Stefan Freigang

4.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
46 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Stefan Freigang is a scholar working on Immunology, Molecular Biology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Stefan Freigang has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Immunology, 13 papers in Molecular Biology and 10 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Stefan Freigang's work include Immune Cell Function and Interaction (19 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (11 papers) and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (6 papers). Stefan Freigang is often cited by papers focused on Immune Cell Function and Interaction (19 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (11 papers) and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (6 papers). Stefan Freigang collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Germany. Stefan Freigang's co-authors include Manfred Köpf, Christoph Schneider, Mai Matsushita, Georg W. Bornkamm, Marcus Conrad, Abdijapar Shamshiev, Wulf Palinski, Rolf M. Zinkernagel, Hans Hengartner and Martin Hersberger and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Stefan Freigang

45 papers receiving 3.5k 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.

T cell lipid peroxidation induces ferroptosis and prevents immunity to infection

2015 517 citations Mai Matsushita, Stefan Freigang et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Stefan Freigang Switzerland	29	2.0k	1.1k	633	447	374	46	3.5k
Zhenyu Li China	35	1.0k 0.5×	1.5k 1.4×	434 0.7×	551 1.2×	341 0.9×	119	4.7k
Whitney S. Helms United States	20	2.3k 1.2×	881 0.8×	261 0.4×	485 1.1×	278 0.7×	27	4.0k
Bing Wan China	27	878 0.4×	961 0.9×	394 0.6×	513 1.1×	322 0.9×	102	2.9k
Yongmei Hu China	23	1.2k 0.6×	1.2k 1.1×	242 0.4×	223 0.5×	209 0.6×	67	3.0k
Hiroyuki Yoneyama Japan	36	2.6k 1.3×	795 0.7×	979 1.5×	249 0.6×	189 0.5×	85	4.9k
Philipp J. Jost Germany	27	1.6k 0.8×	2.5k 2.3×	507 0.8×	465 1.0×	808 2.2×	108	4.5k
Takuya Miyagi Japan	34	1.8k 0.9×	1.3k 1.2×	1.0k 1.7×	161 0.4×	427 1.1×	104	4.0k
Heleen Scheerens United States	25	2.2k 1.1×	812 0.7×	318 0.5×	1.1k 2.4×	164 0.4×	40	4.9k
Anders Woetmann Denmark	41	2.4k 1.2×	1.5k 1.4×	913 1.4×	171 0.4×	431 1.2×	134	5.2k
Mi Heon Ryu South Korea	26	832 0.4×	1.1k 1.0×	287 0.5×	222 0.5×	207 0.6×	70	2.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Stefan Freigang

Since Specialization

Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Stefan Freigang'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 Stefan Freigang with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Stefan Freigang more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Stefan Freigang

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stefan Freigang

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Stefan Freigang. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Stefan Freigang 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 Stefan Freigang. Stefan Freigang 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

Bertschi, Nicole, Andrea Felser, Irene Keller, et al.. (2023). PPAR-γ regulates the effector function of human T helper 9 cells by promoting glycolysis. Nature Communications. 14(1). 2471–2471. 26 indexed citations

Genitsch, Vera, Geert van Geest, José A. Galván, et al.. (2023). Targeted removal of macrophage-secreted interleukin-1 receptor antagonist protects against lethal Candida albicans sepsis. Immunity. 56(8). 1743–1760.e9. 18 indexed citations

Matsushita, Mai, Jonathan Muri, Peter A. Bretscher, et al.. (2021). Differential sensitivity of inflammatory macrophages and alternatively activated macrophages to ferroptosis. European Journal of Immunology. 51(10). 2417–2429. 39 indexed citations

Jaeger-Ruckstuhl, Carla A., Magdalena Hinterbrandner, Sabine Höpner, et al.. (2020). TNIK signaling imprints CD8+ T cell memory formation early after priming. Nature Communications. 11(1). 1632–1632. 17 indexed citations

Sebastiano, Matteo Rossi, Florian H. Heidel, Tina M. Schnöder, et al.. (2020). PLCγ1 suppression promotes the adaptation of KRAS-mutant lung adenocarcinomas to hypoxia. Nature Cell Biology. 22(11). 1382–1395. 20 indexed citations

Bertschi, Nicole, et al.. (2019). 008 PPARγ regulates IL-9 expression in human TH2 cells by promoting glycolysis. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 139(9). S216–S216. 1 indexed citations

Weber, Benjamin, Silvia Rihs, Stefan Freigang, et al.. (2016). TREM-1 links dyslipidemia to inflammation and lipid deposition in atherosclerosis. Nature Communications. 7(1). 13151–13151. 79 indexed citations

Freigang, Stefan, et al.. (2016). Cyclopentenone-containing oxidized phospholipids and their isoprostanes as pro-resolving mediators of inflammation. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids. 1862(4). 382–392. 25 indexed citations

Bretscher, Peter A., Abdijapar Shamshiev, Martin Trötzmüller, et al.. (2015). Phospholipid oxidation generates potent anti‐inflammatory lipid mediators that mimic structurally related pro‐resolving eicosanoids by activating Nrf2. EMBO Molecular Medicine. 7(5). 593–607. 75 indexed citations

10.

Bretscher, Peter A., et al.. (2013). Synthesis of Epoxyisoprostanes: Effects in Reducing Secretion of Pro‐inflammatory Cytokines IL‐6 and IL‐12. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 52(20). 5382–5385. 45 indexed citations

11.

Freigang, Stefan, Franziska Ampenberger, Thirumala‐Devi Kanneganti, et al.. (2013). Fatty acid–induced mitochondrial uncoupling elicits inflammasome-independent IL-1α and sterile vascular inflammation in atherosclerosis. Nature Immunology. 14(10). 1045–1053. 254 indexed citations

12.

Freigang, Stefan, Elise Landais, Lisa Kain, et al.. (2012). Scavenger receptors target glycolipids for natural killer T cell activation. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 122(11). 3943–3954. 39 indexed citations

13.

Freigang, Stefan, Michele K. McKinney, Philippe Krebs, et al.. (2010). Fatty acid amide hydrolase shapes NKT cell responses by influencing the serum transport of lipid antigen in mice. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 120(6). 1873–1884. 25 indexed citations

14.

Fröhlich, Anja, Jan Kisielow, Stefan Freigang, et al.. (2009). IL-21R on T Cells Is Critical for Sustained Functionality and Control of Chronic Viral Infection. Science. 324(5934). 1576–1580. 366 indexed citations

15.

Palinski, Wulf, Tomoya Yamashita, Stefan Freigang, & Claudio Napoli. (2008). Developmental Programming: Maternal Hypercholesterolem and Immunity Influence Susceptibility to Atherosclerosis. Nutrition Reviews. 65(12 Pt 2). S182–S187. 29 indexed citations

16.

Liu, Yang, Shenglou Deng, Li Bai, et al.. (2008). Synthesis of diglycosylceramides and evaluation of their iNKT cell stimulatory properties. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 18(10). 3052–3055. 11 indexed citations

17.

Costantino, Valeria, Ernesto Fattorusso, Concetta Imperatore, et al.. (2007). Corrugoside, a new immunostimulatory α-galactoglycosphingolipid from the marine sponge Axinella corrugata. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 16(4). 2077–2085. 23 indexed citations

18.

Lang, Karl S., Mike Recher, Alexander A. Navarini, et al.. (2005). Requirement for Neutralizing Antibodies to Control Bone Marrow Transplantation-Associated Persistent Viral Infection and to Reduce Immunopathology. The Journal of Immunology. 175(8). 5524–5531.

19.

Abel, Bernd, Stefan Freigang, Martin F. Bachmann, Ursula Boschert, & Manfred Köpf. (2005). Osteopontin Is Not Required for the Development of Th1 Responses and Viral Immunity. The Journal of Immunology. 175(9). 6006–6013. 28 indexed citations

20.

Lang, Karl S., Mike Recher, Tobias Junt, et al.. (2005). Toll-like receptor engagement converts T-cell autoreactivity into overt autoimmune disease. Nature Medicine. 11(2). 138–145. 302 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