Hans H. Hirsch

32.6k total citations · 8 hit papers
384 papers, 18.8k citations indexed

About

Hans H. Hirsch is a scholar working on Oncology, Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Hans H. Hirsch has authored 384 papers receiving a total of 18.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 188 papers in Oncology, 126 papers in Infectious Diseases and 124 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Hans H. Hirsch's work include Polyomavirus and related diseases (165 papers), Full-Duplex Wireless Communications (84 papers) and Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research (67 papers). Hans H. Hirsch is often cited by papers focused on Polyomavirus and related diseases (165 papers), Full-Duplex Wireless Communications (84 papers) and Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research (67 papers). Hans H. Hirsch collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Germany. Hans H. Hirsch's co-authors include Jürg Steiger, Parmjeet Randhawa, Michael J. Mihatsch, Rainer Gosert, Emilio Ramos, Volker Nickeleit, Christine Hanssen Rinaldo, Cinthia B. Drachenberg, Adrian Egli and Michael Dickenmann and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, New England Journal of Medicine and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Hans H. Hirsch

363 papers receiving 18.5k citations

Hit Papers

Prospective Study of Polyomavirus Type BK Replication and... 2002 2026 2010 2018 2002 2005 2016 2009 2003 250 500 750
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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. Prospective Study of Polyomavirus Type BK Replication and Nephropathy in Renal-Transplant Recipients
    2002 928 citations Hans H. Hirsch, Jakob Passweg et al. profile →
  2. Polyomavirus-Associated Nephropathy in Renal Transplantation: Interdisciplinary Analyses and Recommendations
    2005 714 citations Hans H. Hirsch, Daniel C. Brennan et al. Transplantation profile →
  3. Definitions of Cytomegalovirus Infection and Disease in Transplant Patients for Use in Clinical Trials: Table 1.
    2016 693 citations Per Ljungman, Michael Boeckh et al. profile →
  4. Prevalence of Polyomavirus BK and JC Infection and Replication in 400 Healthy Blood Donors
    2009 603 citations Adrian Egli, Rainer Gosert et al. The Journal of Infectious Diseases profile →
  5. Polyomavirus BK
    2003 530 citations Hans H. Hirsch et al. The Lancet Infectious Diseases profile →
  6. BK Polyomavirus in Solid Organ Transplantation
    2013 404 citations Hans H. Hirsch, Parmjeet Randhawa American Journal of Transplantation profile →
  7. BK polyomavirus in solid organ transplantation—Guidelines from the American Society of Transplantation Infectious Diseases Community of Practice
    2019 277 citations Hans H. Hirsch, Parmjeet Randhawa et al. profile →
  8. The Second International Consensus Guidelines on the Management of BK Polyomavirus in Kidney Transplantation
    2024 49 citations Camille N. Kotton, Nassim Kamar et al. Transplantation profile →

Peers

Hans H. Hirsch
Ajit P. Limaye United States
Michael Boeckh United States
Per Ljungman Sweden
Adrian Egli Switzerland
Rein Saral United States
Keith R. Jerome United States
Andrea De Luca Italy
Juan Berenguer Spain
Hermann Einsele Germany
Adriano Lazzarin Italy
Ajit P. Limaye United States
Hans H. Hirsch
Citations per year, relative to Hans H. Hirsch Hans H. Hirsch (= 1×) peers Ajit P. Limaye

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Fields of papers citing papers by Hans H. Hirsch

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hans H. Hirsch

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Hans H. Hirsch. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Hans H. Hirsch 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 Hans H. Hirsch. Hans H. Hirsch is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Eder, Michael, Alexander Kainz, Christof Aigner, et al.. (2025). A systematic literature review and meta-analysis evaluated modifiable risk factors for the development of BK polyoma virus–associated complications. Kidney International. 108(4). 669–685. 1 indexed citations
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Delden, Christian van, Oriol Manuel, Cédric Hirzel, et al.. (2025). The Swiss Transplant Cohort Study: Implications for Transplant Infectious Diseases Research. Transplant Infectious Disease. 27(2). e70023–e70023.
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Lilienfeld‐Toal, Marie von, Fareed Khawaja, Francesca Compagno, et al.. (2025). Community-acquired respiratory virus infections in patients with haematological malignancies or undergoing haematopoietic cell transplantation: updated recommendations from the 10th European Conference on Infections in Leukaemia. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 26(3). e193–e206. 1 indexed citations
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Tilloy, Valentin, Sunwen Chou, William D . Rawlinson, et al.. (2024). Comprehensive Herpesviruses Antiviral drug Resistance Mutation Database (CHARMD). Antiviral Research. 231. 106016–106016. 3 indexed citations
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Dräger, Sarah, M Bernasconi, Vlastimil Jirasko, et al.. (2024). Impact of Swabbing Location, Self-Swabbing, and Food Intake on SARS-CoV-2 RNA Detection. Microorganisms. 12(3). 591–591. 2 indexed citations
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Wernli, Marion, Karoline Leuzinger, Isabelle Binet, et al.. (2024). BK polyomavirus serotype-specific antibody responses in blood donors and kidney transplant recipients with and without new-onset BK polyomavirus-DNAemia: A Swiss Transplant Cohort Study. American Journal of Transplantation. 25(5). 985–1001. 6 indexed citations
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Durairaj, Janani, Karoline Leuzinger, Leila T. Alexander, et al.. (2024). Structural implications of BK polyomavirus sequence variations in the major viral capsid protein Vp1 and large T-antigen: a computational study. mSphere. 9(4). e0079923–e0079923. 9 indexed citations
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Kotton, Camille N., Nassim Kamar, David Wojciechowski, et al.. (2024). The Second International Consensus Guidelines on the Management of BK Polyomavirus in Kidney Transplantation. Transplantation. 108(9). 1834–1866. 49 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sassine, Joseph, Hans H. Hirsch, & Roy F. Chemaly. (2023). Clinical trials for treatment of respiratory viral infections in recipients of haematopoietic cell transplantation and cellular therapies: are we on the right path to the finish line?. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 30(3). 270–275. 2 indexed citations
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Nguyen, Huyen, Christian Thorball, Jacques Fellay, et al.. (2021). Systematic screening of viral and human genetic variation identifies antiretroviral resistance and immune escape link. eLife. 10. 4 indexed citations
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Goldenberger, Daniel, Karoline Leuzinger, Kirstine K. Søgaard, et al.. (2020). Brief validation of the novel GeneXpert Xpress SARS-CoV-2 PCR assay. Journal of Virological Methods. 284. 113925–113925. 33 indexed citations
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Leuzinger, Karoline, Tim Roloff, Rainer Gosert, et al.. (2020). Epidemiology of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Emergence Amidst Community-Acquired Respiratory Viruses. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 222(8). 1270–1279. 54 indexed citations
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Combes, Jean‐Damien, Gary M. Clifford, Huldrych F. Günthard, et al.. (2019). Antibodies against HPV16E6 oncoprotein in the Swiss HIV cohort study: Kinetics and anal cancer risk prediction. International Journal of Cancer. 147(3). 757–765. 7 indexed citations
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Hirsch, Hans H., Catherine Mengelle, Laure Esposito, et al.. (2018). Impact of donor BK polyomavirus replication on recipient infections in living donor transplantation. Transplant Infectious Disease. 20(4). e12917–e12917. 16 indexed citations
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Tschudin‐Sutter, Sarah, Francesca Compagno, Michael Tamm, et al.. (2018). Community-Acquired Respiratory Paramyxovirus Infection After Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation: A Single-Center Experience. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 5(5). ofy077–ofy077. 29 indexed citations
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Hirsch, Hans H., et al.. (1996). Impaired Interleukin-3 mRNA Decay in Autocrine Mast Cell Tumors after Transient Calcium Ionophore Stimulation. Growth Factors. 13(1-2). 99–110. 12 indexed citations

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