Jan Rybniker

8.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
72 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Jan Rybniker is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jan Rybniker has authored 72 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Infectious Diseases, 32 papers in Epidemiology and 27 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Jan Rybniker's work include Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (30 papers), Mycobacterium research and diagnosis (18 papers) and Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis (8 papers). Jan Rybniker is often cited by papers focused on Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (30 papers), Mycobacterium research and diagnosis (18 papers) and Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis (8 papers). Jan Rybniker collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Switzerland and United Kingdom. Jan Rybniker's co-authors include Stewart T. Cole, Gerd Fätkenheuer, Isabelle Suárez, Claudia Sala, Jakob J Malin, Vanessa Priesner, Norma Jung, Benoît Lechartier, Matthias Kochanek and Georg Plum and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Jan Rybniker

68 papers receiving 2.2k citations

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jan Rybniker Germany	23	1.4k	896	678	228	172	72	2.2k
Peng Cui China	37	859 0.6×	1.0k 1.2×	1.4k 2.1×	408 1.8×	261 1.5×	112	3.6k
Quanxin Long China	21	2.1k 1.5×	573 0.6×	655 1.0×	251 1.1×	97 0.6×	59	3.1k
Sandra M. Newton United Kingdom	22	954 0.7×	704 0.8×	530 0.8×	518 2.3×	312 1.8×	42	2.4k
Stefano Giulieri Switzerland	23	815 0.6×	900 1.0×	634 0.9×	294 1.3×	347 2.0×	48	2.4k
Thomas Pietschmann Germany	32	683 0.5×	1.4k 1.5×	704 1.0×	449 2.0×	107 0.6×	112	3.5k
Ramandeep Singh India	29	1.5k 1.1×	937 1.0×	1.3k 2.0×	339 1.5×	187 1.1×	111	2.9k
Bavesh D Kana South Africa	28	1.8k 1.3×	1.4k 1.6×	1.2k 1.8×	174 0.8×	373 2.2×	85	2.8k
Paul J. Converse United States	30	1.8k 1.2×	1.6k 1.8×	746 1.1×	359 1.6×	482 2.8×	77	2.6k
Samantha L. Sampson South Africa	30	2.2k 1.6×	1.9k 2.1×	939 1.4×	282 1.2×	611 3.6×	79	2.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jan Rybniker

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Theobald, Sebastian J., K. Dahm, Sandra Winter, et al.. (2025). Deep immune profiling delineates hallmarks of disease heterogeneity in extrapulmonary tuberculosis. Nature Communications. 16(1). 9662–9662.

Rabodoarivelo, Marie Sylvianne, Eik Hoffmann, Cyril Gaudin, et al.. (2025). Protocol to quantify bacterial burden in time-kill assays using colony-forming units and most probable number readouts for Mycobacterium tuberculosis. STAR Protocols. 6(1). 103643–103643. 3 indexed citations

Torres‐Gómez, Héctor, Peter Hortschansky, Michael Dal Molin, et al.. (2024). Replacement of the essential nitro group by electrophilic warheads towards nitro-free antimycobacterial benzothiazinones. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 279. 116849–116849.

Marner, Michael, Kornelia Hardes, Jan Rybniker, et al.. (2024). Design, synthesis and antimycobacterial activity of imidazo[1,5-a]quinolines and their zinc-complexes. RSC Medicinal Chemistry. 15(5). 1746–1750. 1 indexed citations

Theobald, Sebastian J., et al.. (2024). The role of inflammasomes as central inflammatory hubs in Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. Frontiers in Immunology. 15. 1436676–1436676.

Suárez, Isabelle, Melanie Stecher, Clara Lehmann, et al.. (2024). Incidence and risk factors for HIV-tuberculosis coinfection in the Cologne–Bonn region: a retrospective cohort study. Infection. 52(4). 1439–1448. 3 indexed citations

Molin, Michael Dal, Vikram Pareek, Uwe Koch, et al.. (2023). A Reinvestigation of the Role of the Sorbic Acid Tail on the Antibacterial and Anti‐Tuberculosis Properties of Moiramide B. ChemMedChem. 18(11). e202200631–e202200631. 2 indexed citations

Malin, Jakob J, Isabelle Suárez, Lena M. Biehl, et al.. (2023). Immune response to mRNA‐based COVID‐19 booster vaccination in people living with HIV. HIV Medicine. 24(7). 785–793. 4 indexed citations

Rybniker, Jan, et al.. (2023). Activity of the old antimicrobial nitroxoline against Mycobacterium abscessus complex isolates. Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance. 33. 1–4. 3 indexed citations

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Li, Hao, Bingting Ma, Daniele Bendayan, et al.. (2021). Human antibodies targeting a Mycobacterium transporter protein mediate protection against tuberculosis. Nature Communications. 12(1). 602–602. 55 indexed citations

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Suárez, Isabelle, Melanie Stecher, Clara Lehmann, et al.. (2020). Plasma interferon-γ-inducible protein 10 (IP-10) levels correlate with disease severity and paradoxical reactions in extrapulmonary tuberculosis. Infection. 49(3). 437–445. 5 indexed citations

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Lehmann, Clara, Dirk Nierhoff, Jörg Janne Vehreschild, et al.. (2019). HBsAg-negative/anti-HBc-positive patients treated with rituximab: prophylaxis or monitoring to prevent hepatitis B reactivation?. Infection. 47(2). 293–300. 8 indexed citations

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Augustin, Max, Carola Horn, Julian Koch, et al.. (2018). Short Communication: Tracking Tregs: Translocation of CD49b/LAG-3 ⁺ Type 1 T Regulatory Cells to the Gut-Associated Lymphoid Tissue of HIV ⁺ Patients. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 35(3). 247–250. 3 indexed citations

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Kasper, Philipp, Isabelle Suárez, Norma Jung, et al.. (2018). Postoperative granulomatous peritonitis mimicking abdominal tuberculosis. Clinical Case Reports. 6(9). 1810–1814. 5 indexed citations

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Suárez, Isabelle, Norma Jung, Clara Lehmann, et al.. (2017). Low prevalence of DHFR and DHPS mutations in Pneumocystis jirovecii strains obtained from a German cohort. Infection. 45(3). 341–347. 19 indexed citations

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Rybniker, Jan, et al.. (2016). E sp C forms a filamentous structure in the cell envelope of M ycobacterium tuberculosis and impacts ESX ‐1 secretion. Molecular Microbiology. 103(1). 26–38. 65 indexed citations

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Chen, Jeffrey M., Ming Zhang, Jan Rybniker, et al.. (2013). M ycobacterium tuberculosis EspB binds phospholipids and mediates EsxA ‐independent virulence. Molecular Microbiology. 89(6). 1154–1166. 56 indexed citations

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Rybniker, Jan, et al.. (2010). Insights into the function of the WhiB‐like protein of mycobacteriophage TM4 – a transcriptional inhibitor of WhiB2. Molecular Microbiology. 77(3). 642–657. 69 indexed citations

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Rybniker, Jan, Valentin Goede, Jessica Mertens, et al.. (2009). Treatment of visceral leishmaniasis with intravenous pentamidine and oral fluconazole in an HIV-positive patient with chronic renal failure — a case report and brief review of the literature. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 14(6). e522–e525. 28 indexed citations

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Robinson, Nirmal, et al.. (2008). Mycobacterial Phenolic Glycolipid Inhibits Phagosome Maturation and Subverts the Pro‐inflammatory Cytokine Response. Traffic. 9(11). 1936–1947. 35 indexed citations

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