Wolfgang Preiser

23.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
217 papers, 6.6k citations indexed

About

Wolfgang Preiser is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Virology. According to data from OpenAlex, Wolfgang Preiser has authored 217 papers receiving a total of 6.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 111 papers in Infectious Diseases, 62 papers in Epidemiology and 53 papers in Virology. Recurrent topics in Wolfgang Preiser's work include HIV Research and Treatment (51 papers), HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment (44 papers) and HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (42 papers). Wolfgang Preiser is often cited by papers focused on HIV Research and Treatment (51 papers), HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment (44 papers) and HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (42 papers). Wolfgang Preiser collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, Germany and United States. Wolfgang Preiser's co-authors include Hans Wilhelm Doerr, Gert U. van Zyl, Holger F. Rabenau, Jindřich Činátl, Gabriele Bauer, Martin Stürmer, Christian Drosten, Grace K. Poon, C. J. Ward and Armèle Dornelas de Andrade and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Wolfgang Preiser

205 papers receiving 6.3k citations

Hit Papers

Fatal microcystin intoxication in haemodialysis unit in C... 1998 2026 2007 2016 1998 200 400 600
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.

  1. Fatal microcystin intoxication in haemodialysis unit in Caruaru, Brazil
    1998 634 citations Wolfgang Preiser et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Wolfgang Preiser South Africa 41 3.4k 1.4k 919 643 539 217 6.6k
Andrew Hayward United Kingdom 54 3.4k 1.0× 3.5k 2.6× 66 0.1× 933 1.5× 217 0.4× 354 13.9k
Mark L. Wilson United States 55 3.8k 1.1× 1.1k 0.8× 121 0.1× 4.0k 6.2× 67 0.1× 195 9.9k
Marianne A. B. van der Sande Netherlands 46 2.3k 0.7× 4.6k 3.4× 486 0.5× 1.6k 2.4× 78 0.1× 266 11.8k
Deborah Balk United States 29 2.4k 0.7× 578 0.4× 173 0.2× 2.9k 4.5× 54 0.1× 79 11.0k
Michael G. Baker New Zealand 50 2.9k 0.9× 2.1k 1.5× 183 0.2× 2.0k 3.2× 17 0.0× 340 9.0k
Nuno R. Faria United Kingdom 40 2.4k 0.7× 1.3k 1.0× 991 1.1× 1.2k 1.9× 13 0.0× 102 6.8k
Yu Chen China 37 4.9k 1.5× 704 0.5× 138 0.2× 429 0.7× 22 0.0× 171 9.6k
C. Jessica E. Metcalf United States 51 2.6k 0.8× 2.4k 1.8× 146 0.2× 1.8k 2.8× 49 0.1× 218 10.2k
Peter Teunis Netherlands 49 3.6k 1.1× 1.5k 1.1× 118 0.1× 489 0.8× 42 0.1× 165 8.1k
Jürg Utzinger Switzerland 90 4.1k 1.2× 1.2k 0.9× 80 0.1× 8.5k 13.3× 39 0.1× 690 34.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Wolfgang Preiser

Since Specialization
Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Wolfgang Preiser's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Wolfgang Preiser with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Wolfgang Preiser more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Wolfgang Preiser

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Wolfgang Preiser. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Wolfgang Preiser. The network helps show where Wolfgang Preiser may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wolfgang Preiser

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
1.
Makubi, Abel, Andreas Müeller, John Changalucha, et al.. (2024). Virological impact of HIV drug-resistance testing in children, adolescents, and adults failing first-line ART in Tanzania. Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance. 39. 73–81. 1 indexed citations
2.
Redfern, Andrew, Lilly M. Verhagen, Mathilda Claassen, et al.. (2024). Clinical spectrum of disease and outcomes in children with Omicron SARS-COV-2 infection in Cape Town, South Africa. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(1). 27–33. 1 indexed citations
3.
Tshiabuila, Derek, Wonderful T. Choga, James Emmanuel San, et al.. (2024). An Oxford Nanopore Technology-Based Hepatitis B Virus Sequencing Protocol Suitable for Genomic Surveillance Within Clinical Diagnostic Settings. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(21). 11702–11702. 1 indexed citations
4.
Lemmer, Yolandy, Rosamund Chapman, Célia Abolnik, et al.. (2024). Protective efficacy of a plant-produced beta variant rSARS-CoV-2 VLP vaccine in golden Syrian hamsters. Vaccine. 42(4). 738–744. 2 indexed citations
5.
Scott, Lesley, Marvin Hsiao, Graeme Dor, et al.. (2023). How South Africa Used National Cycle Threshold (Ct) Values to Continuously Monitor SARS-CoV-2 Laboratory Test Quality. Diagnostics. 13(15). 2554–2554. 4 indexed citations
6.
Maponga, Tongai, Houriiyah Tegally, Andrew D. Sutherland, et al.. (2022). Persistent Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection With accumulation of mutations in a patient with poorly controlled Human Immunodeficiency Virus infection. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 76(3). e522–e525. 35 indexed citations
7.
8.
Preiser, Wolfgang, Gert U. van Zyl, Mathilda Claassen, et al.. (2021). Molecular characterisation and epidemiology of enterovirus-associated aseptic meningitis in the Western and Eastern Cape Provinces, South Africa 2018–2019. Journal of Clinical Virology. 139. 104845–104845. 13 indexed citations
9.
Shaw, Jane, Novel N. Chegou, Nelita du Plessis, et al.. (2021). Higher SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence in workers with lower socioeconomic status in Cape Town, South Africa. PLoS ONE. 16(2). e0247852–e0247852. 31 indexed citations
10.
Preiser, Wolfgang, et al.. (2021). HIV false positive screening serology due to sample contamination reduced by a dedicated sample and platform in a high prevalence environment. PLoS ONE. 16(1). e0245189–e0245189. 3 indexed citations
11.
12.
Neogi, Ujjwal, Susan Engelbrecht, Mathilda Claassen, et al.. (2015). Mutational Heterogeneity in p6 Gag Late Assembly (L) Domains in HIV-1 Subtype C Viruses from South Africa. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 32(1). 80–84. 13 indexed citations
13.
Davis, Aaron & Wolfgang Preiser. (2012). ARCHITECTURAL CRITICISM IN PRACTICE: FROM AFFECTIVE TO EFFECTIVE EXPERIENCE. International Journal of Architectural Research: Archnet-IJAR. 6(2). 24–42. 4 indexed citations
14.
Preiser, Wolfgang, Stephen Verderber, & Dina Battisto. (2009). ASSESSMENT OF HEALTH CENTER PERFORMANCE: TOWARD THE DEVELOPMENT OF DESIGN GUIDELINES. International Journal of Architectural Research: Archnet-IJAR. 3(3). 21–44. 9 indexed citations
15.
Preiser, Wolfgang & Jack L. Nasar. (2008). ASSESSING BUILDING PERFORMANCE: ITS EVOLUTION FROM POST-OCCUPANCY EVALUATION. International Journal of Architectural Research: Archnet-IJAR. 2(1). 84–99. 74 indexed citations
16.
Jacobs, Graeme Brendon, Estrelita Janse van Rensburg, Axel Rethwilm, et al.. (2008). Molecular Analysis of HIV Type 1 vif Sequences from Cape Town, South Africa. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 24(7). 991–994. 11 indexed citations
17.
Jacobs, Graeme Brendon, Estrelita Janse van Rensburg, Jochen Bodem, et al.. (2008). Phylogenetic Diversity and Low Level Antiretroviral Resistance Mutations in HIV Type 1 Treatment-Naive Patients from Cape Town, South Africa. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 24(7). 1009–1012. 37 indexed citations
18.
Preiser, Wolfgang & Xinhao Wang. (2008). QUANTITATIVE (GIS) AND QUALITATIVE (BPE) ASSESSMENTS OF LIBRARY PERFORMANCE. International Journal of Architectural Research: Archnet-IJAR. 2(1). 212–231. 4 indexed citations
19.
Preiser, Wolfgang, et al.. (2001). Evaluation of diagnostic methods for detection of cytomegalovirus in recipients of allogeneic stem cell transplants (vol 20, pg 59, 2001). UCL Discovery (University College London). 2 indexed citations
20.
Preiser, Wolfgang. (1985). Programming the Built Environment. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. eBooks. 23 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact

Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Andrew Hayward Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Mark L. Wilson Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Marianne A. B. van der Sande Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Deborah Balk Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Michael G. Baker Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Nuno R. Faria Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Yu Chen Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by C. Jessica E. Metcalf Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Peter Teunis Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Jürg Utzinger
Rankless by CCL
2026