Ralf Köster

547 total papers · 2.6k total citations
25 papers, 997 citations indexed

About

Ralf Köster is a scholar working on Surgery, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Ralf Köster has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 997 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Surgery, 6 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 5 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Ralf Köster’s work include Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics (7 papers), Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (4 papers) and Nitric Oxide and Endothelin Effects (4 papers). Ralf Köster is often cited by papers focused on Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics (7 papers), Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (4 papers) and Nitric Oxide and Endothelin Effects (4 papers). Ralf Köster collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Netherlands and United States. Ralf Köster's co-authors include Thomas Meinertz, Jan Kähler, Stephan Baldus, Dieter Vieluf, Margret Kiehn, C Hamm, M. Sommerauer, Thomas Münzel, Martin Paul and Clemens Mittmann and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Circulation and Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ralf Köster

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

Ralf Köster

24 papers receiving 979 citations

Fields of papers citing papers by Ralf Köster

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Countries citing papers authored by Ralf Köster

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