Walter Back

5.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
65 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Walter Back is a scholar working on Surgery, Molecular Biology and Pathology and Forensic Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Walter Back has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Surgery, 15 papers in Molecular Biology and 14 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine. Recurrent topics in Walter Back's work include Genetic factors in colorectal cancer (9 papers), Digestive system and related health (5 papers) and Kidney Stones and Urolithiasis Treatments (4 papers). Walter Back is often cited by papers focused on Genetic factors in colorectal cancer (9 papers), Digestive system and related health (5 papers) and Kidney Stones and Urolithiasis Treatments (4 papers). Walter Back collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Netherlands. Walter Back's co-authors include Dieter E. Jenne, Hermann-Josef Gröne, Wolfgang L. Gross, Volker Brinkmann, Kai Kessenbrock, Zena Werb, Ulf Schönermarck, Markus Krumbholz, Steffan Loff and Michael Zimmer and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Medicine and Nature Genetics.

In The Last Decade

Walter Back

63 papers receiving 3.6k 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.

Netting neutrophils in autoimmune small-vessel vasculitis

2009 1.3k citations Walter Back, Dieter E. Jenne et al. profile →
Peutz-Jeghers syndrome is caused by mutations in a novel serine threoninekinase

1998 869 citations Dieter E. Jenne, Jun‐ichi Nezu et al. Nature Genetics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Walter Back Germany	22	1.2k	1.2k	1.1k	864	662	65	3.7k
Claudio Gambini Italy	37	992 0.8×	1.4k 1.2×	469 0.4×	646 0.7×	1.1k 1.7×	170	4.6k
Roel A. de Weger Netherlands	37	1.1k 0.9×	1.4k 1.2×	466 0.4×	445 0.5×	980 1.5×	158	4.5k
Béatrice Plougastel-Douglas United States	21	1.8k 1.5×	1.2k 1.1×	515 0.5×	1.5k 1.7×	733 1.1×	29	4.2k
Christa Fonatsch Germany	49	1.1k 0.9×	2.9k 2.4×	1.2k 1.1×	433 0.5×	1.2k 1.8×	197	7.7k
Annette Schmitt‐Graeff Germany	47	2.0k 1.6×	2.0k 1.7×	660 0.6×	558 0.6×	1.4k 2.1×	195	6.6k
Roman Kodet Czechia	31	442 0.4×	1.3k 1.1×	653 0.6×	815 0.9×	964 1.5×	171	3.1k
Dagmar Dilloo Germany	29	1.4k 1.1×	1.2k 1.0×	358 0.3×	472 0.5×	1.4k 2.1×	92	4.7k
Brenda J. Weigel United States	44	1.4k 1.2×	1.9k 1.7×	942 0.9×	1.6k 1.9×	2.3k 3.5×	164	5.8k
Xavier Sastre France	33	618 0.5×	822 0.7×	683 0.6×	1.5k 1.7×	2.0k 3.0×	77	4.2k
Sean K. Lau United States	30	451 0.4×	822 0.7×	593 0.6×	826 1.0×	1.1k 1.7×	81	3.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Walter Back

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Fields of papers citing papers by Walter Back

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Walter Back

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

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Schilling, Oliver, et al.. (2012). NSP4, an elastase-related protease in human neutrophils with arginine specificity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(16). 6229–6234. 91 indexed citations

Seiz, Marcel, Alexander Lammert, Marc A. Brockmann, et al.. (2010). SOM230 (Pasireotide) and Temozolomide Achieve Sustained Control of Tumour Progression and ACTH Secretion in Pituitary Carcinoma with Widespread Metastases. Experimental and Clinical Endocrinology & Diabetes. 118(10). 760–763. 57 indexed citations

Palitzsch, K.-D., et al.. (2008). Ungewöhnlicher »tumorartiger Befund« zwischen Pankreaskopf und Duodenalwand. DMW - Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift. 115(13). 496–500.

Fatar, Marc, Mark Stroick, Martin Griebe, et al.. (2008). Lipoaspirate-derived adult mesenchymal stem cells improve functional outcome during intracerebral hemorrhage by proliferation of endogenous progenitor cells. Neuroscience Letters. 443(3). 174–178. 25 indexed citations

Aretz, Stefan, Dietlinde Stienen, Siegfried Uhlhaas, et al.. (2007). High proportion of large genomic deletions and a genotype–phenotype update in 80 unrelated families with juvenile polyposis syndrome. Journal of Medical Genetics. 44(11). 702–709. 151 indexed citations

Metzgeroth, Georgia, Walter Back, Beate Schultheis, et al.. (2006). Intestinal‐type adenocarcinoma situated in the nasopharynx. Cytopathology. 18(1). 59–63. 3 indexed citations

Häcker, Axel, K.U. Köhrmann, Walter Back, et al.. (2005). Extracorporeal application of high‐intensity focused ultrasound for prostatic tissue ablation. British Journal of Urology. 96(1). 71–76. 21 indexed citations

Dempfle, C.‐E., et al.. (2004). Akral betonte Hautnekrosen. Der Hautarzt. 55(4). 410–413. 3 indexed citations

Berkel, Simone, Jochen Gaa, Walter Back, et al.. (2004). Poorly differentiated small cell carcinoma of the pancreas. Pancreatology. 4(6). 521–526. 13 indexed citations

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Metzgeroth, Georgia, Walter Back, Ole Maywald, et al.. (2003). Auer rod-like inclusions in multiple myeloma. Annals of Hematology. 82(1). 57–60. 17 indexed citations

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Braun, Claude, Meike Schaub, Walter Back, et al.. (1999). PREVENTION OF CHRONIC RENAL ALLOGRAFT REJECTION IN RATS WITH AN ORAL ENDOTHELIN A RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST1. Transplantation. 68(6). 739–746. 49 indexed citations

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Loff, Steffan, Bettina Kränzlin, Alexander Dzakovic, et al.. (1999). Parenteral nutrition-induced hepatobiliary dysfunction in infants and prepubertal rabbits. Pediatric Surgery International. 15(7). 479–482. 13 indexed citations

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Back, Walter, et al.. (1998). Hefevitalität und Bierqualität. 51. 189–195. 2 indexed citations

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Jenne, Dieter E., Jun‐ichi Nezu, Steffan Loff, et al.. (1998). Peutz-Jeghers syndrome is caused by mutations in a novel serine threoninekinase. Nature Genetics. 18(1). 38–43. 869 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lorenz, Christian, et al.. (1996). Cultured urothelium in sheep bladder augmentation. Pediatric Surgery International. 11(7). 456–461. 9 indexed citations

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Härle, M, Norbert Arens, Ingrid Moll, et al.. (1996). Comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) discloses chromosomal and subchromosomal copy number changes in Merkel cell carcinomas. Journal of Cutaneous Pathology. 23(5). 391–397. 24 indexed citations

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Köhrmann, K.U., et al.. (1994). The Isolated Perfused Kidney of the Pig: New Model to Evaluate Shock Wave-Induced Lesions. Journal of Endourology. 8(2). 105–110. 42 indexed citations

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Back, Walter, et al.. (1994). Histomorphologic and Ultrastructural Findings of Shockwave-Induced Lesions in the Isolated Perfused Kidney of the Pig*. Journal of Endourology. 8(4). 257–261. 7 indexed citations

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Paschke, Ralf, et al.. (1991). Regional stimulation of thyroid epithelial cells in Graves' disease by lymphocytic aggregates and plasma cells. European Journal of Endocrinology. 125(4). 459–465. 9 indexed citations

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Rassweiler, Jens, et al.. (1990). Modulith SL10/20 - Experimental Introduction and First Clinical Experience with a New Interdisciplinary Lithotriptor. European Urology. 18(4). 237–241. 10 indexed citations

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