W. Appel

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 620 citations indexed

About

W. Appel is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Oncology and Internal Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, W. Appel has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 620 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 5 papers in Oncology and 2 papers in Internal Medicine. Recurrent topics in W. Appel's work include Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (3 papers), Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases (3 papers) and Occupational and environmental lung diseases (3 papers). W. Appel is often cited by papers focused on Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (3 papers), Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases (3 papers) and Occupational and environmental lung diseases (3 papers). W. Appel collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Belgium and Spain. W. Appel's co-authors include Penella J. Woll, Corinne Faivre‐Finn, Linda Ashcroft, M. Snee, Jan P. van Meerbeeck, Fabrice Barlési, Jason Pantarotto, Andrea Bezjak, P. Fournel and Susan Harden and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Oncology, Radiology and The Lancet Oncology.

In The Last Decade

W. Appel

11 papers receiving 607 citations

Hit Papers

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  1. Concurrent once-daily versus twice-daily chemoradiotherapy in patients with limited-stage small-cell lung cancer (CONVERT): an open-label, phase 3, randomised, superiority trial
    2017 354 citations Corinne Faivre‐Finn, M. Snee et al. The Lancet Oncology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
W. Appel United Kingdom 7 395 274 252 106 84 13 620
V. Bishay United States 11 92 0.2× 276 1.0× 182 0.7× 82 0.8× 25 0.3× 44 748
Lorenzo Gervaso Italy 10 208 0.5× 110 0.4× 51 0.2× 202 1.9× 41 0.5× 46 447
Kenneth M. Algazy United States 8 195 0.5× 432 1.6× 32 0.1× 174 1.6× 40 0.5× 15 723
Anne K. Baumgärtner Germany 6 227 0.6× 194 0.7× 35 0.1× 35 0.3× 29 0.3× 9 451
Geneviève Bouchard‐Fortier Canada 15 117 0.3× 64 0.2× 182 0.7× 55 0.5× 39 0.5× 54 712
Xiaoli Zhu China 13 77 0.2× 125 0.5× 105 0.4× 38 0.4× 31 0.4× 39 459
Jason Wachsmann United States 9 124 0.3× 209 0.8× 33 0.1× 100 0.9× 41 0.5× 19 524
Fariba Saghafifar United States 5 190 0.5× 40 0.1× 38 0.2× 201 1.9× 174 2.1× 6 630
Kensuke Fukuda Japan 9 83 0.2× 161 0.6× 54 0.2× 58 0.5× 44 0.5× 45 377
Stefano Sanna Italy 12 182 0.5× 526 1.9× 46 0.2× 13 0.1× 43 0.5× 31 724

Countries citing papers authored by W. Appel

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Fields of papers citing papers by W. Appel

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of W. Appel

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of W. Appel. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of W. Appel based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with W. Appel. W. Appel is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

13 of 13 papers shown
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Bayman, N., W. Appel, Linda Ashcroft, et al.. (2019). Prophylactic Irradiation of Tracts in Patients With Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma: An Open-Label, Multicenter, Phase III Randomized Trial. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 37(14). 1200–1208. 36 indexed citations
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Bayman, N., W. Appel, Linda Ashcroft, et al.. (2018). Prophylactic irradiation of tracts (PIT) in patients with pleural mesothelioma: results of a multicentre phase III trial. Lung Cancer. 115. S30–S30.
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Faivre‐Finn, Corinne, M. Snee, Linda Ashcroft, et al.. (2017). Concurrent once-daily versus twice-daily chemoradiotherapy in patients with limited-stage small-cell lung cancer (CONVERT): an open-label, phase 3, randomised, superiority trial. The Lancet Oncology. 18(8). 1116–1125. 354 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bayman, N., W. Appel, Linda Ashcroft, et al.. (2017). OA 02.03 Prophylactic Irradiation of Tracts (PIT) in Patients with Pleural Mesothelioma: Results of a Multicenter Phase III Trial. Journal of Thoracic Oncology. 12(11). S1747–S1747. 4 indexed citations
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Macbeth, Fergus, Simon Noble, Jessica Evans, et al.. (2015). Randomized Phase III Trial of Standard Therapy Plus Low Molecular Weight Heparin in Patients With Lung Cancer: FRAGMATIC Trial. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 34(5). 488–494. 134 indexed citations
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Dock, W, et al.. (1988). Fixed intravascular foreign bodies: a new method for removal.. Radiology. 167(2). 555–556. 20 indexed citations
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Schiessel, R, et al.. (1986). [Surgical therapy of Crohn disease and ulcerative colitis].. PubMed. 98(22). 769–74.
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Starlinger, M, W. Appel, M. Schemper, & R Schiessel. (1985). Long-Term Treatment of Peptic Esophageal Stenosis with Dilatation and Cimetidine: Factors Influencing Clinical Result. European Surgical Research. 17(4). 207–214. 14 indexed citations
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Ludwig, H, et al.. (1968). [Anticoagulants in the radiotherapy of genital carcinomas in women. I. Squamous cell carcinoma].. PubMed. 38. 2042–7. 4 indexed citations
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Appel, W.. (1951). [Hyperostosis of the skull in diabetics].. PubMed. 198(1). 61–70. 2 indexed citations

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