Alexander Lercher

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 480 citations indexed

About

Alexander Lercher is a scholar working on Immunology, Infectious Diseases and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexander Lercher has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 480 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Immunology, 5 papers in Infectious Diseases and 5 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Alexander Lercher's work include SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (4 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (4 papers) and interferon and immune responses (3 papers). Alexander Lercher is often cited by papers focused on SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (4 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (4 papers) and interferon and immune responses (3 papers). Alexander Lercher collaborates with scholars based in Austria, United States and Germany. Alexander Lercher's co-authors include Andreas Bergthaler, Hatoon Baazim, Nikolaus Fortelny, Victoria Fife, Linda C. Schuster, Amelie Nemc, André F. Rendeiro, Christoph Bock, Christian Schmidl and Martin Senekowitsch and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Alexander Lercher

14 papers receiving 475 citations

Hit Papers

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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. Structural cells are key regulators of organ-specific immune responses
    2020 283 citations Thomas Krausgruber, Nikolaus Fortelny et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alexander Lercher Austria 10 236 170 61 56 50 14 480
Lisa Perruzza Switzerland 10 260 1.1× 223 1.3× 58 1.0× 38 0.7× 59 1.2× 16 597
Ratnadeep Mukherjee India 5 288 1.2× 162 1.0× 93 1.5× 92 1.6× 35 0.7× 8 603
Mehdi Benamar United States 11 189 0.8× 172 1.0× 46 0.8× 33 0.6× 50 1.0× 25 439
Mirna Peña United States 12 369 1.6× 142 0.8× 60 1.0× 68 1.2× 31 0.6× 15 621
María Laura Sáiz Spain 11 247 1.0× 264 1.6× 50 0.8× 66 1.2× 88 1.8× 19 568
Fumitaka Sato United States 18 261 1.1× 217 1.3× 102 1.7× 90 1.6× 64 1.3× 40 714
Timothy J. Bauler United States 11 172 0.7× 271 1.6× 63 1.0× 33 0.6× 46 0.9× 18 492
Fanhua Wei China 12 153 0.6× 173 1.0× 34 0.6× 99 1.8× 70 1.4× 19 426
Alexandra dos Anjos Cassado Brazil 8 350 1.5× 198 1.2× 45 0.7× 85 1.5× 43 0.9× 9 724
Adam J. Fike United States 12 247 1.0× 162 1.0× 82 1.3× 46 0.8× 27 0.5× 20 476

Countries citing papers authored by Alexander Lercher

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alexander Lercher

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alexander Lercher

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Alexander Lercher. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Alexander Lercher based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Alexander Lercher. Alexander Lercher is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

14 of 14 papers shown
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Lercher, Alexander, Jin‐Gyu Cheong, Michael J. Bale, et al.. (2024). Antiviral innate immune memory in alveolar macrophages following SARS-CoV-2 infection ameliorates secondary influenza A virus disease. Immunity. 57(11). 2530–2546.e13. 17 indexed citations
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Zang, Trinity, Marie Canis, Fabian Schmidt, et al.. (2023). Heteromultimeric sarbecovirus receptor binding domain immunogens primarily generate variant-specific neutralizing antibodies. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(51). e2317367120–e2317367120. 1 indexed citations
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Platanitis, Ekaterini, Michaela Prchal‐Murphy, Alexander Lercher, et al.. (2021). Listeria monocytogenes infection rewires host metabolism with regulatory input from type I interferons. PLoS Pathogens. 17(7). e1009697–e1009697. 9 indexed citations
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Leber, Werner, Monika Redlberger‐Fritz, Jeremy V. Camp, et al.. (2021). Rapid, early and accurate SARS-CoV-2 detection using RT-qPCR in primary care: a prospective cohort study (REAP-1). BMJ Open. 11(8). e045225–e045225. 2 indexed citations
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Smyth, Mark, Kseniya Khamina, Alexandra Popa, et al.. (2021). Characterization of CD8 T Cell-Mediated Mutations in the Immunodominant Epitope GP33-41 of Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus. Frontiers in Immunology. 12. 638485–638485. 1 indexed citations
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Pemovska, Tea, Johannes W. Bigenzahn, Ismet Srndic, et al.. (2021). Metabolic drug survey highlights cancer cell dependencies and vulnerabilities. Nature Communications. 12(1). 7190–7190. 14 indexed citations
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Buchta, Christoph, Jeremy V. Camp, Peter Chiba, et al.. (2021). The versatility of external quality assessment for the surveillance of laboratory and in vitro diagnostic performance: SARS-CoV-2 viral genome detection in Austria. Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (CCLM). 59(10). 1735–1744. 11 indexed citations
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Lercher, Alexander, Alexandra Popa, Csilla Viczenczová, et al.. (2020). Hepatocyte-intrinsic type I interferon signaling reprograms metabolism and reveals a novel compensatory mechanism of the tryptophan-kynurenine pathway in viral hepatitis. PLoS Pathogens. 16(10). e1008973–e1008973. 14 indexed citations
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Krausgruber, Thomas, Nikolaus Fortelny, Victoria Fife, et al.. (2020). Structural cells are key regulators of organ-specific immune responses. Nature. 583(7815). 296–302. 283 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lercher, Alexander, Hatoon Baazim, & Andreas Bergthaler. (2020). Systemic Immunometabolism: Challenges and Opportunities. Immunity. 53(3). 496–509. 86 indexed citations
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Pemovska, Tea, Johannes W. Bigenzahn, Ismet Srndic, et al.. (2020). Metabolic Drug Survey Highlights Cancer Cell Dependencies and Vulnerabilities. Blood. 136(Supplement 1). 26–27. 3 indexed citations
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Agerer, Benedikt, Lisa Haas, Alexander Lercher, et al.. (2018). Human tripartite motif protein 52 is required for cell context-dependent proliferation. Oncotarget. 9(17). 13565–13581. 14 indexed citations
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Khamina, Kseniya, Alexander Lercher, Michael Caldera, et al.. (2017). Characterization of host proteins interacting with the lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus L protein. PLoS Pathogens. 13(12). e1006758–e1006758. 15 indexed citations
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Kosack, Lindsay, Riem Gawish, Alexander Lercher, et al.. (2017). The lipid-sensor TREM2 aggravates disease in a model of LCMV-induced hepatitis. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 11289–11289. 10 indexed citations

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