Thimoteus Speer

5.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
80 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Thimoteus Speer is a scholar working on Nephrology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Thimoteus Speer has authored 80 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Nephrology, 20 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 19 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Thimoteus Speer's work include Dialysis and Renal Disease Management (9 papers), Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes (9 papers) and Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health (8 papers). Thimoteus Speer is often cited by papers focused on Dialysis and Renal Disease Management (9 papers), Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes (9 papers) and Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health (8 papers). Thimoteus Speer collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Netherlands and United States. Thimoteus Speer's co-authors include Danilo Fliser, Stefan Schunk, Jürgen Floege, Stephen Zewinger, Ulf Landmesser, Paul M. Ridker, Winfried März, Stefanie Dimmeler, Ulrich Laufs and Marcus E. Kleber and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Lancet and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Thimoteus Speer

76 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

WNT–β-catenin signalling — a versatile player in kidney injury and repair

2020 303 citations Stefan Schunk, Jürgen Floege et al. Nature Reviews Nephrology profile →
Targeting innate immunity-driven inflammation in CKD and cardiovascular disease

2022 135 citations Thimoteus Speer, Stefanie Dimmeler et al. Nature Reviews Nephrology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thimoteus Speer Germany	27	762	640	534	497	374	80	2.5k
Mirjam Schuchardt Germany	24	667 0.9×	593 0.9×	355 0.7×	492 1.0×	298 0.8×	54	2.1k
Masato Kasahara Japan	28	848 1.1×	791 1.2×	400 0.7×	807 1.6×	402 1.1×	130	2.8k
Sang Youb Han South Korea	33	916 1.2×	982 1.5×	541 1.0×	545 1.1×	718 1.9×	115	3.3k
Jeffrey R. Schelling United States	36	1.1k 1.4×	1.3k 2.1×	437 0.8×	469 0.9×	458 1.2×	84	3.2k
Kum Hyun Han South Korea	27	557 0.7×	545 0.9×	315 0.6×	336 0.7×	376 1.0×	50	2.0k
Haiyan Wang China	22	839 1.1×	708 1.1×	333 0.6×	564 1.1×	339 0.9×	65	3.0k
Hui Huang China	28	344 0.5×	870 1.4×	340 0.6×	390 0.8×	348 0.9×	187	2.7k
Hyunjin Noh South Korea	32	976 1.3×	1.1k 1.7×	577 1.1×	233 0.5×	277 0.7×	104	3.0k
Julia Blanco Spain	28	853 1.1×	854 1.3×	292 0.5×	537 1.1×	318 0.9×	43	2.7k
Naifeng Liu China	27	301 0.4×	657 1.0×	325 0.6×	495 1.0×	304 0.8×	83	2.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Thimoteus Speer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thimoteus Speer

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All Works

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Zewinger, Stephen, Tina Rasper, Sebastian Cremer, et al.. (2025). Mosaic loss of Y chromosome and mortality after coronary angiography. European Heart Journal. 46(17). 1603–1616. 7 indexed citations

Cremer, Sebastian, Moritz von Scheidt, Klara Kirschbaum, et al.. (2025). Prognostic Significance of Somatic Mutations in Myeloid Cells of Men with Chronic Heart Failure – Interaction Between Loss of Y Chromosome and Clonal Haematopoiesis. European Journal of Heart Failure. 27(12). 3219–3234. 2 indexed citations

Cremer, Sebastian, Tina Rasper, Stephen Zewinger, et al.. (2024). Loss of Y Chromosome and Cardiovascular Events in Chronic Kidney Disease. Circulation. 150(10). 746–757. 18 indexed citations

Chen, Xinyu, et al.. (2024). Molecular imaging along the heart-kidney axis. Theranostics. 14(18). 7111–7121.

Higuchi, Takahiro, Sebastian E. Serfling, David M. Leistner, Thimoteus Speer, & Rudolf A. Werner. (2024). FAPI-PET in Cardiovascular Disease. Seminars in Nuclear Medicine. 54(5). 747–752. 7 indexed citations

Speer, Thimoteus, Angela Wirth, Jes‐Niels Boeckel, et al.. (2023). Membrane-bound Interleukin-1α mediates leukocyte adhesion during atherogenesis. Frontiers in Immunology. 14. 1252384–1252384. 3 indexed citations

Berger, Martin, Sebastian F. Mause, Khalid M. Naseem, et al.. (2023). Platelets from patients with chronic inflammation have a phenotype of chronic IL-1β release. Research and Practice in Thrombosis and Haemostasis. 8(1). 102261–102261. 5 indexed citations

Koch, Benjamin, Dominik C. Fuhrmann, Ralf Schubert, et al.. (2023). Gliflozins Have an Anti-Inflammatory Effect on Renal Proximal Tubular Epithelial Cells in a Diabetic and Inflammatory Microenvironment In Vitro. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(3). 1811–1811. 6 indexed citations

Berger, Martin, et al.. (2023). Prolonged fibrinolysis time is a risk factor for mortality in patients with chronic kidney disease - a propensity score matched analysis. European Heart Journal. 44(Supplement_2). 1 indexed citations

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Selejan, Simina‐Ramona, Dominik Linz, Mathias Hohl, et al.. (2022). Renal denervation reduces atrial remodeling in hypertensive rats with metabolic syndrome. Basic Research in Cardiology. 117(1). 36–36. 13 indexed citations

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Radhakrishnan, Kamalakannan, Yong‐Hoon Kim, Yoon Seok Jung, et al.. (2021). Orphan nuclear receptor ERR-γ regulates hepatic FGF23 production in acute kidney injury. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(16). 21 indexed citations

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Husain‐Syed, Faeq, Gianluca Villa, Jochen Wilhelm, et al.. (2021). Renal markers for monitoring acute kidney injury transition to chronic kidney disease after COVID-19. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation. 36(11). 2143–2147. 6 indexed citations

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Soppert, Josefin, Janina Frisch, Julia J. Wirth, et al.. (2021). A systematic review and meta-analysis of murine models of uremic cardiomyopathy. Kidney International. 101(2). 256–273. 23 indexed citations

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Hohl, Mathias, Manuel Mayr, Lisa A. Lang, et al.. (2020). Cathepsin A contributes to left ventricular remodeling by degrading extracellular superoxide dismutase in mice. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 295(36). 12605–12617. 16 indexed citations

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Schunk, Stefan, Jürgen Floege, Danilo Fliser, & Thimoteus Speer. (2020). WNT–β-catenin signalling — a versatile player in kidney injury and repair. Nature Reviews Nephrology. 17(3). 172–184. 303 indexed citations breakdown →

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Schunk, Stefan, Alexander Zarbock, Melanie Meersch, et al.. (2019). Association between urinary dickkopf-3, acute kidney injury, and subsequent loss of kidney function in patients undergoing cardiac surgery: an observational cohort study. The Lancet. 394(10197). 488–496. 113 indexed citations

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Bang, Claudia, Charalambos Antoniades, Alexios S. Antonopoulos, et al.. (2015). Intercellular Communication Lessons in Heart Failure. European Journal of Heart Failure. 17(11). 1091–1103. 44 indexed citations

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Groesdonk, Heinrich V., Thimoteus Speer, Hagen Bomberg, et al.. (2014). Elevated endothelin-1 level is a risk factor for nonocclusive mesenteric ischemia. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 149(5). 1436–1442.e2. 23 indexed citations

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Zewinger, Stephen, Thimoteus Speer, Marcus E. Kleber, et al.. (2014). HDL Cholesterol Is Not Associated with Lower Mortality in Patients with Kidney Dysfunction. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 25(5). 1073–1082. 74 indexed citations

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Speer, Thimoteus, et al.. (2013). Uraemic dyslipidaemia revisited: role of high-density lipoprotein. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation. 28(10). 2456–2463. 32 indexed citations

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