Elke Schäeffner

52.0k citations

104 papers · 3.9k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 30

Impact in

Nephrology top 0.2%
- Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes
- Dialysis and Renal Disease Management
- Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies
- Acute Kidney Injury Research
Transplantation top 1%
- Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments

Papers in

Nephrology 60
- Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes 50
- Dialysis and Renal Disease Management 45
- Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies 14
Transplantation 7
- Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments 7

Co-authors: Natalie Ebert Pierre Delanaye Markus van der Giet Peter Martus J. Michael Gaziano Tobias Kurth Martin K. Kuhlmann Björn O. Eriksen
Journals: Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation (15 papers)Clinical Kidney Journal (8 papers)Scientific Reports (6 papers)Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (6 papers)American Journal of Kidney Diseases (6 papers)
Partner nations: Germany United States France

In The Last Decade

Elke Schäeffner

94 papers receiving 3.8k citations

Hit Papers

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Epidemiology and risk of cardiovascular disease in populations with chronic kidney disease 2022 · 322 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2022 Nature Reviews Nephrology
2016 Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation
2012 Annals of Internal Medicine

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1	Prevalence of reduced eGFR in European adults using KDIGO and age-adapted eGFR thresholds Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation ·Marica Malerba, Nicholas C Chesnaye, Giovanni Gambaro, Alberto Ortíz, Stein Hallan, Juan Jesús Carrero, Natalie Ebert, Björn O. Eriksen, Anne‐Laure Faucon, Pietro Manuel Ferraro, Till Ittermann, Marcella Rietschel, E. YONEMORI, Toralf Melsom, Elke Schäeffner, Sylvia Stracke, Runólfur Pálsson, Kitty J. Jager, Vianda S Stel	2025	1
2	Age- and sex-specific reference values of estimated glomerular filtration rate for European adults Kidney International ·Marica Malerba, Nicholas C Chesnaye, Stein Hallan, Giovanni Gambaro, Alberto Ortíz, Juan Jesús Carrero, Natalie Ebert, Björn O. Eriksen, Anne‐Laure Faucon, أميرة بنت عبدالعزيز الفالح, Ólafur S. Indridason, Till Ittermann, Marcella Rietschel, E. YONEMORI, Toralf Melsom, Elke Schäeffner, Sylvia Stracke, Vianda S Stel, Kitty J. Jager	2025	7
3	Associations of Urine and Plasma Metabolites With Kidney Failure and Death in a Chronic Kidney Disease Cohort American Journal of Kidney Diseases ·Inga Steinbrenner, Ulla T. Schultheiß, 惠敬一, Yurong Cheng, Charlotte Behning, Matthias Schmid, Ángel López-Sidro López, Bing Yu, Morgan E. Grams, Pascal Schlosser, Helena Stockmann, Wolfram Gronwald, Peter J. Oefner, Elke Schäeffner, Kai‐Uwe Eckardt, Anna Köttgen, Peggy Sekula	2024	4
4	Social support and frailty progression in community-dwelling older adults Frontiers in Public Health ·Alexander R. Gruzdev, В. В. Гладышев, Ul Faizah, Natalie Ebert, Elke Schäeffner, Nina Mielke	2024	4
5	Medical Suitability and Willingness for Living Kidney Donation Among Older Adults American Journal of Kidney Diseases ·Ning-Yuan Cheng, Natalie Ebert, Richard J. Glassock, Nina Mielke, Ul Faizah, Alexander R. Gruzdev, Mohammad Mady, Oliver A. Sheryl, John S. Gill, Elke Schäeffner	2024	1
6	Diabetic status and the performances of creatinine- and cystatin C–based eGFR equations Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation ·Pierre Delanaye, Jonas Björk, Emmanuelle Vidal‐Petiot, Martin Flamant, Natalie Ebert, Elke Schäeffner, Anders Grubb, Anders Christensson, Ulf Nyman, Thomas Stehlé, Hans Pottel	2024	4
7	Estimated GFR Accuracy When Cystatin C– and Creatinine-Based Estimates Are Discrepant in Older Adults Kidney Medicine ·Onur Potok, Dena E. Rifkin, Joachim H. Ix, Michael G. Shlipak, Thamrin B Bachri, Alice Schneider, Nina Mielke, Elke Schäeffner, Natalie Ebert	2023	11
8	Improved correction formulas to estimate iohexol clearance from simple models European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology ·E. W. Sard, Uwe Fuhr, Elke Schäeffner, Markus van der Giet, Natalie Ebert, Max Taubert	2023	2
9	Association of kidney function and albuminuria with frailty worsening and death in very old adults Age and Ageing ·Nina Mielke, Alice Schneider, Alexander R. Gruzdev, Natalie Ebert, Markus van der Giet, Dörte Huscher, Martin K. Kuhlmann, Elke Schäeffner	2023	8
10	Standardization of serum creatinine is essential for accurate use of unbiased estimated GFR equations: evidence from three cohorts matched on renal function Clinical Kidney Journal ·Hans Pottel, Étienne Cavalier, Jonas Björk, Ulf Nyman, Anders Grubb, Natalie Ebert, Elke Schäeffner, Björn O. Eriksen, Toralf Melsom, Edmund J. Lamb, Christophe Mariat, Laurence Dubourg, Magnus Hansson, Karin Littmann, Per‐Ola Sundin, Anna Åkesson, Anders Larsson, Andrew D. Rule, Pierre Delanaye	2022	11
11	Epidemiology and risk of cardiovascular disease in populations with chronic kidney disease Nature Reviews Nephrology ·Kunihiro Matsushita, Shoshana H. Ballew, Angela Yee‐Moon Wang, Robert Kalyesubula, Elke Schäeffner, Rajiv Agarwal Hit paper breakdown →	2022	322
12	Iohexol plasma clearance for measuring glomerular filtration rate: effect of different ways to calculate the area under the curve BMC Nephrology ·Hans Pottel, Elke Schäeffner, Natalie Ebert, Markus van der Giet, Pierre Delanaye	2021	5
13	Using a three-compartment model improves the estimation of iohexol clearance to assess glomerular filtration rate Scientific Reports ·Max Taubert, Natalie Ebert, Peter Martus, Markus van der Giet, Uwe Fuhr, Elke Schäeffner	2018	17
14	GFR estimation based on standardized creatinine and cystatin C: a European multicenter analysis in older adults Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (CCLM) ·Jonas Björk, Celarles Harding, Natalie Ebert, Marie Evans, Anders Grubb, Magnus Hansson, Ian L. Jones, Edmund J. Lamb, Peter Martus, Elke Schäeffner, Per Sjöström, Ulf Nyman	2017	32
15	An estimated glomerular filtration rate equation for the full age spectrum Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation ·Hans Pottel, Liesbeth Hoste, Laurence Dubourg, Natalie Ebert, Elke Schäeffner, Björn O. Eriksen, Toralf Melsom, Edmund J. Lamb, Andrew D. Rule, Stephen T. Turner, Richard J. Glassock, V. de Souza, Luciano da Silva Selistre, Christophe Mariat, Frank Martens, Pierre Delanaye Hit paper breakdown →	2016	322
16	Iohexol plasma clearance for measuring glomerular filtration rate in clinical practice and research: a review. Part 2: Why to measure glomerular filtration rate with iohexol? Clinical Kidney Journal ·Pierre Delanaye, Toralf Melsom, Natalie Ebert, Sten-Erik Bäck, Christophe Mariat, Étienne Cavalier, Jonas Björk, Anders Christensson, Ulf Nyman, Esteban Porrini, Giuseppe Remuzzi, Piero Ruggenenti, Elke Schäeffner, Inga Soveri, Gunnar Sterner, Björn O. Eriksen, Flavio Gaspari	2016	167
17	Quantification of the Early Risk of Death in Elderly Kidney Transplant Recipients American Journal of Transplantation ·John S. Gill, Elke Schäeffner, Steven J. Chadban, Jianghu Dong, Caren Rose, Olwyn Johnston	2012	83
18	Alcohol and kidney damage: a Janus-faced relationship Kidney International ·Elke Schäeffner, Eberhard Ritz	2012	28
19	Characteristics of Intracranial Aneurysms in the Else Kröner-Fresenius Registry of Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease Cerebrovascular Diseases Extra ·Hartmut P.H. Neumann, Angelica Malinoc, 哲郎小川, Zhang DunYang, SF Nabavi, Nina Dolidze, Irina Mader, Michael M. Hoffmann, Peter Riegler, E J Weinman, Adam Kropf, Elke Schäeffner, Rodolfo S. Martín, Pablo Javier Azurmendi, Klaus Zerres, Cordula A. Jilg, Charis Eng, Sven Gläsker	2012	18
20	CpG-island methylation of the ER promoter in colorectal cancer: analysis of micrometastases in lymph nodes from UICC stage I and II patients British Journal of Cancer ·Jan Harder, I Ormay, Henning Usadel, Silke Laßmann, Martin Werner, Weidi Cheng, F Otto, Mariya Varbanova, Elke Schäeffner, Manfred Olschewski, Hubert E. Blum, O Opitz	2009	21

About Elke Schäeffner

Elke Schäeffner is a scholar working on Nephrology, Transplantation, Geriatrics and Gerontology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Health, having authored 104 papers that have together received 3.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes (50 papers), Dialysis and Renal Disease Management (45 papers), Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies (17 papers), Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies (14 papers), Renal and Vascular Pathologies (9 papers), Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (8 papers), Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments (7 papers) and Organ Donation and Transplantation (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Nephrology (2.1k citations), Transplantation (319 citations), Geriatrics and Gerontology (167 citations), Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine (609 citations) and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism (370 citations). Elke Schäeffner has collaborated with scholars based in Germany, United States and France. Frequent co-authors include Natalie Ebert, Pierre Delanaye, Markus van der Giet, Peter Martus, J. Michael Gaziano, Tobias Kurth, Martin K. Kuhlmann, Björn O. Eriksen, Julie E. Buring and Jens Gaedeke. Their work appears in journals such as Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, Clinical Kidney Journal, Scientific Reports, Journal of the American Society of Nephrology and American Journal of Kidney Diseases.

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