2026 Gerhard Opelz: Immunology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Immunology	76	1919	1756	132	120	528	19769
Medicine	77	18497	17379	975	935	533	20017

Overview

Gerhard Opelz is affiliated with Heidelberg University in Germany and has contributed extensively to the fields of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology. Their research primarily focuses on transplantation and immune cell interactions, with a significant emphasis on renal transplantation outcomes and treatments.

The main fields of study covered in Opelz's work include:

Medicine
Immunology and Microbiology

Their subfields of study comprise:

Transplantation
Immunology
Epidemiology
Surgery
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Key topics Opelz has addressed include:

Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments
Immune Cell Function and Interaction
Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research
T-cell and B-cell Immunology
Organ and Tissue Transplantation Research
Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes
Reproductive System and Pregnancy

Important recent publications by Opelz cover various aspects of transplantation immunology and immune cell regulation:

"Phase I trial of donor-derived modified immune cell infusion in kidney transplantation", 2020, Journal of Clinical Investigation
"Higher CD19+CD25+ Bregs are independently associated with better graft function in renal transplant recipients", 2021, BMC Nephrology
"CD4+CD25+CD127-Foxp3+ and CD8+CD28- Tregs in Renal Transplant Recipients: Phenotypic Patterns, Association With Immunosuppressive Drugs, and Interaction With Effector CD8+ T Cells and CD19+IL-10+ Bregs", 2021, Frontiers in Immunology
"Induction of Long-Lasting Regulatory B Lymphocytes by Modified Immune Cells in Kidney Transplant Recipients", 2022, Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
"NK cell subsets in idiopathic recurrent miscarriage and renal transplant patients", 2020, Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Opelz include:

Volker Daniel
Christian Morath
Caner Süsal
Claudius Speer
Martin Zeier

Gerhard Opelz's publications appear in notable venues such as:

Frontiers in Immunology
Transplantation
Journal of Clinical Investigation
BMC Nephrology
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Best Publications

Consensus guidelines on the testing and clinical management issues associated with HLA and non-HLA antibodies in transplantation.

Brian D. Tait;Caner Süsal;Howard M. Gebel;Peter W. Nickerson

886
Citations
Association of chronic kidney graft failure with recipient blood pressure

Gerhard Opelz;Thomas Wujciak;Eberhard Ritz

850
Citations
Improvement of kidney-graft survival with increased numbers of blood transfusions.

Gerhard Opelz;Paul I. Terasaki

541
Citations
Effect of human leukocyte antigen compatibility on kidney graft survival: comparative analysis of two decades.

Gerhard Opelz;Bernd Döhler

405
Citations
Deliberate Donor-specific Blood Transfusions Prior to Living Related Renal Transplantation: A New Approach

Oscar Salvatierra;Flavio Vincenti;William Amend;Donald Potter

359
Citations
Prospective evaluation of pretransplant blood transfusions in cadaver kidney recipients

G. Opelz;Y. Vanrenterghem;G. Kirste;D. W.r. Gray

338
Citations
Histocompatibility Testing 1984

Ekkehard D. Albert;Max P. Baur;Wolfgang R. Mayr;J. Bertrams

319
Citations
Incidence of de-novo breast cancer in women chronically immunosuppressed after organ transplantation

T. H. M. Stewart;S.-C. J. Tsai;H. Grayson;R. Henderson

308
Citations
HLA compatibility and organ transplant survival. Collaborative Transplant Study.

G Opelz;T Wujciak;B Döhler;S Scherer

308
Citations
Kidney graft survival in Europe and the United States: strikingly different long-term outcomes.

Adam Gondos;Bernd Döhler;Hermann Brenner;Gerhard Opelz

306
Citations
Salinomycin overcomes ABC transporter-mediated multidrug and apoptosis resistance in human leukemia stem cell-like KG-1a cells

Dominik Fuchs;Volker Daniel;Mahmoud Sadeghi;Gerhard Opelz

290
Citations
Cytomegalovirus Prophylaxis and Graft Outcome in Solid Organ Transplantation: A Collaborative Transplant Study Report

Gerhard Opelz;Bernd Döhler;Andrea Ruhenstroth

246
Citations
No Improvement of Patient or Graft Survival in Transplant Recipients Treated with Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors or Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor Blockers: A Collaborative Transplant Study Report

Gerhard Opelz;Martin Zeier;Gunter Laux;Christian Morath

243
Citations
Sjögren's syndrome association with HLA-Dw3.

Thomas M. Chused;Stuart S. Kassan;Gerhard Opelz;Haralampos M. Moutsopoulos

241
Citations
Defective DNA mismatch repair in acute myeloid leukemia/myelodysplastic syndrome after organ transplantation

Judith Offman;Gerhard Opelz;Bernd Doehler;David Cummins

225
Citations
The Risk of Transplant Failure With HLA Mismatch in First Adult Kidney Allografts From Deceased Donors.

Robert C. Williams;Gerhard Opelz;Chelsea J. McGarvey;E. Jennifer Weil

212
Citations
DOMINANT EFFECT OF TRANSFUSIONS ON KIDNEY GRAFT SURVIVAL

Gerhard Opelz;Paul I. Terasaki

209
Citations
Three-year outcomes following 1420 ABO-incompatible living-donor kidney transplants performed after ABO antibody reduction: results from 101 centers.

Gerhard Opelz;Christian Morath;Caner Süsal;Thuong Hien Tran

193
Citations
Identification of Highly Responsive Kidney Transplant Recipients Using Pretransplant Soluble CD30

Caner Süsal;Steffen Pelzl;Bernd Döhler;Gerhard Opelz

191
Citations
Correlation of HLA matching with kidney graft survival in patients with or without cyclosporine treatment.

Gerhard Opelz

186
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Volker Daniel University Hospital Heidelberg

Caner Süsal Koç University

Martin Zeier University Hospital Heidelberg

Paul I. Terasaki University of California, Los Angeles

Paul Schnitzler University Hospital Heidelberg

Flavio Vincenti University of California, San Francisco

Carsten Müller-Tidow University Hospital Heidelberg

Melvyn Little German Cancer Research Center

Derek Middleton University of Liverpool

Luis Moroder Max Planck Society

External Links

Personal website of Gerhard Opelz

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