Moritz Drefs

743 total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 398 citations indexed

About

Moritz Drefs is a scholar working on Surgery, Hepatology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Moritz Drefs has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 398 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Surgery, 12 papers in Hepatology and 11 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Moritz Drefs's work include Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis (8 papers), Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies (5 papers) and Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes (5 papers). Moritz Drefs is often cited by papers focused on Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis (8 papers), Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies (5 papers) and Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes (5 papers). Moritz Drefs collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Slovakia. Moritz Drefs's co-authors include Jens Werner, Markus Guba, Joachim Andrassy, Florian Kühn, Ulrich Wirth, Dominik Koch, Dionysios Koliogiannis, Malte Schirren, Hanno Nieß and Alexandr V. Bazhin and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity and Surgical Endoscopy.

In The Last Decade

Moritz Drefs

26 papers receiving 392 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.

The Role of Gut-Derived Lipopolysaccharides and the Intestinal Barrier in Fatty Liver Diseases

2021 162 citations Ulrich Wirth, Dominik Koch et al. Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Moritz Drefs Germany	12	138	132	108	93	75	28	398
Dionysios Koliogiannis Germany	9	152 1.1×	140 1.1×	94 0.9×	76 0.8×	149 2.0×	25	433
Wagdi Elkashef Egypt	14	151 1.1×	113 0.9×	122 1.1×	93 1.0×	126 1.7×	52	550
Rahul A. Nathwani United States	8	135 1.0×	110 0.8×	75 0.7×	63 0.7×	55 0.7×	13	457
Tamer A. Addissouky Egypt	14	165 1.2×	99 0.8×	84 0.8×	96 1.0×	32 0.4×	42	555
Tetsu Endo Japan	11	186 1.3×	103 0.8×	106 1.0×	109 1.2×	43 0.6×	37	411
Chikara Iino Japan	11	187 1.4×	174 1.3×	170 1.6×	64 0.7×	37 0.5×	40	519
José A González-Regueiro Mexico	7	156 1.1×	76 0.6×	114 1.1×	88 0.9×	55 0.7×	14	386
Hong Cui China	12	128 0.9×	122 0.9×	94 0.9×	22 0.2×	53 0.7×	43	418
Fatma H. Rizk Egypt	11	141 1.0×	85 0.6×	80 0.7×	113 1.2×	18 0.2×	29	364

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Moritz Drefs

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Koch, Dominik, Mami Tamai, Malte Schirren, et al.. (2025). Mono-HOPE Versus Dual-HOPE in Liver Transplantation: A Propensity Score-Matched Evaluation of Early Graft Outcome. Transplant International. 38. 13891–13891. 4 indexed citations

Bösch, Florian, et al.. (2025). Comparative outcomes of liver transplantation and liver resection in hepatitis B and C patients with hepatocellular carcinoma. Asian Journal of Surgery. 48(7). 4144–4150.

Börner, Nikolaus, Markus Bo Schoenberg, Christian Böhm, et al.. (2024). Deep Learning-Adjusted Monitoring of In-Hospital Mortality after Liver Transplantation. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 13(20). 6046–6046. 1 indexed citations

Drefs, Moritz, Markus Bo Schoenberg, Nikolaus Börner, et al.. (2024). Changes of long-term survival of resection and liver transplantation in hepatocellular carcinoma throughout the years: A meta-analysis. European Journal of Surgical Oncology. 50(3). 107952–107952. 12 indexed citations

Wirth, Ulrich, Dominik Koch, Malte Schirren, et al.. (2023). Metabolic Role of Autophagy in the Pathogenesis and Development of NAFLD. Metabolites. 13(1). 101–101. 18 indexed citations

Koch, Dominik, Haochen Yu, Malte Schirren, et al.. (2023). Tigecycline causes loss of cell viability mediated by mitochondrial OXPHOS and RAC1 in hepatocellular carcinoma cells. Journal of Translational Medicine. 21(1). 876–876. 8 indexed citations

Drefs, Moritz, et al.. (2023). Organisationsstruktur einer Notaufnahme: neue Regelungen gegen bekannte Probleme. 17(1). 69–88. 1 indexed citations

Drefs, Moritz, et al.. (2022). Endoscopic Treatment Options for Gastrointestinal Leaks. Visceral Medicine. 38(5). 311–321. 5 indexed citations

Ilmer, Matthias, Bernhard W. Renz, Florian Kühn, et al.. (2022). PBXIP1 – An indicator for poor outcome and metastatic spread in colorectal cancer. Pathology - Research and Practice. 236. 153993–153993. 1 indexed citations

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Wirth, Ulrich, Dominik Koch, Malte Schirren, et al.. (2021). The Role of Gut-Derived Lipopolysaccharides and the Intestinal Barrier in Fatty Liver Diseases. Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery. 26(3). 671–683. 162 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kühn, Florian, Ulrich Wirth, Tobias S. Schiergens, et al.. (2021). Endoscopic vacuum therapy for the treatment of colorectal leaks — a systematic review and meta-analysis. International Journal of Colorectal Disease. 37(2). 283–292. 21 indexed citations

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Kühn, Florian, Julia Zimmermann, Ulrich Wirth, et al.. (2020). Endoscopic vacuum therapy for treatment of rectal stump leakage. Surgical Endoscopy. 35(4). 1749–1754. 12 indexed citations

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Kühn, Florian, Ulrich Wirth, Julia Zimmermann, et al.. (2020). Endoscopic vacuum therapy for in- and outpatient treatment of colorectal defects. Surgical Endoscopy. 35(12). 6687–6695. 16 indexed citations

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Schiergens, Tobias S., Moritz Drefs, Florian Kühn, et al.. (2020). Prognostic Impact of Pedicle Clamping during Liver Resection for Colorectal Metastases. Cancers. 13(1). 72–72. 2 indexed citations

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Chen, Chen, Jens Neumann, Florian Kühn, et al.. (2020). Establishment of an Endoscopy-Guided Minimally Invasive Orthotopic Mouse Model of Colorectal Cancer. Cancers. 12(10). 3007–3007. 8 indexed citations

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Ryll, M., Moritz Drefs, Florian Bösch, et al.. (2019). Murine Cervical Aortic Transplantation Model using a Modified Non-Suture Cuff Technique. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 2 indexed citations

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Albertsmeier, Markus, Moritz Drefs, Tobias S. Schiergens, et al.. (2019). Improved survival after resection of colorectal liver metastases in patients with unresectable lung metastases. HPB. 22(3). 368–375. 9 indexed citations

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Schiergens, Tobias S., Michael Thomas, Markus Albertsmeier, et al.. (2017). Multidisciplinary treatment of colorectal liver metastases. Minerva Medica. 108(6). 527–546. 13 indexed citations

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Drefs, Moritz, Michael Thomas, Markus Guba, et al.. (2017). Modulation of Glutathione Hemostasis by Inhibition of 12/15‐Lipoxygenase Prevents ROS‐Mediated Cell Death after Hepatic Ischemia and Reperfusion. Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity. 2017(1). 8325754–8325754. 31 indexed citations

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Thomas, Michaël, Markus Rentsch, Moritz Drefs, et al.. (2013). Impact of surgical training and surgeon’s experience on early outcome in kidney transplantation. Langenbeck s Archives of Surgery. 398(4). 581–585. 12 indexed citations

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