Birgit Kühnapfel

532 total citations
8 papers, 447 citations indexed

About

Birgit Kühnapfel is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Immunology and Virology. According to data from OpenAlex, Birgit Kühnapfel has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 447 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Epidemiology, 4 papers in Immunology and 2 papers in Virology. Recurrent topics in Birgit Kühnapfel's work include Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research (8 papers), Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments (6 papers) and T-cell and B-cell Immunology (3 papers). Birgit Kühnapfel is often cited by papers focused on Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research (8 papers), Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments (6 papers) and T-cell and B-cell Immunology (3 papers). Birgit Kühnapfel collaborates with scholars based in Germany and United States. Birgit Kühnapfel's co-authors include Matthias J. Reddehase, Natascha K. A. Grzimek, Angélique Renzaho, Christian O. Simon, Hanna-Mari Tervo, Jürgen Podlech, Christof K. Seckert, Rafaela Holtappels, Petra Deegen and Verena Böhm and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Virology, Journal of General Virology and Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Birgit Kühnapfel

8 papers receiving 445 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 Kühnapfel Germany 8 401 256 64 35 32 8 447
Verena Böhm Germany 13 498 1.2× 365 1.4× 110 1.7× 35 1.0× 30 0.9× 14 586
Angélique Renzaho Germany 14 561 1.4× 384 1.5× 88 1.4× 43 1.2× 41 1.3× 20 654
Hans-Peter Steffens Germany 8 519 1.3× 292 1.1× 119 1.9× 29 0.8× 32 1.0× 8 568
Cynthia Bolovan‐Fritts United States 10 311 0.8× 143 0.6× 67 1.0× 45 1.3× 22 0.7× 11 368
Colin Powers United States 8 274 0.7× 137 0.5× 65 1.0× 32 0.9× 27 0.8× 10 349
Kathy S. Cho United States 5 457 1.1× 449 1.8× 56 0.9× 24 0.7× 24 0.8× 7 598
Nicole Torti Switzerland 10 362 0.9× 439 1.7× 44 0.7× 28 0.8× 18 0.6× 10 567
Brigitte Rupp Germany 5 274 0.7× 170 0.7× 78 1.2× 28 0.8× 19 0.6× 8 376
Katie Caviness United States 7 356 0.9× 90 0.4× 94 1.5× 57 1.6× 37 1.2× 11 401
Khamsone Phasouk United States 6 208 0.5× 269 1.1× 16 0.3× 27 0.8× 49 1.5× 8 404

Countries citing papers authored by Birgit Kühnapfel

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Fields of papers citing papers by Birgit Kühnapfel

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Birgit Kühnapfel

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

All Works

8 of 8 papers shown
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Renzaho, Angélique, et al.. (2020). Cytomegalovirus-Associated Inhibition of Hematopoiesis Is Preventable by Cytoimmunotherapy With Antiviral CD8 T Cells. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 10. 138–138. 13 indexed citations
2.
Renzaho, Angélique, et al.. (2019). Transcripts expressed in cytomegalovirus latency coding for an antigenic IE/E phase peptide that drives “memory inflation”. Medical Microbiology and Immunology. 208(3-4). 439–446. 12 indexed citations
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Seckert, Christof K., Christian O. Simon, Kai A. Kropp, et al.. (2012). Viral latency drives ‘memory inflation’: a unifying hypothesis linking two hallmarks of cytomegalovirus infection. Medical Microbiology and Immunology. 201(4). 551–566. 82 indexed citations
4.
Seckert, Christof K., Angélique Renzaho, Hanna-Mari Tervo, et al.. (2009). Liver Sinusoidal Endothelial Cells Are a Site of Murine Cytomegalovirus Latency and Reactivation. Journal of Virology. 83(17). 8869–8884. 87 indexed citations
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Kropp, Kai A., Christian O. Simon, Angélique Renzaho, et al.. (2009). Synergism between the components of the bipartite major immediate-early transcriptional enhancer of murine cytomegalovirus does not accelerate virus replication in cell culture and host tissues. Journal of General Virology. 90(10). 2395–2401. 13 indexed citations
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Holtappels, Rafaela, Christian O. Simon, Michael W. Munks, et al.. (2008). Subdominant CD8 T-Cell Epitopes Account for Protection against Cytomegalovirus Independent of Immunodomination. Journal of Virology. 82(12). 5781–5796. 70 indexed citations
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Simon, Christian O., Birgit Kühnapfel, Matthias J. Reddehase, & Natascha K. A. Grzimek. (2007). Murine Cytomegalovirus Major Immediate-Early Enhancer Region Operating as a Genetic Switch in Bidirectional Gene Pair Transcription. Journal of Virology. 81(14). 7805–7810. 16 indexed citations
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Simon, Christian O., Rafaela Holtappels, Hanna-Mari Tervo, et al.. (2006). CD8 T Cells Control Cytomegalovirus Latency by Epitope-Specific Sensing of Transcriptional Reactivation. Journal of Virology. 80(21). 10436–10456. 154 indexed citations

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