Susanne Blank

1.6k total citations
53 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Susanne Blank is a scholar working on Surgery, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Gastroenterology. According to data from OpenAlex, Susanne Blank has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Surgery, 43 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 16 papers in Gastroenterology. Recurrent topics in Susanne Blank's work include Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes (42 papers), Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment (27 papers) and Esophageal and GI Pathology (15 papers). Susanne Blank is often cited by papers focused on Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes (42 papers), Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment (27 papers) and Esophageal and GI Pathology (15 papers). Susanne Blank collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Switzerland and United States. Susanne Blank's co-authors include Katja Ott, Thomas Schmidt, Markus W. Büchler, Florian Lordick, Leila Sisic, Wilko Weichert, Thomas Brückner, Alexis Ulrich, Ulrike Heger and Rupert Langer and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Oncology, British Journal of Cancer and Annals of Oncology.

In The Last Decade

Susanne Blank

48 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Susanne Blank Germany 20 881 722 304 204 82 53 1.1k
Mathieu Messager France 22 974 1.1× 899 1.2× 302 1.0× 244 1.2× 125 1.5× 40 1.3k
Simone Giacopuzzi Italy 23 1.0k 1.1× 747 1.0× 354 1.2× 222 1.1× 83 1.0× 82 1.2k
Chang Hak Yoo South Korea 20 1.0k 1.1× 592 0.8× 436 1.4× 437 2.1× 139 1.7× 47 1.4k
Marcus Fernando Kodama Pertille Ramos Brazil 18 682 0.8× 380 0.5× 265 0.9× 343 1.7× 47 0.6× 97 900
Ching‐Tai Lee Taiwan 21 446 0.5× 742 1.0× 359 1.2× 223 1.1× 68 0.8× 69 1.1k
Stephan Hollerbach Germany 15 780 0.9× 783 1.1× 448 1.5× 648 3.2× 65 0.8× 51 1.4k
Jin Matsuyama Japan 15 715 0.8× 491 0.7× 263 0.9× 328 1.6× 116 1.4× 95 1.0k
T. Crosby United Kingdom 18 990 1.1× 923 1.3× 135 0.4× 373 1.8× 77 0.9× 51 1.3k
Miwako Arima Japan 15 856 1.0× 1.0k 1.4× 149 0.5× 257 1.3× 89 1.1× 43 1.2k
Norimasa Fukushima Japan 17 1.3k 1.5× 597 0.8× 807 2.7× 284 1.4× 49 0.6× 46 1.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Susanne Blank

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Fields of papers citing papers by Susanne Blank

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Susanne Blank

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

All Works

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Reißfelder, Christoph, et al.. (2025). Food Tolerance and Quality of Eating After Bariatric Surgery—An Observational Study of a German Obesity Center. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 14(14). 4961–4961. 1 indexed citations
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Reißfelder, Christoph, et al.. (2025). Patient Empowerment for Lifestyle Changes in Metabolic-Bariatric Surgery—A German Nationwide Survey. Obesity Surgery. 35(8). 3020–3028.
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Vijgen, Guy H. E. J., et al.. (2024). Malnutrition and vitamin deficiencies after surgery for esophageal and gastric cancer: A metanalysis. Clinical Nutrition ESPEN. 60. 348–355. 4 indexed citations
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Reißfelder, Christoph, et al.. (2022). Circular vs. linear stapling after minimally invasive and robotic-assisted esophagectomy: a pooled analysis. Langenbeck s Archives of Surgery. 407(5). 1831–1838. 1 indexed citations
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Galata, Christian, Ulrich Ronellenfitsch, Susanne Blank, Christoph Reißfelder, & Julia Hardt. (2020). Postoperative Morbidity and Failure to Rescue in Surgery for Gastric Cancer: A Single Center Retrospective Cohort Study of 1107 Patients from 1972 to 2014. Cancers. 12(7). 1953–1953. 2 indexed citations
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Galata, Christian, Ulrich Ronellenfitsch, Christel Weiß, et al.. (2020). Surgery for Gastric Remnant Cancer Results in Similar Overall Survival Rates Compared with Primary Gastric Cancer: A Propensity Score-Matched Analysis. Annals of Surgical Oncology. 27(11). 4196–4203. 13 indexed citations
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Galata, Christian, Susanne Blank, Christel Weiß, et al.. (2019). Role of Postoperative Complications in Overall Survival after Radical Resection for Gastric Cancer: A Retrospective Single-Center Analysis of 1107 Patients. Cancers. 11(12). 1890–1890. 12 indexed citations
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Heger, Patrick, Susanne Blank, Käthe Gooßen, et al.. (2019). Thoracoabdominal versus transhiatal surgical approaches for adenocarcinoma of the esophagogastric junction—a systematic review and meta-analysis. Langenbeck s Archives of Surgery. 404(1). 103–113. 26 indexed citations
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Heger, Ulrike, Leila Sisic, Henrik Nienhüser, et al.. (2018). Neoadjuvant Therapy Improves Outcomes in Locally Advanced Signet-Ring-Cell Containing Esophagogastric Adenocarcinomas. Annals of Surgical Oncology. 25(8). 2418–2427. 19 indexed citations
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Sisic, Leila, Susanne Blank, Henrik Nienhüser, et al.. (2018). Prognostic differences in 8th edition TNM staging of esophagogastric adenocarcinoma after neoadjuvant treatment. European Journal of Surgical Oncology. 44(10). 1646–1656. 12 indexed citations
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Heger, Patrick, Susanne Blank, Markus K. Diener, et al.. (2017). Gastric Preconditioning in Advance of Esophageal Resection-Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery. 21(9). 1523–1532. 27 indexed citations
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Hapfelmeier, Alexander, Susanne Blank, Julia Slotta‐Huspenina, et al.. (2017). A novel pretherapeutic gene expression-based risk score for treatment guidance in gastric cancer. Annals of Oncology. 29(1). 127–132. 13 indexed citations
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Ott, Katja, Susanne Blank, Laura Ruspi, et al.. (2017). Prognostic impact of nodal status and therapeutic implications. Translational Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 2. 15–15. 7 indexed citations
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Schmidt, Thomas, Ingo Alldinger, Susanne Blank, et al.. (2015). Surgery in oesophago-gastric cancer with metastatic disease: Treatment, prognosis and preoperative patient selection. European Journal of Surgical Oncology. 41(10). 1340–1347. 35 indexed citations
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Vallböhmer, Daniel, Leila Sisic, Susanne Blank, et al.. (2014). Clinically Staged cT2 Adenocarcinomas of the Gastroesophageal Junction: Accuracy of Staging and Therapeutic Consequences. Oncology Research and Treatment. 37(3). 97–104. 3 indexed citations
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Blank, Susanne, et al.. (2014). Angiogenic and growth factors in gastric cancer. Journal of Surgical Research. 194(2). 420–429. 33 indexed citations
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Blank, Susanne, Florian Lordick, Martin Dobritz, et al.. (2013). A reliable risk score for stage IV esophagogastric cancer. European Journal of Surgical Oncology. 39(8). 823–830. 42 indexed citations
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Ott, Katja, Susanne Blank, Karen Becker, et al.. (2012). Factors predicting prognosis and recurrence in patients with esophago-gastric adenocarcinoma and histopathological response with less than 10 % residual tumor. Langenbeck s Archives of Surgery. 398(2). 239–249. 33 indexed citations

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