Frauke Förger

5.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
68 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Frauke Förger is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Immunology and Rheumatology. According to data from OpenAlex, Frauke Förger has authored 68 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 58 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 44 papers in Immunology and 23 papers in Rheumatology. Recurrent topics in Frauke Förger's work include Pregnancy and Medication Impact (58 papers), Reproductive System and Pregnancy (43 papers) and Eosinophilic Esophagitis (19 papers). Frauke Förger is often cited by papers focused on Pregnancy and Medication Impact (58 papers), Reproductive System and Pregnancy (43 papers) and Eosinophilic Esophagitis (19 papers). Frauke Förger collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Belgium. Frauke Förger's co-authors include Monika Østensen, Peter M. Villiger, Christina Chambers, Radboud J. E. M. Dolhain, Laura Shaughnessy, Martin Oppermann, N. Costedoat‐Chalumeau, Astrid Zbinden, Catherine Nelson‐Piercy and Maurizio Cutolo and has published in prestigious journals such as Gastroenterology, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences and American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

In The Last Decade

Frauke Förger

64 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

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The EULAR points to consider for use of antirheumatic drugs before pregnancy, and during pregnancy and lactation

2016 689 citations Anǵela Tincani, Rebecca Fischer‐Betz et al. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Frauke Förger Switzerland	27	1.8k	1.8k	1.3k	495	262	68	3.0k
Rebecca Fischer‐Betz Germany	21	827 0.5×	983 0.6×	1.0k 0.8×	222 0.4×	174 0.7×	103	1.9k
Carl A. Laskin Canada	33	1.4k 0.8×	1.6k 0.9×	2.6k 2.0×	476 1.0×	882 3.4×	96	4.8k
Anne Gitte Loft Denmark	38	1.8k 1.0×	798 0.5×	1.2k 0.9×	296 0.6×	296 1.1×	139	4.2k
Bonnie L. Bermas United States	28	454 0.3×	854 0.5×	972 0.7×	193 0.4×	107 0.4×	82	2.0k
O. Fain France	37	255 0.1×	888 0.5×	1.4k 1.1×	413 0.8×	199 0.8×	203	4.2k
Jessica Berman United States	15	215 0.1×	960 0.5×	1.0k 0.8×	135 0.3×	295 1.1×	31	2.2k
Atsuko Murashima Japan	19	301 0.2×	507 0.3×	482 0.4×	136 0.3×	198 0.8×	117	1.5k
P. Marès France	29	394 0.2×	300 0.2×	1.2k 0.9×	724 1.5×	963 3.7×	185	3.4k
Heikki Julkunen Finland	29	222 0.1×	1.1k 0.6×	1.8k 1.4×	175 0.4×	52 0.2×	88	2.6k
Gina Gregorini Italy	26	460 0.3×	388 0.2×	1.1k 0.8×	264 0.5×	349 1.3×	58	2.7k

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Pluma, Andrea, Irene Cecchi, Luis Fernando Pérez-García, et al.. (2025). Antirheumatic drugs in reproduction, pregnancy, and lactation: a systematic literature review informing the 2024 update of the EULAR recommendations. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 84(9). 1561–1590. 4 indexed citations

Meißner, Yvette, Anja Strangfeld, Anna Moltó, et al.. (2022). Pregnancy and neonatal outcomes in women with axial spondyloarthritis: pooled data analysis from the European Network of Pregnancy Registries in Rheumatology (EuNeP). Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 81(11). 1524–1533. 14 indexed citations

Förger, Frauke & Peter M. Villiger. (2020). Publisher Correction: Immunological adaptations in pregnancy that modulate rheumatoid arthritis disease activity. Nature Reviews Rheumatology. 16(3). 184–184. 3 indexed citations

Pluma, Andrea, Mihaela Micu, Antonio Julià, et al.. (2020). A questionnaire-based study on contraceptive practice in patients with rheumatic disease found no significant difference in age-matched healthy controls. Rheumatology International. 40(9). 1473–1480.

Förger, Frauke & Peter M. Villiger. (2020). Immunological adaptations in pregnancy that modulate rheumatoid arthritis disease activity. Nature Reviews Rheumatology. 16(2). 113–122. 81 indexed citations

Meißner, Yvette, Rebecca Fischer‐Betz, Laura Andréoli, et al.. (2020). EULAR recommendations for a core data set for pregnancy registries in rheumatology. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 80(1). 49–56. 34 indexed citations

Meißner, Yvette, Anja Strangfeld, N. Costedoat‐Chalumeau, et al.. (2019). European Network of Pregnancy Registers in Rheumatology (EuNeP)—an overview of procedures and data collection. Arthritis Research & Therapy. 21(1). 241–241. 28 indexed citations

Clowse, Megan E. B., Frauke Förger, John M. Thorp, et al.. (2017). Minimal to no transfer of certolizumab pegol into breast milk: results from CRADLE, a prospective, postmarketing, multicentre, pharmacokinetic study. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 76(11). 1890–1896. 115 indexed citations

Mariette, Xavier, Frauke Förger, Bincy Abraham, et al.. (2017). Lack of placental transfer of certolizumab pegol during pregnancy: results from CRIB, a prospective, postmarketing, pharmacokinetic study. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 77(2). 228–233. 255 indexed citations

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Förger, Frauke & Peter M. Villiger. (2016). Treatment of rheumatoid arthritis during pregnancy: present and future. Expert Review of Clinical Immunology. 12(9). 937–944. 24 indexed citations

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Förger, Frauke, Astrid Zbinden, & Peter M. Villiger. (2015). Certolizumab treatment during late pregnancy in patients with rheumatic diseases: Low drug levels in cord blood but possible risk for maternal infections. A case series of 13 patients. Joint Bone Spine. 83(3). 341–343. 36 indexed citations

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Østensen, Monika, et al.. (2015). Differential influence of maternal and fetal pregnancy factors on the in-vitro induction of human regulatory T cells: a preliminary study. Swiss Medical Weekly. 145(3132). w14172–w14172. 3 indexed citations

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Østensen, Monika, Laura Andréoli, Antonio Brucato, et al.. (2014). State of the art: Reproduction and pregnancy in rheumatic diseases. Autoimmunity Reviews. 14(5). 376–386. 146 indexed citations

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Häupl, Thomas, et al.. (2013). The physiologic increase in expression of some type I IFN-inducible genes during pregnancy is not associated with improved disease activity in pregnant patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Translational research. 161(6). 505–512. 18 indexed citations

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Möller, Burkhard, Almut Scherer, Frauke Förger, Peter M. Villiger, & Axel Finckh. (2013). Anaemia may add information to standardised disease activity assessment to predict radiographic damage in rheumatoid arthritis: a prospective cohort study. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 73(4). 691–696. 50 indexed citations

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Østensen, Monika, Peter M. Villiger, & Frauke Förger. (2011). Interaction of pregnancy and autoimmune rheumatic disease. Autoimmunity Reviews. 11(6-7). A437–A446. 86 indexed citations

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Østensen, Monika & Frauke Förger. (2009). Management of RA medications in pregnant patients. Nature Reviews Rheumatology. 5(7). 382–390. 105 indexed citations

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Østensen, Monika, Frauke Förger, & Peter M. Villiger. (2006). Cytokines and Pregnancy in Rheumatic Disease. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1069(1). 353–363. 31 indexed citations

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Förger, Frauke, et al.. (2005). Impact of pregnancy on health related quality of life evaluated prospectively in pregnant women with rheumatic diseases by the SF-36 health survey. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 64(10). 1494–1499. 80 indexed citations

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Rieber, Johannes, et al.. (2004). Diagnostic and clinical value of anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies compared with rheumatoid factor isotypes in rheumatoid arthritis. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 63(9). 1079–1084. 177 indexed citations

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