Hermann Brenner

323.1k total citations · 17 hit papers
1.5k papers, 64.7k citations indexed

About

Hermann Brenner is a scholar working on Oncology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Hermann Brenner has authored 1.5k papers receiving a total of 64.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 613 papers in Oncology, 353 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine and 276 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Hermann Brenner's work include Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection (387 papers), Genetic factors in colorectal cancer (235 papers) and Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes (191 papers). Hermann Brenner is often cited by papers focused on Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection (387 papers), Genetic factors in colorectal cancer (235 papers) and Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes (191 papers). Hermann Brenner collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Netherlands. Hermann Brenner's co-authors include Michael Hoffmeister, Dietrich Rothenbacher, Volker Arndt, Ben Schöttker, Lina Jansen, Bernd Holleczek, Dianne Pulte, Jenny Chang‐Claude, Matthias Kloor and Christian Pox and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, JAMA and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Hermann Brenner

1.4k papers receiving 62.8k citations

Hit Papers

Colorectal cancer 2000 2026 2008 2017 2013 2013 2019 2007 2010 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
What are hit papers?

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. Colorectal cancer
    2013 2.3k citations Hermann Brenner, Matthias Kloor et al. The Lancet profile →
  2. Cancer survival in Europe 1999–2007 by country and age: results of EUROCARE-5—a population-based study
    2013 1.4k citations Hermann Brenner, Alice Nennecke et al. profile →
  3. Deep learning can predict microsatellite instability directly from histology in gastrointestinal cancer
    2019 798 citations Jakob Nikolas Kather, Hermann Brenner et al. profile →
  4. Recent cancer survival in Europe: a 2000–02 period analysis of EUROCARE-4 data
    2007 721 citations Hermann Brenner et al. profile →
  5. Changes in Survival in Head and Neck Cancers in the Late 20th and Early 21st Century: A Period Analysis
    2010 637 citations Hermann Brenner et al. profile →
  6. Predicting survival from colorectal cancer histology slides using deep learning: A retrospective multicenter study
    2019 611 citations Jakob Nikolas Kather, Lina Jansen et al. profile →
  7. Protection From Colorectal Cancer After Colonoscopy
    2011 594 citations Hermann Brenner, Michael Hoffmeister et al. profile →
  8. Effect of screening sigmoidoscopy and screening colonoscopy on colorectal cancer incidence and mortality: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials and observational studies
    2014 591 citations Hermann Brenner, Michael Hoffmeister et al. profile →
  9. Association between C-reactive protein and features of the metabolic syndrome: a population-based study.
    2000 553 citations Hermann Brenner et al. profile →
  10. Epidemiology of Helicobacter pylori infection
    2016 501 citations Mārcis Leja, Hermann Brenner et al. profile →
  11. Epidemiology of Stomach Cancer
    2008 486 citations Hermann Brenner, Dietrich Rothenbacher et al. profile →
  12. Fear of recurrence and disease progression in long‐term (≥5 years) cancer survivors—a systematic review of quantitative studies
    2012 398 citations Lina Jansen, Hermann Brenner et al. profile →
  13. Epigenetic age acceleration predicts cancer, cardiovascular, and all-cause mortality in a German case cohort
    2016 395 citations Bernd Holleczek, Kai-Uwe Saum et al. Clinical Epigenetics profile →
  14. Association of Adherence to a Healthy Diet with Cognitive Decline in European and American Older Adults: A Meta-Analysis within the CHANCES Consortium
    2017 306 citations Hermann Brenner et al. profile →
  15. Excess mortality after hip fracture in elderly persons from Europe and the USA: the CHANCES project
    2017 254 citations Ben Schöttker, Hermann Brenner et al. profile →
  16. Colorectal cancer: A health and economic problem
    2023 78 citations Michael Hoffmeister, Hermann Brenner et al. profile →
  17. Association of Kidney Function With Development of Alzheimer Disease and Other Dementias and Dementia-Related Blood Biomarkers
    2023 66 citations Kira Trares, Bernd Holleczek 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
Hermann Brenner Germany 112 23.9k 12.3k 12.2k 11.2k 10.8k 1.5k 64.7k
Charles S. Fuchs United States 125 30.0k 1.3× 9.5k 0.8× 9.1k 0.7× 15.4k 1.4× 13.5k 1.3× 721 58.8k
Eva Negri Italy 118 18.8k 0.8× 9.8k 0.8× 9.6k 0.8× 8.8k 0.8× 7.4k 0.7× 1.1k 58.0k
Hans‐Olov Adami Sweden 112 16.8k 0.7× 9.6k 0.8× 8.8k 0.7× 6.9k 0.6× 5.5k 0.5× 663 48.1k
Paolo Boffetta United States 117 12.6k 0.5× 10.0k 0.8× 8.3k 0.7× 10.1k 0.9× 5.7k 0.5× 1.1k 55.7k
Richard Peto United Kingdom 108 11.2k 0.5× 9.7k 0.8× 12.1k 1.0× 7.5k 0.7× 7.3k 0.7× 300 75.8k
Carlo La Vecchia Italy 135 31.2k 1.3× 14.0k 1.1× 16.2k 1.3× 15.0k 1.3× 12.4k 1.1× 2.0k 100.9k
Bernard Rosner United States 146 15.0k 0.6× 6.9k 0.6× 7.0k 0.6× 11.6k 1.0× 8.2k 0.8× 1.1k 97.0k
Gary H. Lyman United States 104 24.9k 1.0× 6.3k 0.5× 7.7k 0.6× 4.3k 0.4× 5.5k 0.5× 602 48.3k
Edward L. Giovannucci United States 158 29.0k 1.2× 14.6k 1.2× 12.7k 1.0× 23.2k 2.1× 26.1k 2.4× 1.4k 115.2k
Donald Maxwell Parkin France 80 36.7k 1.5× 19.8k 1.6× 17.6k 1.4× 26.0k 2.3× 8.1k 0.7× 246 95.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hermann Brenner

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Hermann Brenner. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Hermann Brenner 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 Hermann Brenner. Hermann Brenner 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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Chen, Xuechen, et al.. (2025). Alcohol consumption, polygenic risk score, and the risk of colorectal neoplasia. JNCI Cancer Spectrum. 9(2).
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Xie, Ruijie, et al.. (2025). Improving 10-year cardiovascular risk prediction in patients with type 2 diabetes with metabolomics. Cardiovascular Diabetology. 24(1). 18–18. 7 indexed citations
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Hoffmeister, Michael, et al.. (2025). To what extent is the association between obesity and colorectal cancer risk mediated by systemic inflammation?. PubMed. 45(4). 456–459. 1 indexed citations
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Heider, Dirk, Dieter Schellberg, Johanna Katharina Hohls, et al.. (2023). Gender-specific association of loneliness and health care use in community-dwelling older adults. BMC Geriatrics. 23(1). 502–502. 10 indexed citations
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Yuan, Tanwei, Dominic Edelmann, Jakob Nikolas Kather, et al.. (2023). CpG-biomarkers in tumor tissue and prediction models for the survival of colorectal cancer: A systematic review and external validation study. Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology. 193. 104199–104199. 2 indexed citations
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Poschet, Gernot, et al.. (2021). Evaluation of different stool extraction methods for metabolomics measurements in human faecal samples. BMJ Nutrition Prevention & Health. 4(2). 374–384. 20 indexed citations
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Koch‐Gallenkamp, Lena, Heike Bertram, Andrea Eberle, et al.. (2019). Health‐related quality of life in long‐term survivors with localised prostate cancer by therapy—Results from a population‐based study. European Journal of Cancer Care. 28(5). e13076–e13076. 18 indexed citations
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Cardoso, Rafael, Tobias Niedermaier, Chen Chen, Michael Hoffmeister, & Hermann Brenner. (2019). Colonoscopy and Sigmoidoscopy Use among the Average-Risk Population for Colorectal Cancer: A Systematic Review and Trend Analysis. Cancer Prevention Research. 12(9). 617–630. 17 indexed citations
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Meistere, Irēna, Simone Werner, Pawel Zayakin, et al.. (2017). The Prevalence of Cancer-Associated Autoantibodies in Patients with Gastric Cancer and Progressive Grades of Premalignant Lesions. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 26(10). 1564–1574. 24 indexed citations
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Bock, Jens‐Oliver, Hans‐Helmut König, Hermann Brenner, et al.. (2016). Associations of frailty with health care costs – results of the ESTHER cohort study. BMC Health Services Research. 16(1). 128–128. 202 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yan, Magdeldin Elgizouli, Ben Schöttker, et al.. (2016). Smoking-associated DNA methylation markers predict lung cancer incidence. Clinical Epigenetics. 8(1). 127–127. 98 indexed citations
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Eisemann, Nora, Lina Jansen, Fabíola Attié de Castro, et al.. (2015). Survival with nonmelanoma skin cancer in Germany. British Journal of Dermatology. 174(4). 778–785. 64 indexed citations
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Chen, Hongda, Manuela Zucknick, Simone Werner, Phillip Knebel, & Hermann Brenner. (2015). Head-to-Head Comparison and Evaluation of 92 Plasma Protein Biomarkers for Early Detection of Colorectal Cancer in a True Screening Setting. Clinical Cancer Research. 21(14). 3318–3326. 38 indexed citations
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Bünger, Stefanie, Maria D. Kelly, Stephen P. Fitzgerald, et al.. (2013). A Novel Multiplex–Protein Array for Serum Diagnostics of Colorectal Cancer: Impact of Pre-analytical Storage Conditions. Biopreservation and Biobanking. 11(6). 379–386. 5 indexed citations
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Ordóñez-Mena, José M, Ben Schöttker, Ulrike Haug, et al.. (2013). Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D and Cancer Risk in Older Adults: Results from a Large German Prospective Cohort Study. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 22(5). 905–916. 57 indexed citations
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Gao, Lei, Angelika Michel, Melanie N. Weck, et al.. (2009). Helicobacter pylori Infection and Gastric Cancer Risk: Evaluation of 15 H. pylori Proteins Determined by Novel Multiplex Serology. Cancer Research. 69(15). 6164–6170. 70 indexed citations
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Wahl, Hans-Werner, Christoph Rott, Dietrich Rothenbacher, Hans‐Joachim Mollenkopf, & Hermann Brenner. (2006). The Many Faces of Health, Competence and Well-Being in Old Age. Kluwer Academic Publishers eBooks. 45 indexed citations
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Glauben, Rainer, et al.. (2005). HIGH SERUM LEVEL OF TNF-a CORRELATES WITH CHRONIC LOW BACK PAIN BUT NOT ACUTE SCIATICA. 10. 144–144. 2 indexed citations
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Bode, Gerrit, Hermann Brenner, Hans Demmelmair, et al.. (2000). Helicobacter pylori among siblings (multiple letters). The Lancet. 355(9219). 1998–1999. 3 indexed citations
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Kliebsch, Ulrike & Hermann Brenner. (1996). Inter-Rater-Reliabilit�t von Instrumenten zur Beurteilung der Pflegebed�rftigkeit: Ein Review der internationalen Literatur. Sozial- und Präventivmedizin. 41(5). 303–314. 1 indexed citations

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