Alexander Schweiger

2.5k total citations
38 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Alexander Schweiger is a scholar working on Surgery, Infectious Diseases and Pathology and Forensic Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexander Schweiger has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Surgery, 7 papers in Infectious Diseases and 6 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine. Recurrent topics in Alexander Schweiger's work include Surgical site infection prevention (6 papers), Electron Spin Resonance Studies (6 papers) and Parasitic infections in humans and animals (6 papers). Alexander Schweiger is often cited by papers focused on Surgical site infection prevention (6 papers), Electron Spin Resonance Studies (6 papers) and Parasitic infections in humans and animals (6 papers). Alexander Schweiger collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and United States. Alexander Schweiger's co-authors include Peter Deplazes, F. van Knapen, Paul Overgaauw, Paul R. Torgerson, Philip Tarr, R Ammann, Péter Závodszky, Rainer Jaenicke, Jonas Marschall and Beat Müllhaupt and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, JAMA and The Journal of Physical Chemistry B.

In The Last Decade

Alexander Schweiger

37 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alexander Schweiger Switzerland 17 580 500 464 309 189 38 1.6k
David Katz Israel 30 428 0.7× 68 0.1× 388 0.8× 571 1.8× 787 4.2× 81 3.6k
Geoffrey W. Pye United States 17 285 0.5× 48 0.1× 336 0.7× 127 0.4× 61 0.3× 62 2.1k
Philip J. Cooper United Kingdom 24 84 0.1× 668 1.3× 175 0.4× 294 1.0× 23 0.1× 55 2.5k
Antonella Cingolani Italy 37 692 1.2× 185 0.4× 159 0.3× 1.9k 6.1× 124 0.7× 159 4.4k
Molly A. Hughes United States 29 60 0.1× 412 0.8× 495 1.1× 929 3.0× 32 0.2× 79 2.8k
Aileen M. Marty United States 21 39 0.1× 160 0.3× 191 0.4× 416 1.3× 185 1.0× 58 1.7k
Paul Smith United States 31 90 0.2× 85 0.2× 683 1.5× 266 0.9× 94 0.5× 122 3.7k
Rodney D. Adam United States 34 228 0.4× 2.8k 5.6× 175 0.4× 2.0k 6.5× 70 0.4× 80 4.3k
Edward S. Cooper United States 22 37 0.1× 709 1.4× 166 0.4× 197 0.6× 47 0.2× 83 1.8k
Roberto Martínez Brazil 40 352 0.6× 131 0.3× 536 1.2× 1.6k 5.2× 32 0.2× 213 4.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alexander Schweiger

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alexander Schweiger

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Alexander Schweiger. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Alexander Schweiger 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 Schweiger. Alexander Schweiger is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Widmer, Andreas F., Stephan Harbarth, Carlo Balmelli, et al.. (2025). β-Lactam vs Non–β-Lactam Antimicrobial Prophylaxis and Surgical Site Infection. JAMA Network Open. 8(10). e2540809–e2540809.
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Deibel, Ansgar, Soleen Ghafoor, Alexander Schweiger, et al.. (2025). Comprehensive Survival Analysis of Alveolar Echinococcosis Patients, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, 1973–2022. Emerging infectious diseases. 31(5). 906–916. 2 indexed citations
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Sommerstein, Rami, Andrew Atkinson, Stefan P. Kuster, et al.. (2021). Association Between Antimicrobial Prophylaxis With Double-Dose Cefuroxime and Surgical Site Infections in Patients Weighing 80 kg or More. JAMA Network Open. 4(12). e2138926–e2138926. 6 indexed citations
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Schweiger, Alexander, Stefan P. Kuster, Gregor John, et al.. (2020). Impact of an evidence-based intervention on urinary catheter utilization, associated process indicators, and infectious and non-infectious outcomes. Journal of Hospital Infection. 106(2). 364–371. 15 indexed citations
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Schweiger, Alexander, Marc Dangel, Manuel Battegay, et al.. (2018). Costs versus earnings in colon surgery and coronary artery bypass grafting under a prospective payment system: Sufficient financial incentives to reduce surgical site infections?. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 39(10). 1246–1249. 2 indexed citations
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Abbas, Mohamed, E. Aghayev, Nicolas Troillet, et al.. (2017). Temporal trends and epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus surgical site infection in the Swiss surveillance network: a cohort study. Journal of Hospital Infection. 98(2). 118–126. 8 indexed citations
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Armúa-Fernández, María Teresa, Deborah E. Joekel, Alexander Schweiger, et al.. (2016). Successful intestinal Echinococcus multilocularis oncosphere invasion and subsequent hepatic metacestode establishment in resistant RccHan™:WIST rats after pharmacological immunosuppression. Parasitology. 143(10). 1252–1260. 9 indexed citations
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Schweiger, Alexander, et al.. (2015). Nosocomial Infections in Dialysis Access. Contributions to nephrology. 184. 205–221. 11 indexed citations
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Cusini, Alexia, et al.. (2015). Improved hand hygiene compliance after eliminating mandatory glove use from contact precautions—Is less more?. American Journal of Infection Control. 43(9). 922–927. 37 indexed citations
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Schweiger, Alexander, et al.. (2015). Colonization with resistant microorganisms in patients transferred from abroad: who needs to be screened?. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control. 4(1). 31–31. 35 indexed citations
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Schweiger, Alexander, Adrian B. Hehl, I. Tanner, et al.. (2013). Toxoplasma gondii Infection in Kyrgyzstan: Seroprevalence, Risk Factor Analysis, and Estimate of Congenital and AIDS-Related Toxoplasmosis. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 7(2). e2043–e2043. 42 indexed citations
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Schweiger, Alexander, Felix Grimm, I. Tanner, et al.. (2011). Serological diagnosis of echinococcosis: the diagnostic potential of native antigens. Infection. 40(2). 139–152. 44 indexed citations
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Deplazes, Peter, F. van Knapen, Alexander Schweiger, & Paul Overgaauw. (2011). Role of pet dogs and cats in the transmission of helminthic zoonoses in Europe, with a focus on echinococcosis and toxocarosis. Veterinary Parasitology. 182(1). 41–53. 261 indexed citations
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Torgerson, Paul R., Alexander Schweiger, Peter Deplazes, et al.. (2008). Alveolar echinococcosis: From a deadly disease to a well-controlled infection. Relative survival and economic analysis in Switzerland over the last 35 years. Journal of Hepatology. 49(1). 72–77. 200 indexed citations
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Broocks, Andreas, Alexander Schweiger, & Karl‐Martin Pirke. (1991). The influence of semistarvation-induced hyperactivity on hypothalamic serotonin metabolism. Physiology & Behavior. 50(2). 385–388. 43 indexed citations
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Schweiger, Alexander, et al.. (1990). Extremely thermostable D-glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase from the eubacterium Thermotoga maritima. Biochemistry. 29(33). 7584–7592. 184 indexed citations
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Rudin, Markus, et al.. (1980). On the electronic structure of N,N′-ethylenebis(acetylacetonatiminato)Co(II), Co(II)acacen. Molecular Physics. 41(6). 1317–1328. 13 indexed citations
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Schweiger, Alexander, G. RIST, & Hs. H. Günthard. (1975). Endor spectra of Cu(sal)2:Ni(sal)2. Chemical Physics Letters. 31(1). 48–52. 16 indexed citations

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