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Immunology

D-Index
104
Citations
76844
World Ranking
602
National Ranking
355

Medicine

D-Index
104
Citations
76837
World Ranking
6877
National Ranking
3627

Yong-Jun Liu 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 Yong-Jun Liu sits on this spectrum.

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62 publications 807+

This scientist: 205 publications — 36th percentile

36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Yong-Jun Liu 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 Yong-Jun Liu sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 157+

This scientist: 104 D-Index — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Yong-Jun Liu is affiliated with The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with specific subfields in Surgery, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Epidemiology, Hepatology, and Immunology.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, including:

  • Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies
  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Mesenchymal Stem Cell Research
  • Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders
  • Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Anesthesia and Sedative Agents

Yong-Jun Liu has authored numerous papers. Some recent publications include:

  • Safety and efficacy of ciprofol vs. propofol for sedation in intensive care unit patients with mechanical ventilation: a multi-center, open label, randomized, phase 2 trial, 2021, Chinese Medical Journal
  • Efficacy and Safety of Ciprofol Sedation in ICU Patients Undergoing Mechanical Ventilation: A Multicenter, Single-Blind, Randomized, Noninferiority Trial, 2023, Critical Care Medicine

The scientist frequently collaborates with several coauthors, among them:

  • Guangyang Liu
  • Chenliang Zhang
  • Yi Mi
  • Xiangdong Guan
  • Matthew M. Yeh

Yong-Jun Liu often publishes in venues such as:

  • PubMed
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • American Journal of Clinical Pathology
  • Archiv für Pathologische Anatomie und Physiologie und für Klinische Medicin
  • Frontiers in Endocrinology

Best Publications

  • Immunobiology of Dendritic Cells

    Jacques Banchereau;Francine Briere;Christophe Caux;Jean Davoust

  • Novel p19 protein engages IL-12p40 to form a cytokine, IL-23, with biological activities similar as well as distinct from IL-12.

    Birgit Oppmann;Robin Lesley;Bianca Blom;Jackie C. Timans

  • Mouse and human dendritic cell subtypes

    Ken Shortman;Yong-Jun Liu

  • The nature of the principal type 1 interferon-producing cells in human blood.

    Frederick P. Siegal;Norimitsu Kadowaki;Michael Shodell;Patricia A. Fitzgerald-Bocarsly

  • Nomenclature of monocytes and dendritic cells in blood.

    Loems Ziegler-Heitbrock;Petronela Ancuta;Suzanne Crowe;Marc Dalod;Marc Dalod

  • Human epithelial cells trigger dendritic cell–mediated allergic inflammation by producing TSLP

    Vassili Soumelis;Pedro A Reche;Holger Kanzler;Wei Yuan

  • Subsets of human dendritic cell precursors express different toll-like receptors and respond to different microbial antigens.

    Norimitsu Kadowaki;Stephen Ho;Svetlana Antonenko;Rene de Waal Malefyt

  • Reciprocal Control of T Helper Cell and Dendritic Cell Differentiation

    Marie-Clotilde Rissoan;Vassili Soumelis;Norimitsu Kadowaki;Geraldine Grouard

  • Plasmacytoid dendritic cells sense self-DNA coupled with antimicrobial peptide.

    Roberto Lande;Josh Gregorio;Valeria Facchinetti;Bithi Chatterjee;Bithi Chatterjee

  • Plasmacytoid dendritic cells in immunity.

    Marco Colonna;Giorgio Trinchieri;Yong Jun Liu

  • IPC: professional type 1 interferon-producing cells and plasmacytoid dendritic cell precursors.

    Yong-Jun Liu

  • The CD40 Antigen and its Ligand

    J Banchereau;F Bazan;D Blanchard;F Brière

  • The Enigmatic Plasmacytoid T Cells Develop into Dendritic Cells with Interleukin (IL)-3 and CD40-Ligand

    Géraldine Grouard;Marie-Clotilde Rissoan;Luis Filgueira;Isabelle Durand

  • Neutrophils Activate Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells by Releasing Self-DNA–Peptide Complexes in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

    Roberto Lande;Dipyaman Ganguly;Dipyaman Ganguly;Valeria Facchinetti;Loredana Frasca

  • Plasmacytoid dendritic cells: sensing nucleic acids in viral infection and autoimmune diseases

    Michel Gilliet;Wei Cao;Yong Jun Liu

  • Plasmacytoid predendritic cells initiate psoriasis through interferon-α production

    Frank O. Nestle;Curdin Conrad;Adrian Tun-Kyi;Bernhard Homey

  • Natural Interferon α/β–Producing Cells Link Innate and Adaptive Immunity

    Norimitsu Kadowaki;Svetlana Antonenko;Johnson Yiu-Nam Lau;Yong-Jun Liu

  • Hassall's corpuscles instruct dendritic cells to induce CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells in human thymus.

    Norihiko Watanabe;Yi Hong Wang;Heung Kyu Lee;Tomoki Ito

  • The helicase DDX41 senses intracellular DNA mediated by the adaptor STING in dendritic cells

    Zhiqiang Zhang;Bin Yuan;Musheng Bao;Ning Lu

  • Identification of IL-17-producing FOXP3⁺ regulatory T cells in humans

    Kui Shin Voo;Yui Hsi Wang;Fabio R. Santori;Cesar Boggiano

Frequent Co-Authors

Michel Gilliet
Michel Gilliet University Hospital of Lausanne
Serge Lebecque
Serge Lebecque Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Vassili Soumelis
Vassili Soumelis Université Paris Cité
Virginia Pascual
Virginia Pascual Cornell University
J. Fernando Bazan
J. Fernando Bazan Stanford University
Francine Brière
Francine Brière Baylor Scott & White Health
Kazuhiko Arima
Kazuhiko Arima Saga Group
Sandra Zurawski
Sandra Zurawski Baylor University
Robert A. Kastelein
Robert A. Kastelein MSD (United States)

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