Margit Heier

19.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
238 papers, 8.1k citations indexed

About

Margit Heier is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Margit Heier has authored 238 papers receiving a total of 8.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 87 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 59 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and 47 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Margit Heier's work include Acute Myocardial Infarction Research (36 papers), Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (24 papers) and Heart Failure Treatment and Management (20 papers). Margit Heier is often cited by papers focused on Acute Myocardial Infarction Research (36 papers), Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (24 papers) and Heart Failure Treatment and Management (20 papers). Margit Heier collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Netherlands. Margit Heier's co-authors include Christa Meisinger, Annette Peters, Barbara Thorand, Hannelore Löwel, Angela Döring, Wolfgang Rathmann, Bernhard Kuch, Allmut Hörmann, Stephanie von Klot and Inge Kirchberger and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Margit Heier

229 papers receiving 7.9k 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.

Exposure to Traffic and the Onset of Myocardial Infarction

2004 700 citations Annette Peters, Margit Heier et al. profile →
The prevalence of celiac disease in Europe: Results of a centralized, international mass screening project

2010 581 citations Margit Heier et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Margit Heier	1.8k	1.5k	1.4k	1.4k	1.1k	238	8.1k
Sang Min Park	1.3k 0.7×	1.0k 0.6×	772 0.6×	1.4k 1.0×	545 0.5×	423	8.5k
Ling Yang	1.8k 1.0×	1.5k 1.0×	1.1k 0.8×	1.8k 1.3×	1.1k 1.0×	326	10.9k
Mary N. Haan	1.5k 0.8×	1.6k 1.0×	1.2k 0.8×	2.4k 1.8×	687 0.6×	190	12.0k
Canqing Yu	2.0k 1.1×	1.8k 1.2×	1.5k 1.1×	1.9k 1.4×	1.1k 1.0×	498	10.9k
Fung‐Chang Sung	1.0k 0.6×	953 0.6×	738 0.5×	689 0.5×	1.6k 1.5×	332	7.9k
Todd A. MacKenzie	1.4k 0.8×	1.3k 0.9×	1.0k 0.7×	1.7k 1.3×	217 0.2×	353	11.5k
Ziyad Al‐Aly	701 0.4×	951 0.6×	915 0.7×	359 0.3×	1.3k 1.2×	109	10.6k
Karl Michaëlsson	1.9k 1.1×	1.6k 1.0×	1.1k 0.8×	2.5k 1.8×	766 0.7×	325	16.6k
Zheng Bian	1.2k 0.7×	1.4k 0.9×	1.1k 0.8×	1.4k 1.0×	952 0.9×	183	7.9k
Yiping Chen	1.4k 0.8×	1.2k 0.8×	1.0k 0.7×	1.3k 0.9×	650 0.6×	234	7.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Margit Heier

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Oluwagbemigun, Kolade, Dan Ziegler, Alexander Strom, et al.. (2025). Association of Inflammatory and Cardiovascular Proteomics Biomarkers With Indices of Heart Rate Variability in the General Population: KORA S4/FF4 Study. Journal of the American Heart Association. 14(18). e042144–e042144.

Ittermann, Till, Aniela Angelow, Jean‐François Chenot, et al.. (2025). Thyroid volume—new reference values for defining thyroid enlargement. European Journal of Endocrinology. 192(6). 728–736.

Claessen, Heiner, Maria Narres, Margit Heier, et al.. (2024). Sex-specific trends in incidence of first myocardial infarction among people with and without diabetes between 1985 and 2016 in a German region. Cardiovascular Diabetology. 23(1). 110–110.

Freuer, Dennis, Annette Peters, Margit Heier, et al.. (2023). Association between fatty liver index and blood coagulation markers: a population-based study. Lipids in Health and Disease. 22(1). 83–83. 6 indexed citations

Freuer, Dennis, et al.. (2023). Body Mass Index and Waist Circumference as Determinants of Hemostatic Factors in Participants of a Population-Based Study. Medicina. 59(2). 228–228. 2 indexed citations

Maalmi, Haïfa, Christian Herder, Cornelia Huth, et al.. (2022). Effect of obesity on the associations of 25-hydroxyvitamin D with prevalent and incident distal sensorimotor polyneuropathy: population-based KORA F4/FF4 study. International Journal of Obesity. 46(7). 1366–1374. 2 indexed citations

Schmitz, Timo, et al.. (2022). Long-Term Predictors of Hospitalized Reinfarction after an Incident Acute Myocardial Infarction. Life. 12(12). 2090–2090. 3 indexed citations

Rooney, James, Stefan Rakete, Margit Heier, et al.. (2022). Blood lead levels in 2018/2019 compared to 1987/1988 in the German population-based KORA study. Environmental Research. 215(Pt 1). 114184–114184. 5 indexed citations

Rospleszcz, Susanne, Roberto Lorbeer, Jürgen Machann, et al.. (2022). Population‐based cohort imaging: skeletal muscle mass by magnetic resonance imaging in correlation to bioelectrical‐impedance analysis. Journal of Cachexia Sarcopenia and Muscle. 13(2). 976–986. 13 indexed citations

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Burns, Jacob, Alexander Rich, Annette Peters, et al.. (2022). The effect of population-based blood pressure screening on long-term cardiometabolic morbidity and mortality in Germany: A regression discontinuity analysis. PLoS Medicine. 19(12). e1004151–e1004151. 3 indexed citations

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Schmitz, Timo, Bastian Wein, Heiko Methe, et al.. (2022). Association between admission ECG changes and long-term mortality in patients with an incidental myocardial infarction: Results from the KORA myocardial infarction registry. European Journal of Internal Medicine. 100. 69–76.

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Wu, Xiao, Xin Cao, Jutta Lintelmann, et al.. (2022). Assessment of the association of exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, oxidative stress, and inflammation: A cross-sectional study in Augsburg, Germany. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health. 244. 113993–113993. 18 indexed citations

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Then, Cornelia, Christian Herder, Margit Heier, et al.. (2022). Association of C-Terminal Pro-Endothelin-1 with Mortality in the Population-Based KORA F4 Study. Vascular Health and Risk Management. Volume 18. 335–346. 1 indexed citations

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Atasoy, Seryan, Martin Middeke, Hamimatunnisa Johar, et al.. (2021). Cardiovascular mortality risk in young adults with isolated systolic hypertension: findings from population-based MONICA/KORA cohort study. Journal of Human Hypertension. 36(12). 1059–1065. 8 indexed citations

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Rospleszcz, Susanne, Roberto Lorbeer, Jürgen Machann, et al.. (2021). Distribution patterns of intramyocellular and extramyocellular fat by magnetic resonance imaging in subjects with diabetes, prediabetes and normoglycaemic controls. Diabetes Obesity and Metabolism. 23(8). 1868–1878. 28 indexed citations

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Kirchberger, Inge, Katrin Burkhardt, Margit Heier, Christian Thilo, & Christa Meisinger. (2019). Resilience is strongly associated with health-related quality of life but does not buffer work-related stress in employed persons 1 year after acute myocardial infarction. Quality of Life Research. 29(2). 391–401. 18 indexed citations

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Herder, Christian, Julia M. Kannenberg, Cornelia Huth, et al.. (2018). Myeloperoxidase, superoxide dismutase‐3, cardiometabolic risk factors, and distal sensorimotor polyneuropathy: The KORA F4/FF4 study. Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews. 34(5). e3000–e3000. 20 indexed citations

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Herder, Christian, Julia M. Kannenberg, Maren Carstensen‐Kirberg, et al.. (2018). A Systemic Inflammatory Signature Reflecting Cross Talk Between Innate and Adaptive Immunity Is Associated With Incident Polyneuropathy: KORA F4/FF4 Study. Diabetes. 67(11). 2434–2442. 43 indexed citations

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Nagel, Gabriele, Friederike Erdmann, Margit Heier, et al.. (2017). Registerbasierte studien : Potenziale noch nicht ausgeschöpft. Lund University Publications (Lund University). 1 indexed citations

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Carstensen‐Kirberg, Maren, Julia M. Kannenberg, Cornelia Huth, et al.. (2017). Inverse associations between serum levels of secreted frizzled-related protein-5 (SFRP5) and multiple cardiometabolic risk factors: KORA F4 study. Cardiovascular Diabetology. 16(1). 109–109. 53 indexed citations

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