Christoph Stephan

14.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
276 papers, 6.0k citations indexed

About

Christoph Stephan is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Christoph Stephan has authored 276 papers receiving a total of 6.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 121 papers in Infectious Diseases, 73 papers in Molecular Biology and 73 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Christoph Stephan's work include HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment (76 papers), HIV Research and Treatment (68 papers) and Advanced Proteomics Techniques and Applications (55 papers). Christoph Stephan is often cited by papers focused on HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment (76 papers), HIV Research and Treatment (68 papers) and Advanced Proteomics Techniques and Applications (55 papers). Christoph Stephan collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and United States. Christoph Stephan's co-authors include Helmut E. Meyer, Martin Eisenacher, Markus Bickel, Katrin Marcus, Andrew Phillips, Christian Krettek, Peter Reiss, Caroline Sabin, Christian Pradier and Antonella d’Arminio Monforte and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Christoph Stephan

262 papers receiving 5.8k citations

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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.

Use of nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors and risk of myocardial infarction in HIV-infected patients enrolled in the D:A:D study: a multi-cohort collaboration

2008 675 citations Caroline Sabin, Rainer Weber et al. profile →
Microglial Cells: The Main HIV-1 Reservoir in the Brain

2019 244 citations Christoph Stephan et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Ultra-low level HIV p24 drives immune activation in antiretroviral therapy-treated people living with HIV 2025 ·Communications Medicine ·Enrico Richter, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Alfonso Casado, (unknown), Trevor A. Crowell, (unknown), Jürgen K. Rockstroh, Christoph Boesecke, Stefan Eßer, Christoph Stephan, Hendrik Streeck	0
2	Long-Term Treatment Success with Bictegravir/Emtricitabine/Tenofovir Alafenamide (BIC/FTC/TAF) 2024 ·Claudia Bernardini, Wolfgang Bauer, (unknown), Stefan Scholten, Christoph Stephan, Christoph Wyen, Alexander Zoufaly, Catia Marzolini	1
3	Exploring patient-centered design solutions of a telehealth app for HIV − A qualitative study 2024 ·International Journal of Medical Informatics ·Jannik Schaaf, (unknown), Michael Wagner, Christoph Stephan, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Holger Storf, (unknown)	3
4	Expanding epidemic of recently acquired HCV in HIV-coinfected patients over a period of 10 years 2023 ·JHEP Reports ·Christiana Graf, Lara Fuhrmann, Thomas A. Lutz, Christoph Stephan, Gaby Knecht, Peter Gute, Markus Bickel, Kai‐Henrik Peiffer, Fabian Finkelmeier, G. Dultz, A. W. Mondorf, Nils Wetzstein, Natalie Filmann, Eva Herrmann, Stefan Zeuzem, Niko Beerenwinkel, Julia Dietz, Christoph Sarrazin	2
5	Interviews with HIV Experts for Development of a Mobile Health Application in HIV Care—A Qualitative Study 2023 ·Healthcare ·Jannik Schaaf, (unknown), Michael Wagner, Christoph Stephan, Jonathan Carney, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Holger Storf, (unknown)	4
6	Time discrepancy for tuberculosis-negative microscopy and culture - the diagnostic gap remains: systematic analysis from a large tertiary care tuberculosis-clinic, Germany 2013-2017 2023 ·International Journal of Infectious Diseases ·Johanna Kessel, (unknown), Timo Wolf, Nils Wetzstein, (unknown), Pia Behrens, (unknown), Ümniye Balaban, Michael Hogardt, Thomas A. Wichelhaus, Christoph Stephan	1
7	Images in infectious diseases: Monkeypox – images of an exhibition 2022 ·Infection ·(unknown), Holger F. Rabenau, Christoph Stephan	4
8	Switching to dolutegravir/lamivudine (DTG/3TC) fixed-dose combination (FDC) is non-inferior to continuing a tenofovir alafenamide (TAF)-based regimen (TBR) in maintaining virological suppression through 96 weeks (TANGO study) 2021 ·HIV Medicine ·Jean van Wyk, F. Ajana, Fiona Bisshop, Christoph Stephan, Olayemi Osiyemi, Joaquín Portilla, Jean‐Pierre Routy, Christoph Wyen, Mounir Ait‐Khaled, (unknown), Keith A. Pappa, (unknown), (unknown), Brian Wynne, Michael Aboud, Kimberly Y. Smith	0
9	Not Recommended, But Done: Breastfeeding with HIV in Germany 2021 ·AIDS Patient Care and STDs ·(unknown), Franz Audebert, Cornelia Feiterna‐Sperling, Daniel Gillor, (unknown), (unknown), Pavel Khaykin, (unknown), A Reitter, Ansgar Rieke, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Gundolf Schüttfort, Christoph Stephan, Albrecht Ulmer, Amrei von Braun, Katharina Weizsäcker, Annette Haberl	22
10	Risk for Non–AIDS-Defining and AIDS-Defining Cancer of Early Versus Delayed Initiation of Antiretroviral Therapy 2021 ·Annals of Internal Medicine ·Frédérique Chammartin, Sara Lodi, Roger Logan, Lene Ryom, Amanda Mocroft, Ole Kirk, Antonella d’Arminio Monforte, Peter Reiss, Andrew Phillips, Wafaa El‐Sadr, Camilla Ingrid Hatleberg, Christian Pradier, Fabrice Bonnet, Matthew Law, Christoph Stephan, Caroline Sabin, Jens Lundgren, Heiner C. Bucher	16
11	CD4⁺ T cell lymphopenia predicts mortality from Pneumocystis pneumonia in kidney transplant patients 2020 ·Clinical Transplantation ·Tilo Freiwald, Stefan Büttner, (unknown), (unknown), Simon S. Martin, Christoph Stephan, Rainer U. Pliquett, (unknown), Gundolf Schüttfort, Volkmar Jacobi, Eva Herrmann, Helmut Geiger, Ingeborg A. Hauser	16
12	Effect of Changes in Body Mass Index on the Risk of Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes Mellitus in HIV-Positive Individuals: Results From the D:A:D Study 2020 ·JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes ·Kathy Petoumenos, Locadiah Kuwanda, Lene Ryom, Amanda Mocroft, Peter Reiss, Christoph Stephan, Christian Pradier, Fabrice Bonnet, Andrew Phillips, (unknown), Antonella d'Arminio Monforte, Rainer Weber, Caroline Sabin, Jens Lundgren, Matthew Law, (unknown)	16
13	Optimization of the EC26-2A4 Epitope in the gp41 Membrane Proximal External Region Targeted by Neutralizing Antibodies from an Elite Controller 2017 ·AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses ·(unknown), Karsten Müller, Joachim Koch, Boris Brill, Timo Wolf, Christoph Stephan, Vincent Vieillard, Patrice Debré, Ursula Dietrich	6
14	Cytokine and Chemokine Signature in Elite Versus Viremic Controllers Infected with HIV 2016 ·AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses ·Martin Platten, Norma Jung, Susanna Trapp, (unknown), Dirk Meyer‐Olson, Julian Schulze zur Wiesch, Christoph Stephan, Stefan Mauss, Verena Weiß, Michael von Bergwelt‐Baildon, Jürgen K. Rockstroh, Gerd Fätkenheuer, Clara Lehmann, (unknown)	13
15	Evolution and function of the HCV NS3 protease in patients with acute hepatitis C and HIV coinfection 2015 ·Virology ·Julia Dietz, Thomas A. Lutz, Gaby Knecht, Peter Gute, (unknown), Christian M. Lange, Pavel Khaykin, Christoph Stephan, Hans‐Reinhard Brodt, Eva Herrmann, Stefan Zeuzem, Christoph Sarrazin	3
16	HIV-Prophylaxe-Kits: Ein Konzept zur Erstversorgung im Rahmen einer Postexpositionsprophylaxe 2014 ·Chirurg ·Sabine Wicker, Felix Walcher, Sebastian Wutzler, İngo Marzi, Christoph Stephan	3
17	Immune Response after a Single Dose of the 2010/11 Trivalent, Seasonal Influenza Vaccine in HIV-1–Infected Patients and Healthy Controls 2013 ·HIV Clinical Trials ·Markus Bickel, (unknown), Imke Wieters, Hans Wilhelm Doerr, Eva Herrmann, Sabine Wicker, (unknown), Christoph Stephan, Regina Allwinn, Oliver Jung	10
18	Data Mining in Proteomics 2010 ·Methods in molecular biology ·Michael Hamacher, Martin Eisenacher, Christoph Stephan, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	44
19	Proteomics Data Collection – 4^th ProDaC Workshop 15 August 2008, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2008 ·PROTEOMICS ·Martin Eisenacher, Michael Kohl, Lennart Martens, Harald Barsnes, Tanja Hardt, Fredrik Levander, Jari Häkkinen, Rolf Apweiler, Helmut E. Meyer, Christoph Stephan	2
20	Sources of biological variation. Is sex really important? 2005 ·Adelaide Research & Scholarship (AR&S) (University of Adelaide) ·Maciej Henneberg, Christoph Stephan, (unknown)	1

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