OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Annual Review of Immunology is 27. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
	753
Ontogeny and Function of Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells	557
Neuroimmunology of the Lung	321
Peeking Into the Black Box of T Cell Receptor Signaling	218
Host Recovery from Respiratory Viral Infection	163
Evolutionary Landscapes of Host-Virus Arms Races	162
Multilayered Immunity by Tissue-Resident Lymphocytes in Cancer	152
SARS-CoV-2: The Interplay Between Evolution and Host Immunity	151
Immunity to Invasive Fungal Diseases	144
IgE, IgE Receptors and Anti-IgE Biologics: Protein Structures and Mechanisms of Action	143
TET Enzymes in the Immune System: From DNA Demethylation to Immunotherapy, Inflammation, and Cancer	140
Interfering with Interferons: A Critical Mechanism for Critical COVID-19 Pneumonia	134
Neuroimmune Interactions in the Intestine	126
Tissue Immunity in the Bladder	122
Using the Key Characteristics Framework to Unlock the Mysteries of Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor–Mediated Effects on the Immune System	122
Spatiotemporal Adaptations of Macrophage and Dendritic Cell Development and Function	106
Molecular Mechanisms of Multimeric Assembly of IgM and IgA	105
Neuroimmune Circuits in Allergic Diseases	101
Immune-Epithelial Cross Talk in Regeneration and Repair	94
The Tuberculous Granuloma and Preexisting Immunity	85
Immunology of Kidney Disease	76
T Cell Responses to the Microbiota	76
The Gut Microbiome as a Regulator of the Neuroimmune Landscape	68
The CD4 Versus CD8 T Cell Fate Decision: A Multiomics-Informed Perspective	59
Macrophage Differentiation and Metabolic Adaptation in Mycobacterial Infections	58

Innate Sensors Trigger Regulated Cell Death to Combat Intracellular Infection	55
Extremely Differentiated T Cell Subsets Contribute to Tissue Deterioration During Aging	55
Aire in Autoimmunity	54
	53
Genetic Regulation of Cell Death: Insights from Autoinflammatory Diseases	52
Immune Responses in Controllers of HIV Infection	51
T Cell Responses to SARS-CoV-2	51
Distinct Cellular Tropism and Immune Responses to Alphavirus Infection	49
Complement in the Brain: Contributions to Neuroprotection, Neuronal Plasticity, and Neuroinflammation	49
Designing Cancer Immunotherapies That Engage T Cells and NK Cells	48
Effector-Triggered Immunity	48
Germinal Centers	45
IL-4 and IL-13: Regulators and Effectors of Wound Repair	42
Not Dead Yet	41
Tracing the Evolution of Human Immunity Through Ancient DNA	41
The Immunological Conundrum of Endogenous Retroelements	39
Gene Regulatory Circuits in Innate and Adaptive Immune Cells	39
Human Immune Responses to Epstein-Barr Virus Highlighted by Immunodeficiencies	38
Intraepithelial Lymphocytes of the Intestine	36
B Cell–Directed Therapy in Autoimmunity	36
Instructive Cues of Thymic T Cell Selection	33
Central Nervous System Macrophages in Health and Disease	33
Kidney-Specific Interleukin-17 Responses During Infection and Injury	33
IL-6 Revisited: From Rheumatoid Arthritis to CAR T Cell Therapy and COVID-19	32
Circadian Rhythms in Anticancer Immunity: Mechanisms and Treatment Opportunities	29
T Cell Exhaustion	28
RNA Modification in the Immune System	27
Sex Differences in Immunity	27