Markus Loeffler

58.3k total citations · 6 hit papers
394 papers, 18.6k citations indexed

About

Markus Loeffler is a scholar working on Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Oncology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Markus Loeffler has authored 394 papers receiving a total of 18.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 105 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine, 104 papers in Oncology and 79 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Markus Loeffler's work include Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment (91 papers), Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research (45 papers) and Cancer Cells and Metastasis (30 papers). Markus Loeffler is often cited by papers focused on Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment (91 papers), Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research (45 papers) and Cancer Cells and Metastasis (30 papers). Markus Loeffler collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Markus Loeffler's co-authors include C.S. Potten, Michael Pfreundschuh, Ingo Roeder, Norbert Schmitz, Christoph Engel, Christopher S. Potten, Marita Ziepert, Dirk Hasenclever, Markus Scholz and Volker Diehl and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Markus Loeffler

383 papers receiving 18.2k citations

Hit Papers

Stem cells: attributes, cycles, spirals, pitfalls and unc... 1990 2026 2002 2014 1990 2010 2003 2006 2013 400 800 1.2k
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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. Stem cells: attributes, cycles, spirals, pitfalls and uncertainties. Lessons for and from the crypt
    1990 1.4k citations Markus Loeffler et al. profile →
  2. Patients with IDH1 wild type anaplastic astrocytomas exhibit worse prognosis than IDH1-mutated glioblastomas, and IDH1 mutation status accounts for the unfavorable prognostic effect of higher age: implications for classification of gliomas
    2010 627 citations Christian Hartmann, Bettina Hentschel et al. profile →
  3. Standard and Increased-Dose BEACOPP Chemotherapy Compared with COPP-ABVD for Advanced Hodgkin's Disease
    2003 538 citations Volker Diehl, Michael Pfreundschuh et al. profile →
  4. Targeting tumor-associated fibroblasts improves cancer chemotherapy by increasing intratumoral drug uptake
    2006 526 citations Markus Loeffler profile →
  5. MYC status in concert with BCL2 and BCL6 expression predicts outcome in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma
    2013 372 citations Marita Ziepert, Michael Pfreundschuh et al. Blood profile →
  6. Predicting brain-age from multimodal imaging data captures cognitive impairment
    2016 304 citations Frauke Beyer, Shahrzad Kharabian Masouleh et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Markus Loeffler Germany 71 5.7k 5.6k 4.3k 4.2k 2.3k 394 18.6k
L. Sylvia Canada 88 5.4k 0.9× 2.2k 0.4× 7.3k 1.7× 3.1k 0.7× 1.8k 0.8× 566 31.1k
Steven T. Rosen United States 61 5.7k 1.0× 6.5k 1.2× 4.5k 1.0× 1.9k 0.4× 1.3k 0.6× 423 15.9k
Alfred Rademaker United States 97 5.8k 1.0× 2.8k 0.5× 3.9k 0.9× 1.4k 0.3× 6.7k 2.9× 639 30.6k
Olivier Hermine France 90 6.3k 1.1× 6.2k 1.1× 7.1k 1.7× 4.8k 1.1× 2.6k 1.1× 822 29.8k
Fred H. Hochberg United States 74 2.8k 0.5× 3.4k 0.6× 8.8k 2.0× 7.5k 1.8× 3.2k 1.4× 218 22.2k
Dan L. Longo United States 84 6.4k 1.1× 3.7k 0.7× 7.5k 1.7× 1.9k 0.4× 1.8k 0.8× 365 25.3k
Ryuzo Ueda Japan 81 6.1k 1.1× 3.2k 0.6× 7.3k 1.7× 1.8k 0.4× 1.9k 0.8× 664 23.2k
Stephen E. Sallan United States 81 4.0k 0.7× 1.5k 0.3× 6.3k 1.5× 2.3k 0.6× 2.6k 1.1× 282 21.5k
Ian A. Cree United Kingdom 48 4.9k 0.9× 1.2k 0.2× 4.7k 1.1× 4.4k 1.0× 3.4k 1.5× 230 17.6k
Steven Piantadosi United States 88 11.1k 1.9× 2.9k 0.5× 5.6k 1.3× 2.7k 0.6× 10.1k 4.4× 259 30.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Markus Loeffler

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Markus Loeffler

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Markus Loeffler. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Markus Loeffler based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Markus Loeffler. Markus Loeffler is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Jung, Franziska, Alexander Pabst, Melanie Luppa, et al.. (2025). Depressive symptoms in individuals with overweight and obesity. Results from the LIFE-adult-study. Journal of Affective Disorders. 390. 119792–119792. 1 indexed citations
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Beyer, Frauke, Ami Tsuchida, Aïcha Soumaré, et al.. (2025). White matter hyperintensity spatial patterns: Risk factors and clinical correlates. Alzheimer s & Dementia. 21(4). e70053–e70053. 4 indexed citations
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Rosołowski, Maciej, Katrin Horn, Sylvia Henger, et al.. (2025). Genome- and transcriptome-wide association meta-analysis reveals new insights into genes affecting coronary and peripheral artery disease. PLoS ONE. 20(11). e0335513–e0335513.
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Binder, Hans, et al.. (2020). The aging human body shape. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6(1). 5–5. 20 indexed citations
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Wang, Mengyu, Tobias Elze, Dian Li, et al.. (2020). The Impact of Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) on the Retinal Layer Thickness Maps (RLTMs). Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 61(9). 1 indexed citations
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Rosołowski, Maciej, Volker Oberle, Peter Ahnert, et al.. (2020). Dynamics of cytokines, immune cell counts and disease severity in patients with community-acquired pneumonia – Unravelling potential causal relationships. Cytokine. 136. 155263–155263. 9 indexed citations
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Loeffler‐Wirth, Henry, Mandy Vogel, Toralf Kirsten, et al.. (2018). Longitudinal anthropometry of children and adolescents using 3D-body scanning. PLoS ONE. 13(9). e0203628–e0203628. 7 indexed citations
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Luck, Tobias, Francisca S. Then, Christoph Engel, et al.. (2017). Die Prävalenz aktueller depressiver Symptomatik in einer urbanen Erwachsenenpopulation: Ergebnisse der Leipziger Bevölkerungsstudie für Erwachsene (LIFE-ADULT-Studie). Psychiatrische Praxis. 44(3). 148–153. 1 indexed citations
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Masouleh, Shahrzad Kharabian, Frauke Beyer, Leonie Lampe, et al.. (2017). Gray matter structural networks are associated with cardiovascular risk factors in healthy older adults. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism. 38(2). 360–372. 27 indexed citations
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Loeffler, Markus, et al.. (2016). Ga contamination in silicon by Focused Ion Beam milling: Dynamic model simulation and Atom Probe Tomography experiment. Microelectronics Reliability. 64. 390–392. 11 indexed citations
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Hohloch, Karin, Samira Zeynalova, Gerhard Held, et al.. (2014). Excellent outcome of young adults with aggressive non-Hodgkin lymphomas treated with CHOP-like regimens. Leukemia. 28(11). 2260–2263. 5 indexed citations
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Wick, Wolfgang, Christoph Meisner, Bettina Hentschel, et al.. (2013). Prognostic or predictive value of MGMT promoter methylation in gliomas depends on IDH1 mutation. Neurology. 81(17). 1515–1522. 173 indexed citations
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Hartmann, Christian, Bettina Hentschel, Matthias Simon, et al.. (2013). Long-Term Survival in Primary Glioblastoma With Versus Without Isocitrate Dehydrogenase Mutations. Clinical Cancer Research. 19(18). 5146–5157. 138 indexed citations
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Weller, Michael, Jörg Felsberg, Christian Hartmann, et al.. (2009). Molecular Predictors of Progression-Free and Overall Survival in Patients With Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma: A Prospective Translational Study of the German Glioma Network. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 27(34). 5743–5750. 476 indexed citations
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Loeffler, Markus, Joerg Krueger, Andreas G. Niethammer, & Ralph A. Reisfeld. (2004). An oral vaccine against the tumor-stromal antigen FAP (fibroblast activation protein) inhibits growth of chemo-resistant murine colon-carcinoma. Cancer Research. 64. 1118–1119. 1 indexed citations
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Galle, Jörg, Markus Loeffler, & Dirk Drasdo. (2004). Modeling the Effect of Deregulated Proliferation and Apoptosis on the Growth Dynamics of Epithelial Cell Populations In Vitro. Biophysical Journal. 88(1). 62–75. 204 indexed citations
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Loeffler, Markus, et al.. (2003). Biased and unbiased clonal competition - Application of a new dynamical model of stem cell organization.. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 1 indexed citations
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Diehl, Volker, et al.. (1986). Hodgkin's disease in adults preliminary results of the hd 1 hd 2 and hd 3 trials. Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology. 111. 6. 1 indexed citations

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