Othmar Wess

1.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
13 papers, 856 citations indexed

About

Othmar Wess is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Surgery and Astronomy and Astrophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Othmar Wess has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 856 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 2 papers in Surgery and 2 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Recurrent topics in Othmar Wess's work include Kidney Stones and Urolithiasis Treatments (5 papers), Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders (3 papers) and Planetary Science and Exploration (2 papers). Othmar Wess is often cited by papers focused on Kidney Stones and Urolithiasis Treatments (5 papers), Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders (3 papers) and Planetary Science and Exploration (2 papers). Othmar Wess collaborates with scholars based in Germany. Othmar Wess's co-authors include Joseph Holl, W. Hepp, W. Brendel, G. Paumgartner, Werner Weber, Tilman Sauerbruch, Michael Delius, Michael Sackmann, T. Sauerbruch and M. Delius and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America and European Urology.

In The Last Decade

Othmar Wess

12 papers receiving 779 citations

Hit Papers

Fragmentation of Gallstones by Extracorporeal Shock Waves 1986 2026 1999 2012 1986 1988 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. Fragmentation of Gallstones by Extracorporeal Shock Waves
    1986 381 citations Tilman Sauerbruch, Michael Delius et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →
  2. Shock-Wave Lithotripsy of Gallbladder Stones
    1988 352 citations Michael Sackmann, Michael Delius et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Othmar Wess Germany 8 640 517 85 52 47 13 856
W. Hepp Germany 8 757 1.2× 638 1.2× 88 1.0× 27 0.5× 47 1.0× 46 966
Jason Mitchell United States 11 225 0.4× 243 0.5× 64 0.8× 15 0.3× 96 2.0× 25 635
İlhami Uslu Türkiye 15 166 0.3× 252 0.5× 119 1.4× 11 0.2× 188 4.0× 47 714
Shigeru Suzuki Japan 22 349 0.5× 492 1.0× 63 0.7× 12 0.2× 317 6.7× 81 1.2k
D. Alison France 12 159 0.2× 243 0.5× 57 0.7× 7 0.1× 75 1.6× 54 541
F. Eisenberger Germany 17 787 1.2× 265 0.5× 25 0.3× 15 0.3× 39 0.8× 89 1.0k
Jacqueline C. Hodge Austria 18 81 0.1× 359 0.7× 58 0.7× 61 1.2× 149 3.2× 48 854
C. Darryl Jones United States 11 571 0.9× 307 0.6× 32 0.4× 4 0.1× 137 2.9× 14 932
Martin Löwe United Kingdom 28 389 0.6× 386 0.7× 24 0.3× 47 0.9× 155 3.3× 118 2.4k
G M Kellman United States 13 147 0.2× 481 0.9× 39 0.5× 17 0.3× 214 4.6× 15 644

Countries citing papers authored by Othmar Wess

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Fields of papers citing papers by Othmar Wess

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Othmar Wess

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

All Works

13 of 13 papers shown
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Wess, Othmar, et al.. (2025). The interaction of shock waves with biological tissue – momentum transfer, the key for tissue stimulation and fragmentation. International Journal of Surgery. 111(4). 2810–2818.
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Haecker, Axel & Othmar Wess. (2009). 4. The role of focal size in extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy. 1 indexed citations
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Wess, Othmar. (2008). A neural model for chronic pain and pain relief by extracorporeal shock wave treatment. Urological Research. 36(6). 327–334. 51 indexed citations
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Wess, Othmar. (2004). Physikalische Grundlagen der extrakorporalen Stoßwellentherapie. Journal für Kardiologie (Krause & Pachernegg GmbH). 11(4). 7–18. 9 indexed citations
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Rassweiler, Jens, et al.. (1990). Modulith SL10/20 - Experimental Introduction and First Clinical Experience with a New Interdisciplinary Lithotriptor. European Urology. 18(4). 237–241. 10 indexed citations
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Marlinghaus, Ernst, et al.. (1990). A NEW PRESSURE WAVE GENERATOR FOR EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY. Biomedizinische Technik/Biomedical Engineering. 35(s3). 235–236. 3 indexed citations
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Sackmann, Michael, Michael Delius, Tilman Sauerbruch, et al.. (1988). Shock-Wave Lithotripsy of Gallbladder Stones. New England Journal of Medicine. 318(7). 393–397. 352 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sauerbruch, T., M. Delius, G. Paumgartner, et al.. (1987). Fragmentation of Gallstones by Extracorporeal Shock Waves. Survey of Anesthesiology. 31(1). 17???18–17???18. 20 indexed citations
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Sauerbruch, Tilman, Michael Delius, G. Paumgartner, et al.. (1986). Fragmentation of Gallstones by Extracorporeal Shock Waves. New England Journal of Medicine. 314(13). 818–822. 381 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wess, Othmar. (1986). Shockwave reflector. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 80(3). 1001–1002. 1 indexed citations
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Wess, Othmar, et al.. (1977). A holographic model for associative memory chains. Biological Cybernetics. 27(2). 89–98. 11 indexed citations
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Wess, Othmar, et al.. (1973). Sequential associative information storage and reconstruction in a holographic circuit. Optics Communications. 9(2). 156–160. 5 indexed citations

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