C.–Thomas Bock

20.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
195 papers, 11.0k citations indexed

About

C.–Thomas Bock is a scholar working on Hepatology, Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, C.–Thomas Bock has authored 195 papers receiving a total of 11.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 112 papers in Hepatology, 93 papers in Infectious Diseases and 91 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in C.–Thomas Bock's work include Hepatitis B Virus Studies (80 papers), Hepatitis C virus research (68 papers) and Hepatitis Viruses Studies and Epidemiology (49 papers). C.–Thomas Bock is often cited by papers focused on Hepatitis B Virus Studies (80 papers), Hepatitis C virus research (68 papers) and Hepatitis Viruses Studies and Epidemiology (49 papers). C.–Thomas Bock collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Vietnam and United States. C.–Thomas Bock's co-authors include Reinhard Kandolf, Michael P. Manns, Florian Läng, Bernat Elvira, Ahmad Almilaji, Carlos Muñoz, Ekaterina Shumilina, Kalina Szteyn, Ioana Alesutan and Tatsiana Pakladok and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Circulation and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

C.–Thomas Bock

194 papers receiving 10.8k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Down-Regulation of Na⁺/K⁺ATPase Activity by Human Parvovirus B19 Capsid Protein VP1

2013 2.9k citations C.–Thomas Bock, Reinhard Kandolf et al. profile →
Presentation, Patterns of Myocardial Damage, and Clinical Course of Viral Myocarditis

2006 603 citations Heiko Mahrholdt, Anja Wagner et al. Circulation profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
C.–Thomas Bock Germany	50	4.4k	4.0k	2.8k	2.5k	2.4k	195	11.0k
Aftab A. Ansari United States	78	7.0k 1.6×	7.6k 1.9×	2.2k 0.8×	1.9k 0.8×	2.2k 0.9×	436	21.0k
Massimo Levrero Italy	67	7.5k 1.7×	5.5k 1.4×	937 0.3×	209 0.1×	7.5k 3.1×	246	16.9k
Percy A. Knolle Germany	68	3.8k 0.9×	3.2k 0.8×	894 0.3×	222 0.1×	4.2k 1.8×	216	15.8k
John D. Altman United States	73	4.2k 1.0×	589 0.1×	2.1k 0.7×	517 0.2×	3.5k 1.4×	173	22.2k
Reinhard Kandolf Germany	63	3.4k 0.8×	205 0.1×	2.8k 1.0×	10.2k 4.1×	5.3k 2.2×	273	18.1k
Paul J. Hertzog Australia	65	2.4k 0.6×	455 0.1×	1.8k 0.6×	428 0.2×	6.5k 2.7×	248	20.3k
Thomas E. Lane United States	54	1.8k 0.4×	319 0.1×	1.9k 0.7×	384 0.2×	2.0k 0.8×	168	10.6k
Christian Kurts Germany	66	1.7k 0.4×	903 0.2×	554 0.2×	380 0.2×	3.4k 1.4×	196	14.9k
John H. Kehrl United States	78	2.8k 0.7×	293 0.1×	1.7k 0.6×	670 0.3×	10.8k 4.5×	232	23.2k
Kazuo Takahashi Japan	50	1.7k 0.4×	225 0.1×	558 0.2×	680 0.3×	2.4k 1.0×	311	8.1k

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Tong, Hoang Văn, Cấn Văn Mão, Nguyễn Lĩnh Toàn, et al.. (2025). Hepatitis E Virus Infection in Vietnamese Pregnant Women with Hepatitis B: Prevalence and Clinical Outcomes. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 12(3). ofaf081–ofaf081. 1 indexed citations

Adedeji, Adebayo, et al.. (2024). Seroprevalence patterns of viral hepatitis B, C, and E among internally displaced persons in Borno State, Nigeria. IJID Regions. 13. 100481–100481. 1 indexed citations

Meister, Toni Luise, Yannick Brüggemann, Verian Bader, et al.. (2024). Genetic determinants of host- and virus-derived insertions for hepatitis E virus replication. Nature Communications. 15(1). 4855–4855. 3 indexed citations

Koch, Nadine, Friederike Bachmann, Evelyn Seelow, et al.. (2023). Risk Factors for Hepatitis E Virus Infection and Eating Habits in Kidney Transplant Recipients. Pathogens. 12(6). 850–850. 2 indexed citations

Linh, Le Thi Kieu, Nguyen Trong The, Truong Nhat My, et al.. (2023). High Hepatitis E Virus (HEV) Seroprevalence and No Evidence of HEV Viraemia in Vietnamese Blood Donors. Viruses. 15(10). 2075–2075. 6 indexed citations

Harms, Dominik, Andrea Thürmer, Mira Choi, et al.. (2023). Insertions and deletions in the hypervariable region of the hepatitis E virus genome in individuals with acute and chronic infection. Liver International. 43(4). 794–804. 3 indexed citations

Escher, Felicitas, Ganna Aleshcheva, Heiko Pietsch, et al.. (2021). Transcriptional Active Parvovirus B19 Infection Predicts Adverse Long-Term Outcome in Patients with Non-Ischemic Cardiomyopathy. Biomedicines. 9(12). 1898–1898. 12 indexed citations

Niendorf, Sandra, Dominik Harms, Elisa Heuser, et al.. (2021). Presence and Diversity of Different Enteric Viruses in Wild Norway Rats (Rattus norvegicus). Viruses. 13(6). 992–992. 15 indexed citations

Schultheiß, Heinz‐Peter, Christian Baumeier, Ganna Aleshcheva, C.–Thomas Bock, & Felicitas Escher. (2021). Viral Myocarditis—From Pathophysiology to Treatment. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 10(22). 5240–5240. 42 indexed citations

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Schultheiß, Heinz‐Peter, C.–Thomas Bock, Heiko Pietsch, et al.. (2021). Nucleoside Analogue Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors Improve Clinical Outcome in Transcriptional Active Human Parvovirus B19-Positive Patients. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 10(9). 1928–1928. 7 indexed citations

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Schultheiß, Heinz‐Peter, Christian Baumeier, Heiko Pietsch, et al.. (2021). Cardiovascular consequences of viral infections: from COVID to other viral diseases. Cardiovascular Research. 117(13). 2610–2623. 27 indexed citations

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Harms, Dominik, Mira Choi, Kristina Allers, et al.. (2020). Specific circulating microRNAs during hepatitis E infection can serve as indicator for chronic hepatitis E. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 16 indexed citations

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Akanbi, Olusola Anuoluwapo, et al.. (2020). Hepatitis E Virus Seroprevalence and Associated Risk Factors in Apparently Healthy Individuals from Osun State, Nigeria. Pathogens. 9(5). 392–392. 9 indexed citations

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Binh, Mai Thanh, Nghiem Xuan Hoan, Đào Phương Giang, et al.. (2020). Upregulation of SMYD3 and SMYD3 VNTR 3/3 polymorphism increase the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 2797–2797. 7 indexed citations

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Wang, Bo, Dominik Harms, Sandra Niendorf, et al.. (2018). Comprehensive Molecular Approach for Characterization of Hepatitis E Virus Genotype 3 Variants. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 56(5). 31 indexed citations

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Trung, Ngo Tat, Hoang Văn Tong, Mai Hong Bang, et al.. (2018). Optimisation of quantitative miRNA panels to consolidate the diagnostic surveillance of HBV-related hepatocellular carcinoma. PLoS ONE. 13(4). e0196081–e0196081. 16 indexed citations

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Nguyen, Hung Minh, Bùi Tiến Sỹ, Nguyễn Thành Trung, et al.. (2017). Prevalence and genotype distribution of hepatitis delta virus among chronic hepatitis B carriers in Central Vietnam. PLoS ONE. 12(4). e0175304–e0175304. 18 indexed citations

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Schwarz, Viktoria, Ingrid Kindermann, Reinhard Kandolf, et al.. (2017). Parvovirus B19-induced vascular damage in the heart is associated with elevated circulating endothelial microparticles. PLoS ONE. 12(5). e0176311–e0176311. 54 indexed citations

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Mahrholdt, Heiko, Anja Wagner, Claudia C. Deluigi, et al.. (2006). Presentation, Patterns of Myocardial Damage, and Clinical Course of Viral Myocarditis. Circulation. 114(15). 1581–1590. 603 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhang, Wei, et al.. (2003). Patterns of circulating hepatitis B virus serum nucleic acids during lamivudine therapy. Journal of Medical Virology. 71(1). 24–30. 29 indexed citations

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