Markku Miettinen

59.5k total citations · 9 hit papers
469 papers, 38.3k citations indexed

About

Markku Miettinen is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Oncology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Markku Miettinen has authored 469 papers receiving a total of 38.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 245 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 126 papers in Oncology and 111 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Markku Miettinen's work include Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment (175 papers), Gastrointestinal Tumor Research and Treatment (100 papers) and Neurofibromatosis and Schwannoma Cases (60 papers). Markku Miettinen is often cited by papers focused on Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment (175 papers), Gastrointestinal Tumor Research and Treatment (100 papers) and Neurofibromatosis and Schwannoma Cases (60 papers). Markku Miettinen collaborates with scholars based in United States, Finland and Poland. Markku Miettinen's co-authors include Jerzy Lasota, Leslie H. Sobin, Maarit Sarlomo‐Rikala, Ismo Virtanen, John F. Fetsch, Julie C. Fanburg–Smith, Sharon W. Weiss, Helen Remotti, Albert J. Kovatich and Christopher D.�M. Fletcher and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Medicine, Journal of Clinical Oncology and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Markku Miettinen

464 papers receiving 36.9k citations

Hit Papers

Diagnosis of gastrointestinal stromal tumors: A consensus... 1998 2026 2007 2016 2002 2006 2006 2004 1998 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
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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.

  1. Diagnosis of gastrointestinal stromal tumors: A consensus approach
    2002 2.5k citations Christopher L. Corless, Jerzy Lasota et al. Human Pathology profile →
  2. Gastrointestinal stromal tumors: Pathology and prognosis at different sites
    2006 1.4k citations Markku Miettinen, Jerzy Lasota Seminars in Diagnostic Pathology profile →
  3. Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors: Review on Morphology, Molecular Pathology, Prognosis, and Differential Diagnosis
    2006 1.0k citations Markku Miettinen, Jerzy Lasota Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine profile →
  4. Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors of the Stomach
    2004 949 citations Markku Miettinen, Jerzy Lasota et al. The American Journal of Surgical Pathology profile →
  5. CD117: a sensitive marker for gastrointestinal stromal tumors that is more specific than CD34.
    1998 627 citations Maarit Sarlomo‐Rikala, Markku Miettinen et al. profile →
  6. Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors, Intramural Leiomyomas, and Leiomyosarcomas in the Rectum and Anus
    2001 533 citations Markku Miettinen, Maarit Sarlomo‐Rikala et al. The American Journal of Surgical Pathology profile →
  7. Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors of the Jejunum and Ileum
    2006 494 citations Markku Miettinen, Jerzy Lasota et al. The American Journal of Surgical Pathology profile →
  8. GATA3
    2013 469 citations Markku Miettinen, Maarit Sarlomo‐Rikala et al. The American Journal of Surgical Pathology profile →
  9. Treatment of Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma: American Society of Clinical Oncology Clinical Practice Guideline
    2018 260 citations Hedy L. Kindler, Nofisat Ismaila et al. Journal of Clinical Oncology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Markku Miettinen United States 98 21.4k 16.2k 13.9k 7.8k 7.5k 469 38.3k
Christopher L. Corless United States 86 17.0k 0.8× 15.3k 0.9× 9.9k 0.7× 5.9k 0.7× 2.8k 0.4× 321 31.0k
Christopher D.�M. Fletcher United States 125 41.3k 1.9× 14.4k 0.9× 15.0k 1.1× 20.1k 2.6× 23.7k 3.2× 674 70.0k
Brian P. Rubin United States 67 11.1k 0.5× 7.3k 0.5× 5.2k 0.4× 4.2k 0.5× 3.7k 0.5× 275 19.2k
John R. Goldblum United States 79 12.4k 0.6× 4.1k 0.3× 9.7k 0.7× 5.7k 0.7× 4.7k 0.6× 362 22.7k
Sharon W. Weiss United States 69 13.7k 0.6× 3.6k 0.2× 5.8k 0.4× 8.1k 1.0× 7.8k 1.0× 174 22.1k
Jerzy Lasota United States 62 14.1k 0.7× 15.4k 1.0× 10.3k 0.7× 2.5k 0.3× 2.6k 0.4× 164 21.0k
James M. Woodruff United States 77 12.1k 0.6× 3.0k 0.2× 4.8k 0.3× 7.1k 0.9× 4.7k 0.6× 139 18.6k
Jason L. Hornick United States 82 11.6k 0.5× 2.4k 0.1× 5.1k 0.4× 8.3k 1.1× 7.0k 0.9× 487 24.8k
Pancras C.W. Hogendoorn Netherlands 85 15.7k 0.7× 2.9k 0.2× 4.0k 0.3× 6.9k 0.9× 9.5k 1.3× 443 26.7k
Angelo Paolo Dei Tos Italy 67 10.9k 0.5× 2.5k 0.2× 3.4k 0.2× 6.1k 0.8× 4.5k 0.6× 438 17.0k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Lasota, Jerzy, Maciej Kaczorowski, Małgorzata Chłopek, et al.. (2025). An immunohistochemical and molecular genetic study of 60 colorectal carcinoma brain metastases in pursuit of predictive biomarkers for cancer therapy. Human Pathology. 155. 105717–105717. 1 indexed citations
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Lucas, Calixto‐Hope G., Andrea M. Gross, Carlos G. Romo, et al.. (2024). Consensus recommendations for an integrated diagnostic approach to peripheral nerve sheath tumors arising in the setting of Neurofibromatosis Type 1. Neuro-Oncology. 27(3). 616–624. 5 indexed citations
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Kaczorowski, Maciej, Jerzy Lasota, Agnieszka Hałoń, & Markku Miettinen. (2024). H3K27me3 Immunohistochemistry Reveals a Dotlike Expression Pattern Archetypal for Female Origin in Testicular Germ Cell Tumors. Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine. 148(11). 1179–1180.
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Lasota, Jerzy, Lester D.�R. Thompson, Małgorzata Chłopek, Artur Kowalik, & Markku Miettinen. (2024). Unusual PEComa With PRCC::TFE3 Fusion Mimicking Sinonasal Tract Melanoma. Applied immunohistochemistry & molecular morphology. 32(7). 322–325. 1 indexed citations
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Tomar, Sakshi, Jingli Zhang, Manakamana Khanal, et al.. (2022). Development of Highly Effective Anti-Mesothelin hYP218 Chimeric Antigen Receptor T Cells With Increased Tumor Infiltration and Persistence for Treating Solid Tumors. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 21(7). 1195–1206. 31 indexed citations
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Krušlin, Božo, Zoran Gatalica, Ondřej Hes, et al.. (2021). TERT Gene Fusions Characterize a Subset of Metastatic Leydig Cell Tumors. Clinical Genitourinary Cancer. 19(4). 333–338. 14 indexed citations
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Lasota, Jerzy, Artur Kowalik, Anna Felisiak-Gołąbek, et al.. (2019). Primary malignant melanoma of esophagus: clinicopathologic characterization of 20 cases including molecular genetic profiling of 15 tumors. Modern Pathology. 32(7). 957–966. 20 indexed citations
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Kindler, Hedy L., Nofisat Ismaila, Samuel G. Armato, et al.. (2018). Treatment of Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma: American Society of Clinical Oncology Clinical Practice Guideline. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 36(13). 1343–1373. 260 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zhang, Jingli, Swati Khanna, Qun Jiang, et al.. (2016). Efficacy of Anti-mesothelin Immunotoxin RG7787 plus Nab-Paclitaxel against Mesothelioma Patient–Derived Xenografts and Mesothelin as a Biomarker of Tumor Response. Clinical Cancer Research. 23(6). 1564–1574. 30 indexed citations
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Rao, Mahadev, Vivek Shukla, Young Ki Hong, et al.. (2015). Mithramycin Depletes Specificity Protein 1 and Activates p53 to Mediate Senescence and Apoptosis of Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma Cells. Clinical Cancer Research. 22(5). 1197–1210. 25 indexed citations
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Wang, Zengfeng, et al.. (2012). Immunoreactivity for Calretinin and Keratins in Desmoid Fibromatosis and Other Myofibroblastic Tumors. The American Journal of Surgical Pathology. 36(9). 1404–1409. 25 indexed citations
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Dumont, Agathe, Lori Rink, Andrew K. Godwin, et al.. (2011). A nonrandom association of gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) and desmoid tumor (deep fibromatosis): case series of 28 patients. Annals of Oncology. 23(5). 1335–1340. 33 indexed citations
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Miettinen, Markku & Jerzy Lasota. (2006). Gastrointestinal stromal tumors: Pathology and prognosis at different sites. Seminars in Diagnostic Pathology. 23(2). 70–83. 1379 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lasota, Jerzy, Agnieszka Woźniak, Janusz Kopczyński, et al.. (2004). Loss of heterozygosity on chromosome 22q in gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs): a study on 50 cases. Laboratory Investigation. 85(2). 237–247. 33 indexed citations
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Michal, Michal, Michal Zámečník, Julie C. Fanburg–Smith, et al.. (2002). Histologically Benign Cutaneous Dendritic Cell Tumor With Pseudorosettes. The American Journal of Surgical Pathology. 26(12). 1644–1648. 4 indexed citations
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Gaertner, Erich M., David M. Steinberg, Tomayoshi Hayashi, et al.. (2000). Pulmonary and Mediastinal Glomus Tumors. The American Journal of Surgical Pathology. 24(8). 1105–1114. 101 indexed citations
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Lasota, Jerzy, Stig Nordling, & Markku Miettinen. (2000). Testicular diffuse large cell lymphoma with tubule preservation - molecular genetic evidence of transformation from previous follicular lymphoma. Archiv für Pathologische Anatomie und Physiologie und für Klinische Medicin. 436(3). 276–283. 4 indexed citations
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Lasota, Jerzy & Markku Miettinen. (1999). Absence of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated virus (human herpesvirus-8) sequences in angiosarcoma. Archiv für Pathologische Anatomie und Physiologie und für Klinische Medicin. 434(1). 51–56. 34 indexed citations
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Miettinen, Markku. (1985). Antibodies to Intermediate Filament Proteins. Archives of Dermatology. 121(6). 736–736. 39 indexed citations

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