Roman Wölfel

20.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
75 papers, 5.8k citations indexed

About

Roman Wölfel is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Roman Wölfel has authored 75 papers receiving a total of 5.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Infectious Diseases, 18 papers in Molecular Biology and 13 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Roman Wölfel's work include Viral Infections and Vectors (24 papers), SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (19 papers) and SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing (14 papers). Roman Wölfel is often cited by papers focused on Viral Infections and Vectors (24 papers), SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (19 papers) and SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing (14 papers). Roman Wölfel collaborates with scholars based in Germany, France and Italy. Roman Wölfel's co-authors include Christian Drosten, Sabine Zange, Clemens‐Martin Wendtner, Michael Seilmaier, Rosina Ehmann, Katrin Zwirglmaier, Michael Höelscher, Patrick Vollmar, Tobias Bleicker and Marcel A. Müller and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Blood.

In The Last Decade

Roman Wölfel

73 papers receiving 5.7k 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.

Virological assessment of hospitalized patients with COVID-2019

2020 4.2k citations Roman Wölfel, Victor M. Corman et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Roman Wölfel Germany	26	4.4k	683	666	660	621	75	5.8k
Sabine Zange Germany	14	3.5k 0.8×	633 0.9×	635 1.0×	597 0.9×	597 1.0×	33	4.8k
Camilla Rothe Germany	14	3.6k 0.8×	624 0.9×	651 1.0×	380 0.6×	599 1.0×	37	4.8k
Tobias Bleicker Germany	10	4.5k 1.0×	881 1.3×	870 1.3×	526 0.8×	671 1.1×	17	5.6k
Michael Seilmaier Germany	9	3.4k 0.8×	630 0.9×	644 1.0×	467 0.7×	600 1.0×	21	4.5k
Terry C. Jones Germany	18	3.8k 0.9×	738 1.1×	740 1.1×	484 0.7×	665 1.1×	46	5.5k
Sebastian Brünink Germany	9	3.5k 0.8×	629 0.9×	659 1.0×	381 0.6×	598 1.0×	14	4.5k
Wolfgang Guggemos Germany	8	3.4k 0.8×	630 0.9×	635 1.0×	375 0.6×	598 1.0×	16	4.4k
Rosina Ehmann Germany	9	3.4k 0.8×	633 0.9×	641 1.0×	453 0.7×	616 1.0×	19	4.5k
Daniel K. W. Chu Hong Kong	37	5.0k 1.1×	558 0.8×	1.3k 1.9×	602 0.9×	1.2k 1.9×	76	7.5k
Cyril Chik‐Yan Yip Hong Kong	38	5.0k 1.1×	689 1.0×	420 0.6×	755 1.1×	719 1.2×	103	7.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Roman Wölfel

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Ehmann, Rosina, Oliver Donoso Mantke, Elaine McCulloch, et al.. (2024). International external quality assessment study for detection of monkeypox virus by PCR supporting laboratory preparedness during the 2022–2023 mpox outbreak and beyond. Journal of Clinical Virology. 175. 105741–105741.

Lee, Hye‐Kyung, Manuela A. Hoechstetter, Maike Buchner, et al.. (2023). Analysis of immune responses in patients with CLL after heterologous COVID-19 vaccination. Blood Advances. 7(10). 2214–2227. 8 indexed citations

Wettengel, Jochen M., et al.. (2023). Implementation and clinical evaluation of an Mpox virus laboratory‐developed test on a fully automated random‐access platform. Journal of Medical Virology. 95(8). e29022–e29022. 2 indexed citations

Mastouri, Maha, et al.. (2023). A sero-epidemiological investigation of West Nile virus among patients without any records of their symptoms from three different hospitals from Tunisia. Acta Tropica. 242. 106905–106905. 5 indexed citations

Ma, Qiuyue, Roland Immler, Monika Pruenster, et al.. (2022). Soluble uric acid inhibits β2 integrin–mediated neutrophil recruitment in innate immunity. Blood. 139(23). 3402–3417. 38 indexed citations

Girl, Philipp, Katrin Zwirglmaier, Heiner von Buttlar, Roman Wölfel, & Katharina Müller. (2022). Evaluation of Two Rapid Lateral Flow Tests and Two Surrogate ELISAs for the Detection of SARS-CoV-2 Specific Neutralizing Antibodies. Frontiers in Medicine. 9. 820151–820151. 12 indexed citations

Zwirglmaier, Katrin, Christian Krüger, Rosina Ehmann, et al.. (2021). Rapid detection of SARS-CoV-2 by pulse-controlled amplification (PCA). Journal of Virological Methods. 290. 114083–114083. 6 indexed citations

Müller, Katharina, Philipp Girl, Heiner von Buttlar, et al.. (2021). Emerging SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.1.7 reduces neutralisation activity of antibodies against wild-type SARS-CoV-2. Journal of Clinical Virology. 142. 104912–104912. 6 indexed citations

Kroidl, Inge, Peter Schneiderat, Katharina Müller, et al.. (2021). Vaccine breakthrough infection and onward transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Beta (B.1.351) variant, Bavaria, Germany, February to March 2021. Eurosurveillance. 26(30). 12 indexed citations

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Zimmermann, Fee, Maria Letizia Urban, Christian Krüger, et al.. (2021). In vitro evaluation of the effect of mutations in primer binding sites on detection of SARS-CoV-2 by RT-qPCR. Journal of Virological Methods. 299. 114352–114352. 12 indexed citations

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Aistleitner, Karin, et al.. (2020). NOTIFy (non-toxic lyophilized field)-FISH for the identification of biological agents by Fluorescence in situ Hybridization. PLoS ONE. 15(3). e0230057–e0230057. 4 indexed citations

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Özçürümez, Mustafa, Andreas Ambrosch, Oliver Frey, et al.. (2020). SARS-CoV-2 antibody testing—questions to be asked. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 146(1). 35–43. 57 indexed citations

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Wölfel, Roman, Victor M. Corman, Wolfgang Guggemos, et al.. (2020). Author Correction: Virological assessment of hospitalized patients with COVID-2019. Nature. 588(7839). E35–E35. 54 indexed citations

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ŞAHİN, Mitat, Fatih BÜYÜK, Les Baillie, et al.. (2018). The identification of novel single nucleotide polymorphisms to assist in mapping the spread of Bacillus anthracis across the Southern Caucasus. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 11254–11254. 5 indexed citations

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Wölfel, Silke, Stephanie Speck, Sandra Eßbauer, et al.. (2016). High seroprevalence for indigenous spotted fever group rickettsiae in forestry workers from the federal state of Brandenburg, Eastern Germany. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases. 8(1). 132–138. 17 indexed citations

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Grass, Gregor, et al.. (2015). Technical Note: Simple, scalable, and sensitive protocol for retrieving Bacillus anthracis (and other live bacteria) from heroin. Forensic Science International. 259. 32–35. 2 indexed citations

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Diers, Johannes, et al.. (2015). Mobile laboratories for rapid deployment and their contribution to the containment of emerging diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa, illustrated by the example of Ebola virus disease. Médecine et Santé Tropicales. 25(3). 229–233. 6 indexed citations

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Imnadze, Paata, Tengiz Tsertsvadze, Danielle V. Clark, et al.. (2014). Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Cases in the Country of Georgia: Acute Febrile Illness Surveillance Study Results. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 91(2). 246–248. 12 indexed citations

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Dobler, Gerhard, et al.. (2008). Häufigkeit des Frühsommer-Meningoenzephalitis-Virus und von Rickettsien in Zecken aus dem Burgenland (Österreich). Wiener klinische Wochenschrift. 120(S4). 45–48. 14 indexed citations

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Kampen, Helge, et al.. (2007). Detection of a questing Hyalomma marginatum marginatum adult female (Acari, Ixodidae) in southern Germany. Experimental and Applied Acarology. 43(3). 227–231. 51 indexed citations

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