2026 Stefan Kochanek: Molecular Biology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Molecular Biology	59	2012	1808	139	129	200	14052

Overview

Stefan Kochanek is affiliated with the University of Ulm in Germany. Their research spans several interconnected fields, focusing primarily on biochemical, genetic, and molecular biological aspects of medicine and disease. Kochanek has contributed extensively to topics including virus-based gene therapy, genetic neurodegenerative diseases, mitochondrial function and pathology, CAR-T cell therapy, viral infectious diseases and gene expression in insects, RNA interference and gene delivery, and muscle physiology and disorders.

Their publication record reflects work published in a variety of scientific venues, with frequent contributions to Viruses, Research Square, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Human Gene Therapy, and Neurobiology of Disease.

Some of Stefan Kochanek's recent papers include:

Insights in ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia (2021, Blood)
Persistent JunB activation in fibroblasts disrupts stem cell niche interactions enforcing skin aging (2021, Cell Reports)
Towards Understanding ChAdOx1 nCov-19 Vaccine-induced Immune Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia (VITT) (2021, Research Square)
Process- and product-related impurities in the ChAdOx1 nCov-19 vaccine (2022, eLife)
Understanding thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome after COVID-19 vaccination (2022, npj Vaccines)

Kochanek frequently collaborates with other researchers, with notable co-authors including:

Lea Krutzke
Tatjana Engler
Manuel Seefelder
Ellen Allmendinger
Robin Nilson

Their research systematically addresses complex molecular and cellular mechanisms related to gene therapy, immune responses, and neurodegeneration. By integrating biochemical and genetic methods, their studies contribute to the understanding of both fundamental biological processes and translational medical applications.

Best Publications

Genomic DNA transfer with a high-capacity adenovirus vector results in improved in vivo gene expression and decreased toxicity

Gudrun Schiedner;Núria Morral;Núria Morral;Robin J. Parks;Ying Wu

892
Citations
A new adenoviral vector: Replacement of all viral coding sequences with 28 kb of DNA independently expressing both full-length dystrophin and beta-galactosidase

S Kochanek;P R Clemens;K Mitani;H H Chen

730
Citations
An adenoviral vector deleted for all viral coding sequences results in enhanced safety and extended expression of a leptin transgene

M. A. Morsy;M. Gu;S. Motzel;Jing Zhao

568
Citations
Administration of helper-dependent adenoviral vectors and sequential delivery of different vector serotype for long-term liver-directed gene transfer in baboons

Núria Morral;Wanda O’Neal;Karen Rice;Michele Leland

505
Citations
Adenovirus-mediated regulable target gene expression in vivo

Mark M. Burcin;Gudrun Schiedner;Stefan Kochanek;Sophia Y. Tsai

412
Citations
Persistence in muscle of an adenoviral vector that lacks all viral genes

Hsiao-Huei Chen;Lisa M. Mack;Robert Kelly;Marcia Ontell

395
Citations
Rescue, propagation, and partial purification of a helper virus-dependent adenovirus vector.

K Mitani;F L Graham;C T Caskey;S Kochanek

392
Citations
Adenoviral vectors for gene transfer and therapy.

Christoph Volpers;Stefan Kochanek;Stefan Kochanek

391
Citations
High Doses of a Helper-Dependent Adenoviral Vector Yield Supraphysiological Levels of α1-Antitrypsin with Negligible Toxicity

Núria Morral;Robin J. Parks;Heshan Zhou;Claire Langston

378
Citations
Peripheral infection with adenovirus causes unexpected long-term brain inflammation in animals injected intracranially with first-generation, but not with high-capacity, adenovirus vectors: toward realistic long-term neurological gene therapy for chronic diseases.

Clare E. Thomas;Gudrun Schiedner;Stefan Kochanek;Maria G. Castro

368
Citations
Modification of adenovirus gene transfer vectors with synthetic polymers: a scientific review and technical guide.

Florian Kreppel;Stefan Kochanek

316
Citations
Frequency and Stability of Chromosomal Integration of Adenovirus Vectors

Airi Harui;Shinobu Suzuki;Stefan Kochanek;Kohnosuke Mitani

315
Citations
Efficient transformation of primary human amniocytes by E1 functions of Ad5: generation of new cell lines for adenoviral vector production.

Gudrun Schiedner;Sabine Hertel;Stefan Kochanek

287
Citations
Insights in ChAdOx1 nCov-19 Vaccine-induced Immune Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia (VITT).

Andreas Greinacher;Kathleen Selleng;Raghavendra Palankar;Jan Wesche

287
Citations
In vivo muscle gene transfer of full-length dystrophin with an adenoviral vector that lacks all viral genes.

P R Clemens;S Kochanek;Y Sunada;S Chan

264
Citations
High-capacity adenoviral vectors for gene transfer and somatic gene therapy.

Stefan Kochanek

263
Citations
DNA methylation in the Alu sequences of diploid and haploid primary human cells

S Kochanek;D Renz;W Doerfler

224
Citations
Use of a Liver-Specific Promoter Reduces Immune Response to the Transgene in Adenoviral Vectors

Lucio Pastore;Nuria Morral;Heshan Zhou;Racel Garcia

206
Citations
High-capacity 'gutless' adenoviral vectors.

Kochanek S;Schiedner G;Volpers C

203
Citations
Selective depletion or blockade of Kupffer cells leads to enhanced and prolonged hepatic transgene expression using high-capacity adenoviral vectors.

Gudrun Schiedner;Sabine Hertel;Marion Johnston;Volker Dries

203
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Walter Doerfler University of Cologne

Jesús Prieto University of Navarra

Frank L. Graham McMaster University

Nico van Rooijen Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Meinhard Wlaschek University of Ulm

David Lillicrap Queen's University

Arthur L. Beaudet Baylor College of Medicine

Brian D. Brown Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Robin J. Parks Ottawa Hospital

Klaus Addicks University of Cologne

External Links

Personal website of Stefan Kochanek

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