorders and cellular mechanisms.

The main fields of study for Ozden Sanal include:

  • Immunology and Microbiology
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Medicine

Sanal's subfields of study elaborate on these focuses, with contributions to:

  • Immunology
  • Genetics
  • Molecular Biology
  • Immunology and Allergy
  • Cell Biology

The scientist's research covers a range of topics centered on immune system dysfunction, including:

  • Immunodeficiency and Autoimmune Disorders
  • Blood disorders and treatments
  • T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • Cell Adhesion Molecules Research
  • Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research
  • Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ
  • Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways

Ozden Sanal has authored publications in several journals, with frequent appearances in:

  • The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology In Practice
  • Immunological Investigations
  • Journal of Clinical Immunology
  • Scandinavian Journal of Immunology
  • Clinical & Experimental Immunology

Key recent papers include:

  • "Genomic Spectrum and Phenotypic Heterogeneity of Human IL-21 Receptor Deficiency," 2021, Journal of Clinical Immunology
  • "Diversity in Serine/Threonine Protein Kinase-4 Deficiency and Review of the Literature," 2021, The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology In Practice
  • "Cutaneous Findings in Inborn Errors of Immunity: An Immunologist's Perspective," 2023, The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology In Practice
  • "Long Term Follow-Up of the Patients with Severe Combined Immunodeficiency After Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: A Single-Center Study," 2021, Immunological Investigations
  • "A single-center study points to diverse features and outcome in patients with Hyperimmunoglobulin M Syndrome and Class- Switch Recombination defects," 2022, Scandinavian Journal of Immunology

The scientist collaborates frequently with several co-authors, particularly:

  • Deniz Çağdaş
  • İlhan Tezcan
  • Barış Kuşkonmaz
  • Duygu Uçkan
  • Kaan Boztuǧ

Best Publications

  • A SINGLE ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA GENE WITH A PRODUCT SIMILAR TO PI-3 KINASE

    Kinneret Savitsky;Anat Bar-Shira;Shlomit Gilad;Galit Rotman

  • Activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID) deficiency causes the autosomal recessive form of the Hyper-IgM syndrome (HIGM2).

    Patrick Revy;Taro Muto;Yves Levy;Frédéric Geissmann

  • Artemis, a Novel DNA Double-Strand Break Repair/V(D)J Recombination Protein, Is Mutated in Human Severe Combined Immune Deficiency

    Despina Moshous;Isabelle Callebaut;Régina de Chasseval;Barbara Corneo

  • Localization of an ataxia-telangiectasia gene to chromosome 11q22–23

    Richard A. Gatti;Izzet Berkel;Elena Boder;Gary Braedt

  • Cernunnos, a novel nonhomologous end-joining factor, is mutated in human immunodeficiency with microcephaly.

    Dietke Buck;Laurent Malivert;Régina de Chasseval;Anne Barraud

  • Clinical spectrum of X-linked hyper-IgM syndrome

    Jacov Levy;Teresa Espanol-Boren;Carolin Thomas;Alain Fischer

  • Mycobacterial Disease and Impaired IFN-γ Immunity in Humans with Inherited ISG15 Deficiency

    Dusan Bogunovic;Minji Byun;Larissa A. Durfee;Avinash Abhyankar

  • Human intracellular ISG15 prevents interferon-α/β over-amplification and auto-inflammation

    Xianqin Zhang;Dusan Bogunovic;Béatrice Payelle-Brogard;Véronique Francois-Newton

  • Griscelli Disease Maps to Chromosome 15q21 and Is Associated With Mutations in the myosin-Va Gene

    Pastural E;Barrat Fj;Dufourcq-Lagelouse R;Certain S

  • Mutations in STAT3 and IL12RB1 impair the development of human IL-17–producing T cells

    Ludovic de Beaucoudrey;Ludovic de Beaucoudrey;Anne Puel;Anne Puel;Orchidée Filipe-Santos;Orchidée Filipe-Santos;Aurélie Cobat;Aurélie Cobat

  • Revisiting Human IL-12Rβ1 Deficiency: A Survey of 141 Patients From 30 Countries

    Ludovic de Beaucoudrey;Arina Samarina;Arina Samarina;Arina Samarina;Jacinta Bustamante;Jacinta Bustamante;Aurélie Cobat;Aurélie Cobat

  • Griscelli syndrome restricted to hypopigmentation results from a melanophilin defect (GS3) or a MYO5A F-exon deletion (GS1)

    Gaël Ménasché;Chen Hsuan Ho;Ozden Sanal;Jérôme Feldmann

  • Splicing Defects in the Ataxia-Telangiectasia Gene, ATM: Underlying Mutations and Consequences

    Sharon N. Teraoka;Milhan Telatar;Sara Becker-Catania;Teresa Liang

  • Mutations in STAT3 and diagnostic guidelines for hyper-IgE syndrome

    Cristina Woellner;E. Michael Gertz;Alejandro A. Schäffer;Macarena Lagos

  • Predominance of null mutations in ataxia-telangiectasia

    Shlomit Gilad;Rami Khosravi;Dganit Shkedy;Tamar Uziel

  • Genetics, cytokines and human infectious disease: lessons from weakly pathogenic mycobacteria and salmonellae.

    Tom H.M. Ottenhoff;Frank A.W. Verreck;Elgin G.R. Lichtenauer-Kaligis;Marieke A. Hoeve

  • DOCK8 Deficiency: Clinical and Immunological Phenotype and Treatment Options - a Review of 136 Patients

    Susanne E. Aydin;Sara Sebnem Kilic;Caner Aytekin;Ashish Kumar

  • Clinical, immunologic and genetic analysis of 29 patients with autosomal recessive hyper-IgM syndrome due to Activation-Induced Cytidine Deaminase deficiency

    Pierre Quartier;Jacinta Bustamante;Ozden Sanal;Alessandro Plebani

  • Interleukin (IL)-12 and IL-23 Are Key Cytokines for Immunity against Salmonella in Humans

    Calman A. MacLennan;Calman A. MacLennan;Claire Fieschi;David A Lammas;Capucine Picard

  • LAD-1/variant syndrome is caused by mutations in FERMT3

    Taco W. Kuijpers;Edith van de Vijver;Marian A. J. Weterman;Martin de Boer

  • Inherited and acquired immunodeficiencies underlying tuberculosis in childhood.

    Stéphanie Boisson-Dupuis;Stéphanie Boisson-Dupuis;Stéphanie Boisson-Dupuis;Jacinta Bustamante;Jamila El-Baghdadi;Yildiz Camcioglu

  • The extended clinical phenotype of 64 patients with dedicator of cytokinesis 8 deficiency.

    Karin R. Engelhardt;Karin R. Engelhardt;Karin R. Engelhardt;Michael E. Gertz;Sevgi Keles;Sevgi Keles;Alejandro A. Schäffer

  • Clinical, functional, and genetic characterization of chronic granulomatous disease in 89 Turkish patients

    Mustafa Yavuz Köker;Yıldız Camcıoğlu;Karin van Leeuwen;Sara Şebnem Kılıç

  • ISG15 deficiency and increased viral resistance in humans but not mice.

    Scott D. Speer;Zhi Li;Sofija Buta;Béatrice Payelle-Brogard

Frequent Co-Authors

Alain Fischer
Alain Fischer Collège de France
Jean-Laurent Casanova
Jean-Laurent Casanova The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dirk Roos
Dirk Roos University of Amsterdam
Laurent Abel
Laurent Abel Université Paris Cité
Stéphanie Boisson-Dupuis
Stéphanie Boisson-Dupuis Université Paris Cité
Bodo Grimbacher
Bodo Grimbacher University of Freiburg
Jacinta Bustamante
Jacinta Bustamante Rockefeller University
Andrew R. Gennery
Andrew R. Gennery Newcastle University
Alessandro Plebani
Alessandro Plebani University of Brescia
Raif S. Geha
Raif S. Geha Boston Children's Hospital

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