H. Wesch

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
75 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

H. Wesch is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Nutrition and Dietetics. According to data from OpenAlex, H. Wesch has authored 75 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 18 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 13 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics. Recurrent topics in H. Wesch's work include Trace Elements in Health (12 papers), Occupational and environmental lung diseases (10 papers) and Radiation Dose and Imaging (10 papers). H. Wesch is often cited by papers focused on Trace Elements in Health (12 papers), Occupational and environmental lung diseases (10 papers) and Radiation Dose and Imaging (10 papers). H. Wesch collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and France. H. Wesch's co-authors include Mathias Wind, Wolf D. Lehmann, Achim Schneider, H Miklaw, Dieter Wagner, Kurt Wegener, J. Wahrendorf, E M de Villiers, Harald zur Hausen and U. Papendick and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Circulation and Nature Medicine.

In The Last Decade

H. Wesch

73 papers receiving 1.6k 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.

HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS IN WOMEN WITH AND WITHOUT ABNORMAL CERVICAL CYTOLOGY

1987 300 citations Achim Schneider, H Miklaw et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
H. Wesch Germany	21	441	405	244	233	214	75	1.7k
J S Woodhead United Kingdom	29	613 1.4×	283 0.7×	354 1.5×	212 0.9×	183 0.9×	116	2.8k
Joseph J. Barlow United States	29	1.3k 2.8×	283 0.7×	161 0.7×	263 1.1×	260 1.2×	139	3.2k
Per‐Eric Evrin Sweden	25	498 1.1×	346 0.9×	170 0.7×	397 1.7×	163 0.8×	37	3.0k
Daniela Fanni Italy	23	652 1.5×	150 0.4×	362 1.5×	307 1.3×	83 0.4×	131	2.1k
Masayoshi Kanisawa Japan	23	600 1.4×	253 0.6×	139 0.6×	389 1.7×	73 0.3×	99	1.8k
Richard H. Hinton United Kingdom	26	729 1.7×	193 0.5×	145 0.6×	64 0.3×	129 0.6×	88	1.9k
L. Omar Henderson United States	21	665 1.5×	206 0.5×	72 0.3×	72 0.3×	153 0.7×	41	3.2k
Peter Naredi Sweden	29	610 1.4×	156 0.4×	176 0.7×	274 1.2×	143 0.7×	130	2.5k
D. Schmähl Germany	25	935 2.1×	129 0.3×	71 0.3×	221 0.9×	174 0.8×	153	3.1k
Anthony S. Tavill United States	33	624 1.4×	1.1k 2.8×	977 4.0×	215 0.9×	93 0.4×	78	4.0k

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Grosche, Bernd, Mandy Birschwilks, H. Wesch, A. Kaul, & G. van Kaick. (2016). The German Thorotrast Cohort Study: a review and how to get access to the data. Radiation and Environmental Biophysics. 55(3). 281–289. 5 indexed citations

Taeger, Dirk, Thomas Brüning, Beate Pesch, et al.. (2011). Association Between Lymph Node Silicosis and Lung Silicosis in 4,384 German Uranium Miners With Lung Cancer. Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health. 66(1). 34–42. 12 indexed citations

Taeger, Dirk, Georg Johnen, Thorsten Wiethege, et al.. (2008). Major histopathological patterns of lung cancer related to arsenic exposure in German uranium miners. International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health. 82(7). 867–875. 13 indexed citations

Taeger, Dirk, Ulrike Krahn, Thorsten Wiethege, et al.. (2008). A Study on Lung Cancer Mortality Related to Radon, Quartz, and Arsenic Exposures in German Uranium Miners. Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health. 71(13-14). 859–865. 18 indexed citations

Becker, Nikolaus, et al.. (2008). Mortality among Thorotrast-exposed patients and an unexposed comparison group in the German Thorotrast study. European Journal of Cancer. 44(9). 1259–1268. 26 indexed citations

Frank, Norbert, Jutta Knauft, Folker Amelung, et al.. (2003). No prevention of liver and kidney tumors in Long–Evans Cinnamon rats by dietary curcumin, but inhibition at other sites and of metastases. Mutation research. Fundamental and molecular mechanisms of mutagenesis. 523-524. 127–135. 56 indexed citations

Merle, Uta, Christian Hofmann, H. Wesch, et al.. (2002). Chances and Shortcomings of Adenovirus-Mediated ATP7B Gene Transfer in Wilson Disease: Proof of Principle Demonstrated in a Pilot Study with LEC rats. Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie. 40(4). 209–216. 24 indexed citations

Schilling, Gerhard, et al.. (2001). Antitumoral activity of a sulphur-containing platinum complex with an acidic pH optimum. Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology. 47(6). 461–466. 31 indexed citations

Yang, Qin, et al.. (2000). Analysis of radon-associated squamous cell carcinomas of the lung for a p53 gene hotspot mutation. British Journal of Cancer. 82(4). 763–766. 15 indexed citations

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Mehls, Otto, et al.. (2000). Daily but not pulse calcitriol therapy improves growth in experimental uremia. Pediatric Nephrology. 14(7). 658–663. 8 indexed citations

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Wiethege, Thorsten, H. Wesch, Kurt Wegener, et al.. (1999). German Uranium Miner Study: Pathological and Molecular Genetic Findings. Radiation Research. 152(6). S52–S52. 10 indexed citations

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Strand, Susanne, Walter Hofmann, Annette Grambihler, et al.. (1998). Hepatic failure and liver cell damage in acute Wilson's disease involve CD95 (APO-1 /Fas) Mediated apoptosis. Nature Medicine. 4(5). 588–593. 196 indexed citations

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Hefter, Harald, Peter H. Weiss, H. Wesch, et al.. (1995). Late diagnosis of Wilson's disease in a case without onset of symptoms. Acta Neurologica Scandinavica. 91(4). 302–305. 17 indexed citations

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Spiethoff, Andreas, H. Wesch, K.H. Höver, & Kurt Wegener. (1992). The Combined and Separate Action of Neutron Radiation and Zirconium Dioxide on the Liver of Rats. Health Physics. 63(1). 111–118. 4 indexed citations

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Villiers, E.-M. de, Dieter Wagner, Achim Schneider, et al.. (1992). Human papillomavirus DNA in women without and with cytological abnormalities: Results of a 5-year follow-up study. Gynecologic Oncology. 44(1). 33–39. 63 indexed citations

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Kaick, G. van, et al.. (1991). Neoplastic Diseases Induced by Chronic Alpha-irradiation - Epidemiological, Biophysical and Clinical Results of the German Thorotrast Study**. Journal of Radiation Research. 32(SUPPLEMENT2). 20–33. 25 indexed citations

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Bier, H., W. Bergler, G. Mickisch, H. Wesch, & U. Ganzer. (1990). Establishment and characterization of cisplatin-Resistant sublines of the human squamous carcinoma cell line HLac 79. Acta Oto-Laryngologica. 110(5-6). 466–473. 17 indexed citations

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Bauss, Frieder, et al.. (1985). Comparative bone analysis via inflammation-mediated osteopenia (IMO) in the rat. Calcified Tissue International. 37(5). 539–46. 27 indexed citations

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Wegener, Kurt, et al.. (1976). Investigations into human thorotrastosis. Archiv für Pathologische Anatomie und Physiologie und für Klinische Medicin. 371(2). 131–143. 11 indexed citations

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Ritz, E, et al.. (1975). Bone volume and mineral density of iliac crest spongiosa in uremia.. PubMed. 4(6). 237–42. 2 indexed citations

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