Christof Kessler

7.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
99 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

Christof Kessler is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Christof Kessler has authored 99 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Epidemiology, 24 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 23 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Christof Kessler's work include Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases (22 papers), Acute Ischemic Stroke Management (20 papers) and Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances (9 papers). Christof Kessler is often cited by papers focused on Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases (22 papers), Acute Ischemic Stroke Management (20 papers) and Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances (9 papers). Christof Kessler collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Austria. Christof Kessler's co-authors include Ulrich John, Klaus Berger, Jan Luedemann, Claudia Trenkwalder, Aurel Popa‐Wagner, Ulf Schminke, Carsten Spitzer, Lary C. Walker, Henry Völzke and Andreas Greinacher and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Neuroscience, Blood and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Christof Kessler

97 papers receiving 4.5k citations

Hit Papers

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Sex and the Risk of Restless Legs Syndrome in the General Population

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Christof Kessler Germany	40	1.3k	928	708	704	673	99	4.6k
Christian Blomstrand Sweden	51	1.9k 1.5×	1.3k 1.4×	612 0.9×	762 1.1×	646 1.0×	189	7.7k
Karl Bjørnar Alstadhaug Norway	21	2.0k 1.5×	963 1.0×	1.1k 1.5×	706 1.0×	349 0.5×	57	4.4k
Mario Ermani Italy	37	847 0.6×	977 1.1×	554 0.8×	358 0.5×	509 0.8×	163	4.6k
H.J. Adèr Netherlands	28	800 0.6×	997 1.1×	514 0.7×	366 0.5×	344 0.5×	50	4.4k
H. Bart van der Worp Netherlands	33	2.5k 1.9×	2.0k 2.1×	1.5k 2.1×	732 1.0×	376 0.6×	77	5.7k
Norbert Nighoghossian France	36	2.7k 2.0×	2.2k 2.4×	1.4k 2.0×	408 0.6×	721 1.1×	253	6.1k
Renzo Manara Italy	34	800 0.6×	1.1k 1.2×	602 0.9×	214 0.3×	423 0.6×	262	4.3k
Igor Sibon France	30	1.0k 0.8×	692 0.7×	592 0.8×	363 0.5×	472 0.7×	212	3.1k
Marco Fiorelli Italy	36	2.3k 1.7×	1.8k 2.0×	1.3k 1.8×	494 0.7×	307 0.5×	104	4.6k
E. Bernd Ringelstein Germany	43	2.2k 1.7×	1.5k 1.6×	2.5k 3.5×	1.6k 2.3×	367 0.5×	123	5.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christof Kessler

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Sarnowski, Bettina von, Ulf Schminke, Ulrike Grittner, et al.. (2015). Cervical Artery Dissection in Young Adults in the Stroke in Young Fabry Patients (sifap1) Study. Cerebrovascular Diseases. 39(2). 110–121. 17 indexed citations

Adamaszek, Michael, Kenneth C. Kirkby, Sebastian Olbrich, et al.. (2015). Neural correlates of impaired emotional face recognition in cerebellar lesions. Brain Research. 1613. 1–12. 47 indexed citations

Podewils, Felix von, Winnie Schroeder, Irène Wang, et al.. (2015). Predictive value of EFHC1 variants for the long-term seizure outcome in juvenile myoclonic epilepsy. Epilepsy & Behavior. 44. 61–66. 7 indexed citations

Berneiser, Julia, Julia Wendt, Matthias Grothe, et al.. (2014). Impaired recognition of emotional facial expressions in patients with multiple sclerosis. Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders. 3(4). 482–488. 40 indexed citations

Nabavi, Darius G., E. Bernd Ringelstein, Jürgen Faiss, et al.. (2012). Regionale und überregionale Stroke-Units in Deutschland. Der Nervenarzt. 83(8). 1039–1052. 14 indexed citations

Kessler, Christof, Alexander V. Khaw, Darius G. Nabavi, et al.. (2011). Standardized Prehospital Treatment of Stroke. Deutsches Ärzteblatt international. 108(36). 585–91. 15 indexed citations

Schroeder, Henry W. S., et al.. (2010). Effects of Propofol on Electrocorticography in Patients With Intractable Partial Epilepsy. Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology. 23(2). 150–155. 12 indexed citations

Schürks, Markus, Christof Kessler, Hans‐Christoph Diener, et al.. (2010). MTHFR 677C>T Polymorphism and Cluster Headache. Headache The Journal of Head and Face Pain. 51(2). 201–207. 12 indexed citations

Schminke, Ulf, Michael Kirsch, Bettina von Sarnowski, et al.. (2009). Diameter Assessment of the Third Ventricle with Transcranial Sonography in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis. Journal of Neuroimaging. 20(1). 53–57. 18 indexed citations

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Krause, Matthias, Julia Wendt, Alexander Dressel, et al.. (2009). Prefrontal function associated with impaired emotion recognition in patients with multiple sclerosis. Behavioural Brain Research. 205(1). 280–285. 56 indexed citations

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Dazert, Peter, Yalikun Suofu, Markus Grube, et al.. (2006). Differential regulation of transport proteins in the periinfarct region following reversible middle cerebral artery occlusion in rats. Neuroscience. 142(4). 1071–1079. 51 indexed citations

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Junker, Heike, Kira Späte, Yalikun Suofu, et al.. (2005). Proteomic Identification of the Involvement of the Mitochondrial Rieske Protein in Epilepsy. Epilepsia. 46(3). 339–343. 15 indexed citations

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Wolff, Birger, Henry Völzke, Daniel M. Robinson, et al.. (2005). Relation of Parity With Common Carotid Intima-Media Thickness Among Women of the Study of Health in Pomerania. Stroke. 36(5). 938–943. 29 indexed citations

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Möller, H.‐J., et al.. (2001). Naftidrofuryl in the treatment of vascular dementia. European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience. 251(6). 247–254. 14 indexed citations

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Grabe, Hans J., et al.. (2001). Neurotrophic Factor S100beta in Major Depression. Neuropsychobiology. 44(2). 88–90. 66 indexed citations

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Beissert, M, M. Jenett, Christof Kessler, et al.. (2001). Comparison of axial reconstructed ultrasonographic images from three‐dimensional data volumes and computed tomographic scans in the documentation and detection of liver lesions.. Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine. 20(9). 953–957. 1 indexed citations

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Beissert, M, et al.. (2000). Enlarged lymph nodes of the neck: evaluation with parallel extended field-of-view sonographic sequences.. Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine. 19(3). 195–200. 5 indexed citations

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Popa‐Wagner, Aurel, et al.. (1998). Altered expression of microtubule-associated protein 1B in cerebral cortical structures of pentylenetetrazole-treated rats. Journal of Neuroscience Research. 51(5). 646–657. 6 indexed citations

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Griewing, B., et al.. (1997). Three‐dimensional Ultrasound Angiography (Power Mode) for the Quantification of Carotid Artery Atherosclerosis. Journal of Neuroimaging. 7(1). 40–45. 27 indexed citations

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Kessler, Christof, et al.. (1997). Estrogen replacement therapy and coagulation: Relationship to lipid and lipoprotein changes. Obstetrics and Gynecology. 89(3). 326–331. 34 indexed citations

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