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

Non-Transgenic Mouse Mode... 2002 2026 2010 2018 2016 2016 2010 2002 2002 400 800 1.2k
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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.

  1. Non-Transgenic Mouse Models of Kidney Disease
    2016 1.4k citations Franz Schaefer et al. profile →
  2. 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 →
  3. Peritoneal Dialysis-Related Infections Recommendations: 2010 Update
    2010 638 citations Franz Schaefer et al. profile →
  4. 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 →
  5. 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 →
  6. Peritoneal Dialysis-Related Infections Recommendations: 2005 Update
    2005 507 citations Franz Schaefer et al. profile →
  7. 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 →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Franz Schaefer 8.0k 3.6k 3.3k 3.0k 2.6k 417 17.8k
Francesco Locatelli 13.3k 1.7× 1.5k 0.4× 3.1k 0.9× 2.6k 0.9× 2.8k 1.1× 539 25.2k
Bradley A. Warady 10.0k 1.3× 4.8k 1.3× 1.6k 0.5× 1.7k 0.6× 2.8k 1.1× 519 17.9k
Susan L. Furth 7.8k 1.0× 4.8k 1.3× 2.3k 0.7× 1.6k 0.5× 2.2k 0.8× 396 17.9k
Garabed Eknoyan 13.4k 1.7× 2.2k 0.6× 4.1k 1.2× 1.9k 0.6× 3.6k 1.4× 252 23.8k
Bengt Lindholm 18.9k 2.4× 1.7k 0.5× 3.3k 1.0× 3.4k 1.1× 6.5k 2.5× 725 32.4k
Ravi Thadhani 9.1k 1.1× 8.7k 2.4× 2.8k 0.8× 2.7k 0.9× 3.1k 1.2× 293 30.6k
T. Alp İkizler 17.7k 2.2× 1.5k 0.4× 2.4k 0.7× 2.0k 0.7× 5.3k 2.0× 386 27.0k
Juan Jesús Carrero 9.6k 1.2× 1.1k 0.3× 3.6k 1.1× 2.3k 0.8× 2.8k 1.1× 558 23.0k
Kiyoshi Kurokawa 8.3k 1.0× 1.2k 0.3× 2.0k 0.6× 5.2k 1.7× 2.9k 1.1× 522 22.6k
Thomas H. Hostetter 10.7k 1.3× 2.0k 0.5× 3.6k 1.1× 3.9k 1.3× 2.2k 0.8× 187 20.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Franz Schaefer

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All Works

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Burgmaier, Kathrin, Bénédicte Buffin‐Meyer, Julie Klein, et al.. (2025). Urinary peptide signature distinguishes autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease from other causes of chronic kidney disease. Clinical Kidney Journal. 18(5). sfaf093–sfaf093. 1 indexed citations
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Khandelwal, Priyanka, Dagmara Borzych–Dużałka, Bruno Ranchin, et al.. (2025). WCN25-427 THE BENEFITS OF ICODEXTRIN USE FOR CHILDREN RECEIVING CHRONIC PERITONEAL DIALYSIS: DATA FROM THE INTERNATIONAL PEDIATRIC PERITONEAL DIALYSIS NETWORK (IPPN) REGISTRY. Kidney International Reports. 10(2). S646–S647. 1 indexed citations
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Willey, Cynthia, et al.. (2023). The incidence and prevalence of IgA nephropathy in Europe. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation. 38(10). 2340–2349. 38 indexed citations
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Schaefer, Franz & Larry A. Greenbaum. (2023). Pediatric Kidney Disease. 2 indexed citations
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Mekahli, Djalila, Max C. Liebau, Melissa A. Cadnapaphornchai, et al.. (2023). Design of two ongoing clinical trials of tolvaptan in the treatment of pediatric patients with autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease. BMC Nephrology. 24(1). 33–33. 4 indexed citations
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Servais, Aude, et al.. (2023). Worldwide disparities in access to treatment and investigations for nephropathic cystinosis: a 2023 perspective. Pediatric Nephrology. 39(4). 1113–1123. 6 indexed citations
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Cornet, Ronald, Peter A.C. ’t Hoen, Franz Schaefer, et al.. (2022). Towards FAIRification of sensitive and fragmented rare disease patient data: challenges and solutions in European reference network registries. Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases. 17(1). 436–436. 15 indexed citations
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Boyer, Olivia, Franz Schaefer, Dieter Haffner, et al.. (2021). Management of congenital nephrotic syndrome: consensus recommendations of the ERKNet-ESPN Working Group. Nature Reviews Nephrology. 17(4). 277–289. 41 indexed citations
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Vogt, Bruno, et al.. (2021). Differential assessment of fluid compartments by bioimpedance in pediatric patients with kidney diseases. Pediatric Nephrology. 36(7). 1843–1850. 5 indexed citations
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Bartosova, Maria, Conghui Zhang, Betti Schaefer, et al.. (2021). Glucose Derivative Induced Vasculopathy in Children on Chronic Peritoneal Dialysis. Circulation Research. 129(5). e102–e118. 15 indexed citations
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Kim, Jong Yeob, Keum Hwa Lee, Jun Oh, et al.. (2020). Clinical Interventions and All-Cause Mortality of Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease: An Umbrella Systematic Review of Meta-Analyses. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 9(2). 394–394. 6 indexed citations
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Freise, Christian, Maria Bartosova, Aysun Karabay Bayazıt, et al.. (2019). Arterial tissue transcriptional profiles associate with tissue remodeling and cardiovascular phenotype in children with end-stage kidney disease. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 10316–10316. 13 indexed citations
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Correia‐Costa, Liane, Franz Schaefer, Alberto Caldas Afonso, et al.. (2019). Prenatal alcohol exposure affects renal function in overweight schoolchildren: birth cohort analysis. Pediatric Nephrology. 35(4). 695–702. 5 indexed citations
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Magalhães, Pedro, Magdalena Krochmal, Martin Pejchinοvski, et al.. (2019). Urinary proteome signature of Renal Cysts and Diabetes syndrome in children. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 2225–2225. 16 indexed citations
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Yalçınkaya, Fatoş, Marjolein Bonthuis, Beyza Doğanay Erdoğan, et al.. (2017). Outcomes of renal replacement therapy in boys with prune belly syndrome: findings from the ESPN/ERA-EDTA Registry. Pediatric Nephrology. 33(1). 117–124. 12 indexed citations
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Ingelfinger, Julie R., Kamyar Kalantar‐Zadeh, & Franz Schaefer. (2016). Averting the legacy of kidney disease - focus on childhood. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 1 indexed citations
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Correia‐Costa, Liane, Alberto Caldas Afonso, Franz Schaefer, et al.. (2016). Determinants of carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity in prepubertal children. International Journal of Cardiology. 218. 37–42. 22 indexed citations
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Borzych–Dużałka, Dagmara, Yelda Bilginer, Lars Pape, et al.. (2012). ANEMIA MANAGEMENT IN CHILDREN ON CHRONIC PD: A STUDY OF THE INTERNATIONAL PEDIATRIC PERITONEAL DIALYSIS NETWORK (IPPN). UCL Discovery (University College London). 1 indexed citations
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Simonetti, Giacomo D., et al.. (2011). Determinants of Blood Pressure in Preschool Children. Circulation. 123(3). 292–298. 107 indexed citations
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Knüppel, Tanja, Velibor Tasic, Moira Konrad, et al.. (2006). Mutations in Uroplakin IIIA Are a Rare Cause of Renal Hypodysplasia in Humans. American Journal of Kidney Diseases. 47(6). 1004–1012. 34 indexed citations

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