Thomas Frese

3.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
169 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Thomas Frese is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Frese has authored 169 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in General Health Professions, 37 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 30 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Thomas Frese's work include Chronic Disease Management Strategies (22 papers), Health and Medical Studies (12 papers) and Diversity and Career in Medicine (12 papers). Thomas Frese is often cited by papers focused on Chronic Disease Management Strategies (22 papers), Health and Medical Studies (12 papers) and Diversity and Career in Medicine (12 papers). Thomas Frese collaborates with scholars based in Germany, South Korea and United States. Thomas Frese's co-authors include Tobias Deutsch, Hagen Sandholzer, Charles A. Bouman, Elmar Peschke, Eckhard Mühlbauer, Stefan Lippmann, Rafael Mikolajczyk, Matthias Girndt, K. Sauer and Bianca Klee and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Frese

144 papers receiving 2.0k 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.

The IL-1β, IL-6, and TNF cytokine triad is associated with post-acute sequelae of COVID-19

2022 256 citations Daniel Sedding, Thomas Frese et al. profile →
Association between periodontal diseases and cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and respiratory diseases: Consensus report of the Joint Workshop by the European Federation of Periodontology (EFP) and the European arm of the World Organization of Family Doctors (WONCA Europe)

2023 124 citations Thomas Frese, Mehmet Ungan et al. profile →
Periodontal diseases and cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, and respiratory diseases: Summary of the consensus report by the European Federation of Periodontology and WONCA Europe

2024 34 citations Thomas Frese, Mehmet Ungan et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas Frese Germany	22	322	298	268	224	201	169	2.1k
Ingrid Arévalo-Rodríguez Spain	24	204 0.6×	318 1.1×	302 1.1×	325 1.5×	533 2.7×	65	3.1k
Yi‐Ching Yang Taiwan	39	275 0.9×	559 1.9×	59 0.2×	746 3.3×	118 0.6×	201	4.9k
Moacir Fernandes de Godoy Brazil	27	99 0.3×	135 0.5×	108 0.4×	267 1.2×	32 0.2×	218	3.1k
Karthik Rajasekaran United States	32	380 1.2×	540 1.8×	246 0.9×	229 1.0×	258 1.3×	211	3.5k
Omid Khalilzadeh Iran	32	253 0.8×	473 1.6×	182 0.7×	595 2.7×	37 0.2×	93	4.2k
Erik Mayer United Kingdom	40	798 2.5×	383 1.3×	149 0.6×	560 2.5×	119 0.6×	168	5.7k
Xiaoyan Leng United States	33	305 0.9×	335 1.1×	148 0.6×	1.0k 4.6×	22 0.1×	85	3.6k
Maw Pin Tan Malaysia	34	312 1.0×	271 0.9×	165 0.6×	581 2.6×	48 0.2×	268	4.0k
Carsten Oliver Schmidt Germany	29	422 1.3×	409 1.4×	96 0.4×	668 3.0×	48 0.2×	184	4.2k
Hung‐Wen Yeh United States	30	135 0.4×	272 0.9×	138 0.5×	319 1.4×	78 0.4×	129	2.8k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas Frese

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Brettschneider, Christian, Elżbieta Buczak‐Stec, Melanie Luppa, et al.. (2025). Cost‐effectiveness of a multicomponent intervention against cognitive decline. Alzheimer s & Dementia Translational Research & Clinical Interventions. 11(1). e70028–e70028. 1 indexed citations

Seidling, Hanna M., Alexander Pabst, Melanie Luppa, et al.. (2025). Deprescribing drugs with anticholinergic effects in older patients with increased risk of dementia in the multicomponent intervention study AgeWell.de. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. 91(12). 3489–3500.

Denny, Kathleen, et al.. (2025). Patients’ Perceptions of Artificial Intelligence Acceptance, Challenges, and Use in Medical Care: Qualitative Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 27. e70487–e70487. 5 indexed citations

Blotenberg, Iris, Melanie Luppa, Margrit Löbner, et al.. (2024). Dietary changes following a lifestyle-based intervention for dementia risk reduction – results from the AgeWell.de study. European Journal of Nutrition. 64(1). 58–58.

Binder, Mascha, Daniel Sedding, Thomas Frese, et al.. (2024). Differential associations between SARS-CoV-2 infection, perceived burden of the pandemic and mental health in the German population-based cohort for digital health research. Psychiatry Research. 341. 116140–116140.

Pabst, Alexander, Melanie Luppa, Anke Oey, et al.. (2024). Effects of a multidomain intervention against cognitive decline on dementia risk profiles — Results from the AgeWell.de trial. Alzheimer s & Dementia. 20(8). 5684–5694. 7 indexed citations

Luppa, Melanie, Iris Blotenberg, Juliane Döhring, et al.. (2024). Potential for reducing dementia risk: association of the CAIDE score with additional lifestyle components from the LIBRA score in a population at high risk of dementia. Aging & Mental Health. 29(3). 1–8.

Frese, Thomas, Eva Johanna Kantelhardt, Rafael Mikolajczyk, et al.. (2024). User profiles in digitalized healthcare: active, potential, and rejecting — a cross-sectional study using latent class analysis. BMC Health Services Research. 24(1). 1083–1083.

Deutsch, Tobias, et al.. (2024). Saxon Epidemiological Study in General Practice-6 (SESAM-6): protocol of a cross-sectional study. BMJ Open. 14(5). e084716–e084716.

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Vinker, Shlomo, Paul Frappé, Peter Sigmund, et al.. (2024). World Organization of National Colleges, Academies and Academic Associations of General Practitioners and Family Physicians (WONCA) Europe position paper on the use of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) in primary care. Primary Health Care Research & Development. 25. e21–e21. 6 indexed citations

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Pabst, Alexander, Melanie Luppa, Jochen René Thyrian, et al.. (2023). COVID-19 government measures and their impact on mental health: a cross-sectional study of older primary care patients in Germany. Frontiers in Public Health. 11. 1141433–1141433. 5 indexed citations

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Frese, Thomas, et al.. (2023). Randomized Controlled Trials on Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Africa: A Systematic Review. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases Journal of the COPD Foundation. 10(4). 422–436. 1 indexed citations

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Luppa, Melanie, Susanne Röhr, Alexander Pabst, et al.. (2023). Depression and Anxiety in Old Age during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Comparative Study of Individuals at Cardiovascular Risk and the General Population. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 20(4). 2975–2975. 5 indexed citations

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Pabst, Alexander, Melanie Luppa, David Czock, et al.. (2023). Effectiveness of a multicomponent lifestyle intervention against cognitive decline and dementia in an at-risk-population in Germany – Preliminary results from the cluster-randomized AgeWell.de-trial. Das Gesundheitswesen. 85(08/09). 780–780.

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Ayele, Wondimu, et al.. (2022). Randomised controlled trials on prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diabetes in African countries: a systematic review. BMJ Open. 12(5). e050021–e050021. 3 indexed citations

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Frese, Thomas, et al.. (2022). Non-pharmacological interventions to achieve blood pressure control in African patients: a systematic review. BMJ Open. 12(2). e048079–e048079. 4 indexed citations

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Geier, Anne-Kathrin, et al.. (2022). Medical students’ adoption and evaluation of a completely digital general practice clerkship – cross-sectional survey and cohort comparison with face-to-face teaching. Medical Education Online. 27(1). 2028334–2028334. 10 indexed citations

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Bauer, Alexander, Melanie Luppa, Alexander Pabst, et al.. (2022). Physical Activity Determinants in Older German Adults at Increased Dementia Risk with Multimorbidity: Baseline Results of the AgeWell.de Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19(6). 3164–3164. 9 indexed citations

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Frese, Thomas, et al.. (2021). Steps towards implementing evidence-based screening in family medicine in Ukraine: SWOT-analysis of an approach of multidimensional empowerment. BMC Family Practice. 22(1). 20–20. 7 indexed citations

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Addissie, Adamu, et al.. (2020). Protocol for a systematic review on tertiary prevention interventions for patients with stroke in African countries. BMJ Open. 10(9). e038459–e038459. 1 indexed citations

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