Marcel Zwahlen

45.0k total citations · 21 hit papers
316 papers, 27.1k citations indexed

About

Marcel Zwahlen is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Surgery and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Marcel Zwahlen has authored 316 papers receiving a total of 27.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in Epidemiology, 52 papers in Surgery and 47 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Marcel Zwahlen's work include Dental Implant Techniques and Outcomes (43 papers), Dental materials and restorations (27 papers) and Periodontal Regeneration and Treatments (23 papers). Marcel Zwahlen is often cited by papers focused on Dental Implant Techniques and Outcomes (43 papers), Dental materials and restorations (27 papers) and Periodontal Regeneration and Treatments (23 papers). Marcel Zwahlen collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United Kingdom and United States. Marcel Zwahlen's co-authors include Matthias Egger, Bjarni E. Pjetursson, Andrew G. Renehan, Richard F Heller, Irena Sailer, Ronald E. Jung, Niklaus P. Lang, Daniel S. Thoma, Anja Zembic and Urs Brägger and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Circulation and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Marcel Zwahlen

310 papers receiving 26.2k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

Body-mass index and incidence of cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective observational studies

2008 3.8k citations Andrew G. Renehan, Matthias Egger et al. profile →
Insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-I, IGF binding protein-3, and cancer risk: systematic review and meta-regression analysis

2004 1.3k citations Andrew G. Renehan, Marcel Zwahlen et al. profile →
A systematic review of the 5‐year survival and complication rates of implant‐supported single crowns

2007 781 citations Marcel Zwahlen et al. profile →
Sexual transmission of HIV according to viral load and antiretroviral therapy: systematic review and meta-analysis

2009 751 citations Matthias Egger, Marcel Zwahlen et al. profile →
Systematic review of the survival rate and the incidence of biological, technical, and aesthetic complications of single crowns on implants reported in longitudinal studies with a mean follow‐up of 5 years

2012 730 citations Marcel Zwahlen et al. profile →
A systematic review of the survival and complication rates of implant‐supported fixed dental prostheses (FDPs) after a mean observation period of at least 5 years

2012 682 citations Marcel Zwahlen et al. profile →
A systematic review of the success of sinus floor elevation and survival of implants inserted in combination with sinus floor elevation

2008 627 citations Marcel Zwahlen et al. profile →
Domains of physical activity and all-cause mortality: systematic review and dose–response meta-analysis of cohort studies

2011 609 citations Matthias Egger, Marcel Zwahlen et al. profile →
Comparison of survival and complication rates of tooth‐supported fixed dental prostheses (FDPs) and implant‐supported FDPs and single crowns (SCs)

2007 579 citations Marcel Zwahlen et al. profile →
A systematic review of the survival and complication rates of all‐ceramic and metal–ceramic reconstructions after an observation period of at least 3 years. Part II: fixed dental prostheses.

2007 567 citations Irena Sailer, Marcel Zwahlen et al. profile →
All-ceramic or metal-ceramic tooth-supported fixed dental prostheses (FDPs)? A systematic review of the survival and complication rates. Part I: Single crowns (SCs)

2015 558 citations Irena Sailer, Marcel Zwahlen et al. profile →
How Many Cancer Patients Use Complementary and Alternative Medicine

2011 554 citations Marcel Zwahlen et al. profile →
Influence of residual pockets on progression of periodontitis and tooth loss: Results after 11 years of maintenance

2008 503 citations Kurt Schmidlin, Marcel Zwahlen et al. profile →
Adiposity and cancer risk: new mechanistic insights from epidemiology

2015 449 citations Andrew G. Renehan, Marcel Zwahlen et al. profile →
All-ceramic or metal-ceramic tooth-supported fixed dental prostheses (FDPs)? A systematic review of the survival and complication rates. Part II: Multiple-unit FDPs

2015 339 citations Irena Sailer, Marcel Zwahlen et al. profile →
COVID-19 epidemic in Switzerland: on the importance of testing, contact tracing and isolation

2020 334 citations Marcel Zwahlen, Matthias Egger et al. Swiss Medical Weekly profile →
Cemented and screw‐retained implant reconstructions: a systematic review of the survival and complication rates

2012 329 citations Irena Sailer, Marcel Zwahlen et al. profile →
Selenium for preventing cancer

2018 317 citations Marcel Zwahlen et al. profile →
Retention in care under universal antiretroviral therapy for HIV-infected pregnant and breastfeeding women (‘Option B+’) in Malawi

2014 296 citations Marcel Zwahlen et al. profile →
Improvements in Implant Dentistry over the Last Decade: Comparison of Survival and Complication Rates in Older and Newer Publications

2014 254 citations Marcel Zwahlen, Irena Sailer et al. profile →
A systematic review of the survival and complication rates of zirconia‐ceramic and metal‐ceramic single crowns

2018 210 citations Marcel Zwahlen, Irena Sailer et al. profile →

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#	Title	Journal	Authors	Indexed citations
1	Validation of a fall rate prediction model for community-dwelling older adults: a combined analysis of three cohorts with 1850 participants	BMC Geriatrics	Anne-Gabrielle Mittaz Hager, Toni Rikkonen et al.	1
2	Air pollution exposure during pregnancy and lung function in childhood: The LUIS study	Pediatric Pulmonology	Jakob Usemann, Rebeca Mozún et al.	5
3	Effect of immediate all‐digital restoration of single posterior implants: The SafetyCrown concept on patient‐reported outcome measures, accuracy, and treatment time—A randomized clinical trial	Clinical Implant Dentistry and Related Research	Sven Reich, Marcel Zwahlen et al.	5
4	Do differences in abdominal movement patterns during coughing and forced expiration affect cranioventral bladder neck displacement in healthy nulliparous subjects?	SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología	Chantale Dumoulin, Baerbel Junginger et al.	2
5	Public preferences towards data management and governance in Swiss biobanks: results from a nationwide survey	BMJ Open	Caroline Brall, Claudia Berlin et al.	5
6	Selling, buying and eating – a synthesis study on dietary patterns across language regions in Switzerland	British Food Journal	Katarina L. Matthes, Sabine Rohrmann et al.	5
7	Treatment following hysteroscopy and endometrial diagnostic biopsy increases the chance for live birth in women with chronic endometritis	American Journal of Reproductive Immunology	Vera Ruth Mitter, Tilman T. Rau et al.	13
8	Losing ground at the wrong time: trends in self-reported influenza vaccination uptake in Switzerland, Swiss Health Survey 2007–2017	BMJ Open	Kathrin Zürcher, Marcel Zwahlen et al.	13
9	Comparing methods for estimating patient‐specific treatment effects in individual patient data meta‐analysis	Statistics in Medicine	Michael Seo, Ian R. White et al.	21
10	Etiology-specific variation in survival following non-traumatic spinal cord injury: a causal inference approach using data from a population-based cohort	Spinal Cord	J. D. Chamberlain, Inge Eriks‐Hoogland et al.	5
11	All-cause and cause-specific mortality following non-traumatic spinal cord injury: evidence from a population-based cohort study in Switzerland	Spinal Cord	J. D. Chamberlain, Inge Eriks‐Hoogland et al.	24
12	Death at no cost? Persons with no health insurance claims in the last year of life in Switzerland	BMC Health Services Research	Radoslaw Panczak, Viktor von Wyl et al.	0
13	Seasonal variations in tuberculosis diagnosis among HIV-positive individuals in Southern Africa: analysis of cohort studies at antiretroviral treatment programmes	BMJ Open	Marie Ballif, Kathrin Zürcher et al.	4
14	Do acute myocardial infarction and stroke mortality vary by distance to hospitals in Switzerland? Results from the Swiss National Cohort Study	BMJ Open	Claudia Berlin, Radoslaw Panczak et al.	25
15	Glucocorticoid Replacement and Mortality in Patients with Nonfunctioning Pituitary Adenoma	The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism	Thomas Zueger, Stefan Fischli et al.	76
16	Cancer, a disease of aging (part 1) – trends in older adult cancer mortality in Switzerland 1991–2008	Swiss Medical Weekly	Kurt Schmidlin, Adrian Spoerri et al.	4
17	Cancer, a disease of aging (part 2) – risk factors for older adult cancer mortality in Switzerland 1991–2008	Swiss Medical Weekly	Kurt Schmidlin, Adrian Spoerri et al.	8
18	Body Mass Index, Hormone Replacement Therapy, and Endometrial Cancer Risk: A Meta-Analysis	Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention	Emma J. Crosbie, Marcel Zwahlen et al.	210
19	Association between intravaginal practices and HIV acquisition in women: individual patient data meta-analysis of cohort studies in sub-Saharan Africa	Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University)	Matthew Chersich, Adriane Martin Hilber et al.	3
20	Comparison of survival and complication rates of all-ceramic and metal ceramic reconstructions - A systematic review: Part II. Fixed partial dentures	Bern Open Repository and Information System (University of Bern)	Irena Sailer, Marcel Zwahlen et al.	1

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