Borna Relja

6.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
160 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

Borna Relja is a scholar working on Immunology, Epidemiology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Borna Relja has authored 160 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Immunology, 46 papers in Epidemiology and 45 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Borna Relja's work include Immune Response and Inflammation (34 papers), Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment (31 papers) and Trauma and Emergency Care Studies (22 papers). Borna Relja is often cited by papers focused on Immune Response and Inflammation (34 papers), Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment (31 papers) and Trauma and Emergency Care Studies (22 papers). Borna Relja collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Switzerland and Japan. Borna Relja's co-authors include Shinwan Kany, Jan Tilmann Vollrath, İngo Marzi, W. Land, Dirk Henrich, Roman A. Blaheta, Dietger Jonas, Thomas Lustenberger, Tobias Engl and Sebastian Wutzler and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Immunology, PLoS ONE and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Borna Relja

153 papers receiving 4.4k 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.

Cytokines in Inflammatory Disease

2019 1.4k citations Shinwan Kany, Jan Tilmann Vollrath et al. International Journal of Molecular Sciences profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Borna Relja	1.2k	931	921	630	548	160	4.5k
Brent W. Winston	1.8k 1.4×	806 0.9×	1.4k 1.5×	748 1.2×	696 1.3×	79	5.5k
Rubén Zamora	1.3k 1.0×	933 1.0×	894 1.0×	575 0.9×	488 0.9×	125	4.4k
Andreas Spittler	1.5k 1.2×	1.6k 1.7×	846 0.9×	812 1.3×	736 1.3×	148	5.6k
Min Yang	1.2k 1.0×	1.5k 1.6×	843 0.9×	492 0.8×	395 0.7×	177	4.7k
Akihiko Kimura	1.0k 0.8×	676 0.7×	430 0.5×	419 0.7×	466 0.9×	138	3.5k
Zuyi Yuan	1.7k 1.4×	993 1.1×	665 0.7×	968 1.5×	375 0.7×	240	5.3k
Georg Baumgarten	1.1k 0.9×	941 1.0×	483 0.5×	372 0.6×	356 0.6×	91	3.3k
Jianxin Jiang	2.4k 1.9×	1.6k 1.7×	1.3k 1.5×	350 0.6×	789 1.4×	153	5.3k
Walter A. Koltun	1.0k 0.8×	682 0.7×	1.0k 1.1×	1.7k 2.7×	302 0.6×	179	4.3k
Yong-ming Yao	2.5k 2.0×	2.3k 2.4×	2.0k 2.1×	592 0.9×	684 1.2×	317	7.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Borna Relja

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20 of 20 papers shown

Sturm, Ramona, et al.. (2026). The influence of alcohol on prehospital diagnostics and therapy of injured patients. Alcohol Clinical and Experimental Research. 50(1). e70209–e70209.

Sturm, Ramona, et al.. (2025). Alcohol drinking leads to sex-dependent differentiation of T cells. European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery. 51(1). 87–87. 2 indexed citations

Pech, Maciej, et al.. (2024). CCL2 Predicts Survival in Patients with Inoperable Hepatocellular Carcinoma Undergoing Selective Internal Radiotherapy. Cancers. 16(16). 2832–2832. 1 indexed citations

Guest, Paul C., Kolja Schiltz, Gabriela Meyer-Lotz, et al.. (2024). Longitudinal analysis of astrocyte-derived protein levels in the blood of drug-naive and relapsed patients with schizophrenia. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 180. 301–306.

Raupach, Annika, et al.. (2023). Gemfibrozil Improves Microcirculatory Oxygenation of Colon and Liver without Affecting Mitochondrial Function in a Model of Abdominal Sepsis in Rats. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(1). 262–262. 1 indexed citations

Zhou, Yuzhuo, et al.. (2023). Impact of age on liver damage, inflammation, and molecular signaling pathways in response to femoral fracture and hemorrhage. Frontiers in Immunology. 14. 1239145–1239145. 6 indexed citations

Kraft, Daniel, et al.. (2023). Selective Internal Radiotherapy Alters the Profiles of Systemic Extracellular Vesicles in Hepatocellular Carcinoma. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(15). 12512–12512. 1 indexed citations

Yamada, Noriaki, Elisabeth Zechendorf, Sandra Kraemer, et al.. (2022). Inhibition of Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor Activity Attenuates Haemorrhagic Shock-Induced Multiple Organ Dysfunction in Rats. Frontiers in Immunology. 13. 7 indexed citations

Maegele, Marc, Federico Aletti, Philip A. Efron, Borna Relja, & Stylianos E. Orfanos. (2022). NEW INSIGHTS INTO THE PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF TRAUMA AND HEMORRHAGE. Shock. 59(3S). 6–9. 1 indexed citations

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Powerski, Maciej, et al.. (2021). Reduced phagocytosis, ROS production and enhanced apoptosis of leukocytes upon alcohol drinking in healthy volunteers. European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery. 48(4). 2689–2699. 12 indexed citations

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Kany, Shinwan, et al.. (2020). Short Exposure to Ethanol Diminishes Caspase-1 and ASC Activation in Human HepG2 Cells In Vitro. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 21(9). 3196–3196. 14 indexed citations

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Nassef, Mohamed Zakaria, Daniela Melnik, Sascha Kopp, et al.. (2020). Breast Cancer Cells in Microgravity: New Aspects for Cancer Research. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 21(19). 7345–7345. 24 indexed citations

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Kany, Shinwan, et al.. (2019). Innate Immunity and Alcohol. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 8(11). 1981–1981. 24 indexed citations

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Kany, Shinwan, Jan Tilmann Vollrath, & Borna Relja. (2019). Cytokines in Inflammatory Disease. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 20(23). 6008–6008. 1354 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wagner, Nils, Borna Relja, Thomas Lustenberger, et al.. (2019). The influence of alcohol on the outcome of trauma patients: a matched-pair analysis of the TraumaRegister DGU®. European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery. 46(3). 463–472. 8 indexed citations

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Kany, Shinwan, et al.. (2018). Reduced NLRP3 Gene Expression Limits the IL-1β Cleavage via Inflammasome in Monocytes from Severely Injured Trauma Patients. Mediators of Inflammation. 2018. 1–8. 6 indexed citations

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Wagner, Nils, Kernt Köhler, Luka Nicin, et al.. (2018). Ethyl pyruvate ameliorates hepatic injury following blunt chest trauma and hemorrhagic shock by reducing local inflammation, NF-kappaB activation and HMGB1 release. PLoS ONE. 13(2). e0192171–e0192171. 16 indexed citations

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Wagner, Nils, et al.. (2017). Acute Alcohol Binge Deteriorates Metabolic and Respiratory Compensation Capability After Blunt Chest Trauma Followed by Hemorrhagic Shock-A New Research Model. Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research. 41(9). 1559–1567. 16 indexed citations

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Marzi, İngo, et al.. (2016). Simvastatin Reduces Cancerogenic Potential of Renal Cancer Cells via Geranylgeranyl Pyrophosphate and Mevalonate Pathway. Nutrition and Cancer. 68(3). 420–427. 11 indexed citations

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Seebach, Caroline, Dirk Henrich, Alexander Schaible, et al.. (2015). Cell-Based Therapy by Implanted Human Bone Marrow-Derived Mononuclear Cells Improved Bone Healing of Large Bone Defects in Rats. Tissue Engineering Part A. 21(9-10). 1565–1578. 44 indexed citations

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