OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Annual Review of Immunology is 29. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
	829
A Life with Cytokines, Accompanied by Friends and Music	600
Ontogeny and Function of Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells	342
Neuroimmunology of the Lung	230
Peeking Into the Black Box of T Cell Receptor Signaling	192
Host Recovery from Respiratory Viral Infection	182
Evolutionary Landscapes of Host-Virus Arms Races	175
Immunity to Invasive Fungal Diseases	158
Multilayered Immunity by Tissue-Resident Lymphocytes in Cancer	157
CD8+ Regulatory T Cells	155
IgE, IgE Receptors and Anti-IgE Biologics: Protein Structures and Mechanisms of Action	153
SARS-CoV-2: The Interplay Between Evolution and Host Immunity	144
TET Enzymes in the Immune System: From DNA Demethylation to Immunotherapy, Inflammation, and Cancer	138
Interfering with Interferons: A Critical Mechanism for Critical COVID-19 Pneumonia	126
Using the Key Characteristics Framework to Unlock the Mysteries of Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor–Mediated Effects on the Immune System	125
Tissue Immunity in the Bladder	116
Neuroimmune Interactions in the Intestine	110
Spatiotemporal Adaptations of Macrophage and Dendritic Cell Development and Function	102
Neuroimmune Circuits in Allergic Diseases	102
Molecular Mechanisms of Multimeric Assembly of IgM and IgA	88
The Tuberculous Granuloma and Preexisting Immunity	82
Immune-Epithelial Cross Talk in Regeneration and Repair	80
The Gut Microbiome as a Regulator of the Neuroimmune Landscape	74
Immunology of Kidney Disease	73
The CD4 Versus CD8 T Cell Fate Decision: A Multiomics-Informed Perspective	68

T Cell Responses to the Microbiota	65
Extremely Differentiated T Cell Subsets Contribute to Tissue Deterioration During Aging	65
Innate Sensors Trigger Regulated Cell Death to Combat Intracellular Infection	62
Macrophage Differentiation and Metabolic Adaptation in Mycobacterial Infections	62
Aire in Autoimmunity	60
	57
Immune Responses in Controllers of HIV Infection	56
Genetic Regulation of Cell Death: Insights from Autoinflammatory Diseases	56
Harnessing the Microbiome in Cancer Immunotherapy: Regulation, Prediction, and Therapeutic Targeting	56
T Cell Responses to SARS-CoV-2	55
Complement in the Brain: Contributions to Neuroprotection, Neuronal Plasticity, and Neuroinflammation	52
Distinct Cellular Tropism and Immune Responses to Alphavirus Infection	48
Effector-Triggered Immunity	46
Germinal Centers	45
Designing Cancer Immunotherapies That Engage T Cells and NK Cells	45
IL-4 and IL-13: Regulators and Effectors of Wound Repair	45
Tracing the Evolution of Human Immunity Through Ancient DNA	44
Gene Regulatory Circuits in Innate and Adaptive Immune Cells	42
Not Dead Yet	42
The Immunological Conundrum of Endogenous Retroelements	40
Human Immune Responses to Epstein-Barr Virus Highlighted by Immunodeficiencies	39
B Cell–Directed Therapy in Autoimmunity	37
Intraepithelial Lymphocytes of the Intestine	36
Instructive Cues of Thymic T Cell Selection	34
Emerging Roles of CD1 and Lipids in Human Health and Disease	34
Kidney-Specific Interleukin-17 Responses During Infection and Injury	33
Central Nervous System Macrophages in Health and Disease	31
IL-6 Revisited: From Rheumatoid Arthritis to CAR T Cell Therapy and COVID-19	30
Circadian Rhythms in Anticancer Immunity: Mechanisms and Treatment Opportunities	29