R Nitschke

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
38 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

R Nitschke is a scholar working on Neurology, Molecular Biology and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, R Nitschke has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Neurology, 11 papers in Molecular Biology and 10 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in R Nitschke's work include Neuroblastoma Research and Treatments (13 papers), Cancer therapeutics and mechanisms (10 papers) and Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research (9 papers). R Nitschke is often cited by papers focused on Neuroblastoma Research and Treatments (13 papers), Cancer therapeutics and mechanisms (10 papers) and Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research (9 papers). R Nitschke collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Spain. R Nitschke's co-authors include Nancy B. McWilliams, A. Thomas Look, F. Ann Hayes, Jonathan J. Shuster, C. Philip Steuber, Naomi Winick, Donald H. Mahoney, Bruce M. Camitta, Geoffrey Altshuler and SJ Lauer and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of Clinical Oncology and Blood.

In The Last Decade

R Nitschke

35 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

Cellular DNA Content as a Predictor of Response to Chemot... 1984 2026 1998 2012 1984 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. Cellular DNA Content as a Predictor of Response to Chemotherapy in Infants with Unresectable Neuroblastoma
    1984 375 citations A. Thomas Look, F. Ann Hayes 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
R Nitschke United States 17 731 480 442 321 315 38 1.5k
Renato Mastrangelo Italy 21 415 0.6× 265 0.6× 313 0.7× 173 0.5× 235 0.7× 57 1.2k
E Madon Italy 19 307 0.4× 326 0.7× 321 0.7× 165 0.5× 426 1.4× 74 1.4k
L. Kun United States 12 420 0.6× 427 0.9× 203 0.5× 294 0.9× 241 0.8× 21 1.5k
Niels Carlsen Denmark 20 1.9k 2.6× 338 0.7× 1.0k 2.3× 438 1.4× 183 0.6× 36 2.7k
J Ochs United States 11 187 0.3× 475 1.0× 229 0.5× 375 1.2× 195 0.6× 19 1.3k
G J D'Angio United States 20 381 0.5× 249 0.5× 625 1.4× 321 1.0× 66 0.2× 39 1.5k
H. Riehm Germany 22 252 0.3× 1.3k 2.8× 349 0.8× 656 2.0× 1.0k 3.3× 63 2.2k
Anne O’Meara Ireland 22 478 0.7× 87 0.2× 665 1.5× 104 0.3× 173 0.5× 62 1.6k
Carolyn Russo United States 16 292 0.4× 133 0.3× 260 0.6× 168 0.5× 127 0.4× 31 1.1k
William A. Smithson United States 18 245 0.3× 144 0.3× 656 1.5× 103 0.3× 80 0.3× 37 1.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by R Nitschke

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of R Nitschke

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Nitschke, R, et al.. (2008). Altruism and Informed Consent in Chemotherapy Trials of Childhood Cancer. 1 indexed citations
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Mahoney, Donald H., Jonathan J. Shuster, R Nitschke, et al.. (1998). Acute neurotoxicity in children with B-precursor acute lymphoid leukemia: an association with intermediate-dose intravenous methotrexate and intrathecal triple therapy--a Pediatric Oncology Group study.. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 16(5). 1712–1722. 207 indexed citations
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Alvarado, Carlos S., C. Kretschmar, V V Joshi, et al.. (1997). Chemotherapy for Patients with Recurrent or Refractory Neuroblastoma: A POG Phase II Study. ˜The œAmerican journal of pediatric hematology/oncology. 19(1). 62–67. 13 indexed citations
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Strother, Douglas, Jonathan J. Shuster, Nancy B. McWilliams, et al.. (1995). Results of Pediatric Oncology Group Protocol 8104 for Infants with Stages D and DS Neuroblastoma. Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology. 17(3). 254–259. 32 indexed citations
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Shochat, Stephen J., E. Ide Smith, Jonathan J. Shuster, et al.. (1993). Thoracic neuroblastoma: A pediatric oncology group study. Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 28(3). 372–378. 49 indexed citations
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Castleberry, R P, J J Shuster, Geoffrey Altshuler, et al.. (1992). Infants with neuroblastoma and regional lymph node metastases have a favorable outlook after limited postoperative chemotherapy: a Pediatric Oncology Group study.. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 10(8). 1299–1304. 22 indexed citations
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Castleberry, R P, Kun Liu, J J Shuster, et al.. (1991). Radiotherapy improves the outlook for patients older than 1 year with Pediatric Oncology Group stage C neuroblastoma.. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 9(5). 789–795. 86 indexed citations
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Nitschke, R, E. Ide Smith, Geoffrey Altshuler, et al.. (1991). Postoperative treatment of nonmetastatic visible residual neuroblastoma: a Pediatric Oncology Group study.. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 9(7). 1181–1188. 33 indexed citations
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Gualtieri, RJ, PD Emanuel, KS Zuckerman, et al.. (1989). Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor is an endogenous regulator of cell proliferation in juvenile chronic myelogenous leukemia. Blood. 74(7). 2360–2367. 56 indexed citations
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Nitschke, R, E. Ide Smith, Stephen J. Shochat, et al.. (1988). Localized neuroblastoma treated by surgery: a Pediatric Oncology Group Study.. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 6(8). 1271–1279. 102 indexed citations
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Nitschke, R, et al.. (1985). Pediatric oncology group phase II trial of amsacrine in children with solid tumors.. PubMed. 35(1). 199–232. 1 indexed citations
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Look, A. Thomas, et al.. (1984). Cellular DNA Content as a Predictor of Response to Chemotherapy in Infants with Unresectable Neuroblastoma. New England Journal of Medicine. 311(4). 231–235. 375 indexed citations breakdown →
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Nitschke, R, et al.. (1983). [Therapeutic choices made by patients with end-stage tumors].. PubMed. 2(1). 29–36. 2 indexed citations
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Nitschke, R, Ayten Cangır, W M Crist, & D. H. Berry. (1980). Intensive chemotherapy for metastatic neuroblastoma: A southwest oncology group study. Medical and Pediatric Oncology. 8(3). 281–288. 34 indexed citations
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Nitschke, R, et al.. (1979). Evaluation of cis-dichlorodiammineplatinum(II) in children with advanced malignant diseases: Southwest Oncology Group Studies.. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 63(9-10). 1611–4. 5 indexed citations
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Nitschke, R, et al.. (1979). Weekly administration of cis-dichlorodiammineplatinum(II) in childhood solid tumors: a Southwest Oncology Group study.. PubMed. 63(3). 497–9. 6 indexed citations
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Nitschke, R, et al.. (1979). Phase II study demonstrating failure of both a five-drug continuous-therapy regimen and a two-drug pulse-therapy regimen in the treatment of metastatic neuroblastoma: Southwest Oncology Group Study 822.. PubMed. 63(8). 1383–4. 1 indexed citations
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Humphrey, G. Bennett, et al.. (1973). Role of transfer factor in treating complications of smallpox vaccination.. PubMed. 66(1). 7–8.

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