Steffen Rex

9.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
277 papers, 5.6k citations indexed

About

Steffen Rex is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Surgery and Developmental Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Steffen Rex has authored 277 papers receiving a total of 5.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 104 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 101 papers in Surgery and 60 papers in Developmental Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Steffen Rex's work include Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes (68 papers), Anesthesia and Neurotoxicity Research (60 papers) and Anesthesia and Sedative Agents (44 papers). Steffen Rex is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes (68 papers), Anesthesia and Neurotoxicity Research (60 papers) and Anesthesia and Sedative Agents (44 papers). Steffen Rex collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, Germany and United States. Steffen Rex's co-authors include U. Hecht, V.T. Witusiewicz, Rolf Rossaint, Mark Coburn, Marc Van de Velde, Carlo Missant, Wolfgang Bühre, Sarah Devroe, Patrick Wouters and A. А. Bondar and has published in prestigious journals such as Circulation, Journal of Neuroscience and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Steffen Rex

257 papers receiving 5.5k 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.

Anaesthetic efficacy and postinduction hypotension with remimazolam compared with propofol: a multicentre randomised controlled trial

2024 37 citations J. Fechner, Kariem El‐Boghdadly et al. Anaesthesia profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Steffen Rex	1.6k	1.5k	958	934	872	277	5.6k
Shigeru Saito	1.1k 0.7×	804 0.5×	110 0.1×	38 0.0×	360 0.4×	260	4.3k
Yoshinori Nakata	332 0.2×	235 0.2×	392 0.4×	202 0.2×	804 0.9×	166	2.9k
Frank G. Shellock	2.1k 1.3×	1.6k 1.1×	729 0.8×	82 0.1×	58 0.1×	262	11.6k
Stephanie B. Jones	1.2k 0.8×	685 0.5×	420 0.4×	60 0.1×	50 0.1×	161	3.9k
Peter Zahn	2.3k 1.5×	511 0.3×	956 1.0×	48 0.1×	287 0.3×	222	6.3k
Ulrike Hoffmann	679 0.4×	678 0.5×	295 0.3×	77 0.1×	125 0.1×	207	4.0k
Steven J. Barker	1.4k 0.9×	791 0.5×	51 0.1×	30 0.0×	148 0.2×	121	4.1k
Daqing Ma	2.5k 1.6×	1.8k 1.2×	163 0.2×	18 0.0×	7.3k 8.4×	428	18.5k
A. C. Bryan	1.3k 0.8×	392 0.3×	86 0.1×	95 0.1×	63 0.1×	121	7.0k
H. Sitter	1.0k 0.7×	190 0.1×	2.5k 2.6×	95 0.1×	39 0.0×	446	9.2k

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Lesizza, Pierluigi, Steven Jacobs, Peter Verbrugghe, et al.. (2025). Hemodynamic performance and durability of transcatheter valves for the treatment of native aortic valve stenosis. Acta cardiologica. Supplementum. 1–11.

Coppens, Steve, Peter Verbrugghe, Jef Van den Eynde, et al.. (2025). Efficacy of enhanced recovery programmes for cardiac surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis. British Journal of Anaesthesia. 135(1). 31–39.

Deprest, Jan, et al.. (2024). Advances in foetal anaesthesia. Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology. 38(2). 93–102.

Kalmar, Alain F., Thimo Groffen, Hugo Vereecke, et al.. (2024). Volatile anaesthetics and PFAS forever chemicals: A critical gap in environmental impact assessments. Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology. 38(4). 342–348. 11 indexed citations

Fechner, J., Kariem El‐Boghdadly, Donat R. Spahn, et al.. (2024). Anaesthetic efficacy and postinduction hypotension with remimazolam compared with propofol: a multicentre randomised controlled trial. Anaesthesia. 79(4). 410–422. 37 indexed citations breakdown →

Struys, Michel, et al.. (2024). Efficiency of CONTRAfluran ™ in reducing sevoflurane pollution from maintenance anaesthesia in minimal flow end‐tidal control mode for laparoscopic surgery. Anaesthesia. 79(8). 849–855. 7 indexed citations

Basurto, David, Francesca Maria Russo, Luc Joyeux, et al.. (2023). Effects of cumulative duration of repeated anaesthesia exposure on foetal brain development in the ovine model. Journal of Clinical Anesthesia. 85. 111050–111050. 5 indexed citations

Breel, Jennifer S., Susanne Eberl, Benedikt Preckel, et al.. (2023). International Survey on Perioperative Management of Patients With Infective Endocarditis. Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia. 37(10). 1951–1958. 2 indexed citations

Vandenbriele, Christophe, Grégory Hans, Vincent Tchana‐Sato, et al.. (2022). The role of transesophageal echocardiography in guiding heart donation after circulatory death. Clinical Transplantation. 36(9). e14783–e14783. 5 indexed citations

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Tchana‐Sato, Vincent, Grégory Hans, Olivier Detry, et al.. (2022). Successful heart transplantation from donation after euthanasia with distant procurement using normothermic regional perfusion and cold storage. American Journal of Transplantation. 22(12). 3146–3149. 3 indexed citations

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Joyeux, Luc, David Basurto, Lennart Van der Veeken, et al.. (2022). Fetoscopic insufflation of heated‐humidified carbon dioxide during simulated spina bifida repair is safe under controlled anesthesia in the fetal lamb. Prenatal Diagnosis. 42(2). 180–191. 1 indexed citations

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Tmimi, Layth Al, Steffen Fieuws, Paul Herijgers, et al.. (2021). Fast-Track Failure After Cardiac Surgery: Risk Factors and Outcome With Long-Term Follow-Up. Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia. 36(8). 2463–2472. 3 indexed citations

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Neyrinck, Arne, et al.. (2021). Clinical evaluation of a cutaneous zero-heat-flux thermometer during cardiac surgery. Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing. 36(5). 1279–1287. 10 indexed citations

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Grootven, Bastiaan Van, Els Devriendt, Bernadette Dierckx de Casterlé, et al.. (2021). Geriatric c o‐management for cardiology patients in the hospital: A quasi‐experimental study. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 69(5). 1377–1387. 18 indexed citations

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Veeken, Lennart Van der, Sarah Devroe, Johannes van der Merwe, et al.. (2021). Effects of Maternal Abdominal Surgery on Fetal Brain Development in the Rabbit Model. Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy. 48(3). 189–200. 8 indexed citations

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Vandendriessche, Katrien, Vincent Tchana‐Sato, Didier Ledoux, et al.. (2021). Transplantation of donor hearts after circulatory death using normothermic regional perfusion and cold storage preservation. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. 60(4). 813–819. 33 indexed citations

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Veeken, Lennart Van der, Annalisa Inversetti, Ioannis Papastefanou, et al.. (2021). Fetally‐injected drugs for immobilization and analgesia do not modify fetal brain development in a rabbit model. Prenatal Diagnosis. 41(9). 1164–1170. 3 indexed citations

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Devroe, Sarah, et al.. (2020). Anesthetic neurotoxicity in the pediatric population: a systematic review of the clinical evidence. Lirias (KU Leuven). 71(2). 51–65. 3 indexed citations

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Veeken, Lennart Van der, Johannes van der Merwe, Sarah Devroe, et al.. (2019). Maternal surgery during pregnancy has a transient adverse effect on the developing fetal rabbit brain. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 221(4). 355.e1–355.e19. 28 indexed citations

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Rex, Steffen, Wolfgang M. Schaefer, Rolf Rossaint, et al.. (2006). Positron Emission Tomography Study of Regional Cerebral Metabolism during General Anesthesia with Xenon in Humans. Anesthesiology. 105(5). 936–943. 43 indexed citations

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