Jürg Steiger

8.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
132 papers, 5.8k citations indexed

About

Jürg Steiger is a scholar working on Transplantation, Surgery and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Jürg Steiger has authored 132 papers receiving a total of 5.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 60 papers in Transplantation, 33 papers in Surgery and 33 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Jürg Steiger's work include Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments (59 papers), Organ Donation and Transplantation (19 papers) and Polyomavirus and related diseases (14 papers). Jürg Steiger is often cited by papers focused on Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments (59 papers), Organ Donation and Transplantation (19 papers) and Polyomavirus and related diseases (14 papers). Jürg Steiger collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Belgium. Jürg Steiger's co-authors include Hans H. Hirsch, Michael Dickenmann, Michael J. Mihatsch, Stefan Schaub, Peter Nickerson, Jakob Passweg, Thomas Klimkait, Wendy A. Knowles, Sabina De Geest and Terry B. Strom and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and The Journal of Immunology.

In The Last Decade

Jürg Steiger

132 papers receiving 5.7k 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.

Prospective Study of Polyomavirus Type BK Replication and Nephropathy in Renal-Transplant Recipients

2002 928 citations Hans H. Hirsch, Michael Dickenmann et al. profile →
Polyomavirus BK

2003 530 citations Hans H. Hirsch, Jürg Steiger profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jürg Steiger Switzerland	35	2.1k	1.8k	1.2k	950	732	132	5.8k
Stefan Schaub Switzerland	33	985 0.5×	2.3k 1.2×	1.1k 1.0×	514 0.5×	711 1.0×	127	4.3k
Vikas R. Dharnidharka United States	42	2.2k 1.0×	2.0k 1.1×	1.5k 1.2×	602 0.6×	285 0.4×	189	7.5k
Christian Morath Germany	37	400 0.2×	1.5k 0.8×	1.3k 1.1×	347 0.4×	557 0.8×	220	4.8k
Ron Shapiro United States	60	4.0k 1.9×	6.2k 3.4×	5.1k 4.3×	1.6k 1.7×	1.3k 1.7×	382	13.6k
Anke Schwarz Germany	39	751 0.4×	1.8k 1.0×	1.5k 1.3×	250 0.3×	481 0.7×	154	5.6k
Stephen T. Bartlett United States	50	1.2k 0.6×	3.3k 1.8×	4.0k 3.3×	422 0.4×	334 0.5×	204	8.2k
Didier A. Mandelbrot United States	38	767 0.4×	1.8k 1.0×	1.5k 1.2×	311 0.3×	1.4k 1.9×	265	5.2k
Stuart M. Flechner United States	43	689 0.3×	3.5k 1.9×	2.8k 2.3×	309 0.3×	354 0.5×	195	6.1k
Kenneth R. McCurry United States	56	776 0.4×	1.8k 1.0×	5.6k 4.7×	988 1.0×	665 0.9×	287	9.4k
Arjang Djamali United States	40	412 0.2×	2.5k 1.4×	1.8k 1.5×	224 0.2×	668 0.9×	208	5.7k

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Wehmeier, Caroline, Patricia Hirt‐Minkowski, Patrizia Amico, et al.. (2016). 2222 kidney transplantations at the University Hospital Basel: a story of success and new challenges. Swiss Medical Weekly. 146(2526). w14317–w14317. 11 indexed citations

Spasovski, Goce, Pierre Cochat, Uwe Heemann, et al.. (2014). European Renal Best Practice Guideline on Kidney Donor and Recipient Evaluation and Perioperative Care. 68(1). 1–7. 6 indexed citations

Grandjean, Raphaël, et al.. (2012). Cohort study on the quality of oral anticoagulation therapy in chronic haemodialysis patients treated with phenprocoumon. Swiss Medical Weekly. 143(102). w13730–w13730. 3 indexed citations

Biesen, Wim Van, John D. Williams, Adrian Covic, et al.. (2011). Fluid Status in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients: The European Body Composition Monitoring (EuroBCM) Study Cohort. PLoS ONE. 6(2). e17148–e17148. 206 indexed citations

Koller, Michael, et al.. (2009). Die Schweizerische Transplantationskohortenstudie (STCS). Schweizerische Ärztezeitung. 90(24). 953–955. 2 indexed citations

Steiger, Jürg, et al.. (2008). Umsetzung des Transplantationsgesetzes. SAMW-Richtlinien zur Lebendspende von soliden Organen. Bulletin des Médecins Suisses. 89(102). 18–19. 1 indexed citations

Denhaerynck, Kris, Antje Koller, Philip Moons, et al.. (2006). A novel method for developing symptom experience profiles associated with side effects of immunosuppressive drugs in kidney transplantation. American Journal of Transplantation. 494. 1 indexed citations

Schäfer‐Keller, Petra, Michael Dickenmann, Jürg Steiger, & Sabina De Geest. (2006). Computerized patient education in kidney transplantation. Testing the content validity and usability of the Organ Transplant Information SystemTM. Preliminary findings. Schweizerische medizinische Wochenschrift. 52. 1 indexed citations

Thalhammer, C, Markus Aschwanden, Michael Mayr, et al.. (2006). Duplex Sonography after Living Donor Kidney Transplantation: New Insights in the Early Postoperative Phase. Ultraschall in der Medizin - European Journal of Ultrasound. 28(2). 141–145. 22 indexed citations

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Geest, Sabina De, Petra Schäfer‐Keller, Kris Denhaerynck, et al.. (2006). Supporting medication adherence in renal transplantation (SMART): a pilot RCT to improve adherence to immunosuppressive regimens. Clinical Transplantation. 20(3). 359–368. 106 indexed citations

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Steiger, Jürg, et al.. (2005). Using electronic monitoring as reference standard: How well do state of measurement methods assess non-adherence to immunosuppressive drugs in kidney transplant patients?. American Journal of Transplantation. 5. 331–331. 7 indexed citations

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Geest, Sabina De, Ariane Desmyttere, Kris Denhaerynck, et al.. (2005). Prevalence of noncompliance with the immunosuppressive regimen: How different are north american and european renal transplant patients?. American Journal of Transplantation. 5. 507–507. 2 indexed citations

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Denhaerynck, Kris, et al.. (2005). Prevalence and correlates of nonadherence with immunosuppressive regimen in adult renal transplant recipients. American Journal of Transplantation. 5. 331–331. 2 indexed citations

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Bachmann, Alexander, Olivier Giannini, Thomas Wolff, et al.. (2005). Retroperitoneoscopic Living Donor Nephrectomy: A Comparison With the Open Approach in Respect of Early Postoperative Pain Management. Transplantation Proceedings. 37(2). 609–612. 6 indexed citations

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Funk, Georg A., Jürg Steiger, & Hans H. Hirsch. (2005). Rapid Dynamics of Polyomavirus Type BK in Renal Transplant Recipients. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 193(1). 80–87. 74 indexed citations

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Regamey, Nicolas, Viviane Hess, Jakob Passweg, et al.. (2004). INFECTION WITH HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8 AND TRANSPLANT-ASSOCIATED GAMMOPATHY. Transplantation. 77(10). 1551–1554. 13 indexed citations

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Mayr, Michael, Volker Nickeleit, Hans H. Hirsch, et al.. (2001). Polyomavirus BK nephropathy in a kidney transplant recipient: Critical issues of diagnosis and management. American Journal of Kidney Diseases. 38(3). e13.1–e13.5. 60 indexed citations

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Steiger, Jürg, James Habicht, Peter Dalquen, & Michael Tamm. (2000). Pulmonary Nodules following Kidney Transplantation. Respiration. 67(1). 104–107. 1 indexed citations

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Manfro, Roberto Ceratti, Prabir Roy‐Chaudhury, Zheng Xia, et al.. (1997). Interleukin-15 gene transcripts are present in rejecting islet allografts. Transplantation Proceedings. 29(1-2). 1077–1078. 16 indexed citations

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Nickerson, Peter, et al.. (1994). Cytokines and the Th1/Th2 paradigm in transplantation. Current Opinion in Immunology. 6(5). 757–764. 210 indexed citations

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