Nils Hecht

2.6k total citations
77 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Nils Hecht is a scholar working on Neurology, Surgery and Pathology and Forensic Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Nils Hecht has authored 77 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Neurology, 23 papers in Surgery and 17 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine. Recurrent topics in Nils Hecht's work include Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications (23 papers), Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances (23 papers) and Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (16 papers). Nils Hecht is often cited by papers focused on Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications (23 papers), Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances (23 papers) and Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (16 papers). Nils Hecht collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Switzerland. Nils Hecht's co-authors include Peter Vajkoczy, Johannes Woitzik, Jens P. Dreier, Marcus Czabanka, Sebastian Major, Nora Sandow, Maren K. L. Winkler, Lars Wessels, Alexandra Pinczolits and Susanne König and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Brain and Neurology.

In The Last Decade

Nils Hecht

68 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Nils Hecht Germany 22 625 331 248 240 236 77 1.4k
Indran Davagnanam United Kingdom 24 828 1.3× 251 0.8× 171 0.7× 189 0.8× 187 0.8× 100 1.8k
Mordechai Lorberboym Israel 22 564 0.9× 419 1.3× 341 1.4× 216 0.9× 179 0.8× 84 1.9k
Shawn J. Bird United States 22 820 1.3× 402 1.2× 227 0.9× 174 0.7× 241 1.0× 47 1.7k
Rodney J. Laing United Kingdom 19 945 1.5× 700 2.1× 298 1.2× 286 1.2× 241 1.0× 56 2.0k
Kay Nolte Germany 25 458 0.7× 214 0.6× 197 0.8× 148 0.6× 138 0.6× 70 1.6k
Shelley Renowden United Kingdom 27 1.4k 2.3× 238 0.7× 313 1.3× 139 0.6× 150 0.6× 92 2.3k
Patrice Laloux Belgium 21 860 1.4× 148 0.4× 581 2.3× 121 0.5× 217 0.9× 74 1.8k
K. D. Wernecke Germany 16 298 0.5× 179 0.5× 129 0.5× 131 0.5× 253 1.1× 25 1.7k
Brigitte Stemper Germany 25 571 0.9× 109 0.3× 247 1.0× 581 2.4× 200 0.8× 59 2.1k
Clare L. Fraser Australia 29 846 1.4× 218 0.7× 227 0.9× 282 1.2× 110 0.5× 142 2.7k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nils Hecht

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All Works

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Mertens, Robert, et al.. (2026). Clinical applicability of percutaneous cervical pedicle screws: a retrospective matched-pair study. Journal of Neurosurgery Spine. 44(3). 322–329.
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Blume, Christian, et al.. (2025). Navigated percutaneous placement of cervical pedicle screws: An anatomical feasibility study. Brain and Spine. 5. 104199–104199. 1 indexed citations
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Wagner, Arthur, Darius Kalasauskas, Mehmet Turgut, et al.. (2025). Carbon fiber–reinforced PEEK implants in oncologic spine surgery: a multicenter experience on implications for postoperative patient management. Journal of Neurosurgery Spine. 42(5). 605–614. 1 indexed citations
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Wasilewski, David, Robert Mertens, Anika Müller, et al.. (2025). Spinal Anesthesia and Digital Anxiolysis (SPIDA) for the treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis – a feasibility study. Neurosurgical Review. 48(1). 316–316.
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Frey, Dietmar, Adam Hilbert, David Wasilewski, et al.. (2024). Preoperatively-determined Red Distribution Width (RDW) predicts prolonged length of stay after single-level spinal fusion in elderly patients. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4. 102827–102827. 3 indexed citations
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Hecht, Nils, Konrad Neumann, Nora F. Dengler, et al.. (2024). Reduced brain oxygen response to spreading depolarization predicts worse outcome in ischaemic stroke. Brain. 148(6). 1924–1935. 2 indexed citations
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Kowoll, Christina M, Coline L. Lemâle, Sebastian Major, et al.. (2024). Duration of spreading depression is the electrophysiological correlate of infarct growth in malignant hemispheric stroke. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism. 44(12). 1550–1560. 4 indexed citations
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Sánchez-Porras, Renán, Christian Mathys, Karsten Witt, et al.. (2024). Cortical Spreading Depolarization in Moyamoya Vasculopathy: A Case Series. Stroke. 55(4). 1086–1089. 3 indexed citations
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Kerschbaumer, Johannes, Christian F. Freyschlag, Ondra Petr, et al.. (2023). A randomized, single ascending dose safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics study of NicaPlant® in aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage patients undergoing clipping. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3. 102673–102673. 3 indexed citations
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Haemmerli, Julien, Lars Wessels, Robert Mertens, et al.. (2023). Comparison of intraoperative CT- and cone beam CT-based spinal navigation for the treatment of atlantoaxial instability. The Spine Journal. 23(12). 1799–1807. 2 indexed citations
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Mertens, Robert, Nils Hecht, Hans-Christian Bauknecht, & Peter Vajkoczy. (2022). The Use of Intraoperative CT Hounsfield Unit Values for the Assessment of Bone Quality in Patients Undergoing Lumbar Interbody Fusion. Global Spine Journal. 13(8). 2218–2227. 9 indexed citations
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Wessels, Lars, Nils Hecht, & Peter Vajkoczy. (2021). Patients Receiving Extracranial to Intracranial Bypass for Atherosclerotic Vessel Occlusion Today Differ Significantly From the COSS Population. Stroke. 52(10). e599–e604. 17 indexed citations
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Prinz, Vincent, Mario Menk, Nils Hecht, et al.. (2021). Clinical management and outcome of adult patients with extracorporeal life support device–associated intracerebral hemorrhage—a neurocritical perspective and grading. Neurosurgical Review. 44(5). 2879–2888. 9 indexed citations
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Hecht, Nils, et al.. (2020). Need for ensuring care for neuro-emergencies—lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic. Acta Neurochirurgica. 162(8). 1795–1801. 31 indexed citations
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Hecht, Nils, et al.. (2020). Perfusion‐Dependent Cerebral Autoregulation Impairment in Hemispheric Stroke. Annals of Neurology. 89(2). 358–368. 27 indexed citations
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Hecht, Nils, Lars Wessels, Lucius S. Fekonja, Paul von Weitzel‐Mudersbach, & Peter Vajkoczy. (2019). Bypass strategies for common carotid artery occlusion. Acta Neurochirurgica. 161(10). 1993–2002. 6 indexed citations
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Czabanka, Marcus, et al.. (2019). Navigated percutaneous versus open pedicle screw implantation using intraoperative CT and robotic cone-beam CT imaging. European Spine Journal. 29(4). 803–812. 23 indexed citations
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Woitzik, Johannes, Jens P. Dreier, Nils Hecht, et al.. (2011). Delayed Cerebral Ischemia and Spreading Depolarization in Absence of Angiographic Vasospasm after Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism. 32(2). 203–212. 151 indexed citations

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