Rainer Burgkart

8.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
255 papers, 6.1k citations indexed

About

Rainer Burgkart is a scholar working on Surgery, Biomedical Engineering and Rheumatology. According to data from OpenAlex, Rainer Burgkart has authored 255 papers receiving a total of 6.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 153 papers in Surgery, 70 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 43 papers in Rheumatology. Recurrent topics in Rainer Burgkart's work include Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes (45 papers), Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty (43 papers) and Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques (36 papers). Rainer Burgkart is often cited by papers focused on Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes (45 papers), Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty (43 papers) and Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques (36 papers). Rainer Burgkart collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Switzerland. Rainer Burgkart's co-authors include John Tedrow, Farshid Guilak, F. Eckstein, Rüdiger von Eisenhart‐Rothe, Karl‐Hans Englmeier, Maximilian F. Reiser, Hans Gollwitzer, Andreas Büttner, Christian Gläser and Andreas Obermeier and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Materials, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Rainer Burgkart

243 papers receiving 6.0k 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.

  1. The microstructure and micromechanics of the tendon–bone insertion
    2017 272 citations Lara Kuntz, Rainer Burgkart et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Rainer Burgkart Germany 42 3.2k 1.7k 1.2k 948 565 255 6.1k
Jeffrey C. Lotz United States 63 5.1k 1.6× 2.5k 1.4× 1.2k 1.0× 1.7k 1.7× 931 1.6× 239 11.0k
Tomoyuki Saito Japan 45 4.8k 1.5× 969 0.6× 1.5k 1.3× 769 0.8× 1.1k 1.9× 285 7.7k
Matthias Schieker Germany 44 2.2k 0.7× 1.9k 1.1× 586 0.5× 1.4k 1.5× 1.1k 2.0× 147 6.0k
Dan L. Bader United Kingdom 56 2.9k 0.9× 2.1k 1.2× 2.2k 1.9× 1.8k 1.9× 738 1.3× 245 9.3k
Christoph H. Lohmann Germany 43 3.7k 1.1× 2.7k 1.6× 952 0.8× 609 0.6× 957 1.7× 192 7.2k
Dawn M. Elliott United States 62 5.1k 1.6× 3.8k 2.2× 1.2k 1.1× 2.2k 2.3× 412 0.7× 202 11.0k
Ray Vanderby United States 43 3.3k 1.0× 1.5k 0.9× 340 0.3× 2.4k 2.5× 492 0.9× 220 6.2k
Hiromu Ito Japan 48 2.7k 0.8× 955 0.5× 2.2k 1.9× 399 0.4× 1.7k 3.0× 272 8.3k
Ross Crawford Australia 54 4.0k 1.3× 2.7k 1.6× 2.3k 1.9× 528 0.6× 2.0k 3.5× 358 9.6k
Joseph M. Mansour United States 33 1.6k 0.5× 1.4k 0.8× 1.8k 1.6× 423 0.4× 250 0.4× 101 5.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Rainer Burgkart

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Fields of papers citing papers by Rainer Burgkart

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rainer Burgkart

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

All Works

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Burgkart, Rainer. (2025). Tendon-bone interface - Nature´s solution for a hard-soft-interface. Annals of Anatomy - Anatomischer Anzeiger. 265. 152769–152769.
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Hinterwimmer, Florian, et al.. (2024). The Use of Artificial Intelligence and Wearable Inertial Measurement Units in Medicine: Systematic Review. JMIR mhealth and uhealth. 13. e60521–e60521. 2 indexed citations
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Hinterwimmer, Florian, et al.. (2022). Applications of machine learning for imaging-driven diagnosis of musculoskeletal malignancies—a scoping review. European Radiology. 32(10). 7173–7184. 12 indexed citations
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Schacky, Claudio E. von, Yannik Leonhardt, Felix G. Gassert, et al.. (2021). Multitask Deep Learning for Segmentation and Classification of Primary Bone Tumors on Radiographs. Radiology. 301(2). 398–406. 77 indexed citations
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Foehr, Peter, Jochen Weitz, Constantin von Deimling, et al.. (2021). Improving mandibular reconstruction by using topology optimization, patient specific design and additive manufacturing?—A biomechanical comparison against miniplates on human specimen. PLoS ONE. 16(6). e0253002–e0253002. 18 indexed citations
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Huber, René, et al.. (2021). In Vitro Cartilage Regeneration with a Three-Dimensional Polyglycolic Acid (PGA) Implant in a Bovine Cartilage Punch Model. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(21). 11769–11769. 3 indexed citations
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Banke, In go J., Peter Michael Prodinger, Jutta Tübel, et al.. (2020). Antimicrobial peptides in human synovial membrane as (low-grade) periprosthetic joint infection biomarkers. European journal of medical research. 25(1). 33–33. 7 indexed citations
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Knebel, Carolin, Florian Pohlig, Peter Herschbach, et al.. (2020). Peri-Prosthetic Joint Infection of the Knee Causes High Levels of Psychosocial Distress: A Prospective Cohort Study. Surgical Infections. 21(10). 877–883. 48 indexed citations
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Reuther, Anne U., et al.. (2020). Thickness of the Stifle Joint Articular Cartilage in Different Large Animal Models of Cartilage Repair and Regeneration. Cartilage. 13(2_suppl). 438S–452S. 13 indexed citations
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Theruvath, Ashok J., Hossein Nejadnik, Olga D. Lenkov, et al.. (2019). Tracking Stem Cell Implants in Cartilage Defects of Minipigs by Using Ferumoxytol-enhanced MRI. Radiology. 292(1). 129–137. 31 indexed citations
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Foehr, Peter, et al.. (2018). In VitroAnalysis of Cartilage Regeneration Using a Collagen Type I Hydrogel (CaReS) in the Bovine Cartilage Punch Model. Cartilage. 10(3). 346–363. 18 indexed citations
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Eggert, Sebastian, Peter Foehr, Lara Kuntz, et al.. (2017). Image-Based Histological Evaluation of Scaffold-Free 3D Osteoblast Cultures. Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology. 2(4). 42–42. 2 indexed citations
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Eichhorn, Stefan, E. Steinhäuser, Hans Gollwitzer, et al.. (2014). Ceramic Macrostructured Acetabular Liner Integratingdirectly into Bone: Implant Design, Manufacturing, and In vitro Investigations. Journal of Medical and Biological Engineering. 34(1). 76–81. 2 indexed citations
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Burgkart, Rainer, Peter Michael Prodinger, Mihaela Culmes, et al.. (2013). Decellularized Kidney Matrix for Perfused Bone Engineering. Tissue Engineering Part C Methods. 20(7). 553–561. 36 indexed citations
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Riener, Robert, et al.. (2005). Elastic properties of an intact and ACL-ruptured knee joint: Measurement, mathematical modelling, and haptic rendering. Journal of Biomechanics. 39(8). 1371–1382. 8 indexed citations
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Sielhorst, Tobias, et al.. (2004). An Augmented Reality Delivery Simulator for Medical Training. 339. b3403–b3403. 49 indexed citations
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Gläser, Christian, et al.. (2003). Femoro‐tibial cartilage metrics from coronal MR image data: Technique, test–retest reproducibility, and findings in osteoarthritis. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. 50(6). 1229–1236. 60 indexed citations

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