Steffen Leonhardt

14.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
579 papers, 9.9k citations indexed

About

Steffen Leonhardt is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Surgery and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Steffen Leonhardt has authored 579 papers receiving a total of 9.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 320 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 180 papers in Surgery and 139 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Steffen Leonhardt's work include Non-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring (181 papers), Hemodynamic Monitoring and Therapy (117 papers) and Electrical and Bioimpedance Tomography (116 papers). Steffen Leonhardt is often cited by papers focused on Non-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring (181 papers), Hemodynamic Monitoring and Therapy (117 papers) and Electrical and Bioimpedance Tomography (116 papers). Steffen Leonhardt collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Netherlands. Steffen Leonhardt's co-authors include Marian Walter, Christoph Brüser, Christoph Hoog Antink, Jörg Eschweiler, Paweł Maciejasz, Daniel Teichmann, Berno J.E. Misgeld, Vladimír Blažek, Tobias Wartzek and Benjamin Eilebrecht and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Steffen Leonhardt

558 papers receiving 9.7k citations

Hit Papers

A survey on robotic devices for upper limb rehabilitation 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 2016 250 500 750
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. A survey on robotic devices for upper limb rehabilitation
    2014 833 citations Steffen Leonhardt et al. profile →
  2. Chest electrical impedance tomography examination, data analysis, terminology, clinical use and recommendations: consensus statement of the TRanslational EIT developmeNt stuDy group
    2016 615 citations Steffen Leonhardt et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Steffen Leonhardt Germany 46 5.7k 2.4k 2.4k 2.0k 1.7k 579 9.9k
Emiliano Schena Italy 50 5.2k 0.9× 823 0.3× 1.3k 0.6× 2.8k 1.4× 1.1k 0.6× 434 9.2k
Nigel H. Lovell Australia 60 7.8k 1.4× 2.6k 1.1× 1.9k 0.8× 3.7k 1.8× 470 0.3× 635 16.5k
A. Pedotti Italy 54 3.3k 0.6× 2.9k 1.2× 1.4k 0.6× 173 0.1× 2.8k 1.6× 229 10.5k
Joshua Richman United States 44 1.8k 0.3× 4.6k 1.9× 2.5k 1.0× 346 0.2× 978 0.6× 217 13.4k
L. A. Geddes United States 45 3.1k 0.5× 3.0k 1.2× 3.2k 1.3× 1.2k 0.6× 545 0.3× 338 9.4k
T. Tamura Japan 45 3.0k 0.5× 1.9k 0.8× 1.1k 0.4× 414 0.2× 288 0.2× 362 7.5k
John G. Webster United States 59 7.4k 1.3× 2.8k 1.2× 1.1k 0.5× 3.9k 1.9× 686 0.4× 300 13.8k
Martin Wolf Switzerland 50 4.3k 0.8× 1.5k 0.6× 975 0.4× 501 0.2× 793 0.5× 286 10.0k
J. Randall Moorman United States 49 2.6k 0.5× 5.2k 2.2× 1.3k 0.6× 381 0.2× 1.6k 0.9× 165 13.8k
Omer T. Inan United States 40 4.9k 0.9× 4.0k 1.7× 2.2k 0.9× 457 0.2× 740 0.4× 296 7.0k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

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Leonhardt, Steffen, et al.. (2025). Pump‐Induced Hemolysis of Speed Modulated Axial‐Flow Left Ventricular Assist Devices. Artificial Organs. 49(6). 988–996.
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Spicher, Nicolai, et al.. (2025). Towards Artificial Intelligence-Based Decision Support for Large-Scale Screening for Atrial Fibrillation. IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics. 29(10). 7633–7642. 2 indexed citations
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Pasumarthy, Ramkrishna, et al.. (2024). Functional control of network dynamical systems: An information theoretic approach. Information Sciences. 699. 121781–121781. 1 indexed citations
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Leonhardt, Steffen, et al.. (2024). Modeling and Control of an Automated Hemolysis Test Bench. IFAC-PapersOnLine. 58(24). 61–65. 1 indexed citations
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Leonhardt, Steffen, et al.. (2024). Robust Flow Control in a Mechatronic Test Lung with Spontaneous Breathing. 873–878. 1 indexed citations
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Leonhardt, Steffen, et al.. (2023). Multi-modal body part segmentation of infants using deep learning. BioMedical Engineering OnLine. 22(1). 28–28. 4 indexed citations
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Leonhardt, Steffen, et al.. (2023). Fast 4D FEM Model for EIT Source Separation Benchmarking. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 9(1). 387–390. 1 indexed citations
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Leonhardt, Steffen, et al.. (2023). Hardware-in-the-loop setup for contactless skin servo control of neonatal incubators. Biomedical Signal Processing and Control. 88. 105628–105628.
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Leonhardt, Steffen, et al.. (2023). Conditional Generative Adversarial Networks for Data Augmentation of a Neonatal Image Dataset. Sensors. 23(2). 999–999. 4 indexed citations
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Leonhardt, Steffen, et al.. (2023). The D-Bar Algorithm Fusing Electrical Impedance Tomography with A Priori Radar Data: A Hands-On Analysis. Algorithms. 16(1). 43–43. 2 indexed citations
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Xiloyannis, Michele, et al.. (2023). Human-in-the-Loop Personalization of a Bi-Articular Wearable Robot’s Assistance for Downhill Walking. IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics. 6(1). 328–339. 7 indexed citations
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Bollheimer, Cornelius, et al.. (2021). Model-Based Step Length Estimation Using a Pendant-Integrated Mobility Sensor. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering. 29. 2655–2665. 6 indexed citations
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Leonhardt, Steffen, et al.. (2019). Reconstruction algorithm for frequency-differential EIT using absolute values. Physiological Measurement. 40(3). 34008–34008. 7 indexed citations
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Leonhardt, Steffen, et al.. (2019). Early Prediction of Sepsis Using Random Forest Classification for Imbalanced Clinical Data. Computing in Cardiology Conference. 1–4. 8 indexed citations
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Leonhardt, Steffen, et al.. (2016). The Role of a Dynamic Craniospinal Compliance in NPH—A Review and Future Challenges. IEEE Reviews in Biomedical Engineering. 10. 310–322. 5 indexed citations
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Leonhardt, Steffen, et al.. (2015). Automatic control of artificial ventilation therapy. RWTH Publications (RWTH Aachen). 4 indexed citations
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Brüser, Christoph & Steffen Leonhardt. (2014). Sensing and signal processing for unobtrusive cardiac monitoring utilizing ballistocardiography. RWTH Publications (RWTH Aachen). 1 indexed citations
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Steffen, M. & Steffen Leonhardt. (2010). Kontaktlose Überwachung der Herz- und Atemaktivität mit magnetischer Induktion. RWTH Publications (RWTH Aachen). 1 indexed citations
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Wartzek, Tobias, et al.. (2009). Automatisierung der extrakorporalen Membranoxygenierung. RWTH Publications (RWTH Aachen). 1 indexed citations

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