Samuel Schürch

8.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
96 papers, 6.3k citations indexed

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Samuel Schürch is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Samuel Schürch has authored 96 papers receiving a total of 6.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 72 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 15 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems and 11 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Samuel Schürch's work include Inhalation and Respiratory Drug Delivery (55 papers), Neonatal Respiratory Health Research (43 papers) and Neuroscience of respiration and sleep (15 papers). Samuel Schürch is often cited by papers focused on Inhalation and Respiratory Drug Delivery (55 papers), Neonatal Respiratory Health Research (43 papers) and Neuroscience of respiration and sleep (15 papers). Samuel Schürch collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Switzerland and United States. Samuel Schürch's co-authors include H Bachofen, Peter Gehr, Marianne Geiser, Barbara Rothen‐Rutishauser, Jon Goerke, Fred Possmayer, Nadine Kapp, Vinzenz Im Hof, Holger Schulz and Ewald R. Weibel and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Environmental Science & Technology and Circulation Research.

In The Last Decade

Samuel Schürch

96 papers receiving 6.1k 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.

Ultrafine Particles Cross Cellular Membranes by Nonphagocytic Mechanisms in Lungs and in Cultured Cells

2005 1.0k citations Marianne Geiser, Barbara Rothen‐Rutishauser et al. Environmental Health Perspectives profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Samuel Schürch Canada	40	3.5k	1.2k	1.0k	988	854	96	6.3k
Joseph D. Brain United States	55	3.5k 1.0×	2.0k 1.7×	998 1.0×	212 0.2×	1.3k 1.5×	230	9.5k
Christian Mühlfeld Germany	39	1.8k 0.5×	618 0.5×	796 0.8×	265 0.3×	1.3k 1.5×	168	5.4k
Teresa D. Tetley United Kingdom	44	1.8k 0.5×	743 0.6×	1.0k 1.0×	118 0.1×	1.2k 1.4×	134	5.3k
Robert R. Mercer United States	48	2.6k 0.8×	2.5k 2.1×	3.7k 3.6×	203 0.2×	1.2k 1.4×	121	8.6k
Andrij Holian United States	51	2.1k 0.6×	1.3k 1.1×	1.0k 1.0×	81 0.1×	2.0k 2.3×	201	7.0k
Yi Y. Zuo United States	42	1.8k 0.5×	267 0.2×	827 0.8×	220 0.2×	1.1k 1.2×	154	5.4k
Matthias Ochs Germany	43	4.3k 1.3×	402 0.3×	193 0.2×	614 0.6×	1.2k 1.4×	194	7.2k
Arnold R. Brody United States	53	4.9k 1.4×	1.1k 0.9×	499 0.5×	129 0.1×	1.7k 2.0×	193	8.4k
Edward D. Crandall United States	51	3.5k 1.0×	219 0.2×	249 0.2×	492 0.5×	3.3k 3.8×	161	7.3k
Yasuo Morimoto Japan	36	1.0k 0.3×	1.3k 1.1×	1.4k 1.4×	98 0.1×	715 0.8×	251	4.3k

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Geiser, Marianne, Barbara Rothen‐Rutishauser, Nadine Kapp, et al.. (2006). Ultrafine Particles: Geiser et al. Respond. Environmental Health Perspectives. 114(4). A212–A213. 2 indexed citations

Miller, Natalie J., Anthony D. Postle, Samuel Schürch, et al.. (2005). The development of the pulmonary surfactant system in California sea lions. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Molecular & Integrative Physiology. 141(2). 191–199. 21 indexed citations

Schürch, Samuel, Stephen Bjarnason, Stephen S. Leonard, et al.. (2004). Comparison of inhibitory effects of oxygen radicals and calf serum protein on surfactant activity. Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry. 259(1-2). 15–22. 14 indexed citations

Martinez, Francisco Eulógio, James F. Lewis, Ian B. Copland, et al.. (2004). Mechanical Ventilation Effect on Surfactant Content, Function, and Lung Compliance in the Newborn Rat. Pediatric Research. 56(1). 19–25. 15 indexed citations

Codd, Jonathan R., Sandra Orgeig, Christopher B. Daniels, & Samuel Schürch. (2003). Alterations in surface activity of pulmonary surfactant in Gould’s wattled bat during rapid arousal from torpor. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 308(3). 463–468. 11 indexed citations

Geiser, Marianne, et al.. (2003). Influence of airspace geometry and surfactant on the retention of man-made vitreous fibers (MMVF 10a).. Environmental Health Perspectives. 111(7). 895–901. 21 indexed citations

Gustafsson, Magnus, et al.. (2001). Surface activity and film formation from the surface associated material of artificial surfactant preparations. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes. 1510(1-2). 106–117. 7 indexed citations

Schürch, Samuel, H Bachofen, & Fred Possmayer. (2001). Surface activity in situ, in vivo, and in the captive bubble surfactometer. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Molecular & Integrative Physiology. 129(1). 195–207. 81 indexed citations

Gehr, Peter, et al.. (1999). Structures of surfactant films: a scanning force microscopy study. European Respiratory Journal. 14(6). 1290–1296. 32 indexed citations

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Schürch, Samuel, Francis H. Y. Green, & H Bachofen. (1998). Formation and structure of surface films: captive bubble surfactometry. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease. 1408(2-3). 180–202. 204 indexed citations

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McMillan, Douglas, Nalini Singhal, Arvind Kumar Shukla, & Samuel Schürch. (1998). Tracheal aspirate surface tension in babies with hyaline membrane disease: Effects of synthetic surfactant replacement. Pediatric Pulmonology. 26(3). 173–182. 5 indexed citations

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Gehr, Peter, et al.. (1996). Airway Surfactant, a Primary Defense Barrier: Mechanical and Immunological Aspects. Journal of Aerosol Medicine. 9(2). 163–181. 75 indexed citations

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Schürch, Samuel, et al.. (1994). Exogenous surfactant enhances mucociliary clearance in the anaesthetized dog. European Respiratory Journal. 7(9). 1616–1621. 54 indexed citations

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Schoel, W. Michael, Samuel Schürch, & Jon Goerke. (1994). The captive bubble method for the evaluation of pulmonary surfactant: surface tension, area, and volume calculations. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects. 1200(3). 281–290. 116 indexed citations

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Bachofen, H, Samuel Schürch, & Ewald R. Weibel. (1993). Experimental Hydrostatic Pulmonary Edema in Rabbit Lungs: Barrier Lesions. American Review of Respiratory Disease. 147(4). 997–1004. 76 indexed citations

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Green, Francis H. Y., et al.. (1993). A study of surface property changes in rat mesothelial cells induced by asbestos using aqueous two-phase polymer solutions. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease. 1181(3). 223–232. 4 indexed citations

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Bachofen, H, Samuel Schürch, René P. Michel, & Ewald R. Weibel. (1993). Experimental Hydrostatic Pulmonary Edema in Rabbit Lungs: Morphology. American Review of Respiratory Disease. 147(4). 989–996. 82 indexed citations

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Schürch, Samuel, H Bachofen, Jon Goerke, & Francis Green. (1992). Surface properties of rat pulmonary surfactant studied with the captive bubble method: adsorption, hysteresis, stability. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes. 1103(1). 127–136. 118 indexed citations

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Gehr, Peter, Vinzenz Im Hof, Marianne Geiser, & Samuel Schürch. (1991). The Fate of Particles Deposited in the Intrapulmonary Conducting Airways. Journal of Aerosol Medicine. 4(4). 349–361. 17 indexed citations

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Schürch, Samuel, et al.. (1990). Surfactant displaces particles toward the epithelium in airways and alveoli. Respiration Physiology. 80(1). 17–32. 234 indexed citations

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