Axel Hofmann

7.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
70 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Axel Hofmann is a scholar working on Biochemistry, Management of Technology and Innovation and Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Axel Hofmann has authored 70 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in Biochemistry, 36 papers in Management of Technology and Innovation and 32 papers in Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine. Recurrent topics in Axel Hofmann's work include Blood transfusion and management (55 papers), Blood donation and transfusion practices (36 papers) and Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation (32 papers). Axel Hofmann is often cited by papers focused on Blood transfusion and management (55 papers), Blood donation and transfusion practices (36 papers) and Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation (32 papers). Axel Hofmann collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Switzerland and United States. Axel Hofmann's co-authors include Aryeh Shander, H. Gombotz, Donat R. Spahn, Shannon L. Farmer, Oliver M. Theusinger, Sherri Ozawa, James P. Isbister, Simon Towler, Michael F. Leahy and Peter Rehak and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Blood.

In The Last Decade

Axel Hofmann

68 papers receiving 4.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Activity‐based costs of blood transfusions in surgical patients at four hospitals

2009 556 citations Aryeh Shander, Axel Hofmann et al. Transfusion profile →
Improved outcomes and reduced costs associated with a health‐system–wide patient blood management program: a retrospective observational study in four major adult tertiary‐care hospitals

2017 257 citations Michael F. Leahy, Axel Hofmann et al. Transfusion profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Axel Hofmann Australia	32	2.8k	1.5k	1.2k	1.0k	981	70	4.3k
Giuseppe Pagliarello Canada	17	2.8k 1.0×	1.8k 1.2×	826 0.7×	663 0.7×	957 1.0×	34	4.9k
Helaine Noveck United States	16	2.2k 0.8×	1.1k 0.7×	731 0.6×	438 0.4×	1.6k 1.6×	29	3.8k
H. Gombotz Austria	27	1.7k 0.6×	968 0.6×	703 0.6×	510 0.5×	810 0.8×	85	3.0k
Gavin J. Murphy United Kingdom	36	2.1k 0.8×	1.5k 1.0×	761 0.7×	322 0.3×	2.4k 2.4×	165	5.7k
Klaus Görlinger Germany	39	1.6k 0.6×	2.8k 1.8×	925 0.8×	366 0.4×	1.2k 1.3×	117	4.5k
Pierre Robillard Canada	25	1.4k 0.5×	913 0.6×	440 0.4×	537 0.5×	507 0.5×	78	3.0k
Linda Shore‐Lesserson United States	30	2.4k 0.8×	2.3k 1.5×	910 0.8×	338 0.3×	2.2k 2.2×	135	5.2k
Keyvan Karkouti Canada	46	2.8k 1.0×	2.6k 1.7×	1.3k 1.1×	313 0.3×	2.7k 2.7×	151	7.5k
Yves Ozier France	35	1.3k 0.5×	2.6k 1.7×	782 0.7×	310 0.3×	2.7k 2.7×	144	6.1k
Andrew Gettinger United States	15	1.7k 0.6×	899 0.6×	972 0.8×	416 0.4×	263 0.3×	29	2.7k

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Farmer, Shannon L. & Axel Hofmann. (2025). Data-Driven Change Starts with Data. Anesthesia & Analgesia. 141(5). 938–940. 1 indexed citations

Ansari, Tarek, et al.. (2024). Outcomes Associated with a Patient Blood Management Program in Major Obstetric Hemorrhage: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Anesthesia & Analgesia. 142(1). 114–123. 1 indexed citations

Hofmann, Axel, Sherri Ozawa, & Aryeh Shander. (2021). Activity‐based cost of platelet transfusions in medical and surgical inpatients at a US hospital. Vox Sanguinis. 116(9). 998–1004. 15 indexed citations

Hofmann, Axel, Matti Aapro, Е Б Жибурт, et al.. (2021). Patient blood management in oncology in the Russian Federation: Resolution to improve oncology care. Journal of Cancer Policy. 31. 100315–100315. 3 indexed citations

Trentino, Kevin M., Shannon L. Farmer, Michael F. Leahy, et al.. (2020). Systematic reviews and meta-analyses comparing mortality in restrictive and liberal haemoglobin thresholds for red cell transfusion: an overview of systematic reviews. BMC Medicine. 18(1). 154–154. 33 indexed citations

Trentino, Kevin M., Shannon L. Farmer, James P. Isbister, et al.. (2020). Restrictive Versus Liberal Transfusion Trials: Are They Asking the Right Question?. Anesthesia & Analgesia. 131(6). 1950–1955. 14 indexed citations

Hofmann, Axel, Matti Aapro, Е Б Жибурт, et al.. (2020). Patient blood management in oncology in the Russian Federation: resolution to improve oncology care.. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 22(3). 59–78. 5 indexed citations

Trentino, Kevin M., Shannon L. Farmer, Frank Sanfilippo, et al.. (2019). Systematic reviews and meta-analyses comparing mortality in restrictive and liberal haemoglobin thresholds for red cell transfusion: protocol for an overview of systematic reviews. BMJ Open. 9(8). e029828–e029828. 3 indexed citations

Gombotz, H., G. Schreier, Stefan Neubauer, Peter Kästner, & Axel Hofmann. (2016). Gender disparities in red blood cell transfusion in elective surgery: a post hoc multicentre cohort study. BMJ Open. 6(12). e012210–e012210. 33 indexed citations

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Litton, Edward, Stuart Baker, Wendy N. Erber, et al.. (2016). Intravenous iron or placebo for anaemia in intensive care: the IRONMAN multicentre randomized blinded trial. Intensive Care Medicine. 42(11). 1715–1722. 70 indexed citations

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Farmer, Shannon L., Kevin M. Trentino, Axel Hofmann, et al.. (2015). A Programmatic Approach to Patient Blood Management – ReducingTransfusions and Improving Patient Outcomes. UWA Profiles and Research Repository (University of Western Australia). 9(1). 6–16. 25 indexed citations

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Trentino, Kevin M., Shannon L. Farmer, Stuart G. Swain, et al.. (2014). Increased hospital costs associated with red blood cell transfusion. Transfusion. 55(5). 1082–1089. 65 indexed citations

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Leahy, Michael F., Syed Aqif Mukhtar, Shannon L. Farmer, et al.. (2013). A pragmatic approach to embedding patient blood management in a tertiary hospital. Transfusion. 54(4). 1133–1145. 67 indexed citations

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Dyke, Cornelius, Solomon Aronson, Wulf Dietrich, et al.. (2013). Universal definition of perioperative bleeding in adult cardiac surgery. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 147(5). 1458–1463.e1. 273 indexed citations

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Shander, Aryeh, Hugo Van Aken, M.J. Colomina, et al.. (2013). Patient Blood Management in Europe. Survey of Anesthesiology. 57(1). 51–52. 33 indexed citations

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Shander, Aryeh, Hugo Van Aken, M.J. Colomina, et al.. (2012). Patient blood management in Europe. British Journal of Anaesthesia. 109(1). 55–68. 204 indexed citations

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Shander, Aryeh, Arlène Fink, Mazyar Javidroozi, et al.. (2011). Appropriateness of Allogeneic Red Blood Cell Transfusion: The International Consensus Conference on Transfusion Outcomes. Transfusion Medicine Reviews. 25(3). 232–246.e53. 158 indexed citations

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Tsai, Amy G., Axel Hofmann, Pedro Cabrales, & Marcos Intaglietta. (2010). Perfusion vs. oxygen delivery in transfusion with “fresh” and “old” red blood cells: The experimental evidence. Transfusion and Apheresis Science. 43(1). 69–78. 83 indexed citations

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Thomson, Amanda, et al.. (2009). Patient blood management – a new paradigm for transfusion medicine?. ISBT Science Series. 4(n2). 423–435. 61 indexed citations

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Hofmann, Axel, et al.. (1999). [High performance sports and backache: the value of functional analysis and progressive dynamic strength training of the trunk muscles. Case report of a 15-year-old high performance tennis player].. PubMed. 13(1). M7–9. 2 indexed citations

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