Thomas Bitter

11.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
176 papers, 9.7k citations indexed

About

Thomas Bitter is a scholar working on Physiology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Bitter has authored 176 papers receiving a total of 9.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 78 papers in Physiology, 57 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 52 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Thomas Bitter's work include Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research (73 papers), Neuroscience of respiration and sleep (41 papers) and Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies (30 papers). Thomas Bitter is often cited by papers focused on Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research (73 papers), Neuroscience of respiration and sleep (41 papers) and Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies (30 papers). Thomas Bitter collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Thomas Bitter's co-authors include Dieter Horstkotte, Olaf Oldenburg, Henrik Fox, Lothar Faber, Orlando Guntinas‐Lichius, Christian Prinz, H. Gudziol, Christoph Langer, Nina Westerheide and H Burmeister and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Circulation and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Bitter

158 papers receiving 9.2k citations

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas Bitter Germany	33	2.9k	2.5k	2.3k	1.5k	1.4k	176	9.7k
Wolfgang Liedtke United States	65	1.4k 0.5×	5.1k 2.0×	4.2k 1.8×	352 0.2×	1.5k 1.1×	160	15.8k
Karin Scharffetter‐Kochanek Germany	61	1.7k 0.6×	4.4k 1.8×	1.6k 0.7×	272 0.2×	1.0k 0.7×	294	14.7k
Hideoki Ogawa Japan	68	1.7k 0.6×	4.8k 1.9×	3.5k 1.5×	334 0.2×	737 0.5×	557	18.8k
Toshihiko Iwanaga Japan	60	1.3k 0.5×	5.5k 2.2×	4.0k 1.7×	245 0.2×	448 0.3×	383	15.8k
Gary J. Fisher United States	79	5.4k 1.9×	7.2k 2.9×	1.1k 0.5×	455 0.3×	1.1k 0.8×	247	22.2k
Yoshiki Miyachi Japan	65	1.7k 0.6×	3.8k 1.5×	1.7k 0.8×	301 0.2×	746 0.5×	506	15.9k
Sashwati Roy United States	71	710 0.2×	6.4k 2.6×	1.4k 0.6×	756 0.5×	673 0.5×	249	16.9k
Chih‐Hsin Tang Taiwan	64	752 0.3×	7.8k 3.1×	952 0.4×	390 0.3×	1.2k 0.9×	464	15.8k
Józef Dulak Poland	56	936 0.3×	8.0k 3.2×	1.2k 0.5×	446 0.3×	998 0.7×	268	12.8k
Ying Wang China	60	1.3k 0.5×	6.8k 2.7×	956 0.4×	723 0.5×	2.2k 1.6×	658	14.8k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Ernst, Thomas, et al.. (2025). Curative-Intended Management of Synchronous Esophageal and Rectal Cancer—A Systematic Literature Review. Journal of Gastrointestinal Cancer. 56(1). 41–41.

Azevedo, Tiago, Píetro Lió, Katharina Geißler, et al.. (2025). Real-Time Intraoperative Decision-Making in Head and Neck Tumor Surgery: A Histopathologically Grounded Hyperspectral Imaging and Deep Learning Approach. Cancers. 17(10). 1617–1617. 3 indexed citations

Geißler, Katharina, Marc P. Höppner, Thomas Bitter, & Orlando Guntinas‐Lichius. (2025). Quality of life after combined adenoidectomy and laser tonsillotomy for pediatric sleep-disordered breathing: A prospective observational cohort trial. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology. 194. 112402–112402.

Guntinas‐Lichius, Orlando, Thomas Bitter, Robert P. Takes, et al.. (2025). Post COVID-19 and Long COVID Symptoms in Otorhinolaryngology—A Narrative Review. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 14(2). 506–506.

Koscielny, Sven, et al.. (2024). Role of Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy for the Nutrition of Head and Neck Cancer Patients before and up to 6 Months after Cancer Treatment. Cancers. 16(18). 3138–3138.

Bitter, Thomas, et al.. (2024). Endoscopic In Vivo Hyperspectral Imaging for Head and Neck Tumor Surgeries Using a Medically Approved CE-Certified Camera with Rapid Visualization During Surgery. Cancers. 16(22). 3785–3785. 4 indexed citations

Bitter, Thomas, Holger Kaftan, Jens Büntzel, et al.. (2024). Oncological and functional outcome after laryngectomy for laryngeal and hypopharyngeal cancer: a population-based analysis in Germany from 2001 to 2020. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 7761–7761.

Gudziol, H., et al.. (2023). Subjektive und objektivierte Riech- und Schmeckstörungen aus einer HNO-Post-COVID-19-Sprechstunde. Laryngo-Rhino-Otologie. 102(12). 933–943.

Spießhoefer, Jens, Alberto Giannoni, Michele Emdin, et al.. (2019). APAP therapy does not improve impaired sleep quality and sympatho-vagal balance: a randomized trial in patients with obstructive sleep apnea and systolic heart failure. Sleep And Breathing. 24(1). 211–219. 12 indexed citations

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Roth, Sebastian, Henrik Fox, U Fuchs, et al.. (2018). Noninvasive pulse contour analysis for determination of cardiac output in patients with chronic heart failure. Clinical Research in Cardiology. 107(5). 395–404. 12 indexed citations

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Oldenburg, Olaf, et al.. (2013). REDUCED MORTALITY IN HEART FAILURE PATIENTS WITH NOCTURNAL CHEYNE-STOKES RESPIRATION RECEIVING ADAPTIVE SERVOVENTILATION THERAPY. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 61(10). E767–E767. 2 indexed citations

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Jensen, Morten K., Christian Prinz, Dieter Horstkotte, et al.. (2013). Alcohol septal ablation in patients with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy: low incidence of sudden cardiac death and reduced risk profile. Heart. 99(14). 1012–1017. 77 indexed citations

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Bitter, Thomas, Jens Büntzel, Dirk Eßer, et al.. (2012). Versorgungsforschung zu Nasennebenhöhlenoperationen in Thüringen: Epidemiologie und Ergebnisse. Laryngo-Rhino-Otologie. 91(7). 434–439. 8 indexed citations

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Bitter, Thomas, et al.. (2011). Health‐related and specific olfaction‐related quality of life in patients with chronic functional anosmia or severe hyposmia. The Laryngoscope. 121(4). 867–872. 118 indexed citations

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Gudziol, H., et al.. (2011). Wet air as an alternative to traditional water irrigation during caloric vestibular testing. The Laryngoscope. 122(3). 703–707. 2 indexed citations

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Bitter, Thomas, H. Gudziol, H Burmeister, et al.. (2011). Volumenänderungen der grauen Hirnsubstanz bei Anosmikern. HNO. 59(3). 248–254. 1 indexed citations

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Bitter, Thomas, Nina Westerheide, Christoph Langer, et al.. (2010). Abstract 16707: Cheyne-Stokes Respiration in Patients with Congestive Heart Failure: Association with Malignant Arrhythmic Events and Effects of Adaptive Servoventilation Therapy - an Observational Study. Circulation. 122. 2 indexed citations

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Bitter, Thomas, Lothar Faber, Detlef Hering, et al.. (2009). Sleep-Disordered Breathing in Heart Failure with Normal Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction. European Journal of Heart Failure. 11(6). 602–608. 204 indexed citations

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Gudziol, H., et al.. (2009). Geschmacksreize verändern das Atemmuster: Methodik zum objektiven Nachweis einer Schmeckwahrnehmung. Laryngo-Rhino-Otologie. 89(2). 78–83. 2 indexed citations

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Oldenburg, Olaf, Anke Schmidt, Barbara Lamp, et al.. (2008). Adaptive Servoventilation Improves Cardiac Function in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure and Cheyne–Stokes Respiration. European Journal of Heart Failure. 10(6). 581–586. 108 indexed citations

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