Vera Regitz‐Zagrosek

37.7k total citations · 8 hit papers
298 papers, 14.7k citations indexed

About

Vera Regitz‐Zagrosek is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Molecular Biology and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Vera Regitz‐Zagrosek has authored 298 papers receiving a total of 14.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 182 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 77 papers in Molecular Biology and 47 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Vera Regitz‐Zagrosek's work include Sex and Gender in Healthcare (41 papers), Heart Failure Treatment and Management (34 papers) and Cardiovascular Issues in Pregnancy (34 papers). Vera Regitz‐Zagrosek is often cited by papers focused on Sex and Gender in Healthcare (41 papers), Heart Failure Treatment and Management (34 papers) and Cardiovascular Issues in Pregnancy (34 papers). Vera Regitz‐Zagrosek collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Switzerland. Vera Regitz‐Zagrosek's co-authors include Georgios Kararigas, Eckart Fleck, Roland Hetzer, Elke Lehmkuhl, Cathérine Gebhard, Sabra L. Klein, Sabine Oertelt‐Prigione, Ute Seeland, Eva Gerdts and Shokoufeh Mahmoodzadeh and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Vera Regitz‐Zagrosek

285 papers receiving 14.4k 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.

  1. Sex and gender: modifiers of health, disease, and medicine
    2020 1.2k citations Vera Regitz‐Zagrosek et al. profile →
  2. Impact of sex and gender on COVID-19 outcomes in Europe
    2020 759 citations Cathérine Gebhard, Vera Regitz‐Zagrosek et al. Biology of Sex Differences profile →
  3. Current State of Knowledge on Aetiology, Diagnosis, Management, and Therapy of Peripartum Cardiomyopathy: A Position Statement from the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology Working Group on peripartum cardiomyopathy
    2010 651 citations Vera Regitz‐Zagrosek, Sabine Pankuweit et al. European Journal of Heart Failure profile →
  4. Gender in cardiovascular diseases: impact on clinical manifestations, management, and outcomes
    2015 484 citations Vera Regitz‐Zagrosek, Sabine Oertelt‐Prigione et al. profile →
  5. Mechanistic Pathways of Sex Differences in Cardiovascular Disease
    2016 484 citations Vera Regitz‐Zagrosek, Georgios Kararigas profile →
  6. Sex and gender differences in health
    2012 400 citations Vera Regitz‐Zagrosek profile →
  7. Sex differences in cardiometabolic disorders
    2019 325 citations Vera Regitz‐Zagrosek et al. profile →
  8. Gender medicine: effects of sex and gender on cardiovascular disease manifestation and outcomes
    2022 157 citations Vera Regitz‐Zagrosek, Cathérine Gebhard profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Vera Regitz‐Zagrosek Germany 62 7.1k 3.1k 2.2k 2.0k 1.9k 298 14.7k
Dominique Arveiler France 65 6.0k 0.8× 2.0k 0.6× 2.3k 1.1× 2.6k 1.3× 4.4k 2.3× 247 15.7k
Mika Kähönen Finland 64 7.3k 1.0× 3.6k 1.1× 3.6k 1.7× 2.1k 1.0× 2.8k 1.4× 577 18.6k
Johan Sundström Sweden 72 6.9k 1.0× 2.3k 0.7× 1.6k 0.8× 2.6k 1.3× 3.1k 1.6× 363 17.0k
Lisheng Liu China 32 6.2k 0.9× 1.5k 0.5× 2.8k 1.3× 2.6k 1.3× 3.3k 1.7× 142 14.6k
Franz Schaefer Germany 60 3.3k 0.5× 3.0k 1.0× 1.7k 0.8× 2.6k 1.3× 1.5k 0.8× 417 17.8k
Alexandre C. Pereira Brazil 50 3.6k 0.5× 3.0k 0.9× 793 0.4× 1.8k 0.9× 1.4k 0.7× 431 10.3k
Janet Wittes United States 47 4.3k 0.6× 2.5k 0.8× 874 0.4× 2.6k 1.3× 2.5k 1.3× 161 15.1k
Myron A. Waclawiw United States 56 4.1k 0.6× 3.1k 1.0× 875 0.4× 2.0k 1.0× 1.9k 1.0× 139 14.9k
Erik Ingelsson Sweden 63 3.3k 0.5× 2.9k 0.9× 1.0k 0.5× 1.5k 0.7× 1.7k 0.9× 209 12.8k
Ioanna Tzoulaki United Kingdom 58 2.3k 0.3× 2.1k 0.7× 2.4k 1.1× 1.7k 0.8× 1.5k 0.8× 186 13.9k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Haider, Ahmed, Susan Bengs, Angela Portmann, et al.. (2025). Age- and sex-specific differences in myocardial sympathetic tone and left ventricular remodeling following myocardial injury. Biology of Sex Differences. 16(1). 2–2.
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Barcena, Maria Luisa, et al.. (2024). Upregulation of Mitochondrial Sirt3 and Alleviation of the Inflammatory Phenotype in Macrophages by Estrogen. Cells. 13(17). 1420–1420. 9 indexed citations
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Vetter, Valentin Max, Johanna Drewelies, Dominik Spira, et al.. (2023). Diabetes type 2 in the Berlin Aging Study II: Cross‐sectional and longitudinal data on prevalence, incidence and severity over on average seven years of follow‐up. Diabetic Medicine. 40(8). e15104–e15104. 4 indexed citations
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Vetter, Valentin Max, Dominik Spira, Johanna Drewelies, et al.. (2022). Relationship Between 5 Epigenetic Clocks, Telomere Length, and Functional Capacity Assessed in Older Adults: Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Analyses. The Journals of Gerontology Series A. 77(9). 1724–1733. 30 indexed citations
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Haeberlin, Andreas, et al.. (2021). Determinants of career development in cardiology – results from a Swiss national survey. Cardiovascular Medicine. 3 indexed citations
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Regitz‐Zagrosek, Vera, Jolien W. Roos‐Hesselink, Johann Bauersachs, et al.. (2019). Guía ESC 2018 sobre el tratamiento de las enfermedades cardiovasculares durante el embarazo. Revista Española de Cardiología. 72(2). 161–161. 3 indexed citations
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Teren, Andrej, Samira Zeynalova, Joachim Thiery, et al.. (2019). Nonobstructive Coronary Artery Disease at Angiography and Gender-Specific Indicators for Cardiovascular Events: 5-Year Follow-Up of the LIFE Heart Study. Journal of Women s Health. 29(3). 338–344. 3 indexed citations
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Regitz‐Zagrosek, Vera. (2014). Geschlechterunterschiede in der Pharmakotherapie. Bundesgesundheitsblatt - Gesundheitsforschung - Gesundheitsschutz. 57(9). 1067–1073. 10 indexed citations
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Kararigas, Georgios, Elke Dworatzek, George Petrov, et al.. (2014). Sex-Dependent Regulation of Fibrosis and Inflammation in Human Left Ventricular Remodelling Under Pressure Overload. European Journal of Heart Failure. 16(11). 1160–1167. 133 indexed citations
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Oertelt‐Prigione, Sabine, et al.. (2013). Detection of Gender Differences in Incomplete Revascularization after Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery Varies with Classification Technique. BioMed Research International. 2013. 1–7. 5 indexed citations
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Loßnitzer, Nicole, Wolfgang Herzog, Stefan Störk, et al.. (2012). Incidence rates and predictors of major and minor depression in patients with heart failure. International Journal of Cardiology. 167(2). 502–507. 55 indexed citations
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Kararigas, Georgios, Eva Becher, Shokoufeh Mahmoodzadeh, et al.. (2010). Sex-specific modification of progesterone receptor expression by 17β-oestradiol in human cardiac tissues. Biology of Sex Differences. 1(1). 2–2. 32 indexed citations
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Fliegner, Daniela, Dirk Westermann, Alexander Riad, et al.. (2008). Up-Regulation of PPARγ in Myocardial Infarction. European Journal of Heart Failure. 10(1). 30–38. 24 indexed citations
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Hegner, B., León J. De Windt, Friedrich C. Luft, et al.. (2008). Deoxycorticosterone Acetate-Salt Mice Exhibit Blood Pressure–Independent Sexual Dimorphism. Hypertension. 51(4). 1177–1183. 35 indexed citations
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Brokat, Sebastian, Jenny Thomas, Lars R. Herda, et al.. (2007). Altered Melusin Expression in the Hearts of Aortic Stenosis Patients. European Journal of Heart Failure. 9(6-7). 568–573. 14 indexed citations
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Busch, Jonas, et al.. (2007). Integration geschlechtsspezifischer Inhalte in die Lehre der Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin [Integration of gender-specific contents into the medical education at the Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin]. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations
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Knecht, Michael, et al.. (1994). Dilated Cardiomyopathy: Computer-Assisted Analysis of Endomyocardial Biopsy Protein Patterns by Two-Dimensional Gel Electrophoresis. Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (CCLM). 32(8). 615–624. 15 indexed citations
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Gräfe, Michael, et al.. (1993). Regulation of beta-adrenergic receptors on endothelial cells in culture.. PubMed. 14 Suppl I. 173–6. 9 indexed citations
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Keene, Bruce W., Clarke E. Atkins, John E. Rush, et al.. (1990). Modified transvenous endomyocardial biopsy technique in dogs. American Journal of Veterinary Research. 51(11). 1769–1772. 17 indexed citations

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