Nicola Benjamin

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
74 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Nicola Benjamin is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Pathology and Forensic Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Nicola Benjamin has authored 74 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 69 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 35 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 10 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine. Recurrent topics in Nicola Benjamin's work include Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments (61 papers), Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (18 papers) and Heart Failure Treatment and Management (11 papers). Nicola Benjamin is often cited by papers focused on Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments (61 papers), Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (18 papers) and Heart Failure Treatment and Management (11 papers). Nicola Benjamin collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Italy and Switzerland. Nicola Benjamin's co-authors include Ekkehard Grünig, Christina A. Eichstaedt, Alberto M. Marra, Oliver Distler, Satenik Harutyunova, Marius M. Hoeper, Karen M. Olsson, Zixuan Pan, Hossein Ardeschir Ghofrani and Stephan Rosenkranz and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Scientific Reports and Journal of Applied Physiology.

In The Last Decade

Nicola Benjamin

64 papers receiving 1.3k citations

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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.

Mortality in pulmonary arterial hypertension: prediction by the 2015 European pulmonary hypertension guidelines risk stratification model

2017 438 citations Marius M. Hoeper, Zixuan Pan et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nicola Benjamin Germany	19	1.1k	728	147	143	93	74	1.3k
Mona Selej United States	14	1.1k 1.0×	739 1.0×	66 0.4×	140 1.0×	134 1.4×	35	1.2k
Franck‐Olivier Le Brun United States	10	1.1k 1.0×	775 1.1×	237 1.6×	215 1.5×	133 1.4×	16	1.3k
G. Simonneau France	15	1.5k 1.3×	742 1.0×	213 1.4×	294 2.1×	136 1.5×	34	1.7k
A. Yaïci France	9	1.1k 1.0×	554 0.8×	120 0.8×	362 2.5×	102 1.1×	18	1.2k
Kathy Feldkircher United States	5	1.2k 1.1×	774 1.1×	61 0.4×	288 2.0×	140 1.5×	8	1.3k
Abby Krichman United States	7	1.3k 1.2×	867 1.2×	61 0.4×	308 2.2×	159 1.7×	15	1.4k
Shelley Shapiro United States	13	1.4k 1.2×	781 1.1×	174 1.2×	234 1.6×	109 1.2×	29	1.5k
Jonathan Langley United States	12	1.4k 1.2×	691 0.9×	194 1.3×	230 1.6×	129 1.4×	22	1.5k
Martin Doelberg Switzerland	10	793 0.7×	376 0.5×	489 3.3×	75 0.5×	42 0.5×	15	1.2k
Clare Das United Kingdom	4	897 0.8×	430 0.6×	380 2.6×	188 1.3×	43 0.5×	4	996

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Egenlauf, Benjamin, Martin Braun, Véronique Schiffer, et al.. (2025). Right ventricular function in pulmonary hypertension and obesity: a cross-sectional cohort study with survival follow-up. Clinical Research in Cardiology. 115(3). 459–471.

Xanthouli, Panagiota, Hanns-Martin Lorenz, Norbert Blank, et al.. (2024). Effect of ambrisentan in patients with systemic sclerosis and mild pulmonary arterial hypertension: long-term follow-up data from EDITA study. Arthritis Research & Therapy. 26(1). 136–136. 2 indexed citations

Papaefthymiou, Apostolis, Nicola Benjamin, Andrea Telese, et al.. (2024). Performance of endoscopic approaches for Zenker diverticulum management: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Endoscopy. 56(S 02). S452–S452. 1 indexed citations

Benjamin, Nicola, Satenik Harutyunova, Christina A. Eichstaedt, et al.. (2024). Long-term oxygen therapy in precapillary pulmonary hypertension – SOPHA study. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 22038–22038.

Eberhardt, Ralf, Daniela Gompelmann, Konstantina Kontogianni, et al.. (2023). Endobronchial lung volume reduction with valves reduces exacerbations in severe emphysema patients. Respiratory Medicine. 218. 107399–107399. 4 indexed citations

Eberhardt, Ralf, Daniela Gompelmann, Konstantina Kontogianni, et al.. (2023). Endobronchial Valve Replacements in Patients with Advanced Emphysema After Endoscopic Lung Volume Reduction. International Journal of COPD. Volume 18. 933–943. 1 indexed citations

Palevičiūtė, Eglė, Jelena Čelutkienė, Lina Gumbienė, et al.. (2023). Safety and effectiveness of standardized exercise training in patients with pulmonary hypertension associated with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (TRAIN-HFpEF-PH): study protocol for a randomized controlled multicenter trial. Trials. 24(1). 281–281. 1 indexed citations

Grünig, Ekkehard, Nicola Benjamin, Hans‐Jürgen Seyfarth, et al.. (2023). Is iron deficiency caused by BMPR2 mutations or dysfunction in pulmonary arterial hypertension patients?. Pulmonary Circulation. 13(2). e12242–e12242. 4 indexed citations

Palevičiūtė, Eglė, Christina A. Eichstaedt, Nicola Benjamin, et al.. (2022). The effect of exercise training and physiotherapy on left and right heart function in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: a systematic literature review. Heart Failure Reviews. 28(1). 193–206. 5 indexed citations

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Benjamin, Nicola, et al.. (2022). When Pulmonary Hypertension Complicates Heart Failure. Cardiology Clinics. 40(2). 191–198. 1 indexed citations

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Nagel, Christian, Horst Olschewski, Stephan Sorichter, et al.. (2022). Impairment of Inspiratory Muscle Function after COVID-19. Respiration. 101(11). 981–989. 5 indexed citations

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Xanthouli, Panagiota, Nicola Benjamin, Alberto M. Marra, et al.. (2021). Prognostic impact of hypochromic erythrocytes in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension. Respiratory Research. 22(1). 288–288. 12 indexed citations

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Eichstaedt, Christina A., Heimo Mairbäurl, Jie Song, et al.. (2020). Genetic Predisposition to High-Altitude Pulmonary Edema. High Altitude Medicine & Biology. 21(1). 28–36. 22 indexed citations

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Xanthouli, Panagiota, Alberto M. Marra, Nicola Benjamin, et al.. (2020). Risk stratification and prognostic factors in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension and comorbidities a cross-sectional cohort study with survival follow-up. Respiratory Research. 21(1). 127–127. 14 indexed citations

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Xanthouli, Panagiota, Suzana Jordan, Alberto M. Marra, et al.. (2019). Haemodynamic phenotypes and survival in patients with systemic sclerosis: the impact of the new definition of pulmonary arterial hypertension. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 79(3). 370–378. 62 indexed citations

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Pan, Zixuan, Alberto M. Marra, Nicola Benjamin, et al.. (2019). Early treatment with ambrisentan of mildly elevated mean pulmonary arterial pressure associated with systemic sclerosis: a randomized, controlled, double-blind, parallel group study (EDITA study). Arthritis Research & Therapy. 21(1). 217–217. 34 indexed citations

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Nagel, Christian, Ralf Ewert, Benjamin Egenlauf, et al.. (2017). Safety and Efficacy of Immunoadsorption as an Add-On to Medical Treatment in Patients with Severe Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. Respiration. 94(3). 263–271. 4 indexed citations

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Marra, Alberto M., Nicola Benjamin, Christina A. Eichstaedt, et al.. (2016). Gender-related differences in pulmonary arterial hypertension targeted drugs administration. Pharmacological Research. 114. 103–109. 30 indexed citations

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Gompelmann, Daniela, Nicola Benjamin, Konstantina Kontogianni, et al.. (2016). Clinical and radiological outcome following pneumothorax after endoscopic lung volume reduction with valves. International Journal of COPD. Volume 11. 3093–3099. 20 indexed citations

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Rengier, Fabian, Stefan Wörz, Sebastian Ley, et al.. (2016). Automated 3D Volumetry of the Pulmonary Arteries based on Magnetic Resonance Angiography Has Potential for Predicting Pulmonary Hypertension. PLoS ONE. 11(9). e0162516–e0162516. 13 indexed citations

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