Xenotransplantation

Aims & Scope

Xenotransplantation provides its readership with rapid communication of new findings in the field of organ and tissue transplantation across species barriers.The journal is not only of interest to those whose primary area is xenotransplantation, but also to veterinarians, microbiologists and geneticists.

It also investigates and reports on the controversial theological, ethical, legal and psychological implications of xenotransplantation.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	4.1
2024	3.30

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.908

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	71

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	5625

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	434

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Abstracting & Indexing

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

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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.

• Evaluation of human and non‐human primate antibody binding to pig cells lacking <scp>GGTA</scp>1/<scp>CMAH</scp>/β4Gal<scp>NT</scp>2 genes

  Citation: 358

  Authors: Jose L., Greg, Ping, Andrew, Kenneth A., Mandy L., James R., Richard, Matt, Joseph

• Live encapsulated porcine islets from a type 1 diabetic patient 9.5 yr after xenotransplantation

  Citation: 342

  Authors: Robert B., Livia, Paul L. J., Maria, Sahar, Christina

• Double knockout pigs deficient in <scp>N</scp>‐glycolylneuraminic acid and <scp>G</scp>alactose α‐1,3‐<scp>G</scp>alactose reduce the humoral barrier to xenotransplantation

  Citation: 262

  Authors: Andrew J., Ping, Jose L., Richard A., Ray K., Susan M., Christopher, Zheng‐Yu, Luz M., Bess, Fuqin, Ross L., Leela L., A. Joseph

• Anti‐N‐glycolylneuraminic acid antibodies identified in healthy human serum

  Citation: 235

  Authors: Alex, Rosa

• Pre‐transplant antibody screening and anti‐CD154 costimulation blockade promote long‐term xenograft survival in a pig‐to‐primate kidney transplant model

  Citation: 205

  Authors: Laura, Dave, Cynthia A., Mingqing, Alton Brad, Christian P., Mandy L., Andrew J., Matthew, Kenneth A., A. Joseph, Andrew B.

• Microbiological safety of the first clinical pig islet xenotransplantation trial in New Zealand

  Citation: 202

  Authors: Shaun, Divya, Olga, Joachim, Robert

• Pig kidney graft survival in a baboon for 136 days: longest life‐supporting organ graft survival to date

  Citation: 191

  Authors: Hayato, Hong, Martin, Huidong, Jagjit, Hidetaka, Mohamed, Cassandra, Edwin, Robert, Carol, David, Ron, Abhinav, David K. C.

• Immunological and physiological observations in baboons with life‐supporting genetically engineered pig kidney grafts

  Citation: 188

  Authors: Hayato, Hidetaka, Mohamed, Tao, Zhongqiang, Bingsi, Hong, Cassandra, Yi, Amy, Edwin, Carol, David, Abhinav, Martin, David K. C.

• Selected physiologic compatibilities and incompatibilities between human and porcine organ systems

  Citation: 157

  Authors: Zuhaib, Jamie, Michel, Robert, Kevin, David K. C.

• Disordered regulation of coagulation and platelet activation in xenotransplantation

  Citation: 156

  Authors: Simon C., David K. C., Anthony J. F.

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