Christian Wittekind

29.8k total citations · 5 hit papers
218 papers, 17.3k citations indexed

About

Christian Wittekind is a scholar working on Oncology, Surgery and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Christian Wittekind has authored 218 papers receiving a total of 17.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 99 papers in Oncology, 82 papers in Surgery and 69 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Christian Wittekind's work include Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes (34 papers), Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments (27 papers) and Colorectal and Anal Carcinomas (21 papers). Christian Wittekind is often cited by papers focused on Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes (34 papers), Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments (27 papers) and Colorectal and Anal Carcinomas (21 papers). Christian Wittekind collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Christian Wittekind's co-authors include Rolf Sauer, Torsten Liersch, Rainer Fietkau, Werner Hohenberger, Heinz Becker, Clemens F. Hess, Claus Rödel, Peter Martus, Andrea Tannapfel and R. Raab and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of Clinical Oncology and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Christian Wittekind

210 papers receiving 16.9k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Preoperative versus Postoperative Chemoradiotherapy for Rectal Cancer

2004 4.4k citations Rolf Sauer, Heinz Becker et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →
Preoperative Versus Postoperative Chemoradiotherapy for Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer: Results of the German CAO/ARO/AIO-94 Randomized Phase III Trial After a Median Follow-Up of 11 Years

2012 1.4k citations Rolf Sauer, Torsten Liersch et al. profile →
Prognostic Significance of Tumor Regression After Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy for Rectal Cancer

2005 968 citations Claus Rödel, Peter Martus et al. profile →
Proposal of a new stage grouping of gastric cancer for TNM classification: International Gastric Cancer Association staging project

2016 326 citations Christian Wittekind et al. profile →
Tumor Regression Grading After Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy for Locally Advanced Rectal Carcinoma Revisited: Updated Results of the CAO/ARO/AIO-94 Trial

2014 324 citations Torsten Liersch, Rainer Fietkau et al. profile →

Peers

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Citations

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christian Wittekind

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Christian Wittekind. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Christian Wittekind 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 Christian Wittekind. Christian Wittekind is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Deviating HER2 test results in gastric cancer: analysis from the prospective multicenter VARIANZ study 2022 ·Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology ·Katharina Kolbe, (unknown), Katrin Schierle, Dieter Maier, (unknown), Birgit Luber, Hendrik Bläker, Christian Wittekind, Florian Lordick	3
2	Complete Resection in Lung Cancer Surgery: From Definition to Validation and Beyond 2020 ·Journal of Thoracic Oncology ·Ramón Rami–Porta, Christian Wittekind, Peter Goldstraw	21
3	Pressurized Intraperitoneal Aerosol Chemotherapy (PIPAC) in Gastric Cancer Patients with Peritoneal Metastasis (PM): Results of a Single-Center Experience and Register Study 2018 ·Journal of the Korean Gastric Cancer Association ·Ines Gockel, Boris Jansen‐Winkeln, (unknown), (unknown), Matthias Mehdorn, Stefan Niebisch, Yusef Moulla, Orestis Lyros, Florian Lordick, Katrin Schierle, Christian Wittekind, René Thieme	59
4	Predictive value of the UICC and AJCC 8th edition tumor-nodes-metastasis (TNM) classification for patients treated with radical prostatectomy 2018 ·Cancer Epidemiology ·Jan Herden, Axel Heidenreich, Christian Wittekind, L. Weißbach	3
5	Obduktion als Instrument der Qualitätssicherung – Leipzig 2011 ·Der Pathologe ·Tanja Gradistanac, Christian Wittekind	7
6	Persistent Confusion on the Clinical and Pathologic Nodal Staging in Lung Cancer 2010 ·Journal of Thoracic Oncology ·Peter Goldstraw, Leslie H. Sobin, Christian Wittekind	2
7	Oral Cancer Diagnosis by Mechanical Phenotyping 2009 ·Cancer Research ·Torsten W. Remmerbach, Falk Wottawah, Julia Dietrich, Bryan Lincoln, Christian Wittekind, Jochen Guck	245
8	Das Alagille-Syndrom im Erwachsenenalter 2008 ·DMW - Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift ·(unknown), M Gebel, Christian Wittekind, M. Burdelski, F. W. Schmidt	1
9	Therapeutical Concepts and Results for Klatskin Tumors 2008 ·Deutsches Ärzteblatt international ·Helmut Witzigmann, Marcus Wiedmann, Christian Wittekind, Joachim Mössner, Johann Hauss	7
10	Significant value of autopsy for quality management in cardiac surgery 2005 ·Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery ·Ardawan Rastan, Jan Gummert, (unknown), Thomas Walther, D Schmitt, Volkmar Falk, N Doll, (unknown), (unknown), Christian Wittekind, Friedrich W. Mohr	30
11	[Sentinel node biopsy in breast cancer]. 2004 ·PubMed ·Thorsten Kühn, A. Bembenek, (unknown), Thomas Decker, Juergen Dunst, U. Müllerleile, D. L. Munz, H. Ostertag, M.-L. Sautter-Bihl, Holger Schirrmeister, A. H. Tulusan, Michael Untch, Klaus‐Jürgen Winzer, Christian Wittekind	2
12	Preoperative versus Postoperative Chemoradiotherapy for Rectal Cancer breakdown → 2004 ·New England Journal of Medicine ·Rolf Sauer, Heinz Becker, Werner Hohenberger, Claus Rödel, Christian Wittekind, Rainer Fietkau, Peter Martus, Jörg Tschmelitsch, E. Hager, Clemens F. Hess, (unknown), Torsten Liersch, Heinz Schmidberger, R. Raab	4391
13	INK4a-ARF alterations in liver cell adenoma 2002 ·Gut ·Andrea Tannapfel, Claudia Busse, Felix Geißler, Helmut Witzigmann, Johann Hauss, Christian Wittekind	16
14	p53 mutation pattern in hepatocellular carcinoma in workers exposed to vinyl chloride 2000 ·Cancer ·(unknown), (unknown), Ferdinand Köckerling, Christian Wittekind, Andrea Tannapfel	2
15	p53 mutation pattern in hepatocellular carcinoma in workers exposed to vinyl chloride 2000 ·Cancer ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Christian Wittekind, Andrea Tannapfel	30
16	Laparoscopic abdominoperineal resection 2000 ·Diseases of the Colon & Rectum ·Ferdinand Köckerling, H. Scheidbach, Claus Schneider, E. Bärlehner, E. Köhler, Hans‐Peter Bruch, J. Konradt, Christian Wittekind, Werner Hohenberger	38
17	[Current concepts of metastasis classification]. 2000 ·PubMed ·Christian Wittekind	1
18	Interdisziplinärer Konsensus zur Diagnostik und Therapie von Hodentumoren Ergebnisse einer Update-Konferenz auf Grundlage evidenzbasierter Medizin (EBM): Ergebnisse einer Update-Konferenz auf Grundlage evidenzbasierter Medizin (EBM) 2000 ·Strahlentherapie und Onkologie ·Rainer Souchon, S. Krege, Hans‐Joachim Schmoll, Peter Albers, J. Beyer, Carsten Bokemeyer, Johannes Claßen, Klaus‐Peter Dieckmann, Michael Hartmann, Axel Heidenreich, W. Höltl, Sabine Kliesch, Kai-Uwe Köhrmann, (unknown), Heinz Schmidberger, (unknown), Eva Winter, Christian Wittekind, Michael Bamberg	1
19	Neoadjuvante radiochemotherapie von weichteilsarkomen 1999 ·Strahlentherapie und Onkologie ·Rolf Sauer, (unknown), Werner Hohenberger, Christian Wittekind, Thomas Papadopoulos, Gerhard G. Grabenbauer, Rainer Fietkau	30
20	Apoptosis and proliferation in relation to histopathological variables and prognosis in hepatocellular carcinoma 1999 ·The Journal of Pathology ·Andrea Tannapfel, Felix Geißler, (unknown), Alexander Katalinic, Johann Hauss, Christian Wittekind	54

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