Ralf Dürrwald

5.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
73 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Ralf Dürrwald is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases and Animal Science and Zoology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ralf Dürrwald has authored 73 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Epidemiology, 22 papers in Infectious Diseases and 16 papers in Animal Science and Zoology. Recurrent topics in Ralf Dürrwald's work include Influenza Virus Research Studies (32 papers), Respiratory viral infections research (23 papers) and Virology and Viral Diseases (17 papers). Ralf Dürrwald is often cited by papers focused on Influenza Virus Research Studies (32 papers), Respiratory viral infections research (23 papers) and Virology and Viral Diseases (17 papers). Ralf Dürrwald collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Austria and United Arab Emirates. Ralf Dürrwald's co-authors include H. Ludwig, Norbert Nowotny, Liv Bode, Jolanta Kolodziejek, Andi Krumbholz, Roland Zell, Herbert Weißenböck, Peter Wutzler, Sibylle Herzog and Jeannette Lange and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Blood.

In The Last Decade

Ralf Dürrwald

70 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

align trajectories

What are hit papers?

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.

SARS-CoV-2 evolution on a dynamic immune landscape

2025 17 citations Daniela Börnigen, Djin‐Ye Oh et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ralf Dürrwald Germany	27	1.4k	814	432	341	263	73	2.0k
Heather Hill United States	24	1.3k 0.9×	763 0.9×	199 0.5×	104 0.3×	232 0.9×	53	2.0k
Yoshinobu Okuno Japan	32	2.9k 2.0×	1.7k 2.1×	292 0.7×	175 0.5×	149 0.6×	140	4.4k
Michael K. Lo United States	31	1.6k 1.1×	2.1k 2.6×	247 0.6×	208 0.6×	336 1.3×	66	3.1k
Brian H. Harcourt United States	24	1.6k 1.1×	1.5k 1.8×	179 0.4×	276 0.8×	164 0.6×	35	2.6k
Rebecca Garten United States	29	2.3k 1.6×	708 0.9×	427 1.0×	58 0.2×	108 0.4×	56	2.6k
Munir Iqbal United Kingdom	29	1.8k 1.2×	1.1k 1.4×	1.1k 2.5×	457 1.3×	33 0.1×	113	3.0k
Iain Stephenson United Kingdom	31	3.6k 2.5×	1.5k 1.9×	980 2.3×	133 0.4×	58 0.2×	60	4.2k
John Copps Canada	18	1.2k 0.9×	618 0.8×	413 1.0×	146 0.4×	384 1.5×	27	1.9k
Vasiliy P. Mishin United States	30	1.8k 1.3×	751 0.9×	216 0.5×	60 0.2×	59 0.2×	65	2.3k
Xiaoping Liang United States	27	1.6k 1.1×	530 0.7×	166 0.4×	96 0.3×	541 2.1×	58	2.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Ralf Dürrwald

Since Specialization

Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Ralf Dürrwald's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Ralf Dürrwald with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Ralf Dürrwald more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Ralf Dürrwald

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Ralf Dürrwald. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Ralf Dürrwald. The network helps show where Ralf Dürrwald may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ralf Dürrwald

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ralf Dürrwald. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ralf Dürrwald based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Ralf Dürrwald. Ralf Dürrwald is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

Sort: Min cites: Since: Top N: Style:

20 of 20 papers shown

Wedde, Marianne, Barbara Biere, Janine Reiche, et al.. (2025). Interim Estimates of 2024–2025 Seasonal Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness in Germany—Data From Primary Care and Hospital Sentinel Surveillance. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses. 19(5). e70115–e70115.

Duwe, Susanne, Djin‐Ye Oh, Marianne Wedde, et al.. (2025). Atypical Influenza A(H3N2) Activity Patterns in Germany, 2021–2023, and Characterization of Newly Emerged Virus Clades. Journal of Medical Virology. 97(8). e70530–e70530.

Börnigen, Daniela, Djin‐Ye Oh, Matthias Budt, et al.. (2025). SARS-CoV-2 evolution on a dynamic immune landscape. Nature. 639(8053). 196–204. 17 indexed citations breakdown →

Biere, Barbara, Silke Buda, Michaela Diercke, et al.. (2024). Participatory, Virologic, and Wastewater Surveillance Data to Assess Underestimation of COVID-19 Incidence, Germany, 2020–2024. Emerging infectious diseases. 30(9). 1939–1943. 2 indexed citations

Cai, Wei, Sophie Köndgen, Kristin Tolksdorf, et al.. (2024). Atypical age distribution and high disease severity in children with RSV infections during two irregular epidemic seasons throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Germany, 2021 to 2023. Eurosurveillance. 29(13). 16 indexed citations

Köndgen, Sophie, Djin‐Ye Oh, Livia Victoria Patrono, et al.. (2024). A robust, scalable, and cost-efficient approach to whole genome sequencing of RSV directly from clinical samples. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 62(3). e0111123–e0111123. 2 indexed citations

Oh, Djin‐Ye, et al.. (2023). Preparing for the Next Influenza Season: Monitoring the Emergence and Spread of Antiviral Resistance. Infection and Drug Resistance. Volume 16. 949–959. 10 indexed citations

Schnitzler, Paul, et al.. (2023). Molecular epidemiology and disease severity of influenza virus infection in patients with haematological disorders. Journal of Medical Virology. 95(6). 3 indexed citations

Mache, Christin, Jessica Schulze, Gudrun Holland, et al.. (2022). SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant is attenuated for replication in a polarized human lung epithelial cell model. Communications Biology. 5(1). 1138–1138. 11 indexed citations

10.

Dürrwald, Ralf, Jolanta Kolodziejek, Djin‐Ye Oh, et al.. (2022). Vaccination against Borna Disease: Overview, Vaccine Virus Characterization and Investigation of Live and Inactivated Vaccines. Viruses. 14(12). 2706–2706. 5 indexed citations

11.

Heider, Alla, Marianne Wedde, Ralf Dürrwald, Thorsten Wolff, & Brunhilde Schweiger. (2022). Molecular characterization and evolution dynamics of influenza B viruses circulating in Germany from season 1996/1997 to 2019/2020. Virus Research. 322. 198926–198926. 6 indexed citations

12.

Oh, Djin‐Ye, Silke Buda, Barbara Biere, et al.. (2021). Trends in respiratory virus circulation following COVID-19-targeted nonpharmaceutical interventions in Germany, January - September 2020: Analysis of national surveillance data. The Lancet Regional Health - Europe. 6. 100112–100112. 103 indexed citations

13.

Malbon, Alexandra, Ralf Dürrwald, Jolanta Kolodziejek, et al.. (2021). New World camelids are sentinels for the presence of Borna disease virus. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. 69(2). 451–464. 6 indexed citations

14.

Dürrwald, Ralf, Marianne Wedde, Barbara Biere, et al.. (2020). Zoonotic infection with swine A/H1avN1 influenza virus in a child, Germany, June 2020. Eurosurveillance. 25(42). 14 indexed citations

15.

Larsen, Lars Erik, Peter M. H. Heegaard, Christian Anthon, et al.. (2018). IFN-λ and microRNAs are important modulators of the pulmonary innate immune response against influenza A (H1N2) infection in pigs. PLoS ONE. 13(4). e0194765–e0194765. 23 indexed citations

16.

Heegaard, Peter M. H., Lars Erik Larsen, Shila Mortensen, et al.. (2016). Late regulation of immune genes and microRNAs in circulating leukocytes in a pig model of influenza A (H1N2) infection. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 21812–21812. 23 indexed citations

17.

Talker, Stephanie C., Hanna C. Koinig, Maria Stadler, et al.. (2015). Magnitude and kinetics of multifunctional CD4+ and CD8β+ T cells in pigs infected with swine influenza A virus. Veterinary Research. 46(1). 52–52. 38 indexed citations

18.

Krumbholz, Andi, Paul Dremsek, Reimar Johne, et al.. (2014). Seroprevalence of hepatitis E virus (HEV) in humans living in high pig density areas of Germany. Medical Microbiology and Immunology. 203(4). 273–282. 47 indexed citations

19.

Bauer, Katja, Ralf Dürrwald, Michael Schlegel, et al.. (2011). Neuraminidase inhibitor susceptibility of swine influenza A viruses isolated in Germany between 1981 and 2008. Medical Microbiology and Immunology. 201(1). 61–72. 18 indexed citations

20.

Zimmermann, Wolfgang, Ralf Dürrwald, & H. Ludwig. (1994). Detection of Borna disease virus RNA in naturally infected animals by a nested polymerase chain reaction. Journal of Virological Methods. 46(2). 133–143. 32 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact