Melba Muñoz

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
32 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Melba Muñoz is a scholar working on Rheumatology, Immunology and Pathology and Forensic Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Melba Muñoz has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Rheumatology, 17 papers in Immunology and 8 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine. Recurrent topics in Melba Muñoz's work include Urticaria and Related Conditions (20 papers), Mast cells and histamine (10 papers) and Autoimmune Bullous Skin Diseases (8 papers). Melba Muñoz is often cited by papers focused on Urticaria and Related Conditions (20 papers), Mast cells and histamine (10 papers) and Autoimmune Bullous Skin Diseases (8 papers). Melba Muñoz collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Türkiye and United States. Melba Muñoz's co-authors include Markus M. Heimesaat, Oliver Liesenfeld, Anja A. Kühl, Marcus Maurer, André Fischer, Stefan Bereswill, Christoph Loddenkemper, Bettina Otto, Lea-Maxie Haag and Ulf B. Göbel and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, JAMA and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Melba Muñoz

29 papers receiving 1.2k 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.

Autoimmune chronic spontaneous urticaria

2022 152 citations Pavel Kolkhir, Melba Muñoz et al. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Melba Muñoz Germany	12	332	321	239	196	196	32	1.2k
Aurore Rozières France	22	565 1.7×	211 0.7×	165 0.7×	37 0.2×	88 0.4×	59	1.7k
Anthony Cao United States	23	737 2.2×	42 0.1×	730 3.1×	68 0.3×	229 1.2×	34	1.8k
Yuejin Liang United States	27	649 2.0×	68 0.2×	534 2.2×	354 1.8×	223 1.1×	87	1.8k
Christoph Kalis Germany	16	1.1k 3.3×	61 0.2×	369 1.5×	47 0.2×	100 0.5×	18	1.9k
Motohiko Kadoki Japan	9	852 2.6×	59 0.2×	402 1.7×	21 0.1×	236 1.2×	14	1.4k
Bernd Hillenbrand Germany	9	632 1.9×	50 0.2×	812 3.4×	38 0.2×	339 1.7×	10	2.4k
Martin Köberle Germany	21	491 1.5×	52 0.2×	705 2.9×	38 0.2×	393 2.0×	48	2.0k
Yuumi Nakamura Japan	19	772 2.3×	240 0.7×	891 3.7×	9 0.0×	273 1.4×	46	2.1k
Chikako Shimokawa Japan	15	393 1.2×	35 0.1×	362 1.5×	162 0.8×	215 1.1×	33	1.0k
Milton Adriano Pelli de Oliveira Brazil	21	253 0.8×	75 0.2×	152 0.6×	261 1.3×	133 0.7×	69	1.2k

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Pyatilova, Polina, et al.. (2025). Avapritinib improves disease control and quality of life in patients with indolent systemic mastocytosis: First results of the real-world evidence study AVATAR. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 155(2). AB428–AB428.

Bizjak, Mojca, Olivier Aerts, David Pesqué, et al.. (2025). Contact Urticaria and Related Conditions: Clinical Review. Contact Dermatitis. 93(2). 87–107. 4 indexed citations

Muñoz, Melba, Nicole Schoepke, Sabine Altrichter, et al.. (2025). Development of the symptomatic dermographism quality of life questionnaire. Clinical and Translational Allergy. 15(2). e70038–e70038. 2 indexed citations

Bonnekoh, Hanna, Maria Kinberger, Melba Muñoz, et al.. (2025). Patients with acute and chronic spontaneous urticaria have similar autoantibody profiles: CHAPEAU pilot study. British Journal of Dermatology. 194(2). 395–397. 1 indexed citations

Moñino‐Romero, Sherezade, Inge Kortekaas Krohn, Yi‐Kui Xiang, et al.. (2025). Understanding IgE-mediated autoimmunity and autoallergy. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 157(1). 1–17.

Muñoz, Melba, et al.. (2024). New insights into chronic inducible urticaria. Current Allergy and Asthma Reports. 24(8). 457–469. 8 indexed citations

Metz, Martin, Melba Muñoz, Kit Man Wong, et al.. (2024). Assessing the reliability of the FricTest^® 4.0 for diagnosing symptomatic dermographism. Clinical and Translational Allergy. 14(11). e70005–e70005. 1 indexed citations

Maurer, Marcus, et al.. (2024). An algorithm for the diagnosis and treatment of chronic inducible urticaria, 2024 update. Allergy. 79(9). 2573–2576. 1 indexed citations

Muñoz, Melba, Emek Kocatürk, Marcus Maurer, & Pavel Kolkhir. (2024). Emerging Therapeutics in Chronic Urticaria. Immunology and Allergy Clinics of North America. 44(3). 517–528. 7 indexed citations

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Siebenhaar, Frank, et al.. (2023). Virus‐infected mast cells activate virus‐specific CD8⁺ T cells. Scandinavian Journal of Immunology. 98(2). e13272–e13272. 4 indexed citations

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Kocatürk, Emek, Melba Muñoz, Daniel Elieh Ali Komi, et al.. (2023). How Infection and Vaccination Are Linked to Acute and Chronic Urticaria: A Special Focus on COVID-19. Viruses. 15(7). 1585–1585. 13 indexed citations

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Lugović‐Mihić, Liborija, et al.. (2023). Gut Microbiome Composition in Patients with Chronic Urticaria: A Review of Current Evidence and Data. Life. 13(1). 152–152. 19 indexed citations

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Ertaş, Ragıp, et al.. (2022). Eating Increases and Exercise Decreases Disease Activity in Patients With Symptomatic Dermographism. The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology In Practice. 11(3). 932–940. 5 indexed citations

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Siebenhaar, Frank, et al.. (2021). Mast Cells Modulate Antigen-Specific CD8+ T Cell Activation During LCMV Infection. Frontiers in Immunology. 12. 688347–688347. 13 indexed citations

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Ertaş, Ragıp, et al.. (2021). Food-dependent and food-exacerbated symptomatic dermographism: New variants of symptomatic dermographism. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 149(2). 788–790. 9 indexed citations

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Kolkhir, Pavel, Sabine Altrichter, Melba Muñoz, Tomasz Hawro, & Marcus Maurer. (2019). New treatments for chronic urticaria. Annals of Allergy Asthma & Immunology. 124(1). 2–12. 85 indexed citations

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Muñoz, Melba, Céline Eidenschenk, Naruhisa Ota, et al.. (2015). Interleukin-22 Induces Interleukin-18 Expression from Epithelial Cells during Intestinal Infection. Immunity. 42(2). 321–331. 148 indexed citations

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Muñoz, Melba, Oliver Liesenfeld, & Markus M. Heimesaat. (2011). Immunology ofToxoplasma gondii. Immunological Reviews. 240(1). 269–285. 190 indexed citations

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Bereswill, Stefan, André Fischer, Rita Plickert, et al.. (2011). Novel Murine Infection Models Provide Deep Insights into the “Ménage à Trois” of Campylobacter jejuni, Microbiota and Host Innate Immunity. PLoS ONE. 6(6). e20953–e20953. 210 indexed citations

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Barnes, Kathleen C., Luis Caraballo, Melba Muñoz, et al.. (2004). A novel promoter polymorphism in the gene encoding complement component 5 receptor 1 on chromosome 19q13.3 is not associated with asthma and atopy in three independent populations. Clinical & Experimental Allergy. 34(5). 736–744. 14 indexed citations

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