Robert Thimme

28.5k total citations · 9 hit papers
328 papers, 16.0k citations indexed

About

Robert Thimme is a scholar working on Hepatology, Epidemiology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Thimme has authored 328 papers receiving a total of 16.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 192 papers in Hepatology, 145 papers in Epidemiology and 123 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Robert Thimme's work include Hepatitis C virus research (122 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (90 papers) and Hepatitis B Virus Studies (84 papers). Robert Thimme is often cited by papers focused on Hepatitis C virus research (122 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (90 papers) and Hepatitis B Virus Studies (84 papers). Robert Thimme collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Robert Thimme's co-authors include Francis V. Chisari, Hubert E. Blum, Robert H. Purcell, Stefan Wieland, Christoph Neumann‐Haefelin, Hans Christian Spangenberg, Bertram Bengsch, Kyong‐Mi Chang, Maike Hofmann and David Oldach and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Robert Thimme

303 papers receiving 15.8k citations

Hit Papers

5 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.

Genomic analysis of the host response to hepatitis C virus infection

2002 956 citations Robert Thimme, Stefan Wieland et al. profile →
Determinants of Viral Clearance and Persistence during Acute Hepatitis C Virus Infection

2001 933 citations Robert Thimme, Francis V. Chisari et al. profile →
CD8 ⁺ T Cells Mediate Viral Clearance and Disease Pathogenesis during Acute Hepatitis B Virus Infection

2002 757 citations Robert Thimme, Stefan Wieland et al. Journal of Virology profile →
T Cell Factor 1-Expressing Memory-like CD8+ T Cells Sustain the Immune Response to Chronic Viral Infections

2016 668 citations Maike Hofmann, Dominik Wieland et al. profile →
Regulated Expression of Nuclear Receptor RORγt Confers Distinct Functional Fates to NK Cell Receptor-Expressing RORγt+ Innate Lymphocytes

2010 547 citations Bertram Bengsch, Robert Thimme et al. profile →
TOX reinforces the phenotype and longevity of exhausted T cells in chronic viral infection

2019 546 citations Maike Hofmann, Dirk Wohlleber et al. profile →
Genomic analysis of the host response to hepatitis B virus infection

2004 516 citations Stefan Wieland, Robert Thimme et al. profile →
Viral and immunological determinants of hepatitis C virus clearance, persistence, and disease

2002 512 citations Robert Thimme, Hans Christian Spangenberg et al. profile →
Critical challenges and emerging opportunities in hepatitis C virus research in an era of potent antiviral therapy: Considerations for scientists and funding agencies

2018 131 citations Thomas F. Baumert, Volker Lohmann et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Right Ventricular Contractility Predicts Clearance of Ascites After Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt 2025 ·Liver International ·(unknown), Johannes Chang, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Lukas Sturm, Michael Schultheiß, Alexander Maier, Carsten H. Meyer, Christian Jansen, (unknown), Can Öztürk, (unknown), Jonel Trebicka, Dirk Westermann, Robert Thimme, Sebastian Grundmann, Michael Praktiknjo, Dominik Bettinger	1
2	Spatial single-cell omics: new insights into liver diseases 2025 ·Gut ·(unknown), Robert Thimme, Bertram Bengsch	3
3	Limited vaccine-induced CD8+ T cell immunity in HIV-infected immunological nonresponders 2025 ·JCI Insight ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Florian Emmerich, (unknown), Siegbert Rieg, Susanne Usadel, Bertram Bengsch, Tobias Boettler, Hendrik Luxenburger, Christoph Neumann‐Haefelin, Matthias C. Müller, Robert Thimme, Maike Hofmann	0
4	Attenuated effector T cells are linked to control of chronic HBV infection 2024 ·Nature Immunology ·Kathrin Heim, Sagar Sagar, Özlem Soğukpınar, Sian Llewellyn‐Lacey, David A. Price, Florian Emmerich, Anke Kraft, Markus Cornberg, (unknown), Percy A. Knolle, Dirk Wohlleber, Bertram Bengsch, Tobias Boettler, Christoph Neumann‐Haefelin, Robert Thimme, Maike Hofmann	24
5	Fibrosis Progression in Patients with Budd–Chiari Syndrome and Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt (TIPS): A Long-Term Study Using Transient Elastography 2024 ·Diagnostics ·Martin Rössle, Dominik Bettinger, Lukas Sturm, (unknown), Robert Thimme, Michael Schultheiß	3
6	Mechanisms of CD8+ T-cell failure in chronic hepatitis E virus infection 2022 ·Journal of Hepatology ·Janine Kemming, (unknown), Marcus Panning, Daniela Huzly, Jiabin Huang, Marc Lütgehetmann, Sven Pischke, Julian Schulze zur Wiesch, Florian Emmerich, Sian Llewellyn‐Lacey, David A. Price, Yakup Tanriver, Klaus Warnatz, Tobias Boettler, Robert Thimme, Maike Hofmann, Nicole Fischer, Christoph Neumann‐Haefelin	17
7	SARS-CoV-2 vaccination can elicit a CD8 T-cell dominant hepatitis 2022 ·Journal of Hepatology ·Tobias Boettler, Benedikt Csernalabics, Henrike Salié, Hendrik Luxenburger, (unknown), Elahe Salimi Alizei, Katharina Zoldan, (unknown), Peter Bronsert, Marius Schwabenland, Marco Prinz, Carolin Mogler, Christoph Neumann‐Haefelin, Robert Thimme, Maike Hofmann, Bertram Bengsch	92
8	Interferon lambda 4 impairs hepatitis C viral antigen presentation and attenuates T cell responses 2021 ·Nature Communications ·Qian Chen, Mairene Coto‐Llerena, Aleksei Suslov, (unknown), Isabel Fofana, Sandro Nuciforo, Maike Hofmann, Robert Thimme, (unknown), Volker Lohmann, Charlotte K.Y. Ng, George Rosenberger, Stefan Wieland, Markus H. Heim	13
9	Blood reelin in the progression of chronic liver disease 2021 ·Advances in Medical Sciences ·Lukas Sturm, Lisa Roth, Katharina Zoldan, Michael Schultheiß, Tobias Boettler, (unknown), (unknown), Robert Thimme, Dominik Bettinger	5
10	Impact of age on sorafenib outcomes in hepatocellular carcinoma: an international cohort study 2020 ·British Journal of Cancer ·(unknown), Elias Allara, (unknown), Tadaaki Arizumi, Dominik Bettinger, Mario Pirisi, Lorenza Rimassa, Tiziana Pressiani, Nicola Personeni, Laura Giordano, Masatoshi Kudo, Robert Thimme, Joong‐Won Park, Tamar H. Taddei, David E. Kaplan, Ramya Ramaswami, David J. Pinato, Rohini Sharma	17
11	Ustekinumab Inhibits T Follicular Helper Cell Differentiation in Patients With Crohn’s Disease 2020 ·Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology ·Anna-Maria Globig, (unknown), Katharina Wild, (unknown), Katharina Zoldan, A Thomann, (unknown), Rupert Schreiner, Wolfgang Reindl, Jochen Klaus, Christoph M. Schempp, Maike Hofmann, Robert Thimme, Tobias Boettler, Peter Hasselblatt	18
12	IL-2 contributes to cirrhosis-associated immune dysfunction by impairing follicular T helper cells in advanced cirrhosis 2020 ·Journal of Hepatology ·(unknown), Katharina Zoldan, Michael Schultheiß, Dominik Bettinger, Anna-Maria Globig, Bertram Bengsch, Christoph Neumann‐Haefelin, Adam Klocperk, Klaus Warnatz, Maike Hofmann, Robert Thimme, Tobias Boettler	23
13	Extracellular ATP and Purinergic P2Y2 Receptor Signaling Promote Liver Tumorigenesis in Mice by Exacerbating DNA Damage 2019 ·Cancer Research ·Isabel Schulien, (unknown), Veerle Van Marck, Cemil Korcan Ayata, Marie Follo, Robert Thimme, Peter Hasselblatt	36
14	OX40 stimulation and PD-L1 blockade synergistically augment HBV-specific CD4 T cells in patients with HBeAg-negative infection 2019 ·Journal of Hepatology ·(unknown), Katharina Wild, M Smits, Katharina Zoldan, Benedikt Csernalabics, Tobias Flecken, Julia Lang‐Meli, (unknown), Florian Emmerich, Maike Hofmann, Robert Thimme, Christoph Neumann‐Haefelin, Tobias Boettler	61
15	The burden of hepatitis E among patients with haematological malignancies: A retrospective European cohort study 2019 ·Journal of Hepatology ·Johann von Felden, Laurent Alric, Sven Pischke, Celia Aitken, Stefan Schlabe, Ulrich Spengler, Maria Teresa Giordani, Paul Schnitzler, Dominik Bettinger, Robert Thimme, Aliénor Xhaard, Mascha Binder, Francis Ayuk, Ansgar W. Lohse, Jan J. Cornelissen, Robert A. de Man, Vincent Mallet	62
16	Discordance of hepatitis B vaccination policies for healthcare workers between the USA, the UK, and Germany 2019 ·Hepatology Research ·Haruki Komatsu, Paul Klenerman, Robert Thimme	6
17	Follicular T helper cells shape the HCV-specific CD4+ T cell repertoire after virus elimination 2019 ·Journal of Clinical Investigation ·M Smits, Katharina Zoldan, Naveed Ishaque, Zuguang Gu, Katharina Jechow, Dominik Wieland, Christian Conrad, Roland Eils, Catherine Fauvelle, Thomas F. Baumert, Florian Emmerich, Bertram Bengsch, Christoph Neumann‐Haefelin, Maike Hofmann, Robert Thimme, Tobias Boettler	42
18	Outcome of anti-viral immunity in the liver is shaped by the level of antigen expressed in infected hepatocytes 2018 ·Journal of Hepatology ·Katrin Manske, (unknown), (unknown), Katja Steiger, Robert Thimme, Percy A. Knolle, Dirk Wohlleber	1
19	T Cells with a CD4 ⁺ CD25 ⁺ Regulatory Phenotype Suppress In Vitro Proliferation of Virus-Specific CD8 ⁺ T Cells during Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection 2005 ·Journal of Virology ·Tobias Boettler, Hans Christian Spangenberg, Christoph Neumann‐Haefelin, Elisabeth Panther, Simonetta Urbani, Carlo Ferrari, Hubert E. Blum, Fritz von Weizsäcker, Robert Thimme	333
20	CD8 ⁺ T Cells Mediate Viral Clearance and Disease Pathogenesis during Acute Hepatitis B Virus Infection breakdown → 2002 ·Journal of Virology ·Robert Thimme, Stefan Wieland, (unknown), John Ghrayeb, Keith A. Reimann, Robert H. Purcell, Francis V. Chisari	757

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