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Researcher · Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen · Germany

Horst‐Walter Birk

Horst‐Walter Birk publishes mostly in Nephrology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, on topics such as Acute Kidney Injury Research, Dialysis and Renal Disease Management and Renal and Vascular Pathologies.

OpenAlex
World rank
#1,934,707
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Germany
#95,542
of 364,343
Works
38
Citations
1.1k
Citations per work
28.4
h-index
12
i10-index 14Top 50% in Nephrology
Horst‐Walter Birk

What does Horst‐Walter Birk research?

Horst‐Walter Birk's work is mostly in Medicine (64%), Engineering (4%).

Health Sciences: 24 works · 64.0% of their workMedicine: 24 works · 64.0% of their workNephrology: 10 works · 25.0% of their workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 5 works · 12.0% of their workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 4 works · 11.0% of their workInfectious Diseases: 3 works · 8.0% of their workSurgery: 3 works · 8.0% of their workEverything else: 12 works · 32.0% of their workPhysical Sciences: 2 works · 4.0% of their workEngineering: 2 works · 4.0% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 2 works · 4.0% of their workTHEIR WORKHorst‐Walter Birk38works
Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences64%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine2464.0%
  2. Everything else1232.0%
    1. Engineering24.0%
  1. 1Nephrology25% of their works
  2. 2Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine12% of their works
  3. 3Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine11% of their works
  4. 4Surgery8% of their works
  5. 5Infectious Diseases8% of their works
  6. 6Biomedical Engineering4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Horst‐Walter Birk's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Chronic Kidney Disease, Hemodialysis, Cardiovascular Disease, Sepsis, Renal Function, Acute Kidney Injury, Biomarkers and Dialysis.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 24 words, with their numbers
  1. Chronic Kidney Disease192 topics
  2. Hemodialysis192 topics
  3. Cardiovascular Disease173 topics
  4. Sepsis132 topics
  5. Renal Function112 topics
  6. Acute Kidney Injury101 topic
  7. Biomarkers101 topic
  8. Dialysis91 topic
  9. Inflammation91 topic
  10. Epidemiology82 topics
  11. ACE2 Receptor72 topics
  12. Fibromuscular Dysplasia71 topic
  13. Renal Artery Stenosis71 topic
  14. SARS-CoV-272 topics
  15. Blood Pressure41 topic
  16. Clinical Characteristics41 topic
  17. Guidelines41 topic
  18. Heart Failure41 topic
  19. Hypertension41 topic
  20. Thrombosis41 topic
  21. Coagulopathy31 topic
  22. Coronavirus31 topic
  23. Trauma31 topic
  24. Vaccine31 topic

Where does Horst‐Walter Birk work?

Horst‐Walter Birk's main affiliation in the publication record is Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Germany.

How many publications and citations does Horst‐Walter Birk have?

OpenAlex counts 38 works and 1,078 citations for Horst‐Walter Birk, an h-index of 12, ranking #1,934,707 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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