Walter Mihatsch

5.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
60 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Walter Mihatsch is a scholar working on Nutrition and Dietetics, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Walter Mihatsch has authored 60 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics, 16 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 12 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Walter Mihatsch's work include Infant Nutrition and Health (28 papers), Neonatal Respiratory Health Research (10 papers) and Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues (9 papers). Walter Mihatsch is often cited by papers focused on Infant Nutrition and Health (28 papers), Neonatal Respiratory Health Research (10 papers) and Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues (9 papers). Walter Mihatsch collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Netherlands and France. Walter Mihatsch's co-authors include Christian Braegger, Johannes B. van Goudoever, Dominique Turck, Cristina Campoy, Mary Fewtrell, Magnus Domellöf, Christian Mølgaard, Iva Hojsak, Támas Décsi and Frank Pohlandt and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PEDIATRICS and The Journal of Pediatrics.

In The Last Decade

Walter Mihatsch

56 papers receiving 2.2k 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.

Vitamin D in the Healthy European Paediatric Population

2013 355 citations Christian Braegger, Cristina Campoy et al. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Walter Mihatsch Germany	20	1.1k	481	347	334	283	60	2.3k
R. Hankard France	33	726 0.6×	552 1.1×	379 1.1×	443 1.3×	104 0.4×	122	2.7k
Luciano Cavallo Italy	35	640 0.6×	425 0.9×	441 1.3×	600 1.8×	96 0.3×	133	4.3k
Jiří Bronský Czechia	29	906 0.8×	639 1.3×	870 2.5×	482 1.4×	60 0.2×	106	3.1k
William J. Klish United States	25	384 0.3×	786 1.6×	189 0.5×	277 0.8×	194 0.7×	84	2.2k
Jatinder Bhatia United States	30	875 0.8×	285 0.6×	533 1.5×	1.2k 3.6×	239 0.8×	97	3.3k
Anuradha Khadilkar India	26	717 0.6×	1.0k 2.1×	159 0.5×	558 1.7×	494 1.7×	234	2.8k
Ian J. Griffin United States	35	2.6k 2.3×	348 0.7×	296 0.9×	931 2.8×	327 1.2×	99	3.9k
Jacqueline C. Kent Australia	29	1.4k 1.2×	312 0.6×	1.9k 5.5×	744 2.2×	147 0.5×	64	3.1k
Marin Strøm Denmark	29	409 0.4×	705 1.5×	226 0.7×	629 1.9×	271 1.0×	71	2.4k
Betina H. Thuesen Denmark	32	476 0.4×	510 1.1×	368 1.1×	197 0.6×	1.0k 3.6×	109	3.1k

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Salvatore, Silvia, Ener Çağrı Dinleyici, Hania Szajewska, et al.. (2025). Technical review by the ESPGHAN Special Interest Group on Gut Microbiota and Modifications on the health outcomes of infant formula supplemented with synbiotic. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition. 82(1). 213–224. 2 indexed citations

Mihatsch, Walter, Ener Çağrı Dinleyici, Roberto Berni Canani, et al.. (2025). Technical review by the ESPGHAN Special Interest Group on Gut Microbiota and Modifications on the health outcomes of infant formula supplemented with prebiotics. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition. 82(1). 252–277.

Mihatsch, Walter, Bernd Stahl, & Ulrike Braun. (2024). The Umbilical Cord Creatine Flux and Time Course of Human Milk Creatine across Lactation. Nutrients. 16(3). 345–345. 9 indexed citations

Waitz, Markus, et al.. (2024). Enhancement of Family-Centred Care Is Associated with a Reduction in Postmenstrual Age at Discharge in Preterm Infants. Children. 11(11). 1316–1316. 1 indexed citations

Waitz, Markus, et al.. (2024). Effects of liberalising visiting policy and staff education on parental visiting duration in the neonatal unit. Acta Paediatrica. 113(4). 684–691. 1 indexed citations

Mihatsch, Walter, et al.. (2023). Systematic Review on Individualized Versus Standardized Parenteral Nutrition in Preterm Infants. Nutrients. 15(5). 1224–1224. 8 indexed citations

Beck, Judith, Anita Windhorst, Markus Waitz, et al.. (2023). Multidimensional assessment of infant, parent and staff outcomes during a family centered care enhancement project in a tertiary neonatal intensive care unit: study protocol of a longitudinal cohort study. BMC Pediatrics. 23(1). 344–344. 4 indexed citations

Bührer, Christoph, Regina Ensenauer, Frank Jochum, et al.. (2022). Infant formulas with synthetic oligosaccharides and respective marketing practices: Position Statement of the German Society for Child and Adolescent Medicine e.V. (DGKJ), Commission for Nutrition. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 9(1). 14–14. 10 indexed citations

Mihatsch, Walter, Ulrich Thomé, & Miguel Sáenz de Pipaón. (2021). Update on Calcium and Phosphorus Requirements of Preterm Infants and Recommendations for Enteral Mineral Intake. Nutrients. 13(5). 1470–1470. 16 indexed citations

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Niculescu, Liviu, Matias Wagner, Dominik S. Westphal, et al.. (2018). A Case of Ankyloblepharon-ectodermal Defects-cleft Lip/palate-syndrome with Choanal Atresia and Skin Erosions: Phenotypic Variability of TP63-related Disorders. Acta Dermato Venereologica. 99(1). 0–0. 1 indexed citations

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Reinehr, Thomas, Dirk Schnabel, Martin Wabitsch, et al.. (2018). Vitamin-D-Supplementierung jenseits des zweiten Lebensjahres. Monatsschrift Kinderheilkunde. 166(9). 814–822. 15 indexed citations

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Rudloff, Silvia, Christoph Bührer, Frank Jochum, et al.. (2018). Vegetarische Kostformen im Kindes- und Jugendalter. Monatsschrift Kinderheilkunde. 166(11). 999–1005. 8 indexed citations

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Mihatsch, Walter, Christian Braegger, Jiří Bronský, et al.. (2016). Prevention of Vitamin K Deficiency Bleeding in Newborn Infants. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition. 63(1). 123–129. 46 indexed citations

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Lapillonne, Alexandre, Virgilio Carnielli, Nicholas D. Embleton, & Walter Mihatsch. (2013). Quality of newborn care: adherence to guidelines for parenteral nutrition in preterm infants in four European countries. BMJ Open. 3(9). e003478–e003478. 42 indexed citations

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Mihatsch, Walter, et al.. (2013). Intestinal Mucosal Defense System, Part 2. Probiotics and Prebiotics. The Journal of Pediatrics. 162(3). S64–S71. 15 indexed citations

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Braegger, Christian, Cristina Campoy, V. Colomb, et al.. (2013). Vitamin D in the Healthy European Paediatric Population. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition. 56(6). 692–701. 355 indexed citations breakdown →

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Neu, Josef & Walter Mihatsch. (2012). Recent Developments in Necrotizing Enterocolitis. Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition. 36(1S). 30S–5S. 30 indexed citations

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Mihatsch, Walter, Christian Braegger, Tamás Decsi, et al.. (2011). Critical systematic review of the level of evidence for routine use of probiotics for reduction of mortality and prevention of necrotizing enterocolitis and sepsis in preterm infants. Clinical Nutrition. 31(1). 6–15. 133 indexed citations

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Braegger, Christian, Anna Chmielewska, Tamás Decsi, et al.. (2010). Supplementation of Infant Formula With Probiotics and/or Prebiotics: A Systematic Review and Comment by the ESPGHAN Committee on Nutrition. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition. 52(2). 238–250. 293 indexed citations

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Russ, Hermann, Walter Mihatsch, Manfred Gerlach, Peter Riederer, & H. Przuntek. (1991). Neurochemical and behavioural features induced by chronic low dose treatment with 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP) in the common marmoset: Implications for Parkinson's disease?. Neuroscience Letters. 123(1). 115–118. 54 indexed citations

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