Jochen Heß

8.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
125 papers, 5.8k citations indexed

About

Jochen Heß is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Otorhinolaryngology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jochen Heß has authored 125 papers receiving a total of 5.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 65 papers in Molecular Biology, 46 papers in Oncology and 26 papers in Otorhinolaryngology. Recurrent topics in Jochen Heß's work include Head and Neck Cancer Studies (25 papers), Cancer-related gene regulation (14 papers) and Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations (14 papers). Jochen Heß is often cited by papers focused on Head and Neck Cancer Studies (25 papers), Cancer-related gene regulation (14 papers) and Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations (14 papers). Jochen Heß collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and China. Jochen Heß's co-authors include Peter Angel, Marina Schorpp‐Kistner, Júlia Németh, Christoffer Gebhardt, Astrid Riehl, Moritz Durchdewald, Thomas Wirth, Peter K. Plinkert, Kolja Freier and Karim Zaoui and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Jochen Heß

122 papers receiving 5.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

AP-1 subunits: quarrel and harmony among siblings

2004 1.0k citations Jochen Heß, Peter Angel et al. profile →
S100A8 and S100A9 in inflammation and cancer

2006 586 citations Peter Angel, Jochen Heß et al. profile →
Mitochondrial RNA modifications shape metabolic plasticity in metastasis

2022 200 citations Sylvain Delaunay, Gloria Pascual et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jochen Heß Germany	36	3.2k	1.4k	1.4k	1.2k	601	125	5.8k
Vincent Castronovo Belgium	49	4.2k 1.3×	1.6k 1.1×	1.6k 1.1×	995 0.8×	489 0.8×	117	6.7k
Hermann‐Josef Gröne Germany	44	2.6k 0.8×	1.5k 1.1×	790 0.6×	611 0.5×	781 1.3×	125	6.6k
David H. Lovett United States	50	2.5k 0.8×	1.0k 0.7×	995 0.7×	1.8k 1.5×	563 0.9×	126	6.6k
Takahiro Kodama Japan	39	2.4k 0.7×	1.3k 0.9×	824 0.6×	895 0.7×	461 0.8×	176	5.8k
Ronald Herbst United States	39	2.4k 0.7×	2.8k 2.0×	2.0k 1.4×	508 0.4×	925 1.5×	130	6.5k
Francesca Zazzeroni Italy	35	3.0k 0.9×	1.2k 0.9×	1.0k 0.7×	1.6k 1.3×	289 0.5×	96	5.3k
Chuan‐Yuan Li United States	40	3.6k 1.1×	1.3k 0.9×	1.6k 1.2×	1.4k 1.2×	541 0.9×	115	6.0k
Luisa Lanfrancone Italy	38	4.9k 1.5×	1.2k 0.9×	1.6k 1.2×	813 0.7×	379 0.6×	95	7.8k
Hidemichi Watari Japan	47	3.3k 1.0×	736 0.5×	1.4k 1.0×	2.0k 1.7×	504 0.8×	210	7.5k
Mary E. Gerritsen United States	46	4.1k 1.3×	1.9k 1.3×	1.2k 0.9×	1.6k 1.4×	566 0.9×	122	8.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jochen Heß

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All Works

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Proctor, Tanja, et al.. (2025). Post-treatment monitoring of surgically treated oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma patients using human papillomavirus cell-free DNA. Oral Oncology. 163. 107225–107225. 2 indexed citations

Heß, Jochen, Zhen Zhang, Sebastian Schmid, et al.. (2025). Identification of marginal zone B cells in head and neck cancer with immunomodulatory characteristics. Journal of Advanced Research.

Heß, Jochen, et al.. (2024). An ESR1-Related Gene Signature Identifies Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma with Imputed Susceptibility to Endocrine Therapy. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(2). 1244–1244. 1 indexed citations

Liang, Siyuan & Jochen Heß. (2024). Tumor Neurobiology in the Pathogenesis and Therapy of Head and Neck Cancer. Cells. 13(3). 256–256. 6 indexed citations

Elkabets, Moshe, et al.. (2024). Unravelling the Complexity of HNSCC Using Single-Cell Transcriptomics. Cancers. 16(19). 3265–3265. 2 indexed citations

Visioli, Fernanda, Mahnaz Bonrouhi, Kinga Pajdzik, et al.. (2024). The Role of SOX2 and SOX9 in Radioresistance and Tumor Recurrence. Cancers. 16(2). 439–439. 9 indexed citations

Han, Rui, et al.. (2024). Context-Dependent Regulation of Peripheral Nerve Abundance by the PI3K Pathway in the Tumor Microenvironment of Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Cells. 13(12). 1033–1033. 4 indexed citations

Stögbauer, Fabian, et al.. (2023). Establishment of a Machine Learning Model for the Risk Assessment of Perineural Invasion in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(10). 8938–8938. 12 indexed citations

Stögbauer, Fabian, Kristian Unger, Julia Heß, et al.. (2023). A Novel Subgroup of UCHL1-Related Cancers Is Associated with Genomic Instability and Sensitivity to DNA-Damaging Treatment. Cancers. 15(6). 1655–1655. 1 indexed citations

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Flechtenmacher, Christa, Jürgen Hoffmann, Kolja Freier, et al.. (2023). Dynamic Up-Regulation of PD-L1 in the Progression of Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(22). 16386–16386. 2 indexed citations

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Federspil, P., et al.. (2023). Long-term analysis of prognostic risk factors impacting surgical outcomes in patients with external auditory canal carcinoma. European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology. 280(6). 2965–2974. 1 indexed citations

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Alansary, Dalia, Mathias Wagner, Anja Scheller, et al.. (2022). TREM2 Is Associated with Advanced Stages and Inferior Prognosis in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Cancers. 14(19). 4635–4635. 6 indexed citations

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Delaunay, Sylvain, Gloria Pascual, Bohai Feng, et al.. (2022). Mitochondrial RNA modifications shape metabolic plasticity in metastasis. Nature. 607(7919). 593–603. 200 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kurth, Ina, Dana Holzinger, Christa Flechtenmacher, et al.. (2021). Establishment of a Plasticity-Associated Risk Model Based on a SOX2- and SOX9-Related Gene Set in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Molecular Cancer Research. 19(10). 1676–1687. 6 indexed citations

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Feng, Bohai, Ying Shen, Xavier Pastor Hostench, et al.. (2020). Integrative Analysis of Multi-omics Data Identified EGFR and PTGS2 as Key Nodes in a Gene Regulatory Network Related to Immune Phenotypes in Head and Neck Cancer. Clinical Cancer Research. 26(14). 3616–3628. 33 indexed citations

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Riehl, Astrid, et al.. (2013). Keratinocyte-Specific Deletion of the Receptor RAGE Modulates the Kinetics of Skin Inflammation In Vivo. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 133(10). 2400–2406. 22 indexed citations

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Ernst, Aurélie, Stefanie Hofmann, Rezvan Ahmadi, et al.. (2009). Genomic and Expression Profiling of Glioblastoma Stem Cell–Like Spheroid Cultures Identifies Novel Tumor-Relevant Genes Associated with Survival. Clinical Cancer Research. 15(21). 6541–6550. 150 indexed citations

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Durchdewald, Moritz, Juan Guinea‐Viniegra, Daniel Haag, et al.. (2008). Podoplanin Is a Novel Fos Target Gene in Skin Carcinogenesis. Cancer Research. 68(17). 6877–6883. 56 indexed citations

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Mueller, Regina, Sibylle Teurich, Bettina Hartenstein, et al.. (2007). Kallikrein 6 Induces E-Cadherin Shedding and Promotes Cell Proliferation, Migration, and Invasion. Cancer Research. 67(17). 8198–8206. 123 indexed citations

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Hermani, Alexander, Jochen Heß, Barbara De Servi, et al.. (2005). Calcium-Binding Proteins S100A8 and S100A9 as Novel Diagnostic Markers in Human Prostate Cancer. Clinical Cancer Research. 11(14). 5146–5152. 210 indexed citations

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