Thomas Krieg

28.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
296 papers, 20.3k citations indexed

About

Thomas Krieg is a scholar working on Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Dermatology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Krieg has authored 296 papers receiving a total of 20.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 100 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine, 78 papers in Dermatology and 77 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Thomas Krieg's work include Systemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases (78 papers), Skin and Cellular Biology Research (56 papers) and Dermatologic Treatments and Research (45 papers). Thomas Krieg is often cited by papers focused on Systemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases (78 papers), Skin and Cellular Biology Research (56 papers) and Dermatologic Treatments and Research (45 papers). Thomas Krieg collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Thomas Krieg's co-authors include Hans Smola, Raúl Fleischmajer, Beate Eckes, Sabine Werner, S Jabłońska, N.R. Rowell, Frank A. Wollheim, Casilda G. Black, Thomas A. Medsger and E. Carwile LeRoy and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Krieg

289 papers receiving 19.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Scleroderma (systemic sclerosis): classification, subsets and pathogenesis

2001 2.9k citations Thomas Krieg et al. profile →
Scleroderma

2009 1.0k citations Thomas Krieg et al. profile →
Keratinocyte–Fibroblast Interactions in Wound Healing

2007 983 citations Sabine Werner, Thomas Krieg et al. Journal of Investigative Dermatology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas Krieg Germany	69	6.5k	5.5k	4.2k	4.0k	3.2k	296	20.3k
Sergio A. Jiménez United States	78	6.1k 0.9×	6.0k 1.1×	2.5k 0.6×	2.7k 0.7×	2.2k 0.7×	390	20.9k
Jouni Uitto United States	98	7.5k 1.1×	12.0k 2.2×	5.7k 1.4×	1.7k 0.4×	16.5k 5.1×	812	37.2k
Hiroshi Shimizu Japan	59	4.3k 0.7×	3.7k 0.7×	2.9k 0.7×	1.3k 0.3×	4.4k 1.4×	538	14.2k
Koji Hashimoto Japan	60	2.2k 0.3×	4.3k 0.8×	1.3k 0.3×	3.0k 0.8×	1.3k 0.4×	288	15.4k
Giulio Gabbiani Switzerland	101	2.1k 0.3×	13.3k 2.4×	2.8k 0.7×	3.7k 0.9×	7.2k 2.2×	361	42.2k
Boris Hinz Canada	73	1.1k 0.2×	7.3k 1.3×	1.4k 0.3×	2.4k 0.6×	6.4k 2.0×	175	25.7k
Matthias Goebeler Germany	54	1.5k 0.2×	4.1k 0.7×	2.0k 0.5×	4.0k 1.0×	666 0.2×	306	12.0k
Raúl Fleischmajer United States	48	4.6k 0.7×	2.5k 0.4×	2.8k 0.7×	1.3k 0.3×	2.0k 0.6×	143	10.5k
Veli‐Matti Kähäri Finland	68	1.1k 0.2×	6.8k 1.2×	1.2k 0.3×	1.7k 0.4×	1.9k 0.6×	217	16.1k
Sem H. Phan United States	76	1.2k 0.2×	5.6k 1.0×	1.0k 0.2×	3.5k 0.9×	1.3k 0.4×	208	20.0k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas Krieg

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

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Li, Yinan, Andrea‐Hermina Györfi, Minrui Liang, et al.. (2025). Spatially informed phenotyping by cyclic-in-situ-hybridisation identifies novel fibroblast populations and their pathogenic niches in systemic sclerosis. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 84(11). 1852–1864. 1 indexed citations

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Willenborg, Sebastian, Katrin Schönborn, Takumi Yamane, et al.. (2025). Fibroblast‐Derived TGFβ1 Regulates Skin Repair and Fibrosis. Wound Repair and Regeneration. 33(4). e70065–e70065. 1 indexed citations

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Krieg, Thomas, et al.. (2024). Challenges and Pitfalls of Research Designs Involving Magnesium-Based Biomaterials: An Overview. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(11). 6242–6242. 9 indexed citations

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Roop, Dennis R., Thomas Krieg, Sabine Werner, et al.. (2024). Montagna Symposium on the Biology of Skin 70th Anniversary: Visualizing the Future!. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 144(10). 2120–2124. 1 indexed citations

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Schiavinato, Alvise, Alexandra V. Zuk, Sara F. Tufa, et al.. (2024). New insights into the structural role of EMILINs within the human skin microenvironment. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 30345–30345.

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Chaigne, Benjamin, Guilhem Clary, Morgane Le Gall, et al.. (2018). Proteomic Analysis of Human Scleroderma Fibroblasts Response to Transforming Growth Factor‐ß. PROTEOMICS - CLINICAL APPLICATIONS. 13(4). e1800069–e1800069. 7 indexed citations

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Schiller, Herbert B., Christoph H. Mayr, Gabriela Leuschner, et al.. (2017). Deep Proteome Profiling Reveals Common Prevalence of MZB1-Positive Plasma B Cells in Human Lung and Skin Fibrosis. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 196(10). 1298–1310. 70 indexed citations

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Smola, Hans, et al.. (2009). Alternative Proteolytic Processing of Hepatocyte Growth Factor during Wound Repair. American Journal Of Pathology. 174(6). 2116–2128. 56 indexed citations

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Hunzelmann, Nicolas, E. Genth, Thomas Krieg, et al.. (2008). Organspezifische Diagnostik von Patienten mit systemischer Sklerodermie. Zeitschrift für Rheumatologie. 67(4). 334–340. 13 indexed citations

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Pofahl, Ruth, Anna Chrostek‐Grashoff, Neil Smyth, et al.. (2007). Impaired epidermal wound healing in vivo upon inhibition or deletion of Rac1. Journal of Cell Science. 120(8). 1480–1490. 88 indexed citations

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Eming, Sabine A., et al.. (2007). Chronische Wunde : Neue Wege in Forschung und Therapie. Der Hautarzt. 58(11). 939–944. 1 indexed citations

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Keß, Daniel, Anna-Karin B. Lindqvist, Thorsten Peters, et al.. (2006). Identification of Susceptibility Loci for Skin Disease in a Murine Psoriasis Model. The Journal of Immunology. 177(7). 4612–4619. 7 indexed citations

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Brinckmann, Jürgen, Dieter P. Reinhardt, Eric Metzen, et al.. (2005). Interleukin 4 and prolonged hypoxia induce a higher gene expression of lysyl hydroxylase 2 and an altered cross-link pattern: Important pathogenetic steps in early and late stage of systemic scleroderma?. Matrix Biology. 24(7). 459–468. 60 indexed citations

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Lauer, Gereon, Stephan Sollberg, Melanie Cole, et al.. (2000). Expression and Proteolysis of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor is Increased in Chronic Wounds. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 115(1). 12–18. 286 indexed citations

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Schmitt, Cornelia, M. Pollok, B. Krug, et al.. (1998). Highly sensitive DNA typing for detecting tumors transmitted by transplantation. Transplant International. 11(5). 382–386. 12 indexed citations

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Schmitt, Cornelia, M. Pollok, B. Krug, et al.. (1998). Highly sensitive DNA typing for detecting tumors transmitted by transplantation. Transplant International. 11(5). 382–386. 11 indexed citations

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Neugebauer, P., Bernd Bonnekoh, Andrea Wevers, et al.. (1996). Human keratinocyte culture from the peritonsillar mucosa. European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology. 253(4-5). 245–51. 13 indexed citations

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Hafner, Martin, et al.. (1995). A purine-rich sequence in the human BM-40 gene promoter region is a prerequisite for maximum transcription. Matrix Biology. 14(9). 733–741. 24 indexed citations

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Hein, R., et al.. (1994). Immunohistochemical demonstration of myoepithelial cells in sweat gland carcinomas. British Journal of Dermatology. 130(4). 432–437. 17 indexed citations

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Krieg, Thomas & Peter Müller. (1977). The marfan's syndrome. In vitro study of collagen metabolism in tissue specimens of the aorta.. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 45(3-4). 207–21. 26 indexed citations

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