Christian Rübe

12.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
150 papers, 7.0k citations indexed

About

Christian Rübe is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Christian Rübe has authored 150 papers receiving a total of 7.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 81 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 58 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 30 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Christian Rübe's work include Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques (29 papers), Effects of Radiation Exposure (27 papers) and Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications (23 papers). Christian Rübe is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques (29 papers), Effects of Radiation Exposure (27 papers) and Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications (23 papers). Christian Rübe collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Switzerland and United States. Christian Rübe's co-authors include Claudia E. Rübe, Jochen Fleckenstein, Stephanie Kremp, Carl‐Martin Kirsch, Ursula Nestle, D. Hellwig, Andreas Schuck, Martin Kühne, Ulrich Schäfer and H Frommhold and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Lancet and Journal of Clinical Oncology.

In The Last Decade

Christian Rübe

147 papers receiving 6.9k 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.

Erythropoietin to treat head and neck cancer patients with anaemia undergoing radiotherapy: randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

2003 930 citations Christian Rübe et al. profile →
Phase III Postoperative Adjuvant Radiotherapy After Radical Prostatectomy Compared With Radical Prostatectomy Alone in pT3 Prostate Cancer With Postoperative Undetectable Prostate-Specific Antigen: ARO 96-02/AUO AP 09/95

2009 596 citations Christian Rübe et al. profile →
Comparison of different methods for delineation of 18F-FDG PET-positive tissue for target volume definition in radiotherapy of patients with non-Small cell lung cancer.

2005 503 citations Christian Rübe et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Christian Rübe Germany	38	3.4k	2.3k	1.4k	1.3k	936	150	7.0k
John P. Kirkpatrick United States	41	3.4k 1.0×	1.5k 0.7×	1.4k 1.1×	603 0.5×	1.6k 1.7×	211	6.6k
Ingela Turesson Sweden	36	5.5k 1.6×	3.7k 1.6×	2.5k 1.9×	1.9k 1.5×	1.3k 1.4×	119	9.4k
Michael Bamberg Germany	45	2.3k 0.7×	1.0k 0.4×	1.0k 0.7×	1.3k 1.0×	638 0.7×	179	6.9k
Raymond Miralbell Switzerland	49	4.5k 1.3×	2.1k 0.9×	981 0.7×	490 0.4×	2.6k 2.8×	216	7.7k
Janet F. Eary United States	58	3.6k 1.0×	5.2k 2.3×	2.7k 2.0×	900 0.7×	405 0.4×	175	10.0k
Alan Horwich United Kingdom	45	5.6k 1.7×	1.5k 0.7×	2.6k 1.9×	2.0k 1.5×	1.0k 1.1×	140	10.4k
Vivian Weinberg United States	45	3.4k 1.0×	1.3k 0.6×	2.2k 1.6×	895 0.7×	1.9k 2.0×	173	7.8k
Chris Parker United Kingdom	48	8.5k 2.5×	3.3k 1.5×	2.5k 1.9×	1.6k 1.2×	656 0.7×	245	11.2k
Umberto Ricardi Italy	48	4.8k 1.4×	2.4k 1.0×	2.7k 2.0×	714 0.6×	2.3k 2.5×	362	10.0k
Timothy E. Schultheiss United States	59	5.6k 1.6×	3.3k 1.5×	1.2k 0.9×	550 0.4×	4.3k 4.6×	176	9.4k

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Hecht, Markus, et al.. (2024). Studies on Human Cultured Fibroblasts and Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinomas Suggest That Overexpression of Histone Variant H2A.J Promotes Radioresistance and Oncogenic Transformation. Genes. 15(7). 851–851. 1 indexed citations

Rübe, Claudia E., et al.. (2023). Radiation-Induced Brain Injury: Age Dependency of Neurocognitive Dysfunction Following Radiotherapy. Cancers. 15(11). 2999–2999. 31 indexed citations

Niewald, Marcus, Matthias Hautmann, Yvonne Dzierma, et al.. (2023). ArthroRad trial: randomized multicenter single-blinded trial on the effect of low-dose radiotherapy for painful osteoarthritis—final results after 12-month follow-up. Strahlentherapie und Onkologie. 200(2). 134–142. 8 indexed citations

Fajardo, Raquel Dávila, Rhoikos Furtwängler, Martine van Grotel, et al.. (2021). Outcome of Stage IV Completely Necrotic Wilms Tumour and Local Stage III Treated According to the SIOP 2001 Protocol. Cancers. 13(5). 976–976. 4 indexed citations

Fajardo, Raquel Dávila, Eva Oldenburger, Christian Rübe, et al.. (2018). Evaluation of boost irradiation in patients with intermediate‐risk stage III Wilms tumour with positive lymph nodes only: Results from the SIOP‐WT‐2001 Registry. Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 65(8). e27085–e27085. 8 indexed citations

Walch‐Rückheim, Barbara, Claudia Wickenhauser, Lars Christian Horn, et al.. (2016). STAT3/IRF1 Pathway Activation Sensitizes Cervical Cancer Cells to Chemotherapeutic Drugs. Cancer Research. 76(13). 3872–3883. 43 indexed citations

Dzierma, Yvonne, et al.. (2015). Set-up errors and planning margins in planar and CBCT image-guided radiotherapy using three different imaging systems: A clinical study for prostate and head-and-neck cancer. Physica Medica. 31(8). 1055–1059. 30 indexed citations

Schuler, Nadine, Jan Palm, Rhoikos Furtwängler, et al.. (2014). DNA-Damage Foci to Detect and Characterize DNA Repair Alterations in Children Treated for Pediatric Malignancies. PLoS ONE. 9(3). e91319–e91319. 29 indexed citations

Schanz, Stefanie, Nadine Schuler, Yvonne Lorat, et al.. (2012). Accumulation of DNA damage in complex normal tissues after protracted low-dose radiation. DNA repair. 11(10). 823–832. 24 indexed citations

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Rübe, Claudia E., Claudia E. Rübe, Andreas Fricke, et al.. (2011). Accumulation of DNA Damage in Hematopoietic Stem and Progenitor Cells during Human Aging. PLoS ONE. 6(3). e17487–e17487. 233 indexed citations

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Rübe, Claudia E., Claudia E. Rübe, Andreas Fricke, et al.. (2010). Accumulation of DNA Double-Strand Breaks in Normal Tissues After Fractionated Irradiation. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 76(4). 1206–1213. 35 indexed citations

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Rübe, Claudia E., Claudia E. Rübe, Sheng Zhang, et al.. (2010). Protecting the heritable genome: DNA damage response mechanisms in spermatogonial stem cells. DNA repair. 10(2). 159–168. 46 indexed citations

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Fleckenstein, Jochen, Martin Kühne, Patrick Melchior, et al.. (2010). The Impact of Individual In Vivo Repair of DNA Double-Strand Breaks on Oral Mucositis in Adjuvant Radiotherapy of Head-and-Neck Cancer. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 81(5). 1465–1472. 40 indexed citations

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Rübe, Claudia E., Claudia E. Rübe, Jan Palm, et al.. (2008). Cytokine Plasma Levels: Reliable Predictors for Radiation Pneumonitis?. PLoS ONE. 3(8). e2898–e2898. 64 indexed citations

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Niewald, Marcus, et al.. (2007). Strahlentherapie der Induratio penis plastica - Ergebnisse einer bundesweiten Patterns-of-Care-Studie. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 14(4). 16–20. 1 indexed citations

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Rübe, Claudia E., Daniela Uthe, Daniela Ludwig, et al.. (2005). The bronchiolar epithelium as a prominent source of pro-inflammatory cytokines after lung irradiation. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 61(5). 1482–1492. 92 indexed citations

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Rübe, Claudia E., H. Peter Rodemann, & Christian Rübe. (2004). [The relevance of cytokines in the radiation-induced lung reaction. Experimental basis and clinical significance].. Strahlentherapie und Onkologie. 180(9). 541–549. 28 indexed citations

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Rübe, Claudia E., Claudia E. Rübe, F. van Valen, et al.. (2003). Ewing’s sarcoma and peripheral primitive neuroectodermal tumor cells produce large quantities of bioactive tumor necrosis factor-α (tnf-α) after radiation exposure. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 56(5). 1414–1425. 20 indexed citations

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Schuck, Andreas, Christian Rübe, Stefan Könemann, et al.. (2002). Postoperative Radiotherapy in the Treatment of Ewing Tumors: Influence of the Interval between Surgery and Radiotherapy. Strahlentherapie und Onkologie. 178(1). 25–31. 22 indexed citations

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Ozaki, Toshifumi, Axel Hillmann, Christiane Hoffmann, et al.. (1996). Significance of surgical margin on the prognosis of patients with Ewing's sarcoma: A report from the Cooperative Ewing's Sarcoma Study. Cancer. 78(4). 892–900. 104 indexed citations

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