Heiko Becker

7.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
59 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Heiko Becker is a scholar working on Hematology, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Heiko Becker has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Hematology, 28 papers in Molecular Biology and 14 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Heiko Becker's work include Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research (38 papers), Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Treatments (12 papers) and Myeloproliferative Neoplasms: Diagnosis and Treatment (11 papers). Heiko Becker is often cited by papers focused on Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research (38 papers), Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Treatments (12 papers) and Myeloproliferative Neoplasms: Diagnosis and Treatment (11 papers). Heiko Becker collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Netherlands. Heiko Becker's co-authors include Susan P. Whitman, Clara D. Bloomfield, Krzysztof Mrózek, Jonathan E. Kolitz, Bayard L. Powell, Andrew J. Carroll, Sebastian Schwind, Guido Marcucci, Michael A. Caligiuri and Yue-Zhong Wu and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Oncology, Blood and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Heiko Becker

55 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

IDH1 and IDH2 Gene Mutations Identify Novel Molecular Sub... 2010 2026 2015 2020 2010 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. IDH1 and IDH2 Gene Mutations Identify Novel Molecular Subsets Within De Novo Cytogenetically Normal Acute Myeloid Leukemia: A Cancer and Leukemia Group B Study
    2010 548 citations Guido Marcucci, Kati Maharry et al. Journal of Clinical Oncology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Heiko Becker Germany 19 1.1k 1.1k 519 423 271 59 1.9k
Daniel B. Lipka Germany 23 878 0.8× 1.1k 1.0× 304 0.6× 458 1.1× 266 1.0× 60 1.9k
Christine M. McMahon United States 18 598 0.5× 1.1k 1.0× 392 0.8× 251 0.6× 316 1.2× 59 1.8k
Sören Lehmann Sweden 27 1.2k 1.1× 1.2k 1.1× 353 0.7× 507 1.2× 667 2.5× 77 2.3k
Eva Barragán Spain 24 936 0.9× 1.1k 1.0× 251 0.5× 283 0.7× 210 0.8× 92 1.7k
Frank Breitenbuecher Germany 18 811 0.7× 728 0.7× 160 0.3× 393 0.9× 278 1.0× 33 1.5k
Sébastien Malinge United States 17 611 0.6× 631 0.6× 191 0.4× 308 0.7× 188 0.7× 33 1.4k
Akihide Yoshimi Japan 23 683 0.6× 994 0.9× 244 0.5× 250 0.6× 231 0.9× 64 1.6k
Christian Flotho Germany 23 883 0.8× 974 0.9× 160 0.3× 356 0.8× 108 0.4× 62 1.6k
Björn Hackanson Germany 21 583 0.5× 1.2k 1.2× 197 0.4× 180 0.4× 341 1.3× 51 1.7k
Henrik Lilljebjörn Sweden 22 673 0.6× 588 0.6× 264 0.5× 226 0.5× 338 1.2× 51 1.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Heiko Becker

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Heiko Becker

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

All Works

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Mayerhofer, Ernst, Christoph Strecker, Heiko Becker, et al.. (2023). Prevalence and Therapeutic Implications of Clonal Hematopoiesis of Indeterminate Potential in Young Patients With Stroke. Stroke. 54(4). 938–946. 24 indexed citations
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Greve, Gabriele, Lars Feuerbach, Daniel B. Lipka, et al.. (2022). The antileukemic activity of decitabine upon PML/RARA-negative AML blasts is supported by all-trans retinoic acid: in vitro and in vivo evidence for cooperation. Blood Cancer Journal. 12(8). 122–122. 8 indexed citations
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Ruess, Dietrich Alexander, et al.. (2022). Epigenetics in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma: Impact on Biology and Utilization in Diagnostics and Treatment. Cancers. 14(23). 5926–5926. 12 indexed citations
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Schmid, Severin, Heiko Becker, Ralph Fritsch, et al.. (2022). Study Protocol for a Randomised Controlled Trial on Pulmonary Metastasectomy vs. Standard of Care in Colorectal Cancer Patients With ≥ 3 Lung Metastases (PUCC-Trial). Frontiers in Oncology. 12. 913896–913896. 5 indexed citations
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Wehrle, Julius, Rainer Claus, Justus Duyster, et al.. (2021). Bisulfite-free epigenomics and genomics of single cells through methylation-sensitive restriction. Communications Biology. 4(1). 153–153. 21 indexed citations
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Wehrle, Julius, Gabriele Ihorst, Konrad Aumann, et al.. (2020). Prevalence and characteristics of myeloproliferative neoplasms with concomitant monoclonal gammopathy. Leukemia Research. 98. 106454–106454. 4 indexed citations
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Becker, Heiko, Dietmar Pfeifer, Gabriele Ihorst, et al.. (2020). Monosomal karyotype and chromosome 17p loss or TP53 mutations in decitabine-treated patients with acute myeloid leukemia. Annals of Hematology. 99(7). 1551–1560. 11 indexed citations
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Peeken, Jan C., Jonas S. Jutzi, Julius Wehrle, et al.. (2018). Epigenetic regulation of NFE2 overexpression in myeloproliferative neoplasms. Blood. 131(18). 2065–2073. 35 indexed citations
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Kulemann, Birte, Sylvia Timme, Peter Bronsert, et al.. (2017). Pancreatic cancer: Circulating Tumor Cells and Primary Tumors show Heterogeneous KRAS Mutations. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 4510–4510. 67 indexed citations
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Pfeifer, Dietmar, Klaus H. Metzeler, Björn Hackanson, et al.. (2016). Molecular Genetic Characterization of Individual Cancer Cells Isolated via Single-Cell Printing. PLoS ONE. 11(9). e0163455–e0163455. 15 indexed citations
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Becker, Heiko & Clara D. Bloomfield. (2013). En route to improved treatment options. Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology. 10(2). 76–79. 2 indexed citations
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Blum, William, Rebecca B. Klisovic, Heiko Becker, et al.. (2010). Dose Escalation of Lenalidomide in Relapsed or Refractory Acute Leukemias. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 28(33). 4919–4925. 71 indexed citations
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Schäfer, Henning, Heiko Becker, Annette Schmitt‐Graeff, & Michael Lübbert. (2008). Granulocytic sarcoma of Core-binding Factor (CBF) acute myeloid leukemia mimicking pancreatic cancer. Leukemia Research. 32(9). 1472–1475. 17 indexed citations
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Smolle-Jüettner, Freyja-Maria, Josef Smolle, Erika Richtig, et al.. (1992). Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor Arising in the Skin. Dermatology. 185(4). 272–275. 10 indexed citations
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Schlayer, H.‐J., et al.. (1988). BETA-glucuronidase and chloroacetate-esterase staining discriminates rat liver sinusoidal endothelial cells from Kupffer cells in primary culture. Virchows Archiv B Cell Pathology. 55(1). 225–232. 3 indexed citations
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Schlayer, H.‐J., Hanspeter Henninger, Peter Dieter, et al.. (1988). Rat hepatic sinusoidal endothelial cells in monolayer culture. Journal of Hepatology. 6(1). 23–35. 132 indexed citations

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