Raf Bisschops

20.5k total citations · 6 hit papers
286 papers, 8.7k citations indexed

About

Raf Bisschops is a scholar working on Surgery, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Raf Bisschops has authored 286 papers receiving a total of 8.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 159 papers in Surgery, 110 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 95 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Raf Bisschops's work include Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes (92 papers), Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection (92 papers) and Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment (87 papers). Raf Bisschops is often cited by papers focused on Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes (92 papers), Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection (92 papers) and Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment (87 papers). Raf Bisschops collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, United Kingdom and Netherlands. Raf Bisschops's co-authors include Jan Tack, Bas L. Weusten, Joris Arts, Jacques Bergman, Philip Caenepeel, Giovanni Sarnelli, Oliver Pech, Cesare Hassan, Mário Dinis‐Ribeiro and Erik J. Schoon and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Gastroenterology.

In The Last Decade

Raf Bisschops

264 papers receiving 8.5k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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. Radiofrequency Ablation vs Endoscopic Surveillance for Patients With Barrett Esophagus and Low-Grade Dysplasia
    2014 417 citations Bas L. Weusten, Raf Bisschops et al. profile →
  2. Endoscopic management of Barrett’s esophagus: European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) Position Statement
    2017 351 citations Bas L. Weusten, Raf Bisschops et al. Endoscopy profile →
  3. Endoscopic submucosal dissection for superficial gastrointestinal lesions: European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) Guideline – Update 2022
    2022 329 citations Pedro Pimentel‐Nunes, Diogo Libânio et al. Endoscopy profile →
  4. Optimization for Medical Image Segmentation: Theory and Practice When Evaluating With Dice Score or Jaccard Index
    2020 250 citations Tom Eelbode, Jeroen Bertels et al. IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging profile →
  5. Deep-Learning System Detects Neoplasia in Patients With Barrett’s Esophagus With Higher Accuracy Than Endoscopists in a Multistep Training and Validation Study With Benchmarking
    2019 229 citations Roos E. Pouw, Emmanuel Coron et al. Gastroenterology profile →
  6. Endoscopic submucosal dissection techniques and technology: European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) Technical Review
    2023 76 citations Diogo Libânio, Pedro Pimentel‐Nunes et al. Endoscopy profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Raf Bisschops 5.1k 3.6k 2.6k 2.4k 1.2k 286 8.7k
Mitsuhiro Fujishiro 8.2k 1.6× 10.1k 2.8× 5.5k 2.1× 3.2k 1.3× 375 0.3× 585 15.2k
Emmanuel Coron 2.2k 0.4× 1.5k 0.4× 1.3k 0.5× 1.1k 0.4× 287 0.2× 159 5.2k
Bas L. Weusten 7.3k 1.4× 4.4k 1.2× 3.3k 1.3× 1.3k 0.5× 152 0.1× 252 8.6k
Κonstantinos Τriantafyllou 2.1k 0.4× 1.4k 0.4× 1.5k 0.6× 1.1k 0.4× 172 0.1× 218 4.0k
Hyoung‐Il Kim 2.5k 0.5× 4.0k 1.1× 2.1k 0.8× 1.3k 0.5× 126 0.1× 259 5.8k
William C. Meyers 8.3k 1.6× 4.7k 1.3× 526 0.2× 4.3k 1.8× 188 0.2× 159 11.0k
Ines Gockel 3.3k 0.6× 1.6k 0.4× 1.2k 0.4× 1.2k 0.5× 56 0.0× 324 5.6k
Jun Haeng Lee 2.3k 0.5× 2.8k 0.8× 2.1k 0.8× 660 0.3× 50 0.0× 262 5.7k
Thomas H. Shawker 1.3k 0.3× 1.2k 0.3× 118 0.0× 1.2k 0.5× 613 0.5× 146 5.3k
Tadeusz Popiela 1.4k 0.3× 1.0k 0.3× 357 0.1× 1.2k 0.5× 109 0.1× 247 3.6k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Raf Bisschops

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

All Works

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Santacroce, Giovanni, Umesh Chaudhari, Rocío del Amor, et al.. (2025). P0556 A novel switching of artificial intelligence to generate simultaneously multimodal images to assess inflammation and predict outcomes in Ulcerative Colitis. Journal of Crohn s and Colitis. 19(Supplement_1). i1122–i1123. 1 indexed citations
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Sinonquel, Pieter, Tom Eelbode, Oliver Pech, et al.. (2024). Clinical consequences of computer-aided colorectal polyp detection. Gut. 73(12). 1974–1983. 5 indexed citations
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Santacroce, Giovanni, Irene Zammarchi, Rocío del Amor, et al.. (2024). Inflammation Detection Using Ensemble Endoscopic Multimodal Assessment in Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Lirias (KU Leuven). 1–4. 1 indexed citations
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Leclercq, Philippe, Raf Bisschops, Jacques Bergman, & Roos E. Pouw. (2024). Management of high risk T1 esophageal adenocarcinoma following endoscopic resection. Best Practice & Research Clinical Gastroenterology. 68. 101882–101882. 1 indexed citations
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Repici, Alessandro, Cesare Hassan, Tommy Rizkala, et al.. (2024). Magnetic Balloon-Assisted Colonoscopy in Patients with Prolonged Cecal Intubation Time: A Single-Arm European Multicenter Clinical Investigation. Endoscopy. 56(S 02). S50–S50.
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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
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Sinonquel, Pieter, Peter Bossuyt, Marietta Iacucci, et al.. (2024). The AI-based Red Density score is correlated with the established and new histological indices for ulcerative colitis in an independent cohort. Endoscopy. 56(S 02). S97–S98.
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Tate, David J., J. Anderson, Pradeep Bhandari, et al.. (2023). Curriculum for training in endoscopic mucosal resection in the colon: European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) Position Statement. Endoscopy. 55(7). 645–679. 7 indexed citations
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Libânio, Diogo, Pedro Pimentel‐Nunes, Barbara A.J. Bastiaansen, et al.. (2023). Endoscopic submucosal dissection techniques and technology: European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) Technical Review. Endoscopy. 55(4). 361–389. 76 indexed citations breakdown →
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Albéniz, Eduardo, James E. East, Nayantara Coelho‐Prabhu, et al.. (2022). Endoscopic management of patients with high-risk colorectal colitis–associated neoplasia: a Delphi study. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 97(4). 767–779.e6. 10 indexed citations
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Bossuyt, Peter, Hiroshi Nakase, Séverine Vermeire, et al.. (2020). Automatic, computer-aided determination of endoscopic and histological inflammation in patients with mild to moderate ulcerative colitis based on red density. Gut. 69(10). 1778–1786. 95 indexed citations
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Sinonquel, Pieter, Tom Eelbode, Cesare Hassan, et al.. (2020). Real-time unblinding for validation of a new CADe tool for colorectal polyp detection. Gut. 70(4). 641–643. 12 indexed citations
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Meulemans, Jeroen, et al.. (2020). The Value of Virtual Chromoendoscopy in the Workup of Patients with Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Current Oncology Reports. 22(12). 121–121. 1 indexed citations
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Eelbode, Tom, Jeroen Bertels, Maxim Berman, et al.. (2020). Optimization for Medical Image Segmentation: Theory and Practice When Evaluating With Dice Score or Jaccard Index. IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging. 39(11). 3679–3690. 250 indexed citations breakdown →
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Walter, Daisy, Maarten P. van den Berg, Meike M. Hirdes, et al.. (2018). Dilation or biodegradable stent placement for recurrent benign esophageal strictures: a randomized controlled trial. Endoscopy. 50(12). 1146–1155. 28 indexed citations

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