Franz Schaefer

40.0k total citations · 7 hit papers
417 papers, 17.8k citations indexed

About

Franz Schaefer is a scholar working on Nephrology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Franz Schaefer has authored 417 papers receiving a total of 17.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 215 papers in Nephrology, 113 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 83 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Franz Schaefer's work include Dialysis and Renal Disease Management (124 papers), Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies (56 papers) and Renal and related cancers (45 papers). Franz Schaefer is often cited by papers focused on Dialysis and Renal Disease Management (124 papers), Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies (56 papers) and Renal and related cancers (45 papers). Franz Schaefer collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Franz Schaefer's co-authors include Michael Rabe, Otto Mehls, Elke Wühl, Dieter Haffner, Bradley A. Warady, Uwe Querfeld, Marianne Soergel, Klaus K. Witte, Mieczysław Litwin and Beth Piraino and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Franz Schaefer

401 papers receiving 17.3k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Non-Transgenic Mouse Models of Kidney Disease

2016 1.4k citations Franz Schaefer et al. profile →
2016 European Society of Hypertension guidelines for the management of high blood pressure in children and adolescents

2016 798 citations Mieczysław Litwin, Franz Schaefer et al. profile →
Peritoneal Dialysis-Related Infections Recommendations: 2010 Update

2010 638 citations Franz Schaefer et al. profile →
Distribution of 24-h ambulatory blood pressure in children: normalized reference values and role of body dimensions

2002 576 citations Elke Wühl, Franz Schaefer et al. profile →
Advanced Coronary and Carotid Arteriopathy in Young Adults With Childhood-Onset Chronic Renal Failure

2002 522 citations Jun Oh, Uwe Querfeld et al. Circulation profile →
Peritoneal Dialysis-Related Infections Recommendations: 2005 Update

2005 507 citations Franz Schaefer et al. profile →
Management of high blood pressure in children and adolescents: recommendations of the European Society of Hypertension

2009 479 citations Franz Schaefer, Tomáš Seeman et al. profile →

Peers

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Franz Schaefer

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Urinary peptide signature distinguishes autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease from other causes of chronic kidney disease 2025 ·Clinical Kidney Journal ·Kathrin Burgmaier, Bénédicte Buffin‐Meyer, Julie Klein, Brian Becknell, Daryl J. McLeod, (unknown), Oliver Groß, Claudia Dafinger, Justyna Siwy, Stéphane Decramer, Franz Schaefer, Max C. Liebau, Joost P. Schanstra	1
2	WCN25-427 THE BENEFITS OF ICODEXTRIN USE FOR CHILDREN RECEIVING CHRONIC PERITONEAL DIALYSIS: DATA FROM THE INTERNATIONAL PEDIATRIC PERITONEAL DIALYSIS NETWORK (IPPN) REGISTRY 2025 ·Kidney International Reports ·Priyanka Khandelwal, Dagmara Borzych–Dużałka, (unknown), Bruno Ranchin, Hui‐Kim Yap, (unknown), Zeynep Yürük Yıldırım, Yihui Zhai, Fabio Paglialonga, Eugene Chan, (unknown), (unknown), Bradley A. Warady, Franz Schaefer, Rukshana Shroff	1
3	The incidence and prevalence of IgA nephropathy in Europe 2023 ·Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation ·Cynthia Willey, Rosanna Coppo, Franz Schaefer, Małgorzata Mizerska-Wasiak, Mohit Mathur, (unknown)	38
4	Pediatric Kidney Disease 2023 ·Franz Schaefer, Larry A. Greenbaum	2
5	Worldwide disparities in access to treatment and investigations for nephropathic cystinosis: a 2023 perspective 2023 ·Pediatric Nephrology ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Aude Servais, Franz Schaefer, Elena Levtchenko, Justine Bacchetta, Aurélia Bertholet‐Thomas	6
6	Design of two ongoing clinical trials of tolvaptan in the treatment of pediatric patients with autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease 2023 ·BMC Nephrology ·Djalila Mekahli, Max C. Liebau, Melissa A. Cadnapaphornchai, Stuart L. Goldstein, Larry A. Greenbaum, Mieczysław Litwin, Tomáš Seeman, Franz Schaefer, Lisa M. Guay‐Woodford	4
7	Towards FAIRification of sensitive and fragmented rare disease patient data: challenges and solutions in European reference network registries 2022 ·Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Ronald Cornet, (unknown), Peter A.C. ’t Hoen, Franz Schaefer, K. Joeri van der Velde, Morris A. Swertz, Mark D. Wilkinson, Annika Jacobsen, Marco Roos	15
8	Management of congenital nephrotic syndrome: consensus recommendations of the ERKNet-ESPN Working Group 2021 ·Nature Reviews Nephrology ·Olivia Boyer, Franz Schaefer, Dieter Haffner, Detlef Böckenhauer, Tuula Hölttä, (unknown), Hazel Webb, (unknown), Beata S. Lipska‐Ziętkiewicz, Fatih Özaltın, Elena Levtchenko, Marina Vivarelli	41
9	Glucose Derivative Induced Vasculopathy in Children on Chronic Peritoneal Dialysis 2021 ·Circulation Research ·Maria Bartosova, Conghui Zhang, Betti Schaefer, Rebecca Herzog, David Ridinger, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Christoph Eckert, Philipp Romero, P. Sallay, Ákos Újszászi, (unknown), (unknown), Georg Hildenbrand, Bradley A. Warady, Franz Schaefer, Sotirios G. Zarogiannis, Klaus Kratochwill, Claus Peter Schmitt	15
10	Clinical Interventions and All-Cause Mortality of Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease: An Umbrella Systematic Review of Meta-Analyses 2020 ·Journal of Clinical Medicine ·Jong Yeob Kim, (unknown), Keum Hwa Lee, Jun Oh, Min Choi, Jiwon M. Lee, Nicholas Larkins, Franz Schaefer, Sung Hwi Hong, Gwang Hun Jeong, Jae Il Shin, Andreas Kronbichler	6
11	Prenatal alcohol exposure affects renal function in overweight schoolchildren: birth cohort analysis 2019 ·Pediatric Nephrology ·Liane Correia‐Costa, Franz Schaefer, Alberto Caldas Afonso, Sofia Correia, João Tiago Guimarães, António Guerra, Henrique Barros, Ana Azevedo	5
12	Urinary proteome signature of Renal Cysts and Diabetes syndrome in children 2019 ·Scientific Reports ·(unknown), Pedro Magalhães, Magdalena Krochmal, Martin Pejchinοvski, Erica Daina, Rosa Caruso, (unknown), (unknown), Giuseppe Remuzzi, Muriel Umbhauer, Jens Drube, Lars Pape, Harald Mischak, Stéphane Decramer, Franz Schaefer, Joost P. Schanstra, Silvia Cereghini, Petra Zürbig	16
13	Arterial tissue transcriptional profiles associate with tissue remodeling and cardiovascular phenotype in children with end-stage kidney disease 2019 ·Scientific Reports ·Christian Freise, (unknown), Maria Bartosova, Aysun Karabay Bayazıt, Ulrike Bauer, Thomas Pickardt, Felix Berger, Lars Melholt Rasmussen, (unknown), Guido F. Laube, Francesca Mencarelli, Klaus Arbeiter, Rainer Büscher, Sandra Habbig, Kirsten Møller, Marietta Kirchner, Franz Schaefer, Claus Peter Schmitt, Uwe Querfeld	13
14	Outcomes of renal replacement therapy in boys with prune belly syndrome: findings from the ESPN/ERA-EDTA Registry 2017 ·Pediatric Nephrology ·Fatoş Yalçınkaya, Marjolein Bonthuis, Beyza Doğanay Erdoğan, Karlijn J. van Stralen, Sergey Baiko, Hassib Chehade, Heather Maxwell, Giovanni Montini, Kai Rönnholm, Søren Schwartz Sørensen, Tim Ulinski, Enrico Verrina, Stefanie Weber, Jérôme Harambat, Franz Schaefer, Kitty J. Jager, Jaap W. Groothoff	12
15	SP358EFFECTS OF VITAMIN D SUPPLEMENTATION ON MARKERS OF BONE AND MINERAL METABOLISM IN PEDIATRIC PATIENTS WITH EARLY AND LATE CKD 2017 ·Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation ·Dieter Haffner, Christian Lerch, Franz Schaefer, Rukshana Shroff	0
16	Averting the legacy of kidney disease - focus on childhood 2016 ·eScholarship (California Digital Library) ·Julie R. Ingelfinger, Kamyar Kalantar‐Zadeh, Franz Schaefer	1
17	Determinants of carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity in prepubertal children 2016 ·International Journal of Cardiology ·(unknown), Liane Correia‐Costa, Alberto Caldas Afonso, Franz Schaefer, António Guerra, Cláudia Moura, (unknown), Henrique Barros, José Carlos Areias, Ana Azevedo	22
18	ANEMIA MANAGEMENT IN CHILDREN ON CHRONIC PD: A STUDY OF THE INTERNATIONAL PEDIATRIC PERITONEAL DIALYSIS NETWORK (IPPN) 2012 ·UCL Discovery (University College London) ·Dagmara Borzych–Dużałka, Yelda Bilginer, Lars Pape, (unknown), (unknown), Annabelle N. Chua, L. Rees, (unknown), F. Cano, (unknown), Sevinç Emre, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Colin White, (unknown), Andrea Andrea, D. E. Mueller-Wiefel, Bradley A. Warady, Franz Schaefer	1
19	Determinants of Blood Pressure in Preschool Children 2011 ·Circulation ·Giacomo D. Simonetti, (unknown), M Klett, Georg F. Hoffmann, Franz Schaefer, Elke Wühl	107
20	Mutations in Uroplakin IIIA Are a Rare Cause of Renal Hypodysplasia in Humans 2006 ·American Journal of Kidney Diseases ·(unknown), Tanja Knüppel, Velibor Tasic, (unknown), Moira Konrad, Elke Wühl, Corinne Antignac, Ayşı̇n Bakkaloğlu, Franz Schaefer, Stefan Weber	34

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