Claus Cursiefen

22.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
530 papers, 16.0k citations indexed

About

Claus Cursiefen is a scholar working on Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Ophthalmology and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Claus Cursiefen has authored 530 papers receiving a total of 16.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 373 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, 279 papers in Ophthalmology and 143 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Claus Cursiefen's work include Corneal Surgery and Treatments (298 papers), Corneal surgery and disorders (285 papers) and Glaucoma and retinal disorders (196 papers). Claus Cursiefen is often cited by papers focused on Corneal Surgery and Treatments (298 papers), Corneal surgery and disorders (285 papers) and Glaucoma and retinal disorders (196 papers). Claus Cursiefen collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Switzerland. Claus Cursiefen's co-authors include Friedrich E. Kruse, Björn Bachmann, Ludwig M. Heindl, Felix Bock, Deniz Hos, J. Wayne Streilein, M. Reza Dana, David G. Jackson, Kathrin Laaser and Kazuichi Maruyama and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Clinical Investigation and Nature Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Claus Cursiefen

509 papers receiving 15.5k 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.

VEGF-A stimulates lymphangiogenesis and hemangiogenesis in inflammatory neovascularization via macrophage recruitment

2004 866 citations Claus Cursiefen, Stanley J. Wiegand et al. profile →
Inflammation-induced lymphangiogenesis in the cornea arises from CD11b-positive macrophages

2005 574 citations Kazuichi Maruyama, Claus Cursiefen et al. profile →
Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty Versus Descemet Stripping Automated Endothelial Keratoplasty

2012 320 citations Björn Bachmann, Claus Cursiefen et al. American Journal of Ophthalmology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Claus Cursiefen Germany	62	10.7k	7.1k	4.2k	3.3k	2.4k	530	16.0k
Friedrich E. Kruse Germany	64	9.6k 0.9×	6.6k 0.9×	4.9k 1.2×	998 0.3×	2.2k 0.9×	351	14.1k
Dimitri T. Azar United States	51	6.6k 0.6×	4.5k 0.6×	3.3k 0.8×	472 0.1×	1.4k 0.6×	228	9.6k
Shiro Amano Japan	57	7.0k 0.6×	5.9k 0.8×	5.3k 1.2×	154 0.0×	1.6k 0.7×	283	11.6k
Noriko Koizumi Japan	56	6.6k 0.6×	2.4k 0.3×	3.6k 0.9×	226 0.1×	1.5k 0.6×	174	9.0k
Glenn J. Jaffe United States	64	8.6k 0.8×	14.3k 2.0×	581 0.1×	230 0.1×	3.1k 1.3×	304	16.9k
Jan Ulrik Prause Denmark	39	1.0k 0.1×	2.3k 0.3×	721 0.2×	1.0k 0.3×	1.2k 0.5×	230	5.1k
Ludwig M. Heindl Germany	35	2.5k 0.2×	2.8k 0.4×	785 0.2×	679 0.2×	432 0.2×	341	4.8k
Satoru Yamagami Japan	40	3.4k 0.3×	1.7k 0.2×	2.1k 0.5×	249 0.1×	745 0.3×	265	5.5k
Ira J. Dunkel United States	48	1.1k 0.1×	3.1k 0.4×	382 0.1×	1.6k 0.5×	1.7k 0.7×	248	7.7k
Andrew D. Dick United Kingdom	59	1.4k 0.1×	7.3k 1.0×	708 0.2×	313 0.1×	2.1k 0.9×	338	11.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Claus Cursiefen

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Adler, Werner, Friederike Schaub, Ludwig M. Heindl, et al.. (2024). A comparative study of cystoid macula edema following glaucoma drainage device surgery versus trabeculectomy. International Ophthalmology. 44(1). 150–150. 1 indexed citations

Hopkinson, Andrew, Maria Notara, Claus Cursiefen, & Laura E. Sidney. (2024). Increased Anti-Inflammatory Therapeutic Potential and Progenitor Marker Expression of Corneal Mesenchymal Stem Cells Cultured in an Optimized Propagation Medium. Cell Transplantation. 33. 4241299848–4241299848. 4 indexed citations

Prinz, Julia, Matthias Fuest, David Kuerten, et al.. (2024). Factors influencing the outcomes of trabeculectomy, conventional canaloplasty, and mitomycin C augmented canaloplasty. Graefe s Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology. 263(3). 807–817.

Küper, Christoph, Felix Bock, Jonathan Jantsch, et al.. (2023). The role of the osmosensitive transcription factor NFAT5 in corneal edema resorption after injury. Experimental & Molecular Medicine. 55(3). 565–573. 3 indexed citations

Utheim, Tor Paaske, Maria Notara, Dominique Brémond‐Gignac, et al.. (2023). Future directions in managing aniridia-associated keratopathy. Survey of Ophthalmology. 68(5). 940–956. 13 indexed citations

Hamdorf, Matthias, et al.. (2021). Preincubation of donor tissue with a VEGF cytokine trap promotes subsequent high-risk corneal transplant survival. British Journal of Ophthalmology. 106(11). 1617–1626. 6 indexed citations

Clahsen, Thomas, et al.. (2021). Scheimpflug Backscatter Imaging of the Fibrillar Layer in Fuchs Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy. American Journal of Ophthalmology. 235. 63–70. 6 indexed citations

Cursiefen, Claus, et al.. (2019). Unmet Needs in Ophthalmology: A European Vision Institute-Consensus Roadmap 2019–2025. Ophthalmic Research. 62(3). 123–133. 21 indexed citations

Gostian, Antoniu‐Oreste, et al.. (2019). Postoperative pain following Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK): a prospective study. Graefe s Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology. 257(10). 2203–2211. 5 indexed citations

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Grajewski, Rafael S., et al.. (2016). Analysis of the impact of allergy and atopy on new onset of uveitis. Acta Ophthalmologica. 95(3). e236–e241. 5 indexed citations

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Platonova, Natalia, Birgit Regenfuß, Saı̈d Taouji, et al.. (2012). Evidence for the interaction of fibroblast growth factor-2 with the lymphatic endothelial cell marker LYVE-1. Blood. 121(7). 1229–1237. 62 indexed citations

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Cursiefen, Claus, et al.. (2012). Intraoperative Optical Coherence Tomography Improves Surgical Performance In Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty (DMEK). Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 53(14). 20–20. 2 indexed citations

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Cursiefen, Claus, Kazuichi Maruyama, Felix Bock, et al.. (2011). Thrombospondin 1 inhibits inflammatory lymphangiogenesis by CD36 ligation on monocytes. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 208(5). 1083–1092. 136 indexed citations

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Cursiefen, Claus & Ludwig M. Heindl. (2011). Perspektiven der tiefen anterioren lamellären Keratoplastik. Der Ophthalmologe. 108(9). 833–839. 20 indexed citations

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Jacobi, Christina, Friedrich E. Kruse, & Claus Cursiefen. (2010). Tear Film Omolarity in Dry-Eye Disease. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 51(13). 3381–3381. 1 indexed citations

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Bock, Felix, et al.. (2010). Effect of Antiangiogenic Therapy of Mature Corneal Neovascularization by Feeder Vessel Coagulation and Bevacizumab Eye Drops on Visual Acuity. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 51(13). 5699–5699. 1 indexed citations

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Bachmann, Björn, Felix Bock, Stanley J. Wiegand, et al.. (2009). Transient postoperative vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-neutralisation improves graft survival in corneas with partly regressed inflammatory neovascularisation. British Journal of Ophthalmology. 93(8). 1075–1080. 59 indexed citations

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Heindl, Ludwig M., Harald Knorr, L. Holbach, et al.. (2008). Intraocular Lymphangiogenesis in Malignant Melanoma of the Ciliary Body. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 49(13). 36–36. 1 indexed citations

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Foerster, Claudia, Claus Cursiefen, & Friedrich E. Kruse. (2008). Persisting Corneal Erosion Under Cetuximab (Erbitux) Treatment (Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Antibody). Cornea. 27(5). 612–614. 60 indexed citations

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Jonas, Jost B., Claus Cursiefen, & Wido M. Budde. (1998). Optic Neuropathy Resembling Normal-Pressure Glaucoma in a Teenager With Congenital Macrodiscs. Archives of Ophthalmology. 116(10). 1384–1384. 1 indexed citations

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