Bernd Christiansen

9.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
145 papers, 6.9k citations indexed

About

Bernd Christiansen is a scholar working on Surgery, Rheumatology and Orthopedics and Sports Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Bernd Christiansen has authored 145 papers receiving a total of 6.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Surgery, 37 papers in Rheumatology and 36 papers in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine. Recurrent topics in Bernd Christiansen's work include Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms (35 papers), Bone health and osteoporosis research (25 papers) and Marine Biology and Ecology Research (22 papers). Bernd Christiansen is often cited by papers focused on Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms (35 papers), Bone health and osteoporosis research (25 papers) and Marine Biology and Ecology Research (22 papers). Bernd Christiansen collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and China. Bernd Christiansen's co-authors include Mary Bouxsein, Ralph Müller, Karl J. Jepsen, Steven K. Boyd, Robert E. Guldberg, Dominik R. Haudenschild, Matthew J. Silva, Gabriela G. Loots, Deepa K. Murugesh and Jasper H. N. Yik and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Geophysical Research Letters.

In The Last Decade

Bernd Christiansen

141 papers receiving 6.8k 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.

Guidelines for assessment of bone microstructure in rodents using micro–computed tomography

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Bernd Christiansen United States	34	2.3k	2.0k	1.4k	1.3k	1.0k	145	6.9k
Toru Yamaguchi Japan	51	3.4k 1.5×	2.5k 1.3×	972 0.7×	493 0.4×	2.0k 2.0×	236	8.1k
Toshitaka Nakamura Japan	55	3.5k 1.5×	5.0k 2.5×	2.2k 1.6×	826 0.7×	3.2k 3.2×	284	10.4k
Björn Busse Germany	44	1.7k 0.8×	2.5k 1.2×	1.0k 0.7×	717 0.6×	908 0.9×	157	5.4k
Weiliang Shen China	49	1.2k 0.5×	2.5k 1.3×	3.3k 2.3×	431 0.3×	115 0.1×	209	6.9k
Akira Kudō Japan	59	6.4k 2.8×	546 0.3×	1.3k 0.9×	873 0.7×	2.7k 2.7×	275	13.5k
Maria Almeida United States	49	5.2k 2.2×	2.1k 1.0×	457 0.3×	559 0.4×	1.9k 1.9×	86	8.8k
Kristen Johnson United States	48	2.2k 0.9×	671 0.3×	662 0.5×	2.3k 1.8×	599 0.6×	133	10.2k
Sandra J. Shefelbine United States	40	963 0.4×	1.7k 0.8×	1.8k 1.3×	802 0.6×	310 0.3×	138	6.3k
Andrew A. Pitsillides United Kingdom	42	2.2k 0.9×	1.5k 0.7×	1.1k 0.8×	1.6k 1.3×	580 0.6×	183	6.2k
Xiaoling Zhang China	59	5.1k 2.2×	470 0.2×	1.4k 1.0×	1.1k 0.9×	891 0.9×	401	11.9k

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Pereira, Gavin, et al.. (2025). Justification of Body Mass Index cutoffs for hip and knee joint arthroplasty among California orthopedic surgeons. Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research. 20(1). 125–125. 1 indexed citations

Lam, Stephen, Ashwini Kulkarni, Yi‐Je Chen, et al.. (2025). Investigating the role of complement 5a in systemic bone loss after myocardial infarction. Bone. 198. 117543–117543.

Saiz, Augustine M., Mark Lee, Bernd Christiansen, et al.. (2024). Polytrauma impairs fracture healing accompanied by increased persistence of innate inflammatory stimuli and reduced adaptive response. Journal of Orthopaedic Research®. 43(3). 603–616. 4 indexed citations

Hawkins, David, et al.. (2024). A 0.05 m Change in Inertial Measurement Unit Placement Alters Time and Frequency Domain Metrics during Running. Sensors. 24(2). 656–656. 3 indexed citations

Wells, Kristina V, Deepa K. Murugesh, Nicholas R. Hum, et al.. (2024). Osteocytic oxygen sensing: Distinct impacts of VHL and HIF-2alpha on bone integrity. Bone. 192. 117339–117339. 2 indexed citations

Christiansen, Bernd, et al.. (2023). Non-Invasive Compression-Induced Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Injury and <em>In Vivo</em> Imaging of Protease Activity in Mice. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 1 indexed citations

Christiansen, Bernd, Hongwei Liu, David P. Fyhrie, et al.. (2023). Acute bone loss following SARS‐CoV‐2 infection in mice. Journal of Orthopaedic Research®. 41(9). 1945–1952. 13 indexed citations

Murugesh, Deepa K., et al.. (2023). Degradation‐Resistant Hypoxia Inducible Factor‐2α in Murine Osteocytes Promotes a High Bone Mass Phenotype. JBMR Plus. 7(4). e10724–e10724. 4 indexed citations

Murugesh, Deepa K., et al.. (2023). Antibiotic Treatment Prior to Injury Abrogates the Detrimental Effects of LPS in STR/ort Mice Susceptible to Osteoarthritis Development. JBMR Plus. 7(8). e10759–e10759. 2 indexed citations

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Murugesh, Deepa K., Allison W. Hsia, Alice Wong, et al.. (2022). Differential bone adaptation to mechanical unloading and reloading in young, old, and osteocyte deficient mice. Bone. 167. 116646–116646. 10 indexed citations

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Sebastian, Aimy, Nicholas R. Hum, Stephen Wilson, et al.. (2022). Single-cell RNA-Seq reveals changes in immune landscape in post-traumatic osteoarthritis. Frontiers in Immunology. 13. 938075–938075. 56 indexed citations

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Christiansen, Bernd, Deva D. Chan, Marjolein C. H. van der Meulen, & Tristan Maerz. (2022). Small-Animal Compression Models of Osteoarthritis. Methods in molecular biology. 2598. 345–356. 1 indexed citations

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Christiansen, Bernd, et al.. (2021). Mechanisms for increased systemic fracture risk after index fracture. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 11. 100072–100072. 3 indexed citations

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Christiansen, Bernd, et al.. (2020). Region-dependent bone loss in the lumbar spine following femoral fracture in mice. Bone. 140. 115555–115555. 5 indexed citations

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Wegner, Adam M., et al.. (2019). Acute Changes in NADPH Oxidase 4 in Early Post‐Traumatic Osteoarthritis. Journal of Orthopaedic Research®. 37(11). 2429–2436. 19 indexed citations

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Christiansen, Svenja, Henk‐Jan Hoving, Florian Schütte, et al.. (2018). Particulate matter flux interception in oceanic mesoscale eddies by the polychaete Poeobius sp.. Limnology and Oceanography. 63(5). 2093–2109. 38 indexed citations

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Hsia, Allison W., et al.. (2016). Osteophyte formation after ACL rupture in mice is associated with joint restabilization and loss of range of motion. Journal of Orthopaedic Research®. 35(3). 466–473. 36 indexed citations

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Sebastian, Aimy, Deepa K. Murugesh, Sarah Hatsell, et al.. (2016). Global molecular changes in a tibial compression induced ACL rupture model of post‐traumatic osteoarthritis. Journal of Orthopaedic Research®. 35(3). 474–485. 54 indexed citations

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Christiansen, Bernd & Matthew J. Silva. (2005). The effect of varying magnitudes of whole-body vibration on various skeletal sites in mice. 1350–1351. 1 indexed citations

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Durden, Lance A., et al.. (1990). Some ectoparasites of bats from Seram Island, Indonesia. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 3 indexed citations

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