2026 Michael B. Zimmermann: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Medicine	113	4978	4673	64	62	520	44638

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

1738
Citations
Iodine-deficiency disorders

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

1305
Citations
Global Iodine Status in 2011 and Trends over the Past Decade

Maria Andersson;Vallikkannu Karumbunathan;Michael B. Zimmermann

901
Citations
Iodine deficiency and thyroid disorders

Michael B Zimmermann;Kristien Boelaert

864
Citations
Mapping human microbiome drug metabolism by gut bacteria and their genes

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

846
Citations
Evidence that the prevalence of childhood overweight is plateauing: Data from nine countries

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

808
Citations
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

660
Citations
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

591
Citations
Assessment of iodine nutrition in populations: past, present, and future.

Michael B Zimmermann;Maria Andersson

573
Citations
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

572
Citations
Global iodine nutrition: Where do we stand in 2013?

Elizabeth N Pearce;Maria Andersson;Michael B Zimmermann

572
Citations
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

540
Citations
Iodine deficiency in pregnancy and the effects of maternal iodine supplementation on the offspring: a review

Michael B Zimmermann

515
Citations
The impact of iron and selenium deficiencies on iodine and thyroid metabolism: biochemistry and relevance to public health.

Michael B. Zimmermann;Josef Köhrle

485
Citations
The role of iodine in human growth and development.

Michael B. Zimmermann

456
Citations
The effects of iodine deficiency in pregnancy and infancy

Michael B. Zimmermann

430
Citations
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

394
Citations
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

373
Citations
Iodine supplementation of pregnant women in Europe: a review and recommendations

M Zimmermann;F Delange

349
Citations
Methods to assess iron and iodine status

Michael B. Zimmermann

348
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard F. Hurrell ETH Zurich

Christophe Lacroix ETH Zurich

Sotiris E. Pratsinis ETH Zurich

Christophe Chassard INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement

Gary M. Brittenham Columbia University

Dorine W. Swinkels Radboud University

Harold Tjalsma Radboud University

Andreas Raabe University of Bern

Jürg Utzinger University of Basel

Frank Krumeich ETH Zurich

External Links

Personal website of Michael B. Zimmermann

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