Heike Beck

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
7 papers, 818 citations indexed

About

Heike Beck is a scholar working on Surgery, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Heike Beck has authored 7 papers receiving a total of 818 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 3 papers in Surgery, 2 papers in Molecular Biology and 2 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Heike Beck's work include Angiogenesis and VEGF in Cancer (2 papers), Vascular Tumors and Angiosarcomas (1 paper) and Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment (1 paper). Heike Beck is often cited by papers focused on Angiogenesis and VEGF in Cancer (2 papers), Vascular Tumors and Angiosarcomas (1 paper) and Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment (1 paper). Heike Beck collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Belgium. Heike Beck's co-authors include Karl H. Plate, Till Acker, Peter Hoet, Marc Tjwa, Eli Keshet, Veerle Compernolle, Benoît Nemery, Yuval Dor, Koen Brusselmans and Désiré Collen and has published in prestigious journals such as Circulation, Nature Medicine and Journal of neurosurgery.

In The Last Decade

Heike Beck

7 papers receiving 802 citations

Hit Papers

Loss of HIF-2α and inhibition of VEGF impair fetal lung m... 2002 2026 2010 2018 2002 100 200 300 400 500
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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. Loss of HIF-2α and inhibition of VEGF impair fetal lung maturation, whereas treatment with VEGF prevents fatal respiratory distress in premature mice
    2002 590 citations Veerle Compernolle, Koen Brusselmans et al. Nature Medicine profile →

Peers

Heike Beck
Filippo Calzolari Italy
Laurel S. Kleppe United States
Ho Yi Wong Australia
Beatriz Velasco Spain
Maarten Bergwerff Netherlands
Lora K. Hedges United States
Karin Y. van Spaendonck‐Zwarts Netherlands
Marios Kambouris United States
Sebastian Wortmann Germany
Johannes L. Teepen Netherlands
Filippo Calzolari Italy
Heike Beck
Citations per year, relative to Heike Beck Heike Beck (= 1×) peers Filippo Calzolari

Countries citing papers authored by Heike Beck

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Fields of papers citing papers by Heike Beck

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Heike Beck. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Heike Beck. The network helps show where Heike Beck may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Heike Beck

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Heike Beck. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Heike Beck 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 Heike Beck. Heike Beck is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

7 of 7 papers shown
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Villacampa, Pilar, Heike Beck, Anna Esteve‐Codina, et al.. (2024). Endothelial TDP-43 controls sprouting angiogenesis and vascular barrier integrity, and its deletion triggers neuroinflammation. JCI Insight. 9(5). 9 indexed citations
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Trabold, Raimund, Klaus Zweckberger, Jane K. Relton, et al.. (2009). The Role of Bradykinin B1 and B2 Receptors for Secondary Brain Damage after Traumatic Brain Injury in Mice. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism. 30(1). 130–139. 61 indexed citations
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Beck, Heike, et al.. (2007). Upregulation of Hypoxia-Inducible Factor (HIF)-1α and HIF-2α in Leptomeningeal Vascular Malformations of Sturge-Weber Syndrome. Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology. 66(1). 86–97. 40 indexed citations
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Beck, Heike, Robert Voswinckel, Shawn Wagner, et al.. (2003). Participation of Bone Marrow-Derived Cells in Long-Term Repair Processes after Experimental Stroke. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism. 23(6). 709–717. 68 indexed citations
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Compernolle, Veerle, Koen Brusselmans, Till Acker, et al.. (2002). Loss of HIF-2α and inhibition of VEGF impair fetal lung maturation, whereas treatment with VEGF prevents fatal respiratory distress in premature mice. Nature Medicine. 8(7). 702–710. 590 indexed citations breakdown →
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Theilmeier, Gregor, Peter Verhamme, Steven Dymarkowski, et al.. (2002). Hypercholesterolemia in Minipigs Impairs Left Ventricular Response to Stress. Circulation. 106(9). 1140–1146. 33 indexed citations
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Klinge, Petra M., Heike Beck, Thomas Brinker, Gerhard Walter, & Madjid Samii. (1999). Induction of heat shock protein 70 in the rat brain following intracisternal infusion of autologous blood: evaluation of acute neuronal damage. Journal of neurosurgery. 91(5). 843–850. 17 indexed citations

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