2026 Erika von Mutius: Immunology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Best Female Scientists	130	352	334	17	17	674	70921
Immunology	130	228	210	9	8	643	72011
Medicine	130	2471	2303	120	116	663	72063

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Immunology in Germany Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
2025 - Research.com Immunology in Germany Leader Award
2016 - Member of Academia Europaea
2014 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Microbiology and Immunology

Overview

Erika von Mutius is affiliated with Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with a significant concentration in physiology, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, immunology and allergy, and emergency medical services. The work spans several subfields addressing respiratory health and immunological mechanisms.

The scientist's main research topics include:

Asthma and respiratory diseases
Pediatric health and respiratory diseases
Allergic rhinitis and sensitization
IL-33, ST2, and ILC pathways
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) research
Respiratory and cough-related research
Gut microbiota and health

Frequent collaborators contributing to joint research projects include Gesine Hansen, Klaus F. Rabe, Bianca Schaub, Thomas Bahmer, and Matthias Kopp.

Erika von Mutius publishes extensively in various academic venues, including:

Klinische Pädiatrie
Allergy
Pediatric Allergy and Immunology
Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
European Respiratory Journal

Several recent papers highlight their contributions to the field:

Primary prevention of asthma: from risk and protective factors to targeted strategies for prevention, 2020, The Lancet
NetCoMi: network construction and comparison for microbiome data in R, 2020, Briefings in Bioinformatics
Maturation of the gut microbiome during the first year of life contributes to the protective farm effect on childhood asthma, 2020, Nature Medicine
T2-high asthma phenotypes across lifespan, 2022, European Respiratory Journal
Small Airway Dysfunction Links Asthma Severity with Physical Activity and Symptom Control, 2021, The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology In Practice

The scientist has received distinctions such as membership in the Academia Europaea in 2016 and affiliation with the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina since 2014, notably in the fields of microbiology and immunology.

Best Publications

A large-scale, consortium-based genomewide association study of asthma.

Miriam F. Moffatt;Ivo G. Gut;Florence Demenais;David P. Strachan

2389
Citations
Environmental exposure to endotoxin and its relation to asthma in school-age children.

Charlotte Braun-Fahrländer;Josef Riedler;Udo Herz;Waltraud Eder

2309
Citations
The asthma epidemic.

Waltraud Eder;Markus J. Ege;Erika von Mutius

2248
Citations
Exposure to farming in early life and development of asthma and allergy: a cross-sectional survey

Josef Riedler;Charlotte Braun-Fahrländer;Waltraud Eder;Mynda Schreuer

2162
Citations
Genetic variants regulating ORMDL3 expression contribute to the risk of childhood asthma

Miriam F. Moffatt;Michael Kabesch;Liming Liang;Anna L. Dixon

1968
Citations
Exposure to Environmental Microorganisms and Childhood Asthma

Markus J. Ege;Melanie Mayer;Anne-Cécile Normand;Jon Genuneit

1826
Citations
Breast feeding and obesity: cross sectional study

Rüdiger von Kries;Berthold Koletzko;Thorsten Sauerwald;Erika von Mutius

1416
Citations
Worldwide variations in the prevalence of symptoms of atopic eczema in the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood.

Hywel Williams;Colin Robertson;Alistair Stewart;Nadia Aït-Khaled

1374
Citations
Prevalence of asthma and atopy in two areas of west and east Germany

E. Von Mutius;F. D. Martinez;C. Fritzsch;T. Nicolai

1218
Citations
After asthma: redefining airways diseases

Ian D Pavord;Richard Beasley;Alvar Agusti;Gary P Anderson

1098
Citations
The natural course of atopic dermatitis from birth to age 7 years and the association with asthma.

Sabina Illi;Erika von Mutius;Susanne Lau;Renate Nickel

1071
Citations
Innate Immunity and Asthma Risk in Amish and Hutterite Farm Children

Michelle M. Stein;Cara L. Hrusch;Justyna Gozdz;Justyna Gozdz;Catherine Igartua

1021
Citations
Early exposure to house-dust mite and cat allergens and development of childhood asthma: a cohort study

Susanne Lau;Sabina Illi;Christine Sommerfeld;Bodo Niggemann

1016
Citations
Perennial allergen sensitisation early in life and chronic asthma in children: a birth cohort study

Sabina Illi;Sabina Illi;Erika von Mutius;Susanne Lau;Bodo Niggemann

1001
Citations
Reduced risk of hay fever and asthma among children of farmers.

O S Von Ehrenstein;E Von Mutius;S Illi;L Baumann

965
Citations
Farm living: effects on childhood asthma and allergy

Erika von Mutius;Donata Vercelli

878
Citations
The International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC) Phase Three: A global synthesis

J. Mallol;J. Crane;E. von Mutius;J. Odhiambo

868
Citations
Increasing prevalence of hay fever and atopy among children in Leipzig, East Germany

Erika von Mutius;Stephan K Weiland;Christian Fritzsch;Heinrich Duhme

838
Citations
Early childhood infectious diseases and the development of asthma up to school age: a birth cohort study

Sabina Illi;Erika von Mutius;Susanne Lau;Renate Bergmann

806
Citations
Toll-like receptor 2 as a major gene for asthma in children of European farmers

Waltraud Eder;Waltraud Eder;Walt Klimecki;Lizhi Yu;Erika von Mutius

742
Citations
What is precision medicine

Inke R. König;Oliver Fuchs;Oliver Fuchs;Gesine Hansen;Erika von Mutius

553
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Charlotte Braun-Fahrländer University of Basel

Juha Pekkanen University at Buffalo, State University of New York

Jon Genuneit Leipzig University

Markus Ege Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

Roger Lauener Children's Hospital of Eastern Switzerland St. Gallen

Michael Kabesch St. Hedwig-Krankenhaus

Harald Renz Philipp University of Marburg

Stephan K. Weiland University of Ulm

Dennis Nowak Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

William O.C.M. Cookson Imperial College London

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