Wolfgang E. Fleig

9.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
120 papers, 5.7k citations indexed

About

Wolfgang E. Fleig is a scholar working on Hepatology, Epidemiology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Wolfgang E. Fleig has authored 120 papers receiving a total of 5.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 61 papers in Hepatology, 55 papers in Epidemiology and 51 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Wolfgang E. Fleig's work include Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (35 papers), Liver Disease and Transplantation (33 papers) and Liver physiology and pathology (14 papers). Wolfgang E. Fleig is often cited by papers focused on Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (35 papers), Liver Disease and Transplantation (33 papers) and Liver physiology and pathology (14 papers). Wolfgang E. Fleig collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Austria. Wolfgang E. Fleig's co-authors include G. Kleber, Dorothea Wagner, Johannes Haerting, Wilfried Grothe, Axel Grothey, E. Lotterer, Hans Ditschuneit, Bruno Christ, Matthias Dollinger and Jan G. Hengstler and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Journal of Clinical Oncology and Gastroenterology.

In The Last Decade

Wolfgang E. Fleig

114 papers receiving 5.5k 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.

Chemotherapy in Advanced Gastric Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Based on Aggregate Data

2006 919 citations Dorothea Wagner, Wilfried Grothe et al. profile →
Chemotherapy for advanced gastric cancer

2010 400 citations Dorothea Wagner, Susanne Unverzagt et al. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Wolfgang E. Fleig Germany	38	2.6k	2.2k	1.8k	1.3k	1.0k	120	5.7k
Hiromasa Ohira Japan	34	1.5k 0.6×	1.8k 0.8×	1.9k 1.0×	816 0.6×	931 0.9×	452	4.8k
Takayoshi Tobe Japan	37	2.4k 0.9×	1.2k 0.6×	1.5k 0.8×	961 0.7×	1.5k 1.5×	333	5.6k
Michio Ogawa Japan	42	2.2k 0.8×	499 0.2×	606 0.3×	1.0k 0.8×	1.9k 1.9×	232	5.6k
A. S. Knisely United States	39	2.0k 0.8×	747 0.3×	950 0.5×	644 0.5×	1.5k 1.5×	124	4.7k
Yasunori Sato Japan	48	3.9k 1.5×	1.5k 0.7×	1.7k 0.9×	1.0k 0.8×	1.6k 1.5×	245	7.7k
Mitsuo Kusano Japan	33	2.5k 1.0×	1.1k 0.5×	305 0.2×	1.1k 0.8×	1.1k 1.1×	222	4.0k
Frank Kullmann Germany	37	1.4k 0.5×	521 0.2×	464 0.3×	1.3k 1.0×	2.1k 2.0×	166	4.5k
M Odièvre France	31	2.0k 0.8×	796 0.4×	616 0.3×	966 0.7×	250 0.2×	138	3.7k
Tomoyuki Kato Japan	43	2.3k 0.9×	485 0.2×	326 0.2×	2.0k 1.5×	2.6k 2.5×	211	5.5k
F Vilardell Spain	27	683 0.3×	372 0.2×	545 0.3×	557 0.4×	1.2k 1.2×	103	2.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Wolfgang E. Fleig

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wolfgang E. Fleig

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Wagner, Dorothea, Susanne Unverzagt, Wilfried Grothe, et al.. (2010). Chemotherapy for advanced gastric cancer. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. CD004064–CD004064. 400 indexed citations breakdown →

Dollinger, Matthias, Christine Lautenschlaeger, J. Leßke, et al.. (2010). Thymostimulin versus placebo for palliative treatment of locally advanced or metastasised hepatocellular carcinoma: a phase III clinical trial. BMC Cancer. 10(1). 457–457. 10 indexed citations

Sgodda, Malte, I Aurich, Sarah König, et al.. (2007). Hepatocyte differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells from rat peritoneal adipose tissue in vitro and in vivo. Experimental Cell Research. 313(13). 2875–2886. 148 indexed citations

Wagner, Dorothea, et al.. (2005). Chemotherapy for advanced gastric cancer. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. CD004064–CD004064. 51 indexed citations

Christ, Bruno & Wolfgang E. Fleig. (2005). Hepatozytentransplantation*. Medizinische Klinik. 100(10). 650–655. 2 indexed citations

Albert, Jörg, et al.. (2004). Simethicone for small bowel preparation for capsule endoscopy: a systematic, single-blinded, controlled study. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 59(4). 487–491. 104 indexed citations

Fleig, Wolfgang E., et al.. (2004). Spontane bakterielle Peritonitis (SBP). DMW - Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift. 129(34/35). 1792–1797. 2 indexed citations

Stange, EF, Stefan Schreiber, Ulrich R. Fölsch, et al.. (2003). Diagnostik und Therapie des M. Crohn. Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie. 41(1). 19–20.

Herrlinger, Klaus, Wolfgang Kreisel, Matthias Schwab, et al.. (2003). 6‐Thioguanine — efficacy and safety in chronic active Crohn's disease. Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 17(4). 503–508. 51 indexed citations

10.

Fleig, Wolfgang E., E. Lotterer, G. Kleber, & Gerhard Hübner. (2000). Endoskopische Therapie der oberen gastrointestinalen Blutung. Der Internist. 41(10). 1031–1040. 2 indexed citations

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Beuers, Ulrich, K. H. Wiedmann, G. Kleber, & Wolfgang E. Fleig. (1998). Treatment of autoimmune hepatitis, primarily biliary cirrhosis and primary sclerosing cholangitis - Consensus report of the German Society for Gastrointestinal and Metabolic Disorders (vol 35, pg 1041, 1997). Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie. 36(1). 2 indexed citations

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Lotterer, E., et al.. (1998). Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt for bleeding angiodysplasia-like lesions in portal-hypertensive colopathy. Gastroenterology. 115(1). 167–172. 19 indexed citations

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Kleber, G., et al.. (1998). Endoscopic Treatment of Portal Hypertension. Digestion. 59(Suppl. 2). 50–53. 3 indexed citations

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Lotterer, E., Josef Högel, Wilhelm Gaus, Wolfgang E. Fleig, & J Bircher. (1997). Quantitative liver function tests as surrogate markers for end-points in controlled clinical trials: A retrospective feasibility study. Hepatology. 26(6). 1426–1433. 18 indexed citations

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Niederau, C., et al.. (1997). [The treatment of chronic viral hepatitis B/D and acute and chronic viral hepatitis C. The consensus of the German Society for Digestive and Metabolic Diseases].. PubMed. 35(11). 971–86. 4 indexed citations

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Fleig, Wolfgang E.. (1997). Topische Steroide bei chronisch-entzündlichen Darmerkrankungen. Der Internist. 38(12). 1154–1159. 5 indexed citations

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Kügler, Christian, A. Taghavy, E. Lotterer, et al.. (1994). Dynamics of cognitive brain dysfunction in patients with cirrhotic liver disease: an event-related P300 potential perspective. Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology. 91(1). 33–41. 16 indexed citations

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Ell, Christian, J Hochberger, Andrea May, et al.. (1993). Laser lithotripsy of difficult bile duct stones by means of a rhodamine-6G laser and an integrated automatic stone-tissue detection system. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 39(6). 755–762. 43 indexed citations

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Franchis, Roberto de, Jean‐Pierre Pascal, Ermanno Ancona, et al.. (1992). Definitions, methodology and therapeutic strategies in portal hypertension. Journal of Hepatology. 15(1-2). 256–261. 217 indexed citations

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Fleig, Wolfgang E.. (1988). Liver-Specific Growth Factors. Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology. 23(sup151). 31–36. 22 indexed citations

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