Ralf R. Schumann

University for Development Studies

Publishing since 2005, latest 2018

Immunology
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Epidemiology
Infectious Diseases
Modeling and Simulation
Molecular Biology

Their record on OpenAlex

Publications: 82005–2018
Citations: 1,160to those papers
h-index: 8i10-index 8
Field-weighted impact: 8.361.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 75%6 of 8 scored papers
Open access: 88%7 papers free to read

By year

Papers, and the citations to them

Publications, left axisCitations to that year’s papers, right axis2026 still in progress

Publications

8 in all

Recognition of microbial viability via TLR8 drives TFH cell differentiation and vaccine responses
2018Nature ImmunologyJournalOpen access179 citations10.1038/s41590-018-0068-4
Spatial heterogeneity of malaria in Ghana: a cross-sectional study on the association between urbanicity and the acquisition of immunity
2016

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Immunology788%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health563%
Epidemiology113%
Infectious Diseases113%
Modeling and Simulation113%
Molecular Biology113%
Oncology113%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences

Topics most written on

Immune Response and Inflammation7
Malaria Research and Control4
interferon and immune responses2
Mosquito-borne diseases and control2
Complement system in diseases1
COVID-19 epidemiological studies1
Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms1
Immune responses and vaccinations1
Inflammasome and immune disorders1
Neonatal and Maternal Infections1
Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment1
T-cell and B-cell Immunology1

Who they write with

Their most frequent co-authors, and the papers those co-authors share

Where their co-authors are

100% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

Germany8
Netherlands5
Spain2
United Kingdom2
Greece2
Indonesia2
India2
Mali2

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Charité - Universitätsmedizin BerlinDE8 papers
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH5 papers
Komfo Anokye Teaching HospitalGH4 papers
Humboldt-Universität zu BerlinDE2 papers
University General Hospital AttikonGR2 papers
Radboud University Medical CenterNL2 papers
Radboud University NijmegenNL2 papers
Iuliu Hațieganu University of Medicine and PharmacyRO2 papers
Stockholm UniversitySE2 papers
University of the Basque CountryES2 papers

Where they publish

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences3
BMC Medical Genetics1
Infection Genetics and Evolution1
Malaria Journal1
Nature Immunology1
The Journal of Infectious Diseases1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being6
11Sustainable cities and communities1

Most cited

Toll-like receptor (TLR) polymorphisms in African children: Common TLR-4 variants predispose to severe malaria
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences3
2005323 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Green
TLR4 polymorphisms, infectious diseases, and evolutionary pressure during migration of modern humans
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences3
2007318 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Green

TLR4 polymorphisms, infectious diseases, and evolutionary pressure during migration of modern humans

2007Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesJournalOpen access318 citations10.1073/pnas.0704828104

Toll-like receptor (TLR) polymorphisms in African children: Common TLR-4 variants predispose to severe malaria

2005Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesJournalOpen accessSenior author323 citations10.1073/pnas.0506803102

How it can be read

88% free to read

Gold 2 · 25%In an open-access journal
Bronze 1 · 13%Free to read, no open licence
Green 4 · 50%A copy in a repository
Closed 1 · 13%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

4 of 8 papers name a funder

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft2
American Leprosy Missions1
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung1
Danmarks Grundforskningsfond1
Danmarks Tekniske Universitet1
Deutsches Zentrum für Infektionsforschung1
European Social Fund1
European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases1

Recognition of microbial viability via TLR8 drives TFH cell differentiation and vaccine responses

Nature Immunology3

2018179 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Green

Common Polymorphisms of Toll‐Like Receptors 4 and 9 Are Associated with the Clinical Manifestation of Malaria during Pregnancy

The Journal of Infectious Diseases3

2006143 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Bronze

Functional and genetic evidence that the Mal/TIRAP allele variant 180L has been selected by providing protection against septic shock

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

200989 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Green