Albert Heim

8.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
155 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

Albert Heim is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Genetics and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Albert Heim has authored 155 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 62 papers in Epidemiology, 59 papers in Genetics and 52 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Albert Heim's work include Virus-based gene therapy research (59 papers), Viral Infections and Immunology Research (39 papers) and Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (36 papers). Albert Heim is often cited by papers focused on Virus-based gene therapy research (59 papers), Viral Infections and Immunology Research (39 papers) and Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (36 papers). Albert Heim collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and France. Albert Heim's co-authors include Gabi Harste, Patricia Pring‐Åkerblom, Tina Ganzenmueller, Ijad Madisch, Cornelia Henke‐Gendo, Michael P. Manns, Michael Stille‐Siegener, Elias Hage, Frauke Mattner and Roland Zell and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Nucleic Acids Research and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Albert Heim

150 papers receiving 5.0k citations

Hit Papers

Rapid and quantitative detection of human adenovirus DNA ... 2003 2026 2010 2018 2003 200 400 600
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Rapid and quantitative detection of human adenovirus DNA by real‐time PCR
    2003 662 citations Albert Heim et al. Journal of Medical Virology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Albert Heim Germany 40 2.3k 2.0k 1.7k 1.1k 765 155 5.1k
Ella Mendelson Israel 45 3.6k 1.6× 2.0k 1.0× 673 0.4× 913 0.9× 293 0.4× 261 6.3k
Hiroaki Ishiko Japan 39 1.6k 0.7× 2.0k 1.0× 701 0.4× 792 0.7× 451 0.6× 98 3.8k
Aloys C.M. Kroes Netherlands 38 2.0k 0.9× 2.9k 1.4× 804 0.5× 440 0.4× 157 0.2× 153 4.5k
Paul E. Klapper United Kingdom 37 1.6k 0.7× 2.3k 1.2× 553 0.3× 438 0.4× 193 0.3× 123 4.3k
Tobias Allander Sweden 31 2.6k 1.1× 3.4k 1.7× 364 0.2× 427 0.4× 615 0.8× 60 5.5k
Rowena A. Bull Australia 32 2.4k 1.1× 878 0.4× 728 0.4× 885 0.8× 999 1.3× 96 4.1k
Sasirekha Ramani United States 39 4.5k 1.9× 603 0.3× 972 0.6× 1.6k 1.5× 901 1.2× 98 5.6k
Mauro Bendinelli Italy 34 1.2k 0.5× 1.5k 0.8× 1.0k 0.6× 601 0.6× 189 0.2× 137 3.6k
Elisabeth Puchhammer‐Stöckl Austria 36 1.4k 0.6× 1.8k 0.9× 367 0.2× 360 0.3× 312 0.4× 136 3.6k
Sompong Vongpunsawad Thailand 31 1.3k 0.6× 1.5k 0.7× 535 0.3× 507 0.5× 460 0.6× 107 3.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Albert Heim

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Fields of papers citing papers by Albert Heim

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Albert Heim

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Scarsella, Luca, et al.. (2025). Current Trends of Human Adenovirus Types Among Hospitalized Children—A Systematic Review. Viruses. 17(7). 914–914.
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Bonifacius, Agnes, Albert Heim, Rita Beier, et al.. (2025). Transfer of Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 (HSV-1) Specific T Cells in a Pediatric Patient Post-HSCT With Severe, Acyclovir-resistant HSV-1 Infection. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 82(2). 366–369.
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Tischer‐Zimmermann, Sabine, Rita Beier, Martin G. Sauer, et al.. (2023). Adenoviral Penton and Hexon Proteins Are Equivalent Immunogenic Targets of Virus-Specific T Cells after Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in Children. Transplantation and Cellular Therapy. 29(6). 391.e1–391.e7. 1 indexed citations
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Steinbrück, Lars, et al.. (2022). Molecular phylogeny of human adenovirus type 41 lineages. Virus Evolution. 8(2). veac098–veac098. 16 indexed citations
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Wyler, Emanuel, Christian Urban, Antonio Piras, et al.. (2021). The Zinc Finger Antiviral Protein ZAP Restricts Human Cytomegalovirus and Selectively Binds and Destabilizes Viral UL4 / UL5 Transcripts. mBio. 12(3). 36 indexed citations
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Engelmann, Ilka, Valérie Coiteux, Albert Heim, et al.. (2016). Severe Adenovirus Pneumonia Followed by Bacterial Septicaemia: Relevance of Co-Infections in Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation. Infectious Disorders - Drug Targets. 16(1). 69–76. 12 indexed citations
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Ganzenmueller, Tina, et al.. (2014). Detection of cytomegalovirus (CMV) by real-time PCR in fecal samples for the non-invasive diagnosis of CMV intestinal disease. Journal of Clinical Virology. 61(4). 517–522. 25 indexed citations
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Tischer, Sabine, Constança Figueiredo, Lilia Goudeva, et al.. (2013). CMV-, EBV- and ADV-Specific T Cell Immunity: Screening and Monitoring of Potential Third-Party Donors to Improve Post-Transplantation Outcome. Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation. 19(10). 1480–1492. 55 indexed citations
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Pischke, Sven, Christian Koenecke, Albert Heim, et al.. (2011). 1255 CHRONIC HEPATITIS E IN IMMUNOSUPPRESSED PATIENTS BEYOND LIVER- AND KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION. Journal of Hepatology. 54. S495–S495. 4 indexed citations
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Groos, Stephanie, et al.. (2011). A differentiated porcine bronchial epithelial cell culture model for studying human adenovirus tropism and virulence. Journal of Virological Methods. 178(1-2). 117–123. 25 indexed citations
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Kallenbach, Klaus, Rolf Salcher, Albert Heim, et al.. (2009). Inhibition of smooth muscle cell migration and neointima formation in vein grafts by overexpression of matrix metalloproteinase-3. Journal of Vascular Surgery. 49(3). 750–758. 23 indexed citations
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Pinkert, Sandra, Albert Heim, Heinz Zeichhardt, et al.. (2009). Combination of soluble coxsackievirus-adenovirus receptor and anti-coxsackievirus siRNAs exerts synergistic antiviral activity against coxsackievirus B3. Antiviral Research. 83(3). 298–306. 20 indexed citations
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Ganzenmueller, Tina, Cornelia Henke‐Gendo, Jérôme Schlué, et al.. (2009). Quantification of cytomegalovirus DNA levels in intestinal biopsies as a diagnostic tool for CMV intestinal disease. Journal of Clinical Virology. 46(3). 254–258. 35 indexed citations
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Mattner, Frauke, Karl‐Walter Sykora, Barbara Meissner, & Albert Heim. (2008). An Adenovirus Type F41 Outbreak in a Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplant Unit. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 27(5). 419–424. 32 indexed citations
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Schmidtke, Michaela, Hans‐Christoph Selinka, Albert Heim, et al.. (2000). Attachment of Coxsackievirus B3 Variants to Various Cell Lines: Mapping of Phenotypic Differences to Capsid Protein VP1. Virology. 275(1). 77–88. 66 indexed citations
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Figulla, Hans R., Michael Stille‐Siegener, Gerhard Mall, Albert Heim, & Heinrich Kreuzer. (1995). Myocardial enterovirus infection with left ventricular dysfunction: A benign disease compared with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 25(5). 1170–1175. 52 indexed citations
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Kandolf, Reinhard, Karin Klingel, Roland Zell, et al.. (1993). Molecular Mechanisms in the Pathogenesis of Enteroviral Heart Disease: Acute and Persistent Infections. Clinical Immunology and Immunopathology. 68(2). 153–158. 39 indexed citations
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Heim, Albert, A. Canu, Philip Kirschner, et al.. (1992). Synergistic Interaction of Interferon-  and Interferon-  in Coxsackievirus B3-Infected Carrier Cultures of Human Myocardial Fibroblasts. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 166(5). 958–965. 48 indexed citations
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Kandolf, Reinhard, Karin Klingel, Heike Mertsching, et al.. (1991). Molecular studies on enteroviral heart disease: patterns of acute and persistent infections. European Heart Journal. 12(suppl D). 49–55. 38 indexed citations

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