2026 Franz Schaefer: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Medicine	103	7258	6818	409	393	703	47051

Overview

Franz Schaefer is affiliated with Heidelberg University in Germany and has a significant scientific output primarily in the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their research focuses extensively on nephrology, molecular biology, genetics, pediatrics, and cardiovascular medicine.

The main fields of study associated with Schaefer include:

Medicine
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Notable subfields of study are:

Nephrology
Molecular Biology
Genetics
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

Schaefer's contributions cover a variety of important topics related to renal health and disease:

Renal and related cancers
Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies
Dialysis and Renal Disease Management
Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases
Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
Pediatric Urology and Nephrology Studies
Complement system in diseases

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Schaefer include:

Rukshana Shroff
Aysun Karabay Bayazıt
Ali Düzova
Bruno Ranchin
Karolis Ažukaitis

The scientist has regularly published in several prominent medical journals. The most frequent venues for their work are:

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation
Kidney International Reports
Pediatric Nephrology
Kidney International
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Recent publications by Schaefer include:

"Nomenclature for kidney function and disease: report of a Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Consensus Conference", 2020, Kidney International
"IPNA clinical practice recommendations for the diagnosis and management of children with steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome", 2020, Pediatric Nephrology
"Genetic testing in the diagnosis of chronic kidney disease: recommendations for clinical practice", 2021, Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation
"An update on the use of tolvaptan for autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease: consensus statement on behalf of the ERA Working Group on Inherited Kidney Disorders, the European Rare Kidney Disease Reference Network and Polycystic Kidney Disease International", 2021, Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation
"The severity of COVID-19 in children on immunosuppressive medication", 2020, The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health

Best Publications

Kidney disease: Improving global outcomes (KDIGO) acute kidney injury work group. KDIGO clinical practice guideline for acute kidney injury

John A. Kellum;Norbert Lameire;Peter Aspelin;Rashad S. Barsoum

4021
Citations
PERITONEAL DIALYSIS-RELATED INFECTIONS RECOMMENDATIONS: 2010 UPDATE

Philip Kam-Tao Li;Cheuk Chun Szeto;Beth Piraino;Judith Bernardini

1245
Citations
Peritoneal dialysis-related infections recommendations: 2005 update

Beth Piraino;George R. Bailie;Judith Bernardini;Elisabeth Boeschoten

1156
Citations
Management of high blood pressure in children and adolescents: recommendations of the European Society of Hypertension

Empar Lurbe;Renata Cifkova;J Kennedy Cruickshank;Michael J Dillon

1077
Citations
Strict blood-pressure control and progression of renal failure in children.

Antonella Trivelli;Stefano Picca;Mieczyslaw Litwin;Amira Peco-Antic

1074
Citations
Circulating urokinase receptor as a cause of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis

Changli Wei;Shafic El Hindi;Jing Li;Alessia Fornoni

948
Citations
Advanced Coronary and Carotid Arteriopathy in Young Adults With Childhood-Onset Chronic Renal Failure

Jun Oh;Rainer Wunsch;Martin Turzer;Malte Bahner

891
Citations
The Human Phenotype Ontology in 2017

Sebastian Köhler;Nicole A. Vasilevsky;Mark Engelstad;Erin D. Foster

826
Citations
Nomenclature for kidney function and disease: report of a Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Consensus Conference.

Andrew S. Levey;Kai-Uwe Eckardt;Nijsje M. Dorman;Stacy L. Christiansen

660
Citations
Non-Transgenic Mouse Models of Kidney Disease

Michael Rabe;Franz Schaefer

636
Citations
Recessive mutations in DGKE cause atypical hemolytic-uremic syndrome

Mathieu Lemaire;Véronique Frémeaux-Bacchi;Franz Schaefer;Murim Choi

528
Citations
Drug dosing consideration in patients with acute and chronic kidney disease-a clinical update from Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO).

Gary R. Matzke;George R. Aronoff;Arthur J. Atkinson;William M. Bennett

476
Citations
Eculizumab in severe Shiga-toxin-associated HUS.

Anne-Laure Lapeyraque;Michal Malina;Véronique Fremeaux-Bacchi;Tobias Boppel

465
Citations
Prevalence of Mutations in Renal Developmental Genes in Children with Renal Hypodysplasia: Results of the ESCAPE Study

Stefanie Weber;Vincent Moriniere;Tanja Knüppel;Marina Charbit

400
Citations
Effect of growth hormone treatment on the adult height of children with chronic renal failure. German Study Group for Growth Hormone Treatment in Chronic Renal Failure.

Dieter Haffner;Franz Schaefer;Richard Nissel;Elke Wühl

376
Citations
Altered morphologic properties of large arteries in children with chronic renal failure and after renal transplantation

Mieczyslaw Litwin;Elke Wühl;Claudia Jourdan;Justyna Trelewicz

355
Citations
Carotid Artery Intima-Media Thickness and Distensibility in Children and Adolescents Reference Values and Role of Body Dimensions

Anke Doyon;Daniela Kracht;Aysun K. Bayazit;Murat Deveci

333
Citations
Spectrum of Steroid-Resistant and Congenital Nephrotic Syndrome in Children: The PodoNet Registry Cohort

Agnes Trautmann;Monica Bodria;Fatih Ozaltin;Alaleh Gheisari

309
Citations
MYO1E Mutations and Childhood Familial Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis

Caterina Mele;Paraskevas Iatropoulos;Roberta Donadelli;Andrea Calabria

291
Citations
Consensus Guidelines for the Prevention and Treatment of Catheter-related Infections and Peritonitis in Pediatric Patients Receiving Peritoneal Dialysis: 2012 Update

Bradley A. Warady;Sevcan Bakkaloglu;Jason Newland;Michelle Cantwell

290
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh University of California, Irvine

Bradley A. Warady Children's Mercy Hospital

Julie R. Ingelfinger Harvard University

Kitty J. Jager University of Amsterdam

Corinne Antignac Institut Imagine

Eberhard Ritz Heidelberg University

Olivier Devuyst University of Zurich

Giuseppe Remuzzi Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research

Carsten Bergmann University of Freiburg

Véronique Frémeaux-Bacchi Inserm

External Links

Personal website of Franz Schaefer

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