Urs Widmer

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
49 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Urs Widmer is a scholar working on Physiology, Surgery and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Urs Widmer has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Physiology, 10 papers in Surgery and 10 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Urs Widmer's work include Lysosomal Storage Disorders Research (14 papers), Cellular transport and secretion (7 papers) and Trypanosoma species research and implications (6 papers). Urs Widmer is often cited by papers focused on Lysosomal Storage Disorders Research (14 papers), Cellular transport and secretion (7 papers) and Trypanosoma species research and implications (6 papers). Urs Widmer collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Austria and United Kingdom. Urs Widmer's co-authors include Michael Beck, Gere Sunder‐Plassmann, Atul Mehta, Markus Ries, Aleš Linhart, Anthony Cerami, Barbara Sherry, Kirk R. Manogue, A. García de Lorenzo and F. Dehout and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Circulation and The Journal of Immunology.

In The Last Decade

Urs Widmer

46 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

Fabry disease defined: baseline clinical manifestations o... 2004 2026 2011 2018 2004 200 400 600
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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.

  1. Fabry disease defined: baseline clinical manifestations of 366 patients in the Fabry Outcome Survey
    2004 601 citations Atul Mehta, Renato Pietro Ricci et al. European Journal of Clinical Investigation profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Urs Widmer Switzerland 18 1.0k 517 385 313 308 49 1.8k
T Orii Japan 29 1.4k 1.4× 532 1.0× 408 1.1× 188 0.6× 1.2k 3.9× 102 2.9k
Daniela Concolino Italy 24 661 0.6× 328 0.6× 260 0.7× 171 0.5× 630 2.0× 130 1.9k
Adriana M. Montaño United States 33 2.3k 2.3× 1.1k 2.1× 757 2.0× 430 1.4× 508 1.6× 79 2.9k
Ari Zimran Israel 29 2.9k 2.8× 1.0k 1.9× 188 0.5× 1.5k 4.9× 1.2k 4.0× 116 3.5k
Erik A. Eklund Sweden 21 303 0.3× 127 0.2× 93 0.2× 280 0.9× 1.0k 3.3× 70 1.7k
Susan P. Perrine United States 31 515 0.5× 239 0.5× 123 0.3× 122 0.4× 1.5k 5.0× 88 3.5k
Catherine Groden United States 15 226 0.2× 301 0.6× 100 0.3× 138 0.4× 257 0.8× 28 1.5k
Sverre O. Lie Norway 24 255 0.2× 183 0.4× 98 0.3× 100 0.3× 703 2.3× 100 2.2k
Harold M. Nitowsky United States 28 367 0.4× 159 0.3× 280 0.7× 93 0.3× 1.0k 3.3× 82 2.8k
Paul S. Yamauchi United States 29 394 0.4× 338 0.7× 368 1.0× 215 0.7× 228 0.7× 94 2.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Urs Widmer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Urs Widmer

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

All Works

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Huynh‐Do, Uyen, Urs Widmer, Huguette Debaix, et al.. (2017). Impact of cardio-renal syndrome on adverse outcomes in patients with Fabry disease in a long-term follow-up. International Journal of Cardiology. 249. 261–267. 21 indexed citations
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May, Margaret, Urs Widmer, Andrew Phillips, et al.. (2013). Insurability of HIV-positive people treated with antiretroviral therapy in Europe. AIDS. 27(10). 1641–1655. 8 indexed citations
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Palla, Antonio, Stefan Hegemann, Urs Widmer, & Dominik Straumann. (2007). Vestibular and auditory deficits in Fabry disease and their response to enzyme replacement therapy. Journal of Neurology. 254(10). 1433–1442. 36 indexed citations
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Juli, Christoph, Salome Ryf, Urs Widmer, et al.. (2007). Altered Myocardial Motion Pattern in Fabry Patients Assessed with CMR-Tagging. Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance. 9(6). 891–898. 6 indexed citations
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Cybulla, Markus, Walter K.K. Ho, H. Neumann, et al.. (2007). Morbus Fabry: Demografische Übersicht seit Einführung der Enzymersatztherapie. DMW - Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift. 132(28/29). 1505–1509. 8 indexed citations
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Schwarting, Andreas, Sandro Feriozzi, Michael Møller Bech, et al.. (2005). Agalsidase alfa prevents the decline in renal function in patients with Fabry disease.. UCL Discovery (University College London). 1 indexed citations
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Dehout, F., Andreas Schwarting, A. García de Lorenzo, et al.. (2005). Anemia is a new complication in Fabry disease: Data from the Fabry Outcome Survey. Kidney International. 67(5). 1955–1960. 25 indexed citations
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Jansen, Thomas, et al.. (2004). The Fabry Outcome Survey is a useful tool to document the natural history of Fabry disease. UCL Discovery (University College London). 1 indexed citations
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Barbey, Frédéric, Daniel Hayoz, Urs Widmer, & Michel Burnier. (2004). Efficacy of Enzyme Replacement Therapy in Fabry Disease. PubMed. 2(4). 277–286. 17 indexed citations
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Hechelhammer, Lukas, David W. Crook, Urs Widmer, Simon Wildermuth, & Thomas Pfammatter. (2004). Thrombosis of a Superior Mesenteric Vein Aneurysm: Transarterial Thrombolysis and Transhepatic Aspiration Thrombectomy. CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology. 27(5). 551–5. 14 indexed citations
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Mehta, Atul, Renato Pietro Ricci, Urs Widmer, et al.. (2004). Fabry disease defined: baseline clinical manifestations of 366 patients in the Fabry Outcome Survey. European Journal of Clinical Investigation. 34(3). 236–242. 601 indexed citations breakdown →
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Amann‐Vesti, Beatrice, et al.. (2003). Severe Lymphatic Microangiopathy in Fabry Disease. Lymphatic Research and Biology. 1(3). 185–189. 24 indexed citations
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Mueller, Nicolas J., Peter W. Schiller, Norikazu Shimizu, et al.. (2002). Factor VII Deficiency and a Copper Metabolism Disorder in a Patient with Klippel-Trenaunay Syndrome. Dermatology. 204(3). 244–247. 4 indexed citations
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Yang, Jiang-Yan, Katharina‐Susanne Spanaus, & Urs Widmer. (2000). CLONING, CHARACTERIZATION AND GENOMIC ORGANIZATION OF LCC-1 (SCYA16), A NOVEL HUMAN CC CHEMOKINE EXPRESSED IN LIVER. Cytokine. 12(2). 101–109. 10 indexed citations
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Widmer, Urs, et al.. (1999). Vor uns die Sintflut. World Literature Today. 73(3). 520–520.
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Walder, Bernhard, et al.. (1998). Genetic heterogeneity in the renin-angiotensin system and the risk of diabetic nephropathy: association with the angiotensinogen gene, but not with the ACE gene. Journal of clinical and basic cardiology. 1(1). 55–58. 3 indexed citations
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Zaugg, Michael, Vladimir Kaplan, Urs Widmer, P C Baumann, & Erich W. Russi. (1998). Fatal Air Embolism in an Airplane Passenger with a Giant Intrapulmonary Bronchogenic Cyst. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 157(5). 1686–1689. 38 indexed citations
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Widmer, Urs, et al.. (1997). Native and prosthetic valve endocarditis caused byRothia dentocariosa: Diagnostic and therapeutic considerations. Infection. 25(1). 22–26. 31 indexed citations
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Widmer, Urs & Gian Paolo Lorenzi. (1971). Conformation in Solution of Some Oligomeric Peptides Derived from L-lsoleucine. CHIMIA International Journal for Chemistry. 25(7). 236–236. 1 indexed citations
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Widmer, Urs. (1966). 1945 oder Die 'Neue Sprache'. 2 indexed citations

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