Jürg Utzinger

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Jürg Utzinger is a scholar working on Parasitology, Ecology and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Jürg Utzinger has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Parasitology, 11 papers in Ecology and 9 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Jürg Utzinger's work include Parasites and Host Interactions (23 papers), Parasite Biology and Host Interactions (11 papers) and Global Maternal and Child Health (8 papers). Jürg Utzinger is often cited by papers focused on Parasites and Host Interactions (23 papers), Parasite Biology and Host Interactions (11 papers) and Global Maternal and Child Health (8 papers). Jürg Utzinger collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and United Kingdom. Jürg Utzinger's co-authors include Michael J. Doenhoff, Jennifer Keiser, Donato Cioli, Marcel Tanner, Eliézer K. N’Goran, Christian Lengeler, Shu-Hua Xiao, Burton H. Singer, Jacques Chollet and Hugues Matile and has published in prestigious journals such as Analytical Chemistry, Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy and Frontiers in Immunology.

In The Last Decade

Jürg Utzinger

26 papers receiving 1.9k 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.

Praziquantel: mechanisms of action, resistance and new derivatives for schistosomiasis

2008 609 citations Michael J. Doenhoff, Donato Cioli et al. Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jürg Utzinger Switzerland	18	1.8k	996	636	532	423	28	2.0k
Shu-Hua Xiao China	33	2.7k 1.5×	1.7k 1.7×	427 0.7×	1.2k 2.3×	780 1.8×	83	3.2k
Shona Wilson United Kingdom	21	825 0.5×	397 0.4×	364 0.6×	131 0.2×	277 0.7×	49	1.1k
Amadou Ibrahima Mbaye Senegal	15	754 0.4×	431 0.4×	300 0.5×	246 0.5×	260 0.6×	36	976
E. James LaCourse United Kingdom	21	749 0.4×	467 0.5×	145 0.2×	490 0.9×	150 0.4×	58	1.2k
Samia William Egypt	13	696 0.4×	408 0.4×	98 0.2×	295 0.6×	225 0.5×	25	926
L F Tao United States	6	668 0.4×	379 0.4×	110 0.2×	275 0.5×	208 0.5×	7	744
Andreas Ruppel Germany	22	833 0.5×	525 0.5×	44 0.1×	285 0.5×	303 0.7×	50	1.2k
Joseph Otchere Ghana	15	538 0.3×	306 0.3×	211 0.3×	134 0.3×	155 0.4×	37	743
M. ISMAIL Egypt	5	641 0.4×	369 0.4×	97 0.2×	273 0.5×	200 0.5×	7	712
Gordana Panić Switzerland	17	529 0.3×	225 0.2×	77 0.1×	268 0.5×	206 0.5×	31	815

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jürg Utzinger

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Richter, Joachim, Andreas Neumayr, Hiroshi Ohmae, et al.. (2025). The Basel ultrasonography protocol for assessing hepatosplenic pathologies in Asian schistosomiasis: report of a WHO expert meeting. Infectious Diseases of Poverty. 14(1). 83–83.

Hattendorf, Jan, M. Shaali, Fatma Kabole, et al.. (2024). One-year impact of behavioural interventions on schistosomiasis-related knowledge, attitude and practices of primary schoolchildren in Pemba, Tanzania. Infectious Diseases of Poverty. 13(1). 84–84. 3 indexed citations

Ahmed, Ayman, Emmanuel Edwar Siddig, Giovenale Moirano, et al.. (2024). Potential impact of climatic factors on malaria in Rwanda between 2012 and 2021: a time-series analysis. Malaria Journal. 23(1). 274–274. 4 indexed citations

Emerson, Paul M., Darin Evans, Matthew C. Freeman, et al.. (2024). Need for a paradigm shift in soil-transmitted helminthiasis control: Targeting the right people, in the right place, and with the right drug(s). PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 18(10). e0012521–e0012521. 1 indexed citations

Brummaier, Tobias, Darawan Rinchai, Mohammed Toufiq, et al.. (2024). Design of a targeted blood transcriptional panel for monitoring immunological changes accompanying pregnancy. Frontiers in Immunology. 15. 1319949–1319949. 2 indexed citations

Coulibaly, Jean T., et al.. (2013). Epidemiology of Schistosomiasis in Two High-Risk Communities of South Côte d'Ivoire with Particular Emphasis on Pre-School–Aged Children. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 89(1). 32–41. 45 indexed citations

King, Jonathan D., Peter Odermatt, Jürg Utzinger, et al.. (2013). Trachoma among children in community surveys from four African countries and implications of using school surveys for evaluating prevalence. International Health. 5(4). 280–287. 17 indexed citations

Garba, Amadou, Ali Djibo, Mariama S. Lamine, et al.. (2010). Schistosomiasis in infants and preschool-aged children: Infection in a single Schistosoma haematobium and a mixed S. haematobium–S. mansoni foci of Niger. Acta Tropica. 115(3). 212–219. 96 indexed citations

Doenhoff, Michael J., Donato Cioli, & Jürg Utzinger. (2008). Praziquantel: mechanisms of action, resistance and new derivatives for schistosomiasis. Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases. 21(6). 659–667. 609 indexed citations breakdown →

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Utzinger, Jürg, et al.. (2007). [Identification of high risks regions of schistosomiasis in Côte d'lvoire].. PubMed. 100(2). 119–23. 14 indexed citations

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Keiser, Jennifer & Jürg Utzinger. (2007). Advances in the discovery and development of trematocidal drugs. Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery. 2(sup1). S9–S23. 51 indexed citations

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Xiao, Shu-Hua, et al.. (2006). Effect of artemether on the tegument of adult Schistosoma haematobium recovered from mice.. PubMed. 24(6). 425–32. 2 indexed citations

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Utzinger, Jürg & Jennifer Keiser. (2004). Schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis: common drugs for treatment and control. Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy. 5(2). 263–285. 263 indexed citations

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Raso, Giovanna, Eliézer K. N’Goran, Isaac I. Bogoch, et al.. (2003). Efficacy and side effects of praziquantel against Schistosoma mansoni in a community of western Côte d’Ivoire. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 98(1). 18–27. 87 indexed citations

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N’Goran, Eliézer K., et al.. (2003). Efficacy and side-effects of two praziquantel treatments againstSchistosoma haematobiuminfection, among schoolchildren from Côte d'Ivoire. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology. 97(1). 37–51. 60 indexed citations

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Lengeler, Christian, Jürg Utzinger, & Marcel Tanner. (2002). Screening for schistosomiasis with questionnaires. Trends in Parasitology. 18(9). 375–377. 54 indexed citations

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Keiser, Jennifer, Eliézer K. N’Goran, Burton H. Singer, et al.. (2002). Association between Schistosoma mansoni and hookworm infections among schoolchildren in Côte d'Ivoire. Acta Tropica. 84(1). 31–41. 38 indexed citations

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Utzinger, Jürg, et al.. (2002). Comparative study of the effects of artemether and artesunate on juvenile and adult Schistosoma mansoni in experimentally infected mice. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 96(3). 318–323. 72 indexed citations

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Keiser, Jennifer, Eliézer K. N’Goran, Mahamadou Traoré, et al.. (2002). POLYPARASITISM WITH SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI, GEOHELMINTHS, AND INTESTINAL PROTOZOA IN RURAL CÔTE D'IVOIRE. Journal of Parasitology. 88(3). 461–466. 67 indexed citations

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N’Goran, Eliézer K., Jürg Utzinger, Ivan Müller, et al.. (2001). Reinfection with Schistosoma haematobium following school‐based chemotherapy with praziquantel in four highly endemic villages in Côte d’Ivoire. Tropical Medicine & International Health. 6(10). 817–825. 79 indexed citations

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