Dirk Sander

9.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
144 papers, 6.4k citations indexed

About

Dirk Sander is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Epidemiology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Dirk Sander has authored 144 papers receiving a total of 6.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 52 papers in Epidemiology and 50 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Dirk Sander's work include Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases (39 papers), Acute Ischemic Stroke Management (39 papers) and Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances (29 papers). Dirk Sander is often cited by papers focused on Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases (39 papers), Acute Ischemic Stroke Management (39 papers) and Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances (29 papers). Dirk Sander collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Dirk Sander's co-authors include Thorleif Etgen, B. Conrad, Jürgen Klingelhöfer, Kerstin Winbeck, J. Klingelhöfer, Kerstin Sander, Hans Förstl, Holger Poppert, Horst Bickel and Michel Chonchol and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Physical Review Letters and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Dirk Sander

138 papers receiving 6.2k citations

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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.

Carotid intima-media thickness progression to predict cardiovascular events in the general population (the PROG-IMT collaborative project): a meta-analysis of individual participant data

2012 407 citations Matthias Lorenz, Joseph F. Polak et al. The Lancet profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Dirk Sander Germany	43	2.1k	1.7k	1.4k	1.3k	675	144	6.4k
Thomas R. Price United States	37	1.3k 0.6×	1.8k 1.1×	879 0.6×	1.1k 0.9×	829 1.2×	83	6.0k
H. Bart van der Worp Netherlands	33	732 0.4×	2.5k 1.5×	1.5k 1.0×	2.0k 1.5×	376 0.6×	77	5.7k
Adrian W. Gelb Canada	53	2.6k 1.3×	922 0.6×	1.4k 1.0×	2.3k 1.8×	659 1.0×	251	9.1k
Romergryko G. Geocadin United States	46	1.3k 0.6×	1.7k 1.0×	880 0.6×	2.3k 1.7×	459 0.7×	175	8.1k
Ola A. Selnes United States	59	1.7k 0.8×	1.5k 0.9×	819 0.6×	763 0.6×	1.9k 2.9×	146	12.2k
Joseph A. Fisher Canada	46	1.2k 0.6×	1.2k 0.7×	2.0k 1.4×	2.4k 1.9×	996 1.5×	225	7.1k
Cole A. Giller United States	32	1.1k 0.5×	1.2k 0.7×	734 0.5×	3.2k 2.5×	348 0.5×	101	5.7k
Hirofumi Nakayama Japan	43	882 0.4×	3.8k 2.3×	1.3k 0.9×	2.1k 1.6×	1.1k 1.7×	159	9.7k
Randolph S. Marshall United States	47	797 0.4×	3.0k 1.8×	2.1k 1.5×	2.4k 1.9×	1.5k 2.3×	190	7.4k
Edward Feldmann United States	34	1.3k 0.6×	4.1k 2.5×	2.9k 2.0×	3.7k 2.9×	262 0.4×	133	8.0k

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Sander, Kerstin & Dirk Sander. (2014). Depression and Psychological Distress as Risk Factors for Stroke and Worse Stroke Recovery: Clinical Implications and Therapeutic Options. 53–58. 2 indexed citations

Seifert, Christian, Holger Poppert, Dirk Sander, et al.. (2012). Depressive Symptoms and the Risk of Ischemic Stroke in the Elderly—Influence of Age and Sex. PLoS ONE. 7(11). e50803–e50803. 23 indexed citations

Etgen, Thorleif, Michel Chonchol, Hans Förstl, & Dirk Sander. (2012). Chronic Kidney Disease and Cognitive Impairment: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. American Journal of Nephrology. 35(5). 474–482. 249 indexed citations

Lorenz, Matthias, Joseph F. Polak, Maryam Kavousi, et al.. (2012). Carotid intima-media thickness progression to predict cardiovascular events in the general population (the PROG-IMT collaborative project): a meta-analysis of individual participant data. The Lancet. 379(9831). 2053–2062. 407 indexed citations breakdown →

Sander, Dirk, Antonio Carolei, Curt Diehm, Michael G. Hennerici, & Peter M. Rothwell. (2011). Challenges to the Management of High-Risk Stroke Patients with Multiple-Site Occlusive Vascular Disease. Cerebrovascular Diseases. 31(4). 315–321. 11 indexed citations

Bockelbrink, Angelina, et al.. (2009). Transcranial Doppler ultrasonography predicts cardiovascular events after TIA. BMC Medical Imaging. 9(1). 13–13. 5 indexed citations

Chonchol, Michel, H. Gnahn, & Dirk Sander. (2008). Impact of subclinical carotid atherosclerosis on incident chronic kidney disease in the elderly. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation. 23(8). 2593–2598. 30 indexed citations

Chonchol, Michel, et al.. (2008). Kidney Function and Progression of Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in a Community Study. American Journal of Kidney Diseases. 51(4). 584–593. 60 indexed citations

Saver, Jeffrey L., Chelsea S. Kidwell, Gregory W. Albers, et al.. (2007). A multicenter pooled, patient-level data analysis of diffusion-weighted MRI in TIA patients. Stroke. 38(2). 463–463. 27 indexed citations

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Poppert, Holger, Oliver T. Wolf, W Theiss, et al.. (2006). MRI lesions after invasive therapy of carotid artery stenosis: a risk-modeling analysis. Neurological Research. 28(5). 563–567. 17 indexed citations

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Etgen, Thorleif, et al.. (2005). Dopplersonographie mit Hinweis auf fulminante Aortendissektion bei initialem Mediainfarkt. Der Nervenarzt. 76(8). 976–979. 2 indexed citations

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Bäcker, Marcus, Michael Hammes, Dirk Sander, et al.. (2004). Changes of Cerebrovascular Response to Visual Stimulation in Migraineurs After Repetitive Sessions of Somatosensory Stimulation (Acupuncture): A Pilot Study. Headache The Journal of Head and Face Pain. 44(1). 95–101. 18 indexed citations

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Etgen, Thorleif, Bogdan Draganski, Michael Schröder, et al.. (2004). Bilateral thalamic gray matter changes in patients with restless legs syndrome. NeuroImage. 24(4). 1242–1247. 97 indexed citations

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Etgen, Thorleif, H. Gräfin von Einsiedel, Michael Röttinger, et al.. (2004). Detection of Acute Brainstem Infarction by Using DWI/MRI. European Neurology. 52(3). 145–150. 20 indexed citations

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Poppert, Holger, Oliver T. Wolf, Markus Resch, et al.. (2004). Differences in number, size and location of intracranial microembolic lesions after surgical versus endovascular treatment without protection device of carotid artery stenosis. Journal of Neurology. 251(10). 1198–1203. 72 indexed citations

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Wolf, Oliver T., P. Heider, Michael Heinz, et al.. (2003). Frequency, Clinical Significance and Course of Cerebral Ischemic Events after Carotid Endarterectomy Evaluated by Serial Diffusion Weighted Imaging. European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery. 27(2). 167–171. 38 indexed citations

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Winbeck, Kerstin, Christian Kukla, Holger Poppert, et al.. (2002). Elevated C-Reactive Protein Is Associated with an Increased Intima to Media Thickness of the Common Carotid Artery. Cerebrovascular Diseases. 13(1). 57–63. 49 indexed citations

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Klingelhöfer, Jürgen, et al.. (1996). Relationships between delayed ischemic dysfunctions and intracranial hemodynamics following subarachnoid hemorrhage. Journal of the Neurological Sciences. 143(1-2). 72–78. 7 indexed citations

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Hajak, Göran, Jürgen Klingelhöfer, M. Schulz-Varszegi, Dirk Sander, & Eckart Rüther. (1996). Sleep Apnea Syndrome and Cerebral Hemodynamics. CHEST Journal. 110(3). 670–679. 87 indexed citations

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Sander, Dirk, et al.. (1995). Changes of circadian blood pressure patterns and cardiovascular parameters indicate lateralization of sympathetic activation following hemispheric brain infarction. Journal of Neurology. 242(5). 313–318. 75 indexed citations

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