Holger Kirchner

16.7k citations
371 papers · 13.5k indexed · h-index 63

Impact in

    • Tryptophan and brain disorders
  • Immunology top 0.2%
    • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
    • T-cell and B-cell Immunology
    • Immune Response and Inflammation
    • Immunotherapy and Immune Responses

Papers in

    • Immune Cell Function and Interaction 85
    • T-cell and B-cell Immunology 52
    • Immune Response and Inflammation 45
    • Immunotherapy and Immune Responses 34

Holger Kirchner

366 papers receiving 12.5k citations

Peers

Holger Kirchner
Comparison fields: 5 of 185
  • Biological Psychiatry 1.2k
  • Immunology 5.2k
  • Behavioral Neuroscience 780
  • Epidemiology 3.3k
  • Hematology 982
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Co-authors

The 25 scholars most cited alongside Holger Kirchner, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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Proton Pump Inhibitor Use Elevates the Risk of Severe Clostridium Difficile Colitis
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3 200266
4 20014
5 199760
6 199413
7 199311
8 199215
9 19907
10 198830
11 19883
12 19864
13 198623
14 198516
15 198421
16 19833
17 19837
18 198212
19 198119
20 19804

About Holger Kirchner

Holger Kirchner is a scholar working on Immunology, Biological Psychiatry, Transplantation, Microbiology and Hematology, having authored 371 papers that have together received 13.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Immune Cell Function and Interaction (85 papers), Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments (60 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (52 papers), Immune Response and Inflammation (45 papers), Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research (45 papers), Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (34 papers), Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research (27 papers) and Microbial infections and disease research (20 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Biological Psychiatry (1.2k citations), Immunology (5.2k citations), Behavioral Neuroscience (780 citations), Epidemiology (3.3k citations) and Hematology (982 citations). Holger Kirchner has collaborated with scholars based in Germany, United States and Croatia. Frequent co-authors include Lothar Rink, Ronald B. Herberman, Volker Arolt, Howard T. Holden, Matthias Rothermundt, Gregor Bein, Rainer Zawatzky, Elaine Smith, Peter Schlenke and Henry T. Hoffman. Their work appears in journals such as Cellular Immunology, European Journal of Immunology, Journal of General Virology, The Journal of Immunology and Immunobiology.

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