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Tadamitsu Kishimoto

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211
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187
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Immunology

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211
Citations
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National Ranking
2

Medicine

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Tadamitsu Kishimoto 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 Tadamitsu Kishimoto sits on this spectrum.

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62 publications 807+

This scientist: 881 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Tadamitsu Kishimoto 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 Tadamitsu Kishimoto sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 28 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 91 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 157 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 192 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 175 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 188 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 177 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 155 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 194 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 201 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 197 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 201 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 173 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 167 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 172 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 199 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 184 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 133 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 162 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 127 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 121 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 125 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 121 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 102 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 96 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 75 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 72 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 74 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 66 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 68 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 49 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 60 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 54 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 36 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 23 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 52 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 41 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 34 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 25 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 28 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 11 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 20 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 27 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 19 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 20 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 16 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 17 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 14 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 15 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 9 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 11 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 9 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 9 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 7 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 7 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 7 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 5 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 8 scientists 156 D-Index: 6 scientists 157+ D-Index: 96 scientists
40 D-Index 157+

This scientist: 211 D-Index — 100th percentile

100% 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 Japan Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Medicine in Japan Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Immunology in Japan Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Medicine in Japan Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Immunology in Japan Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Japan Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Immunology in Japan Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Medicine in Japan Leader Award
  • 2019 - Keio Medical Science Prize, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
  • 2017 - King Faisal Prize
  • 2010 - Presidential Award, Clinical Immunology Society
  • 2005 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Microbiology and Immunology
  • 2003 - Robert Koch Gold Medal
  • 1997 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
  • 1991 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

Tadamitsu Kishimoto is affiliated with Osaka University in Japan and has made substantial contributions to the fields of medicine, immunology and microbiology, and biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology. Their research spans multiple subfields including oncology, immunology, molecular biology, infectious diseases, and cancer research.

The scientist's work extensively covers topics such as cytokine signaling pathways and interactions, COVID-19 clinical research studies, interferon and immune responses, CAR-T cell therapy research, immune response and inflammation, autoimmune and inflammatory disorders research, and immune cell function and interaction.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Tadamitsu Kishimoto include Sujin Kang, Hozaifa Metwally, Kishan Kumar Nyati, Shigeru Hashimoto, and Toshio Tanaka.

Publication venues where this researcher has commonly published include:

  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • The Journal of Experimental Medicine
  • Rapid Reviews COVID-19
  • The Journal of Immunology
  • Nature Reviews Rheumatology

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Tadamitsu Kishimoto are:

  • IL-6 Revisited: From Rheumatoid Arthritis to CAR T Cell Therapy and COVID-19, 2022, Annual Review of Immunology
  • Interplay between interleukin-6 signaling and the vascular endothelium in cytokine storms, 2021, Experimental & Molecular Medicine
  • Translating IL-6 biology into effective treatments, 2020, Nature Reviews Rheumatology
  • Historical overview of the interleukin-6 family cytokine, 2020, The Journal of Experimental Medicine
  • IL-6 trans-signaling induces plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 from vascular endothelial cells in cytokine release syndrome, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

The awards received by the scientist include:

  • Keio Medical Science Prize, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan (2019)
  • King Faisal Prize (2017)
  • Presidential Award, Clinical Immunology Society (2010)
  • German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina - Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften for Microbiology and Immunology (2005)
  • Robert Koch Gold Medal (2003)
  • Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) (1997)
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (1991)

Best Publications

  • Targeted Disruption of Cbfa1 Results in a Complete Lack of Bone Formation owing to Maturational Arrest of Osteoblasts

    T Komori;H Yagi;S Nomura;A Yamaguchi

  • IL-6 in Inflammation, Immunity, and Disease

    Toshio Tanaka;Masashi Narazaki;Tadamitsu Kishimoto

  • Defects of B-cell lymphopoiesis and bone-marrow myelopoiesis in mice lacking the CXC chemokine PBSF/SDF-1

    Takashi Nagasawa;Seiichi Hirota;Kazunobu Tachibana;Nobuyuki Takakura

  • The biology of interleukin-6.

    T Kishimoto

  • Complementary DNA for a novel human interleukin (BSF-2) that induces B lymphocytes to produce immunoglobulin

    Toshio Hirano;Kiyoshi Yasukawa;Hisashi Harada;Tetsuya Taga

  • Impaired immune and acute-phase responses in interleukin-6-deficient mice

    Manfred Kopf;Heinz Baumann;Giulia Freer;Marina Freudenberg

  • Essential role of Stat6 in IL-4 signalling

    Kiyoshi Takeda;Takashi Tanaka;Wei Shi;Makoto Matsumoto

  • GP130 AND THE INTERLEUKIN-6 FAMILY OF CYTOKINES

    Tetsuya Taga;Tadamitsu Kishimoto

  • Autocrine generation and requirement of BSF-2/IL-6 for human multiple myelomas

    Michio Kawano;Toshio Hirano;Tadashi Matsuda;Tetsuya Taga

  • Interleukin-6 in biology and medicine

    Shizuo Akira;Tetsuya Taga;Tadamitsu Kishimoto

  • Impaired B-lymphopoiesis, myelopoiesis, and derailed cerebellar neuron migration in CXCR4- and SDF-1-deficient mice

    Qing Ma;Dan Jones;Paul R. Borghesani;Rosalind A. Segal

  • Targeted disruption of the mouse Stat3 gene leads to early embryonic lethality

    Kiyoshi Takeda;Koichi Noguchi;Wei Shi;Takashi Tanaka

  • Cytokine signal transduction

    Tadamitsu Kishimoto;Tetsuya Taga;Shizuo Akira

  • IL-6: regulator of Treg/Th17 balance.

    Akihiro Kimura;Tadamitsu Kishimoto

  • The chemokine receptor CXCR4 is essential for vascularization of the gastrointestinal tract.

    Kazunobu Tachibana;Seiichi Hirota;Hisashi Iizasa;Hisahiro Yoshida

  • Blockade of interleukin 6 trans signaling suppresses T-cell resistance against apoptosis in chronic intestinal inflammation: evidence in crohn disease and experimental colitis in vivo.

    R Atreya;J Mudter;S Finotto;J Müllberg

  • A nuclear factor for IL-6 expression (NF-IL6) is a member of a C/EBP family.

    Shizuo Akira;Hiroshi Isshiki;Takahisa Sugita;Osamu Tanabe

  • Interleukin-6 triggers the association of its receptor with a possible signal transducer, gp130

    Tetsuya Taga;Masahiko Hibi;Yuuichi Hirata;Katsuhiko Yamasaki

  • Biology of multifunctional cytokines: IL 6 and related molecules (IL 1 and TNF).

    Shizuo Akira;Toshio Hirano;Tetsuya Taga;Tadamitsu Kishimoto

  • Interleukin-6 family of cytokines and gp130.

    T Kishimoto;S Akira;M Narazaki;T Taga

Frequent Co-Authors

Kaushik De
Kaushik De The University of Texas at Arlington
J. E. Pilcher
J. E. Pilcher University of Chicago
Tord Ekelof
Tord Ekelof Uppsala University
Mattias Ellert
Mattias Ellert Uppsala University
Richard Brenner
Richard Brenner Uppsala University

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