Most-cited Immunology and Microbiology papers of 2022, with free PDFs

The 25 most-cited Immunology and Microbiology research papers published in 2022, ranked by citations in OpenAlex, with their original abstracts and free PDFs where available.

1. Global burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance in 2019: a systematic analysis
   Christopher J L Murray, Kevin Shunji Ikuta et al. · 2022 · 16,136 citations · Free PDF
2. Global mortality associated with 33 bacterial pathogens in 2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
   Kevin Shunji Ikuta, Lucien R Swetschinski et al. · 2022 · 2,231 citations · Free PDF
3. Monkeypox Virus Infection in Humans across 16 Countries — April–June 2022
   John Patrick Thornhill, Sapha Barkati et al. · 2022 · 2,153 citations · Free PDF
4. The changing epidemiology of human monkeypox—A potential threat? A systematic review
   Eveline M. Bunge, Bernard Hoet et al. · 2022 · 1,946 citations
5. Clinical features and management of human monkeypox: a retrospective observational study in the UK
   Hugh Adler, Susan Gould et al. · 2022 · 1,261 citations
6. Atherosclerosis: Recent developments
   Johan Björkegren, Aldons Jake Lusis · 2022 · 1,251 citations
7. Inflammation and atherosclerosis: signaling pathways and therapeutic intervention
   Peng Kong, Ziyang Cui et al. · 2022 · 1,167 citations · Free PDF
8. Human Inborn Errors of Immunity: 2022 Update on the Classification from the International Union of Immunological Societies Expert Committee
   Stuart G. Tangye, Waleed Al–Herz et al. · 2022 · 1,160 citations · Free PDF
9. Pathophysiology of Atherosclerosis
   Shifa Jebari‐Benslaiman, Unai Galicia-García et al. · 2022 · 1,013 citations · Free PDF
10. Toll-Like Receptor Signaling and Its Role in Cell-Mediated Immunity
    Tianhao Duan, Yang Du et al. · 2022 · 969 citations · Free PDF
11. Single-cell and spatial analysis reveal interaction of FAP+ fibroblasts and SPP1+ macrophages in colorectal cancer
    Jingjing Qi, Hongxiang Sun et al. · 2022 · 952 citations · Free PDF
12. Germinal Centers
    Gabriel D. Victora, Michel C. Nussenzweig · 2022 · 827 citations
13. Phylogenomic characterization and signs of microevolution in the 2022 multi-country outbreak of monkeypox virus
    Joana Isidro, Vítor Borges et al. · 2022 · 825 citations · Free PDF
14. The Role of Inflammation in Cardiovascular Disease
    Michael Y. Henein, Sergio Vancheri et al. · 2022 · 725 citations · Free PDF
15. Cancer vaccines as promising immuno-therapeutics: platforms and current progress
    Jian Liu, Minyang Fu et al. · 2022 · 715 citations · Free PDF
16. Macrophage diversity in cancer revisited in the era of single-cell omics
    Ruoyu Ma, Annabel Black et al. · 2022 · 705 citations
17. Neutrophils in chronic inflammatory diseases
    Andrea Herrero-Cervera, Oliver Soehnlein et al. · 2022 · 694 citations · Free PDF
18. Clinical presentation and virological assessment of confirmed human monkeypox virus cases in Spain: a prospective observational cohort study
    Eloy José Tarín-Vicente, Andrea Alemany et al. · 2022 · 686 citations
19. The past, present, and future of antibiotics
    Michael A. Cook, Gerard D. Wright · 2022 · 653 citations
20. Advances in the pathogenesis of psoriasis: from keratinocyte perspective
    Xue Zhou, Youdong Chen et al. · 2022 · 633 citations · Free PDF
21. Clinical features and novel presentations of human monkeypox in a central London centre during the 2022 outbreak: descriptive case series
    Aatish M. Patel, Julia Bilinska et al. · 2022 · 618 citations
22. Immunosuppressive cells in cancer: mechanisms and potential therapeutic targets
    Yan Tie, Fan Tang et al. · 2022 · 588 citations · Free PDF
23. Roles of natural killer cells in immunity to cancer, and applications to immunotherapy
    Natalie K. Wolf, Djem U. Kissiov et al. · 2022 · 576 citations
24. Antimicrobial resistance: One Health approach
    María Elena Velázquez-Meza, Miguel Galarde-López et al. · 2022 · 572 citations
25. Epidemiological, clinical and virological characteristics of four cases of monkeypox support transmission through sexual contact, Italy, May 2022
    Andrea Antinori, Valentina Mazzotta et al. · 2022 · 562 citations · Free PDF

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