Michael Nerlich

23.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
572 papers, 17.1k citations indexed

About

Michael Nerlich is a scholar working on Surgery, Epidemiology and Rheumatology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Nerlich has authored 572 papers receiving a total of 17.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 238 papers in Surgery, 73 papers in Epidemiology and 73 papers in Rheumatology. Recurrent topics in Michael Nerlich's work include Paleopathology and ancient diseases (48 papers), Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (39 papers) and Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (34 papers). Michael Nerlich is often cited by papers focused on Paleopathology and ancient diseases (48 papers), Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (39 papers) and Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (34 papers). Michael Nerlich collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Switzerland. Michael Nerlich's co-authors include Norbert Boos, Erwin Schleicher, Beatrice E. Bachmeier, Christoph Weiler, Peter Angele, Albert Zink, Ernst Wagner, H. Rohrbach, E. Schleicher and Johannes Zellner and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Lancet and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Michael Nerlich

548 papers receiving 16.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Classification of Age-Related Changes in Lumbar Intervertebral Discs

2002 862 citations Michael Nerlich et al. profile →
Increased accumulation of the glycoxidation product N(epsilon)-(carboxymethyl)lysine in human tissues in diabetes and aging.

1997 603 citations Erwin Schleicher, Michael Nerlich et al. Journal of Clinical Investigation profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael Nerlich Germany	67	6.4k	3.9k	2.9k	2.9k	2.4k	572	17.1k
Naoki Ishiguro Japan	68	7.9k 1.2×	4.2k 1.1×	3.2k 1.1×	1.5k 0.5×	4.6k 2.0×	849	20.6k
Irving M. Shapiro United States	74	4.2k 0.7×	5.6k 1.4×	5.3k 1.8×	3.6k 1.2×	3.5k 1.5×	305	17.9k
Anthony J. Freemont United Kingdom	69	4.1k 0.6×	8.2k 2.1×	2.9k 1.0×	5.5k 1.9×	3.2k 1.4×	349	17.0k
Sakae Tanaka Japan	74	5.7k 0.9×	2.9k 0.7×	10.9k 3.8×	2.2k 0.7×	4.7k 2.0×	869	25.4k
Masahiro Kurosaka Japan	68	12.9k 2.0×	2.1k 0.5×	2.5k 0.8×	1.3k 0.5×	3.5k 1.5×	699	20.5k
Michael D. Menger Germany	75	8.5k 1.3×	1.7k 0.4×	5.6k 1.9×	972 0.3×	1.1k 0.5×	766	23.7k
Hiroshi Kawaguchi Japan	82	6.4k 1.0×	3.0k 0.8×	8.9k 3.1×	4.1k 1.4×	7.3k 3.1×	333	27.0k
Patrick Garnero France	83	4.4k 0.7×	3.2k 0.8×	6.2k 2.1×	1.7k 0.6×	5.7k 2.4×	207	22.4k
M.A. Karsdal Denmark	78	3.8k 0.6×	1.5k 0.4×	7.8k 2.7×	2.8k 1.0×	7.3k 3.1×	860	25.4k
Sergio A. Jiménez United States	78	2.8k 0.4×	6.1k 1.6×	6.0k 2.1×	1.3k 0.5×	5.6k 2.4×	390	20.9k

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Galassi, Francesco M., et al.. (2024). Tetanus: historical and palaeopathological aspects considering its current health impact. PubMed. 65(4). E580–E585.

Charlier, Philippe, Antonio Perciaccante, Nicolas Kluger, et al.. (2023). Iconodiagnosis: Guidelines and recommendations. Ethics Medicine and Public Health. 31. 100951–100951. 10 indexed citations

Teixeira, Graciosa Q., Raquel Gonçalves, Jana Riegger, et al.. (2022). Announcement. European Spine Journal. 31(4). 1068–1068.

Brčić, Luka, et al.. (2020). Senescence and autophagy in usual interstitial pneumonia of different etiology. Archiv für Pathologische Anatomie und Physiologie und für Klinische Medicin. 478(3). 497–506. 9 indexed citations

Nerlich, Michael, et al.. (2020). The infant mummy’s face—Paleoradiological investigation and comparison between facial reconstruction and mummy portrait of a Roman-period Egyptian child. PLoS ONE. 15(9). e0238427–e0238427. 4 indexed citations

Pfeifer, Christian, Arne Berner, Johannes Zellner, et al.. (2013). Thyroid Hormone-Induced Hypertrophy in Mesenchymal Stem Cell Chondrogenesis Is Mediated by Bone Morphogenetic Protein-4. Tissue Engineering Part A. 20(1-2). 178–188. 28 indexed citations

Gu, Songhai, Barbara Laumbacher, Michael Nerlich, et al.. (2011). The LMP7-K Allele of the Immunoproteasome Exhibits Reduced Transcript Stability and Predicts High Risk of Colon Cancer. Cancer Research. 71(23). 7145–7154. 32 indexed citations

Schmidt‐Chanasit, Jonas, Klara Tenner‐Racz, Petra Emmerich, et al.. (2011). Fatal dengue hemorrhagic fever imported into Germany. Infection. 40(4). 441–443. 30 indexed citations

Müller, Franz & Michael Nerlich. (2010). Tibial Pilon Fractures. Acta chirurgiae orthopaedicae et traumatologiae Cechoslovaca. 77(4). 266–276. 16 indexed citations

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Prantl, Lukas, et al.. (2008). The use of ‘fasciocutaneous’ and ‘osteofasciocutaneous’ parascapular flaps for lower limb reconstruction: a retrospective study of 20 patients. Journal of Plastic Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery. 62(7). 973–980. 10 indexed citations

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Bachmeier, Beatrice E., Michael Nerlich, Michele Cilli, et al.. (2006). The chemopreventive polyphenol curcumin prevents hematogenous breast cancer metastases in immunodeficient mice.. Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention Biomarkers. 15. 3 indexed citations

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Bachmeier, Beatrice E., Michael Nerlich, Roberta Venè, et al.. (2005). Vicia villosa agglutinin (lectin)-binding carbohydrate(s) is expressed in atypical MUC1, serotransferrin and immunoglobulin of rat ascites hepatoma AH109A cells with lymphatic metastasis propensity.. Cancer Research. 65. 52–52. 1 indexed citations

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Nerlich, Michael, et al.. (1998). Morphological aspects of altered basement membrane metabolism in invasive carcinomas of the breast and the larynx.. PubMed. 18(5A). 3515–20. 24 indexed citations

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Nerlich, Michael. (1995). [Morphology of basement membrane and associated matrix proteins in normal and pathological tissues].. PubMed. 145. 1–139. 11 indexed citations

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Hagedorn, Hjalmar, et al.. (1994). Immunhistochemische Analyse der Basalmembran - Expression beim Plattenepithelkarzinom des Larynx. Laryngo-Rhino-Otologie. 73(12). 637–641. 3 indexed citations

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Lang, Stephan, et al.. (1994). Immunhistochemische Basalmembrananalyse des Cholesteatomepithels*. Laryngo-Rhino-Otologie. 73(7). 371–374. 8 indexed citations

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Brenner, Rolf E., et al.. (1993). Effects of transforming growth factor beta on cells derived from bone and callus of patients with osteogenesis imperfecta. Journal of Orthopaedic Research®. 11(4). 564–572. 8 indexed citations

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Haraida, Sibylle, Michael Nerlich, K. Bise, Irmgard Wiest, & Erwin Schleicher. (1992). Comparison of various basement membrane components in benign and malignant peripheral nerve tumours. Archiv für Pathologische Anatomie und Physiologie und für Klinische Medicin. 421(4). 331–338. 22 indexed citations

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Olgemöller, B., et al.. (1989). Characterization and localization of basement membrane-associated heparan sulfate proteoglycan in human tissues.. PubMed. 61(3). 323–32. 32 indexed citations

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Vetter, U., et al.. (1989). Biochemical analysis of callus tissue in osteogenesis imperfecta type IV. Evidence for transient overmodification in collagen types I and III.. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 84(3). 915–921. 23 indexed citations

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