OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Nature Immunology is 87. 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
Vaccine-induced memory	1131
Author Correction: Mucosal vaccine-induced cross-reactive CD8+ T cells protect against SARS-CoV-2 XBB.1.5 respiratory tract infection	1094
Ironman training for NK cells	806
Author Correction: Dual blockade of IL-10 and PD-1 leads to control of SIV viral rebound following analytical treatment interruption	657
Keeping neonatal intestines happy	580
3D imaging of the synovium defines an immune defense system at the blood–joint barrier	573
Imprinting tissue immunity	528
Complement profile	463
Orthogonal engineering of synthetic T cell states to enhance cancer immunotherapy	414
Two-birds-one-stone approach to combine protein and mRNA vaccines for COVID-19	405
TFH cell programs by pathogen and species	269
A little less reading, a little more type 9 action	249
Pathogenic T cells in post-viral lung disease in mice	242
Neurons protect against fibrosis	240
Secretogranin 2 binds LILRB4 resulting in immunosuppression	234
Astrocyte TRAIL promotes GBM	234
Clonal succession after prolonged antiretroviral therapy rejuvenates CD8+ T cell responses against HIV-1	233
A TNIP1-driven systemic autoimmune disorder with elevated IgG4	226
PD-1 and CD73 on naive CD4+ T cells synergistically limit responses to self	215
The delivery device of SARS-CoV-2 mucosal vaccine matters	210
The role of recruitment versus training in influenza-induced lasting changes to alveolar macrophage function	205
Vaccination reduces central nervous system IL-1β and memory deficits after COVID-19 in mice	202
PD-L1–PD-1 interactions limit effector regulatory T cell populations at homeostasis and during infection	201
Deletion of PD-1 destabilizes the lineage identity and metabolic fitness of tumor-infiltrating regulatory T cells	194
The complexity of immune evasion mechanisms throughout the metastatic cascade	191

Charting granulopoietic disturbances in sepsis	186
Human TH17 cells engage gasdermin E pores to release IL-1α on NLRP3 inflammasome activation	183
Direct presentation of inflammation-associated self-antigens by thymic innate-like T cells induces elimination of autoreactive CD8+ thymocytes	182
A longitudinal single-cell atlas of anti-tumour necrosis factor treatment in inflammatory bowel disease	180
Deactylation by SIRT1 enables liquid–liquid phase separation of IRF3/IRF7 in innate antiviral immunity	180
Lactation-associated macrophages exist in murine mammary tissue and human milk	180
In vivo CRISPR screens reveal the landscape of immune evasion pathways across cancer	178
Single-cell analysis of human MAIT cell transcriptional, functional and clonal diversity	178
CTLA-4 tail fusion enhances CAR-T antitumor immunity	176
Analysis of brain and blood single-cell transcriptomics in acute and subacute phases after experimental stroke	174
Memory B cell subsets have divergent developmental origins that are coupled to distinct imprinted epigenetic states	165
Nociceptors enhance humoral immunity	162
Restriction factor	157
Reversing T cell immunity reveals the basis for T cell lineage fate determination	156
m1A tRNA modification facilitates rapid T cell proliferation	154
Aging lymph node responses	152
Insights into autoimmunity and cancer	152
Enhancing T cell therapy	152
Six degrees of TGFβ	151
The road not taken en route to T cell exhaustion	148
Defective fibrinolysis in periodontitis	148
Author Correction: Runx factors launch T cell and innate lymphoid programs via direct and gene network-based mechanisms	144
Publisher Correction: PU.1 and BCL11B sequentially cooperate with RUNX1 to anchor mSWI/SNF to poise the T cell effector landscape	142
Microglia loss triggers glial stress and white matter damage in human leukodystrophy	140
Learning from inborn errors	139
Carboxylation switch	131
Beneficial role of GZMK+CD8+ T cells in neurodegeneration	130
E3 ligase RAD18 targets phosphorylated IRF3 to terminate IFNB1 transcription	128
KEAP1 maintains stemness	124
A polarizing answer — microglia in Nasu-Hakola disease	124
A microbial iron fist to fight tumors	123
Cytokine polarized, alternatively activated bone marrow neutrophils drive axon regeneration	122
Circadian circuits control plasticity of group 3 innate lymphoid cells by sustaining epigenetic configuration of RORγt	120
Mammary intraepithelial lymphocytes and intestinal inputs shape T cell dynamics in lactogenesis	116
Oleic acid availability impacts thymocyte preprogramming and subsequent peripheral Treg cell differentiation	116
PU.1 and BCL11B sequentially cooperate with RUNX1 to anchor mSWI/SNF to poise the T cell effector landscape	115
GPR34 is a metabolic immune checkpoint for ILC1-mediated antitumor immunity	113
G-CSF drives autoinflammation in APLAID	112
Mutations in the human CSF1R gene impact microglia’s maintenance of brain white matter integrity	103
The receptor binding domain of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron subvariants targets Siglec-9 to decrease its immunogenicity by preventing macrophage phagocytosis	102
Sodium chloride in the tumor microenvironment enhances T cell metabolic fitness and cytotoxicity	101
Single-cell profiling identifies mechanisms of inflammatory heterogeneity in chronic rhinosinusitis	101
Enhancer-instructed epigenetic landscape and chromatin compartmentalization dictate a primary antibody repertoire protective against specific bacterial pathogens	100
Mechanisms of NLRP3 activation and inhibition elucidated by functional analysis of disease-associated variants	98
Type I interferon transcriptional network regulates expression of coinhibitory receptors in human T cells	98
The heterogeneity of neutrophils in cancer and its implication for therapeutic targeting	97
tRNA-m1A modification promotes T cell expansion via efficient MYC protein synthesis	96
CAR macrophages on a fast track to solid tumor therapy	96
ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 (AZD1222) vaccine-induced Fc receptor binding tracks with differential susceptibility to COVID-19	96
JAK-STAT signaling maintains homeostasis in T cells and macrophages	95

IL-1 and IL-1ra are key regulators of the inflammatory response to RNA vaccines	95
Defining macrophages in the lactating murine mammary gland and human milk	94
Mucus needs GSDMD	92
2B or not 2B is the question in DC ontogeny	92
LPS structure shapes Treg cells	92
Author Correction: Neoantigen-specific stem cell memory-like CD4+ T cells mediate CD8+ T cell-dependent immunotherapy of MHC class II-negative solid tumors	91
Regulatory T cell-derived IL-1Ra suppresses the innate response to respiratory viral infection	90
Author Correction: A virtual memory CD8+ T cell-originated subset causes alopecia areata through innate-like cytotoxicity	90
Multimodal profiling reveals site-specific adaptation and tissue residency hallmarks of γδ T cells across organs in mice	90
Reply to ‘Comment on: Repositioning TH cell polarization from single cytokines to complex help’	89
Three cytokine pairs modulate sepsis effects at the organism level	89
What Jane Jacobs has taught me about neuroimmunology	87