Nature Immunology

Aims & Scope

Nature Immunology is a multidisciplinary journal that publishes papers of the highest quality and significance in all areas of immunology.

Priority is given to work that provides translational and/or fundamental insight into the workings of the immune system.

Areas covered include, but are not limited to, innate immunity and inflammation; development; immune receptors, signaling and apoptosis; antigen presentation; gene regulation and recombination; cellular and systemic immunity; vaccines; immune tolerance; autoimmunity; tumor immunology, and microbial immunopathology.

In addition to publishing significant original research, Nature Immunology also publishes comments, News and Views, research highlights, matters arising from readers and reviews of the literature, thus serving as the major conduit of top-quality information for the immunology community.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	27.6
2024	27.70

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	10.390

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	452

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	81

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	10567

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science
• Medline
• Embase

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Immunology and Microbiology and Medicine, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• The role of pattern-recognition receptors in innate immunity: update on Toll-like receptors

  Citation: 7474

  Authors: Taro, Shizuo

• Foxp3 programs the development and function of CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells

  Citation: 6118

  Authors: Jason D., Marc A., Alexander Y.

• Cancer immunoediting: from immunosurveillance to tumor escape

  Citation: 4095

  Authors: Gavin P., Allen T., Hiroaki, Lloyd J., Robert D.

• Reference-based analysis of lung single-cell sequencing reveals a transitional profibrotic macrophage

  Citation: 3790

  Authors: Dvir, Agnieszka P., Leqian, Esther, Valerie, Austin, Suzanna, Ram P., Paul J., Adam R., Atul J., Mallar

• Toll-like receptors: critical proteins linking innate and acquired immunity

  Citation: 3766

  Authors: Shizuo, Kiyoshi, Tsuneyasu

• Interleukin 17–producing CD4+ effector T cells develop via a lineage distinct from the T helper type 1 and 2 lineages

  Citation: 3743

  Authors: Laurie E, Robin D, Paul R, Henrietta, Theresa L, Kenneth M, Casey T

• A distinct lineage of CD4 T cells regulates tissue inflammation by producing interleukin 17

  Citation: 3423

  Authors: Heon, Zhaoxia, Xuexian O, Seon Hee, Roza, Yi-Hong, Ying, Leroy, Zhou, Qiang, Chen

• Innate and adaptive immune cells in the tumor microenvironment

  Citation: 3386

  Authors: Thomas F, Hans, Yang-Xin

• T cell exhaustion

  Citation: 3354

  Authors: E John

• The RNA helicase RIG-I has an essential function in double-stranded RNA-induced innate antiviral responses

  Citation: 3297

  Authors: Mitsutoshi, Mika, Takashi, Noriaki, Tadaatsu, Makoto, Kazunari, Shizuo, Takashi

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