Abstract: This paper analysed the outputs of dendritic cells research articles based on Web of Science^TM from 2006 to 2015 in order to know more about the overview of the global "dendritic cells"research.According to Web of Science^TM core collection,the direction of research,countries/regions,scientific research institutions,key journals and the published articles of authors and top 10 cited articles were analysed using the title of dendritic cells.The United States was the leading country in the field of dendritic cells.In the quantity of paper,USA toped the list,followed by Germany and China.The core journal about dendritic cells research was "Journal of Immunology".Number of papers published in the first three were Inserm,University of Pittsburgh and Harvard University.Number of papers published in the former two were Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Zhejiang University in the domestic.The most citation paper was from University of Oxford.The direction of research about dendritic cells were mainly concentrated in immunology,cell biology and oncology.So the main target of the study of dendritic cells in China was the United States,the key research directions were immunology,cell biology and oncology.

Key words: Web of Science^TM; dendritic cells; bibliometrics; paper