Johannes Leierer

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
41 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Johannes Leierer is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Nephrology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Johannes Leierer has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Nephrology and 8 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Johannes Leierer's work include Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes (8 papers), Diabetes Treatment and Management (7 papers) and Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies (6 papers). Johannes Leierer is often cited by papers focused on Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes (8 papers), Diabetes Treatment and Management (7 papers) and Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies (6 papers). Johannes Leierer collaborates with scholars based in Austria, Germany and United Kingdom. Johannes Leierer's co-authors include Gert Mayer, Paul Perco, Andreas Heinzel, Hiddo J.L. Heerspink, Michael K. Hansen, Skander Mulder, Andreas Kronbichler, Gert Mayer, Jae Il Shin and Julia Kerschbaum and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Diabetes and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Johannes Leierer

40 papers receiving 1.1k citations

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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.

Canagliflozin reduces inflammation and fibrosis biomarkers: a potential mechanism of action for beneficial effects of SGLT2 inhibitors in diabetic kidney disease

2019 340 citations Hiddo J.L. Heerspink, Paul Perco et al. Diabetologia profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Johannes Leierer Austria	20	329	321	255	253	238	41	1.1k
Yuko Ono Japan	22	320 1.0×	249 0.8×	282 1.1×	181 0.7×	276 1.2×	120	1.7k
Masataka Adachi Japan	20	694 2.1×	227 0.7×	316 1.2×	327 1.3×	204 0.9×	51	1.3k
Megumi Kanasaki Japan	13	345 1.0×	281 0.9×	72 0.3×	138 0.5×	143 0.6×	27	890
Regina Matsunaga Martin Brazil	20	617 1.9×	476 1.5×	109 0.4×	143 0.6×	287 1.2×	54	1.6k
Toshie Saito United States	15	243 0.7×	265 0.8×	301 1.2×	152 0.6×	89 0.4×	22	969
Puneet Garg United States	18	538 1.6×	145 0.5×	142 0.6×	903 3.6×	207 0.9×	48	1.5k
Valentina Câmpean Germany	19	521 1.6×	89 0.3×	218 0.9×	279 1.1×	165 0.7×	30	1.3k
Kay Herbrig Germany	14	421 1.3×	101 0.3×	133 0.5×	166 0.7×	130 0.5×	18	809
Christophe Leux France	24	259 0.8×	163 0.5×	340 1.3×	67 0.3×	280 1.2×	57	1.7k
W. Mark Brown United States	21	345 1.0×	92 0.3×	210 0.8×	88 0.3×	92 0.4×	49	1.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Johannes Leierer

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Schunk, Stefan, Susanne Eder, Johannes Leierer, et al.. (2025). Dickkopf-3 (DKK3) and the Progression of Diabetic Kidney Disease in Primary Health Care. Diabetes. 75(1). 144–153. 1 indexed citations

Reinstadler, Vera, Susanne Eder, Hiddo J.L. Heerspink, et al.. (2024). Non-adherence to cardiometabolic medication as assessed by LC-MS/MS in urine and its association with kidney and cardiovascular outcomes in type 2 diabetes mellitus. Diabetologia. 67(7). 1283–1294. 3 indexed citations

Odler, Balazs, Regina Riedl, Philipp Gauckler, et al.. (2023). Risk factors for serious infections in ANCA-associated vasculitis. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 82(5). 681–687. 31 indexed citations

Gauckler, Philipp, Johannes Leierer, Michael Schreinlechner, et al.. (2023). Exercise-Induced Fluid Retention, Cardiac Volume Overload, and Peripheral Edema in Ultra-Distance Cyclists. Kidney International Reports. 9(1). 152–161. 1 indexed citations

Nair, Viji, Johannes Leierer, Michael Rudnicki, et al.. (2022). Assessment of Fibrinogen-like 2 (FGL2) in Human Chronic Kidney Disease through Transcriptomics Data Analysis. Biomolecules. 13(1). 89–89. 4 indexed citations

Eder, Susanne, Hiddo J.L. Heerspink, László Rosivall, et al.. (2022). Clonal Hematopoiesis of Indeterminate Potential and Diabetic Kidney Disease: A Nested Case-Control Study. Kidney International Reports. 7(4). 876–888. 17 indexed citations

Pirklbauer, Markus, et al.. (2020). Empagliflozin Inhibits Basal and IL-1β-Mediated MCP-1/CCL2 and Endothelin-1 Expression in Human Proximal Tubular Cells. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 21(21). 8189–8189. 24 indexed citations

Kronbichler, Andreas, Johannes Leierer, Jae Il Shin, et al.. (2019). Association of Pulmonary Hemorrhage, Positive Proteinase 3, and Urinary Red Blood Cell Casts With Venous Thromboembolism in Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody–Associated Vasculitis. Arthritis & Rheumatology. 71(11). 1888–1893. 20 indexed citations

Wagner, Josef, Ewan M. Harrison, Marcos Martinez Del Pero, et al.. (2019). The composition and functional protein subsystems of the human nasal microbiome in granulomatosis with polyangiitis: a pilot study. Microbiome. 7(1). 137–137. 24 indexed citations

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Eder, Susanne, Johannes Leierer, Julia Kerschbaum, et al.. (2018). A Prospective Cohort Study in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus for Validation of Biomarkers (PROVALID) – Study Design and Baseline Characteristics. Kidney & Blood Pressure Research. 43(1). 181–190. 23 indexed citations

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Pirklbauer, Markus, et al.. (2018). Unraveling reno-protective effects of SGLT2 inhibition in human proximal tubular cells. American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology. 316(3). F449–F462. 44 indexed citations

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Perco, Paul, Andreas Heinzel, Johannes Leierer, et al.. (2018). Validation of systems biology derived molecular markers of renal donor organ status associated with long term allograft function. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 6974–6974. 5 indexed citations

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Koppelstaetter, Christian, et al.. (2018). Effect of cyclosporine, tacrolimus and sirolimus on cellular senescence in renal epithelial cells. Toxicology in Vitro. 48. 86–92. 20 indexed citations

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Krochmal, Magdalena, Georgia Kontostathi, Pedro Magalhães, et al.. (2017). Urinary peptidomics analysis reveals proteases involved in diabetic nephropathy. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 15160–15160. 25 indexed citations

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McGuinness, Dagmara, Johannes Leierer, Suhaib Mohammed, et al.. (2016). Identification of Molecular Markers of Delayed Graft Function Based on the Regulation of Biological Ageing. PLoS ONE. 11(1). e0146378–e0146378. 28 indexed citations

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Kronbichler, Andreas, Johannes Leierer, Gert Mayer, et al.. (2016). Clinical associations with venous thromboembolism in anti-neutrophil cytoplasm antibody-associated vasculitides. Lara D. Veeken. 56(5). kew465–kew465. 25 indexed citations

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Leierer, Johannes, Michael A. Rudnicki, Paul Perco, et al.. (2016). Metallothioneins and renal ageing. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation. 31(9). 1444–1452. 15 indexed citations

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Leierer, Johannes, Gert Mayer, & Andreas Kronbichler. (2016). Primary focal segmental glomerulosclerosis: miRNAs and targeted therapies. European Journal of Clinical Investigation. 46(11). 954–964. 5 indexed citations

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Zlamy, Manuela, Giovanni Almanzar, Walther Parson, et al.. (2016). Efforts of the human immune system to maintain the peripheral CD8+ T cell compartment after childhood thymectomy. Immunity & Ageing. 13(1). 3–3. 21 indexed citations

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Kronbichler, Andreas, et al.. (2015). Evaluation and validation of biomarkers in granulomatosis with polyangiitis and microscopic polyangiitis. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation. 31(6). 930–936. 37 indexed citations

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