Clemens Sommer

6.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
97 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

Clemens Sommer is a scholar working on Neurology, Neurology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Clemens Sommer has authored 97 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Neurology, 24 papers in Neurology and 21 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Clemens Sommer's work include Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment (21 papers), Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (18 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (13 papers). Clemens Sommer is often cited by papers focused on Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment (21 papers), Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (18 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (13 papers). Clemens Sommer collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Switzerland. Clemens Sommer's co-authors include Roland Veltkamp, Arthur Liesz, Wolf‐Rüdiger Schäbitz, Serge Rivest, Elisabeth Suri‐Payer, Claudia Veltkamp, Thomas Giese, Stefan Schwab, Henrike Bauer and Armin Schneider and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Medicine, Journal of Clinical Oncology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Clemens Sommer

95 papers receiving 4.4k citations

Hit Papers

Regulatory T cells are ke... 2009 2026 2014 2020 2009 2017 250 500 750
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.

  1. Regulatory T cells are key cerebroprotective immunomodulators in acute experimental stroke
    2009 866 citations Arthur Liesz, Clemens Sommer et al. profile →
  2. Ischemic stroke: experimental models and reality
    2017 424 citations Clemens Sommer profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Clemens Sommer Germany 30 2.0k 1.2k 858 774 638 97 4.5k
Zinaida S. Vexler United States 39 1.8k 0.9× 1.6k 1.4× 649 0.8× 508 0.7× 760 1.2× 77 5.7k
Emmanuel Pinteaux United Kingdom 39 1.8k 0.9× 1.4k 1.2× 1.5k 1.8× 383 0.5× 588 0.9× 82 4.6k
Thorsten R. Doeppner Germany 39 1.7k 0.9× 2.4k 2.0× 498 0.6× 700 0.9× 550 0.9× 137 4.8k
Anuska V. Andjelkovic United States 42 3.0k 1.5× 2.1k 1.8× 1.4k 1.6× 757 1.0× 454 0.7× 67 6.4k
Thomas Skripuletz Germany 34 1.5k 0.8× 1.1k 0.9× 764 0.9× 292 0.4× 563 0.9× 212 4.9k
Sebastian Jander Germany 44 2.6k 1.3× 1.4k 1.2× 1.5k 1.8× 811 1.0× 1.5k 2.4× 116 6.3k
Lu Zhou China 25 3.4k 1.7× 2.2k 1.8× 1.2k 1.4× 468 0.6× 1.1k 1.8× 68 6.4k
Dimitrios Davalos United States 19 3.3k 1.7× 1.2k 1.1× 1.3k 1.5× 445 0.6× 1.3k 2.0× 30 6.1k
Marion S. Buckwalter United States 31 1.6k 0.8× 1.3k 1.1× 626 0.7× 559 0.7× 743 1.2× 71 3.8k
Zhijun Zhang China 34 1.5k 0.8× 1.0k 0.9× 431 0.5× 288 0.4× 387 0.6× 68 2.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Clemens Sommer

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Fields of papers citing papers by Clemens Sommer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Clemens Sommer

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Krenzlin, Harald, Dragan Janković, Insa Janssen, et al.. (2024). Multimodal treatment of glioblastoma with multiple lesions - a multi-center retrospective analysis. Journal of Neuro-Oncology. 170(3). 555–566. 2 indexed citations
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Krenzlin, Harald, Dominik Wesp, Katharina J. Weber, et al.. (2024). Effects of Argon in the Acute Phase of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage in an Endovascular Perforation Model in Rats. Neurocritical Care. 42(2). 532–540.
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Malki, Khalifa El, Francesca Alt, Roger Sandhoff, et al.. (2023). Glucosylceramide Synthase Inhibitors Induce Ceramide Accumulation and Sensitize H3K27 Mutant Diffuse Midline Glioma to Irradiation. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(12). 9905–9905. 7 indexed citations
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Kalasauskas, Darius, Ahmed E. Othman, Marc A. Brockmann, et al.. (2023). Predictors of Neurological Worsening after Resection of Spinal Meningiomas. Cancers. 15(22). 5408–5408. 3 indexed citations
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Leukel, Petra, Katrin Frauenknecht, Clemens Sommer, et al.. (2022). Senescence Is the Main Trait Induced by Temozolomide in Glioblastoma Cells. Cancers. 14(9). 2233–2233. 33 indexed citations
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Leukel, Petra, et al.. (2021). ALDH1A3 Segregated Expression and Nucleus-Associated Proteasomal Degradation Are Common Traits of Glioblastoma Stem Cells. Biomedicines. 10(1). 7–7. 9 indexed citations
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Frenis, Katie, Johanna Helmstädter, Yue Ruan, et al.. (2021). Ablation of lysozyme M-positive cells prevents aircraft noise-induced vascular damage without improving cerebral side effects. Basic Research in Cardiology. 116(1). 31–31. 27 indexed citations
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Beuker, Carolin, Jan‐Kolja Strecker, Rajesh Rawal, et al.. (2021). Immune Cell Infiltration into the Brain After Ischemic Stroke in Humans Compared to Mice and Rats: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Translational Stroke Research. 12(6). 976–990. 54 indexed citations
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Schwarting, Andreas, Konstantinos Triantafyllias, Simone Cosima Boedecker-Lips, et al.. (2019). Fatigue in SLE: diagnostic and pathogenic impact of anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) autoantibodies. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 78(9). 1226–1234. 21 indexed citations
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Klein, Klaus Ulrich, Katrin Frauenknecht, Petra Leukel, et al.. (2015). Systemic PaO2 Oscillations Cause Mild Brain Injury in a Pig Model. Critical Care Medicine. 44(5). e253–e263. 12 indexed citations
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Schmidt, Antje, Jürgen Wellmann, Matthias Schilling, et al.. (2013). Meta-analysis of the Efficacy of Different Training Strategies in Animal Models of Ischemic Stroke. Stroke. 45(1). 239–247. 49 indexed citations
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Zhou, Wei, Arthur Liesz, Henrike Bauer, et al.. (2012). Postischemic Brain Infiltration of Leukocyte Subpopulations Differs among Murine Permanent and Transient Focal Cerebral Ischemia Models. Brain Pathology. 23(1). 34–44. 123 indexed citations
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Koutsimpelas, Dimitrios, Jürgen Brieger, U.‐R. Heinrich, et al.. (2011). Cytogenetic analysis of a malignant triton tumour by comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) and review of the literature. European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology. 268(9). 1391–1396. 6 indexed citations
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Sun, Li, Wei Zhou, Christian Mueller, et al.. (2010). Oxygen Therapy Reduces Secondary Hemorrhage after Thrombolysis in Thromboembolic Cerebral Ischemia. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism. 30(9). 1651–1660. 63 indexed citations
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Nedelmann, Max, Peter Reuter, Maureen Walberer, et al.. (2008). Detrimental Effects of 60 kHz Sonothrombolysis in Rats with Middle Cerebral Artery Occlusion. Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology. 34(12). 2019–2027. 17 indexed citations
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Berger, Christian, et al.. (2008). Neuroprotection and glutamate attenuation by acetylsalicylic acid in temporary but not in permanent cerebral ischemia. Experimental Neurology. 210(2). 543–548. 33 indexed citations
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