Markos Karavitakis

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
36 papers, 645 citations indexed

About

Markos Karavitakis is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Urology and Rheumatology. According to data from OpenAlex, Markos Karavitakis has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 645 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 13 papers in Urology and 12 papers in Rheumatology. Recurrent topics in Markos Karavitakis's work include Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (13 papers), Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research (13 papers) and Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research (11 papers). Markos Karavitakis is often cited by papers focused on Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (13 papers), Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research (13 papers) and Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research (11 papers). Markos Karavitakis collaborates with scholars based in Greece, United Kingdom and Netherlands. Markos Karavitakis's co-authors include Mathias Winkler, Hashim U. Ahmed, Charalampos Mamoulakis, Paul Abel, Steven Hazell, Mauro Gacci, Christian Gratzke, Stavros Gravas, Kari A.O. Tikkinen and Naomi Livni and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Urology, European Urology and Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology.

In The Last Decade

Markos Karavitakis

30 papers receiving 641 citations

Hit Papers

Summary Paper on the 2023 European Association of Urology... 2023 2026 2024 2025 2023 25 50 75
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.

  1. Summary Paper on the 2023 European Association of Urology Guidelines on the Management of Non-neurogenic Male Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms
    2023 87 citations Stavros Gravas, Mauro Gacci et al. European Urology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Markos Karavitakis Greece 14 348 268 249 107 66 36 645
Giacomo Maria Pirola Italy 18 558 1.6× 358 1.3× 223 0.9× 138 1.3× 35 0.5× 74 837
Adnan Gücük Türkiye 16 316 0.9× 177 0.7× 90 0.4× 137 1.3× 57 0.9× 37 596
Tania Hossack Australia 11 320 0.9× 282 1.1× 177 0.7× 84 0.8× 40 0.6× 21 530
Farzad Allameh Iran 10 163 0.5× 92 0.3× 52 0.2× 72 0.7× 30 0.5× 65 377
Adrian D. Meehan Sweden 9 127 0.4× 125 0.5× 106 0.4× 80 0.7× 29 0.4× 15 412
Prasad Patki United Kingdom 14 169 0.5× 175 0.7× 151 0.6× 142 1.3× 46 0.7× 47 505
E Brändle Germany 11 546 1.6× 88 0.3× 60 0.2× 67 0.6× 28 0.4× 28 731
Kok Bin Lim Singapore 9 409 1.2× 530 2.0× 350 1.4× 85 0.8× 47 0.7× 16 662
Hiromichi Iwamura Japan 13 174 0.5× 205 0.8× 104 0.4× 252 2.4× 46 0.7× 48 531
Taner Koçak Türkiye 15 137 0.4× 106 0.4× 91 0.4× 128 1.2× 69 1.0× 30 488

Countries citing papers authored by Markos Karavitakis

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Markos Karavitakis

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All Works

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Baboudjian, Michaël, Hashim Hashim, Nikita Bhatt, et al.. (2024). Summary Paper on Underactive Bladder from the European Association of Urology Guidelines on Non-neurogenic Male Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms. European Urology. 86(3). 213–220. 9 indexed citations
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Karavitakis, Markos, et al.. (2024). Review on the Role of BRCA Mutations in Genomic Screening and Risk Stratification of Prostate Cancer. Current Oncology. 31(3). 1162–1169. 8 indexed citations
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Gravas, Stavros, Mauro Gacci, Christian Gratzke, et al.. (2023). Summary Paper on the 2023 European Association of Urology Guidelines on the Management of Non-neurogenic Male Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms. European Urology. 84(2). 207–222. 87 indexed citations breakdown →
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Geraghty, Robert, Lazaros Tzelves, Panagiotis Mourmouris, et al.. (2023). Does pre‐stenting influence outcomes of shockwave lithotripsy? A systematic review and meta‐analysis. British Journal of Urology. 134(1). 22–30.
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Tzelves, Lazaros, Robert Geraghty, Patrick Juliebø‐Jones, et al.. (2023). Complication rate after pediatric shock wave lithotripsy according to Clavien–Dindo grading system: results from a systematic review and meta-analysis of the existing literature. World Journal of Urology. 41(3). 829–835. 3 indexed citations
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Katafigiotis, Ioannis, et al.. (2023). Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy Performed in a Patient With Zinner’s Syndrome: The First Case Described in the Literature. Cureus. 15(1). e33764–e33764. 1 indexed citations
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Grivas, Nikolaos, et al.. (2022). Nondetectable Prostate Carcinoma (pT0) after Radical Prostatectomy: A Narrative Review. Current Oncology. 29(3). 1309–1315.
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Gacci, Mauro, Vasileios Sakalis, Markos Karavitakis, et al.. (2022). European Association of Urology Guidelines on Male Urinary Incontinence. European Urology. 82(4). 387–398. 66 indexed citations
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O’Connor, Eabhann, et al.. (2021). Diagnosis and Non-Surgical Management of Urinary Incontinence – A Literature Review with Recommendations for Practice. International Journal of General Medicine. Volume 14. 4555–4565. 22 indexed citations
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Georgiadis, Georgios, Anca Oana Docea, Konstantinos Tsarouhas, et al.. (2020). Current Concepts on the Reno-Protective Effects of Phosphodiesterase 5 Inhibitors in Acute Kidney Injury: Systematic Search and Review. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 9(5). 1284–1284. 31 indexed citations
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Karavitakis, Markos, Iason Kyriazis, Muhammad Imran Omar, et al.. (2019). Management of Urinary Retention in Patients with Benign Prostatic Obstruction: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. European Urology. 75(5). 788–798. 43 indexed citations
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Sakalis, Vasileios, Markos Karavitakis, Dina Bedretdinova, et al.. (2017). Medical Treatment of Nocturia in Men with Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms: Systematic Review by the European Association of Urology Guidelines Panel for Male Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms. European Urology. 72(5). 757–769. 52 indexed citations
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Komninos, Christos, et al.. (2013). Fournier’s Gangrene in a Patient with Obesity and B-lymphoma. Prague Medical Report. 114(3). 186–190. 1 indexed citations
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Karavitakis, Markos, Hashim U. Ahmed, Paul Abel, et al.. (2012). Trends in pathologic outcomes after introduction of active surveillance in the UK: Implication for focal therapy. The Prostate. 72(13). 1464–1468. 5 indexed citations
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Karavitakis, Markos, Hashim U. Ahmed, Paul Abel, Steven Hazell, & Mathias Winkler. (2011). Margin Status After Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy and the Index Lesion: Implications for Preoperative Evaluation of Tumor Focality in Prostate Cancer. Journal of Endourology. 26(5). 503–508. 21 indexed citations
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Papatsoris, Athanasios, A. Kominea, Maria Melachrinou, et al.. (2011). Expression of ERβ and Its Co-Regulators p300 and NCoR in Human Transitional Cell Bladder Cancer. Urologia Internationalis. 87(2). 151–158. 10 indexed citations
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Karavitakis, Markos, Hashim U. Ahmed, Paul Abel, Steven Hazell, & Mathias Winkler. (2010). Tumor focality in prostate cancer: implications for focal therapy. Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology. 8(1). 48–55. 57 indexed citations
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Karavitakis, Markos, et al.. (2010). Histological characteristics of the index lesion in whole-mount radical prostatectomy specimens: implications for focal therapy. Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases. 14(1). 46–52. 93 indexed citations

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