Andreas Towarowski

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
6 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Andreas Towarowski is a scholar working on Immunology, Dermatology and Microbiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Andreas Towarowski has authored 6 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Immunology, 1 paper in Dermatology and 1 paper in Microbiology. Recurrent topics in Andreas Towarowski's work include Immune Response and Inflammation (5 papers), Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (5 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (3 papers). Andreas Towarowski is often cited by papers focused on Immune Response and Inflammation (5 papers), Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (5 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (3 papers). Andreas Towarowski collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Switzerland. Andreas Towarowski's co-authors include Simon Rothenfußer, Stefan Endres, Gunther Hartmann, Veit Hornung, Thomas Giese, Anne Krug, Arthur Μ. Krieg, Moritz Wagner, Robert Bals and Hartmut Engelmann and has published in prestigious journals such as Blood, The Journal of Immunology and European Journal of Immunology.

In The Last Decade

Andreas Towarowski

6 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

Toll-like receptor expression reveals CpG DNA as a unique... 2001 2026 2009 2017 2001 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. Toll-like receptor expression reveals CpG DNA as a unique microbial stimulus for plasmacytoid dendritic cells which synergizes with CD40 ligand to induce high amounts of IL-12
    2001 628 citations Anne Krug, Andreas Towarowski et al. European Journal of Immunology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Andreas Towarowski Germany 6 1.2k 176 176 145 109 6 1.4k
Michelle L. Paulson United States 8 822 0.7× 150 0.9× 78 0.4× 259 1.8× 105 1.0× 11 1.1k
M D Witmer United States 12 2.0k 1.7× 323 1.8× 94 0.5× 155 1.1× 189 1.7× 14 2.3k
Christel Buelens Belgium 8 925 0.8× 170 1.0× 37 0.2× 85 0.6× 148 1.4× 11 1.1k
Luzheng Liu United States 13 1.3k 1.1× 208 1.2× 180 1.0× 266 1.8× 222 2.0× 15 1.6k
Norbert Kohrgruber Austria 10 610 0.5× 99 0.6× 48 0.3× 311 2.1× 159 1.5× 13 1.0k
Janice White United States 8 1.1k 1.0× 217 1.2× 30 0.2× 107 0.7× 160 1.5× 10 1.4k
S. R. Krieg Netherlands 12 577 0.5× 92 0.5× 269 1.5× 137 0.9× 87 0.8× 16 906
Katrin Janke Austria 5 902 0.8× 155 0.9× 62 0.4× 69 0.5× 191 1.8× 6 1.1k
Judie Boisvert United States 10 1.5k 1.2× 158 0.9× 48 0.3× 315 2.2× 500 4.6× 10 1.9k
Inga Silberberg-Sinakin United States 5 634 0.5× 88 0.5× 232 1.3× 48 0.3× 78 0.7× 7 872

Countries citing papers authored by Andreas Towarowski

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Fields of papers citing papers by Andreas Towarowski

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Andreas Towarowski

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

All Works

6 of 6 papers shown
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Kerkmann, Miren, Simon Rothenfußer, Veit Hornung, et al.. (2003). Activation with CpG-A and CpG-B Oligonucleotides Reveals Two Distinct Regulatory Pathways of Type I IFN Synthesis in Human Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells. The Journal of Immunology. 170(9). 4465–4474. 278 indexed citations
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Rothenfußer, Simon, Veit Hornung, Maha Ayyoub, et al.. (2003). CpG-A and CpG-B oligonucleotides differentially enhance human peptide–specific primary and memory CD8+ T-cell responses in vitro. Blood. 103(6). 2162–2169. 87 indexed citations
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Wollenberg, Andreas, Martina Moderer, Stefanie Wetzel, et al.. (2002). Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells: A New Cutaneous Dendritic Cell Subset with Distinct Role in Inflammatory Skin Diseases. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 119(5). 1096–1102. 330 indexed citations
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Rothenfußer, Simon, Veit Hornung, Anne Krug, et al.. (2001). Distinct CpG oligonucleotide sequences activate human γ δ T cells via interferon-α/-β. European Journal of Immunology. 31(12). 3525–3534. 65 indexed citations
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Krug, Anne, Andreas Towarowski, Simon Rothenfußer, et al.. (2001). Toll-like receptor expression reveals CpG DNA as a unique microbial stimulus for plasmacytoid dendritic cells which synergizes with CD40 ligand to induce high amounts of IL-12. European Journal of Immunology. 31(10). 3026–3037. 628 indexed citations breakdown →
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Towarowski, Andreas, Anne Krug, Simon Rothenfußer, et al.. (2001). Toll-like receptor expression reveals CpG DNA as a unique microbial stimulus for plasmacytoid dendritic cells which synergizes with CD40L to induce high amounts of IL-12. European Journal of Cancer. 37. S36–S36. 5 indexed citations

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