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113
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45100
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4973
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Günter Weiss publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Günter Weiss sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 558 publications — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Günter Weiss D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Günter Weiss sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 113 D-Index — 76th percentile

76% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Günter Weiss is affiliated with Innsbruck Medical University in Austria. Their research encompasses diverse areas primarily within the medical sciences, focusing extensively on infectious diseases and hematology.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Medicine

Within this broad field, subfields of prominent focus include:

  • Infectious Diseases
  • Hematology
  • Neurology
  • Genetics
  • Epidemiology

Günter Weiss has contributed to various main topics, many related to COVID-19 and blood disorders, such as:

  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Iron Metabolism and Disorders
  • Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders
  • SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
  • Erythropoietin and Anemia Treatment

Their recent published papers illustrate research in pivotal areas of infectious diseases and immune response, including:

  • "Cardiopulmonary recovery after COVID-19: an observational prospective multicentre trial" (2020), published in European Respiratory Journal
  • "Iron in infection and immunity" (2020), published in Molecular Aspects of Medicine
  • "Faecal calprotectin indicates intestinal inflammation in COVID-19" (2020), published in Gut
  • "Dietary lipids fuel GPX4-restricted enteritis resembling Crohn's disease" (2020), published in Nature Communications
  • "Genomic epidemiology of superspreading events in Austria reveals mutational dynamics and transmission properties of SARS-CoV-2" (2020), published in Science Translational Medicine

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Rosa Bellmann-Weiler
  • Judith Löffler-Ragg
  • Ivan Tancevski
  • Thomas Sonnweber
  • Sabina Sahanic

Their studies have been published in multiple scientific venues, reflecting sustained contributions to the field:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Infection
  • Blood
  • Scientific Reports
  • Journal of Clinical Medicine

Best Publications

  • Anemia of Chronic Disease

    Guenter Weiss;Lawrence T. Goodnough

  • Macrophage defense mechanisms against intracellular bacteria.

    Günter Weiss;Ulrich E. Schaible

  • Anemia of inflammation

    Guenter Weiss;Tomas Ganz;Lawrence T. Goodnough

  • Iron, anaemia, and inflammatory bowel diseases

    C Gasche;M C E Lomer;I Cavill;G Weiss

  • KDIGO Clinical Practice Guideline for Anemia in Chronic Kidney Disease

    Jjv McMurray;PS Parfrey;JW Adamson;P Aljama

  • Cytokine-mediated regulation of iron transport in human monocytic cells.

    Susanne Ludwiczek;Elmar Aigner;Igor Theurl;Guenter Weiss

  • The complex interplay of iron metabolism, reactive oxygen species, and reactive nitrogen species: Insights into the potential of various iron therapies to induce oxidative and nitrosative stress

    Taija S. Koskenkorva-Frank;Günter Weiss;Willem H. Koppenol;Susanna Burckhardt;Susanna Burckhardt

  • Regulation of iron homeostasis in anemia of chronic disease and iron deficiency anemia: diagnostic and therapeutic implications

    Igor Theurl;Elmar Aigner;Milan Theurl;Manfred Nairz

  • Translational regulation via iron-responsive elements by the nitric oxide/NO-synthase pathway

    G Weiss;B Goossen;W Doppler;D Fuchs

  • Pathogenesis and treatment of anaemia of chronic disease.

    Günter Weiss

  • The struggle for iron – a metal at the host–pathogen interface

    Manfred Nairz;Andrea Schroll;Thomas Sonnweber;Günter Weiss

  • Iron metabolism in the anemia of chronic disease.

    Günter Weiss

  • The role of neopterin as a monitor of cellular immune activation in transplantation, inflammatory, infectious, and malignant diseases.

    Dietmar Fuchs;Günter Weiss;Gilbert Reibnegger;Helmut Wachter

  • Iron management in chronic kidney disease: conclusions from a “Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes” (KDIGO) Controversies Conference

    Iain C. Macdougall;Andreas J. Bircher;Kai Uwe Eckardt;Gregorio T. Obrador

  • On-demand erythrocyte disposal and iron recycling requires transient macrophages in the liver

    Igor Theurl;Ingo Hilgendorf;Ingo Hilgendorf;Manfred Nairz;Piotr Tymoszuk

  • Iron and immunity: a double-edged sword.

    Günter Weiss

  • Cardiopulmonary recovery after COVID-19: an observational prospective multicentre trial

    Thomas Sonnweber;Sabina Sahanic;Alex Pizzini;Anna Luger

  • Expression of the duodenal iron transporters divalent-metal transporter 1 and ferroportin 1 in iron deficiency and iron overload

    Heinz Zoller;Robert O. Koch;Igor Theurl;Peter Obrist

  • Arachidonic Acid Metabolites in Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases.

    Thomas Sonnweber;Alex Pizzini;Manfred Nairz;Günter Weiss

  • Pteridine biosynthesis in human endothelial cells. Impact on nitric oxide-mediated formation of cyclic GMP

    G Werner-Felmayer;E R Werner;D Fuchs;A Hausen

Frequent Co-Authors

Dietmar Fuchs
Dietmar Fuchs Innsbruck Medical University
Manfred Nairz
Manfred Nairz Innsbruck Medical University
Helmut Wachter
Helmut Wachter University of Innsbruck
Gilbert Reibnegger
Gilbert Reibnegger Medical University of Graz
Herbert Tilg
Herbert Tilg Innsbruck Medical University
Ernst R. Werner
Ernst R. Werner Innsbruck Medical University
Gabriele Werner-Felmayer
Gabriele Werner-Felmayer Innsbruck Medical University
Victor R. Gordeuk
Victor R. Gordeuk University of Illinois at Chicago
Arthur Kaser
Arthur Kaser University of Cambridge
Florian Kronenberg
Florian Kronenberg Innsbruck Medical University

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