OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Annual Review of Immunology is 20. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
	626
Peeking Into the Black Box of T Cell Receptor Signaling	501
Ontogeny and Function of Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells	290
Neuroimmunology of the Lung	199
Host Recovery from Respiratory Viral Infection	141
Evolutionary Landscapes of Host-Virus Arms Races	139
Multilayered Immunity by Tissue-Resident Lymphocytes in Cancer	128
SARS-CoV-2: The Interplay Between Evolution and Host Immunity	127
Immunity to Invasive Fungal Diseases	124
IgE, IgE Receptors and Anti-IgE Biologics: Protein Structures and Mechanisms of Action	122
TET Enzymes in the Immune System: From DNA Demethylation to Immunotherapy, Inflammation, and Cancer	119
Interfering with Interferons: A Critical Mechanism for Critical COVID-19 Pneumonia	114
Using the Key Characteristics Framework to Unlock the Mysteries of Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor–Mediated Effects on the Immune System	112
Tissue Immunity in the Bladder	112
Neuroimmune Interactions in the Intestine	108
Spatiotemporal Adaptations of Macrophage and Dendritic Cell Development and Function	98
Neuroimmune Circuits in Allergic Diseases	97
Molecular Mechanisms of Multimeric Assembly of IgM and IgA	87
The Tuberculous Granuloma and Preexisting Immunity	81
Immune-Epithelial Cross Talk in Regeneration and Repair	78
The CD4 Versus CD8 T Cell Fate Decision: A Multiomics-Informed Perspective	67
The Gut Microbiome as a Regulator of the Neuroimmune Landscape	66
Immunology of Kidney Disease	56
T Cell Responses to the Microbiota	49
Macrophage Differentiation and Metabolic Adaptation in Mycobacterial Infections	48

Extremely Differentiated T Cell Subsets Contribute to Tissue Deterioration During Aging	46
Innate Sensors Trigger Regulated Cell Death to Combat Intracellular Infection	46
	45
Aire in Autoimmunity	45
Genetic Regulation of Cell Death: Insights from Autoinflammatory Diseases	44
Immune Responses in Controllers of HIV Infection	44
T Cell Responses to SARS-CoV-2	41
Distinct Cellular Tropism and Immune Responses to Alphavirus Infection	41
Complement in the Brain: Contributions to Neuroprotection, Neuronal Plasticity, and Neuroinflammation	40
Germinal Centers	38
Designing Cancer Immunotherapies That Engage T Cells and NK Cells	38
Effector-Triggered Immunity	37
IL-4 and IL-13: Regulators and Effectors of Wound Repair	37
Not Dead Yet	34
Tracing the Evolution of Human Immunity Through Ancient DNA	34
Gene Regulatory Circuits in Innate and Adaptive Immune Cells	33
The Immunological Conundrum of Endogenous Retroelements	33
Intraepithelial Lymphocytes of the Intestine	30
Human Immune Responses to Epstein-Barr Virus Highlighted by Immunodeficiencies	30
B Cell–Directed Therapy in Autoimmunity	29
Kidney-Specific Interleukin-17 Responses During Infection and Injury	28
Instructive Cues of Thymic T Cell Selection	27
Circadian Rhythms in Anticancer Immunity: Mechanisms and Treatment Opportunities	25
Central Nervous System Macrophages in Health and Disease	25
IL-6 Revisited: From Rheumatoid Arthritis to CAR T Cell Therapy and COVID-19	23
T Cell Exhaustion	21
RNA Modification in the Immune System	20
Sex Differences in Immunity	20