2026 Stefan Wieland: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	54	15363	14100	283	252	104	19311

Overview

Stefan Wieland is affiliated with the University Hospital of Basel in Switzerland. Their research spans multiple fields within medicine and molecular biology, with a strong focus on hepatology and infectious diseases related to the liver.

Their main fields of study include:

Medicine
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Wieland's work covers several subfields, primarily:

Hepatology
Epidemiology
Molecular Biology
Cancer Research
Surgery

The main research topics that have been a focus throughout Wieland's career are:

Hepatitis B Virus Studies
Hepatitis C virus research
Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis
Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
RNA modifications and cancer
Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism
Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research

Stefan Wieland has authored multiple recent scientific papers published in recognized journals. Significant contributions include:

"Peroxisomal β-oxidation acts as a sensor for intracellular fatty acids and regulates lipolysis" (2021, Nature Metabolism)
"Integrative proteogenomic characterization of hepatocellular carcinoma across etiologies and stages" (2022, Nature Communications)
"Ubiquitous expression of HBsAg from integrated HBV DNA in patients with low viral load" (2021, Journal of Hepatology)
"Transition to HBeAg-negative chronic hepatitis B virus infection is associated with reduced cccDNA transcriptional activity" (2020, Journal of Hepatology)
"Interferon lambda 4 impairs hepatitis C viral antigen presentation and attenuates T cell responses" (2021, Nature Communications)

The venues where Wieland has frequently published include:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Journal of Hepatology
Nature Communications
Clinical Pharmacology in Drug Development
Nature Metabolism

Stefan Wieland's collaborative network involves several frequent coauthors such as:

Markus H. Heim
Aleksei Suslov
Charlotte K.Y. Ng
Tuyana Boldanova
Marie-Anne Meier

Best Publications

Robust hepatitis C virus infection in vitro

Jin Zhong;Pablo Gastaminza;Guofeng Cheng;Sharookh Kapadia

2167
Citations
CD8+ T Cells Mediate Viral Clearance and Disease Pathogenesis during Acute Hepatitis B Virus Infection

Robert Thimme;Stefan Wieland;Carola Steiger;John Ghrayeb

1316
Citations
Interferon modulation of cellular microRNAs as an antiviral mechanism.

Irene M. Pedersen;Guofeng Cheng;Stefan Wieland;Stefano Volinia

1155
Citations
Genomic analysis of the host response to hepatitis C virus infection.

Andrew I. Su;John P. Pezacki;Lisa Wodicka;Amy D. Brideau

1147
Citations
Inhibition of hepatitis B virus in mice by RNA interference.

Anton P McCaffrey;Hiroyuki Nakai;Kusum Pandey;Zan Huang

975
Citations
Viral and immunological determinants of hepatitis C virus clearance, persistence, and disease

Robert Thimme;Jens Bukh;Hans Christian Spangenberg;Stefan Wieland

856
Citations
Stealth and cunning: hepatitis B and hepatitis C viruses.

Stefan F. Wieland;Francis V. Chisari

617
Citations
Cellular Determinants of Hepatitis C Virus Assembly, Maturation, Degradation, and Secretion

Pablo Gastaminza;Guofeng Cheng;Stefan Wieland;Jin Zhong

565
Citations
Pathogenesis of hepatitis B virus infection.

Francis V. Chisari;Masanori Isogawa;Stefan F. Wieland

539
Citations
Short-range exosomal transfer of viral RNA from infected cells to plasmacytoid dendritic cells triggers innate immunity

Marlène Dreux;Urtzi Garaigorta;Bryan Boyd;Elodie Décembre

525
Citations
The autophagy machinery is required to initiate hepatitis C virus replication

Marlène Dreux;Pablo Gastaminza;Stefan F. Wieland;Francis V. Chisari

502
Citations
Human liver chimeric mice provide a model for hepatitis B and C virus infection and treatment

Karl-Dimiter Bissig;Stefan F. Wieland;Phu Tran;Masanori Isogawa

459
Citations
The Size of the Viral Inoculum Contributes to the Outcome of Hepatitis B Virus Infection

Shinichi Asabe;Stefan F. Wieland;Pratip K. Chattopadhyay;Mario Roederer

382
Citations
Organoid Models of Human Liver Cancers Derived from Tumor Needle Biopsies

Sandro Nuciforo;Isabel Fofana;Matthias S. Matter;Tanja Blumer

356
Citations
Intrahepatic induction of alpha/beta interferon eliminates viral RNA-containing capsids in hepatitis B virus transgenic mice.

Stefan F. Wieland;Luca G. Guidotti;Francis V. Chisari

324
Citations
Plasmacytoid dendritic cells sense hepatitis C virus–infected cells, produce interferon, and inhibit infection

Ken Takahashi;Shinichi Asabe;Stefan Wieland;Urtzi Garaigorta

322
Citations
Immune effectors required for hepatitis B virus clearance

Priscilla L. Yang;Alana Althage;Josan Chung;Holly Maier

297
Citations
Expansion and contraction of the hepatitis B virus transcriptional template in infected chimpanzees

Stefan F. Wieland;Hans Christian Spangenberg;Robert Thimme;Robert H. Purcell

295
Citations
Blocking Chemokine Responsive to γ–2/Interferon (IFN)-γ Inducible Protein and Monokine Induced by IFN-γ Activity In Vivo Reduces the Pathogenetic but not the Antiviral Potential of Hepatitis B Virus–specific Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes

Kazuhiro Kakimi;Thomas E. Lane;Stefan Wieland;Valerie C. Asensio

278
Citations
Interleukin-18 Inhibits Hepatitis B Virus Replication in the Livers of Transgenic Mice

Kiminori Kimura;Kazuhiro Kakimi;Stefan Wieland;Luca G. Guidotti

261
Citations