Benedikt Simbrunner

3.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
104 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Benedikt Simbrunner is a scholar working on Hepatology, Epidemiology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Benedikt Simbrunner has authored 104 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 94 papers in Hepatology, 88 papers in Epidemiology and 26 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Benedikt Simbrunner's work include Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (84 papers), Liver Disease and Transplantation (82 papers) and Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes (19 papers). Benedikt Simbrunner is often cited by papers focused on Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (84 papers), Liver Disease and Transplantation (82 papers) and Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes (19 papers). Benedikt Simbrunner collaborates with scholars based in Austria, Netherlands and United Kingdom. Benedikt Simbrunner's co-authors include Thomas Reiberger, Michael Trauner, Mattias Mandorfer, David Bauer, Bernhard Scheiner, Rafael Paternostro, Georg Semmler, Lukas Hartl, Philipp Schwabl and Mathias Jachs and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Gastroenterology and Hepatology.

In The Last Decade

Benedikt Simbrunner

92 papers receiving 1.6k 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.

Bile acid metabolism and signalling in liver disease

2024 40 citations Benedikt Simbrunner, Thomas Reiberger et al. Journal of Hepatology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Benedikt Simbrunner Austria	24	1.2k	1.2k	401	139	117	104	1.6k
Georg Semmler Austria	24	1.2k 1.0×	940 0.8×	406 1.0×	100 0.7×	137 1.2×	141	1.7k
Vincenzo La Mura Italy	25	1.7k 1.4×	1.5k 1.3×	506 1.3×	137 1.0×	103 0.9×	75	2.1k
Rafael Paternostro Austria	24	1.3k 1.1×	1.2k 1.0×	422 1.1×	127 0.9×	169 1.4×	80	1.8k
Albert Friedrich Stättermayer Austria	27	1.6k 1.3×	1.6k 1.4×	325 0.8×	105 0.8×	40 0.3×	94	2.3k
Paul Manka Germany	19	695 0.6×	621 0.5×	186 0.5×	181 1.3×	92 0.8×	59	1.1k
Sanjiv Saigal India	20	807 0.7×	932 0.8×	647 1.6×	66 0.5×	63 0.5×	121	1.4k
Manuel de la Mata Spain	20	692 0.6×	916 0.8×	409 1.0×	201 1.4×	75 0.6×	53	1.4k
Ming‐Chih Hou Taiwan	23	802 0.7×	994 0.9×	615 1.5×	114 0.8×	54 0.5×	105	1.5k
Ahmad H. Ali United States	17	867 0.7×	945 0.8×	690 1.7×	177 1.3×	82 0.7×	58	1.6k
Federica Botta Italy	20	1.6k 1.4×	1.5k 1.3×	536 1.3×	82 0.6×	108 0.9×	40	2.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Benedikt Simbrunner

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All Works

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Simbrunner, Benedikt, Michael Schwarz, Lukas Hartl, et al.. (2025). Smoking Aggravates Inflammation, Fibrogenesis, Angiogenesis and Cancer Risk in Patients With Cirrhosis. Liver International. 45(10). e70314–e70314. 1 indexed citations

Hofer, Benedikt, Lorenz Balcar, Mathias Schneeweiss‐Gleixner, et al.. (2025). Impact of Underlying Portal Hypertension on Severity and Course of Acute‐On‐Chronic Liver Failure. Liver International. 45(10). e70363–e70363.

Jachs, Mathias, Lukas Hartl, Michael Schwarz, et al.. (2025). Diagnostic and Clinical Implications of High Spleen‐To‐Liver Stiffness Ratio in MASH —A Prospective, Comparative Study. Liver International. 45(10). e70261–e70261.

Jachs, Mathias, Lukas Hartl, Benedikt Simbrunner, et al.. (2024). Prognostic performance of non-invasive tests for portal hypertension is comparable to that of hepatic venous pressure gradient. Journal of Hepatology. 80(5). 744–752. 19 indexed citations

Semmler, Georg, Sarah Shalaby, Juan Sánchez-Ávila, et al.. (2024). Metabolomic profiles differentiate between porto-sinusoidal vascular disorder, cirrhosis, and healthy individuals. JHEP Reports. 6(12). 101208–101208. 2 indexed citations

Schwarz, Michael, Benedikt Simbrunner, Mathias Jachs, et al.. (2024). High histamine levels are associated with acute‐on‐chronic liver failure and liver‐related death in patients with advanced chronic liver disease. Liver International. 44(11). 2904–2914. 3 indexed citations

Scheiner, Bernhard, Alberto Zanetto, Lorenz Balcar, et al.. (2024). Von Willebrand factor for outcome prediction within different clinical stages of advanced chronic liver disease. Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 59(11). 1376–1386. 3 indexed citations

Hartl, Lukas, Michael Schwarz, Benedikt Simbrunner, et al.. (2024). Insulin‐like growth factor‐1 in cirrhosis is linked to hepatic dysfunction and fibrogenesis and predicts liver‐related mortality. Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 61(1). 88–98. 4 indexed citations

Bauer, David, Michael Schwarz, Benedikt Hofer, et al.. (2024). The deep abdominal ultrasound transducer (DAX) increases the success rate and diagnostic accuracy of shear wave elastography for liver fibrosis assessment in patients with obesity—A prospective biopsy‐controlled study. Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 60(1). 70–82. 3 indexed citations

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Balcar, Lorenz, Benedikt Simbrunner, Rafael Paternostro, et al.. (2023). Platelet adhesion assessed by PFA-100 is not linked to progression of ACLD. JHEP Reports. 6(1). 100934–100934. 2 indexed citations

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Hofer, Benedikt, Benedikt Simbrunner, Lukas Hartl, et al.. (2023). Hepatic recompensation according to Baveno VII criteria is linked to a significant survival benefit in decompensated alcohol‐related cirrhosis. Liver International. 43(10). 2220–2231. 36 indexed citations

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Hartl, Lukas, Benedikt Simbrunner, Mathias Jachs, et al.. (2023). Lower free triiodothyronine (fT3) levels in cirrhosis are linked to systemic inflammation, higher risk of acute-on-chronic liver failure, and mortality. JHEP Reports. 6(1). 100954–100954. 2 indexed citations

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Balcar, Lorenz, Bernhard Scheiner, Rafael Paternostro, et al.. (2023). Impact of ammonia levels on outcome in clinically stable outpatients with advanced chronic liver disease. JHEP Reports. 5(4). 100682–100682. 13 indexed citations

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Scheiner, Bernhard, Lorenz Balcar, Rafael Paternostro, et al.. (2022). Factor VIII/protein C ratio independently predicts liver-related events but does not indicate a hypercoagulable state in ACLD. Journal of Hepatology. 76(5). 1090–1099. 24 indexed citations

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Hartl, Lukas, Mathias Jachs, Benedikt Simbrunner, et al.. (2021). Cirrhosis-Associated RAS-Inflammation-Coagulation Axis Anomalies: Parallels to Severe COVID-19. Journal of Personalized Medicine. 11(12). 1264–1264. 8 indexed citations

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Hartl, Lukas, Georg Semmler, Benedikt Hofer, et al.. (2021). COVID‐19‐Related Downscaling of In‐Hospital Liver Care Decreased Patient Satisfaction and Increased Liver‐Related Mortality. Hepatology Communications. 5(10). 1660–1675. 20 indexed citations

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Jachs, Mathias, Lukas Hartl, Benedikt Simbrunner, et al.. (2020). Amelioration of systemic inflammation in advanced chronic liver disease upon beta-blocker therapy translates into improved clinical outcomes. Gut. 70(9). 1758–1767. 58 indexed citations

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Beer, Lucian, Nina Bastati, Ahmed Ba‐Ssalamah, et al.. (2020). MRI‐defined sarcopenia predicts mortality in patients with chronic liver disease. Liver International. 40(11). 2797–2807. 28 indexed citations

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Scheiner, Bernhard, Albert Friedrich Stättermayer, Philipp Schwabl, et al.. (2019). Impact of HSD17B13 rs72613567 genotype on hepatic decompensation and mortality in patients with portal hypertension. Liver International. 40(2). 393–404. 17 indexed citations

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Semmler, Georg, Benedikt Simbrunner, Bernhard Scheiner, et al.. (2019). Impact of farnesoid X receptor single nucleotide polymorphisms on hepatic decompensation and mortality in cirrhotic patients with portal hypertension. Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 34(12). 2164–2172. 10 indexed citations

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