Franz Weidinger

14.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
122 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Franz Weidinger is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Surgery and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Franz Weidinger has authored 122 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 81 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 55 papers in Surgery and 39 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Franz Weidinger's work include Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (38 papers), Acute Myocardial Infarction Research (37 papers) and Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics (33 papers). Franz Weidinger is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (38 papers), Acute Myocardial Infarction Research (37 papers) and Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics (33 papers). Franz Weidinger collaborates with scholars based in Austria, Germany and France. Franz Weidinger's co-authors include Severin P. Schwarzacher, Matthias Frick, Otmar Pachinger, Hannes Alber, Józef Dulak, Wolfgang Dichtl, Thomas Neunteufl, Dietmar Glogar, Reinhold Katzenschlager and Ali Hassan and has published in prestigious journals such as Circulation, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

In The Last Decade

Franz Weidinger

119 papers receiving 4.0k citations

Hit Papers

Epidemiology of cardiovascular disease in Europe 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 100 200 300 400
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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.

  1. Epidemiology of cardiovascular disease in Europe
    2021 465 citations Chris P Gale, Stephan Achenbach et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Franz Weidinger Austria 33 2.2k 1.3k 643 640 506 122 4.2k
George A. Stouffer United States 36 2.0k 0.9× 1.1k 0.8× 344 0.5× 768 1.2× 507 1.0× 187 4.0k
Peter Sinnaeve Belgium 33 3.2k 1.5× 1.2k 1.0× 564 0.9× 472 0.7× 388 0.8× 174 4.8k
Georg Goliasch Austria 34 2.3k 1.1× 1.3k 1.0× 419 0.7× 487 0.8× 521 1.0× 203 4.0k
Arend Mosterd Netherlands 34 4.2k 1.9× 926 0.7× 810 1.3× 837 1.3× 396 0.8× 138 5.9k
K. Martijn Akkerhuis Netherlands 34 3.0k 1.4× 1.7k 1.3× 1.3k 2.0× 517 0.8× 458 0.9× 134 4.8k
Krzysztof J. Filipiak‬ Poland 37 3.0k 1.4× 1.3k 1.0× 376 0.6× 958 1.5× 714 1.4× 502 6.0k
Lino Gonçalves Portugal 28 3.4k 1.6× 1.4k 1.1× 1.1k 1.8× 848 1.3× 371 0.7× 321 5.1k
Ayan R. Patel United States 30 3.1k 1.4× 1.3k 1.0× 952 1.5× 734 1.1× 719 1.4× 118 4.9k
Solomon Behar Israel 42 3.5k 1.6× 1.2k 1.0× 924 1.4× 517 0.8× 376 0.7× 166 5.5k
Tsutomu Yoshikawa Japan 43 4.0k 1.8× 1.1k 0.9× 763 1.2× 1.3k 2.0× 744 1.5× 237 6.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Franz Weidinger

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Fields of papers citing papers by Franz Weidinger

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Franz Weidinger

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Franz Weidinger. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Franz Weidinger 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 Franz Weidinger. Franz Weidinger 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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Szymański, Piotr, Eva Prescott, & Franz Weidinger. (2023). The first European Union approval of a new medicine to treat cardiovascular diseases in 2023: why is it important to collaborate with the European Medicines Agency?. European Heart Journal. 45(1). 7–9. 3 indexed citations
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Steiner, Irene, et al.. (2023). Macular Microvascular Perfusion Status in Hypertensive Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 12(17). 5493–5493. 4 indexed citations
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Pessoa-Amorim, Guilherme, C Fielder Camm, Parag Gajendragadkar, et al.. (2020). Admission of patients with STEMI since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic: a survey by the European Society of Cardiology. European Heart Journal - Quality of Care and Clinical Outcomes. 6(3). 210–216. 149 indexed citations
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Jäger, Bernhard, Paul M. Haller, Alfred Kaff, et al.. (2019). Predictors of transportation delay in patients with suspected ST-elevation-myocardial infarction in the VIENNA-STEMI network. Clinical Research in Cardiology. 109(3). 393–399. 14 indexed citations
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Tscharre, Maximilian, Bernhard Jäger, Serdar Farhan, et al.. (2017). Impact of time of admission on short- and long-term mortality in the Vienna STEMI registry. International Journal of Cardiology. 244. 1–6. 9 indexed citations
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Zeymer, Uwe, Peter Ludman, Nicolas Danchin, et al.. (2017). The European Society of Cardiology ACCA-EAPCI Registry on ST elevation myocardial infarction. European Heart Journal. 38(3). 138–139. 3 indexed citations
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Haller, Paul M., Bernhard Jäger, Serdar Farhan, et al.. (2017). Impact of age on short- and long-term mortality of patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction in the VIENNA STEMI network. Wiener klinische Wochenschrift. 130(5-6). 172–181. 16 indexed citations
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Bauer, Timm, Holger Nef, Helge Möllmann, et al.. (2015). Use and outcome of thrombus aspiration in patients with primary PCI for acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction: results from the multinational Euro Heart Survey PCI Registry. Heart and Vessels. 31(9). 1438–1445. 8 indexed citations
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Keller, Hans, Josef Finsterer, Paul Wexberg, et al.. (2011). Novel c.367_369del LMNA mutation manifesting as severe arrhythmias, dilated cardiomyopathy, and myopathy. Heart & Lung. 41(4). 382–386. 13 indexed citations
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Knot, Jiří, Petr Widimský, William Wijns, et al.. (2009). How to set up an effective national primary angioplasty network: lessons learned from five European countries.. PubMed. 5(3). 299, 301–309. 58 indexed citations
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Werf, Frans Van de, Jeroen J. Bax, Amadeo Betriu, et al.. (2009). Guía de práctica clínica de la Sociedad Europea de Cardiología (ESC). Manejo del infarto agudo de miocardio en pacientes con elevación persistente del segmento ST. Versión corregida 13/09/2010. Revista Española de Cardiología. 62(3). 293–293. 7 indexed citations
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Weidinger, Franz, et al.. (2009). The Tauern tunnel first and second tubes from the contractor's viewpoint. Geomechanics and Tunnelling. 2(1). 24–32. 6 indexed citations
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Huber, Kurt, H. Baumgartner, Harald Darius, et al.. (2006). Der Einsatz von Clopidogrel bei Patienten mit akuten Koronarsyndromen, nach perkutaner koronarer Intervention und Stentimplantation. Journal für Kardiologie (Krause & Pachernegg GmbH). 13(5). 168–174. 1 indexed citations
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Poelzl, Gerhard, Matthias Frick, Hannes Alber, et al.. (2005). Chronic Heart Failure is Associated with Vascular Remodeling of the Brachial Artery. European Journal of Heart Failure. 7(1). 43–48. 26 indexed citations
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Frick, Matthias, Johannes Mair, Hannes Alber, et al.. (2005). Transient impairment of flow-mediated vasodilation in patients with metabolic syndrome at moderate altitude (1700 m). International Journal of Cardiology. 109(1). 82–87. 14 indexed citations
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Frick, Matthias, et al.. (2002). Flußvermittelte Vasodilatation (FMD) der Arteria brachialis: Methodik und klinischer Stellenwert. Journal für Kardiologie (Krause & Pachernegg GmbH). 9(10). 439–444. 4 indexed citations
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Weidinger, Franz, Matthias Frick, Hannes Alber, et al.. (2002). Association of wall thickness of the brachial artery measured with high-resolution ultrasound with risk factors and coronary artery disease. The American Journal of Cardiology. 89(9). 1025–1029. 38 indexed citations
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Hassan, Ali, Iréne Lang, Roman Ullrich, et al.. (2001). Increased intimal apoptosis in coronary atherosclerotic vessel segments lacking compensatory enlargement. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 38(5). 1333–1339. 7 indexed citations
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Schwarzacher, Severin P., Franz Weidinger, M. Schemper, & G. Raberger. (1992). Blockade of endothelium-derived relaxing factor synthesis with NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester leads to enhanced venous reactivity in vivo. European Journal of Pharmacology. 229(2-3). 253–258. 11 indexed citations

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