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May 29, 2018
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CD nomenclature 2015: Human leukocyte differentiation antigen workshops as a driving force in immunology

Publicated to: Journal Of Immunology. 195 (10): 4555-4563 - 2015-01-01 195(10), DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1502033

Authors:

Engel P; Boumsell L; Balderas R; Bensussan A; Gattei V; Horejsi V; Jin B; Malavasi F; Mortari F; Schwartz-Albiez R; Stockinger H; Van Zelm M; Zola H; Clark G
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Affiliations

BD BIOSCIENCES - Author
German Cancer Research Center - Author
INSERM - Author
Institute of Molecular Genetics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic - Author
Medizinische Universitat Wien - Author
Monash University - Author
Oncological Referral Center - Author
R and D Systems, Inc. - Author
The Fourth Military Medical University - Author
The University of Sydney - Author
Università degli Studi di Torino - Author
Universitat de Barcelona - Author
University of Adelaide - Author
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Abstract

Copyright © 2015 by The American Association of Immunologists, Inc. CD(cluster of differentiation) Ags are cell surfacemolecules expressed on leukocytes and other cells relevant for the immune system. CDnomenclature has been universally adopted by the scientific community and is officially approved by the International Union of Immunological Societies and sanctioned by the World Health Organization. It provides a unified designation system for mAbs, as well as for the cell surface molecules that they recognize. This nomenclature was established by the Human Leukocyte Differentiation Antigens Workshops. In addition to defining the CDnomenclature, these workshops have been instrumental in identifying and determining the expression and function of cell surface molecules. Over the past 30 y, the data generated by the 10 Human Leukocyte Differentiation Antigens Workshops have led to the characterization and formal designation of more than 400 molecules. CD molecules are commonly used as cell markers, allowing the identification and isolation of leukocyte populations, subsets, and differentiation stages. mAbs against these molecules have proven to be essential for biomedical research and diagnosis, as well as in biotechnology. More recently, they have been recognized as invaluable tools for the treatment of several malignancies and autoimmune diseases. In this article, we describe how the CD nomenclature was established, present the official updated list of CD molecules, and provide a rationale for their usefulness in the 21st century.
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Keywords

Good health and well-beingStrengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development goals

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2015, it was in position 32/151, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Immunology.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from World Citations provided by WoS (ESI, Clarivate), it yields a value for the citation normalization relative to the expected citation rate of: 1.58. This indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: ESI Nov 13, 2025)

This information is reinforced by other indicators of the same type, which, although dynamic over time and dependent on the set of average global citations at the time of their calculation, consistently position the work at some point among the top 50% most cited in its field:

  • Weighted Average of Normalized Impact by the Scopus agency: 1.43 (source consulted: FECYT Mar 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2026-04-01, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 65
  • Scopus: 65
  • Europe PMC: 53
  • Open Alex: 126
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Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2026-04-01:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 272.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 270 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 23.
  • The number of mentions on the social network Facebook: 1 (Altmetric).
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 2 (Altmetric).
  • The number of mentions on Wikipedia: 3 (Altmetric).
  • The number of mentions in news outlets: 1 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
Continuing with the social impact of the work, it is important to emphasize that, due to its content, it can be assigned to the area of interest of ODS 17 - Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development, ODS 3 - Good Health And Well-being, with a probability of 43% according to the mBERT algorithm developed by Aurora University.
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Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Australia; Austria; China; Czech Republic; France; Italy; United States of America.

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (Engel Rocamora, Pablo) .

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been Engel Rocamora, Pablo.

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