Stefan Schunk

2.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
43 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Stefan Schunk is a scholar working on Nephrology, Molecular Biology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Stefan Schunk has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Nephrology, 10 papers in Molecular Biology and 8 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Stefan Schunk's work include Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes (7 papers), Dialysis and Renal Disease Management (7 papers) and Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies (3 papers). Stefan Schunk is often cited by papers focused on Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes (7 papers), Dialysis and Renal Disease Management (7 papers) and Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies (3 papers). Stefan Schunk collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Stefan Schunk's co-authors include Danilo Fliser, Thimoteus Speer, Jürgen Floege, Dieter Enders, Paul M. Ridker, Oliver Schwarz, Stefanie Dimmeler, Heino Prinz, Herbert Waldmann and Krishna Saxena and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Lancet and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Stefan Schunk

38 papers receiving 1.6k 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.

WNT–β-catenin signalling — a versatile player in kidney injury and repair

2020 303 citations Stefan Schunk, Jürgen Floege et al. Nature Reviews Nephrology profile →
Targeting innate immunity-driven inflammation in CKD and cardiovascular disease

2022 135 citations Thimoteus Speer, Stefanie Dimmeler et al. Nature Reviews Nephrology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Stefan Schunk Germany	19	702	409	329	210	197	43	1.6k
Melanie Chin United States	17	1.0k 1.5×	443 1.1×	78 0.2×	185 0.9×	154 0.8×	59	1.9k
Gaoyun Hu China	25	705 1.0×	207 0.5×	289 0.9×	102 0.5×	37 0.2×	99	1.7k
Sibylle Hess Germany	14	370 0.5×	129 0.3×	124 0.4×	272 1.3×	73 0.4×	28	1.2k
Demetrios Vlahakos Greece	26	392 0.6×	337 0.8×	74 0.2×	98 0.5×	63 0.3×	71	1.8k
Terrance D. Barrett United States	17	557 0.8×	168 0.4×	97 0.3×	98 0.5×	78 0.4×	43	1.6k
Laine J. Murphey United States	24	325 0.5×	186 0.5×	61 0.2×	149 0.7×	94 0.5×	38	1.8k
Ellen G. McMahon United States	23	781 1.1×	147 0.4×	160 0.5×	425 2.0×	108 0.5×	45	2.1k
Naoki Ashizawa Japan	17	308 0.4×	410 1.0×	100 0.3×	108 0.5×	45 0.2×	69	932
Timothy J. Furlong Australia	14	1.0k 1.5×	130 0.3×	50 0.2×	154 0.7×	114 0.6×	31	1.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stefan Schunk

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Schunk, Stefan, Susanne Eder, Johannes Leierer, et al.. (2025). Dickkopf-3 (DKK3) and the Progression of Diabetic Kidney Disease in Primary Health Care. Diabetes. 75(1). 144–153. 1 indexed citations

Hellwig, Michael, et al.. (2025). Sex-specific differences of advanced glycation end products in diabetes. Nutrition and Diabetes. 15(1). 27–27.

Rother, Sandra, Stefan Schunk, Letícia Prates Roma, et al.. (2025). Heparan sulfate fine-tuned interleukin-1 (IL-1) signaling inhibits insulin secretion of grafted pancreatic islets. Science Advances. 11(32). eady8566–eady8566.

Jankowski, Joachim, Sanne L. Maas, Juliane Hermann, et al.. (2025). Guanidinylation compromises the anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidative properties of apolipoprotein A-I in chronic kidney disease progression. Kidney International. 107(5). 916–929. 1 indexed citations

Forni, Lui G., Filippo Aucella, Gabriella Bottari, et al.. (2024). Hemoadsorption therapy for myoglobin removal in rhabdomyolysis: consensus of the hemoadsorption in rhabdomyolysis task force. BMC Nephrology. 25(1). 247–247. 10 indexed citations

Schunk, Stefan, et al.. (2024). Increased cardiovascular risk in patients with chronic kidney disease. Herz. 49(2). 95–104. 19 indexed citations

Frisch, Janina, Simina‐Ramona Selejan, Jutta Engel, et al.. (2024). Purinergic receptor P2X7 regulates interleukin-1α mediated inflammation in chronic kidney disease in a reactive oxygen species-dependent manner. Kidney International. 107(3). 457–475. 5 indexed citations

Arjune, Sita, Martin R. Späth, Stefan Schunk, et al.. (2023). DKK3 as a potential novel biomarker in patients with autosomal polycystic kidney disease. Clinical Kidney Journal. 17(1). sfad262–sfad262. 6 indexed citations

Speer, Thimoteus, Stefanie Dimmeler, Stefan Schunk, Danilo Fliser, & Paul M. Ridker. (2022). Targeting innate immunity-driven inflammation in CKD and cardiovascular disease. Nature Reviews Nephrology. 18(12). 762–778. 135 indexed citations breakdown →

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Radhakrishnan, Kamalakannan, Yong‐Hoon Kim, Yoon Seok Jung, et al.. (2021). Orphan nuclear receptor ERR-γ regulates hepatic FGF23 production in acute kidney injury. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(16). 21 indexed citations

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Husain‐Syed, Faeq, Gianluca Villa, Jochen Wilhelm, et al.. (2021). Renal markers for monitoring acute kidney injury transition to chronic kidney disease after COVID-19. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation. 36(11). 2143–2147. 6 indexed citations

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Solomayer, Erich‐Franz, et al.. (2021). Acute Sheehan’s syndrome manifesting initially with diabetes insipidus postpartum: a case report and systematic literature review. Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics. 306(3). 699–706. 7 indexed citations

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Schunk, Stefan, Jürgen Floege, Danilo Fliser, & Thimoteus Speer. (2020). WNT–β-catenin signalling — a versatile player in kidney injury and repair. Nature Reviews Nephrology. 17(3). 172–184. 303 indexed citations breakdown →

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Schunk, Stefan, Thimoteus Speer, & Danilo Fliser. (2020). Heart and kidney disease: a cardiovascular high-risk constellation. Herz. 46(3). 206–211.

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Schunk, Stefan, Alexander Zarbock, Melanie Meersch, et al.. (2019). Association between urinary dickkopf-3, acute kidney injury, and subsequent loss of kidney function in patients undergoing cardiac surgery: an observational cohort study. The Lancet. 394(10197). 488–496. 113 indexed citations

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Patel, Ryan, Kris Rutten, Klaus Schiene, et al.. (2015). Electrophysiological characterization of activation state-dependent Cav2 channel antagonist TROX-1 in spinal nerve injured rats. Neuroscience. 297. 47–57. 17 indexed citations

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Schunk, Stefan, Klaus Linz, Claudia Hinze, et al.. (2014). Discovery of Spiro[cyclohexane-dihydropyrano[3,4-b]indole]-amines as Potent NOP and Opioid Receptor Agonists. ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 5(8). 851–856. 29 indexed citations

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Gao, Zhanghua, et al.. (2009). A Synthesis of an Ionomycin Calcium Complex. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 48(27). 5022–5025. 31 indexed citations

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Gao, Zhanghua, et al.. (2009). A Synthesis of an Ionomycin Calcium Complex. Angewandte Chemie. 121(27). 5122–5125. 14 indexed citations

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Kocieński, Philip, et al.. (2006). Synthesis of the C1–C16 fragment of ionomycin using a neutral (η³-allyl)iron complex. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 4(17). 3325–3336. 15 indexed citations

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