Stefan Pilz

36.2k citations

369 papers · 17.1k indexed · 5 hit papers · h-index 71

Impact in

Pathology and Forensic Medicine top 0.02%
- Vitamin D Research Studies
Nutrition and Dietetics top 0.05%
- Vitamin C and Antioxidants Research

Papers in

Pathology and Forensic Medicine 158
- Vitamin D Research Studies 154
Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 56
- Bone health and osteoporosis research 51

Co-authors: Winfried März Andreas Tomaschitz Armin Zittermann Bernhard O. Boehm Thomas R. Pieber Barbara Obermayer‐Pietsch Eberhard Ritz Christiane Drechsler
Journals: Nutrients (22 papers)European Heart Journal (13 papers)European Journal of Nutrition (12 papers)The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (11 papers)Atherosclerosis (7 papers)
Partner nations: Austria Germany Netherlands

In The Last Decade

Stefan Pilz

346 papers receiving 16.6k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories log scale

SARS-CoV-2 reinfections: Overview of efficacy and duration of natural and hybrid immunity 2022 · 132 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2022 Environmental Research
2022 Nutrients
2020 European Journal of Clinical Nutrition
2013 Autoimmunity Reviews
2012 Circulation Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes

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Co-authors

The 25 scholars most cited alongside Stefan Pilz, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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1	Genome-wide gene-environment interaction study uncovers 162 vitamin D status variants using a precise ambient UVB measure Nature Communications ·Rasha Shraim, Maria Timofeeva, Cathy Wyse, Jos van Geffen, Michiel van Weele, Román Romero‐Ortuño, Lorna M. Lopez, Marcus E. Kleber, Stefan Pilz, Winfried März, Benjamin S. Fletcher, James F. Wilson, Evropi Τheodoratou, Malcolm G. Dunlop, Ross McManus, Lina Zgaga	2025	0
2	Advances in the clinical management of parathyroid disorders: report from the 2024 workshop by the ESE educational program on parathyroid disorders European Journal of Endocrinology ·Luís Cardoso, Lars Rolighed, Karin Amrein, Stefan Pilz, Line Underbjerg, Mikkel Pretorius, Filomena Cetani, Alexandra Zahn, Martin Almquist, Özer Makay, Claudio Marcocci, Lars Rejnmark, Heide Siggelkow, Elena Tsourdi, Peter Kamenický, Jens Bollerslev	2025	0
3	The role of functional vitamin D deficiency and low vitamin D reservoirs in relation to cardiovascular health and mortality Clinica Chimica Acta ·Markus Herrmann, Martin H. Keppel, Sieglinde Zelzer, Stefan Pilz, Hubert Scharnagl, Marcus E. Kleber, W. März	2024	1
4	Rebound hypercalcemia after denosumab cessation during follow-up after surgical treatment for parathyroid carcinoma: case report and literature review Archives of Endocrinology and Metabolism ·Lisa Schmitt, Verena Theiler‐Schwetz, Patrick Sadoghi, Christian Trummer, Stefan Pilz	2024	1
5	Associations between total, free and bioavailable 25-hydroxyvitamin D forms with adiponectin and irisin in maternal-neonatal pairs at birth from Greece Frontiers in Endocrinology ·Tarek Ziad Arabi, Hana Fakhoury, Hani Tamim, Rene F. Chun, Martin Hewison, Fatme Al Anouti, Stefan Pilz, Cédric Annweiler, Georgios Tzimagiorgis, Costas Haitoglou, Spyridon Ν. Karras	2024	0
6	Association between magnesium and vitamin D status in adults with high prevalence of vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency European Journal of Nutrition ·Armin Zittermann, Sieglinde Zelzer, Marcus E. Kleber, (unknown), (unknown), Stefan Pilz	2024	2
7	Classification of Vitamin D Status Based on Vitamin D Metabolism: A Randomized Controlled Trial in Hypertensive Patients Nutrients ·Sieglinde Zelzer, Andreas Meinitzer, Dietmar Enko, Martin H. Keppel, Markus Herrmann, Verena Theiler‐Schwetz, Christian Trummer, Lisa Schmitt, Andreas Tomaschitz, Patrick Sadoghi, Jutta Dierkes, Paweł Płudowski, Armin Zittermann, Winfried März, Stefan Pilz	2024	3
8	Associations of Parameters of the Tryptophan–Kynurenine Pathway with Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Hypertensive Patients Nutrients ·Verena Theiler‐Schwetz, Christian Trummer, Martin Grübler, Martin H. Keppel, Armin Zittermann, Andreas Tomaschitz, Winfried März, Andreas Meinitzer, Stefan Pilz	2023	5
9	Associations of free, bioavailable and total 25-hydroxyvitamin D with neonatal birth anthropometry and calcium homoeostasis in mother–child pairs in a sunny Mediterranean region British Journal Of Nutrition ·Hana Fakhoury, Tarek Ziad Arabi, Hani Tamim, Rene F. Chun, William B. Grant, Martin Hewison, Fatme Al Anouti, Stefan Pilz, Cédric Annweiler, Georgios Tzimagiorgis, Costas Haitoglou, Spyridon Ν. Karras	2023	1
10	Functional Assessment of Vitamin D Status by a Novel Metabolic Approach: The Low Vitamin D Profile Concept Clinical Chemistry ·Markus Herrmann, Sieglinde Zelzer, Étienne Cavalier, Marcus E. Kleber, Camilla Drexler, Peter Schlenke, Pero Curcic, Martin H. Keppel, Dietmar Enko, Hubert Scharnagl, Stefan Pilz, Winfried März	2023	15
11	Upregulation of Irisin and Vitamin D-Binding Protein Concentrations by Increasing Maternal 25-Hydrovitamin D Concentrations in Combination with Specific Genotypes of Vitamin D-Binding Protein Polymorphisms Nutrients ·Spyridon Ν. Karras, Erdinç Dursun, Merve Alaylıoğlu, Duygu Gezen‐Ak, Fatme Al Anouti, Stefan Pilz, Paweł Płudowski, Edward B. Jude, Kalliopi Kotsa	2021	2
12	SARS‐CoV‐2 re‐infection risk in Austria European Journal of Clinical Investigation ·Stefan Pilz, Ali Chakeri, John P. A. Ioannidis, Lukas Richter, Verena Theiler‐Schwetz, Christian Trummer, Robert Krause, Franz Allerberger	2021	107
13	The effect of vitamin D on fibroblast growth factor 23: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials European Journal of Clinical Nutrition ·Armin Zittermann, Heiner K. Berthold, Stefan Pilz	2020	34
14	Vitamin D supplementation after the menopause Therapeutic Advances in Endocrinology and Metabolism ·Faustino R. Pérez‐López, Peter Chedraui, Stefan Pilz	2020	26
15	Zinc Inhibits Phosphate-Induced Vascular Calcification through TNFAIP3-Mediated Suppression of NF-κB Journal of the American Society of Nephrology ·Jakob Voelkl, Rashad Tuffaha, Trang T. D. Luong, Daniel Zickler, Jaber Masyout, Martina Feger, Nicolas Verheyen, Florian Blaschke, Makoto Kuro‐o, Andreas Tomaschitz, Stefan Pilz, Andreas Pasch, Kai‐Uwe Eckardt, J E Scherberich, Florian Läng, Burkert Pieske, Ioana Alesutan	2018	131
16	C-Reactive Protein Predicts Mortality in Patients Referred for Coronary Angiography and Symptoms of Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction European Journal of Heart Failure ·Lorenz Koller, Marcus E. Kleber, Georg Goliasch, Patrick Sulzgruber, Hubert Scharnagl, Günther Silbernagel, Tanja B. Grammer, Gerzón E. Delgado, Andreas Tomaschitz, Stefan Pilz, Winfried März, Alexander Niessner	2014	54
17	Vitamin D Levels Predict All-Cause and Cardiovascular Disease Mortality in Subjects With the Metabolic Syndrome Diabetes Care ·G. Neil Thomas, Bríain ó Hartaigh, Jos A. Bosch, Stefan Pilz, Adrian Loerbroks, Marcus E. Kleber, Joachim E. Fischer, Tanja B. Grammer, Bernhard Böhm, Winfried März	2012	92
18	Low Free Testosterone is Associated with Heart Failure Mortality in Older Men Referred for Coronary Angiography European Journal of Heart Failure ·Elisabeth Wehr, Stefan Pilz, Bernhard O. Boehm, Winfried März, Tanja B. Grammer, Barbara Obermayer‐Pietsch	2011	69
19	Homoarginine, Heart Failure, and Sudden Cardiac Death in Haemodialysis Patients European Journal of Heart Failure ·Christiane Drechsler, Andreas Meinitzer, Stefan Pilz, Vera Krane, Andreas Tomaschitz, Eberhard Ritz, Winfried März, Christoph Wanner	2011	61
20	Vitamin D deficiency and myocardial structure and function in older men and women: The Hoorn Study Journal of Endocrinological Investigation ·Stefan Pilz, Ronald M.A. Henry, Marieke B. Snijder, Rob M. van Dam, Giel Nijpels, Coen D.A. Stehouwer, Otto Kamp, Andreas Tomaschitz, Thomas R. Pieber, Joost Dekker	2010	28

About Stefan Pilz

Stefan Pilz is a scholar working on Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Nephrology and Nutrition and Dietetics, having authored 369 papers that have together received 17.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Vitamin D Research Studies (154 papers), Bone health and osteoporosis research (51 papers), Vitamin C and Antioxidants Research (51 papers), Hormonal Regulation and Hypertension (46 papers), Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies (31 papers), Parathyroid Disorders and Treatments (30 papers), Thyroid Disorders and Treatments (19 papers) and Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (16 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Pathology and Forensic Medicine (8.3k citations), Nutrition and Dietetics (4.0k citations), Orthopedics and Sports Medicine (2.2k citations), Nephrology (1.7k citations) and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism (2.4k citations). Stefan Pilz has collaborated with scholars based in Austria, Germany and Netherlands. Frequent co-authors include Winfried März, Andreas Tomaschitz, Armin Zittermann, Bernhard O. Boehm, Andreas Tomaschitz, Thomas R. Pieber, Barbara Obermayer‐Pietsch, Eberhard Ritz, Christiane Drechsler and Martin Grübler. Their work appears in journals such as Nutrients, European Heart Journal, European Journal of Nutrition, The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism and Atherosclerosis.

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