Rafael Kramann

14.7k total citations · 6 hit papers
152 papers, 7.3k citations indexed

About

Rafael Kramann is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Nephrology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Rafael Kramann has authored 152 papers receiving a total of 7.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 62 papers in Molecular Biology, 48 papers in Nephrology and 23 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Rafael Kramann's work include Renal and related cancers (30 papers), Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics (21 papers) and Parathyroid Disorders and Treatments (19 papers). Rafael Kramann is often cited by papers focused on Renal and related cancers (30 papers), Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics (21 papers) and Parathyroid Disorders and Treatments (19 papers). Rafael Kramann collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Netherlands and United States. Rafael Kramann's co-authors include Benjamin D. Humphreys, Rebekka K. Schneider, Derek P. DiRocco, Flávia G. Machado, Tetsuro Kusaba, Benjamin L. Ebert, Jürgen Floege, Susanne Fleig, Joel Henderson and Philip A. Bondzie and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Clinical Investigation and Nature Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Rafael Kramann

141 papers receiving 7.2k citations

Hit Papers

Perivascular Gli1+ Progenitors Are Key Contributors to In... 2013 2026 2017 2021 2014 2013 2017 2023 2024 200 400 600
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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.

  1. Perivascular Gli1+ Progenitors Are Key Contributors to Injury-Induced Organ Fibrosis
    2014 671 citations Rafael Kramann, Rebekka K. Schneider et al. profile →
  2. Differentiated kidney epithelial cells repair injured proximal tubule
    2013 350 citations Tetsuro Kusaba, Matthew A. Lalli et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  3. Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Fibrotic Disease
    2017 323 citations Rafael Kramann, Rebekka K. Schneider et al. profile →
  4. IgA nephropathy
    2023 81 citations Peter Boor, Jürgen Floege et al. profile →
  5. Metabolism at the crossroads of inflammation and fibrosis in chronic kidney disease
    2024 45 citations Verónica Miguel, Rafael Kramann et al. profile →
  6. Fibrosis: cross-organ biology and pathways to development of innovative drugs
    2025 15 citations Rafael Kramann et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Rafael Kramann Germany 47 2.7k 1.7k 1.3k 1.1k 1.1k 152 7.3k
Mauro Abbate Italy 48 2.3k 0.9× 3.0k 1.8× 1.6k 1.2× 890 0.8× 721 0.7× 116 7.2k
Marina Morigi Italy 53 3.5k 1.3× 2.1k 1.3× 2.4k 1.9× 769 0.7× 979 0.9× 110 9.2k
Nancy A. Noble United States 40 3.7k 1.4× 2.7k 1.6× 1.3k 1.0× 1.3k 1.2× 2.0k 1.9× 81 9.6k
Roel Goldschmeding Netherlands 65 5.4k 2.0× 2.3k 1.4× 1.3k 1.0× 2.6k 2.3× 1.0k 1.0× 259 12.3k
Frank Strutz Germany 42 3.2k 1.2× 2.4k 1.4× 1.2k 1.0× 1.5k 1.4× 453 0.4× 97 7.8k
Masayuki Iwano Japan 35 3.4k 1.3× 2.6k 1.5× 1.1k 0.9× 1.4k 1.2× 438 0.4× 138 8.4k
Junwei Yang China 50 3.6k 1.4× 2.5k 1.5× 1.1k 0.9× 962 0.9× 376 0.3× 174 7.5k
Alfonso Eirin United States 45 2.9k 1.1× 1.2k 0.7× 1.2k 1.0× 1.7k 1.5× 676 0.6× 161 6.3k
Chunsun Dai China 52 4.1k 1.5× 2.8k 1.6× 1.2k 1.0× 962 0.9× 371 0.3× 119 8.0k
Simon C. Satchell United Kingdom 42 1.8k 0.7× 2.5k 1.5× 760 0.6× 671 0.6× 470 0.4× 110 6.1k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rafael Kramann

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Koch, Lars, Konrad Hoeft, & Rafael Kramann. (2025). Artesunate: attenuating TLR4/MD2 signaling to alleviate cardiac fibrosis. Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy. 10(1). 46–46. 2 indexed citations
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Gleitz, Hélène F.E., Inge Snoeren, Charlotte Boys, et al.. (2025). Inhibiting the alarmin‐driven hematopoiesis‐stromal cell crosstalk in primary myelofibrosis ameliorates bone marrow fibrosis. HemaSphere. 9(8). e70179–e70179.
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Kramann, Rafael, Christoph Kuppe, Valérie A. Luyckx, Wim Van Biesen, & Stefanie Steiger. (2025). Unveiling the risks: protecting privacy in single-cell genomics data. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation. 40(6). 1077–1080.
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Kabgani, Nazanin, Hyojin Kim, Susanne Ziegler, et al.. (2024). A bioprinted and scalable model of human tubulo-interstitial kidney fibrosis. Biomaterials. 316. 123009–123009. 5 indexed citations
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Klinkhammer, Barbara M., Sebastian Kant, Claudia A. Krusche, et al.. (2024). The role of desmoglein-2 in kidney disease. Kidney International. 105(5). 1035–1048. 1 indexed citations
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Hoeft, Konrad, Tore Bleckwehl, David Schumacher, et al.. (2024). Label-free single-cell RNA multiplexing leveraging genetic variability. Nature Communications. 15(1). 10612–10612. 2 indexed citations
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Hein, Marc, David Schumacher, D. Fuchs, et al.. (2024). Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction in Acute Cholestasis-Induced Liver Injury. Biomedicines. 12(4). 876–876. 1 indexed citations
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Emrich, Insa E., John W. Pickering, Felix Götzinger, et al.. (2024). Comparison of three creatinine-based equations to predict adverse outcome in a cardiovascular high-risk cohort: an investigation using the SPRINT research materials. Clinical Kidney Journal. 17(2). sfae011–sfae011. 1 indexed citations
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Bosch, Thierry P. P. van den, Carla C. Baan, Dennis A. Hesselink, et al.. (2023). Multiomic profiling of transplant glomerulopathy reveals a novel T-cell dominant subclass. Kidney International. 105(4). 812–823. 16 indexed citations
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Miguel, Verónica, C. Rey, Jessica Tituaña, et al.. (2023). Enhanced fatty acid oxidation through Metformin and Baicalin as therapy for COVID-19 and associated inflammatory states in lung and kidney. Free Radical Biology and Medicine. 201. 46–46. 1 indexed citations
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Desai, Prachi, Anshuman Dasgupta, Alexandros Marios Sofias, et al.. (2023). Transformative Materials for Interfacial Drug Delivery. Advanced Healthcare Materials. 12(20). e2301062–e2301062. 8 indexed citations
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Amrute, Junedh, Lulu Lai, Pan Ma, et al.. (2023). Defining cardiac functional recovery in end-stage heart failure at single-cell resolution. Nature Cardiovascular Research. 2(4). 399–416. 28 indexed citations
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Peisker, Fabian, Maurice Halder, James S. Nagai, et al.. (2022). Mapping the cardiac vascular niche in heart failure. Nature Communications. 13(1). 3027–3027. 53 indexed citations
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Mäßenhausen, Anne von, Francesca Maremonti, Alexia Belavgeni, et al.. (2022). Dexamethasone sensitizes to ferroptosis by glucocorticoid receptor–induced dipeptidase-1 expression and glutathione depletion. Science Advances. 8(5). eabl8920–eabl8920. 78 indexed citations
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Leenders, Peter, Marjolein M. J. Caron, Tim J. M. Welting, et al.. (2021). Combining phosphate binder therapy with vitamin K2 inhibits vascular calcification in an experimental animal model of kidney failure. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation. 37(4). 652–662. 12 indexed citations
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Klaus, Martin, Milagros N. Wong, Lukas Gernhold, et al.. (2021). Deep learning–based molecular morphometrics for kidney biopsies. JCI Insight. 6(7). 28 indexed citations
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Brandt, Sabine, Tobias M. Ballhause, Delia Lidia Șalaru, et al.. (2020). Fibrosis and Immune Cell Infiltration Are Separate Events Regulated by Cell-Specific Receptor Notch3 Expression. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 31(11). 2589–2608. 22 indexed citations
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Akbulut, Asim Cengiz, et al.. (2020). Vitamin K2 Needs an RDI Separate from Vitamin K1. Nutrients. 12(6). 1852–1852. 57 indexed citations
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Halder, Maurice, Asim Cengiz Akbulut, Eric Anderson, et al.. (2019). Vitamin K: Double Bonds beyond Coagulation Insights into Differences between Vitamin K1 and K2 in Health and Disease. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 20(4). 896–896. 173 indexed citations
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Kusaba, Tetsuro, Matthew A. Lalli, Rafael Kramann, Akio Kobayashi, & Benjamin D. Humphreys. (2013). Differentiated kidney epithelial cells repair injured proximal tubule. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(4). 1527–1532. 350 indexed citations breakdown →

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