Lothar Koch

4.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
36 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Lothar Koch is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Surgery and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Lothar Koch has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 12 papers in Surgery and 8 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Lothar Koch's work include 3D Printing in Biomedical Research (18 papers), Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies (7 papers) and Laser Material Processing Techniques (6 papers). Lothar Koch is often cited by papers focused on 3D Printing in Biomedical Research (18 papers), Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies (7 papers) and Laser Material Processing Techniques (6 papers). Lothar Koch collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Finland. Lothar Koch's co-authors include Boris N. Chichkov, Andrea Deiwick, Martin Gruene, Kerstin Reimers, Peter M. Vogt, Sabrina Schlie, Claudia Unger, Stefanie Michael, Heiko Sorg and Axel Haverich and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Journal of the American College of Cardiology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Lothar Koch

34 papers receiving 3.3k 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.

Skin tissue generation by laser cell printing

2012 430 citations Lothar Koch, Andrea Deiwick et al. profile →
Tissue Engineered Skin Substitutes Created by Laser-Assisted Bioprinting Form Skin-Like Structures in the Dorsal Skin Fold Chamber in Mice

2013 423 citations Stefanie Michael, Heiko Sorg et al. PLoS ONE profile →
Human stem cell based corneal tissue mimicking structures using laser-assisted 3D bioprinting and functional bioinks

2018 274 citations Anni Sorkio, Lothar Koch et al. Biomaterials profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lothar Koch Germany	22	2.8k	1.5k	610	479	388	36	3.4k
Andrea Deiwick Germany	24	2.3k 0.8×	1.1k 0.7×	414 0.7×	434 0.9×	435 1.1×	52	3.1k
Peter A. Galie United States	24	3.4k 1.2×	992 0.7×	887 1.5×	950 2.0×	965 2.5×	56	5.1k
Pranav Soman United States	26	2.3k 0.8×	1.1k 0.7×	315 0.5×	222 0.5×	535 1.4×	59	3.1k
Matteo Moretti Italy	37	3.5k 1.3×	553 0.4×	1.4k 2.3×	1.1k 2.3×	935 2.4×	140	5.6k
Vladimir Kasyanov Latvia	24	2.4k 0.9×	1.1k 0.7×	772 1.3×	349 0.7×	766 2.0×	79	3.0k
Hirokazu Kaji Japan	39	3.1k 1.1×	313 0.2×	613 1.0×	810 1.7×	799 2.1×	120	4.4k
Amir K. Miri United States	28	2.5k 0.9×	1.1k 0.8×	396 0.6×	278 0.6×	481 1.2×	93	3.4k
Vladimir Mironov Russia	26	3.9k 1.4×	2.0k 1.4×	644 1.1×	649 1.4×	796 2.1×	74	4.7k
Chang Mo Hwang South Korea	16	2.5k 0.9×	509 0.3×	617 1.0×	292 0.6×	1.0k 2.6×	25	3.1k
Pınar Zorlutuna United States	31	3.7k 1.3×	1.2k 0.8×	1.1k 1.8×	769 1.6×	1.4k 3.7×	82	5.0k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Koch, Lothar, Yi Tu, Andreas Winkel, et al.. (2025). Laser-assisted microbial culturomics. Nature Communications. 16(1). 10614–10614.

Koch, Lothar, Andrea Deiwick, Jordi Soriano, & Boris N. Chichkov. (2023). Laser bioprinting of human iPSC-derived neural stem cells and neurons: Effect on cell survival, multipotency, differentiation, and neuronal activity. International Journal of Bioprinting. 9(2). 672–672. 13 indexed citations

Koch, Lothar, Andrea Deiwick, & Boris N. Chichkov. (2021). Capillary-like Formations of Endothelial Cells in Defined Patterns Generated by Laser Bioprinting. Micromachines. 12(12). 1538–1538. 21 indexed citations

Koch, Lothar, Andrea Deiwick, Annika Franke, et al.. (2018). Laser bioprinting of human induced pluripotent stem cells—the effect of printing and biomaterials on cell survival, pluripotency, and differentiation. Biofabrication. 10(3). 35005–35005. 112 indexed citations

Sorkio, Anni, Lothar Koch, Laura Koivusalo, et al.. (2018). Human stem cell based corneal tissue mimicking structures using laser-assisted 3D bioprinting and functional bioinks. Biomaterials. 171. 57–71. 274 indexed citations breakdown →

Koch, Lothar, et al.. (2017). Laser-assisted bioprinting at different wavelengths and pulse durations with a metal dynamic release layer: A parametric study. International Journal of Bioprinting. 3(1). 42–53. 63 indexed citations

Michael, Stefanie, Heiko Sorg, Claas‐Tido Peck, et al.. (2013). Tissue Engineered Skin Substitutes Created by Laser-Assisted Bioprinting Form Skin-Like Structures in the Dorsal Skin Fold Chamber in Mice. PLoS ONE. 8(3). e57741–e57741. 423 indexed citations breakdown →

Gruene, Martin, Michael Pflaum, Christian Heß, et al.. (2011). Laser Printing of Three-Dimensional Multicellular Arrays for Studies of Cell–Cell and Cell–Environment Interactions. Tissue Engineering Part C Methods. 17(10). 973–982. 155 indexed citations

Gruene, Martin, Michael Pflaum, Andrea Deiwick, et al.. (2011). Adipogenic differentiation of laser-printed 3D tissue grafts consisting of human adipose-derived stem cells. Biofabrication. 3(1). 15005–15005. 107 indexed citations

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Gaebel, Ralf, Nan Ma, Jun Liu, et al.. (2011). Patterning human stem cells and endothelial cells with laser printing for cardiac regeneration. Biomaterials. 32(35). 9218–9230. 248 indexed citations

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Gruene, Martin, Claudia Unger, Lothar Koch, Andrea Deiwick, & Boris N. Chichkov. (2011). Dispensing pico to nanolitre of a natural hydrogel by laser-assisted bioprinting. BioMedical Engineering OnLine. 10(1). 19–19. 94 indexed citations

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Gruene, Martin, Andrea Deiwick, Lothar Koch, et al.. (2010). Laser Printing of Stem Cells for Biofabrication of Scaffold-Free Autologous Grafts. Tissue Engineering Part C Methods. 17(1). 79–87. 206 indexed citations

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Ovsianikov, Aleksandr, Martin Gruene, Michael Pflaum, et al.. (2010). Laser printing of cells into 3D scaffolds. Biofabrication. 2(1). 14104–14104. 196 indexed citations

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Koch, Lothar, S. Kühn, Heiko Sorg, et al.. (2009). Laser Printing of Skin Cells and Human Stem Cells. Tissue Engineering Part C Methods. 16(5). 847–854. 338 indexed citations

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Haude, Michael, Guido Caspari, Dietrich Baumgart, et al.. (2000). X-ray densitometry for the measurement of regional myocardial perfusion. Basic Research in Cardiology. 95(3). 261–270. 9 indexed citations

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Kearney, Peter, R. Erbel, Junbo Ge, et al.. (1996). Interventional cardiology: Differences in the morphology of unstable and stable coronary lesions and their impact on the mechanisms of angioplasty. An in vivo study with intravascular ultrasound. European Heart Journal. 17(5). 721–730. 38 indexed citations

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Rupprecht, Hans‐Jürgen, Thomas Voigtländer, Peter Kearney, et al.. (1996). Importance of calibration for diameter and area determination by intravascular ultrasound. International journal of cardiac imaging. 12(4). 221–229. 9 indexed citations

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Kearney, Peter, Raimund Erbel, Junbo Ge, et al.. (1994). Assessment of spontaneous coronary artery dissection by intravascular ultrasound in a patient with unstable angina. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis. 32(1). 58–61. 27 indexed citations

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Erbel, Raimund, José Zamorano, Lothar Koch, et al.. (1993). Coronary artery remodeling in atherosclerotic disease. Coronary Artery Disease. 4(11). 981–986. 71 indexed citations

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Garcı́a-Rinaldi, Raúl, Lothar Koch, & Jimmy F. Howell. (1976). Aneurysm of the sinus of Valsalva producing obstruction of the left main coronary artery. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 72(1). 123–126. 22 indexed citations

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