Clemens Weber

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
53 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Clemens Weber is a scholar working on Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Surgery and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Clemens Weber has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine, 34 papers in Surgery and 24 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Clemens Weber's work include Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (35 papers), Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (24 papers) and Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques (16 papers). Clemens Weber is often cited by papers focused on Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (35 papers), Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (24 papers) and Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques (16 papers). Clemens Weber collaborates with scholars based in Norway, Sweden and Germany. Clemens Weber's co-authors include Sasha Gulati, Ole Solheim, Asgeir Store Jakola, Ulf S. Nerland, Tore K. Solberg, Øystein P. Nygaard, H. Pau, Steffen Dommerich, Charalampis Giannadakis and Vidar Rao and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Clemens Weber

49 papers receiving 1.1k 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.

Decompression with or without Fusion in Degenerative Lumbar Spondylolisthesis

2021 139 citations Ivar Magne Austevoll, Erland Hermansen et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Clemens Weber Norway	16	624	619	396	176	172	53	1.1k
Anshit Goyal United States	23	694 1.1×	896 1.4×	207 0.5×	175 1.0×	234 1.4×	95	1.5k
John K. Houten United States	19	1.1k 1.8×	1.4k 2.3×	230 0.6×	134 0.8×	199 1.2×	72	1.8k
Vijay Agarwal United States	16	305 0.5×	620 1.0×	134 0.3×	266 1.5×	158 0.9×	89	1.1k
Roberto Gazzeri Italy	21	521 0.8×	873 1.4×	203 0.5×	184 1.0×	82 0.5×	99	1.3k
Deniz Konya Türkiye	19	417 0.7×	542 0.9×	149 0.4×	123 0.7×	123 0.7×	93	1.0k
Sigita Burneikienė United States	20	1.3k 2.0×	1.3k 2.2×	268 0.7×	131 0.7×	66 0.4×	55	1.7k
Luis M. Tumialán United States	24	679 1.1×	953 1.5×	86 0.2×	213 1.2×	134 0.8×	71	1.5k
Patrick Statham United Kingdom	20	563 0.9×	661 1.1×	206 0.5×	202 1.1×	100 0.6×	50	1.3k
Alessandro Landi Italy	20	351 0.6×	597 1.0×	99 0.3×	148 0.8×	147 0.9×	80	995
Yagiz U. Yolcu United States	18	364 0.6×	561 0.9×	72 0.2×	99 0.6×	118 0.7×	83	948

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Myklebust, Tor Åge, Clemens Weber, Helena Brisby, et al.. (2024). Do patients with lumbar spinal stenosis benefit from decompression of levels with adjacent moderate stenosis? A prospective cohort study from the NORDSTEN study. The Spine Journal. 24(6). 1015–1021. 2 indexed citations

Indrekvam, Kari, Tor Åge Myklebust, Ivar Magne Austevoll, et al.. (2024). Responsiveness of the Oswestry Disability Index and Zurich Claudication Questionnaire in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis: evaluation of surgically treated patients from the NORDSTEN study. European Spine Journal. 33(11). 4270–4280. 1 indexed citations

Banitalebi, Hasan, Tor Åge Myklebust, Clemens Weber, et al.. (2024). The association between lumbar lordosis preoperatively and changes in PROMs for lumbar spinal stenosis patients 2 years after spinal surgery: radiological and clinical results from the NORDSTEN-spinal stenosis trial. European Spine Journal. 33(5). 1950–1956. 1 indexed citations

Weber, Clemens, Tor Åge Myklebust, Ivar Magne Austevoll, et al.. (2024). Clinical Importance of Redundant Nerve Roots in Patients With Symptomatic Lumbar Spinal Stenosis. Spine. 50(14). 941–947.

Hermansen, Erland, Kari Indrekvam, Tor Åge Myklebust, et al.. (2024). ISSLS Prize in Clinical Science 2025: A randomized trial on three different minimally invasive decompression techniques for lumbar spinal stenosis. Five years follow-up from the NORDSTEN-SST. European Spine Journal. 34(5). 1590–1599. 1 indexed citations

Weber, Clemens, et al.. (2024). Characteristics and demography of low energy fall injuries in patients > 60 years of age: a population-based analysis over a decade with focus on undertriage. European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery. 50(3). 995–1001. 2 indexed citations

Hellum, Christian, Frode Rekeland, Milada Cvancarova Småstuen, et al.. (2023). Surgery in degenerative spondylolisthesis: does fusion improve outcome in subgroups? A secondary analysis from a randomized trial (NORDSTEN trial). The Spine Journal. 23(11). 1613–1622. 8 indexed citations

Banitalebi, Hasan, Ivar Magne Austevoll, Christian Hellum, et al.. (2023). Is the presence of foraminal stenosis associated with outcome in lumbar spinal stenosis patients treated with posterior microsurgical decompression. Acta Neurochirurgica. 165(8). 2121–2129. 2 indexed citations

Thorsen, Kenneth, et al.. (2022). Is there a weekend effect on mortality rate and outcome for moderate and severe traumatic brain injury? A population-based, observational cohort study. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2. 101699–101699. 6 indexed citations

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Banitalebi, Hasan, Kjersti Storheim, Anne Negård, et al.. (2022). A novel MRI index for paraspinal muscle fatty infiltration: reliability and relation to pain and disability in lumbar spinal stenosis: results from a multicentre study. European Radiology Experimental. 6(1). 38–38. 8 indexed citations

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Banitalebi, Hasan, Ivar Magne Austevoll, Christian Hellum, et al.. (2022). The association between preoperative MRI findings and clinical improvement in patients included in the NORDSTEN spinal stenosis trial. European Spine Journal. 31(10). 2777–2785. 10 indexed citations

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Salvesen, Øyvind, Eric J. F. Franssen, Clemens Weber, et al.. (2017). Surgery for Herniated Lumbar Disc in Daily Tobacco Smokers: A Multicenter Observational Study. World Neurosurgery. 109. e581–e587. 17 indexed citations

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Bártek, Jiří, Sasha Gulati, Geirmund Unsgård, et al.. (2016). Standardized reporting of adverse events after microvascular decompression of cranial nerves; a population-based single-institution consecutive series. Acta Neurochirurgica. 158(9). 1775–1781. 15 indexed citations

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Weber, Clemens, et al.. (2015). Høyspenningsskade i hodet. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening. 135(6). 553–553. 1 indexed citations

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Gulati, Sasha, Trond Nordseth, Ulf S. Nerland, et al.. (2015). Does daily tobacco smoking affect outcomes after microdecompression for degenerative central lumbar spinal stenosis? – A multicenter observational registry-based study. Acta Neurochirurgica. 157(7). 1157–1164. 37 indexed citations

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Weber, Clemens, Charalampis Giannadakis, Vidar Rao, et al.. (2015). Is There an Association Between Radiological Severity of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis and Disability, Pain, or Surgical Outcome?. Spine. 41(2). E78–E83. 56 indexed citations

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Bártek, Jiří, Kristin Sjåvik, Petter Förander, et al.. (2015). Predictors of Severe Complications in Intracranial Meningioma Surgery: A Population-Based Multicenter Study. World Neurosurgery. 83(5). 673–678. 50 indexed citations

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Nerland, Ulf S., Asgeir Store Jakola, Ole Solheim, et al.. (2014). Comparative effectiveness of microdecompression and laminectomy for central lumbar spinal stenosis: study protocol for an observational study. BMJ Open. 4(3). e004651–e004651. 10 indexed citations

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Weber, Clemens, et al.. (2014). Health care costs of incidental durotomies and postoperative cerebrospinal fluid leaks after elective spinal surgery. European Spine Journal. 24(9). 2065–2068. 31 indexed citations

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Kehler, Uwe, et al.. (2012). CSF leaks after cranial surgery — a prospective multicenter analysis. 1(1). 49–53. 19 indexed citations

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