Robert Mechera

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
44 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Robert Mechera is a scholar working on Surgery, Oncology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Mechera has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Surgery, 20 papers in Oncology and 9 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Robert Mechera's work include Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes (8 papers), Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments (6 papers) and Surgical site infection prevention (6 papers). Robert Mechera is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes (8 papers), Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments (6 papers) and Surgical site infection prevention (6 papers). Robert Mechera collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Australia and Chile. Robert Mechera's co-authors include Savas D. Soysal, William P. Weber, Simone Muenst, Bernd Bodenmiller, Hartland W. Jackson, Jana Fischer, Zsuzsanna Varga, Holger Moch, Vito Riccardo Tomaso Zanotelli and H. Raza Ali and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Robert Mechera

42 papers receiving 1.2k citations

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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.

The single-cell pathology landscape of breast cancer

2020 530 citations Hartland W. Jackson, Jana Fischer et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert Mechera Switzerland	17	460	430	345	236	205	44	1.2k
Daniel Sudilovsky United States	15	623 1.4×	698 1.6×	214 0.6×	178 0.8×	250 1.2×	32	1.6k
Vassiliki L. Tsikitis United States	23	743 1.6×	277 0.6×	534 1.5×	83 0.4×	241 1.2×	92	1.6k
Henrik Hellborg Sweden	18	667 1.4×	337 0.8×	156 0.5×	60 0.3×	355 1.7×	24	1.2k
Thomas J. Ow United States	23	695 1.5×	714 1.7×	654 1.9×	113 0.5×	395 1.9×	87	2.0k
Christian D. Fankhauser Switzerland	22	280 0.6×	452 1.1×	812 2.4×	96 0.4×	161 0.8×	141	2.0k
Dimitri Hadjiminas United Kingdom	20	336 0.7×	211 0.5×	478 1.4×	109 0.5×	512 2.5×	70	1.4k
Marguerite Stas Belgium	20	727 1.6×	745 1.7×	84 0.2×	447 1.9×	216 1.1×	50	1.6k
Haider Mahdi United States	22	509 1.1×	274 0.6×	387 1.1×	148 0.6×	189 0.9×	121	1.7k
Friedrich Stölzel Germany	22	409 0.9×	539 1.3×	132 0.4×	215 0.9×	215 1.0×	92	1.9k
Julie R. Lange United States	19	841 1.8×	601 1.4×	222 0.6×	192 0.8×	379 1.8×	42	1.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert Mechera

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Mechera, Robert, et al.. (2023). A Nod to the Nodes. Surgical Oncology Clinics of North America. 32(2). 383–398. 1 indexed citations

Ramser, Michaela, Robert Mechera, Savas D. Soysal, et al.. (2022). High ratio of pCXCR4/CXCR4 tumor infiltrating immune cells in primary high grade ovarian cancer is indicative for response to chemotherapy. BMC Cancer. 22(1). 376–376. 2 indexed citations

Mechera, Robert, Anthony Glover, Roderick Clifton‐Bligh, et al.. (2021). Focused parathyroidectomy without intraoperative parathyroid hormone measurement in primary hyperparathyroidism: Still a valid approach?. Surgery. 170(5). 1383–1388. 9 indexed citations

Jackson, Hartland W., Jana Fischer, Vito Riccardo Tomaso Zanotelli, et al.. (2020). The single-cell pathology landscape of breast cancer. Nature. 578(7796). 615–620. 530 indexed citations breakdown →

Zeindler, Jasmin, Mathilde Ritter, Jérémy Lévy, et al.. (2020). Impact of Oncoplastic Breast Surgery on Rate of Complications, Time to Adjuvant Treatment, and Risk of Recurrence. Breast Care. 16(5). 452–460. 16 indexed citations

Tosti, Nadia, Benjamin Weixler, Robert Mechera, et al.. (2020). Tumor Infiltration by OX40+ Cells Enhances the Prognostic Significance of CD16+ Cell Infiltration in Colorectal Cancer. Cancer Control. 27(1). 1148338647–1148338647. 4 indexed citations

Muraro, Manuele Giuseppe, Christian Hirt, Valentina Mele, et al.. (2019). Maintenance of Primary Human Colorectal Cancer Microenvironment Using a Perfusion Bioreactor‐Based 3D Culture System. Advanced Biosystems. 3(4). e1800300–e1800300. 28 indexed citations

Zeindler, Jasmin, Raoul A. Droeser, Silvio Däster, et al.. (2019). Infiltration by myeloperoxidase-positive neutrophils is an independent prognostic factor in breast cancer. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. 177(3). 581–589. 41 indexed citations

Mechera, Robert, Savas D. Soysal, Simone Muenst, et al.. (2019). High density of CD66b in primary high-grade ovarian cancer independently predicts response to chemotherapy. Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology. 146(1). 127–136. 23 indexed citations

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Mujagić, Edin, Henry Hoffmann, Savas D. Soysal, et al.. (2019). Teaching in the operating room: A risk for surgical site infections?. The American Journal of Surgery. 220(2). 322–327. 2 indexed citations

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Mechera, Robert, Savas D. Soysal, Salvatore Piscuoglio, et al.. (2019). Expression of RET is associated with Oestrogen receptor expression but lacks prognostic significance in breast cancer. BMC Cancer. 19(1). 41–41. 20 indexed citations

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Zeindler, Jasmin, Savas D. Soysal, Salvatore Piscuoglio, et al.. (2019). Nectin-4 Expression Is an Independent Prognostic Biomarker and Associated With Better Survival in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer. Frontiers in Medicine. 6. 200–200. 36 indexed citations

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Strauß, M., Walter R. Marti, Edin Mujagić, et al.. (2019). The impact of surgical site infections on hospital contribution margin—a European prospective observational cohort study. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 40(12). 1374–1379. 5 indexed citations

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Strauß, M., Jasmin Zeindler, Christian A. Nebiker, et al.. (2018). High-resolution standardization reduces delay due to workflow disruptions in laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Surgical Endoscopy. 32(12). 4763–4771. 7 indexed citations

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Ramser, Michaela, Silvio Däster, Benjamin Weixler, et al.. (2018). High OX40 expression in recurrent ovarian carcinoma is indicative for response to repeated chemotherapy. BMC Cancer. 18(1). 425–425. 27 indexed citations

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Mujagić, Edin, Walter R. Marti, Michael Coslovsky, et al.. (2017). The role of preoperative blood parameters to predict the risk of surgical site infection. The American Journal of Surgery. 215(4). 651–657. 17 indexed citations

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Mechera, Robert, Tibor Schuster, Robert Rosenberg, & Benjamin Speich. (2016). Lymph node yield after rectal resection in patients treated with neoadjuvant radiation for rectal cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis. European Journal of Cancer. 72. 84–94. 66 indexed citations

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Nebiker, Christian A., Robert Mechera, Rachel Rosenthal, et al.. (2015). Residents' performance in open versus laparoscopic bench-model cholecystectomy in a hands-on surgical course. International Journal of Surgery. 19. 15–21. 12 indexed citations

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Strauß, M., Salome Dell‐Kuster, Robert Mechera, Rachel Rosenthal, & I. Langer. (2012). The cost of surgical training: analysis of operative time for laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Surgical Endoscopy. 26(9). 2579–2586. 32 indexed citations

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Mechera, Robert, Carsten T. Viehl, & Daniel Oertli. (2008). Factors predicting in-breast tumor recurrence after breast-conserving surgery. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. 116(1). 171–177. 29 indexed citations

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