Robert Bals
Impact in
- Microbiology top 0.01%
- Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities
- Emergency Medical Services top 0.05%
- Pediatric health and respiratory diseases
Papers in
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- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research 84
- Neonatal Respiratory Health Research 35
- Respiratory Support and Mechanisms 27
- Immunology 60
- Immune Response and Inflammation 32
- Co-authors
- James M. Wilson (13 shared papers)Pieter S. Hiemstra (9 shared papers)Christoph Beißwenger (69 shared papers)Claus Vogelmeier (94 shared papers)Christian Herr (87 shared papers)Andreas Rembert Koczulla (19 shared papers)Daniel J. Weiner (8 shared papers)Michael Zasloff (2 shared papers)
- Journals
- Respiratory Research (29 papers)European Respiratory Journal (16 papers)Respiratory Medicine (14 papers)International Journal of COPD (10 papers)PLoS ONE (9 papers)
- Partner nations
- GermanyUnited StatesNetherlands
In The Last Decade
Robert Bals
354 papers receiving 14.0k citations
Robert Bals's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 160
- Microbiology 4.9k
- Emergency Medical Services 1.4k
- Immunology 4.2k
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2.7k
- Cancer Research 935
Countries citing papers authored by Robert Bals
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Fields of papers citing papers by Robert Bals
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Co-authors
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All Works
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| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An angiogenic role for the human peptide antibiotic LL-37/hCAP-18 Hit paper breakdown → | 2003 | 701 |
| 2 | Toll-like receptor expression reveals CpG DNA as a unique microbial stimulus for plasmacytoid dendritic cells which synergizes with CD40 ligand to induce high amounts of IL-12 Hit paper breakdown → | 2001 | 628 |
| 3 | The peptide antibiotic LL-37/hCAP-18 is expressed in epithelia of the human lung where it has broad antimicrobial activity at the airway surface Hit paper breakdown → | 1998 | 605 |
| 4 | Human beta-defensin 2 is a salt-sensitive peptide antibiotic expressed in human lung. Hit paper breakdown → | 1998 | 490 |
| 5 | 2004 | 426 | |
| 6 | 2001 | 397 | |
| 7 | 2000 | 380 | |
| 8 | 2003 | 359 | |
| 9 | 2001 | 347 | |
| 10 | The innate immune function of airway epithelial cells in inflammatory lung disease Hit paper breakdown → | 2015 | 311 |
| 11 | 2011 | 263 | |
| 12 | 2003 | 263 | |
| 13 | 1999 | 243 | |
| 14 | 2005 | 210 | |
| 15 | 2002 | 207 | |
| 16 | 2002 | 171 | |
| 17 | 2011 | 167 | |
| 18 | 1999 | 164 | |
| 19 | 1998 | 162 | |
| 20 | 1999 | 160 |
About Robert Bals
Robert Bals is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Immunology, Molecular Biology, Physiology and Emergency Medical Services, having authored 381 papers that have together received 14.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research (84 papers), Pediatric health and respiratory diseases (52 papers), Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities (48 papers), Neonatal Respiratory Health Research (35 papers), Asthma and respiratory diseases (35 papers), Immune Response and Inflammation (32 papers), Protease and Inhibitor Mechanisms (31 papers) and Respiratory Support and Mechanisms (27 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Microbiology (4.9k citations), Emergency Medical Services (1.4k citations), Immunology (4.2k citations), Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine (2.7k citations) and Cancer Research (935 citations). Robert Bals has collaborated with scholars based in Germany, United States and Netherlands. Frequent co-authors include James M. Wilson, Pieter S. Hiemstra, Christoph Beißwenger, Claus Vogelmeier, Christian Herr, Andreas Rembert Koczulla, Daniel J. Weiner, Michael Zasloff, Renat Shaykhiev and Xiaorong Wang. Their work appears in journals such as Respiratory Research, European Respiratory Journal, Respiratory Medicine, International Journal of COPD and PLoS ONE.
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