W. Klinner

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
62 papers, 839 citations indexed

About

W. Klinner is a scholar working on Surgery, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, W. Klinner has authored 62 papers receiving a total of 839 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Surgery, 25 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 16 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in W. Klinner's work include Congenital Heart Disease Studies (15 papers), Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair (12 papers) and Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments (11 papers). W. Klinner is often cited by papers focused on Congenital Heart Disease Studies (15 papers), Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair (12 papers) and Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments (11 papers). W. Klinner collaborates with scholars based in Germany. W. Klinner's co-authors include Bruno Reichart, Georg Nollert, T Fischlein, Christine Böhmer, R Zenker, E. Kreuzer, A. Schaudig, Theodor Fischlein, Oliver Dewald and Armin Welz and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery and The Annals of Thoracic Surgery.

In The Last Decade

W. Klinner

50 papers receiving 775 citations

Hit Papers

Long-Term Survival in Patients With Repair of Tetralogy o... 1997 2026 2006 2016 1997 100 200 300 400
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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.

  1. Long-Term Survival in Patients With Repair of Tetralogy of Fallot: 36-Year Follow-Up of 490 Survivors of the First Year After Surgical Repair
    1997 482 citations Georg Nollert, T Fischlein et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 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. Klinner Germany 10 695 466 459 425 36 62 839
I. Luhmer Germany 14 472 0.7× 309 0.7× 292 0.6× 252 0.6× 45 1.3× 60 624
Giancarlo Crupi Italy 14 474 0.7× 341 0.7× 362 0.8× 151 0.4× 48 1.3× 46 632
Sally P. Allwork United Kingdom 13 561 0.8× 339 0.7× 378 0.8× 474 1.1× 20 0.6× 29 791
William G. Williams Canada 11 817 1.2× 440 0.9× 498 1.1× 742 1.7× 38 1.1× 12 1.1k
Phillip E. Oyer United States 11 195 0.3× 190 0.4× 423 0.9× 334 0.8× 72 2.0× 11 714
J E Sousa Brazil 8 511 0.7× 520 1.1× 594 1.3× 557 1.3× 55 1.5× 14 984
Ashok V. Mehta United States 15 268 0.4× 200 0.4× 222 0.5× 331 0.8× 27 0.8× 49 613
M. A Gatzoulis United Kingdom 6 509 0.7× 453 1.0× 143 0.3× 436 1.0× 30 0.8× 7 642
Peter M. Sanfelippo United States 12 103 0.1× 177 0.4× 303 0.7× 175 0.4× 51 1.4× 26 555
B Vidne Israel 11 134 0.2× 111 0.2× 173 0.4× 221 0.5× 31 0.9× 39 364

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Fields of papers citing papers by W. Klinner

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of W. Klinner. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of W. Klinner 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. Klinner. W. Klinner is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Sodian, Ralf, et al.. (2011). Long-term (≤50 years) results of patients after mitral valve commissurotomy—a single-center experience. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 143(4). S96–S98. 8 indexed citations
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Nollert, Georg, et al.. (1997). Long-Term Survival in Patients With Repair of Tetralogy of Fallot: 36-Year Follow-Up of 490 Survivors of the First Year After Surgical Repair. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 30(5). 1374–1383. 482 indexed citations breakdown →
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Gödje, O., et al.. (1997). Thirty-Year Results of Starr-Edwards Prostheses in the Aortic and Mitral Position. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 63(3). 613–619. 49 indexed citations
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Nollert, Georg, Theodor Fischlein, Oliver Dewald, et al.. (1997). Long-Term Results of Total Repair of Tetralogy of Fallot in Adulthood: 35 years Follow-up in 104 Patients Corrected at the Age of 18 or Older*. The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon. 45(4). 178–181. 81 indexed citations
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Vetter, H., Bruno Reichart, Petra Seidel, et al.. (1990). Non-invasive assessment of right and left ventricular volumes 11 to 24 years after corrective surgery on patients with tetralogy of Fallot. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. 4(1). 24–28. 13 indexed citations
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Vogel, Michael, et al.. (1990). Brock transventricular pulmonary valvotomy in patients with pulmonary stenosis: Long-term results. Pediatric Cardiology. 11(4). 191–194. 2 indexed citations
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Klinner, W., et al.. (1988). The Benefit Patients Derive from Aortocoronary Reoperation. The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon. 36(5). 266–268. 2 indexed citations
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Überfuhr, P, Bruno Reichart, Armin Welz, et al.. (1982). Bericht über eine erfolgreiche orthotope Herztransplantation in Deutschland. Journal of Molecular Medicine. 60(23). 1435–1442. 3 indexed citations
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Reichart, B, et al.. (1982). Stenosis of the Supraaortic Branches Combined with Coronary Artery Disease: One-stage Surgical Treatment. The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon. 30(5). 269–272. 6 indexed citations
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Reichart, Bruno, et al.. (1978). Hämodynamische Langzeituntersuchungen nach operativer Korrektur der Fallotschen Tetralogie im Erwachsenenalter*. The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon. 26(4). 236–240. 1 indexed citations
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Beyer, J., L. Brunner, & W. Klinner. (1976). Zur chirurgischen Therapie der Fallot'schen Tetralogie bei Aplasie bzw. Obstruktion eines Pulmonalishauptastes*. The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon. 24(5). 431–437. 2 indexed citations
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Sebening, F., et al.. (1969). 113. Zur Transplantation des Herzens. Langenbeck s Archives of Surgery. 325(1). 731–740. 1 indexed citations
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Meisner, H., et al.. (1968). Zur Chirurgie des Morbus Ebstein. Langenbeck s Archives of Surgery. 320(4). 307–321. 3 indexed citations
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Sebening, F., et al.. (1965). [Operable benign tumors of the heart].. PubMed. 90(40). 1742–6. 1 indexed citations
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Zenker, R, W. Klinner, & H. G. Borst. (1965). [Possibilities and results of mitral and aortic valve prosthesis].. PubMed. 90(26). 1353–9.
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Zenker, R, H. G. Borst, & W. Klinner. (1964). Fortschritte auf dem Gebiet der Herzchirurgie. I. Geschlossene Herzoperationen. DMW - Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift. 89(42). 1979–1981. 2 indexed citations
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Klinner, W., A. Schaudig, & F. Sebening. (1963). [Results in 500 cases of heart defects operated on using the heart-lung machine].. PubMed. 302. 91–105. 1 indexed citations
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Klinner, W., et al.. (1962). Anastomose zwischen System- und Lungenarterie mit Hilfe von Kunststoffprothesen bei cyanotischen Herzvitien. The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon. 10(1). 68–75. 22 indexed citations
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Klinner, W., et al.. (1961). [Mitral opening tone in mitral insufficiency (Its significance for surgical correction)].. PubMed. 50. 888–900. 1 indexed citations
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Klinner, W., et al.. (1957). [Problems in roentgen diagnosis of the lungs].. PubMed. 25(46). 1697–708. 1 indexed citations

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