Human Immunology

Human Immunology is published by Elsevier Inc. and is in Zone 4 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are T-cell and B-cell Immunology, Immune Cell Function and Interaction and Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments, together about 44.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Immunology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

Human Immunology publishes full-length, original, hypothesis-driven basic and clinical research articles as well as brief communications, reviews and editorials covering immunogenetics, transplantation immunology, autoimmunity, and immunity to infectious diseases in humans. It also publishes short population reports, which are tied to the allelefrequencies.net database, describing allele frequencies of HLA and KIR.The journal's scope includes understanding the genetic and functional mechanisms that distinguish human individuals in their immune responses to allografts, pregnancy, infections or vaccines as well as the immune responses that lead to autoimmunity, allergy or drug hypersensitivity. It also includes examining the distribution of the genes controlling these responses in populations.Research areas include: • Studies of the genetics, genomics, polymorphism, evolution, and population distribution of immune-related genes • Studies of the expression, structure and function of the products of immune-related genes • Immunogenetics of susceptibility to infectious and autoimmune disease, and allergy • The role of the immune-related genes in hematopoietic stem cell, solid organ, and vascularized composite allograft transplant • Histocompatibility studies including alloantibodies, epitope definition, and T cell alloreactivity • Studies of immunologic tolerance and pregnancy • T cell, B cell, NK and regulatory cell functions, particularly related to subjects within the journal's scope • Pharmacogenomics and vaccine development in the context of immune-related genesHuman Immunology considers immune-related genes to include those encoding classical and non-classical HLA, KIR, MIC, minor histocompatibility antigens (mHAg), immunoglobulins, TCR, BCR, proteins involved in antigen processing and presentation, complement, Fc receptors, chemokines and cytokines. Other immune-related genes may be considered.Human Immunology is also interested in bioinformatics of immune-related genes and organizational topics impacting laboratory processes, organ allocation, clinical strategies, and registries related to autoimmunity and transplantation.Original papers with new data will be given preference over uninvited reviews and meta-analyses.Original papers with new data will be given preference over uninvited reviews and meta-analyses. As the flagship scientific publication of the American Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics (ASHI), Human Immunology is primarily d

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): Immunology

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

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International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub

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Impact

Impact factor

2.06LetPub · 2026-09-13

Impact factor (publisher)

2.1Publisher website · 2026-09-29

CiteScore 2026-06

3.7LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore (publisher)

3.7Publisher website · 2026-09-29

SJR 2026-06

0.62LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

0.6LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

87LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

128OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

4,020OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

1.08OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

9.5%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

18.18%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

133LetPub · 2026-09-13

Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.

Other sources

Average review time (community reports)

about 1.5 monthsLetPub · 2026-09-13

Average acceptance (community reports)

50%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Submission to first decision

1 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-29

First decision after review

35 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-29

Submission to acceptance

109 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-29

Acceptance to publication

10 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-29

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Publisher

Elsevier Inc.

Country or region

UNITED STATES

Language

English

Frequency

Monthly

Founded

1980

ISSN

0198-8859

Electronic ISSN

1879-1166

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
• Submission system ↗Publisher website
• Special issues ↗Publisher website