Ralf Bender

12.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
119 papers, 8.3k citations indexed

About

Ralf Bender is a scholar working on Statistics and Probability, Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Ralf Bender has authored 119 papers receiving a total of 8.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Statistics and Probability, 28 papers in Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty and 25 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Ralf Bender's work include Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials (33 papers), Meta-analysis and systematic reviews (27 papers) and Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (23 papers). Ralf Bender is often cited by papers focused on Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials (33 papers), Meta-analysis and systematic reviews (27 papers) and Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (23 papers). Ralf Bender collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and United States. Ralf Bender's co-authors include Stefan Lange, Ulrich Grouven, Maria Blettner, Thomas Augustin, Oliver Kuß, Michael Berger, Areti Angeliki Veroniki, Guido Knapp, Georgia Salanti and Julian P. T. Higgins and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, Diabetes Care and American Journal of Epidemiology.

In The Last Decade

Ralf Bender

116 papers receiving 8.0k 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.

Adjusting for multiple testing—when and how?

2001 2.2k citations Ralf Bender, Stefan Lange Journal of Clinical Epidemiology profile →
Methods to estimate the between‐study variance and its uncertainty in meta‐analysis

2015 1.0k citations Areti Angeliki Veroniki, Ralf Bender et al. Research Synthesis Methods profile →
Generating survival times to simulate Cox proportional hazards models

2005 548 citations Ralf Bender, Maria Blettner et al. Statistics in Medicine profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Exploring the characteristics, methods and reporting of systematic reviews with meta-analyses of time-to-event outcomes: a meta-epidemiological study 2024 ·BMC Medical Research Methodology ·(unknown), (unknown), Claire Iannizzi, (unknown), Ralf Bender, Elvira C van Dalen, Lars G. Hemkens, Ina Monsef, Nina Kreuzberger, Nicole Skoetz	0
2	Bayesian random‐effects meta‐analysis with empirical heterogeneity priors for application in health technology assessment with very few studies 2023 ·Research Synthesis Methods ·(unknown), Sibylle Sturtz, Christoph Schürmann, (unknown), Christian Röver, Tim Friede, Ralf Bender	2
3	Summarizing empirical information on between‐study heterogeneity for Bayesian random‐effects meta‐analysis 2023 ·Statistics in Medicine ·Christian Röver, Sibylle Sturtz, (unknown), Ralf Bender, Tim Friede	7
4	Performance of several types of beta-binomial models in comparison to standard approaches for meta-analyses with very few studies 2022 ·BMC Medical Research Methodology ·Moritz Felsch, Lars Beckmann, Ralf Bender, Oliver Kuß, Guido Skipka, Tim Mathes	8
5	GRADE Guidelines: 29. Rating the certainty in time-to-event outcomes—Study limitations due to censoring of participants with missing data in intervention studies 2020 ·Journal of Clinical Epidemiology ·(unknown), Ralf Bender, Elie A. Akl, Elvira C van Dalen, Sarah J Nevitt, Reem A. Mustafa, Gordon Guyatt, Marialena Trivella, Benjamin Djulbegović, Holger J. Schünemann, Michela Cinquini, Nina Kreuzberger, Nicole Skoetz	9
6	The number needed to treat in pairwise and network meta-analysis and its graphical representation 2019 ·Journal of Clinical Epidemiology ·Areti Angeliki Veroniki, Ralf Bender, Paul Glasziou, Sharon E. Straus, Andrea C. Tricco	36
7	Methods for evidence synthesis in the case of very few studies 2018 ·Research Synthesis Methods ·Ralf Bender, Tim Friede, Armin Koch, Oliver Kuß, Peter Schlattmann, Guido Schwarzer, Guido Skipka	154
8	Indirect Comparisons and Network Meta-Analyses 2015 ·Deutsches Ärzteblatt international ·(unknown), Sibylle Sturtz, Ralf Bender	72
9	Introduction to the Use of Regression Models in Epidemiology 2008 ·Methods in molecular biology ·Ralf Bender	58
10	Der Kappa-Koeffizient 2007 ·DMW - Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift ·Ulrich Grouven, Ralf Bender, Andreas Ziegler, (unknown)	64
11	Überlebenszeitanalyse: Die Cox-Regression 2007 ·DMW - Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift ·Andreas Ziegler, S Lange, Ralf Bender	21
12	Wichtige epidemiologische Studientypen 2007 ·DMW - Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift ·Stefanie J. Klug, Ralf Bender, Maria Blettner, S Lange	9
13	Was ist derp-Wert? 2007 ·DMW - Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift ·Ralf Bender, Stefan Lange	6
14	Variabilitätsmaße 2007 ·DMW - Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift ·Stefan Lange, Ralf Bender	4
15	Predictors of Adherence to the Use of Hip Protectors in Nursing Home Residents 2004 ·Journal of the American Geriatrics Society ·(unknown), Gabriele Meyer, Ralf Bender, Ingrid Mühlhauser	33
16	Breastfeeding promotion in non-UNICEF-certified hospitals and long-term breastfeeding success in Germany 2003 ·Acta Paediatrica ·Madeleine Dulon, Mathilde Kersting, Ralf Bender	11
17	Non‐linear effects of blood pressure and glycosylated haemoglobin on progression of diabetic nephropathy 2000 ·Journal of Internal Medicine ·P. T. Sawicki, Ralf Bender, Michael Berger, Ingrid Mühlhauser	8
18	Prognosis of persons with type 1 diabetes on intensified insulin therapy in relation to nephropathy 2000 ·Journal of Internal Medicine ·Ingrid Mühlhauser, P. T. Sawicki, Melanie Blank, H. Overmann, Ralf Bender, Michael Berger	19
19	Risk factors of severe hypoglycaemia in adult patients with Type I diabetes - a prospective population based study 1998 ·Diabetologia ·Ingrid Mühlhauser, H. Overmann, Ralf Bender, U. Bott, Michael Berger	87
20	Comparative dose-related time-action profiles of glibenclamide and a new non-sulphonylurea drug, AG-EE 623 ZW, during euglycaemic clamp in healthy subjects 1994 ·Diabetologia ·Francisco Javier Ampudia‐Blasco, Lutz Heinemann, Ralf Bender, (unknown), Tim Heise, Michael Berger, A. Starke	15

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