Rainer Kunstfeld

4.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
55 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Rainer Kunstfeld is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Dermatology. According to data from OpenAlex, Rainer Kunstfeld has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Molecular Biology, 26 papers in Oncology and 16 papers in Dermatology. Recurrent topics in Rainer Kunstfeld's work include Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Studies (14 papers), Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer Studies (11 papers) and Cancer and Skin Lesions (10 papers). Rainer Kunstfeld is often cited by papers focused on Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Studies (14 papers), Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer Studies (11 papers) and Cancer and Skin Lesions (10 papers). Rainer Kunstfeld collaborates with scholars based in Austria, United States and Switzerland. Rainer Kunstfeld's co-authors include Michael Detmar, Satoshi Hirakawa, Lawrence F. Brown, Kentaro Kajiya, Shohta Kodama, Peter Petzelbauer, Young‐Kwon Hong, Peter Böhlen, Bernhard Lange‐Asschenfeldt and Paula Velasco and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Experimental Medicine, Journal of Clinical Oncology and Blood.

In The Last Decade

Rainer Kunstfeld

54 papers receiving 2.8k 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.

VEGF-A induces tumor and sentinel lymph node lymphangiogenesis and promotes lymphatic metastasis

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rainer Kunstfeld Austria	24	1.5k	1.5k	515	452	414	55	2.9k
Maija Kiuru United States	26	1.6k 1.1×	629 0.4×	387 0.8×	218 0.5×	414 1.0×	90	3.1k
Tracy Tabib United States	26	1.4k 0.9×	1.1k 0.7×	323 0.6×	299 0.7×	270 0.7×	55	3.8k
Vivien Schacht Germany	19	1.1k 0.7×	2.1k 1.5×	249 0.5×	91 0.2×	809 2.0×	30	3.3k
Ming Guan China	37	2.0k 1.3×	529 0.4×	200 0.4×	349 0.8×	256 0.6×	189	4.0k
Atsushi Tanemura Japan	25	838 0.6×	918 0.6×	456 0.9×	160 0.4×	127 0.3×	102	2.6k
G. Scott Herron United States	23	984 0.6×	427 0.3×	1.3k 2.5×	182 0.4×	504 1.2×	34	3.4k
José Cameselle‐Teijeiro Spain	39	1.6k 1.1×	1.6k 1.1×	120 0.2×	312 0.7×	638 1.5×	143	4.3k
Daniel Wu United States	21	1.1k 0.7×	767 0.5×	201 0.4×	182 0.4×	91 0.2×	37	2.3k
Stephen E. Gould United States	26	4.0k 2.6×	1.8k 1.2×	202 0.4×	298 0.7×	290 0.7×	48	5.3k
Margareta M. Mueller Germany	31	1.8k 1.2×	1.7k 1.2×	133 0.3×	194 0.4×	254 0.6×	48	4.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rainer Kunstfeld

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All Works

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Mirzaei, Siroos & Rainer Kunstfeld. (2024). High-Dose Epidermal Radionuclide Therapy with 188Re (Rhenium) Resin in a Patient with Multiple Actinic Keratoses. World Journal of Nuclear Medicine. 23(4). 285–287. 1 indexed citations

Pellacani, Giovanni, Tobias Schlesinger, Neal Bhatia, et al.. (2023). Efficacy and safety of tirbanibulin 1% ointment in actinic keratoses: Data from two phase‐III trials and the real‐life clinical practice presented at the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology Congress 2022. Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology. 38(S1). 3–15. 5 indexed citations

Paulitschke, Verena, Walter Berger, Bernhard Knapp, et al.. (2015). Vemurafenib Resistance Signature by Proteome Analysis Offers New Strategies and Rational Therapeutic Concepts. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 14(3). 757–768. 25 indexed citations

Basset‐Séguin, Nicole, Axel Hauschild, Jean‐Jacques Grob, et al.. (2015). Vismodegib in patients with advanced basal cell carcinoma (STEVIE): a pre-planned interim analysis of an international, open-label trial. The Lancet Oncology. 16(6). 729–736. 170 indexed citations

Kunstfeld, Rainer, et al.. (2014). Prognostic significance of lymph node ratio in patients with Merkel cell carcinoma. European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology. 272(7). 1777–1783. 5 indexed citations

Kunstfeld, Rainer. (2014). Smoothened inhibitors in the treatment of advanced basal cell carcinomas. Current Opinion in Oncology. 26(2). 184–195. 6 indexed citations

Kunstfeld, Rainer, et al.. (2014). Management of Merkel cell carcinoma of unknown primary origin: the Vienna Medical School experience. European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology. 272(2). 425–429. 15 indexed citations

Paulitschke, Verena, Constanze Jonak, Peter Petzelbauer, et al.. (2012). Proteome Analysis Identified the PPARγ Ligand 15d-PGJ2 as a Novel Drug Inhibiting Melanoma Progression and Interfering with Tumor-Stroma Interaction. PLoS ONE. 7(9). e46103–e46103. 23 indexed citations

Schindler, Katja, Rainer Kunstfeld, Hubert Pehamberger, et al.. (2012). A rare case of primary rhabdoid melanoma of the urinary bladder treated with ipilimumab, an anti-CTLA 4 monoclonal antibody. Melanoma Research. 22(4). 320–325. 12 indexed citations

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Cueni, Leah N., Ivan Hegyi, Jay W. Shin, et al.. (2010). Tumor Lymphangiogenesis and Metastasis to Lymph Nodes Induced by Cancer Cell Expression of Podoplanin. American Journal Of Pathology. 177(2). 1004–1016. 103 indexed citations

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Loewe, Robert, Teresa Valero, Barbara Pratscher, et al.. (2006). Dimethylfumarate Impairs Melanoma Growth and Metastasis. Cancer Research. 66(24). 11888–11896. 98 indexed citations

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Kunstfeld, Rainer, Uwe Michaelis, Michael Teifel, et al.. (2003). Paclitaxel Encapsulated in Cationic Liposomes Diminishes Tumor Angiogenesis and Melanoma Growth in a “Humanized” SCID Mouse Model. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 120(3). 476–482. 112 indexed citations

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Noh, Yun‐Hee, Kant Matsuda, Young‐Kwon Hong, et al.. (2003). An N-Terminal 80 kDa Recombinant Fragment of Human Thrombospondin-2 Inhibits Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Induced Endothelial Cell Migration In Vitro and Tumor Growth and Angiogenesis In Vivo. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 121(6). 1536–1543. 38 indexed citations

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Kunstfeld, Rainer. (2003). Successful Treatment of Vulvar Lichen Sclerosus With Topical Tacrolimus. Archives of Dermatology. 139(7). 850–850. 36 indexed citations

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Valencak, Julia, Susana Ortiz‐Urda, Elisabeth Heere‐Ress, Rainer Kunstfeld, & Wolfgang Base. (2003). Carbamazepine‐induced DRESS syndrome with recurrent fever and exanthema. International Journal of Dermatology. 43(1). 51–54. 17 indexed citations

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Brodowicz, Thomas, Daniela Kandioler, Christian Ludwig, et al.. (2001). Anti-Her-2/neu antibody induces apoptosis in Her-2/neu overexpressing breast cancer cells independently from p53 status. British Journal of Cancer. 85(11). 1764–1770. 19 indexed citations

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Kunstfeld, Rainer & Peter Petzelbauer. (2001). A unique case of a benign disseminated angioproliferation combining features of Kaposi's sarcoma and diffuse dermal angioendotheliomatosis. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. 45(4). 601–605. 7 indexed citations

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Kunstfeld, Rainer, et al.. (2001). The Prefabricated Scapula Flap Consists of Syngeneic Bone, Connective Tissue, and a Self-Assembled Epithelial Coating. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery. 108(7). 1908–1914. 8 indexed citations

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Kunstfeld, Rainer, Sonja Lechleitner, Marion Gröger, Klaus Wolff, & Peter Petzelbauer. (1997). HECA-452+ T Cells Migrate Through Superficial Vascular Plexus but Not Through Deep Vascular Plexus Endothelium. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 108(3). 343–348. 26 indexed citations

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Petzelbauer, Peter, et al.. (1996). Human Delayed-Type Hypersensitivity Reaction in a SCID Mouse Engrafted with Human T Cells and Autologous Skin. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 107(4). 576–581. 28 indexed citations

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