Konrad E. Bloch

22.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
445 papers, 15.9k citations indexed

About

Konrad E. Bloch is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Genetics and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Konrad E. Bloch has authored 445 papers receiving a total of 15.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 170 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 121 papers in Genetics and 115 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Konrad E. Bloch's work include High Altitude and Hypoxia (119 papers), Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research (109 papers) and Neuroscience of respiration and sleep (94 papers). Konrad E. Bloch is often cited by papers focused on High Altitude and Hypoxia (119 papers), Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research (109 papers) and Neuroscience of respiration and sleep (94 papers). Konrad E. Bloch collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Kyrgyzstan. Konrad E. Bloch's co-authors include Erich W. Russi, Malcolm Kohler, Joseph A. Erwin, Silvia Ulrich, Alvin J. Clark, D. K. Bloomfield, D E Vance, Robert Thurnheer, Oliver Senn and Tsogyal D. Latshang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Konrad E. Bloch

430 papers receiving 14.7k 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.

Sterol, Structure and Membrane Function

1983 535 citations Konrad E. Bloch PubMed profile →
Validation of the Fatigue Severity Scale in a Swiss Cohort

2008 487 citations Claudio L. Bassetti, Konrad E. Bloch et al. profile →
Inhibition of fatty acid synthetases by the antibiotic cerulenin

1972 240 citations Konrad E. Bloch et al. profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Konrad E. Bloch	6.2k	3.4k	2.9k	2.6k	2.4k	445	15.9k
Claude A. Piantadosi	8.8k 1.4×	2.6k 0.8×	3.8k 1.3×	1.4k 0.5×	835 0.4×	406	19.9k
José Viña	8.3k 1.3×	1.8k 0.5×	7.9k 2.7×	1.1k 0.4×	1.4k 0.6×	374	25.2k
Jane A. Mitchell	4.6k 0.7×	2.1k 0.6×	5.9k 2.0×	732 0.3×	1.3k 0.5×	268	19.1k
Chris E. Cooper	6.4k 1.0×	1.2k 0.4×	5.8k 2.0×	1.0k 0.4×	628 0.3×	264	18.7k
Paul A. Insel	15.1k 2.4×	1.6k 0.5×	3.7k 1.2×	1.0k 0.4×	1.4k 0.6×	405	25.1k
Steven R. Tannenbaum	10.3k 1.7×	1.4k 0.4×	6.7k 2.3×	818 0.3×	1.2k 0.5×	362	30.1k
James D. Crapo	7.4k 1.2×	11.5k 3.4×	6.2k 2.1×	941 0.4×	877 0.4×	381	26.4k
Eddie Weitzberg	2.7k 0.4×	3.2k 0.9×	10.7k 3.6×	2.0k 0.8×	951 0.4×	246	19.1k
Salvatore Cuzzocrea	14.0k 2.3×	2.3k 0.7×	8.6k 2.9×	2.8k 1.1×	1.4k 0.6×	923	43.4k
Jon O. Lundberg	4.1k 0.7×	3.8k 1.1×	13.2k 4.5×	2.0k 0.8×	1.2k 0.5×	285	23.4k

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Lichtblau, Mona, Esther I. Schwarz, Simon Schneider, et al.. (2025). Effect of an Overnight Stay at 2,500 Meters on Nocturnal Hypoxemia and Sleep-Disordered Breathing in Patients with Pulmonary Vascular Disease: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 22(7). 1053–1061.

Ulrich, Silvia, Simon Schneider, Julian Müller, et al.. (2024). Heart rate variability in pulmonary vascular disease at altitude: a randomised trial. ERJ Open Research. 10(5). 235–2024. 3 indexed citations

Schwarz, Esther I., Stéphanie Saxer, Mona Lichtblau, et al.. (2024). Effects of acetazolamide on sleep disordered breathing in pulmonary vascular disease: a randomised controlled trial. ERJ Open Research. 10(5). 40–2024. 1 indexed citations

Saxer, Stéphanie, Laura Mayer, Simon Schneider, et al.. (2024). Acute effect of acetazolamide on exercise haemodynamics in patients with pulmonary arterial and chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension: a randomised controlled trial. ERJ Open Research. 11(3). 782–2024.

Schneider, Simon, Julian Müller, Laura Mayer, et al.. (2023). Overnight exposure to high altitude in pulmonary hypertension: adverse events and effect of oxygen therapy. European Heart Journal. 45(4). 309–311. 7 indexed citations

Dumoulin, Chantale, et al.. (2023). Do differences in abdominal movement patterns during coughing and forced expiration affect cranioventral bladder neck displacement in healthy nulliparous subjects?. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5. 100576–100576. 2 indexed citations

Mészáros, Martina, Simon Schneider, Laura Mayer, et al.. (2023). Effects of Acute Hypoxia on Heart Rate Variability in Patients with Pulmonary Vascular Disease. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 12(5). 1782–1782. 2 indexed citations

Schneider, Simon, Mona Lichtblau, Michaël Furian, et al.. (2022). Cardiorespiratory Adaptation to Short-Term Exposure to Altitude vs. Normobaric Hypoxia in Patients with Pulmonary Hypertension. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 11(10). 2769–2769. 9 indexed citations

Schwarz, Esther I., Tsogyal D. Latshang, Michaël Furian, et al.. (2019). <p>Blood pressure response to exposure to moderate altitude in patients with COPD</p>. International Journal of COPD. Volume 14. 659–666. 11 indexed citations

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Furian, Michaël, Tsogyal D. Latshang, Adrian Steiner, et al.. (2018). Exercise performance and symptoms in lowlanders with COPD ascending to moderate altitude: randomized trial. International Journal of COPD. Volume 13. 3529–3538. 33 indexed citations

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Lichtblau, Mona, et al.. (2018). Dexamethasone improves pulmonary hemodynamics in COPD-patients going to altitude: A randomized trial. International Journal of Cardiology. 283. 159–164. 19 indexed citations

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Hasler, Elisabeth, Stéphanie Saxer, Lars Huber, et al.. (2016). Prevalence of Anxiety and Depression in Pulmonary Hypertension and Changes during Therapy. Respiration. 91(5). 359–366. 25 indexed citations

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Thurnheer, Robert, et al.. (2007). Respiratory polygraphy in sleep apnoea diagnosis. Report of the Swiss respiratory polygraphy registry and systematic review of the literature.. PubMed. 137(5-6). 97–102. 19 indexed citations

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Maggiorini, Marco, Hans‐Peter Brunner‐La Rocca, Manuel Fischler, et al.. (2006). Both Tadalafil and Dexamethasone May Reduce the Incidence of High-Altitude Pulmonary Edema. Annals of Internal Medicine. 14 indexed citations

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Senn, Oliver, Thomas Brack, Felix Matthews, Erich W. Russi, & Konrad E. Bloch. (2003). Randomized Short-term Trial of Two AutoCPAP Devices versus Fixed Continuous Positive Airway Pressure for the Treatment of Sleep Apnea. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 168(12). 1506–1511. 60 indexed citations

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Bassetti, Claudio L., et al.. (2000). Akkreditierte Zentren für Schlafmedizin in der Schweiz.. Schweizerische Ärztezeitung. 81(17). 886–887. 1 indexed citations

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Thurnheer, Robert, Hermann Engel, Walter Weder, et al.. (1999). Role of Lung Perfusion Scintigraphy in Relation to Chest Computed Tomography and Pulmonary Function in the Evaluation of Candidates for Lung Volume Reduction Surgery. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 159(1). 301–310. 80 indexed citations

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Russi, Erich W., et al.. (1998). Accidents related to sleepiness: review of medical causes and prevention with special reference to Switzerland.. PubMed. 128(40). 1487–99. 26 indexed citations

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Stammberger, Uz, Konrad E. Bloch, Robert Thurnheer, et al.. (1998). Exercise performance and gas exchange after bilateral video-assisted thoracoscopic lung volume reduction for severe emphysema. European Respiratory Journal. 12(4). 785–792. 21 indexed citations

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Bloch, Konrad E., Yiming Li, Jinnong Zhang, et al.. (1997). Effect of Surgical Lung Volume Reduction on Breathing Patterns in Severe Pulmonary Emphysema. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 156(2). 553–560. 66 indexed citations

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