Jürgen Weitz

35.0k citations

511 papers · 19.0k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 68

Impact in

Oncology top 0.05%
- Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research
- Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments
- Cancer Cells and Metastasis
- Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
- Colorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies
Hepatology top 0.2%
- Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis

Papers in

Oncology 294
- Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research 134
- Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments 70
- Cancer Cells and Metastasis 39
- Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers 35
Hepatology 61
- Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis 42

Co-authors: Markus W. Büchler Moritz Koch Nuh N. Rahbari Jan Schmidt Christoph Reißfelder Marius Distler Jürgen Debus Alexis Ulrich
Journals: Langenbeck s Archives of Surgery (40 papers)Annals of Surgical Oncology (16 papers)Annals of Surgery (15 papers)BMC Cancer (14 papers)Surgical Endoscopy (13 papers)
Partner nations: Germany United States Switzerland

In The Last Decade

Jürgen Weitz

483 papers receiving 18.6k citations

Hit Papers

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Low-Dose Irradiation Programs Macrophage Differentiation to an iNOS+/M1 Phenotype that Orchestrates Effective T Cell Immunotherapy 2013 · 840 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2013 Cancer Cell
2009 The Lancet Oncology
2009 Surgery
2005 The Lancet

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Co-authors

The 25 scholars most cited alongside Jürgen Weitz, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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1	Does perioperative hydrocortisone reduce morbidity after pancreatoduodenectomy? A propensity score matched analysis Updates in Surgery ·Olga Radulova‐Mauersberger, Florian Oehme, Nicolas Mibelli, C. Teske, Grit Krause-Jüttler, Jürgen Weitz, Marius Distler, Sebastian Hempel	2025	0
2	One model to use them all: training a segmentation model with complementary datasets International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery ·Alexander C. Jenke, Sebastian Bodenstedt, Fiona R. Kolbinger, Marius Distler, Jürgen Weitz, Stefanie Speidel	2024	1
3	Differences in Physicians’ Ratings of Work Stressors and Resources Associated With Digital Transformation: Cross-Sectional Study Journal of Medical Internet Research ·Magdalena Wekenborg, Katharina Förster, Florian Schweden, Robin Weidemann, Felix von Bechtolsheim, Clemens Kirschbaum, Jürgen Weitz, Beate Ditzen	2024	2
4	Percutaneous dilational tracheostomy following anterior cervical spine fixation – a retrospective propensity-matched cohort study European Spine Journal ·Ronny Meisterfeld, Anne Queck, Alexander C. Disch, Marius Distler, Hanns-Christoph Held, Janusz von Renesse, Klaus‐Dieter Schaser, Jürgen Weitz, Konrad Kamin	2024	2
5	Prediction of clinically relevant postoperative pancreatic fistula using radiomic features and preoperative data Scientific Reports ·Nithya Bhasker, Fiona R. Kolbinger, Nadiia Skorobohach, Alex Zwanenburg, Steffen Löck, Jürgen Weitz, Ralf‐Thorsten Hoffmann, Marius Distler, Stefanie Speidel, Stefan Leger, Jens‐Peter Kühn	2023	10
6	The influence of socioeconomic aspects and hospital case volume on survival in colorectal cancer in Saxony, Germany BMC Cancer ·Andreas Bogner, Jürgen Weitz, Daniela Piontek	2023	1
7	Interleukin-8 is superior to CRP for the prediction of severe complications in a prospective cohort of patients undergoing major liver resection Langenbeck s Archives of Surgery ·Mathieu Pecqueux, Frederik Brückner, Andreas Bogner, Florian Oehme, Hans‐Michael Hau, Felix von Bechtolsheim, Hanns-Christoph Held, Franziska Baenke, Marius Distler, Carina Riediger, Jürgen Weitz, Christoph Kahlert	2023	4
8	Sensitivity towards HDAC inhibition is associated with RTK / MAPK pathway activation in gastric cancer EMBO Molecular Medicine ·Therese Seidlitz, Tim Schmäche, Fernando Garcı́a, Joon Ho Lee, Nan Qin, Susan Kochall, Juliane Fohgrub, David Pauck, Alexander Rothe, Bon‐Kyoung Koo, Jürgen Weitz, Marc Remke, Javier Muñoz, Daniel E. Stange	2022	15
9	Extravesicular TIMP-1 is a non-invasive independent prognostic marker and potential therapeutic target in colorectal liver metastases Oncogene ·Venkatesh Rao, Qianyu Gu, Sandra Tzschentke, Kuailu Lin, Nicole Ganig, May-Linn Thepkaysone, Fang Cheng Wong, Heike Polster, Lena Seifert, Adrian M. Seifert, Nathalie Buck, Carina Riediger, Jonas Weiße, Tony Gutschner, Susanne Michen, Achim Temme, Martin Schneider, Franziska Baenke, Jürgen Weitz, Christoph Kahlert	2022	26
10	Clinical Significance of Tumor-Infiltrating Conventional and Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Cancers ·Ioana Plesca, Iva Benešová, Carolin Beer, Ulrich Sommer, Luise Müller, Rebekka Wehner, Max Heiduk, Daniela E. Aust, Gustavo Baretton, Michael Bachmann, Anja Feldmann, Jürgen Weitz, Lena Seifert, Adrian M. Seifert, Marc Schmitz	2022	27
11	Universal and Efficient Electroporation Protocol for Genetic Engineering of Gastrointestinal Organoids Journal of Visualized Experiments ·Anne-Marlen Gaebler, Alexander Hennig, Katharina Buczolich, Jürgen Weitz, Thilo Welsch, Daniel E. Stange, Kristin Pape	2020	6
12	Tumor-Specific Regulatory T Cells from the Bone Marrow Orchestrate Antitumor Immunity in Breast Cancer Cancer Immunology Research ·Yingzi Ge, Hans-Henning Böhm, Anchana Rathinasamy, Maria Xydia, Xiaoying Hu, Mudita Pincha, Ludmila Umansky, Christopher Breyer, Michael Hillier, Andreas Bonertz, Alexandra Sevko, Christoph Domschke, Florian Schuetz, Helge Frebel, Steffen Dettling, Christel Herold‐Mende, Christoph Reißfelder, Jürgen Weitz, Viktor Umansky, Philipp Beckhove	2019	22
13	Use of activity tracking in major visceral surgery—the Enhanced Perioperative Mobilization (EPM) trial: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial Trials ·Steffen Wolk, Theresa Meißner, Sebastian Linke, Benjamin Müssle, Ann Wierick, Andreas Bogner, Dorothée Sturm, Nuh N. Rahbari, Marius Distler, Jürgen Weitz, Thilo Welsch	2017	21
14	Immune Escape and Survival Mechanisms in Circulating Tumor Cells of Colorectal Cancer Cancer Research ·Gunnar Steinert, Sebastian Schölch, Thomas Niemietz, Naoki Iwata, Sebastián A. García, Bianca Behrens, Anita Y. Voigt, Matthias Kloor, Axel Benner, Ulrich Bork, Nuh N. Rahbari, Markus W. Büchler, Nikolas H. Stoecklein, Jürgen Weitz, Moritz Koch	2014	194
15	Novel Drug Candidates for the Treatment of Metastatic Colorectal Cancer through Global Inverse Gene-Expression Profiling Cancer Research ·Vera van Noort, Sebastian Schölch, Murat Iskar, Georg Zeller, Kristina Ostertag, Christine Schweitzer, Kristin Werner, Jürgen Weitz, Moritz Koch, Peer Bork	2014	81
16	Natural Killer Cells are Scarce in Colorectal Carcinoma Tissue Despite High Levels of Chemokines and Cytokines Clinical Cancer Research ·Niels Halama, Monika Braun, Christoph Kahlert, Anna Spille, Christian Quack, Nuh N. Rahbari, Moritz Koch, Jürgen Weitz, Matthias Kloor, Inka Zoernig, Peter Schirmacher, Karsten Brand, Niels Grabe, Christine S. Falk	2011	232
17	A Complex of EpCAM, Claudin-7, CD44 Variant Isoforms, and Tetraspanins Promotes Colorectal Cancer Progression Molecular Cancer Research ·Sebastian Kühn, Moritz Koch, Tobias Nübel, Markus Ladwein, Dalibor Antolovic, Pamela Klingbeil, Dagmar Hildebrand, Gerhard Moldenhauer, Lutz Langbein, Werner W. Franke, Jürgen Weitz, Margot Zöller	2007	213
18	High Frequencies of Functional Tumor-Reactive T Cells in Bone Marrow and Blood of Pancreatic Cancer Patients Cancer Research ·Friedrich H. Schmitz-Winnenthal, Christine Volk, Kaspar Z’graggen, Luis Javier Galindo, Daniel Nummer, Yvonne Ziouta, Marianna Bucur, Jürgen Weitz, Volker Schirrmacher, Markus W. Büchler, Philipp Beckhove	2005	127
19	Colocalization of the Tetraspanins, CO-029 and CD151, with Integrins in Human Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma: Impact on Cell Motility Clinical Cancer Research ·Sabine Gesierich, Claudia Paret, Dagmar Hildebrand, Jürgen Weitz, Kaspar Z’graggen, Friedrich H. Schmitz-Winnenthal, Václav Hořejšı́, Osamu Yoshie, Dorothee Herlyn, Leonie K. Ashman, Margot Zöller	2005	96
20	Operation nach Kausch-Whipple: Technik und Ergebnisse Chirurg ·Jürgen Weitz, M. Koch, Jörg Kleeff, Michael M�ller, Jan Schmidt, Helmut Friess, M. W. Bchler	2004	1

About Jürgen Weitz

Jürgen Weitz is a scholar working on Oncology, Hepatology, Surgery, Transplantation and Health Informatics, having authored 511 papers that have together received 19.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research (134 papers), Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments (70 papers), Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment (50 papers), Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis (42 papers), Cancer Cells and Metastasis (39 papers), Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes (36 papers), Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers (35 papers) and Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes (35 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Oncology (11.2k citations), Hepatology (2.5k citations), Cancer Research (2.5k citations), Surgery (6.9k citations) and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine (4.2k citations). Jürgen Weitz has collaborated with scholars based in Germany, United States and Switzerland. Frequent co-authors include Markus W. Büchler, Moritz Koch, Nuh N. Rahbari, Jan Schmidt, Christoph Reißfelder, Marius Distler, Jürgen Debus, Alexis Ulrich, Markus W. Büchler and Peter R. Galle. Their work appears in journals such as Langenbeck s Archives of Surgery, Annals of Surgical Oncology, Annals of Surgery, BMC Cancer and Surgical Endoscopy.

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