Ilfet Songun

6.5k total citations · 4 hit papers
22 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Ilfet Songun is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Surgery and Gastroenterology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ilfet Songun has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 12 papers in Surgery and 9 papers in Gastroenterology. Recurrent topics in Ilfet Songun's work include Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes (15 papers), Metastasis and carcinoma case studies (9 papers) and Gastrointestinal Tumor Research and Treatment (8 papers). Ilfet Songun is often cited by papers focused on Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes (15 papers), Metastasis and carcinoma case studies (9 papers) and Gastrointestinal Tumor Research and Treatment (8 papers). Ilfet Songun collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands and Japan. Ilfet Songun's co-authors include Mitsuru Sasako, Hein Putter, Elma Meershoek‐Klein Kranenbarg, Cornelis JH van de Velde, Johannes J. Bonenkamp, J. Hermans, C. W. Taat, K Welvaart, M.F. von Meyenfeldt and John Th. M. Plukker and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and Journal of Clinical Oncology.

In The Last Decade

Ilfet Songun

22 papers receiving 4.6k citations

Hit Papers

4 papers align trajectories

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.

Surgical treatment of gastric cancer: 15-year follow-up results of the randomised nationwide Dutch D1D2 trial

2010 1.3k citations Ilfet Songun, Hein Putter et al. The Lancet Oncology profile →
Extended Lymph-Node Dissection for Gastric Cancer

1999 1.2k citations Johannes J. Bonenkamp, J. Hermans et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →
Randomised comparison of morbidity after D1 and D2 dissection for gastric cancer in 996 Dutch patients

1995 809 citations Johannes J. Bonenkamp, Ilfet Songun et al. The Lancet profile →
Extended Lymph Node Dissection for Gastric Cancer: Who May Benefit? Final Results of the Randomized Dutch Gastric Cancer Group Trial

2004 671 citations H.H. Hartgrink, C.J.H. van de Velde et al. Journal of Clinical Oncology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ilfet Songun Netherlands	13	4.2k	2.4k	2.2k	777	142	22	4.8k
Sung Kim South Korea	25	2.3k 0.5×	1.2k 0.5×	1.3k 0.6×	494 0.6×	229 1.6×	98	2.9k
Shinichi Sakuramoto Japan	26	4.3k 1.0×	2.1k 0.9×	2.3k 1.0×	1.3k 1.6×	438 3.1×	114	5.2k
C. W. Taat Netherlands	15	2.7k 0.6×	1.4k 0.6×	1.5k 0.7×	636 0.8×	80 0.6×	28	3.2k
Akinori Takagane Japan	28	3.5k 0.8×	1.7k 0.7×	1.7k 0.7×	1.7k 2.2×	414 2.9×	116	4.6k
Kuniyoshi Arai Japan	13	3.7k 0.9×	1.8k 0.8×	1.9k 0.9×	1.0k 1.3×	325 2.3×	59	4.3k
Keiichi Maruyama Japan	30	3.3k 0.8×	1.6k 0.7×	1.7k 0.8×	761 1.0×	165 1.2×	72	3.8k
Bang Wool Eom South Korea	30	2.1k 0.5×	1.2k 0.5×	1.1k 0.5×	504 0.6×	116 0.8×	127	2.6k
Taiichi Kawamura Japan	31	1.6k 0.4×	671 0.3×	1.3k 0.6×	594 0.8×	149 1.0×	91	2.4k
Hiroshi Yabusaki Japan	22	2.6k 0.6×	795 0.3×	2.0k 0.9×	1.3k 1.7×	304 2.1×	142	3.6k
Yu Jo Chua Australia	13	4.2k 1.0×	1.6k 0.7×	3.1k 1.4×	1.9k 2.5×	381 2.7×	29	5.6k

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Songun, Ilfet, Hein Putter, Elma Meershoek‐Klein Kranenbarg, Mitsuru Sasako, & Cornelis JH van de Velde. (2010). Surgical treatment of gastric cancer: 15-year follow-up results of the randomised nationwide Dutch D1D2 trial. The Lancet Oncology. 11(5). 439–449. 1285 indexed citations breakdown →

Richir, Milan C., Ilfet Songun, C Wientjes, P. Snel, & Boudewijn J. Dwars. (2010). Small Bowel Adenocarcinoma in a Patient with Coeliac Disease: Case Report and Review of the Literature. Case Reports in Gastroenterology. 4(3). 416–420. 3 indexed citations

Castro, S. M. M. de, Ilfet Songun, & Boudewijn J. Dwars. (2009). An unexpected severe complication after a negative laparoscopic appendectomy.. PubMed. 52(6). E295–6. 4 indexed citations

Songun, Ilfet & Cornelis JH van de Velde. (2009). Optimal surgery for advanced gastric cancer. Expert Review of Anticancer Therapy. 9(12). 1849–1858. 5 indexed citations

Songun, Ilfet, Hein Putter, Elma Meershoek‐Klein Kranenbarg, & C.J.H. van de Velde. (2009). 46LBA 15-years follow-up results of the randomized Dutch D1D2 Trial: lower cancer-related mortality after D2. European Journal of Cancer Supplements. 7(3). 20–20. 1 indexed citations

Songun, Ilfet, S. V. Litvinov, Cornelis J.�H. van de Velde, et al.. (2005). Loss of Ep-CAM (CO17-1A) expression predicts survival in patients with gastric cancer. British Journal of Cancer. 92(9). 1767–1772. 74 indexed citations

Hartgrink, H.H., Cornelis J.�H. van de Velde, Hein Putter, et al.. (2004). Neo-adjuvant chemotherapy for operable gastric cancer: long term results of the Dutch randomised FAMTX trial. European Journal of Surgical Oncology. 30(6). 643–649. 131 indexed citations

Hartgrink, H.H., C.J.H. van de Velde, Hein Putter, et al.. (2004). Extended Lymph Node Dissection for Gastric Cancer: Who May Benefit? Final Results of the Randomized Dutch Gastric Cancer Group Trial. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 22(11). 2069–2077. 671 indexed citations breakdown →

Songun, Ilfet, H. Boutkan, J B V M Delemarre, & Paul J. Breslau. (2003). Effect of Isosorbide Dinitrate Ointment on Anal Fissure. Digestive Surgery. 20(2). 122–126. 12 indexed citations

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Bonenkamp, Johannes J., J. Hermans, Mitsuru Sasako, et al.. (1999). Extended Lymph-Node Dissection for Gastric Cancer. New England Journal of Medicine. 340(12). 908–914. 1178 indexed citations breakdown →

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Songun, Ilfet, Cornelis J.�H. van de Velde, Jan Willem Arends, et al.. (1999). Classification of gastric carcinoma using the Goseki system provides prognostic information additional to TNM staging. Cancer. 85(10). 2114–2118. 29 indexed citations

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Songun, Ilfet, H.J. Keizer, J. Hermans, et al.. (1999). Chemotherapy for operable gastric cancer: results of the Dutch randomised FAMTX trial. European Journal of Cancer. 35(4). 558–562. 89 indexed citations

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Hamming, Jaap F., Menno R. Vriens, Bernard M. Goslings, et al.. (1998). Role of Fine‐needle Aspiration Biopsy and Frozen Section Examination in Determining the Extent of Thyroidectomy. World Journal of Surgery. 22(6). 575–580. 43 indexed citations

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Songun, Ilfet, et al.. (1996). Expression of oncoproteins and the amount of eosinophilic and lymphocytic infiltrates can be used as prognostic factors in gastric cancer. British Journal of Cancer. 74(11). 1783–1788. 40 indexed citations

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Songun, Ilfet, Johannes J. Bonenkamp, J. Hermans, J. Han van Krieken, & Cornelis J.�H. van de Velde. (1996). Prognostic value of resection-line involvement in patients undergoing curative resections for gastric cancer. European Journal of Cancer. 32(3). 433–437. 78 indexed citations

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Bonenkamp, Johannes J., Ilfet Songun, K Welvaart, et al.. (1995). Randomised comparison of morbidity after D1 and D2 dissection for gastric cancer in 996 Dutch patients. The Lancet. 345(8952). 745–748. 809 indexed citations breakdown →

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Songun, Ilfet & Cornelis J.�H. van de Velde. (1995). Results of completed clinical trials for gastric cancer. European Journal of Surgical Oncology. 21(6). 588–590. 1 indexed citations

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Zuidewijn, Diderick B. W. de Roy van, et al.. (1995). Complications of thyroid surgery. Annals of Surgical Oncology. 2(1). 56–60. 130 indexed citations

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Songun, Ilfet, Johannes J. Bonenkamp, M. Sasako, et al.. (1994). Current Results of Randomized Studies about the Extent of Lymph Node Dissection. Digestive Surgery. 11(2). 86–92. 9 indexed citations

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Zuidewijn, Diderick B. W. de Roy van, Ilfet Songun, Jaap F. Hamming, et al.. (1994). Preoperative diagnostic tests for operable thyroid disease. World Journal of Surgery. 18(4). 506–510. 8 indexed citations

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