Karen Böhmwald

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
36 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Karen Böhmwald is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Immunology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Karen Böhmwald has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Epidemiology, 13 papers in Immunology and 11 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Karen Böhmwald's work include Respiratory viral infections research (18 papers), Neonatal Respiratory Health Research (6 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (6 papers). Karen Böhmwald is often cited by papers focused on Respiratory viral infections research (18 papers), Neonatal Respiratory Health Research (6 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (6 papers). Karen Böhmwald collaborates with scholars based in Chile, France and United States. Karen Böhmwald's co-authors include Alexis M. Kalergis, Nicolás M. S. Gálvez, Mariana Ríos, Catalina A. Andrade, Susan M. Bueno, Claudia A. Riedel, Janyra A. Espinoza, Pablo A. González, Jorge A. Soto and Roberto Gómez and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Journal of Immunology and Clinical Microbiology Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Karen Böhmwald

36 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.

Neurologic Alterations Due to Respiratory Virus Infections

2018 454 citations Karen Böhmwald, Nicolás M. S. Gálvez et al. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Karen Böhmwald Chile	17	472	413	376	225	163	36	1.2k
Nicolás M. S. Gálvez Chile	17	505 1.1×	367 0.9×	398 1.1×	269 1.2×	134 0.8×	28	1.1k
Modra Murovska Latvia	22	316 0.7×	416 1.0×	440 1.2×	145 0.6×	40 0.2×	123	1.7k
Yhojan Rodríguez Colombia	22	969 2.1×	634 1.5×	128 0.3×	229 1.0×	57 0.3×	41	1.8k
Hong Shen China	12	1.3k 2.8×	702 1.7×	152 0.4×	120 0.5×	149 0.9×	23	2.1k
Sandra Bauer Germany	23	222 0.5×	416 1.0×	171 0.5×	533 2.4×	63 0.4×	43	1.7k
Thirugnanam Umapathi Singapore	22	553 1.2×	1.1k 2.6×	447 1.2×	48 0.2×	43 0.3×	57	2.1k
Shibani S. Mukerji United States	19	409 0.9×	396 1.0×	167 0.4×	31 0.1×	53 0.3×	73	1.1k
Tian Ming Tu Singapore	20	268 0.6×	446 1.1×	239 0.6×	34 0.2×	55 0.3×	43	1.3k
Renán Barros Domingues Brazil	20	360 0.8×	327 0.8×	371 1.0×	54 0.2×	25 0.2×	76	1.4k
Xueyang Zhang China	15	286 0.6×	357 0.9×	94 0.3×	53 0.2×	97 0.6×	47	897

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Kalergis, Alexis M., et al.. (2024). Neurological Impact of Respiratory Viruses: Insights into Glial Cell Responses in the Central Nervous System. Microorganisms. 12(8). 1713–1713. 1 indexed citations

Böhmwald, Karen, et al.. (2024). Pathophysiological, immunological, and inflammatory features of long COVID. Frontiers in Immunology. 15. 1341600–1341600. 24 indexed citations

Rivera, Juan Carlos Aristizábal, María Cecilia Opazo, Óscar Álvarez, et al.. (2024). Transient gestational hypothyroxinemia accelerates and enhances ulcerative colitis-like disorder in the male offspring. Frontiers in Endocrinology. 14. 1269121–1269121. 1 indexed citations

Orellana, Claudia, Juan Pablo Mackern‐Oberti, Samanta C. Funes, et al.. (2024). Partial long-term clinical improvement after a BCG challenge in systemic lupus erythematosus-prone mice. Autoimmunity. 57(1). 2380465–2380465. 1 indexed citations

Opazo, María Cecilia, Luis Méndez, Karen Böhmwald, et al.. (2024). Gestational hypothyroxinemia induces ASD-like phenotypes in behavior, proinflammatory markers, and glutamatergic protein expression in mouse offspring of both sexes. Frontiers in Endocrinology. 15. 1381180–1381180. 4 indexed citations

Kalergis, Alexis M., Karen Böhmwald, & Catalina A. Andrade. (2023). Pneumoviruses can impair the central nervous system by different mechanisms. The Journal of Immunology. 210(Supplement_1). 236.22–236.22. 1 indexed citations

Soto, Jorge A., et al.. (2022). Involvement of trained immunity during autoimmune responses. Journal of Autoimmunity. 137. 102956–102956. 32 indexed citations

Böhmwald, Karen, et al.. (2021). The Causes and Long-Term Consequences of Viral Encephalitis. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. 15. 755875–755875. 39 indexed citations

Böhmwald, Karen, Nicolás M. S. Gálvez, Catalina A. Andrade, et al.. (2021). Modulation of Adaptive Immunity and Viral Infections by Ion Channels. Frontiers in Physiology. 12. 736681–736681. 11 indexed citations

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Böhmwald, Karen, Jorge A. Soto, Catalina A. Andrade, et al.. (2020). Lung pathology due to hRSV infection impairs blood–brain barrier permeability enabling astrocyte infection and a long-lasting inflammation in the CNS. Brain Behavior and Immunity. 91. 159–171. 31 indexed citations

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Peña, Marcela, Rodrigo Hoyos‐Bachiloglu, Carolina Iturriaga, et al.. (2020). Severe respiratory disease caused by human respiratory syncytial virus impairs language learning during early infancy. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 22356–22356. 18 indexed citations

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Soto, Jorge A., Nicolás M. S. Gálvez, Catalina A. Andrade, et al.. (2020). The Role of Dendritic Cells During Infections Caused by Highly Prevalent Viruses. Frontiers in Immunology. 11. 1513–1513. 60 indexed citations

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Böhmwald, Karen, et al.. (2019). Contribution of Cytokines to Tissue Damage During Human Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection. Frontiers in Immunology. 10. 452–452. 63 indexed citations

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Böhmwald, Karen, Nicolás M. S. Gálvez, Mariana Ríos, & Alexis M. Kalergis. (2018). Neurologic Alterations Due to Respiratory Virus Infections. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. 12. 386–386. 454 indexed citations breakdown →

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Opazo, María Cecilia, Pablo A. González, Eduardo A. Albornoz, et al.. (2017). Gestational Hypothyroxinemia Imprints a Switch in the Capacity of Astrocytes and Microglial Cells of the Offspring to React in Inflammation. Molecular Neurobiology. 55(5). 4373–4387. 6 indexed citations

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Böhmwald, Karen, et al.. (2017). Functional Impairment of Mononuclear Phagocyte System by the Human Respiratory Syncytial Virus. Frontiers in Immunology. 8. 1643–1643. 31 indexed citations

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Opazo, María Cecilia, Karen Böhmwald, Hélène Boudin, et al.. (2017). Imprinting of maternal thyroid hormones in the offspring. International Reviews of Immunology. 36(4). 240–255. 15 indexed citations

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Böhmwald, Karen, Janyra A. Espinoza, Marcela Peña, et al.. (2016). Potenciales consecuencias neurocognitivas de infección por virus respiratorio sincicial humano. Revista chilena de infectología. 33(5). 537–542. 2 indexed citations

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Böhmwald, Karen, Janyra A. Espinoza, Margarita K. Lay, et al.. (2015). Inflammatory damage on respiratory and nervous systems due to hRSV infection. Current Opinion in Immunology. 36. 14–21. 16 indexed citations

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Gómez, Roberto, Isabelle Guisle‐Marsollier, Karen Böhmwald, Susan M. Bueno, & Alexis M. Kalergis. (2014). Respiratory Syncytial Virus: Pathology, therapeutic drugs and prophylaxis. Immunology Letters. 162(1). 237–247. 21 indexed citations

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