Alexander Link

8.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
146 papers, 5.3k citations indexed

About

Alexander Link is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Surgery and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexander Link has authored 146 papers receiving a total of 5.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 59 papers in Molecular Biology, 56 papers in Surgery and 36 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Alexander Link's work include Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies (45 papers), MicroRNA in disease regulation (28 papers) and Gut microbiota and health (23 papers). Alexander Link is often cited by papers focused on Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies (45 papers), MicroRNA in disease regulation (28 papers) and Gut microbiota and health (23 papers). Alexander Link collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Lithuania and Spain. Alexander Link's co-authors include Ajay Goel, Francesc Balaguer, Peter Malfertheiner, Juozas Kupčinskas, C. Richard Boland, Sanjiv A. Luther, Mirjam R. Britschgi, Jason G. Cyster, Stéphanie Favre and Tobias K. Vogt and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and The Journal of Cell Biology.

In The Last Decade

Alexander Link

141 papers receiving 5.2k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Fibroblastic reticular cells in lymph nodes regulate the homeostasis of naive T cells

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alexander Link Germany	35	2.5k	1.4k	1.2k	893	767	146	5.3k
Ming‐Tsan Lin Taiwan	48	2.6k 1.0×	1.0k 0.7×	1.2k 1.1×	2.1k 2.4×	1.3k 1.7×	292	8.1k
Wancai Yang United States	43	3.5k 1.4×	1.1k 0.8×	787 0.7×	856 1.0×	1.4k 1.8×	157	6.8k
Peng Zhang China	38	2.4k 1.0×	946 0.7×	916 0.8×	549 0.6×	1.5k 2.0×	196	5.3k
Yingxuan Chen China	37	4.4k 1.7×	1.7k 1.2×	672 0.6×	654 0.7×	2.2k 2.9×	110	7.0k
Jing Shen China	51	4.5k 1.8×	1.8k 1.3×	1.2k 1.0×	666 0.7×	1.7k 2.2×	277	8.2k
Zhigang Ren China	35	2.6k 1.0×	653 0.5×	367 0.3×	649 0.7×	747 1.0×	172	4.7k
Rommel Mário Rodríguez Burbano Brazil	37	2.4k 1.0×	1.3k 0.9×	276 0.2×	761 0.9×	889 1.2×	347	5.1k
Mingxing Li China	40	2.6k 1.0×	1.1k 0.8×	700 0.6×	296 0.3×	917 1.2×	192	5.4k
Chen China	24	985 0.4×	498 0.4×	546 0.5×	874 1.0×	937 1.2×	447	3.6k
Jingyao Zhang China	37	2.1k 0.8×	697 0.5×	456 0.4×	577 0.6×	365 0.5×	186	4.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Alexander Link

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alexander Link

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alexander Link

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Martínez‐Téllez, Borja, Huiwen Xu, Lourdes Ortiz-Alvarez, et al.. (2025). Effect of a 24-week supervised concurrent exercise intervention on fecal microbiota diversity and composition in young sedentary adults: The ACTIBATE randomized controlled trial. Clinical Nutrition. 49. 128–137. 3 indexed citations

Klose, Johannes, Ulrich Ronellenfitsch, Daniel Ebert, et al.. (2025). Selective Oral Decontamination of the Esophagus to Reduce Microbial Burden in Patients Undergoing Esophagectomy for Esophageal Cancer (SODA)—First Results from a Proof-of-Principle Study. Antibiotics. 14(10). 1033–1033.

Hoffmeister, Albrecht, et al.. (2025). The influence of antibiotic and mechanical bowel preparation on the microbiome in colorectal cancer surgery: A pilot study. Surgery in Practice and Science. 22. 100302–100302.

Vilchez‐Vargas, Ramiro, Albrecht Hoffmeister, Jürgen Feisthammel, et al.. (2024). Prediction of anastomotic insufficiency based on the mucosal microbiome prior to colorectal surgery: a proof-of-principle study. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 15335–15335. 4 indexed citations

Osuna‐Prieto, Francisco J., Huiwen Xu, Lourdes Ortiz-Alvarez, et al.. (2023). The relative abundance of fecal bacterial species belonging to the Firmicutes and Bacteroidetes phyla is related to plasma levels of bile acids in young adults. Metabolomics. 19(6). 54–54. 11 indexed citations

Ianiro, Gianluca, Benjamin H. Mullish, Tariq Iqbal, et al.. (2022). Minimising the risk of monkeypox virus transmission during faecal microbiota transplantation: recommendations from a European expert panel. The Lancet. Gastroenterology & hepatology. 7(11). 979–980. 11 indexed citations

Juzėnas, Simonas, Georg Hemmrich‐Stanisak, André Franke, et al.. (2022). miRNome Profiling and Functional Analysis Reveal Involvement of hsa-miR-1246 in Colon Adenoma-Carcinoma Transition by Targeting AXIN2 and CFTR. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 23(4). 2107–2107. 7 indexed citations

Link, Alexander, et al.. (2021). Review – Helicobacter pylori & non-malignant upper GI diseases. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations

Kupčinskas, Juozas, Rūta Steponaitienė, Jurgita Skiecevičienė, et al.. (2020). Fusobacterium nucleatum is associated with worse prognosis in Lauren’s diffuse type gastric cancer patients. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 16240–16240. 93 indexed citations

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Miremadi, Ahmad, et al.. (2019). Feasibility of combined screening for upper gastrointestinal adenocarcinoma risk by serology and Cytosponge testing: the SUGAR study. Journal of Clinical Pathology. 72(12). 825–829. 4 indexed citations

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Skiecevičienė, Jurgita, Mārcis Leja, Alexander Link, et al.. (2018). TLR1 and PRKAA1 Gene Polymorphisms in the Development of Atrophic Gastritis and Gastric Cancer. Journal of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases. 27(4). 363–369. 21 indexed citations

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Kupčinskas, Juozas, Rūta Steponaitienė, Cosima Langner, et al.. (2017). LINE-1 hypomethylation is not a common event in preneoplastic stages of gastric carcinogenesis. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 4828–4828. 15 indexed citations

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Kuthada, Timo, et al.. (2016). The Effects of Cooling Air on the Flow Field around a Vehicle. SAE International Journal of Passenger Cars - Mechanical Systems. 9(2). 723–732. 13 indexed citations

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Link, Alexander, et al.. (2013). Microbial activities in the removal of chlorinated hydrocarbons through a zero-valent iron permeable reactive barrier.. Fresenius environmental bulletin. 22(3). 625–635. 1 indexed citations

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Kalinski, Thomas, et al.. (2013). Gastric Epithelial Expression of IL-12 Cytokine Family in Helicobacter pylori Infection in Human: Is it Head or Tail of the Coin?. PLoS ONE. 8(9). e75192–e75192. 14 indexed citations

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Link, Alexander, et al.. (2012). Innate Immunity Mediates Follicular Transport of Particulate but Not Soluble Protein Antigen. The Journal of Immunology. 188(8). 3724–3733. 134 indexed citations

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Balaguer, Francesc, Leticia Moreira, Juan José Lozano, et al.. (2011). Colorectal Cancers with Microsatellite Instability Display Unique miRNA Profiles. Clinical Cancer Research. 17(19). 6239–6249. 95 indexed citations

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Balaguer, Francesc, Alexander Link, Juan José Lozano, et al.. (2010). Epigenetic Silencing of miR-137 Is an Early Event in Colorectal Carcinogenesis. Cancer Research. 70(16). 6609–6618. 246 indexed citations

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Link, Alexander, Francesc Balaguer, Yan Shen, et al.. (2010). Fecal MicroRNAs as Novel Biomarkers for Colon Cancer Screening. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 19(7). 1766–1774. 285 indexed citations

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Link, Alexander, Sung Kwan Shin, Takeshi Nagasaka, et al.. (2009). JC Virus Mediates Invasion and Migration in Colorectal Metastasis. PLoS ONE. 4(12). e8146–e8146. 46 indexed citations

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