Kerstin Wirkner

5.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
120 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Kerstin Wirkner is a scholar working on Physiology, Molecular Biology and Endocrine and Autonomic Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Kerstin Wirkner has authored 120 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Physiology, 24 papers in Molecular Biology and 20 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems. Recurrent topics in Kerstin Wirkner's work include Adenosine and Purinergic Signaling (32 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (17 papers) and Neuroscience of respiration and sleep (17 papers). Kerstin Wirkner is often cited by papers focused on Adenosine and Purinergic Signaling (32 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (17 papers) and Neuroscience of respiration and sleep (17 papers). Kerstin Wirkner collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Hungary and United States. Kerstin Wirkner's co-authors include Péter Illés, Markus Loeffler, E. S. Vizi, László Köles, Heike Franke, Wolfgang Nörenberg, Zoltán Gerevich, Beáta Sperlágh, Steffi G. Riedel‐Heller and Christoph Engel and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Journal of Neuroscience and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Kerstin Wirkner

114 papers receiving 3.3k 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.

Psychometric evaluation of the Generalized Anxiety Disorder Screener GAD-7, based on a large German general population sample

2016 295 citations Andreas Hinz, Heide Glaesmer et al. Journal of Affective Disorders profile →

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Jean Pierre Oses Brazil

Luis Valmor Portela Brazil

Ulrika Ådén Sweden

Motohiro Okada Japan

Eric Herlenius Sweden

Joseph K. Belanoff United States

Martin Balslev Jørgensen Denmark

Daniel A. Rossignol United States

Matthias Rothermundt Germany

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kerstin Wirkner

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kerstin Wirkner

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Jung, Franziska, Alexander Pabst, Melanie Luppa, et al.. (2025). Depressive symptoms in individuals with overweight and obesity. Results from the LIFE-adult-study. Journal of Affective Disorders. 390. 119792–119792. 1 indexed citations

Rosołowski, Maciej, Katrin Horn, Sylvia Henger, et al.. (2025). Genome- and transcriptome-wide association meta-analysis reveals new insights into genes affecting coronary and peripheral artery disease. PLoS ONE. 20(11). e0335513–e0335513.

Luppa, Melanie, Kerstin Wirkner, Christian Sander, et al.. (2024). Cognitive performance in adults with post-COVID syndrome: Results from a German case-control study. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 176. 377–383. 2 indexed citations

Wichmann, Gunnar, Sylvia Henger, Christoph Engel, et al.. (2023). Is High-Risk Sexual Behavior a Risk Factor for Oropharyngeal Cancer?. Cancers. 15(13). 3356–3356. 3 indexed citations

Andersson, Anna‐Maria, Ronny Baber, Kerstin Wirkner, et al.. (2022). HBM4EU feasibility studies: Lessons learned in combining health and human biomonitoring studies. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health. 248. 114100–114100. 4 indexed citations

Scholz, Markus, J Dittrich, Ronny Baber, et al.. (2022). Simultaneous Mass Spectrometry-Based Apolipoprotein Profiling and Apolipoprotein E Phenotyping in Patients with ASCVD and Mild Cognitive Impairment. Nutrients. 14(12). 2474–2474. 5 indexed citations

Löbner, Margrit, Heide Glaesmer, Andreas Hinz, et al.. (2022). The Association of Resilience with Mental Health in a Large Population-Based Sample (LIFE-Adult-Study). International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19(23). 15944–15944. 7 indexed citations

Glaesmer, Heide, Andreas Hinz, Samira Zeynalova, et al.. (2022). What Builds Resilience? Sociodemographic and Social Correlates in the Population-Based LIFE-Adult-Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19(15). 9601–9601. 22 indexed citations

Wirkner, Kerstin, et al.. (2021). Same Brain, Different Look?—The Impact of Scanner, Sequence and Preprocessing on Diffusion Imaging Outcome Parameters. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 10(21). 4987–4987. 13 indexed citations

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Dittrich, J, Alexander Gaudl, Ronny Baber, et al.. (2021). Association of plasma trimethylamine N-oxide levels with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and factors of the metabolic syndrome. Atherosclerosis. 335. 62–67. 23 indexed citations

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Beyer, Frauke, Rui Zhang, Markus Scholz, et al.. (2020). Higher BMI, but not obesity-related genetic polymorphisms, correlates with lower structural connectivity of the reward network in a population-based study. International Journal of Obesity. 45(3). 491–501. 13 indexed citations

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Ulke, Christine, Christian Sander, Christoph Engel, et al.. (2020). Fatigue in Cancer and Neuroinflammatory and Autoimmune Disease: CNS Arousal Matters. Brain Sciences. 10(9). 569–569. 6 indexed citations

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Wang, Mengyu, Tobias Elze, Dian Li, et al.. (2020). The Impact of Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) on the Retinal Layer Thickness Maps (RLTMs). Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 61(9). 1 indexed citations

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Binder, Hans, et al.. (2020). The aging human body shape. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6(1). 5–5. 20 indexed citations

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Wichmann, Gunnar, Susanne Melzer, József Bocsi, et al.. (2019). Discrimination of Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma Patients and Healthy Adults by 10-Color Flow Cytometry: Development of a Score Based on Leukocyte Subsets. Cancers. 11(6). 814–814. 4 indexed citations

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Staníková, Daniela, Rachel G. Zsido, Tobias Luck, et al.. (2019). Testosterone imbalance may link depression and increased body weight in premenopausal women. Translational Psychiatry. 9(1). 160–160. 31 indexed citations

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Ebert, Thomas, Anke Tönjes, Kerstin Wirkner, et al.. (2019). Association between serum lipid parameters and retinal nerve fiber layer characteristics. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 60(9). 5579–5579. 1 indexed citations

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Berg, Martin, Michael Fuchs, Kerstin Wirkner, et al.. (2016). The Speaking Voice in the General Population: Normative Data and Associations to Sociodemographic and Lifestyle Factors. Journal of Voice. 31(2). 257.e13–257.e24. 49 indexed citations

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Mager, Peter P., et al.. (2005). The Monomers of the P2X1 Receptor Model and KcsA Protein Share a Similar Structural Fold.. Protein and Peptide Letters. 13(1). 77–81. 1 indexed citations

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Gerevich, Zoltán, Wolfgang Schröder, Heike Franke, et al.. (2004). Inhibition of N-Type Voltage-Activated Calcium Channels in Rat Dorsal Root Ganglion Neurons by P2Y Receptors Is a Possible Mechanism of ADP-Induced Analgesia. Journal of Neuroscience. 24(4). 797–807. 106 indexed citations

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