Helmut Eiffert

6.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
115 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

Helmut Eiffert is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Parasitology. According to data from OpenAlex, Helmut Eiffert has authored 115 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Infectious Diseases, 36 papers in Epidemiology and 33 papers in Parasitology. Recurrent topics in Helmut Eiffert's work include Vector-borne infectious diseases (32 papers), Bacterial Infections and Vaccines (19 papers) and Viral Infections and Vectors (18 papers). Helmut Eiffert is often cited by papers focused on Vector-borne infectious diseases (32 papers), Bacterial Infections and Vaccines (19 papers) and Viral Infections and Vectors (18 papers). Helmut Eiffert collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Czechia. Helmut Eiffert's co-authors include Roland Nau, Fritz Sörgel, H.‐J. Christen, R. Thomssen, R. Rüchel, Martin Oppermann, Christian P. Speer, Peter Groneck, Andreas Ohlenbusch and Annette Spreer and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Experimental Medicine, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Neurology.

In The Last Decade

Helmut Eiffert

112 papers receiving 4.4k 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. Penetration of Drugs through the Blood-Cerebrospinal Fluid/Blood-Brain Barrier for Treatment of Central Nervous System Infections
    2010 712 citations Roland Nau, Helmut Eiffert et al. Clinical Microbiology Reviews profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Helmut Eiffert 1.5k 1.2k 1.0k 702 669 115 4.5k
Gerald L. Mandell 1.7k 1.1× 1.5k 1.3× 267 0.3× 405 0.6× 1.2k 1.9× 129 6.0k
Jean‐Louis Mège 1.6k 1.1× 866 0.7× 1.3k 1.3× 253 0.4× 1.3k 1.9× 179 6.2k
Hans‐Walter Pfister 1.3k 0.9× 2.4k 2.0× 1.1k 1.1× 2.6k 3.7× 1.1k 1.6× 161 7.0k
Jan A. M. Langermans 814 0.5× 1.0k 0.9× 559 0.6× 220 0.3× 735 1.1× 116 3.9k
Martı́n E. Rottenberg 1.2k 0.8× 2.2k 1.9× 505 0.5× 1.2k 1.7× 1.6k 2.4× 129 7.0k
Stephen L. Leib 900 0.6× 2.7k 2.3× 493 0.5× 3.0k 4.2× 1.4k 2.2× 224 7.6k
James D. Connor 1.9k 1.3× 3.3k 2.8× 204 0.2× 350 0.5× 723 1.1× 152 6.1k
Marcel van Deuren 674 0.4× 1.4k 1.2× 322 0.3× 1.3k 1.8× 1.2k 1.8× 127 4.9k
Robert L. Owen 1.1k 0.7× 814 0.7× 1.5k 1.5× 170 0.2× 794 1.2× 106 5.7k
Edouard Vannier 1.6k 1.1× 781 0.7× 1.7k 1.7× 129 0.2× 1.1k 1.7× 83 6.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Helmut Eiffert

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Helmut Eiffert

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All Works

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Nau, Roland, Stephan Schmidt‐Schweda, Tobias Frank, et al.. (2023). Ceftriaxone‐induced neutropenia successfully overcome by a switch to penicillin G in Cardiobacterium hominis endocarditis. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 11(6). e7462–e7462. 1 indexed citations
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Djukic, Marija, et al.. (2023). Serological testing for syphilis in the differential diagnosis of cognitive decline and polyneuropathy in geriatric patients. BMC Geriatrics. 23(1). 274–274. 3 indexed citations
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Nau, Roland, et al.. (2020). Intrathecal Antibacterial and Antifungal Therapies. Clinical Microbiology Reviews. 33(3). 70 indexed citations
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Braunschweig, Lena, et al.. (2017). Detection of Bacteria Colonizing Titanium Spinal Implants in Children. Surgical Infections. 19(1). 71–77. 14 indexed citations
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Zautner, Andreas E., Boyke Bunk, Yvonne Pfeifer, et al.. (2017). Monitoring microevolution of OXA-48-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae ST147 in a hospital setting by SMRT sequencing. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 72(10). 2737–2744. 28 indexed citations
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Hellenkamp, Kristian, Jochen Kruppa, M Faßhauer, et al.. (2016). Early pneumonia and timing of antibiotic therapy in patients after nontraumatic out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Critical Care. 20(1). 31–31. 31 indexed citations
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Lange, Peter, et al.. (2016). Infections in the differential diagnosis of Bell’s palsy: a plea for performing CSF analysis. Infection. 45(2). 147–155. 15 indexed citations
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Blocher, Joachim, et al.. (2011). Aquaporins AQP1 and AQP4 in the cerebrospinal fluid of bacterial meningitis patients. Neuroscience Letters. 504(1). 23–27. 17 indexed citations
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Lange, Peter, et al.. (2011). Bacterial Contamination and the Transport Vial Material Affect Cerebrospinal Fluid Concentrations of β-Amyloid and Tau Protein as Determined by Enzyme Immunoassay. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders. 32(2). 126–134. 4 indexed citations
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Ribes, Sandra, Sandra Ebert, Tommy Regen, et al.. (2009). Fibronectin stimulates Escherichia coli phagocytosis by microglial cells. Glia. 58(3). 367–376. 18 indexed citations
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Eiffert, Helmut, A. Karsten, Klaus Ritter, et al.. (2005). Autoantibodies to Human Manganese Superoxide Dismutase (MnSOD) in Children with Facial Palsy due to Neuroborreliosis. Neuropediatrics. 36(6). 386–388. 3 indexed citations
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Djukic, Marija, Tobias Böttcher, Andreas Wellmer, et al.. (2005). Moxifloxacin in Experimental <I>Streptococcus pneumoniae</I> Cerebritis and Meningitis. Neurocritical Care. 2(3). 325–329. 6 indexed citations
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Jäckel, Martin C., Olaf Witt, Stefan Eber, Helmut Eiffert, & Rainer Laskawi. (1999). Die postoperative antibiotische Therapie von zervikalen Lymphadenitiden durch nichttuberkulöse, atypische Mykobakterien*. Laryngo-Rhino-Otologie. 78(8). 450–454. 2 indexed citations
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Suedkamp, Michael, Helmut Eiffert, Markus Flesch, et al.. (1999). Cardiac myocytes of hearts from patients with end-stage dilated cardiomyopathy do not contain Borrelia burgdorferi DNA. American Heart Journal. 138(2). 269–272. 18 indexed citations
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Ritter, Klaus, et al.. (1994). Manganese superoxide dismutase as a target of autoantibodies in acute Epstein-Barr virus infection.. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 180(5). 1995–1998. 17 indexed citations
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Eiffert, Helmut, et al.. (1991). Determination of the Molecular Structure of the Human Free Secretory Component. Biological Chemistry Hoppe-Seyler. 372(1). 119–128. 29 indexed citations
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Ritter, Klaus, et al.. (1990). Autoantibodies against triosephosphate isomerase. A possible clue to pathogenesis of hemolytic anemia in infectious mononucleosis.. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 171(2). 565–570. 16 indexed citations
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Eiffert, Helmut, Martha Weber, Eric Groh, et al.. (1990). ‘Mucin-Like Carcinoma-Associated Antigen’: Sensitivität und Spezifítät beim metastasierten Mammakarzinom. Oncology Research and Treatment. 13(3). 210–214. 5 indexed citations

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