Wesley Ludwig

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Wesley Ludwig is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Surgery and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Wesley Ludwig has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 8 papers in Surgery and 8 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in Wesley Ludwig's work include Kidney Stones and Urolithiasis Treatments (7 papers), Pediatric Urology and Nephrology Studies (7 papers) and Renal and Vascular Pathologies (4 papers). Wesley Ludwig is often cited by papers focused on Kidney Stones and Urolithiasis Treatments (7 papers), Pediatric Urology and Nephrology Studies (7 papers) and Renal and Vascular Pathologies (4 papers). Wesley Ludwig collaborates with scholars based in United States, Brazil and United Kingdom. Wesley Ludwig's co-authors include Michael Phillips, Ole Isacson, Jan Pruszak, Kambiz N. Alavian, Alexandra Blak, Brian R. Matlaga, Eva Hedlund, Kwang‐Soo Kim, Ángel Viñuela and Thomas Lardaro and has published in prestigious journals such as Brain, Radiology and The Journal of Urology.

In The Last Decade

Wesley Ludwig

24 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

Organic Causes of Erectile Dysfunction in Men Under 40 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 500 1000 1.5k
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. Organic Causes of Erectile Dysfunction in Men Under 40
    2013 1.7k citations Wesley Ludwig, Michael Phillips Urologia Internationalis profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Wesley Ludwig United States 13 1.3k 726 538 443 375 25 2.3k
Shin‐ichi Hisasue Japan 20 597 0.5× 423 0.6× 456 0.8× 135 0.3× 292 0.8× 80 1.3k
Lora Nunes United States 24 743 0.6× 437 0.6× 912 1.7× 223 0.5× 761 2.0× 46 1.8k
Sherif R. Aboseif United States 25 687 0.5× 367 0.5× 981 1.8× 165 0.4× 658 1.8× 74 1.8k
Nelson Bennett United States 21 642 0.5× 272 0.4× 431 0.8× 100 0.2× 418 1.1× 100 1.3k
A. Sidi Israel 33 505 0.4× 192 0.3× 1.4k 2.6× 398 0.9× 1.3k 3.3× 119 3.2k
LeRoy Jones United States 20 569 0.4× 215 0.3× 309 0.6× 158 0.4× 387 1.0× 48 1.2k
John Mandeli United States 22 468 0.4× 514 0.7× 81 0.2× 393 0.9× 202 0.5× 43 2.2k
Margaret Zacharin Australia 36 279 0.2× 1.1k 1.6× 81 0.2× 944 2.1× 697 1.9× 174 4.1k
John R. Østergaard Denmark 35 585 0.5× 136 0.2× 90 0.2× 805 1.8× 265 0.7× 144 3.8k
Frank Van der Aa Belgium 28 323 0.3× 120 0.2× 1.6k 2.9× 278 0.6× 960 2.6× 138 2.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Wesley Ludwig

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wesley Ludwig

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wesley Ludwig

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Wesley Ludwig. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Wesley Ludwig 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 Wesley Ludwig. Wesley Ludwig 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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Nirschl, Thomas R., Margueritta El Asmar, Wesley Ludwig, et al.. (2020). Transcriptional profiling of tumor associated macrophages in human renal cell carcinoma reveals significant heterogeneity and opportunity for immunomodulation.. PubMed. 8(1). 48–58. 7 indexed citations
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Michaud, Jason, et al.. (2019). Diagnosis of hemophilia in newborn circumcision: A case presentation. Urology Case Reports. 23. 101–102. 1 indexed citations
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Ziemba, Justin B., et al.. (2018). Individual renal unit urine sampling to identify unilateral metabolic defects. Clinical Nephrology. 91(2). 87–94. 1 indexed citations
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Ludwig, Wesley, Gyusung Lee, Justin B. Ziemba, Joan Ko, & Brian R. Matlaga. (2017). Evaluating the Ergonomics of Flexible Ureteroscopy. Journal of Endourology. 31(10). 1062–1066. 29 indexed citations
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Ziemba, Justin B., et al.. (2017). Preventing the Forgotten Ureteral Stent by Using a Mobile Point-of-Care Application. Journal of Endourology. 31(7). 719–724. 28 indexed citations
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Ludwig, Wesley, Sara E. Wobker, Mark W. Ball, et al.. (2017). Margin Assessment in Renal Surgery Using a Handheld Optical Coherence Tomography Probe. Urology. 113. 241–245. 3 indexed citations
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Ludwig, Wesley & Brian R. Matlaga. (2017). Urinary Stone Disease. Medical Clinics of North America. 102(2). 265–277. 18 indexed citations
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Druskin, Sasha C., Jen-Jane Liu, Allen Young, et al.. (2017). Prostate MRI prior to radical prostatectomy: effects on nerve sparing and pathological margin status. Research and Reports in Urology. Volume 9. 55–63. 15 indexed citations
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Ludwig, Wesley, Zhaoyong Feng, Bruce J. Trock, Elizabeth B. Humphreys, & Patrick C. Walsh. (2017). Prostate Specific Antigen Testing after Radical Prostatectomy—Can We Stop at 20 Years?. The Journal of Urology. 199(1). 114–119. 6 indexed citations
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Ludwig, Wesley, Michael A. Gorin, Phillip M. Pierorazio, & Mohamad E. Allaf. (2017). Frontiers in robot-assisted retroperitoneal oncological surgery. Nature Reviews Urology. 14(12). 731–741. 20 indexed citations
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Chalfin, Heather J., Wesley Ludwig, Phillip M. Pierorazio, & Mohamad E. Allaf. (2016). Robotic Primary RPLND for Stage I Testicular Cancer: a Review of Indications and Outcomes. Current Urology Reports. 17(5). 41–41. 9 indexed citations
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Ludwig, Wesley, Nikolai A. Sopko, Saïd C. Azoury, et al.. (2015). Inguinal Hernia Repair During Extraperitoneal Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy. Journal of Endourology. 30(2). 208–211. 20 indexed citations
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Ludwig, Wesley, Michael A. Gorin, Mark W. Ball, et al.. (2015). Instrument Life for Robot-assisted Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy and Partial Nephrectomy: Are Ten Lives for Most Instruments Justified?. Urology. 86(5). 942–946. 6 indexed citations
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Tosoian, Jeffrey J., Wesley Ludwig, Nikolai A. Sopko, Jeffrey K. Mullins, & Brian R. Matlaga. (2014). The Effect of Repair Costs on the Profitability of a Ureteroscopy Program. Journal of Endourology. 29(4). 406–409. 33 indexed citations
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Ludwig, Wesley & Michael Phillips. (2013). Organic Causes of Erectile Dysfunction in Men Under 40. Urologia Internationalis. 92(1). 1–6. 1681 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hedlund, Eva, Martin Karlsson, Teresia Osborn, Wesley Ludwig, & Ole Isacson. (2010). Global gene expression profiling of somatic motor neuron populations with different vulnerability identify molecules and pathways of degeneration and protection. Brain. 133(8). 2313–2330. 69 indexed citations
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Deutsch, Curtis K., Wesley Ludwig, & William J. McIlvane. (2008). Heterogeneity and hypothesis testing in neuropsychiatric illness. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 31(3). 266–267. 2 indexed citations
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Mali, W. P. T. M., et al.. (1987). Percutaneous transluminal renal angioplasty in children and adolescents.. Radiology. 165(2). 391–394. 36 indexed citations

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