Christof Specker

6.2k total citations
152 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Christof Specker is a scholar working on Rheumatology, Immunology and Hematology. According to data from OpenAlex, Christof Specker has authored 152 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 107 papers in Rheumatology, 50 papers in Immunology and 37 papers in Hematology. Recurrent topics in Christof Specker's work include Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research (56 papers), Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies (54 papers) and Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders Research (29 papers). Christof Specker is often cited by papers focused on Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research (56 papers), Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies (54 papers) and Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders Research (29 papers). Christof Specker collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Switzerland. Christof Specker's co-authors include Matthias Schneider, Rebecca Fischer‐Betz, M. Schneider, Andreas Perniok, Benedikt Ostendorf, Jutta Richter, Martin Herrmann, R. Schlaghecke, E. Kornely and Oliver Witzke and has published in prestigious journals such as International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases and Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology.

In The Last Decade

Christof Specker

141 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Christof Specker Germany 32 1.5k 943 583 260 228 152 2.7k
Marisa S. Klein‐Gitelman United States 28 1.3k 0.8× 651 0.7× 547 0.9× 212 0.8× 182 0.8× 76 2.3k
Mohammed Tikly South Africa 26 1.5k 1.0× 655 0.7× 396 0.7× 235 0.9× 209 0.9× 110 2.5k
Matthias Englbrecht Germany 36 2.1k 1.4× 783 0.8× 657 1.1× 274 1.1× 156 0.7× 107 3.2k
Philippe Gaudin France 32 2.3k 1.5× 644 0.7× 829 1.4× 368 1.4× 210 0.9× 148 3.4k
P. T. Dawes United Kingdom 32 1.9k 1.2× 533 0.6× 560 1.0× 331 1.3× 290 1.3× 100 3.0k
Vincent Goëb France 28 1.0k 0.7× 604 0.6× 275 0.5× 304 1.2× 230 1.0× 92 2.3k
Niti Goel United States 20 1.2k 0.8× 595 0.6× 475 0.8× 135 0.5× 223 1.0× 91 1.9k
Cristina Drenkard United States 31 2.6k 1.7× 1.1k 1.2× 419 0.7× 141 0.5× 380 1.7× 90 3.1k
Alan Friedman United States 25 2.3k 1.5× 1.2k 1.3× 503 0.9× 170 0.7× 252 1.1× 75 3.3k
Johanna M W Hazes Netherlands 32 2.8k 1.8× 608 0.6× 1.0k 1.7× 156 0.6× 297 1.3× 80 3.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Christof Specker

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christof Specker

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

All Works

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Strangfeld, Anja, Yvette Meißner, Anja Weiß, et al.. (2024). Rhekiss—The German Register for Child Wish and Pregnancies in Inflammatory Rheumatic Diseases. Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety. 33(8). e5867–e5867. 1 indexed citations
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Knitza, Johannes, Martin Krusche, Gamal Chehab, Christof Specker, & Jutta Richter. (2024). Digitale Gesundheitsanwendungen – was sollten wir als Rheumatolog:innen wissen. Zeitschrift für Rheumatologie. 83(10). 859–865. 3 indexed citations
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Albrecht, Katinka, K. Thiele, Martin Aringer, et al.. (2023). POS1090 IMPLEMENTATION OF QUALITY STANDARDS FOR HEALTH CARE OF PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS: FIRST RESULTS FROM THE NATIONAL DATABASE OF THE GERMAN COLLABORATIVE ARTHRITIS CENTRES. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 82. 868–869. 1 indexed citations
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Hasseli, Rebecca, Ulf Müeller-Ladner, Bimba F. Hoyer, et al.. (2021). Older age, comorbidity, glucocorticoid use and disease activity are risk factors for COVID-19 hospitalisation in patients with inflammatory rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases. RMD Open. 7(1). e001464–e001464. 66 indexed citations
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Regierer, Anne C., Rebecca Hasseli, Martin Schäfer, et al.. (2021). TNFi is associated with positive outcome, but JAKi and rituximab are associated with negative outcome of SARS-CoV-2 infection in patients with RMD. RMD Open. 7(3). e001896–e001896. 17 indexed citations
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Hasseli, Rebecca, Alexander Pfeil, Andreas Krause, et al.. (2021). A survey to evaluate knowledge, perceptions and attitudes toward COVID-19 vaccinations among rheumatologists in Germany. Rheumatology International. 41(11). 1949–1956. 3 indexed citations
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Schulze‐Koops, Hendrik, Christof Specker, & Alla Skapenko. (2021). Vaccination of patients with inflammatory rheumatic diseases against SARS-CoV-2: considerations before widespread availability of the vaccines. RMD Open. 7(1). e001553–e001553. 11 indexed citations
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Iking‐Konert, Christof, Christof Specker, Klaus Krüger, Hendrik Schulze‐Koops, & Peer Aries. (2021). Aktueller Stand der Impfung gegen SARS-CoV-2. Zeitschrift für Rheumatologie. 80(2). 158–164. 1 indexed citations
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Schrezenmeier, Eva, et al.. (2020). Lupus und Thrombophilie. Zeitschrift für Rheumatologie. 79(4). 332–341. 3 indexed citations
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Wilde, Benjamin, Christof Specker, Ming Sun, et al.. (2019). BTLA Expression on Th1, Th2 and Th17 Effector T-Cells of Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Is Associated with Active Disease. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 20(18). 4505–4505. 32 indexed citations
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Specker, Christof. (2012). LUNAR-Studie. Zeitschrift für Rheumatologie. 72(3). 300–302. 1 indexed citations
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Richter, Jutta, et al.. (2010). An ask‐the‐expert service on a rheumatology web site: Who were the users and what did they look for?. Arthritis Care & Research. 63(4). 604–611. 10 indexed citations
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Richter, Jutta, Andréa Becker, Christof Specker, & Matthias Schneider. (2008). Hypogonadism in Wegener's granulomatosis. Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology. 37(5). 365–369. 5 indexed citations
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Specker, Christof. (2007). Das Herz bei rheumatologischen Erkrankungen. Der Internist. 48(3). 284–289.
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Richter, Jutta, et al.. (2004). Krankheitsbezogene Internetnutzung bei Patienten mit entz�ndlich-rheumatischen Systemerkrankungen. Zeitschrift für Rheumatologie. 63(3). 216–22. 15 indexed citations
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Ostendorf, Benedikt, Axel Scherer, Christof Specker, Ulrich Mödder, & Matthias Schneider. (2003). Jaccoud's arthropathy in systemic lupus erythematosus: Differentiation of deforming and erosive patterns by magnetic resonance imaging. Arthritis & Rheumatism. 48(1). 157–165. 92 indexed citations
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Knipp, Sabine, H. Bier, Gerd Horneff, et al.. (2000). Relapsing polychondritis in childhood - case report and short review. Rheumatology International. 19(6). 231–234. 19 indexed citations
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Söhngen, D., A. Wehmeier, Christof Specker, & Wolfgang Schneider. (1994). Antiphospholipid Antibodies in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Sneddon's Syndrome. Seminars in Thrombosis and Hemostasis. 20(1). 55–63. 10 indexed citations

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