Walter Biffl

9.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
19 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Walter Biffl is a scholar working on Surgery, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Emergency Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Walter Biffl has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Surgery, 9 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 8 papers in Emergency Medicine. Recurrent topics in Walter Biffl's work include Abdominal Surgery and Complications (6 papers), Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management (6 papers) and Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment (3 papers). Walter Biffl is often cited by papers focused on Abdominal Surgery and Complications (6 papers), Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management (6 papers) and Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment (3 papers). Walter Biffl collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and Finland. Walter Biffl's co-authors include Luca Ansaloni, Fausto Catena, Ernest E. Moore, Federico Coccolini, Massimo Sartelli, Ari Leppäniemi, Salomone Di Saverio, Yoram Kluger, Harry van Goor and Chad G. Ball and has published in prestigious journals such as American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Shock and The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care.

In The Last Decade

Walter Biffl

18 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

2019 WSES guidelines for the management of severe acute pancreatitis

2019 502 citations Ari Leppäniemi, Matti Tolonen et al. World Journal of Emergency Surgery profile →
Acute mesenteric ischemia: guidelines of the World Society of Emergency Surgery

2017 320 citations Miklosh Bala, Jeffry L. Kashuk et al. World Journal of Emergency Surgery profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Walter Biffl United States	14	1.1k	539	314	290	130	19	1.4k
A. C. de Beaux United Kingdom	19	1.1k 1.1×	324 0.6×	464 1.5×	108 0.4×	114 0.9×	45	1.5k
Olivier Corcos France	27	1.1k 1.1×	832 1.5×	287 0.9×	118 0.4×	261 2.0×	100	2.0k
Ib Rasmussen Sweden	21	896 0.9×	568 1.1×	174 0.6×	278 1.0×	87 0.7×	53	1.2k
Klaus Emmanuel Austria	19	662 0.6×	286 0.5×	216 0.7×	71 0.2×	128 1.0×	71	1.0k
C. McKay United Kingdom	21	1.8k 1.7×	516 1.0×	1.3k 4.2×	219 0.8×	284 2.2×	32	2.1k
Srdan Novovic Denmark	18	923 0.9×	187 0.3×	490 1.6×	75 0.3×	121 0.9×	71	1.1k
Michael K. Sanders United States	16	1.1k 1.0×	399 0.7×	666 2.1×	110 0.4×	340 2.6×	39	1.4k
David R. Stather Canada	20	349 0.3×	1.3k 2.4×	130 0.4×	180 0.6×	199 1.5×	50	1.7k
Thomas J. VanderMeer United States	14	477 0.5×	156 0.3×	78 0.2×	147 0.5×	153 1.2×	25	836
Eli Atar Israel	22	816 0.8×	585 1.1×	131 0.4×	137 0.5×	102 0.8×	76	1.4k

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19 of 19 papers shown

Litvin, Andrey, Belinda De Simone, Massimo Sartelli, et al.. (2024). A new technology for medical and surgical data organisation: the WSES-WJES Decentralised Knowledge Graph. World Journal of Emergency Surgery. 19(1). 37–37.

Reichert, Martin, Fritz Roller, Johannes Kalder, et al.. (2023). Die akute Mesenterialischämie – eine Übersicht und Empfehlungen (S2k-analog) der World Society of Emergency Surgery. Die Chirurgie. 94(7). 608–615. 2 indexed citations

Stahel, Philip F., Lorenzo Cobianchi, Francesca Dal Mas, et al.. (2022). The role of teamwork and non-technical skills for improving emergency surgical outcomes: an international perspective. Patient Safety in Surgery. 16(1). 8–8. 17 indexed citations

Leppäniemi, Ari, Matti Tolonen, Antonio Tarasconi, et al.. (2020). Executive summary: WSES Guidelines for the management of severe acute pancreatitis. The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. 88(6). 888–890. 23 indexed citations

Catena, Fausto, Walter Biffl, Belinda De Simone, et al.. (2020). Emergency general surgeons: the special forces of general surgery (the “navy seals paradigm”). World Journal of Emergency Surgery. 15(1). 11–11. 5 indexed citations

Leppäniemi, Ari, Matti Tolonen, Antonio Tarasconi, et al.. (2019). 2019 WSES guidelines for the management of severe acute pancreatitis. World Journal of Emergency Surgery. 14(1). 27–27. 502 indexed citations breakdown →

Bala, Miklosh, Jeffry L. Kashuk, Ernest E. Moore, et al.. (2018). Establishing position papers by the WSES. World Journal of Emergency Surgery. 13(1). 1–1. 21 indexed citations

Steinemann, Susan, et al.. (2018). Motor vehicle crash fatalaties and undercompensated care associated with legalization of marijuana. The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. 85(3). 566–571. 29 indexed citations

Bala, Miklosh, Jeffry L. Kashuk, Ernest E. Moore, et al.. (2017). Acute mesenteric ischemia: guidelines of the World Society of Emergency Surgery. World Journal of Emergency Surgery. 12(1). 38–38. 320 indexed citations breakdown →

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Coccolini, Federico, Fausto Catena, Ernest E. Moore, et al.. (2016). WSES classification and guidelines for liver trauma. World Journal of Emergency Surgery. 11(1). 50–50. 70 indexed citations

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Coccolini, Federico, Fausto Catena, Giulia Montori, et al.. (2015). IROA: the International Register of Open Abdomen.. World Journal of Emergency Surgery. 10(1). 37–37. 15 indexed citations

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Kluger, Yoram, Massimo Sartelli, Amit Katz, et al.. (2015). Caustic ingestion management: world society of emergency surgery preliminary survey of expert opinion. World Journal of Emergency Surgery. 10(1). 48–48. 51 indexed citations

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Coccolini, Federico, Walter Biffl, Fausto Catena, et al.. (2015). The open abdomen, indications, management and definitive closure. World Journal of Emergency Surgery. 10(1). 32–32. 75 indexed citations

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Coccolini, Federico, Giulia Montori, Fausto Catena, et al.. (2015). Liver trauma: WSES position paper. World Journal of Emergency Surgery. 10(1). 39–39. 44 indexed citations

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Ivatury, Rao R., Frederick A. Moore, Walter Biffl, et al.. (2014). Oesophageal injuries: Position paper, WSES, 2013. World Journal of Emergency Surgery. 9(1). 9–9. 20 indexed citations

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Pieracci, Fredric M., Carlton C. Barnett, Nicole T. Townsend, et al.. (2012). Sexual Dimorphism in Hematocrit Response Following Red Blood Cell Transfusion of Critically Ill Surgical Patients. Europe PMC (PubMed Central). 2012. 1–7. 5 indexed citations

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Sartelli, Massimo, Pierluigi Viale, Kaoru Koike, et al.. (2011). WSES consensus conference: Guidelines for first-line management of intra-abdominal infections. World Journal of Emergency Surgery. 6(1). 2–2. 45 indexed citations

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Lomas‐Neira, Joanne, Chun‐Shiang Chung, Mario Perl, et al.. (2005). Role of alveolar macrophage and migrating neutrophils in hemorrhage-induced priming for ALI subsequent to septic challenge. American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology. 290(1). L51–L58. 131 indexed citations

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Biffl, Walter, et al.. (1999). BLOOD TRANSFUSION INDEPENDENTLY DELAYS NEUTROPHIL APOPTOSIS IN TRAUMA PATIENTS. Shock. 11(Supplement). 1–1. 7 indexed citations

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