OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Nature Immunology is 80. 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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)

Article	Citations
Glucocorticoids initiate regulatory T cell and stem-cell crosstalk to grow new hair	955
Long-term study of the human memory B cell pool reveals high stability and recurrent plasmablasts	683
Inflammatory macrophages	625
Thomas Alexander Waldmann (1930–2021)	607
Bound to be perfect: Lck and T cell co-receptors	477
Cancer immunology leads the way	438
Robust mucosal SARS-CoV-2-specific T cells effectively combat COVID-19 and establish polyfunctional resident memory in patient lungs	412
Author Correction: Dual blockade of IL-10 and PD-1 leads to control of SIV viral rebound following analytical treatment interruption	374
Mellower with age	324
ETS1 is a key transcription factor that drives RANKL-expressing, tissue-destructive fibroblasts	315
Exhausted intratumoral Vδ2− γδ T cells in human kidney cancer retain effector function	295
Excess lipids on endosomes dictate NLRP3 localization and inflammasome activation	288
Global and cell type-specific immunological hallmarks of severe dengue progression identified via a systems immunology approach	278
Distinct metabolic requirements regulate B cell activation and germinal center responses	278
Innate lymphoid cells and cancer	268
pH sensing controls tissue inflammation by modulating cellular metabolism and endo-lysosomal function of immune cells	261
Check(point) yourself before you wreck yourself in tumors	248
Dangerous liaisons	228
Sensing DCs	224
Epigenetic checkpoints regulate the fate and function of CAR-T cells	196
Macrophage IRX3 promotes diet-induced obesity and metabolic inflammation	194
Vaccine-induced memory	180
MHC-II heterozygosity limits type 1 diabetes susceptibility through negative selection	167
Mast cell migration and organization in tissues depend on integrin–ECM interactions	159
TCF-1 mediates chromatin intermingling during T cell development	153

Promise and complexity of lupus mouse models	153
Anecdotes from the pandemic	148
High energy, high function	147
Disease trajectories	141
Delivering retinol	137
A virtual memory CD8+ T cell-originated subset causes alopecia areata through innate-like cytotoxicity	136
When ceramides meet immune senescence, a GIMAP5 connection	136
The COVID-19 immunology masterclass enters its fourth year	129
Sex differences are skin deep	128
Bispecific antiviral neutralizing antibodies are twice as nice	128
Mitochondrial dysfunction in the erythroid compartment	127
Effector and stem-like memory cell fates are imprinted in distinct lymph node niches directed by CXCR3 ligands	127
Genomic map of inflammatory blood proteins	123
Imprinting tissue immunity	122
Mitochondria controls TH17 cells	122
New functions for basophils identified in kidney fibrosis	121
Human and mouse peritoneal macrophages and dendritic cells compared	120
Pan-vaccine analysis reveals innate immune endotypes predictive of antibody responses to vaccination	118
The delivery device of SARS-CoV-2 mucosal vaccine matters	116
Inflammatory blood clots	115
Genomic map of the cellular composition of the tumor microenvironment	114
Modulating RNF41	113
Recreating immune and epithelial interactions in organoids	113
Working towards diversity in the immunology research community	109
CD8+ TRM cells in perpetual motion	108
CTLA-4 nanobody stops colitis	104
Antigen-presenting CAFs	102
Creating ATP via creatine kinase B for NLRP3 activation	101
Viral protein activates the NLRP1 inflammasome	100
Resident memory T cells develop regional dialects	100
Stepwise chromatin and transcriptional acquisition of an intraepithelial lymphocyte program	99
Maladaptive consequences of inflammatory events shape individual immune identity	99
Vaccination reduces central nervous system IL-1β and memory deficits after COVID-19 in mice	98
Plasmacytoid dendritic cells turn red!	97
Stem-like T cells are associated with the pathogenesis of ulcerative colitis in humans	97
Editorial Expression of Concern: The threshold pattern of calcineurin-dependent gene expression is altered by loss of the endogenous inhibitor calcipressin	97
T cell exhaustion—a memory locked behind scars	94
Keeping neonatal intestines happy	94
Functional T cell tolerance by peripheral tissue-based checkpoint control	93
Gene-by-environment regulation of Kupffer cell transcriptomes and epigenomes	92
Natural mouse microbes transiently block innate responses to allergens	92
Regulators of placental antibody transfer through a modeling lens	91
A longitudinal single-cell atlas of anti-tumour necrosis factor treatment in inflammatory bowel disease	91
Immunological signature	91
IL-1α in aging tumors	90
DNA-sensing pathways in health, autoinflammatory and autoimmune diseases	90
Pathogenic T cells in post-viral lung disease in mice	89
Weak enhancer allows autoactivation of Irf8 to control cDC1 versus cDC2 lineage commitment	87
Two CTLA-4 ligands, separate pHates	85
Itaconate isomers add complexity	85

Alternative platelet differentiation pathways initiated by nonhierarchically related hematopoietic stem cells	84
Transposon-triggered innate immune response confers cancer resistance to the blind mole rat	83
New fibroblast network connections support lymphocytic cellular service	82
Two-birds-one-stone approach to combine protein and mRNA vaccines for COVID-19	82
Orthogonal engineering of synthetic T cell states to enhance cancer immunotherapy	81