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Michael B. Zimmermann

Michael B. Zimmermann

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Medicine
Switzerland
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
113
Citations
44638
World Ranking
4978
National Ranking
64

Michael B. Zimmermann 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 Michael B. Zimmermann sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 520 publications — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Michael B. Zimmermann 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 Michael B. Zimmermann 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.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Switzerland Leader Award

Overview

Michael B. Zimmermann is affiliated with ETH Zurich in Switzerland. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with significant contributions in the subfields of hematology, nutrition and dietetics, molecular biology, endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, and genetics.

Their main areas of study include:

  • Iron Metabolism and Disorders
  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Thyroid Disorders and Treatments
  • Trace Elements in Health
  • Child Nutrition and Water Access
  • Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders
  • Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research

Zimmermann has several recent publications in prominent scientific journals. Among the notable papers are:

  • "Unravelling the collateral damage of antibiotics on gut bacteria" (2021, Nature)
  • "Bioaccumulation of therapeutic drugs by human gut bacteria" (2021, Nature)
  • "GLOBAL ENDOCRINOLOGY: Global perspectives in endocrinology: coverage of iodized salt programs and iodine status in 2020" (2021, European Journal of Endocrinology)
  • "Oral iron supplementation in iron-deficient women: How much and how often?" (2020, Molecular Aspects of Medicine)
  • "Hepcidin-Mediated Hypoferremia Disrupts Immune Responses to Vaccination and Infection" (2020, Med)

Zimmermann frequently collaborates with several researchers, including Christophe Zeder, Nicole U. Stoffel, Diego Moretti, Isabelle Herter-Aeberli, and Peer Bork.

The researcher commonly publishes in scientific venues such as:

  • Journal of Nutrition
  • American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Thyroid

Best Publications

  • Nutritional iron deficiency

    Michael B Zimmermann;Michael B Zimmermann;Richard F Hurrell

  • Iodine-deficiency disorders

    Michael B Zimmermann;Michael B Zimmermann;Pieter L Jooste;Chandrakant S Pandav

  • Global Iodine Status in 2011 and Trends over the Past Decade

    Maria Andersson;Vallikkannu Karumbunathan;Michael B. Zimmermann

  • Iodine deficiency and thyroid disorders

    Michael B Zimmermann;Kristien Boelaert

  • Mapping human microbiome drug metabolism by gut bacteria and their genes

    Michael Zimmermann;Maria Zimmermann-Kogadeeva;Rebekka Wegmann;Rebekka Wegmann;Andrew L. Goodman

  • Evidence that the prevalence of childhood overweight is plateauing: Data from nine countries

    Tim Olds;Carol Maher;Shi Zumin;Shi Zumin;Sandrine Péneau

  • Iron fortification adversely affects the gut microbiome, increases pathogen abundance and induces intestinal inflammation in Kenyan infants

    Tanja Jaeggi;Guus A M Kortman;Diego Moretti;Christophe Chassard

  • The effects of iron fortification on the gut microbiota in African children: a randomized controlled trial in Côte d'Ivoire

    Michael B Zimmermann;Christophe Chassard;Fabian Rohner;Eliézer K N'Goran

  • Assessment of iodine nutrition in populations: past, present, and future.

    Michael B Zimmermann;Maria Andersson

  • Discovery and Characterization of Gut Microbiota Decarboxylases that Can Produce the Neurotransmitter Tryptamine

    Brianna B. Williams;Andrew H. Van Benschoten;Peter Cimermancic;Mohamed S. Abou Donia

  • Global iodine nutrition: Where do we stand in 2013?

    Elizabeth N Pearce;Maria Andersson;Michael B Zimmermann

  • Oral iron supplements increase hepcidin and decrease iron absorption from daily or twice-daily doses in iron-depleted young women.

    Diego Moretti;Jeroen S. Goede;Christophe Zeder;Markus Jiskra

  • Iodine deficiency in pregnancy and the effects of maternal iodine supplementation on the offspring: a review

    Michael B Zimmermann

  • The impact of iron and selenium deficiencies on iodine and thyroid metabolism: biochemistry and relevance to public health.

    Michael B. Zimmermann;Josef Köhrle

  • The role of iodine in human growth and development.

    Michael B. Zimmermann

  • The effects of iodine deficiency in pregnancy and infancy

    Michael B. Zimmermann

  • Iron absorption from oral iron supplements given on consecutive versus alternate days and as single morning doses versus twice-daily split dosing in iron-depleted women: two open-label, randomised controlled trials.

    Nicole U Stoffel;Colin I Cercamondi;Gary Brittenham;Christophe Zeder

  • Ten Repeat Collections for Urinary Iodine from Spot Samples or 24-Hour Samples Are Needed to Reliably Estimate Individual Iodine Status in Women

    Franziska König;Maria Andersson;Karin Hotz;Isabelle Aeberli;Isabelle Aeberli

  • Iodine supplementation of pregnant women in Europe: a review and recommendations

    M Zimmermann;F Delange

  • Methods to assess iron and iodine status

    Michael B. Zimmermann

Frequent Co-Authors

Christophe Chassard
Christophe Chassard INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Gary M. Brittenham
Gary M. Brittenham Columbia University
Dorine W. Swinkels
Dorine W. Swinkels Radboud University
Harold Tjalsma
Harold Tjalsma Radboud University
Andreas Raabe
Andreas Raabe University of Bern
Jürg Utzinger
Jürg Utzinger University of Basel
Frank Krumeich
Frank Krumeich ETH Zurich

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