Steffen Franz

458 total citations
18 papers, 287 citations indexed

About

Steffen Franz is a scholar working on Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Rehabilitation and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Steffen Franz has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 287 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine, 10 papers in Rehabilitation and 4 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Steffen Franz's work include Spinal Cord Injury Research (14 papers), Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery (10 papers) and Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (4 papers). Steffen Franz is often cited by papers focused on Spinal Cord Injury Research (14 papers), Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery (10 papers) and Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (4 papers). Steffen Franz collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Switzerland. Steffen Franz's co-authors include Norbert Weidner, Christian Schuld, Rüdiger Rupp, Armin Blesch, Steven Kirshblum, R. Rupp, Cornelia Putz, Hubertus J. A. van Hedel, Rolf‐Detlef Treede and Kathrin Pfeifer and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Pain.

In The Last Decade

Steffen Franz

18 papers receiving 283 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Steffen Franz Germany 10 204 92 76 43 41 18 287
Jesús Benito-Penalva Spain 12 257 1.3× 140 1.5× 73 1.0× 78 1.8× 57 1.4× 20 421
Rochelle J. Deibert United States 7 268 1.3× 30 0.3× 97 1.3× 29 0.7× 108 2.6× 8 371
David Balser United States 8 218 1.1× 74 0.8× 274 3.6× 34 0.8× 46 1.1× 16 678
Tai Ryoon Han South Korea 10 63 0.3× 51 0.6× 69 0.9× 21 0.5× 56 1.4× 14 328
Camila R. Battistuzzo Australia 8 233 1.1× 46 0.5× 135 1.8× 47 1.1× 46 1.1× 11 293
Katarzyna Trok Sweden 9 212 1.0× 41 0.4× 55 0.7× 33 0.8× 101 2.5× 14 390
Greg Lovell Australia 11 84 0.4× 52 0.6× 211 2.8× 12 0.3× 38 0.9× 13 540
Mohan Radhakrishna Canada 8 204 1.0× 17 0.2× 177 2.3× 18 0.4× 34 0.8× 16 323
Dario Pfyffer Switzerland 10 180 0.9× 23 0.3× 99 1.3× 19 0.4× 46 1.1× 23 262
Elizabeth Ardolino United States 9 309 1.5× 143 1.6× 90 1.2× 189 4.4× 18 0.4× 14 372

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Fields of papers citing papers by Steffen Franz

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Steffen Franz

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All Works

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Jende, Johann M. E., Sabine Heiland, Rüdiger Rupp, et al.. (2024). Magnetic resonance neurography in spinal cord injury: Imaging findings and clinical significance. European Journal of Neurology. 31(4). e16198–e16198. 2 indexed citations
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Lobo-Prat, Joan, Steffen Franz, Norbert Weidner, et al.. (2023). Multicentric investigation on the safety, feasibility and usability of the ABLE lower-limb robotic exoskeleton for individuals with spinal cord injury: a framework towards the standardisation of clinical evaluations. Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation. 20(1). 45–45. 9 indexed citations
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Sliwinski, Christopher, Francisco J. Taberner, Lisa Weiss, et al.. (2023). Contribution of mechanoreceptors to spinal cord injury–induced mechanical allodynia. Pain. 165(6). 1336–1347. 3 indexed citations
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Franz, Steffen, Christian Schuld, Marcel Wolf, et al.. (2022). Lower Motoneuron Dysfunction Impacts Spontaneous Motor Recovery in Acute Cervical Spinal Cord Injury. Journal of Neurotrauma. 40(9-10). 862–875. 9 indexed citations
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Franz, Steffen, et al.. (2022). Impact of Heterotopic Ossification on Functional Recovery in Acute Spinal Cord Injury. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. 16. 842090–842090. 7 indexed citations
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Schuld, Christian, Steffen Franz, Jiří Kříž, et al.. (2021). Implementation of multilingual support of the European Multicenter Study about Spinal Cord Injury (EMSCI) ISNCSCI calculator. Spinal Cord. 60(1). 37–44. 3 indexed citations
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Schuld, Christian, et al.. (2021). Revisiting the Examination of Sharp/Dull Discrimination as Clinical Measure of Spinothalamic Tract Integrity. Frontiers in Neurology. 12. 677888–677888. 3 indexed citations
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Franz, Steffen, Barbara Schulz, Haili Wang, et al.. (2019). Management of pain in individuals with spinal cord injury: Guideline of the German-Speaking Medical Society for Spinal Cord Injury. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 17. Doc05–Doc05. 20 indexed citations
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Schneiders, Matthias, et al.. (2019). Differences in Characteristics of Error-Related Potentials Between Individuals With Spinal Cord Injury and Age- and Sex-Matched Able-Bodied Controls. Frontiers in Neurology. 9. 1192–1192. 9 indexed citations
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Franz, Steffen, Christian Schuld, Einar Wilder‐Smith, et al.. (2017). Spinal Cord Injury Pain Instrument and painDETECT questionnaire: Convergent construct validity in individuals with Spinal Cord Injury. European Journal of Pain. 21(10). 1642–1656. 13 indexed citations
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Schuld, Christian, et al.. (2016). International standards for neurological classification of spinal cord injury: impact of the revised worksheet (revision 02/13) on classification performance. Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine. 39(5). 504–512. 57 indexed citations
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Franz, Steffen, et al.. (2016). Motor levels in high cervical spinal cord injuries: Implications for the International Standards for Neurological Classification of Spinal Cord Injury. Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine. 39(5). 513–517. 8 indexed citations
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Franz, Steffen, Kathrin Pfeifer, Beatrice Sandner, et al.. (2014). Thoracic Rat Spinal Cord Contusion Injury Induces Remote Spinal Gliogenesis but Not Neurogenesis or Gliogenesis in the Brain. PLoS ONE. 9(7). e102896–e102896. 19 indexed citations
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Schuld, Christian, Steffen Franz, Hubertus J. A. van Hedel, et al.. (2014). International standards for neurological classification of spinal cord injury: classification skills of clinicians versus computational algorithms. Spinal Cord. 53(4). 324–331. 27 indexed citations
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Franz, Steffen, Norbert Weidner, & Armin Blesch. (2011). Gene therapy approaches to enhancing plasticity and regeneration after spinal cord injury. Experimental Neurology. 235(1). 62–69. 33 indexed citations
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Dersch, U., et al.. (2006). Manufacturing of the first EUV full-field scanner mask. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 6349. 63492G–63492G. 2 indexed citations

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