Paul Fockens

43.7k total citations · 8 hit papers
608 papers, 24.4k citations indexed

About

Paul Fockens is a scholar working on Surgery, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul Fockens has authored 608 papers receiving a total of 24.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 424 papers in Surgery, 335 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 285 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Paul Fockens's work include Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes (205 papers), Esophageal and GI Pathology (151 papers) and Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection (150 papers). Paul Fockens is often cited by papers focused on Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes (205 papers), Esophageal and GI Pathology (151 papers) and Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection (150 papers). Paul Fockens collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United States and Germany. Paul Fockens's co-authors include Evelien Dekker, Jacques Bergman, Marco J. Bruno, Fiebo J.W. ten Kate, Jeanin E. van Hooft, Patrick M. Bossuyt, J. Jan B. van Lanschot, Rogier P. Voermans, Johannes B. Reitsma and Femke P. Peters and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and JAMA.

In The Last Decade

Paul Fockens

579 papers receiving 23.7k 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.

Extended Transthoracic Resection Compared with Limited Transhiatal Resection for Adenocarcinoma of the Esophagus

2002 1.2k citations Jan B.F. Hulscher, Johanna W. van Sandick et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →
Random Comparison of Guaiac and Immunochemical Fecal Occult Blood Tests for Colorectal Cancer in a Screening Population

2008 559 citations Anne F. van Rijn, Paul Fockens et al. Gastroenterology profile →
International Cancer of the Pancreas Screening (CAPS) Consortium summit on the management of patients with increased risk for familial pancreatic cancer

2012 525 citations Paul Fockens, Marco J. Bruno et al. Gut profile →
Extended Transthoracic Resection Compared With Limited Transhiatal Resection for Adenocarcinoma of the Mid/Distal Esophagus

2007 497 citations Jan B.F. Hulscher, Paul Fockens et al. Annals of Surgery profile →
Endoscopic Transgastric vs Surgical Necrosectomy for Infected Necrotizing Pancreatitis

2012 463 citations Marc G. Besselink, Paul Fockens et al. profile →
Acute pancreatitis: recent advances through randomised trials

2017 299 citations Paul Fockens, Marco J. Bruno et al. Gut profile →
Effect of Peroral Endoscopic Myotomy vs Pneumatic Dilation on Symptom Severity and Treatment Outcomes Among Treatment-Naive Patients With Achalasia

2019 230 citations Paul Fockens, Albert J. Bredenoord et al. profile →
Novel classification for adverse events in GI endoscopy: the AGREE classification

2021 141 citations Karlijn J. Nass, Manon van der Vlugt et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Paul Fockens Netherlands	80	17.6k	13.1k	11.9k	3.4k	1.9k	608	24.4k
Alessandro Repici Italy	66	10.1k 0.6×	9.0k 0.7×	7.1k 0.6×	3.1k 0.9×	614 0.3×	691	17.3k
Robert W. Beart United States	78	15.1k 0.9×	4.8k 0.4×	9.0k 0.8×	1.4k 0.4×	2.3k 1.2×	355	22.0k
Olivier R. Busch Netherlands	69	12.9k 0.7×	8.2k 0.6×	10.1k 0.8×	1.8k 0.5×	240 0.1×	428	17.7k
Peter C. Pairolero United States	84	9.9k 0.6×	13.4k 1.0×	3.3k 0.3×	1.1k 0.3×	939 0.5×	310	19.9k
Richard D. Schulick United States	86	17.3k 1.0×	10.6k 0.8×	19.7k 1.7×	1.1k 0.3×	955 0.5×	347	32.7k
Rodney J. Landreneau United States	74	7.6k 0.4×	11.3k 0.9×	2.8k 0.2×	1.7k 0.5×	470 0.3×	345	17.8k
Jeanin E. van Hooft Netherlands	57	8.3k 0.5×	6.0k 0.5×	5.6k 0.5×	1.6k 0.5×	424 0.2×	251	11.3k
Arlene A. Forastiere United States	68	13.6k 0.8×	11.2k 0.9×	10.8k 0.9×	198 0.1×	936 0.5×	269	28.8k
Claudio Bassi Italy	72	25.6k 1.5×	14.4k 1.1×	27.6k 2.3×	1.8k 0.5×	455 0.2×	500	37.0k
Hugo W. Tilanus Netherlands	61	9.4k 0.5×	8.4k 0.6×	1.7k 0.1×	2.2k 0.6×	433 0.2×	255	14.8k

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Smit, Egbert F., Otto van Delden, Joris I. Erdmann, et al.. (2024). High sensitivity of biliary brush cytology after optimization of protocol in patients with suspected perihilar or intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma: a prospective cohort study with historical control. Endoscopy. 56(S 02). S118–S119.

Fockens, Paul, et al.. (2024). EUS-guided choledochoduodenostomy for primary drainage of malignant distal biliary obstruction (SCORPION-II-p): a prospective pilot study using FCSEMS through LAMS. Endoscopy. 56(S 02). S108–S109. 1 indexed citations

Houwen, Britt B. S. L., Yark Hazewinkel, Manon van der Vlugt, et al.. (2024). Polyp size measurement during colonoscopy using a virtual scale: variability and systematic differences. Endoscopy. 57(2). 137–145. 7 indexed citations

Nass, Karlijn J., Sascha C. van Doorn, Paul Fockens, et al.. (2023). High quality colonoscopy: using textbook process as a composite quality measure. Endoscopy. 55(9). 812–819.

Fockens, Paul, Marc G. Besselink, O.R. Busch, et al.. (2023). EUS-guided choledochoduodenostomy using single step lumen-apposing metal stents for primary drainage of malignant distal biliary obstruction (SCORPION-p): a prospective pilot study. Endoscopy. 55(S 02). S41–S42. 3 indexed citations

Houwen, Britt B. S. L., Yark Hazewinkel, Ioannis Giotis, et al.. (2023). Computer-aided diagnosis for optical diagnosis of diminutive colorectal polyps including sessile serrated lesions: a real-time comparison with screening endoscopists. Endoscopy. 55(8). 756–765. 19 indexed citations

Fockens, Paul, Maarten Jacobs, Nahid S.M. Montazeri, et al.. (2022). Does same session EUS-guided tissue acquisition and ERCP increase the risk of pancreatitis in patients with malignant distal biliary obstruction?. HPB. 24(10). 1634–1641. 5 indexed citations

Weiland, Christina J. Sperna, Alexander C. Poen, Niels G. Venneman, et al.. (2022). Suspected common bile duct stones: reduction of unnecessary ERCP by pre-procedural imaging and timing of ERCP. Surgical Endoscopy. 37(2). 1194–1202. 12 indexed citations

Weiland, Christina J. Sperna, Megan Engels, Alexander C. Poen, et al.. (2021). Increased Use of Prophylactic Measures in Preventing Post-Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography Pancreatitis. Digestive Diseases and Sciences. 66(12). 4457–4466. 11 indexed citations

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Bisschops, Raf, Matthew D. Rutter, Miguel Areia, et al.. (2020). Overcoming the barriers to dissemination and implementation of quality measures for gastrointestinal endoscopy: European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) and United European Gastroenterology (UEG) position statement. United European Gastroenterology Journal. 9(1). 120–126. 9 indexed citations

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Veld, Joyce, Femke J. Amelung, Wernard A. A. Borstlap, et al.. (2020). Decompressing Stoma a s Bridge to Elective Surgery is an Effective Strategy for Left-sided Obstructive Colon Cancer. Annals of Surgery. 272(5). 738–743. 17 indexed citations

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Zwetsloot, Inez Maria, et al.. (2016). Decreasing the dispatch time of medical reports sent from hospital to primary care with L ean S ix S igma. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice. 22(5). 690–698. 21 indexed citations

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Doorn, Sascha C. van, Yark Hazewinkel, James E. East, et al.. (2014). Polyp Morphology: An Interobserver Evaluation for the Paris Classification Among International Experts. The American Journal of Gastroenterology. 110(1). 180–187. 76 indexed citations

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Stegeman, Inge, Thomas R. de Wijkerslooth, Esther M. Stoop, et al.. (2013). Combining risk factors with faecal immunochemical test outcome for selecting CRC screenees for colonoscopy. Gut. 63(3). 466–471. 79 indexed citations

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Renteln, Daniel von, Karl–Hermann Fuchs, Paul Fockens, et al.. (2013). Peroral Endoscopic Myotomy for the Treatment of Achalasia: An International Prospective Multicenter Study. Gastroenterology. 145(2). 309–311.e3. 241 indexed citations

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Sharma, Prateek, Robert H. Hawes, Ajay Bansal, et al.. (2012). Standard endoscopy with random biopsies versus narrow band imaging targeted biopsies in Barrett's oesophagus: a prospective, international, randomised controlled trial. Gut. 62(1). 15–21. 243 indexed citations

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Wijkerslooth, Thomas R. de, Esther M. Stoop, Patrick M. Bossuyt, et al.. (2011). Adenoma detection with cap-assisted colonoscopy versus regular colonoscopy: a randomised controlled trial. Gut. 61(10). 1426–1434. 82 indexed citations

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Rijn, Anne F. van, Paul Fockens, Peter D. Siersema, & Bas Oldenburg. (2009). Adherence to surveillance guidelines for dysplasia and colorectal carcinoma in ulcerative and Crohn’s colitis patients in the Netherlands. World Journal of Gastroenterology. 15(2). 226–226. 64 indexed citations

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Fockens, Paul. (2003). Gatekeeper™ reflux repair system: technique, pre-clinical, and clinical experience. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Clinics of North America. 13(1). 179–189. 18 indexed citations

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Hulscher, Jan B.F., Angela G. E. M. de Boer, Johanna W. van Sandick, et al.. (2002). No survival benefit of extended transthoracic resection over limited transhiatal resection for adenocarcinoma of the mid/distal esophagus and gastric cardia: results of a randomized study.. New England Journal of Medicine. 21. 1662–1669. 12 indexed citations

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