Urs Benck

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
42 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Urs Benck is a scholar working on Surgery, Transplantation and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Urs Benck has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Surgery, 13 papers in Transplantation and 11 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Urs Benck's work include Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments (13 papers), Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes (13 papers) and Organ Donation and Transplantation (11 papers). Urs Benck is often cited by papers focused on Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments (13 papers), Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes (13 papers) and Organ Donation and Transplantation (11 papers). Urs Benck collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Austria and United States. Urs Benck's co-authors include Bernhard K. Krämer, Oliver Witzke, Benito Yard, Peter R. Mertens, Thomas Rauen, Frank Eitner, Oliver Groß, Uwe Kuhlmann, Jürgen Floege and Britta Otte and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and JAMA.

In The Last Decade

Urs Benck

40 papers receiving 1.3k citations

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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.

Intensive Supportive Care plus Immunosuppression in IgA Nephropathy

2015 457 citations Thomas Rauen, Frank Eitner et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Urs Benck Germany	16	614	349	265	243	220	42	1.4k
Luis Pallardó Spain	20	388 0.6×	379 1.1×	169 0.6×	531 2.2×	130 0.6×	73	1.4k
Asif Sharfuddin United States	16	467 0.8×	332 1.0×	224 0.8×	281 1.2×	101 0.5×	65	1.3k
Klaus Arbeiter Austria	22	557 0.9×	332 1.0×	102 0.4×	152 0.6×	70 0.3×	74	1.3k
Eberhard Ritz Germany	15	668 1.1×	332 1.0×	103 0.4×	354 1.5×	181 0.8×	25	1.8k
Chantal Jouanneau France	20	537 0.9×	208 0.6×	69 0.3×	133 0.5×	149 0.7×	46	1.4k
Rafael T. Krmar Sweden	18	381 0.6×	205 0.6×	115 0.4×	123 0.5×	68 0.3×	48	1.1k
Joana E. Kist‐van Holthe Netherlands	22	336 0.5×	154 0.4×	196 0.7×	101 0.4×	148 0.7×	44	1.1k
Lidia Mosconi Italy	19	1.2k 2.0×	266 0.8×	105 0.4×	241 1.0×	145 0.7×	24	2.0k
Dimitrios Goumenos Greece	20	643 1.0×	218 0.6×	80 0.3×	107 0.4×	118 0.5×	106	1.3k
Kevin P.G. Harris United Kingdom	26	1.1k 1.8×	613 1.8×	140 0.5×	280 1.2×	145 0.7×	58	2.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Urs Benck

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Stumpf, Julian, Oliver Thomusch, Michael S. Wiesener, et al.. (2023). Excellent efficacy and beneficial safety during observational 5-year follow-up of rapid steroid withdrawal after renal transplantation (Harmony FU study). Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation. 39(1). 141–150. 7 indexed citations

Krüger, Bernd, Matthias Jung, Gangyi Chen, et al.. (2021). Patient and Graft Survival After Dual Kidney Transplantation With Marginal Donors in Comparison to Matched Control Groups. Transplantation Proceedings. 53(7). 2180–2187.

Trinkmann, Frederik, Urs Benck, Joachim Saur, et al.. (2020). Automated Noninvasive Central Blood Pressure Measurements by Oscillometric Radial Pulse Wave Analysis: Results of the MEASURE-cBP Validation Studies. American Journal of Hypertension. 34(4). 383–393. 9 indexed citations

Schnuelle, Peter, Urs Benck, Bernhard K. Krämer, et al.. (2018). Impact of Donor Core Body Temperature on Graft Survival After Heart Transplantation. Transplantation. 102(11). 1891–1900. 3 indexed citations

Löffler, Christian, Johannes Hoffend, Urs Benck, Bernhard K. Krämer, & Raoul Bergner. (2017). The value of ultrasound in diagnosing extracranial large-vessel vasculitis compared to FDG-PET/CT: A retrospective study. Clinical Rheumatology. 36(9). 2079–2086. 32 indexed citations

Schnuelle, Peter, et al.. (2017). Impact of spontaneous donor hypothermia on graft outcomes after kidney transplantation. American Journal of Transplantation. 18(3). 704–714. 16 indexed citations

Meyer, Mathias, et al.. (2017). Imaging of Patients with Complex Hemodialysis Arterio-Venous Fistulas using Time-Resolved Dynamic CT Angiography: Comparison with Duplex Ultrasound. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 12563–12563. 8 indexed citations

Benck, Urs, et al.. (2017). Changes in CD73, CD39 and CD26 expression on T-lymphocytes of ANCA-associated vasculitis patients suggest impairment in adenosine generation and turn-over. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 11683–11683. 14 indexed citations

Benck, Urs, Peter Schnuelle, Bernd Krüger, et al.. (2015). Excellent graft and patient survival after renal transplantation from donors after brain death with acute kidney injury: a case–control study. International Urology and Nephrology. 47(12). 2039–2046. 19 indexed citations

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Rauen, Thomas, Frank Eitner, Christina Fitzner, et al.. (2015). Intensive Supportive Care plus Immunosuppression in IgA Nephropathy. New England Journal of Medicine. 373(23). 2225–2236. 457 indexed citations breakdown →

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Peters, Verena, Eva Riedl, Margarita Braunagel, et al.. (2014). Carnosine treatment in combination with ACE inhibition in diabetic rats. Regulatory Peptides. 194-195. 36–40. 35 indexed citations

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Yard, Benito, Eleni Stamellou, Holger Wenz, et al.. (2014). Dopamine Treatment of Brain-Dead Fisher Rats Improves Renal Histology But Not Early Renal Function in Lewis Recipients After Prolonged Static Cold Storage. Transplantation Proceedings. 46(10). 3319–3325. 3 indexed citations

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Vettel, Christiane, Urs Benck, Peter Schnuelle, et al.. (2013). Dopamine and Lipophilic Derivates Protect Cardiomyocytes against Cold Preservation Injury. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 348(1). 77–85. 23 indexed citations

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Lammert, Alexander, H Schneider, Tobias Bergmann, et al.. (2013). Hypophysitis Caused by Ipilimumab in Cancer Patients: Hormone Replacement or Immunosuppressive Therapy. Experimental and Clinical Endocrinology & Diabetes. 121(10). 581–587. 44 indexed citations

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Lammert, Alexander, Till Hasenberg, Peter Schnülle, et al.. (2012). High prevalence of retinal endothelial dysfunction in obesity WHO class III. Microvascular Research. 84(3). 362–366. 5 indexed citations

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Schnuelle, Peter, Urs Benck, & Bernhard K. Krämer. (2011). Erythropoietin in kidney disease and type 2 diabetes.. New England Journal of Medicine. 364(4). 1 indexed citations

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Nowack, Rainer, et al.. (2011). Herbal treatments of glomerulonephritis and chronic renal failure: Review and recommendations for research. Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytotherapy. 3(9). 124–136. 5 indexed citations

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Benck, Urs, et al.. (2006). Proteinuria-Lowering Effect of Heparin Therapy in Diabetic Nephropathy without Affecting the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System. Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 2(1). 58–67. 15 indexed citations

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Krzossok, Stefan, Urs Benck, Fokko J. van der Woude, & C. Braun. (2004). Disseminierte intravasale Gerinnung, Perimyokarditis und bilaterales Pleuraempyem bei adultem Still-Syndrom. DMW - Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift. 129(47). 2535–2537. 5 indexed citations

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Ritz, Eberhard, Urs Benck, & Stephan R. Orth. (2000). Acute Effects of Cigarette Smoking on Renal Hemodynamics. Contributions to nephrology. 130. 31–38. 12 indexed citations

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