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2023

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Immunology

D-Index
95
Citations
112397
World Ranking
870
National Ranking
29

Taro Kawai 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 Taro Kawai sits on this spectrum.

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62 publications 807+

This scientist: 175 publications — 25th percentile

25% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Taro Kawai 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 Taro Kawai 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: 95 D-Index — 82nd percentile

82% 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

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Japan Leader Award

Overview

Taro Kawai is a researcher affiliated with the Nara Institute of Science and Technology in Japan. Their work primarily focuses on the fields of Immunology and Microbiology, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. Within these disciplines, their studies frequently concentrate on Immunology, Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, and Ophthalmology as subfields.

The main topics covered in their work include interferon and immune responses, immune response and inflammation, inflammasome and immune disorders, immunotherapy and immune responses, CRISPR and genetic engineering, immune cell function and interaction, and immune cells in cancer.

Taro Kawai has published extensively in academic journals, with frequent contributions appearing in the following venues:

  • International Immunology
  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • iScience
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Their recent papers include:

  • "Decoding Toll-like receptors: Recent insights and perspectives in innate immunity" (2024), published in Immunity
  • "Signaling Through Nucleic Acid Sensors and Their Roles in Inflammatory Diseases" (2021), published in Frontiers in Immunology
  • "Exploration of Pattern Recognition Receptor Agonists as Candidate Adjuvants" (2021), published in Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
  • "SARS-CoV-2 infection initiates interleukin-17-enriched transcriptional response in different cells from multiple organs" (2021), published in Scientific Reports
  • "Antigen Presentation in the Lung" (2022), published in Frontiers in Immunology

Frequent coauthors of Taro Kawai include:

  • Daisuke Ori (13 collaborations)
  • Takumi Kawasaki (10 collaborations)
  • Norisuke Kano (8 collaborations)
  • Moe Ikegawa (7 collaborations)
  • Ken J. Ishii (7 collaborations)

Best Publications

  • The role of pattern-recognition receptors in innate immunity: update on Toll-like receptors

    Taro Kawai;Shizuo Akira

  • A Toll-like receptor recognizes bacterial DNA.

    Hiroaki Hemmi;Osamu Takeuchi;Taro Kawai;Tsuneyasu Kaisho

  • Erratum A Toll-like receptor recognizes bacterial DNA

    Hiroaki Hemmi;Osamu Takeuchi;Taro Kawai;Tsuneyasu Kaisho

  • Cutting edge: Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4)-deficient mice are hyporesponsive to lipopolysaccharide: evidence for TLR4 as the Lps gene product.

    Katsuaki Hoshino;Osamu Takeuchi;Taro Kawai;Hideki Sanjo

  • Differential roles of MDA5 and RIG-I helicases in the recognition of RNA viruses

    Hiroki Kato;Osamu Takeuchi;Shintaro Sato;Mitsutoshi Yoneyama

  • Toll-like Receptors and Their Crosstalk with Other Innate Receptors in Infection and Immunity

    Taro Kawai;Shizuo Akira

  • Differential roles of TLR2 and TLR4 in recognition of gram-negative and gram-positive bacterial cell wall components.

    Osamu Takeuchi;Katsuaki Hoshino;Taro Kawai;Hideki Sanjo

  • Toll-like receptor signaling pathways.

    Takumi Kawasaki;Taro Kawai

  • IPS-1, an adaptor triggering RIG-I- and Mda5-mediated type I interferon induction

    Taro Kawai;Ken Takahashi;Ken Takahashi;Shintaro Sato;Cevayir Coban

  • Targeted Disruption of the MyD88 Gene Results in Loss of IL-1- and IL-18-Mediated Function

    Osamu Adachi;Taro Kawai;Kiyoshi Takeda;Makoto Matsumoto

  • Signaling to NF-κB by Toll-like receptors

    Taro Kawai;Shizuo Akira

  • Pathogen Recognition by the Innate Immune System

    Himanshu Kumar;Taro Kawai;Shizuo Akira

  • Innate immune recognition of viral infection.

    Taro Kawai;Shizuo Akira

  • Unresponsiveness of MyD88-Deficient Mice to Endotoxin

    Taro Kawai;Osamu Adachi;Tomohiko Ogawa;Kiyoshi Takeda

  • Loss of the autophagy protein Atg16L1 enhances endotoxin-induced IL-1beta production.

    Tatsuya Saitoh;Naonobu Fujita;Myoung Ho Jang;Satoshi Uematsu

  • The roles of TLRs, RLRs and NLRs in pathogen recognition

    Taro Kawai;Shizuo Akira

  • TLR signaling

    Unknown

  • Discrimination of bacterial lipoproteins by Toll-like receptor 6

    Osamu Takeuchi;Taro Kawai;Peter F. Mühlradt;Michael Morr

  • Lipopolysaccharide stimulates the MyD88-independent pathway and results in activation of IFN-regulatory factor 3 and the expression of a subset of lipopolysaccharide-inducible genes.

    Taro Kawai;Osamu Takeuchi;Takashi Fujita;Jun-ichiro Inoue

  • Toll-like receptors and innate immunity

    Himanshu Kumar;Taro Kawai;Shizuo Akira

  • Toll-like Receptor and RIG-1-like Receptor Signaling

    Taro Kawai;Shizuo Akira

Frequent Co-Authors

Shizuo Akira
Shizuo Akira Osaka University
Osamu Takeuchi
Osamu Takeuchi Kyoto University
Ken J. Ishii
Ken J. Ishii University of Tokyo
Shintaro Sato
Shintaro Sato Osaka University
Kiyoshi Takeda
Kiyoshi Takeda Osaka University
Tatsuya Saitoh
Tatsuya Saitoh Osaka University
Masahiro Yamamoto
Masahiro Yamamoto Osaka University
Satoshi Uematsu
Satoshi Uematsu Osaka Metropolitan University
Katsuaki Hoshino
Katsuaki Hoshino Kagawa University
Yoshiharu Matsuura
Yoshiharu Matsuura Osaka University

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