Birgit Kovacs

1.4k total citations
25 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Birgit Kovacs is a scholar working on Immunology, Rheumatology and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Birgit Kovacs has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Immunology, 9 papers in Rheumatology and 6 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Birgit Kovacs's work include T-cell and B-cell Immunology (11 papers), Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research (9 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (7 papers). Birgit Kovacs is often cited by papers focused on T-cell and B-cell Immunology (11 papers), Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research (9 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (7 papers). Birgit Kovacs collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Canada. Birgit Kovacs's co-authors include George C. Tsokos, Dimitrios Vassilopoulos, Raphael J. DeHoratius, Lawrence H. Brent, Stamatis‐Nick C. Liossis, Gary M. Kammer, Scott A. Vogelgesang, Sean D. Candrilli, Juliana Meyers and G. Dennis and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Clinical Investigation and The Journal of Immunology.

In The Last Decade

Birgit Kovacs

25 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Birgit Kovacs United States 16 595 514 215 150 137 25 1.1k
Shizuyo Tsujimura Japan 16 286 0.5× 539 1.0× 101 0.5× 82 0.5× 234 1.7× 33 969
Joseph Golbus United States 11 404 0.7× 543 1.1× 237 1.1× 82 0.5× 60 0.4× 16 1.0k
A Fukatsu Japan 20 324 0.5× 205 0.4× 273 1.3× 32 0.2× 139 1.0× 41 1.1k
Ettore Silvagni Italy 17 269 0.5× 579 1.1× 92 0.4× 128 0.9× 79 0.6× 49 816
M. Á. Aguirre Spain 25 626 1.1× 1.1k 2.2× 475 2.2× 34 0.2× 67 0.5× 52 1.8k
Johanna K. Sandling Sweden 19 700 1.2× 675 1.3× 262 1.2× 21 0.1× 237 1.7× 36 1.2k
Glenn R. Ehresmann United States 10 253 0.4× 270 0.5× 172 0.8× 25 0.2× 78 0.6× 13 739
A Gallacher Argentina 7 1000 1.7× 1.3k 2.5× 83 0.4× 60 0.4× 118 0.9× 11 1.7k
Larissa Lisnevskaia Canada 6 394 0.7× 505 1.0× 111 0.5× 32 0.2× 68 0.5× 8 738
Gabriella Morozzi Italy 23 492 0.8× 962 1.9× 189 0.9× 133 0.9× 55 0.4× 57 1.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Birgit Kovacs

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Fields of papers citing papers by Birgit Kovacs

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Birgit Kovacs

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Garg, Anju, et al.. (2023). Regulations Governing Medicines for Maternal and Neonatal Health: A Landscape Assessment. Therapeutic Innovation & Regulatory Science. 58(2). 242–257. 1 indexed citations
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Garg, Anju, et al.. (2023). Call to action: Harmonization of pharmacovigilance regulations for post‐marketing pregnancy and breastfeeding safety studies. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. 90(3). 715–721. 4 indexed citations
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Burke, James, et al.. (2012). Health Care Utilization and Costs in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Their Association with Renal Impairment. Postgraduate Medicine. 124(2). 77–91. 15 indexed citations
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Chen, Shih‐Yin, Kimberly Siu, Birgit Kovacs, et al.. (2012). Clinical and economic outcomes associated with National Kidney Foundation guideline-concordant oral antidiabetic drug treatment among type 2 diabetes patients with chronic kidney disease. Current Medical Research and Opinion. 28(4). 493–501. 13 indexed citations
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Meyers, Juliana, Sean D. Candrilli, & Birgit Kovacs. (2011). Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Renal Impairment in a Large Outpatient Electronic Medical Records Database: Rates of Diagnosis and Antihyperglycemic Medication Dose Adjustment. Postgraduate Medicine. 123(3). 133–143. 53 indexed citations
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Kovacs, Birgit, Richard V. Parry, Zhengyu Ma, et al.. (2005). Ligation of CD28 by Its Natural Ligand CD86 in the Absence of TCR Stimulation Induces Lipid Raft Polarization in Human CD4 T Cells. The Journal of Immunology. 175(12). 7848–7854. 29 indexed citations
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Maus, Marcela V., Birgit Kovacs, William W. Kwok, et al.. (2004). Extensive Replicative Capacity of Human Central Memory T Cells. The Journal of Immunology. 172(11). 6675–6683. 33 indexed citations
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Kovacs, Birgit, Marcela V. Maus, James L. Riley, et al.. (2002). Human CD8+T cells do not require the polarization of lipid rafts for activation and proliferation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 99(23). 15006–15011. 46 indexed citations
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Mottaghy, K., Birgit Kovacs, B. Klosterhalfen, et al.. (2000). C1 inhibitor prevents capillary leakage after thermal trauma. Critical Care Medicine. 28(9). 3224–3232. 49 indexed citations
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Kovacs, Birgit, et al.. (2000). Transverse myelopathy in systemic lupus erythematosus: an analysis of 14 cases and review of the literature. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 59(2). 120–124. 229 indexed citations
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Kovacs, Birgit, Stamatis‐Nick C. Liossis, Irene D. Gist, & George C. Tsokos. (1999). Crosslinking of Fas/CD95 suppresses the CD3-mediated signaling events in Jurkat T cells by inhibiting the association of the T-cell receptor ζ chain with src-protein tyrosine kinases and ZAP70. APOPTOSIS. 4(5). 327–334. 5 indexed citations
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Kovacs, Birgit, et al.. (1999). End-stage renal disease in sarcoidosis of the kidney. American Journal of Kidney Diseases. 34(5). e21.1–e21.5. 1 indexed citations
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Kovacs, Birgit, Stamatis‐Nick C. Liossis, G. Dennis, & George C. Tsokos. (1997). Increased Expression of Functional Fas-Ligand in Activated T Cells from Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. Autoimmunity. 25(4). 213–221. 54 indexed citations
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Tsokos, George C., Birgit Kovacs, & Stamatis‐Nick C. Liossis. (1997). Lymphocytes, cytokines, inflammation, and immune trafficking. Current Opinion in Rheumatology. 9(5). 380–386. 19 indexed citations
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Kovacs, Birgit, Aneeta Patel, Joyce Hershey, et al.. (1997). Antibodies against p53 in sera from patients with systemic lupus erythematosus and other rheumatic diseases. Arthritis & Rheumatism. 40(5). 980–982. 29 indexed citations
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Tsokos, George C., Birgit Kovacs, P. Sfikakis, et al.. (1996). Defective antigen‐presenting cell function in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: Role of the B7‐1 (CD80) costimulatory molecule. Arthritis & Rheumatism. 39(4). 600–609. 45 indexed citations
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Liossis, Stamatis‐Nick C., et al.. (1996). B cells from patients with systemic lupus erythematosus display abnormal antigen receptor-mediated early signal transduction events.. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 98(11). 2549–2557. 177 indexed citations
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Kovacs, Birgit, Dimitrios Vassilopoulos, Scott A. Vogelgesang, & George C. Tsokos. (1996). Defective CD3-Mediated Cell Death in Activated T Cells from Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Role of Decreased Intracellular TNF-α. Clinical Immunology and Immunopathology. 81(3). 293–302. 85 indexed citations
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Vassilopoulos, Dimitrios, Birgit Kovacs, & George C. Tsokos. (1995). TCR/CD3 complex-mediated signal transduction pathway in T cells and T cell lines from patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. The Journal of Immunology. 155(4). 2269–2281. 123 indexed citations
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Kovacs, Birgit & George C. Tsokos. (1995). Cross-linking of the Fas/APO-1 antigen suppresses the CD3-mediated signal transduction events in human T lymphocytes. The Journal of Immunology. 155(12). 5543–5549. 30 indexed citations

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