Barbara Meßner

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
65 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Barbara Meßner is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Surgery and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Barbara Meßner has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Molecular Biology, 19 papers in Surgery and 12 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Barbara Meßner's work include Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches (11 papers), Aortic aneurysm repair treatments (10 papers) and Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity (10 papers). Barbara Meßner is often cited by papers focused on Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches (11 papers), Aortic aneurysm repair treatments (10 papers) and Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity (10 papers). Barbara Meßner collaborates with scholars based in Austria, Germany and United States. Barbara Meßner's co-authors include David Bernhard, Günther Laufer, Iris Zeller, Christian Ploner, Johannes Popp, Michael Knoflach, Werner Steimer, Stefan Kiechl, Johann Willeit and Sandra Frotschnig and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Hepatology and Oncogene.

In The Last Decade

Barbara Meßner

61 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

Smoking and Cardiovascular Disease 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 250 500 750
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.

  1. Smoking and Cardiovascular Disease
    2014 763 citations Barbara Meßner, David Bernhard profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Barbara Meßner Austria 25 765 587 505 388 374 65 2.9k
Jelena Kotur‐Stevuljević Serbia 31 398 0.5× 484 0.8× 354 0.7× 433 1.1× 444 1.2× 191 3.2k
Vecihi Batuman United States 35 1.1k 1.4× 1.2k 2.1× 602 1.2× 486 1.3× 699 1.9× 109 5.4k
Zhongbing Lu China 37 487 0.6× 1.4k 2.3× 634 1.3× 254 0.7× 232 0.6× 74 3.8k
Suhail Al‐Salam United Arab Emirates 35 476 0.6× 739 1.3× 272 0.5× 353 0.9× 104 0.3× 149 3.4k
Gaku Ichihara Japan 37 1.4k 1.8× 949 1.6× 203 0.4× 274 0.7× 241 0.6× 156 4.4k
David A. Vesey Australia 31 880 1.2× 818 1.4× 125 0.2× 294 0.8× 464 1.2× 118 3.3k
Thamaraiselvan Rengarajan India 16 342 0.4× 835 1.4× 253 0.5× 223 0.6× 126 0.3× 32 2.8k
Cristina Vassalle Italy 33 197 0.3× 732 1.2× 484 1.0× 404 1.0× 504 1.3× 151 3.5k
Chien‐Ning Hsu Taiwan 43 360 0.5× 1.2k 2.0× 436 0.9× 521 1.3× 426 1.1× 237 5.2k
Ginji Endo Japan 34 1.3k 1.7× 819 1.4× 292 0.6× 310 0.8× 346 0.9× 139 4.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Barbara Meßner

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Fields of papers citing papers by Barbara Meßner

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Barbara Meßner

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Barbara Meßner. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Barbara Meßner based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Barbara Meßner. Barbara Meßner is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Lunzer, Markus, et al.. (2026). Micropatterned surfaces as biointerface to reduce platelet adhesion in cardiovascular devices. Colloids and Interface Science Communications. 72. 100881–100881.
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Moayedifar, R., Anne‐Kristin Schaefer, Barbara Meßner, et al.. (2024). Assessment of Platelet Response to Aspirin Therapy and Hemocompatibility-Related Adverse Events in HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Assist Device Recipients. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 13(23). 7234–7234.
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Doppler, Christian, et al.. (2024). Aluminum, a colorful gamechanger: Uptake of an aluminum-containing food color in human cells and its implications for human health. Food Chemistry. 442. 138404–138404. 3 indexed citations
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Meßner, Barbara, Michael B. Fischer, Christoph Hametner, et al.. (2023). An Atraumatic Mock Loop for Realistic Hemocompatibility Assessment of Blood Pumps. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering. 71(5). 1651–1662. 5 indexed citations
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Kotagiri, Prasanti, Gavin W. Sewell, Barbara Meßner, et al.. (2023). Altered B-Cell Expansion and Maturation in Draining Mesenteric Lymph Nodes of Inflamed Gut in Crohn’s Disease. Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 17(4). 662–666. 2 indexed citations
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Wechselberger, Christian, Barbara Meßner, & David Bernhard. (2023). The Role of Trace Elements in Cardiovascular Diseases. Toxics. 11(12). 956–956. 17 indexed citations
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Aschacher, Thomas, Katy Schmidt, Florian Enzmann, et al.. (2022). The Role of Telocytes and Telocyte-Derived Exosomes in the Development of Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 23(9). 4730–4730. 18 indexed citations
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Aschacher, Thomas, Daniela Geisler, Bernhard Winkler, et al.. (2022). Impacts of Telomeric Length, Chronic Hypoxia, Senescence, and Senescence-Associated Secretory Phenotype on the Development of Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 23(24). 15498–15498. 1 indexed citations
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Eilenberg, Magdalena, Marjan Enayati, Christian Grasl, et al.. (2019). Long Term Evaluation of Nanofibrous, Bioabsorbable Polycarbonate Urethane Grafts for Small Diameter Vessel Replacement in Rodents. European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery. 59(4). 643–652. 26 indexed citations
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Blažević, Tina, Iris Zeller, Elke H. Heiß, et al.. (2019). Tylophorine reduces protein biosynthesis and rapidly decreases cyclin D1, inhibiting vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation in vitro and in organ culture. Phytomedicine. 60. 152938–152938. 7 indexed citations
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Starlinger, Patrick, David Pereyra, Stefanie Haegele, et al.. (2017). Perioperative von Willebrand factor dynamics are associated with liver regeneration and predict outcome after liver resection. Hepatology. 67(4). 1516–1530. 34 indexed citations
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Aschacher, Thomas, et al.. (2017). Telomere Biology and Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 19(1). 3–3. 39 indexed citations
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Grimm, Michael, et al.. (2016). Vein graft thrombi, a niche for smooth muscle cell colonization – a hypothesis to explain the asymmetry of intimal hyperplasia. Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis. 14(5). 1095–1104. 16 indexed citations
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Baranyi, Ulrike, Thomas Aschacher, Martin Andreas, et al.. (2016). The megaaortic syndrome: Progression of ascending aortic aneurysm or a disease of distinct origin?. International Journal of Cardiology. 227. 717–726. 3 indexed citations
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Jugdaohsingh, Ravin, Katharina Kessler, Barbara Meßner, et al.. (2015). Dietary Silicon Deficiency Does Not Exacerbate Diet-Induced Fatty Lesions in Female ApoE Knockout Micece. Journal of Nutrition. 145(7). 1498–1506. 8 indexed citations
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Meßner, Barbara, et al.. (2015). Cadmium overkill: autophagy, apoptosis and necrosis signalling in endothelial cells exposed to cadmium. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 73(8). 1699–1713. 74 indexed citations
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Bergmeister, Helga, Nargiz Seyidova, C Schreiber, et al.. (2014). Biodegradable, thermoplastic polyurethane grafts for small diameter vascular replacements. Acta Biomaterialia. 11. 104–113. 108 indexed citations
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Meßner, Barbara, Michael Knoflach, Blair Henderson, et al.. (2011). Dynamics of heat shock protein 60 in endothelial cells exposed to cigarette smoke extract. Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology. 51(5). 777–780. 18 indexed citations
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