Markus Schürks

9.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
77 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Markus Schürks is a scholar working on Psychiatry and Mental health, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Markus Schürks has authored 77 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health, 26 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine and 21 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Markus Schürks's work include Migraine and Headache Studies (50 papers), Trigeminal Neuralgia and Treatments (16 papers) and Sympathectomy and Hyperhidrosis Treatments (15 papers). Markus Schürks is often cited by papers focused on Migraine and Headache Studies (50 papers), Trigeminal Neuralgia and Treatments (16 papers) and Sympathectomy and Hyperhidrosis Treatments (15 papers). Markus Schürks collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and France. Markus Schürks's co-authors include Tobias Kurth, Pamela M. Rist, Julie E. Buring, Julie E. Buring, R.B. Lipton, ME Bigal, Robert J. Glynn, J. Michael Gaziano, Christophe Tzourio and Dieter Rosskopf and has published in prestigious journals such as Circulation, PLoS ONE and Neurology.

In The Last Decade

Markus Schürks

75 papers receiving 3.4k citations

Hit Papers

Migraine and cardiovascular disease: systematic review an... 2009 2026 2014 2020 2009 100 200 300 400 500
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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. Migraine and cardiovascular disease: systematic review and meta-analysis
    2009 570 citations Markus Schürks, Pamela M. Rist et al. BMJ profile →

Peers

Markus Schürks
Raffaele Ornello Italy
Shih‐Pin Chen Taiwan
Christina Kruuse Denmark
Piero Barbanti Italy
Jakob Møller Hansen Denmark
Claudia Altamura Italy
Péter Sándor Switzerland
Nabih M. Ramadan United States
Kyungmi Oh South Korea
Patricia Pozo‐Rosich Spain
Raffaele Ornello Italy
Markus Schürks
Citations per year, relative to Markus Schürks Markus Schürks (= 1×) peers Raffaele Ornello

Countries citing papers authored by Markus Schürks

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Fields of papers citing papers by Markus Schürks

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Markus Schürks

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Markus Schürks. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Markus Schürks 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 Schürks. Markus Schürks is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Holz, Frank G., Focke Ziemssen, J Wachtlin, et al.. (2025). Adherence to Intravitreal Aflibercept in Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration. Ophthalmology Retina. 10(3). 241–249.
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Butler, Oisín, Bianca Weinstock‐Guttman, Dejan Jakimovski, et al.. (2024). Real-world effectiveness of disease-modifying therapies in older adults with multiple sclerosis. 3. 100094–100094. 1 indexed citations
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Winter, Anke, Markus Schürks, Robert J. Glynn, et al.. (2013). Vascular Risk Factors, Cardiovascular Disease, and Restless Legs Syndrome in Women. The American Journal of Medicine. 126(3). 220–227.e2. 55 indexed citations
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Winter, Anke, Markus Schürks, Robert J. Glynn, et al.. (2012). Restless legs syndrome and risk of incident cardiovascular disease in women and men: prospective cohort study. BMJ Open. 2(2). e000866–e000866. 74 indexed citations
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Schürks, Markus, Pamela M. Rist, Robert E. Shapiro, & Tobias Kurth. (2011). Migraine and mortality: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Cephalalgia. 31(12). 1301–1314. 52 indexed citations
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Schürks, Markus, Robert J. Glynn, Pamela M. Rist, Christophe Tzourio, & Tobias Kurth. (2010). Effects of vitamin E on stroke subtypes: meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. BMJ. 341(nov04 1). c5702–c5702. 273 indexed citations
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Kurth, Tobias, Carlos S. Kase, Markus Schürks, Christophe Tzourio, & Julie E. Buring. (2010). Migraine and risk of haemorrhagic stroke in women: prospective cohort study. BMJ. 341(aug24 1). c3659–c3659. 82 indexed citations
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Schürks, Markus, Christof Kessler, Hans‐Christoph Diener, et al.. (2010). MTHFR 677C>T Polymorphism and Cluster Headache. Headache The Journal of Head and Face Pain. 51(2). 201–207. 12 indexed citations
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Schürks, Markus. (2010). Genetics of Cluster Headache. Current Pain and Headache Reports. 14(2). 132–139. 16 indexed citations
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Kurth, Tobias, Markus Schürks, Giancarlo Logroscino, & Julie E. Buring. (2009). Migraine frequency and risk of cardiovascular disease in women. Neurology. 73(8). 581–588. 107 indexed citations
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Schürks, Markus, Pamela M. Rist, ME Bigal, et al.. (2009). Migraine and cardiovascular disease: systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ. 339(oct27 1). b3914–b3914. 570 indexed citations breakdown →
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Schürks, Markus, Tobias Kurth, Julie E. Buring, & Robert Y.L. Zee. (2009). A Candidate Gene Association Study of 77 Polymorphisms in Migraine. Journal of Pain. 10(7). 759–766. 44 indexed citations
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Kurth, Tobias, Markus Schürks, Giancarlo Logroscino, J. Michael Gaziano, & Julie E. Buring. (2008). Migraine, vascular risk, and cardiovascular events in women: prospective cohort study. BMJ. 337(aug07 1). a636–a636. 184 indexed citations
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Schürks, Markus, Tobias Kurth, Philipp Stude, et al.. (2007). G Protein β3 Polymorphism and Triptan Response in Cluster Headache. Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 82(4). 396–401. 36 indexed citations
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Rosskopf, Dieter, Markus Schürks, Christian Rimmbach, & Rafael F. Schäfers. (2007). Genetics of arterial hypertension and hypotension. Naunyn-Schmiedeberg s Archives of Pharmacology. 374(5-6). 429–469. 31 indexed citations
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Schürks, Markus, et al.. (2007). Association Between Migraine and the G1246A Polymorphism in the Hypocretin Receptor 2 Gene. Headache The Journal of Head and Face Pain. 47(8). 1195–1199. 13 indexed citations
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Koeppen, Susanne, Klaus Kraywinkel, Thomas Wessendorf, et al.. (2006). Long-term outcome of Guillain-Barré syndrome. Neurocritical Care. 5(3). 235–242. 30 indexed citations

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