Michael Gerckens

864 total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 417 citations indexed

About

Michael Gerckens is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Surgery and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Gerckens has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 417 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 5 papers in Surgery and 5 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Michael Gerckens's work include Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (5 papers), Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes (4 papers) and Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation (2 papers). Michael Gerckens is often cited by papers focused on Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (5 papers), Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes (4 papers) and Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation (2 papers). Michael Gerckens collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Austria and United States. Michael Gerckens's co-authors include Gerald Burgstaller, Oliver Eickelberg, Bettina Oehrle, Eric S. White, Herbert B. Schiller, Mélanie Königshoff, Michael Lindner, Darcy E. Wagner, Hani N. Alsafadi and Anne Hilgendorff and has published in prestigious journals such as European Respiratory Journal, Transplantation and The Annals of Thoracic Surgery.

In The Last Decade

Michael Gerckens

13 papers receiving 417 citations

Hit Papers

The instructive extracellular matrix of the lung: basic c... 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 100 200 300
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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. The instructive extracellular matrix of the lung: basic composition and alterations in chronic lung disease
    2017 338 citations Gerald Burgstaller, Bettina Oehrle et al. European Respiratory Journal profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael Gerckens Germany 6 227 107 95 72 58 16 417
Bettina Oehrle Germany 4 197 0.9× 97 0.9× 97 1.0× 73 1.0× 52 0.9× 8 401
Jennifer M. S. Sucre United States 12 352 1.6× 217 2.0× 212 2.2× 73 1.0× 25 0.4× 33 637
Dmitry V. Sakharov Netherlands 7 202 0.9× 46 0.4× 87 0.9× 72 1.0× 47 0.8× 9 553
Cristian D. Valenzuela United States 12 180 0.8× 159 1.5× 45 0.5× 34 0.5× 21 0.4× 52 452
Lavinia Neubert Germany 14 222 1.0× 86 0.8× 106 1.1× 17 0.2× 31 0.5× 35 440
Ana Ivonne Vazquez‐Armendariz Germany 12 448 2.0× 216 2.0× 208 2.2× 39 0.5× 28 0.5× 23 670
Christa N. Grant United States 13 68 0.3× 218 2.0× 95 1.0× 45 0.6× 25 0.4× 43 433
Edward M. Pickering United States 11 183 0.8× 144 1.3× 135 1.4× 42 0.6× 32 0.6× 42 506

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Gerckens

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

All Works

16 of 16 papers shown
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Barnikel, Michaela, Katrin Milger, Pontus Mertsch, et al.. (2025). Classification and course of pulmonary hypertension associated with end-stage COPD. ERJ Open Research. 11(4). 1141–2024. 1 indexed citations
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Gerckens, Michael, Paola Arnold, Tobias Veit, et al.. (2025). Multistate modelling of baseline lung allograft dysfunction in lung transplant recipients. ERJ Open Research. 11(5). 1135–2024. 1 indexed citations
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Walter, Julia, Gabriela Leuschner, Michael Gerckens, et al.. (2025). Mucus Plug Score Predicts Clinical and Pulmonary Function Response to Biologic Therapy in Patients With Severe Asthma. The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology In Practice. 13(5). 1110–1122.e1. 9 indexed citations
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Gerckens, Michael, Nicole H. Weiss, Mathias Klemm, et al.. (2025). Pleural Effusions Requiring Thoracocentesis Are Associated With Baseline Lung Allograft Dysfunction and Mortality in Lung Transplant Recipients. Clinical Transplantation. 39(8). e70234–e70234.
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Lenoir, Alexandra, Michael Gerckens, Michael Kaiser, et al.. (2025). Long-term outcomes of dupilumab therapy in severe asthma: A retrospective, multicenter, real-world study. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology Global. 4(4). 100533–100533. 1 indexed citations
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Gerckens, Michael, Pontus Mertsch, Katrin Milger, et al.. (2024). Characterization of baseline lung allograft dysfunction in single lung transplant recipients. Transplantation. PA583–PA583. 1 indexed citations
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Gerckens, Michael, Pontus Mertsch, Katrin Milger, et al.. (2024). Characterization of Baseline Lung Allograft Dysfunction in Single Lung Transplant Recipients. Transplantation. 109(4). e213–e221. 6 indexed citations
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Stoleriu, Mircea Gabriel, Michael Gerckens, Ina Koch, et al.. (2021). Automated quantitative thin slice volumetric low dose CT analysis predicts disease severity in COVID-19 patients. Clinical Imaging. 79. 96–101. 2 indexed citations
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Stoleriu, Mircea Gabriel, Michael Gerckens, Niels Reinmuth, et al.. (2021). Prevention of COVID-19 in Thoracic Surgery Patients: Lessons Learned during the First Pandemic Wave. Pneumologie. 75(12). 960–970.
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Stoleriu, Mircea Gabriel, Michael Gerckens, Marion Heiß-Neumann, et al.. (2020). Clinical Course of Three Postoperative Symptomatic COVID-19 Cases in Patients After Lung Lobectomy. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 110(6). e461–e463. 4 indexed citations
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Gerckens, Michael, Hani N. Alsafadi, Darcy E. Wagner, et al.. (2019). Generation of Human 3D Lung Tissue Cultures (3D-LTCs) for Disease Modeling. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 5 indexed citations
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Gerckens, Michael, Hani N. Alsafadi, Darcy E. Wagner, et al.. (2019). Generation of Human 3D Lung Tissue Cultures (3D-LTCs) for Disease Modeling. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 28 indexed citations
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Gerckens, Michael, Hani N. Alsafadi, Darcy E. Wagner, et al.. (2019). High-Throughput Drug Screening of ECM Deposition Inhibitors for Antifibrotic Drug Discovery. Pneumologie. 1 indexed citations
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Heinzelmann, Katharina, Mareike Lehmann, Michael Gerckens, et al.. (2018). Cell-surface phenotyping identifies CD36 and CD97 as novel markers of fibroblast quiescence in lung fibrosis. American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology. 315(5). L682–L696. 20 indexed citations
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Burgstaller, Gerald, Bettina Oehrle, Michael Gerckens, et al.. (2017). The instructive extracellular matrix of the lung: basic composition and alterations in chronic lung disease. European Respiratory Journal. 50(1). 1601805–1601805. 338 indexed citations breakdown →

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