Heike Claus

7.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
121 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

About

Heike Claus is a scholar working on Microbiology, Epidemiology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Heike Claus has authored 121 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 88 papers in Microbiology, 68 papers in Epidemiology and 30 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Heike Claus's work include Bacterial Infections and Vaccines (83 papers), Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections (53 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (16 papers). Heike Claus is often cited by papers focused on Bacterial Infections and Vaccines (83 papers), Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections (53 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (16 papers). Heike Claus collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and Tanzania. Heike Claus's co-authors include Ulrich Vogel, Matthias Frosch, Dag Harmsen, Doris Turnwald, Wolfgang Witte, H. Claus, Jörg Rothgänger, Martin Maiden, Nyambura Moremi and Stephen E. Mshana and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Heike Claus

119 papers receiving 4.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Typing of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a University Hospital Setting by Using Novel Software for spa Repeat Determination and Database Management

2003 1.4k citations Heike Claus, Ulrich Vogel et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Heike Claus Germany	33	2.1k	1.9k	1.8k	1.7k	879	121	4.7k
Yan Q. Xiong United States	34	834 0.4×	545 0.3×	1.6k 0.9×	1.6k 1.0×	488 0.6×	114	3.3k
Hester J. Bootsma Netherlands	33	913 0.4×	1.5k 0.8×	861 0.5×	872 0.5×	235 0.3×	72	3.6k
Hitoshi Komatsuzawa Japan	45	1.4k 0.7×	429 0.2×	3.1k 1.7×	1.9k 1.1×	310 0.4×	165	5.9k
Suzan H. M. Rooijakkers Netherlands	41	941 0.4×	657 0.4×	2.1k 1.1×	2.4k 1.4×	317 0.4×	109	5.3k
Paul M. Sullam United States	46	695 0.3×	2.1k 1.1×	1.9k 1.0×	2.3k 1.3×	304 0.3×	106	5.7k
Sarah W. Satola United States	28	519 0.2×	735 0.4×	973 0.5×	686 0.4×	468 0.5×	78	2.7k
Kevin R. Braughton United States	31	902 0.4×	525 0.3×	3.4k 1.9×	4.1k 2.4×	953 1.1×	34	5.9k
Jovanka M. Voyich United States	40	917 0.4×	573 0.3×	3.1k 1.7×	3.1k 1.8×	486 0.6×	79	6.1k
Ellen Murphy United States	38	795 0.4×	765 0.4×	3.3k 1.8×	2.8k 1.7×	381 0.4×	56	6.1k
Scott D. Kobayashi United States	43	509 0.2×	706 0.4×	2.2k 1.2×	2.0k 1.2×	356 0.4×	76	5.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Heike Claus

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Fields of papers citing papers by Heike Claus

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Heike Claus

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Claus, Heike, et al.. (2024). Interaction of Neisseria meningitidis carrier and disease isolates of MenB cc32 and MenW cc22 with epithelial cells of the nasopharyngeal barrier. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 14. 1389527–1389527. 2 indexed citations

Diricks, Margo, Steffen B. Petersen, Thiên‐Trí Lâm, et al.. (2024). Revisiting mutational resistance to ampicillin and cefotaxime in Haemophilus influenzae. Genome Medicine. 16(1). 140–140. 3 indexed citations

Cifuente, Javier O., Julia Schulze, Andrea Bethe, et al.. (2023). A multi-enzyme machine polymerizes the Haemophilus influenzae type b capsule. Nature Chemical Biology. 19(7). 865–877. 12 indexed citations

Mülling, Nils, Hana Rohn, Ulrich Vogel, et al.. (2020). Low efficacy of vaccination against serogroup B meningococci in patients with atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome. Bioscience Reports. 40(3). 4 indexed citations

Lucidarme, Jay, Helen Campbell, Dominique A. Caugant, et al.. (2020). Geographically widespread invasive meningococcal disease caused by a ciprofloxacin resistant non-groupable strain of the ST-175 clonal complex. Journal of Infection. 81(4). 575–584. 12 indexed citations

Silwedel, Christine, Christian P. Speer, Axel Haarmann, et al.. (2019). Ureaplasma species modulate cell adhesion molecules and growth factors in human brain microvascular endothelial cells. Cytokine. 121. 154737–154737. 8 indexed citations

Silwedel, Christine, Axel Haarmann, Markus Fehrholz, et al.. (2019). More than just inflammation: Ureaplasma species induce apoptosis in human brain microvascular endothelial cells. Journal of Neuroinflammation. 16(1). 38–38. 21 indexed citations

Claus, Heike, et al.. (2019). A homopolymeric adenosine tract in the promoter region of nspA influences factor H-mediated serum resistance in Neisseria meningitidis. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 2736–2736. 3 indexed citations

Silwedel, Christine, Christian P. Speer, Axel Haarmann, et al.. (2018). Novel insights into neuroinflammation: bacterial lipopolysaccharide, tumor necrosis factor α, and Ureaplasma species differentially modulate atypical chemokine receptor 3 responses in human brain microvascular endothelial cells. Journal of Neuroinflammation. 15(1). 156–156. 17 indexed citations

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Moremi, Nyambura, et al.. (2018). High carriage rate of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae among patients admitted for surgery in Tanzanian hospitals with a low rate of endogenous surgical site infections. Journal of Hospital Infection. 100(1). 47–53. 27 indexed citations

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Berti, Francesco, Friedrich Freiberger, Vittoria Pinto, et al.. (2013). Functional expression of the capsule polymerase of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup X: A new perspective for vaccine development. Glycobiology. 24(2). 150–158. 34 indexed citations

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Schwerk, Christian, Julia Borkowski, Ulrike Steinmann, et al.. (2012). Polar Invasion and Translocation of Neisseria meningitidis and Streptococcus suis in a Novel Human Model of the Blood-Cerebrospinal Fluid Barrier. PLoS ONE. 7(1). e30069–e30069. 92 indexed citations

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Tappe, Dennis, Peter Schümann, Markus Spiliotis, et al.. (2009). Streptococcus merionis sp. nov., isolated from Mongolian jirds (Meriones unguiculatus). INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY. 59(4). 766–770. 5 indexed citations

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Vogel, Ulrich, Johannes Elias, Heike Claus, & Matthias Frosch. (2009). Labordiagnostik von Neisseria meningitidis aus der Sicht des Nationalen Referenzzentrums für Meningokokken / Laboratory diagnosis of Neisseria meningitidis from the viewpoint of the German Reference Laboratory. LaboratoriumsMedizin. 33(5). 245–253. 1 indexed citations

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Schoen, Christoph, Jochen Blom, Heike Claus, et al.. (2008). Whole-genome comparison of disease and carriage strains provides insights into virulence evolution in Neisseria meningitidis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(9). 3473–3478. 138 indexed citations

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Claus, Heike, et al.. (2008). Role of Cell Death and Autolysis for DNA Release and Biofilm Development in Neisseria meningitidis. International Journal of Medical Microbiology. 298. 83–83. 1 indexed citations

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Diedrich, Sabine, Heike Claus, W Thierfelder, B.-M. Bellach, & E. Schreier. (2008). Bundesgesundheitssurvey 1997/98: Immunitätslage gegen Poliomyelitis. DMW - Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift. 125(19). 584–588. 4 indexed citations

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Bergfeld, Anne K., Heike Claus, Ulrich Vogel, & Martina Mühlenhoff. (2007). Biochemical Characterization of Thepolysialic Acid-specific O-Acetyltransferase NeuO of Escherichia coli K1. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 282(30). 22217–22227. 25 indexed citations

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Vogel, Ulrich, Heike Claus, & Matthias Frosch. (2003). Capsular Operons. Humana Press eBooks. 67. 187–201. 6 indexed citations

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Claus, Heike, Matthias Frosch, & Ulrich Vogel. (1998). Identification of a hotspot for transformation of Neisseria meningitidis by shuttle mutagenesis using signature-tagged transposons. Molecular and General Genetics MGG. 259(4). 363–371. 23 indexed citations

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