Ruth Dräger

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
17 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Ruth Dräger is a scholar working on Immunology, Epidemiology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Ruth Dräger has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Immunology, 4 papers in Epidemiology and 4 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Ruth Dräger's work include Immunodeficiency and Autoimmune Disorders (14 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (8 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (5 papers). Ruth Dräger is often cited by papers focused on Immunodeficiency and Autoimmune Disorders (14 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (8 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (5 papers). Ruth Dräger collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Czechia. Ruth Dräger's co-authors include Michael Schlesier, Klaus Warnatz, Hermann Eibel, Hans Peter, Guido Wolff-Vorbeck, Christoph Groth, Richard A. Kroczek, Axel Denz, Moritz Braun and Beate Fischer and has published in prestigious journals such as Blood, Nature Immunology and European Journal of Immunology.

In The Last Decade

Ruth Dräger

17 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

  1. Homozygous loss of ICOS is associated with adult-onset common variable immunodeficiency
    2003 534 citations Bodo Grimbacher, Andreas Hutloff et al. Nature Immunology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ruth Dräger Germany 11 1.3k 452 269 248 157 17 1.5k
Linda Monaco-Shawver United States 13 975 0.8× 186 0.4× 63 0.2× 61 0.2× 161 1.0× 16 1.2k
Christopher J. Lees United States 16 1.3k 1.0× 203 0.4× 31 0.1× 132 0.5× 382 2.4× 23 1.9k
Makoto Inaoki Japan 16 900 0.7× 85 0.2× 28 0.1× 204 0.8× 348 2.2× 41 1.6k
Eric Braakman Netherlands 24 801 0.6× 124 0.3× 73 0.3× 133 0.5× 279 1.8× 63 1.3k
Parth Shah United States 10 673 0.5× 90 0.2× 114 0.4× 29 0.1× 244 1.6× 58 1.1k
Judith Endres United States 20 672 0.5× 73 0.2× 53 0.2× 56 0.2× 273 1.7× 22 1.3k
Ali Dalloul France 19 828 0.7× 93 0.2× 35 0.1× 294 1.2× 239 1.5× 35 1.4k
Marc L. Turner United Kingdom 24 571 0.5× 179 0.4× 132 0.5× 191 0.8× 537 3.4× 54 1.6k
Yasushi Uemura Japan 21 690 0.6× 107 0.2× 38 0.1× 128 0.5× 531 3.4× 47 1.3k
Sabine Huenecke Germany 19 711 0.6× 102 0.2× 63 0.2× 143 0.6× 197 1.3× 53 1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Ruth Dräger

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ruth Dräger

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Ruth Dräger. 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 Ruth Dräger. The network helps show where Ruth Dräger may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ruth Dräger

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ruth Dräger. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ruth Dräger 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 Ruth Dräger. Ruth Dräger is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

17 of 17 papers shown
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Unger, Susanne, Maximilian Seidl, Annette Schmitt‐Graeff, et al.. (2014). Ill-Defined Germinal Centers and Severely Reduced Plasma Cells are Histological Hallmarks of Lymphadenopathy in Patients with Common Variable Immunodeficiency. Journal of Clinical Immunology. 34(6). 615–626. 44 indexed citations
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Schlesier, Michael, Hans Peter, Klaus Warnatz, et al.. (2013). classify a heterogeneous disease of patients with common variable immunodeficiency: a new approach to ) in subgroups - IgD - IgM + Severe deficiency of switched memory B cells (CD27. 1 indexed citations
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Milito, Cinzia, Hélène Martini, Michael Schlesier, et al.. (2012). Quantification of IgM and IgA Anti-Pneumococcal Capsular Polysaccharides by a New ELISA Assay: a Valuable Diagnostic and Prognostic Tool for Common Variable Immunodeficiency. Journal of Clinical Immunology. 33(4). 838–846. 28 indexed citations
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Grimbacher, Bodo, Andreas Hutloff, Michael Schlesier, et al.. (2003). Homozygous loss of ICOS is associated with adult-onset common variable immunodeficiency. Nature Immunology. 4(3). 261–268. 534 indexed citations breakdown →
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Groth, Christoph, Ruth Dräger, Klaus Warnatz, et al.. (2002). Impaired up-regulation of CD70 and CD86 in naive (CD27−) B cells from patients with common variable immunodeficiency (CVID). Clinical & Experimental Immunology. 129(1). 133–139. 41 indexed citations
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Mackensen, Andréas, Ruth Dräger, Michael Schlesier, Roland Mertelsmann, & A. Lindemann. (2000). Presence of IgE antibodies to bovine serum albumin in a patient developing anaphylaxis after vaccination with human peptide-pulsed dendritic cells. Cancer Immunology Immunotherapy. 49(3). 152–156. 198 indexed citations
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Moser, Charlotte A., Michael Schlesier, Ruth Dräger, Hermann Eibel, & H. H. Peter. (1997). Transient CD80 Expression Defect in a Patient with Variable Immunodeficiency and Cyclic Neutropenia. International Archives of Allergy and Immunology. 112(1). 96–99. 7 indexed citations
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Feske, Stefan, Judith M. Müller, Daniel Graf, et al.. (1996). Severe combined immunodeficiency due to defective binding of the nuclear factor of activated T cells in T lymphocytes of two male siblings. European Journal of Immunology. 26(9). 2119–2126. 100 indexed citations
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Jahreis, Angelika, et al.. (1993). Effects of interleukin 2 therapy in patients with common variable immunodeficiency (CVID).. PubMed. 4(1-4). 37–42. 1 indexed citations
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Schlesier, Michael, Charlotte M. Niemeyer, Ulrich Duffner, et al.. (1993). Primary severe immunodeficiency due to impaired signal transduction in T cells.. PubMed. 4(1-4). 133–6. 15 indexed citations
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Jahreis, Angelika, et al.. (1992). Possible role of IL-2 deficiency for hypogammaglobulinaemia in patients with common variable immunodeficiency. Clinical & Experimental Immunology. 89(2). 204–210. 31 indexed citations
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Schlesier, Michael, et al.. (1990). [Effects of IL-2 and IL-6 on the immunoglobulin synthesis of lymphocytes from CVID patients].. PubMed. 18(3). 93–5. 2 indexed citations
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Peest, D., et al.. (1984). [Terminal B-cell maturation and immunoglobulin synthesis in vitro in primary and secondary immune deficiencies].. PubMed. 12(2). 75–87. 4 indexed citations

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