2026 Michael Trauner: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Medicine	129	2586	2413	12	12	804	64521

Research.com Recognitions

2023 - Research.com Medicine in Austria Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Medicine in Austria Leader Award
2017 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Michael Trauner is affiliated with the Medical University of Vienna in Austria. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with a significant concentration on Hepatology. Their publication record encompasses subfields including Hepatology, Epidemiology, Surgery, Oncology, and Molecular Biology.

The main topics addressed in their work include:

Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
Liver Disease and Transplantation
Liver Diseases and Immunity
Pediatric Hepatobiliary Diseases and Treatments
Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms
Hepatitis C virus research
Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes

They have published extensively in several scientific journals, with frequent contributions to the following venues:

Journal of Hepatology
Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie
Hepatology
JHEP Reports
Liver International

Michael Trauner's recent papers include:

"Pulmonary Arterial Thrombosis in COVID-19 With Fatal Outcome," 2020, Annals of Internal Medicine
"Gut-liver axis: Pathophysiological concepts and clinical implications," 2022, Cell Metabolism
"Diagnostic accuracy of non-invasive tests for advanced fibrosis in patients with NAFLD: an individual patient data meta-analysis," 2021, Gut
"Selonsertib for patients with bridging fibrosis or compensated cirrhosis due to NASH: Results from randomized phase III STELLAR trials," 2020, Journal of Hepatology
"Pathophysiological mechanisms of liver injury in COVID-19," 2020, Liver International

Their frequent collaborators include:

Mattias Mandorfer
Thomas Reiberger
Benedikt Simbrunner
Bernhard Scheiner
Georg Semmler

Michael Trauner was recognized as a Member of Academia Europaea in 2017.

Best Publications

Prevalence of flat lesions in a large screening population and their role in colonoscopy quality improvement.

K. Reinhart;C. Bannert;D. Dunkler;P. Salzl

2108
Citations
EASL Clinical Practice Guidelines: management of cholestatic liver diseases

Ulrich Beuers;Kirsten M. Boberg;Roger W. Chapman;Olivier Chazouillères

1927
Citations
Detection of Various Microplastics in Human Stool: A Prospective Case Series.

Philipp Schwabl;Sebastian Köppel;Philipp Königshofer;Theresa Bucsics

1411
Citations
Bile Salt Transporters: Molecular Characterization, Function, and Regulation

Michael Trauner;James L. Boyer

1262
Citations
Expert consensus document: Cholangiocarcinoma: current knowledge and future perspectives consensus statement from the European Network for the Study of Cholangiocarcinoma (ENS-CCA)

Jesus M. Banales;Vincenzo Cardinale;Guido Carpino;Marco Marzioni

1165
Citations
A Placebo-Controlled Trial of Obeticholic Acid in Primary Biliary Cholangitis

F. Nevens;P. Andreone;G. Mazzella;S. I. Strasser

1048
Citations
Molecular Pathogenesis of Cholestasis

Michael Trauner;Peter J. Meier;James L. Boyer

1011
Citations
The interaction of hepatic lipid and glucose metabolism in liver diseases

Lars P. Bechmann;Rebekka A. Hannivoort;Guido Gerken;Goekhan S. Hotamisligil

1002
Citations
Characterization of HULC, a novel gene with striking up-regulation in hepatocellular carcinoma, as noncoding RNA.

Katrin Panzitt;Marisa M.O. Tschernatsch;Christian Guelly;Tarek Moustafa

896
Citations
ATGL-mediated fat catabolism regulates cardiac mitochondrial function via PPAR-α and PGC-1

Guenter Haemmerle;Tarek Moustafa;Gerald Woelkart;Sabrina Büttner

774
Citations
Pulmonary Arterial Thrombosis in COVID-19 With Fatal Outcome : Results From a Prospective, Single-Center, Clinicopathologic Case Series.

Sigurd F Lax;Kristijan Skok;Peter Zechner;Harald H Kessler

756
Citations
Bile acid receptors as targets for drug development

Frank G. Schaap;Michael Trauner;Peter L. M. Jansen

695
Citations
Efficacy of obeticholic acid in patients with primary biliary cirrhosis and inadequate response to ursodeoxycholic acid

Gideon M. Hirschfield;Andrew Mason;Velimir Luketic;Velimir Luketic;Keith Lindor;Keith Lindor

650
Citations
Adipose Triglyceride Lipase Contributes to Cancer-Associated Cachexia

Suman K. Das;Sandra Eder;Silvia Schauer;Clemens Diwoky

610
Citations
The rat canalicular conjugate export pump (Mrp2) is down-regulated in intrahepatic and obstructive cholestasis

Michael Trauner;Marco Arrese;Carol J. Soroka;Meenakshisundaram Ananthanarayanan

579
Citations
Bile acids and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: Molecular insights and therapeutic perspectives

Juan P. Arab;Saul J. Karpen;Paul A. Dawson;Marco Arrese

549
Citations
New paradigms in the treatment of hepatic cholestasis: From UDCA to FXR, PXR and beyond

Ulrich Beuers;Michael Trauner;Peter Jansen;Raoul Poupon

544
Citations
Regurgitation of bile acids from leaky bile ducts causes sclerosing cholangitis in Mdr2 (Abcb4) knockout mice

Peter Fickert;Andrea Fuchsbichler;Martin Wagner;Gernot Zollner

521
Citations
Recent Insights into the Pathogenesis of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

Juan Pablo Arab;Marco Arrese;Michael Trauner

496
Citations
Nonselective β blockers increase risk for hepatorenal syndrome and death in patients with cirrhosis and spontaneous bacterial peritonitis.

Mattias Mandorfer;Simona Bota;Philipp Schwabl;Theresa Bucsics

454
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas Reiberger Medical University of Vienna

Markus Peck-Radosavljevic Klinikum Klagenfurt

Helmut Denk Medical University of Graz

Kurt Zatloukal Medical University of Graz

Hanns-Ulrich Marschall University of Gothenburg

Peter Ferenci Medical University of Vienna

Frank Lammert Saarland University

Alan F. Hofmann University of California, San Diego

Christian Trautwein RWTH Aachen University

Quentin M. Anstee Newcastle University

External Links

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