Thomas Pap

11.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
199 papers, 8.1k citations indexed

About

Thomas Pap is a scholar working on Rheumatology, Molecular Biology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Pap has authored 199 papers receiving a total of 8.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 99 papers in Rheumatology, 72 papers in Molecular Biology and 46 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Thomas Pap's work include Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms (56 papers), Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies (42 papers) and Cell Adhesion Molecules Research (32 papers). Thomas Pap is often cited by papers focused on Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms (56 papers), Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies (42 papers) and Cell Adhesion Molecules Research (32 papers). Thomas Pap collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Switzerland and United Kingdom. Thomas Pap's co-authors include Steffen Gay, Jessica Bertrand, Adelheid Korb‐Pap, Renate E. Gay, Ulf Müller‐Ladner, Oliver Distler, Ingo H. Tarner, R E Gay, Adelheid Korb and Lars C Huber and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Medicine and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Pap

191 papers receiving 7.9k 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.

Synovial fibroblasts spread rheumatoid arthritis to unaffected joints

2009 532 citations Adelheid Korb, Steffen Gay et al. profile →
Synovial fibroblasts: key players in rheumatoid arthritis

2006 506 citations Oliver Distler, Steffen Gay et al. Lara D. Veeken profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas Pap Germany	48	3.6k	3.4k	1.7k	1.4k	1.2k	199	8.1k
Fons A. J. van de Loo Netherlands	51	3.4k 1.0×	3.2k 0.9×	1.7k 1.0×	2.9k 2.1×	1.2k 1.0×	148	8.6k
Kurt Redlich Austria	41	2.8k 0.8×	3.6k 1.0×	1.9k 1.1×	1.4k 1.0×	910 0.7×	91	6.8k
Raimund W. Kinne Germany	38	2.4k 0.7×	1.8k 0.5×	992 0.6×	1.4k 1.0×	765 0.6×	129	6.1k
Ewa Paleolog United Kingdom	46	1.6k 0.5×	2.3k 0.7×	1.2k 0.7×	1.5k 1.1×	989 0.8×	123	6.6k
Renate E. Gay Switzerland	65	3.9k 1.1×	5.5k 1.6×	2.1k 1.2×	3.5k 2.5×	2.6k 2.1×	174	13.4k
David L. Boyle United States	48	2.3k 0.6×	3.2k 1.0×	1.5k 0.9×	2.3k 1.7×	1.4k 1.1×	110	7.1k
Ursula Fearon Ireland	54	3.8k 1.1×	2.7k 0.8×	1.3k 0.7×	3.0k 2.1×	1.0k 0.8×	166	8.4k
Maxine Gowen United States	55	2.3k 0.6×	5.6k 1.6×	3.3k 2.0×	1.2k 0.9×	1.3k 1.1×	122	10.0k
Setsuro Komiya Japan	50	2.3k 0.6×	3.0k 0.9×	1.4k 0.8×	1.1k 0.8×	970 0.8×	272	8.8k
Michel Neidhart Switzerland	45	2.1k 0.6×	2.2k 0.6×	794 0.5×	1.7k 1.2×	760 0.6×	112	6.5k

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Beckmann, Denise, Uwe Hansen, Beate Eckes, et al.. (2025). Collagen-binding integrin α11β1 contributes to joint destruction in arthritic hTNFtg mice. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 84(10). 1649–1659.

Beckmann, Denise, Marcus Gutmann, Adelheid Korb‐Pap, et al.. (2024). Transglutaminase-catalyzed covalent anti-myostatin peptide depots. European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics. 203. 114462–114462.

Schwab, A., Thomas Pap, Veit Krenn, et al.. (2023). Loose Bodies Found in the Human Intra-Articular Space Showed Characteristics Similar to Endochondral Bone Formation. Cartilage. 15(4). 353–362.

Bollmann, Miriam, Adelheid Korb‐Pap, Ulrich König, et al.. (2020). Antibody-mediated inhibition of syndecan-4 dimerisation reduces interleukin (IL)-1 receptor trafficking and signalling. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 79(4). 481–489. 20 indexed citations

Roelofs, Anke J., Karolina Kania, Fraser L. Collins, et al.. (2020). Identification of the skeletal progenitor cells forming osteophytes in osteoarthritis. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 79(12). 1625–1634. 66 indexed citations

Skryabin, Boris V., Johannes Roth, Sven G. Meuth, et al.. (2020). Pervasive head-to-tail insertions of DNA templates mask desired CRISPR-Cas9–mediated genome editing events. Science Advances. 6(7). eaax2941–eaax2941. 53 indexed citations

Geyer, Christiane, Denise Beckmann, Hermann Pavenstädt, et al.. (2017). Structural cartilage damage attracts circulating rheumatoid arthritis synovial fibroblasts into affected joints. Arthritis Research & Therapy. 19(1). 40–40. 29 indexed citations

Hawellek, Thelonius, Jan Hubert, Sandra Hischke, et al.. (2016). Articular cartilage calcification of the humeral head is highly prevalent and associated with osteoarthritis in the general population. Journal of Orthopaedic Research®. 34(11). 1984–1990. 20 indexed citations

Korb‐Pap, Adelheid, Jessica Bertrand, J. Sherwood, & Thomas Pap. (2016). Stable activation of fibroblasts in rheumatic arthritis—causes and consequences. Lara D. Veeken. 55(suppl 2). ii64–ii67. 60 indexed citations

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Hubert, Jan, Carina Prein, Attila Aszódi, et al.. (2015). Effects of tissue calcification during osteoarthritis on extracellular matrix and cartilage stiffness. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. 23. A290–A290. 1 indexed citations

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Hochberg, M.C., Johanne Martel‐Pelletier, Jordi Monfort, et al.. (2014). MULTICENTRIC OSTEOARTHRITIS INTERVENTION STUDY WITH SYSADOA (MOVES): EFFECTS OF COMBINED GLUCOSAMINE HYDROCHLORIDE AND CHONDROITIN SULFATE VS CELECOXIB FOR PAINFUL KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS. Basic & Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology. 115. 12–12. 2 indexed citations

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Bettenworth, Dominik, Stefan Reuter, Sven Hermann, et al.. (2013). Translational ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT Imaging to Monitor Lesion Activity in Intestinal Inflammation. Journal of Nuclear Medicine. 54(5). 748–755. 49 indexed citations

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Niedermeier, Marianne, Thomas Pap, & Adelheid Korb. (2010). Therapeutic opportunities in fibroblasts in inflammatory arthritis. Best Practice & Research Clinical Rheumatology. 24(4). 527–540. 29 indexed citations

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Meinecke, Ingmar, Géza Pap, Stephan Albrecht Ender, et al.. (2009). The small ubiquitin‐like modifier mediates the resistance of prosthesis‐loosening fibroblast‐like synoviocytes against fas‐induced apoptosis. Arthritis & Rheumatism. 60(7). 2065–2070. 7 indexed citations

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Distler, Jörg H. W., Astrid Jüngel, Elena Neumann, et al.. (2009). Inhibitor of DNA binding/differentiation 2 induced by hypoxia promotes synovial fibroblast–dependent osteoclastogenesis. Arthritis & Rheumatism. 60(12). 3663–3675. 15 indexed citations

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Meinecke, Ingmar, Anja Baier, Marvin Peters, et al.. (2007). Modification of nuclear PML protein by SUMO-1 regulates Fas-induced apoptosis in rheumatoid arthritis synovial fibroblasts. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(12). 5073–5078. 110 indexed citations

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Zwerina, Jochen, Kurt Redlich, Karin Polzer, et al.. (2007). TNF-induced structural joint damage is mediated by IL-1. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(28). 11742–11747. 225 indexed citations

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Kurowska‐Stolarska, Mariola, J. Distler, Thomas Pap, et al.. (2004). The inhibitor of differentiation-2 (Id-2) induced by hypoxia promotes bone de radation in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). ENLIGHTEN (Jurnal Bimbingan dan Konseling Islam). 1 indexed citations

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Wunder, Andreas, Ulf Müller‐Ladner, Ernst H. K. Stelzer, et al.. (2003). Albumin-Based Drug Delivery as Novel Therapeutic Approach for Rheumatoid Arthritis. The Journal of Immunology. 170(9). 4793–4801. 179 indexed citations

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Pap, Thomas, Renate E. Gay, Ulf Müller‐Ladner, & Steffen Gay. (2002). Ex vivo gene transfer in the years to come. Arthritis Research. 4(1). 10–10. 13 indexed citations

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