F. Eckstein

30.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
610 papers, 24.0k citations indexed

About

F. Eckstein is a scholar working on Rheumatology, Surgery and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, F. Eckstein has authored 610 papers receiving a total of 24.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 413 papers in Rheumatology, 397 papers in Surgery and 250 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in F. Eckstein's work include Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms (409 papers), Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies (223 papers) and Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes (203 papers). F. Eckstein is often cited by papers focused on Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms (409 papers), Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies (223 papers) and Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes (203 papers). F. Eckstein collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Austria and United States. F. Eckstein's co-authors include W. Wirth, Karl‐Hans Englmeier, Maximilian F. Reiser, Ali Guermazi, M. Hudelmaier, Eva‐Maria Lochmüller, David J. Hunter, Reinhard Putz, Tobias Stammberger and Frank W. Roemer and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Annals of Internal Medicine.

In The Last Decade

F. Eckstein

593 papers receiving 23.5k 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.

Effects of Intensive Diet and Exercise on Knee Joint Loads, Inflammation, and Clinical Outcomes Among Overweight and Obese Adults With Knee Osteoarthritis

2013 609 citations David J. Hunter, F. Eckstein et al. profile →
Estimation of distal radius failure load with micro-finite element analysis models based on three-dimensional peripheral quantitative computed tomography images

2002 518 citations F. Eckstein et al. profile →
Effect of Intra-Articular Sprifermin vs Placebo on Femorotibial Joint Cartilage Thickness in Patients With Osteoarthritis

2019 242 citations Marc C. Hochberg, Ali Guermazi et al. profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
F. Eckstein	14.4k	14.1k	8.9k	6.0k	1.9k	610	24.0k
Ali Guermazi	19.7k 1.4×	17.8k 1.3×	8.3k 0.9×	7.0k 1.2×	975 0.5×	783	32.5k
Van C. Mow	12.9k 0.9×	16.0k 1.1×	10.6k 1.2×	4.1k 0.7×	3.7k 2.0×	231	29.2k
Jukka S. Jurvelin	9.1k 0.6×	7.9k 0.6×	6.2k 0.7×	4.3k 0.7×	764 0.4×	374	17.0k
Sharmila Majumdar	8.2k 0.6×	9.8k 0.7×	7.7k 0.9×	10.7k 1.8×	1.3k 0.7×	552	27.0k
Thomas M. Link	5.8k 0.4×	8.2k 0.6×	4.6k 0.5×	6.1k 1.0×	911 0.5×	394	18.1k
Jan A.N. Verhaar	5.8k 0.4×	14.1k 1.0×	3.8k 0.4×	7.5k 1.3×	1.7k 0.9×	427	22.0k
Frank W. Roemer	11.7k 0.8×	9.8k 0.7×	4.7k 0.5×	4.9k 0.8×	406 0.2×	536	17.3k
Gerard A. Ateshian	10.6k 0.7×	9.4k 0.7×	7.3k 0.8×	2.1k 0.3×	713 0.4×	301	19.1k
J.A. Lynch	6.7k 0.5×	5.7k 0.4×	3.3k 0.4×	2.1k 0.4×	1.4k 0.7×	366	13.6k
Hideki Yoshikawa	4.0k 0.3×	11.5k 0.8×	2.8k 0.3×	3.1k 0.5×	1.8k 1.0×	665	19.9k

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Kwoh, C. Kent, Robert M. Boudreau, F. Eckstein, et al.. (2025). A virtual knee replacement (vKR) multi-component endpoint for knee osteoarthritis based on patient-reported PROs: Data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. 33(11). 1372–1381.

Eckstein, F., Reinhard Putz, & W. Wirth. (2024). Sexual dimorphism in peri-articular tissue anatomy – More keys to understanding sex-differences in osteoarthritis?. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6(3). 100485–100485. 2 indexed citations

Eckstein, F., S. Maschek, W. Wirth, et al.. (2024). Is detection of disease-modifying osteoarthritis drug treatment more effective when performing cartilage morphometry without blinding to MR image acquisition order?. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. 32(10). 1346–1351. 4 indexed citations

Arbabi, Vahid, Willem Paul Gielis, Claudia Lindner, et al.. (2024). Effects of Knee Flexion on Minimal Joint Space Width Increase in Knee Osteoarthritis Patients in the IMI-APPROACH cohort. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. 32(6). 804–805. 1 indexed citations

Jansen, Mylène P., Diana Hodgins, S.C. Mastbergen, et al.. (2024). Association between progression of knee osteoarthritis pathology and gait changes over two years: Data from the IMI-APPROACH cohort. 4(3). 100232–100232. 1 indexed citations

Eckstein, F., Tanja Stamm, & Jamie E. Collins. (2024). Which endpoints should be applied in interventional trials? – From single uni-dimensional assessment tailored to a drug's mechanism of action to multi-component measures and multi-domain composites. PubMed. 5(1). 100256–100256. 1 indexed citations

Eckstein, F., S. Maschek, W. Wirth, et al.. (2024). Unbiased analysis of knee cartilage thickness change over three years after sprifermin vs. placebo treatment – A post-hoc analysis from the phase 2B FORWARD study. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6(4). 100513–100513. 3 indexed citations

Eckstein, F., Nicholas M. Brisson, S. Maschek, et al.. (2024). Clinical validation of fully automated laminar knee cartilage transverse relaxation time (T2) analysis in anterior cruciate ligament (ACL)-injured knees— on behalf of the osteoarthritis (OA)-Bio consortium. Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery. 14(7). 4319–4332. 4 indexed citations

Wirth, W., S. Maschek, Ali Guermazi, et al.. (2022). Selection of Knees With Subsequent Cartilage Thickness Loss Based on Magnetic Resonance Imaging Semiquantitative Grading: Data From the Osteoarthritis Initiative Foundation for the National Institutes of Health Biomarker Cohort. Arthritis Care & Research. 75(8). 1773–1782. 7 indexed citations

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Hunter, David J., Leticia A. Deveza, Jamie E. Collins, et al.. (2021). Multivariable Modeling of Biomarker Data From the Phase I Foundation for the National Institutes of Health Osteoarthritis Biomarkers Consortium. Arthritis Care & Research. 74(7). 1142–1153. 38 indexed citations

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Wirth, W., et al.. (2021). Association of Superficial Cartilage Transverse Relaxation Time With Osteoarthritis Disease Progression: Data From the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health Biomarker Study of the Osteoarthritis Initiative. Arthritis Care & Research. 74(11). 1888–1893. 7 indexed citations

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Hunter, David J., Jamie E. Collins, Rebecca Asher, et al.. (2020). Association of baseline and change in tibial and femoral cartilage thickness and development of widespread full-thickness cartilage loss in knee osteoarthritis – data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. 28(6). 811–818. 16 indexed citations

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Meng, Tao, Benny Antony, Alison Venn, et al.. (2019). Association of body composition, physical activity and physical performance with knee cartilage thickness and bone area in young adults. Lara D. Veeken. 59(7). 1607–1616. 4 indexed citations

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Eckstein, F., Stephen Wax, Aida Aydemir, et al.. (2018). Intra-articular sprifermin reduces cartilage loss in addition to increasing cartilage gain independent of femorotibial location: a post-hoc analysis of a randomized, placebo-controlled phase ii clinical trial. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. 26. S294–S294. 3 indexed citations

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Roemer, Frank W., C. Kent Kwoh, Tomoko Fujii, et al.. (2018). From Early Radiographic Knee Osteoarthritis to Joint Arthroplasty: Determinants of Structural Progression and Symptoms. Arthritis Care & Research. 70(12). 1778–1786. 20 indexed citations

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Bennell, Kim L., Joanna Makovey, Ben Metcalf, et al.. (2016). Relationship of Buckling and Knee Injury to Pain Exacerbation in Knee Osteoarthritis: A Web-Based Case-Crossover Study. Interactive Journal of Medical Research. 5(2). e17–e17. 20 indexed citations

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Hunter, David J., Roy D. Altman, Flavia Cicuttini, et al.. (2015). OARSI Clinical Trials Recommendations: Knee imaging in clinical trials in osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. 23(5). 698–715. 113 indexed citations

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Guermazi, Ali, F. Eckstein, David J. Hunter, & Frank W. Roemer. (2015). 7th International Workshop on Osteoarthritis Imaging report: “imaging in OA – now is the time to move ahead”. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. 23(6). 888–896. 1 indexed citations

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Stammberger, Tobias, F. Eckstein, Karl‐Hans Englmeier, & Maximilian F. Reiser. (1999). Determination of 3D cartilage thickness data from MR imaging: Computational method and reproducibility in the living. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. 41(3). 529–536. 153 indexed citations

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