Eckhard Alt

11.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
173 papers, 8.9k citations indexed

About

Eckhard Alt is a scholar working on Surgery, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Eckhard Alt has authored 173 papers receiving a total of 8.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 62 papers in Surgery, 60 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 51 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Eckhard Alt's work include Mesenchymal stem cell research (49 papers), Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies (33 papers) and Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (27 papers). Eckhard Alt is often cited by papers focused on Mesenchymal stem cell research (49 papers), Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies (33 papers) and Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (27 papers). Eckhard Alt collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Italy. Eckhard Alt's co-authors include Yao‐Hua Song, Xiaowen Bai, Albert Schömig, Claus Schmitt, Rudolf Blasini, Adnan Kastrati, Kurt Ulm, Helmut Schühlen, Franz–Josef Neumann and Martin Hadamitzky and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, New England Journal of Medicine and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Eckhard Alt

164 papers receiving 8.6k 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.

A Randomized Comparison of Antiplatelet and Anticoagulant Therapy after the Placement of Coronary-Artery Stents

1996 1.4k citations Albert Schömig, Franz–Josef Neumann et al. profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Eckhard Alt	3.5k	3.0k	2.3k	2.2k	1.4k	173	8.9k
Federico Quaini	4.1k 1.2×	3.1k 1.0×	2.6k 1.1×	5.0k 2.2×	1.3k 1.0×	147	10.8k
Lloyd H. Michael	3.4k 1.0×	4.7k 1.6×	1.7k 0.7×	5.6k 2.5×	1.1k 0.8×	91	11.4k
Brian H. Annex	4.3k 1.2×	2.1k 0.7×	1.1k 0.5×	6.3k 2.8×	1.1k 0.8×	199	12.0k
Joyce Bischoff	4.8k 1.4×	1.7k 0.6×	1.1k 0.5×	5.1k 2.3×	2.1k 1.5×	161	12.0k
Antonio Paolo Beltrami	4.2k 1.2×	1.7k 0.6×	2.6k 1.1×	5.2k 2.3×	735 0.5×	134	9.5k
Robert D. Simari	2.3k 0.7×	2.0k 0.7×	677 0.3×	3.0k 1.3×	861 0.6×	164	7.8k
Daniele Torella	5.7k 1.6×	3.1k 1.0×	2.4k 1.1×	6.0k 2.7×	484 0.3×	181	11.2k
Keith L. March	4.8k 1.4×	1.3k 0.4×	5.5k 2.4×	5.3k 2.3×	1.6k 1.1×	185	12.9k
Jonathan Leor	4.9k 1.4×	3.0k 1.0×	1.7k 0.7×	3.3k 1.5×	441 0.3×	180	10.8k
Kimikazu Hamano	3.0k 0.9×	1.1k 0.4×	1.4k 0.6×	2.1k 0.9×	984 0.7×	451	7.3k

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Izadpanah, Reza, et al.. (2025). Dual faces of angiogenesis: Mechanisms and therapeutic applications. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Reviews on Cancer. 1880(6). 189494–189494.

Hayes, Matthew, Meredith Hayes, John P. Furia, et al.. (2023). Management of partial-thickness rotator cuff tears with autologous adipose-derived regenerative cells is safe and more effective than injection of corticosteroid. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 19348–19348. 5 indexed citations

Pan, Zhizhong Z., et al.. (2023). Conversion of Unmodified Stem Cells to Pacemaker Cells by Overexpression of Key Developmental Genes. Cells. 12(10). 1381–1381. 4 indexed citations

Alt, Eckhard, et al.. (2022). Impact of Immunotherapies on SARS-CoV-2-Infections and Other Respiratory Tract Infections during the COVID-19 Winter Season in IBD Patients. Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 2022. 1–9.

Schmitz, Christoph, Christopher Alt, David A. Pearce, et al.. (2022). Methodological Flaws in Meta-Analyses of Clinical Studies on the Management of Knee Osteoarthritis with Stem Cells: a Systematic Review. Preprints.org. 7 indexed citations

Eldesouki, Raghda E., Chengxiang Wu, Fayez M. Saleh, et al.. (2021). Identification and Targeting of Thomsen–Friedenreich and IL1RAP Antigens on Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Stem Cells Using Bi-Specific Antibodies. OncoTargets and Therapy. Volume 14. 609–621. 6 indexed citations

Alt, Eckhard, Christoph Schmitz, & Xiaowen Bai. (2021). Perspective: Why and How Ubiquitously Distributed, Vascular-Associated, Pluripotent Stem Cells in the Adult Body (vaPS Cells) Are the Next Generation of Medicine. Cells. 10(9). 2303–2303. 6 indexed citations

Saleh, Fayez M., Partha K. Chandra, Dong Lin, et al.. (2020). A New Humanized Mouse Model Mimics Humans in Lacking α-Gal Epitopes and Secreting Anti-Gal Antibodies. The Journal of Immunology. 204(7). 1998–2005. 9 indexed citations

Song, Bryant M., Nora M. Haney, Kenneth J. DeLay, et al.. (2020). Adipose Derived Stem Cell Engraftment Improves Erectile Function in a Rat Model of Cavernosal Nerve Injury. 2020(3). 1–7. 1 indexed citations

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Winnier, Glenn E., et al.. (2019). Isolation of adipose tissue derived regenerative cells from human subcutaneous tissue with or without the use of an enzymatic reagent. PLoS ONE. 14(9). e0221457–e0221457. 30 indexed citations

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Barabadi, Zahra, et al.. (2018). Breast Tumor Microenvironment Can Transform Naive Mesenchymal Stem Cells into Tumor-Forming Cells in Nude Mice. Stem Cells and Development. 28(5). 341–352. 27 indexed citations

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Lin, Dong, Reza Izadpanah, Stephen E. Braun, & Eckhard Alt. (2017). A novel model to characterize structure and function of BRCA1. Cell Biology International. 42(1). 34–44. 4 indexed citations

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Ilmer, Matthias, et al.. (2015). Improved Method for Isolation of Neonatal Rat Cardiomyocytes with Increased Yield of C-Kit+ Cardiac Progenitor Cells. Journal of Stem Cell Research & Therapy. 5(9). 1–8. 20 indexed citations

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Ilmer, Matthias, Ivonne Regel, Kenji Yokoi, et al.. (2015). RSPO2 Enhances Canonical Wnt Signaling to Confer Stemness-Associated Traits to Susceptible Pancreatic Cancer Cells. Cancer Research. 75(9). 1883–1896. 59 indexed citations

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Ilmer, Matthias, et al.. (2015). Targeting the Neurokinin-1 Receptor Compromises Canonical Wnt Signaling in Hepatoblastoma. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 14(12). 2712–2721. 41 indexed citations

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Alt, Eckhard, Jie Li, Bryan T. Hennessy, et al.. (2011). Adipose tissue derived stem cells differentiate into carcinoma-associated fibroblast-like cells under the influence of tumor derived factors. 34(1). 55–67. 162 indexed citations

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Freisinger, E., Ryan K. Jones, Douglas P. Slakey, et al.. (2010). Persistent High Glucose Concentrations Alter the Regenerative Potential of Mesenchymal Stem Cells. Stem Cells and Development. 19(12). 1875–1884. 162 indexed citations

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Ammer, Richard, Eckhard Alt, Gregory M. Ayers, et al.. (1997). Pain Threshold for Low Energy Intracardiac Cardioversion of Atrial Fibrillation with Low or No Sedation. Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology. 20(1). 230–236. 49 indexed citations

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Schmitt, Claus, Eckhard Alt, Andreas Plewan, et al.. (1996). Low Energy Intracardiac Cardioversion After Failed Conventional External Cardioversion of Atrial Fibrillation. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 28(4). 994–999. 108 indexed citations

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Walter, Hanna, Franz–Josef Neumann, Gert Richardt, et al.. (1996). Antiplatelet vs. anticoagulation treatment after intracoronary Palmaz-Schatz stent placement in acute myocardial infarction — A prospective randomized trial. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 27(2). 279–279. 1 indexed citations

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