OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Cancer Immunology Research is 36. 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
Self-Renewing CD8+ T-cell Abundance in Blood Associates with Response to Immunotherapy	150
A Sampling of Highlights from the Literature	100
Inflammatory Stress Determines the Need for Chemotherapy in Patients with HER2-Positive Esophagogastric Adenocarcinoma Receiving Targeted Therapy and Immunotherapy	96
Imaging α-GalCer–Activated iNKT Cells in a Hepatic Metastatic Environment	94
KRT17 Promotes T-lymphocyte Infiltration Through the YTHDF2–CXCL10 Axis in Colorectal Cancer	88
Inhibition of STAT6 with Antisense Oligonucleotides Enhances the Systemic Antitumor Effects of Radiotherapy and Anti–PD-1 in Metastatic Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer	80
Alternative Splicing of the Inhibitory Immune Checkpoint Receptor SLAMF6 Generates a Dominant Positive Form, Boosting T-cell Effector Functions	77
Acknowledgment to Reviewers	71
Abstract P042: Chemokine dysregulation creates the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment and promotes human papillomavirus-associated head and neck cancer	70
A Sampling of Highlights from the Literature	56
CD59-Regulated Ras Compartmentalization Orchestrates Antitumor T-cell Immunity	54
All Glioblastoma Are Not Equal: Distinct Spatial Immune Profiles BetweenDe Novoand Recurrent Tumors	52
Abstract PO091: Armed Myxoma virus demonstrates efficacy in syngeneic tumor models alone and in combination with immune checkpoint inhibitors	51
HIF1α or HIF2α: Enhancing CD8+ T-cell Fitness for Antitumor Immunity	51
Discovery of Podofilox as a Potent cGAMP–STING Signaling Enhancer with Antitumor Activity	50
VISTA Expression on Cancer-Associated Endothelium Selectively Prevents T-cell Extravasation	49
Low Serum Apolipoprotein A1 Levels Impair Antitumor Immunity of CD8+ T Cells via the HIF-1α–Glycolysis Pathway	47
Impact of scFv on Functionality and Safety of Third-Generation CD123 CAR T Cells	47
CLN-617 Retains IL2 and IL12 in Injected Tumors to Drive Robust and Systemic Immune-Mediated Antitumor Activity	47
Intracellular Osteopontin Promotes the Release of TNFα by Mast Cells to Restrain Neuroendocrine Prostate Cancer	46
Abstract PO010: The inhibition of IWS1 phosphorylation promotes genomic instability, the cGAS/STING pathway activation and PD-L1 levels, through the U2AF2 alternative RNA splicing and Sororin expressi	45
Engineering CD3/CD137 Dual Specificity into a DLL3-Targeted T-Cell Engager Enhances T-Cell Infiltration and Efficacy against Small-Cell Lung Cancer	44
Abstract PO019: CD39+PD-1+CD8+ T cells mediate metastatic dormancy in breast cancer	43
CD161 Characterizes an Inflamed Subset of Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes Associated with Prolonged Survival in Human Papillomavirus–Driven Oropharyngeal Cancer	43
Long-Read Sequencing Reveals Alternative Splicing-Driven, Shared Immunogenic Neoepitopes Regardless of SF3B1 Status in Uveal Melanoma	43

The Conventional Dendritic Cell 1 Subset Primes CD8+ T Cells and Traffics Tumor Antigen to Drive Antitumor Immunity in the Brain	42
Reciprocal Interactions Between the Gut Microbiome and Mammary Tissue Mast Cells Promote Metastatic Dissemination of HR+ Breast Tumors	42
LEF1 Drives a Central Memory Program and Supports Antitumor Activity of Natural Killer T Cells	42
A Sampling of Highlights from the Literature	40
Martin A. “Mac” Cheever, MD: In Memoriam (1944–2021)	38
Accounting for B-cell Behavior and Sampling Bias Predicts Anti–PD-L1 Response in Bladder Cancer	38
A Sampling of Highlights from the Literature	38
Exercise as an Immune Boost: Mechanism-Driven Support for Lifestyle Interventions	38
A Sampling of Highlights from the Literature	37
Tumor-Associated High Endothelial Venules: Inroads Enabling Immune Control of Cancer Progression	37
Abstract IA16: Discovery of new immunotherapy targets and mechanisms leveraging CRISPR	36
A Sampling of Highlights from the Literature	36