Markus Cornberg

24.9k citations

412 papers · 11.3k · 2 hit papers · h-index 55

Impact in

Hepatology top 0.05%
- Hepatitis C virus research
- Hepatitis Viruses Studies and Epidemiology
- Liver Disease and Transplantation
Epidemiology top 0.1%
- Hepatitis B Virus Studies
- Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment

Papers in

Hepatology 299
- Hepatitis C virus research 258
- Liver Disease and Transplantation 40
- Hepatitis Viruses Studies and Epidemiology 36
Epidemiology 212
- Hepatitis B Virus Studies 156
- Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment 124

Co-authors: Heiner Wedemeyer (251 shared papers)Michael P. Manns (158 shared papers)Liisa K. Selin (14 shared papers)Katja Deterding (85 shared papers)Raymond M. Welsh (8 shared papers)Thomas Berg (45 shared papers)Benjamin Maasoumy (89 shared papers)Stephen N. Waggoner (2 shared papers)
Journals: Journal of Hepatology (93 papers)Liver International (21 papers)Journal of Viral Hepatitis (19 papers)Hepatology (14 papers)Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics (12 papers)
Partner nations: Germany United States Sweden

In The Last Decade

Markus Cornberg

385 papers receiving 11.0k citations

Markus Cornberg's Hit Papers

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EASL Clinical Practice Guidelines on the management of hepatitis B virus infection 2025 · 59 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2025 Journal of Hepatology
2001 New England Journal of Medicine

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1	Treatment of Acute Hepatitis C with Interferon Alfa-2b New England Journal of Medicine ·Elmar Jaeckel, Markus Cornberg, Heiner Wedemeyer, Teresa Santantonio, Julika Mayer, M Zankel, Giuseppe Pastore, Manfred Dietrich, Christian Trautwein, Michael P. Manns Hit paper breakdown →	2001	551
2	Natural killer cells act as rheostats modulating antiviral T cells Nature ·Stephen N. Waggoner, Markus Cornberg, Liisa K. Selin, Raymond M. Welsh	2011	468
3	Care of patients with liver disease during the COVID-19 pandemic: EASL-ESCMID position paper JHEP Reports ·Tobias Boettler, Philip N. Newsome, Mario U. Mondelli, Mojca Matičič, Elisa Cordero, Markus Cornberg, Thomas Berg	2020	347
4	Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) levels in the natural history of hepatitis B virus (HBV)-infection: A European perspective Journal of Hepatology ·Jerzy Jaroszewicz, Beatriz Calle Serrano, Karsten Wursthorn, Katja Deterding, Jérôme Schlué, R. Raupach, Robert Flisiak, C.–Thomas Bock, Michael P. Manns, Heiner Wedemeyer, Markus Cornberg	2010	336
5	Hepatitis B surface antigen quantification: Why and how to use it in 2011 – A core group report Journal of Hepatology ·Henry Lik‐Yuen Chan, Alexander Thompson, Michelle Martinot-Peignoux, Teerha Piratvisuth, Markus Cornberg, Maurizia Rossana Brunetto, Hans L. Tillmann, Jia‐Horng Kao, Jidong Jia, Heiner Wedemeyer, Stephen Locarnini, Harry L.A. Janssen, Patrick Marcellin	2011	263
6	The role of quantitative hepatitis B surface antigen revisited Journal of Hepatology ·Markus Cornberg, Vincent Wai‐Sun Wong, Stephen Locarnini, Maurizia Rossana Brunetto, Harry L.A. Janssen, Henry Lik‐Yuen Chan	2016	250
7	Late HDV RNA Relapse After Peginterferon Alpha-Based Therapy of Chronic Hepatitis Delta Hepatology ·Benjamin Heidrich, Cihan Yurdaydın, Gökhan Kabaçam, Boris A. Ratsch, Kalliopi Zachou, Birgit Bremer, George Ν. Dalekos, Andreas Erhardt, Fehmı Tabak, Kendal Yalçın, Selım Gürel, Stefan Zeuzem, Markus Cornberg, C.–Thomas Bock, Michael P. Manns, Heiner Wedemeyer	2014	208
8	Long-term response after stopping tenofovir disoproxil fumarate in non-cirrhotic HBeAg-negative patients – FINITE study Journal of Hepatology ·Thomas Berg, Karl‐Georg Simon, Stefan Mauss, Eckart Schott, R Heyne, Dietmar M. Klass, Christoph Eisenbach, Tania M. Welzel, Roman Zachoval, G Felten, Julian Schulze zur Wiesch, Markus Cornberg, Marjoleine L. Op den Brouw, Belinda Jump, Hans Reiser, L Gallo, Tobias Warger, Jörg Petersen	2017	201
9	Hepatitis E virus infection as a cause of graft hepatitis in liver transplant recipients Liver Transplantation ·Sven Pischke, Pothakamuri Venkata Suneetha, Christine Baechlein, Hannelore Barg‐Hock, Albert Heim, Nassim Kamar, Jérôme Schlué, Christian P. Strassburg, Frank Lehner, R. Raupach, Birgit Bremer, P. Magerstedt, Markus Cornberg, Frauke Seehusen, Wolfgang Baumgaertner, J. Klempnauer, Jacques Izopet, Michael P. Manns, B. Grummer, Heiner Wedemeyer	2009	163
10	Early monotherapy with pegylated interferon alpha-2b for acute hepatitis C infection: The HEP-NET acute-HCV-II study Hepatology ·Johannes Wiegand, Peter Buggisch, Wulf O. Boecher, Stefan Zeuzem, Cornelia M. Gelbmann, Thomas Berg, Wolfgang Kauffmann, B. Kallinowski, Markus Cornberg, Elmar Jaeckel, Heiner Wedemeyer, Michael P. Manns	2006	162
11	Expression of leptin and leptin receptor isoforms in the human stomach Gut ·Heiko Mix, A. Widjaja, Oliver Jandl, Markus Cornberg, Ajay Kaul, Michael Göke, Winfried Beil, M. Kuske, Georg Brabant, Michael P. Manns, Siegfried Wagner	2000	160
12	Interferon-α–Induced TRAIL on Natural Killer Cells Is Associated With Control of Hepatitis C Virus Infection Gastroenterology ·Kerstin A. Stegmann, Niklas K. Björkström, Heike Veber, Sandra Ciesek, Peggy Riese, Johannes Wiegand, Johannes Hadem, Pothakamuri Venkata Suneetha, Jerzy Jaroszewicz, Chun Wang, Verena Schlaphoff, Paraskevi Fytili, Markus Cornberg, Michael P. Manns, Robert Geffers, Thomas Pietschmann, Carlos A. Guzmán, Hans‐Gustaf Ljunggren, Heiner Wedemeyer	2010	153
13	Global timing of hepatitis C virus elimination in high‐income countries Liver International ·Homie Razavi, Yuri Sánchez González, Cammy Yuen, Markus Cornberg	2019	150
14	EASL position paper on the use of COVID-19 vaccines in patients with chronic liver diseases, hepatobiliary cancer and liver transplant recipients Journal of Hepatology ·Markus Cornberg, Marı́a Buti, Christiane S. Eberhardt, Paolo Grossi, Daniel Shouval	2021	148
15	In vivo evidence for ribavirin-induced mutagenesis of the hepatitis E virus genome Gut ·Daniel Tödt, A. Gisa, Aleksandar Radonić, Andreas Nitsche, Patrick Behrendt, Pothakamuri Venkata Suneetha, Sven Pischke, Birgit Bremer, Richard J. P. Brown, Michael P. Manns, Markus Cornberg, C.–Thomas Bock, Eike Steinmann, Heiner Wedemeyer	2016	146
16	Memory of mice and men: CD8⁺ T‐cell cross‐reactivity and heterologous immunity Immunological Reviews ·Liisa K. Selin, Michael A. Brehm, Yuri N. Naumov, Markus Cornberg, Sung‐Kwon Kim, Shalyn C. Clute, Raymond M. Welsh	2006	146
17	Hepatitis E virus (HEV)-specific T-cell responses are associated with control of HEV infection Hepatology ·Pothakamuri Venkata Suneetha, Sven Pischke, Verena Schlaphoff, (unknown), Paraskevi Fytili, A Gronert, Birgit Bremer, Antoaneta A. Markova, Jerzy Jaroszewicz, Christoph Bara, Michael P. Manns, Markus Cornberg, Heiner Wedemeyer	2011	141
18	Proinflammatory cytokines trigger MUC gene expression and mucin release in the intestinal cancer cell line LS180 Inflammation Research ·M.‐L. Enss, Markus Cornberg, Siegfried Wagner, Andreas Gebert, M. Henrichs, R. Eisenblätter, Winfried Beil, R. Kownatzki, Hans J. Hedrich	2000	129
19	Nonreversible MAIT cell‐dysfunction in chronic hepatitis C virus infection despite successful interferon‐free therapy European Journal of Immunology ·Julia Hengst, Benedikt Strunz, Katja Deterding, Hans‐Gustaf Ljunggren, Edwin Leeansyah, Michael P. Manns, Markus Cornberg, Johan K. Sandberg, Heiner Wedemeyer, Niklas K. Björkström	2016	128
20	Direct-Acting Antiviral–Induced Hepatitis C Virus Clearance Does Not Completely Restore the Altered Cytokine and Chemokine Milieu in Patients With Chronic Hepatitis C The Journal of Infectious Diseases ·Julia Hengst, Christine S. Falk, Verena Schlaphoff, Katja Deterding, Michael P. Manns, Markus Cornberg, Heiner Wedemeyer	2016	120

About Markus Cornberg

Markus Cornberg is a scholar working on Hepatology, Epidemiology, Immunology, Infectious Diseases and Rheumatology, having authored 412 papers that have together received 11.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Hepatitis C virus research (258 papers), Hepatitis B Virus Studies (156 papers), Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (124 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (42 papers), Liver Disease and Transplantation (40 papers), Hepatitis Viruses Studies and Epidemiology (36 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (21 papers) and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research (18 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Hepatology (6.0k citations), Epidemiology (5.9k citations), Immunology (2.1k citations), Infectious Diseases (1.5k citations) and Virology (242 citations). Markus Cornberg has collaborated with scholars based in Germany, United States and Sweden. Frequent co-authors include Heiner Wedemeyer, Michael P. Manns, Liisa K. Selin, Katja Deterding, Raymond M. Welsh, Thomas Berg, Benjamin Maasoumy, Stephen N. Waggoner, Christoph Höner zu Siederdissen and Jerzy Jaroszewicz. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Hepatology, Liver International, Journal of Viral Hepatitis, Hepatology and Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics.

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