Christoph Schmitz

18.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
370 papers, 11.8k citations indexed

About

Christoph Schmitz is a scholar working on Surgery, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Christoph Schmitz has authored 370 papers receiving a total of 11.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 102 papers in Surgery, 72 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 53 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Christoph Schmitz's work include Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments (56 papers), Tendon Structure and Treatment (44 papers) and Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches (27 papers). Christoph Schmitz is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments (56 papers), Tendon Structure and Treatment (44 papers) and Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches (27 papers). Christoph Schmitz collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Netherlands. Christoph Schmitz's co-authors include Patrick R. Hof, Harry W.M. Steinbusch, Hubert Korr, Helmut Heinsen, Gerd Stumme, Bart P. F. Rutten, Stefan Milz, Markus Maier, Andreas Hotho and John P. Furia and has published in prestigious journals such as Circulation, Journal of Neuroscience and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Christoph Schmitz

347 papers receiving 11.5k citations

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Design-based stereology in neuroscience

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Extracorporeal shock wave therapy for erectile dysfunction: rethinking study design, implementation, and analysis 2025 ·British Medical Bulletin ·Janak Desai, É. Huyghe, Gayle D. Maffulli, Carmen Nussbaum‐Krammer, (unknown), Christoph Schmitz	0
2	In Vitro Calcification of Bioprosthetic Heart Valves: Method Validation by Comparative Heart Valve Calcification Testing 2025 ·Artificial Organs ·(unknown), Christoph Schmitz, L. Peters, Marek Weiler, Thomas Schmitz‐Rode, Ulrich Steinseifer, (unknown)	0
3	Trophoblast proliferation is higher in female than in male preeclamptic placentas 2024 ·Placenta ·Nirav Barapatre, Laura Hansen, (unknown), (unknown), Christoph Schmitz, Franz Koch, Hans‐Georg Frank	3
4	Influence of the skull bone and brain tissue on the sound field in transcranial extracorporeal shock wave therapy: an ex vivo study 2023 ·Biomedizinische Technik/Biomedical Engineering ·(unknown), Christoph Schmitz, Stefan Milz, M. de la Fuente	0
5	Management of partial-thickness rotator cuff tears with autologous adipose-derived regenerative cells is safe and more effective than injection of corticosteroid 2023 ·Scientific Reports ·(unknown), (unknown), Matthew Hayes, Meredith Hayes, (unknown), John P. Furia, Nicola Maffulli, Christopher Alt, Eckhard Alt, Christoph Schmitz, David A. Pearce	5
6	Methodological Flaws in Meta-Analyses of Clinical Studies on the Management of Knee Osteoarthritis with Stem Cells: a Systematic Review 2022 ·Preprints.org ·Christoph Schmitz, Christopher Alt, David A. Pearce, John P. Furia, Nicola Maffulli, Eckhard Alt	7
7	Perspective: Why and How Ubiquitously Distributed, Vascular-Associated, Pluripotent Stem Cells in the Adult Body (vaPS Cells) Are the Next Generation of Medicine 2021 ·Cells ·Eckhard Alt, Christoph Schmitz, Xiaowen Bai	6
8	Air contrast of the intervillous space enables non-disruptive Micro-CT analysis of paraffin-embedded archival placental tissue 2020 ·Placenta ·Nirav Barapatre, (unknown), (unknown), Christoph Schmitz, Franz Edler von Koch, Hans‐Georg Frank	3
9	Automatic navigation system for the mouse brain 2019 ·The Journal of Comparative Neurology ·Susan Tappan, Brian S. Eastwood, Nathan O’Connor, Quanxin Wang, Lydia Ng, David Feng, Bryan M. Hooks, Charles R. Gerfen, Patrick R. Hof, Christoph Schmitz, Jacob R. Glaser	20
10	The volume of villi with γ-sm-actin positive perivascular cells correlates with placental weight and thickness 2019 ·Placenta ·(unknown), Nirav Barapatre, Christoph Schmitz, Franz Edler von Koch, (unknown), Hans‐Georg Frank	7
11	Exposure of zebra mussels to extracorporeal shock waves demonstrates formation of new mineralized tissue inside and outside the focus zone 2018 ·Biology Open ·Katharina Sternecker, Juergen Geist, Sebastian Beggel, (unknown), M. de la Fuente, Hans‐Georg Frank, John P. Furia, Stefan Milz, Christoph Schmitz	10
12	A Prospective Case-Control Study of Radial Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy for Spastic Plantar Flexor Muscles in Very Young Children With Cerebral Palsy 2016 ·Medicine ·Tiantian Wang, Lin Du, Ling Shan, Hanyu Dong, Junyan Feng, (unknown), (unknown), Christoph Schmitz, (unknown)	26
13	Die Bedeutung von kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen in den energieintensiven Industrien 2012 ·Econstor (Econstor) ·Christoph Schmitz, (unknown)	1
14	Network properties of folksonomies 2007 ·AI Communications ·(unknown), Christoph Schmitz, Andrea Baldassarri, Vito D. P. Servedio, (unknown), Andreas Hotho, (unknown), Gerd Stumme	132
15	BibSonomy: a social bookmark and publication sharing system 2006 ·Kobra (Universitätsbibliothek Kassel) ·Andreas Hotho, Robert Jäschke, Christoph Schmitz, Gerd Stumme	91
16	FolkRank: A Ranking Algorithm for Folksonomies 2006 ·LWA ·Andreas Hotho, Robert Jäschke, Christoph Schmitz, Gerd Stumme	98
17	How to model Semantic Peer-to-Peer Overlays? 2006 ·GI Jahrestagung (1) ·Christoph Schmitz, Alexander Löser	2
18	Wege zur Entdeckung von Communities in Folksonomies 2006 ·Kobra (Universitätsbibliothek Kassel) ·Robert Jäschke, Andreas Hotho, Christoph Schmitz, Gerd Stumme	1
19	Age-Related Loss of Synaptophysin Immunoreactive Presynaptic Boutons within the Hippocampus of APP751SL, PS1M146L, and APP751SL/PS1M146L Transgenic Mice 2005 ·American Journal Of Pathology ·Bart P. F. Rutten, Nicolien M. van der Kolk, S Schäfer, Marc A. M. J. van Zandvoort, Thomas A. Bayer, Harry W.M. Steinbusch, Christoph Schmitz	97
20	Substance P and Prostaglandin E2 Release After Shock Wave Application to the Rabbit Femur 2003 ·Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research ·Markus Maier, Beate Averbeck, Stefan Milz, H J Refior, Christoph Schmitz	99

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