Rainer Claus

7.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
132 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Rainer Claus is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Hematology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Rainer Claus has authored 132 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 60 papers in Molecular Biology, 41 papers in Hematology and 35 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Rainer Claus's work include Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (38 papers), Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research (36 papers) and Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research (21 papers). Rainer Claus is often cited by papers focused on Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (38 papers), Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research (36 papers) and Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research (21 papers). Rainer Claus collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Netherlands. Rainer Claus's co-authors include Christoph Plass, Michael Lübbert, Constance Baer, Peter Lichter, Olga Bogatyrova, Bruno Märkl, Tina Schaller, Klaus Hirschbühl, Martin Trepel and Anders M. Lindroth and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, Journal of Clinical Investigation and Journal of Clinical Oncology.

In The Last Decade

Rainer Claus

119 papers receiving 4.1k 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.

Postmortem Examination of Patients With COVID-19

2020 375 citations Tina Schaller, Klaus Hirschbühl et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rainer Claus Germany	32	2.6k	989	926	614	534	132	4.1k
Stephanie Halene United States	27	2.0k 0.8×	402 0.4×	662 0.7×	699 1.1×	326 0.6×	111	3.8k
Shuki Mizutani Japan	41	2.4k 1.0×	583 0.6×	1.2k 1.3×	1.4k 2.3×	505 0.9×	189	5.5k
Shai Izraeli Israel	42	2.6k 1.0×	972 1.0×	1.7k 1.8×	885 1.4×	421 0.8×	176	5.7k
William F. C. Rigby United States	39	1.9k 0.8×	351 0.4×	872 0.9×	577 0.9×	587 1.1×	102	5.2k
Dominique Vidaud France	42	2.2k 0.9×	972 1.0×	496 0.5×	708 1.2×	466 0.9×	126	5.8k
David B. Sykes United States	30	1.7k 0.7×	467 0.5×	599 0.6×	649 1.1×	246 0.5×	118	3.5k
Irma Dianzani Italy	35	3.4k 1.3×	690 0.7×	390 0.4×	521 0.8×	302 0.6×	142	5.0k
Kirsten Grønbæk Denmark	42	3.1k 1.2×	1.4k 1.4×	1.0k 1.1×	1.4k 2.3×	914 1.7×	191	5.9k
Reinhold Munker United States	31	1.4k 0.5×	599 0.6×	1.2k 1.2×	767 1.2×	353 0.7×	119	3.7k
Michael Boyiadzis United States	29	2.1k 0.8×	1.1k 1.1×	903 1.0×	1.2k 1.9×	434 0.8×	102	4.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Rainer Claus

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rainer Claus

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20 of 20 papers shown

Claus, Rainer, et al.. (2026). Gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms in children and adults: a comparative review. Frontiers in Endocrinology. 16. 1736543–1736543.

Claus, Rainer, et al.. (2025). CCK₂Receptor Ligand [⁶⁸Ga]Ga-DOTA-CCK-66 PET/CT Outperforms [⁶⁸Ga]Ga-DOTATOC PET/CT in a Patient with Small Cell Lung Cancer. Journal of Nuclear Medicine. 66(4). 662–662.

Kuhlen, Michaela, et al.. (2025). Current insights and future directions in systemic therapies for gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms (GEP-NENs) in children and adolescents: a critical review of advancements and challenges. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6. 100318–100318. 1 indexed citations

Dintner, Sebastian, Friederike Liesche‐Starnecker, Tina Schaller, et al.. (2025). Comprehensive Characterization via Molecular Imaging, Longitudinal Multisite Sampling, and Autoptic Work-up in Advanced Small Cell Lung Cancer Undergoing SSTR-Directed Radiopharmaceutical Therapy. Journal of Nuclear Medicine. 66(2). 245–249.

Kuhlen, Michaela, Marina Kunstreich, Michael Abele, et al.. (2025). Invisible origins: paediatric neuroendocrine neoplasms of unknown primary site in the MET registry and SEER database. 4. 100026–100026. 2 indexed citations

Kuhlen, Michaela, Tina Schaller, Sebastian Dintner, et al.. (2024). Double Heterozygous Pathogenic Variants in TP53 and CHEK2 in Boy with Undifferentiated Embryonal Sarcoma of the Liver. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(21). 11489–11489. 1 indexed citations

Schweizer, Lisa, Tina Schaller, Maximilian Zwiebel, et al.. (2023). Quantitative multiorgan proteomics of fatal COVID‐19 uncovers tissue‐specific effects beyond inflammation. EMBO Molecular Medicine. 15(9). e17459–e17459. 13 indexed citations

Kuhlen, Michaela, Marina Kunstreich, Stefan A. Wudy, et al.. (2023). Refractory and relapsed paediatric ACC in the MET studies – A challenging situation necessitating novel diagnostic and therapeutic concepts. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1. 100015–100015. 2 indexed citations

Paschold, Lisa, Thomas Weber, Richard Brill, et al.. (2023). No association of malignant B‐cell non‐Hodgkin lymphomas with ipsilateral SARS‐CoV‐2 vaccination. Cancer Medicine. 12(8). 9313–9321. 1 indexed citations

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Hirschbühl, Klaus, Sebastian Dintner, Martin Beer, et al.. (2021). Viral mapping in COVID-19 deceased in the Augsburg autopsy series of the first wave: A multiorgan and multimethodological approach. PLoS ONE. 16(7). e0254872–e0254872. 16 indexed citations

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Schiele, Stefan, Rainer Claus, Christoph Römmele, et al.. (2021). Impact of age and gender on lymphocyte subset counts in patients with COVID‐19. Cytometry Part A. 103(2). 127–135. 14 indexed citations

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Grosser, Bianca, Tina Schaller, Klaus Hirschbühl, et al.. (2021). Impaired Dendritic Cell Homing in COVID-19. Frontiers in Medicine. 8. 761372–761372. 9 indexed citations

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Rothenberg‐Thurley, Maja, Katarzyna Szarc vel Szic, Alexandra Nieters, et al.. (2017). Progression of Mds to Aml Features Gain of Single Driver Mutations with Consequent Changes in Clonal Composition and Occurrence of Multiple Clones with Mutations in Identical Genes. Haematologica.

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Oakes, Christopher C., Rainer Claus, Lei Gu, et al.. (2013). Evolution of DNA Methylation Is Linked to Genetic Aberrations in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia. Cancer Discovery. 4(3). 348–361. 110 indexed citations

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Claus, Rainer, Oliver Mücke, Kristin Rentzsch, et al.. (2013). Promoter DNA methylation regulates progranulin expression and is altered in FTLD. Acta Neuropathologica Communications. 1(1). 16–16. 35 indexed citations

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Baer, Constance, Rainer Claus, Lukas P. Frenzel, et al.. (2012). Extensive Promoter DNA Hypermethylation and Hypomethylation Is Associated with Aberrant MicroRNA Expression in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia. Cancer Research. 72(15). 3775–3785. 109 indexed citations

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Konermann, Carolin, Sebastian Aulmann, Justo Lorenzo Bermejo, et al.. (2012). Genome‐wide methylation screen in low‐grade breast cancer identifies novel epigenetically altered genes as potential biomarkers for tumor diagnosis. The FASEB Journal. 26(12). 4937–4950. 77 indexed citations

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Arab, Khelifa, Laura T. Smith, Andreas Gast, et al.. (2011). Epigenetic deregulation of TCF21 inhibits metastasis suppressor KISS1 in metastatic melanoma. Carcinogenesis. 32(10). 1467–1473. 56 indexed citations

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Hackanson, Björn, Kristi L. Bennett, Romulo Martin Brena, et al.. (2008). Epigenetic Modification of CCAAT/Enhancer Binding Protein α Expression in Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Cancer Research. 68(9). 3142–3151. 114 indexed citations

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Bennett, Kristi L., Rainer Claus, Khelifa Arab, et al.. (2008). Frequently Methylated Tumor Suppressor Genes in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Cancer Research. 68(12). 4494–4499. 114 indexed citations

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