Gerhard Jahn

12.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
195 papers, 9.6k citations indexed

About

Gerhard Jahn is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Immunology and Virology. According to data from OpenAlex, Gerhard Jahn has authored 195 papers receiving a total of 9.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 167 papers in Epidemiology, 36 papers in Immunology and 31 papers in Virology. Recurrent topics in Gerhard Jahn's work include Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research (154 papers), Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments (85 papers) and HIV Research and Treatment (29 papers). Gerhard Jahn is often cited by papers focused on Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research (154 papers), Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments (85 papers) and HIV Research and Treatment (29 papers). Gerhard Jahn collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Netherlands and United States. Gerhard Jahn's co-authors include Christian Sinzger, Klaus Hamprecht, Bodo Plachter, Holger Hebart, B Fleckenstein, Michael Boshart, Friedemann Weber, W. Schaffner, Jens Maschmann and Christian P. Speer and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, The Lancet and Blood.

In The Last Decade

Gerhard Jahn

186 papers receiving 9.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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. A very strong enhancer is located upstream of an immediate early gene of human cytomegalovirus
    1985 1.0k citations Gerhard Jahn et al. profile →
  2. Infusion of cytomegalovirus (CMV)–specific T cells for the treatment of CMV infection not responding to antiviral chemotherapy
    2002 559 citations Hermann Einsele, Eddy Roosnek et al. Blood profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Gerhard Jahn Germany 50 7.9k 2.2k 1.6k 1.4k 1.3k 195 9.6k
Erwin Schurr Canada 47 2.7k 0.3× 1.8k 0.8× 3.5k 2.2× 1.4k 1.0× 749 0.6× 166 6.7k
Matthias J. Reddehase Germany 60 7.4k 0.9× 6.5k 3.0× 896 0.6× 1.4k 1.0× 894 0.7× 176 11.3k
K Yamanishi Japan 47 3.8k 0.5× 1.9k 0.9× 1.5k 1.0× 1.5k 1.1× 1.8k 1.4× 301 8.6k
Klaus Hamprecht Germany 36 3.6k 0.5× 773 0.4× 1.2k 0.8× 325 0.2× 659 0.5× 133 4.6k
Tsuneo Morishima Japan 45 4.0k 0.5× 1.3k 0.6× 2.7k 1.7× 744 0.5× 1.9k 1.4× 229 7.4k
John A. Zaia United States 47 4.2k 0.5× 1.6k 0.7× 1.2k 0.8× 2.1k 1.5× 1.4k 1.1× 159 7.6k
Michael A. Skinner United States 50 2.5k 0.3× 1.6k 0.7× 2.1k 1.3× 2.6k 1.9× 514 0.4× 159 8.6k
Sara Hieny United States 54 5.1k 0.7× 6.6k 3.0× 1.7k 1.1× 1.8k 1.3× 599 0.4× 82 13.3k
Koichi Yamanishi Japan 51 7.7k 1.0× 1.8k 0.8× 2.1k 1.3× 1.3k 1.0× 4.2k 3.1× 228 11.0k
Hartmut Hengel Germany 55 6.1k 0.8× 5.4k 2.5× 1.1k 0.7× 1.6k 1.2× 1.3k 1.0× 180 10.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Gerhard Jahn

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gerhard Jahn

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Gerhard Jahn. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Gerhard Jahn based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Gerhard Jahn. Gerhard Jahn is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Snyman, Leon, et al.. (2024). Early online. South African Medical Journal. 114(5). e1081–e1081.
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Günther, Patrick, Anne Halenius, Dirk H. Busch, et al.. (2017). Presentation of a Conserved Adenoviral Epitope on HLA-C*0702 Allows Evasion of Natural Killer but Not T Cell Responses. Viral Immunology. 30(3). 149–156. 7 indexed citations
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Günther, Patrick, et al.. (2016). Human CD8 + T Cells Target Multiple Epitopes in Respiratory Syncytial Virus Polymerase. Viral Immunology. 29(5). 307–314. 4 indexed citations
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Strenger, Volker, Dirk Laßner, Wolfgang Schwinger, et al.. (2015). Individuals with inherited chromosomally integrated human herpes virus 6 (ciHHV-6) have functionally active HHV-6 specific T-cell immunity. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 22(2). 209.e5–209.e8. 14 indexed citations
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Kagan, Karl Oliver, et al.. (2013). Effective management and intrauterine treatment of congenital cytomegalovirus infection: review article and case series. The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine. 27(2). 209–214. 14 indexed citations
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Derhovanessian, Evelyna, Andrea B. Maier, Robert Beck, et al.. (2010). Hallmark Features of Immunosenescence Are Absent in Familial Longevity. The Journal of Immunology. 185(8). 4618–4624. 118 indexed citations
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Sinzger, Christian, Margarete Digel, & Gerhard Jahn. (2008). Cytomegalovirus Cell Tropism. Current topics in microbiology and immunology. 325. 63–83. 322 indexed citations
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Einsele, Hermann, Eddy Roosnek, Nathalie Rufer, et al.. (2002). Infusion of cytomegalovirus (CMV)–specific T cells for the treatment of CMV infection not responding to antiviral chemotherapy. Blood. 99(11). 3916–3922. 559 indexed citations breakdown →
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Prix, Lothar, et al.. (1999). Comprehensive Restriction Analysis of the UL97 Region Allows Early Detection of Ganciclovir‐Resistant Human Cytomegalovirus in an Immunocompromised Child. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 180(2). 491–495. 35 indexed citations
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Hebart, Holger, Arne Schröder, Jürgen Löffler, et al.. (1997). Cytomegalovirus Monitoring by Polymerase Chain Reaction of Whole Blood Samples from Patients Undergoing Autologous Bone Marrow or Peripheral Blood Progenitor Cell Transplantation. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 175(6). 1490–1493. 37 indexed citations
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Schmolke, S., et al.. (1995). The dominant phosphoprotein pp65 (UL83) of human cytomegalovirus is dispensable for growth in cell culture. Journal of Virology. 69(10). 5959–5968. 111 indexed citations
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Weber, Thomas, Robert Beck, E. Stark, et al.. (1994). Comparative analysis of intrathecal antibody synthesis and DNA amplification for the diagnosis of cytomegalovirus infection of the central nervous system in AIDS patients. Journal of Neurology. 241(7). 407–414. 12 indexed citations
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Nick, Sigrid, et al.. (1993). Inhibition of HIV-1 replication by a high-copy-number vector expressing antisense RNA for reverse transcriptase. Gene. 129(2). 263–268. 16 indexed citations
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Herrmann, Martin, Andreas S. Baur, R. Vornhagen, et al.. (1992). Antibodies Against p24 of HIV-1 in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus?. Viral Immunology. 5(3). 229–231. 9 indexed citations
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Borisch, Bettina, et al.. (1988). Prokaryotic Expression of Immunogenic Polypeptides of the Large Phosphoprotein (pp150) of Human Cytomegalovirus. Journal of General Virology. 69(6). 1195–1204. 42 indexed citations
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Borisch, Bettina, et al.. (1988). Detection of human cytomegalovirus DNA and viral antigens in tissues of different manifestations of CMV infection. Virchows Archiv B Cell Pathology. 55(1). 93–99. 29 indexed citations

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