Michael Bauer

61.0k total citations · 5 hit papers
618 papers, 36.6k citations indexed

About

Michael Bauer is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Molecular Biology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Bauer has authored 618 papers receiving a total of 36.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 152 papers in Epidemiology, 149 papers in Molecular Biology and 129 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Michael Bauer's work include Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment (79 papers), Immune Response and Inflammation (40 papers) and Liver Disease and Transplantation (40 papers). Michael Bauer is often cited by papers focused on Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment (79 papers), Immune Response and Inflammation (40 papers) and Liver Disease and Transplantation (40 papers). Michael Bauer collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Austria. Michael Bauer's co-authors include Mervyn Singer, John C. Marshall, Tom van der Poll, Clifford S. Deutschman, Jean‐Louis Vincent, Manu Shankar‐Hari, Steven M. Opal, Rinaldo Bellomo, Mitchell M. Levy and Gordon D. Rubenfeld and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and JAMA.

In The Last Decade

Michael Bauer

587 papers receiving 35.8k 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.

The Third International Consensus Definitions for Sepsis and Septic Shock (Sepsis-3)

2016 17.0k citations Mervyn Singer, Michael Bauer et al. profile →
Identification of tissue transglutaminase as the autoantigen of celiac disease

1997 1.5k citations Michael Bauer et al. profile →
Mortality in sepsis and septic shock in Europe, North America and Australia between 2009 and 2019— results from a systematic review and meta-analysis

2020 455 citations Michael Bauer, Herwig Gerlach et al. profile →
New Approaches to Sepsis: Molecular Diagnostics and Biomarkers

2012 378 citations Michael Bauer et al. profile →
The pathophysiology of sepsis and precision-medicine-based immunotherapy

2024 158 citations Evangelos J. Giamarellos‐Bourboulis, Michael Bauer et al. profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Michael Bauer	16.0k	7.1k	6.9k	5.4k	5.3k	618	36.6k
Greg S. Martin	19.4k 1.2×	11.9k 1.7×	6.0k 0.9×	7.7k 1.4×	5.6k 1.1×	377	45.1k
Clifford S. Deutschman	15.4k 1.0×	3.8k 0.5×	4.8k 0.7×	5.8k 1.1×	3.9k 0.7×	148	27.0k
Craig M. Coopersmith	14.2k 0.9×	4.6k 0.7×	4.3k 0.6×	5.7k 1.1×	5.7k 1.1×	234	27.7k
Steven M. Opal	24.8k 1.5×	6.2k 0.9×	6.4k 0.9×	8.3k 1.5×	10.0k 1.9×	275	44.6k
Djillali Annane	20.6k 1.3×	4.6k 0.6×	6.7k 1.0×	9.8k 1.8×	4.5k 0.9×	405	42.4k
Manu Shankar‐Hari	15.2k 1.0×	3.1k 0.4×	4.7k 0.7×	5.5k 1.0×	3.9k 0.7×	137	25.8k
Jean‐Daniel Chiche	13.6k 0.8×	2.8k 0.4×	4.6k 0.7×	5.4k 1.0×	3.7k 0.7×	150	25.3k
Richard S. Hotchkiss	22.5k 1.4×	9.1k 1.3×	5.0k 0.7×	7.6k 1.4×	14.7k 2.8×	203	43.7k
Mervyn Singer	22.9k 1.4×	6.3k 0.9×	10.2k 1.5×	10.1k 1.9×	5.0k 1.0×	462	45.6k
Mitchell P. Fink	9.5k 0.6×	4.9k 0.7×	4.6k 0.7×	4.5k 0.8×	5.8k 1.1×	277	26.7k

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Bauer, Michael, Pierre Tissières, & Mervyn Singer. (2025). Mortality trends in sepsis… or how to kill two birds with one stone?. Intensive Care Medicine. 52(1). 163–165.

Xu, Linlin, Zhengyuan Zhou, Sascha Schäuble, et al.. (2025). Multi‐Omics and ‐Organ Insights into Energy Metabolic Adaptations in Early Sepsis Onset. Advanced Science. 12(30). e04418–e04418.

Möckel, Martin, Anna Slagman, Kerstin Rubarth, et al.. (2024). Computed tomography in patients with sepsis presenting to the emergency department: exploring its role in light of patient outcomes. European Radiology. 34(10). 6466–6474. 5 indexed citations

Liu, Na, Carl‐Magnus Svensson, Marc Thilo Figge, et al.. (2024). Metamizole outperforms meloxicam in sepsis: insights on analgesics, survival and immunomodulation in the peritoneal contamination and infection sepsis model. Frontiers in Immunology. 15. 1432307–1432307. 1 indexed citations

Tannert, Astrid, Lara Thieme, Ignacio Rubio, et al.. (2024). The effects of photoactivated ciprofloxacin and bile acids on biofilms on bile duct catheters. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents. 63(4). 107086–107086. 3 indexed citations

Grünewald, Benedikt, Jonathan Wickel, Nina Hahn, et al.. (2024). Targeted rescue of synaptic plasticity improves cognitive decline in sepsis-associated encephalopathy. Molecular Therapy. 32(7). 2113–2129. 11 indexed citations

Rooney, Michael, Johanna Reißing, Sven Stengel, et al.. (2024). Type-I interferon shapes peritoneal immunity in cirrhosis and drives caspase-5-mediated progranulin release upon infection. Journal of Hepatology. 81(6). 971–982. 6 indexed citations

Meyer‐Zedler, Tobias, Thomas Bocklitz, Bernhard Messerschmidt, et al.. (2023). Feasibility studies of multimodal nonlinear endoscopy using multicore fiber bundles for remote scanning from tissue sections to bulk organs. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 13779–13779. 11 indexed citations

Seelbinder, Bastian, Zoltán Lohinai, Ruben Vazquez-Uribe, et al.. (2023). Candida expansion in the gut of lung cancer patients associates with an ecological signature that supports growth under dysbiotic conditions. Nature Communications. 14(1). 2673–2673. 26 indexed citations

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Hoff, Jessica, Ling Xiong, Tobias Kammann, et al.. (2023). RIPK3 promoter hypermethylation in hepatocytes protects from bile acid-induced inflammation and necroptosis. Cell Death and Disease. 14(4). 275–275. 11 indexed citations

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Kotsaki, Antigone, Peter Pickkers, Michael Bauer, et al.. (2022). ImmunoSep (Personalised Immunotherapy in Sepsis) international double-blind, double-dummy, placebo-controlled randomised clinical trial: study protocol. BMJ Open. 12(12). e067251–e067251. 31 indexed citations

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Bauer, Michael, Heinrich V. Groesdonk, Franziska Preissing, et al.. (2021). Sterblichkeit bei Sepsis und septischem Schock in Deutschland. Ergebnisse eines systematischen Reviews mit Metaanalyse. Der Anaesthesist. 70(8). 673–680. 13 indexed citations

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Wang, Xinyue, Ivo Nischang, Stephanie Hoeppener, et al.. (2021). Characterization of a library of vitamin A-functionalized polymethacrylate-based nanoparticles for siRNA delivery. Polymer Chemistry. 12(6). 911–925. 5 indexed citations

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Baumann, Sophie, et al.. (2021). Biomarkers of Cholestasis and Liver Injury in the Early Phase of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome and Their Pathophysiological Value. Diagnostics. 11(12). 2356–2356. 5 indexed citations

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Färber, Gloria, et al.. (2020). Minimally‐invasive parasternal aortic valve replacement–A slow learning curve towards improved outcomes. Journal of Cardiac Surgery. 35(3). 544–548. 7 indexed citations

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Loeffelholz, Christian von, et al.. (2020). Association between high dose catecholamine support and liver dysfunction following cardiac surgery. Journal of Cardiac Surgery. 35(6). 1228–1236. 6 indexed citations

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Hoshi, Toshinori, Bianka Wissuwa, Yutao Tian, et al.. (2013). Omega-3 fatty acids lower blood pressure by directly activating large-conductance Ca ²⁺ -dependent K ⁺ channels. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(12). 4816–4821. 116 indexed citations

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Rao, Prakash K., Hou‐Yu Chiang, Sumeet Gupta, et al.. (2009). Loss of Cardiac microRNA-Mediated Regulation Leads to Dilated Cardiomyopathy and Heart Failure. Circulation Research. 105(6). 585–594. 13 indexed citations

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Csányi, Gábor, et al.. (2006). Functional Alterations in NO, PGI2 and EDHF Pathways in the Aortic Endothelium After Myocardial Infarction in Rats. European Journal of Heart Failure. 8(8). 769–776. 13 indexed citations

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Bauer, Michael. (1992). Wachstumshormon- und IGF-1-Sekretion beim chronisch katheterisierten Schweinefetus. OpenAgrar. 1 indexed citations

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