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Felix Sahm publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Felix Sahm sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 905 publications — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Felix Sahm D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Felix Sahm sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 93 D-Index — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Overview

Felix Sahm is affiliated with the University Hospital Heidelberg in Germany and has contributed extensively to the field of medical research, particularly in neuroscience and oncology. Their work spans several main fields including Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a significant focus on multiple specialized subfields such as Genetics, Molecular Biology, Neurology, Epidemiology, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

The scientist's research covers a range of topics primarily related to brain tumors and neurological disorders. Key topics in their work include:

  • Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Meningioma and schwannoma management
  • Neuroblastoma Research and Treatments
  • Neurofibromatosis and Schwannoma Cases
  • Brain Metastases and Treatment
  • Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics

Among the recent papers associated with Felix Sahm are high-impact studies published between 2020 and 2022. These include:

  • EANO guideline on the diagnosis and management of meningiomas, 2021, Neuro-Oncology
  • EANO-ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of patients with brain metastasis from solid tumours, 2021, Annals of Oncology
  • cIMPACT-NOW update 6: new entity and diagnostic principle recommendations of the cIMPACT-Utrecht meeting on future CNS tumor classification and grading, 2020, Brain Pathology
  • Glioblastoma hijacks neuronal mechanisms for brain invasion, 2022, Cell
  • Sarcoma classification by DNA methylation profiling, 2021, Nature Communications

Felix Sahm frequently publishes in several core scientific journals, including:

  • Neuro-Oncology
  • Acta Neuropathologica
  • Neuro-Oncology Advances
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications

Collaboration appears to be an integral part of their research approach, with frequent co-authors contributing to interdisciplinary studies. Notable colleagues who have co-authored with Felix Sahm include:

  • Andreas von Deimling
  • Wolfgang Wick
  • Stefan M. Pfister
  • David Jones
  • Philipp Sievers

Best Publications

  • DNA methylation-based classification of central nervous system tumours

    David Capper;David Capper;David Capper;David T. W. Jones;Martin Sill;Volker Hovestadt

  • An endogenous tumour-promoting ligand of the human aryl hydrocarbon receptor

    Christiane A. Opitz;Ulrike M. Litzenburger;Ulrike M. Litzenburger;Felix Sahm;Martina Ott

  • Brain tumour cells interconnect to a functional and resistant network

    Matthias Osswald;Matthias Osswald;Erik Jung;Erik Jung;Felix Sahm;Felix Sahm;Gergely Solecki;Gergely Solecki

  • Glutamatergic synaptic input to glioma cells drives brain tumour progression

    Varun Venkataramani;Varun Venkataramani;Varun Venkataramani;Dimitar Ivanov Tanev;Dimitar Ivanov Tanev;Dimitar Ivanov Tanev;Christopher Strahle;Alexander Studier-Fischer;Alexander Studier-Fischer

  • New Brain Tumor Entities Emerge from Molecular Classification of CNS-PNETs

    Dominik Sturm;Dominik Sturm;Brent A. Orr;Umut H. Toprak;Volker Hovestadt

  • Lomustine and Bevacizumab in Progressive Glioblastoma

    Wolfgang Wick;Thierry Gorlia;Martin Bendszus;Martin Taphoorn

  • A vaccine targeting mutant IDH1 induces antitumour immunity

    Theresa Schumacher;Lukas Bunse;Stefan Pusch;Felix Sahm

  • DNA methylation-based classification and grading system for meningioma: a multicentre, retrospective analysis

    Felix Sahm;Felix Sahm;Daniel Schrimpf;Damian Stichel;David T.W. Jones

  • High prevalence of BRAF V600E mutations in Erdheim-Chester disease but not in other non-Langerhans cell histiocytoses

    Julien Haroche;Frédéric Charlotte;Laurent Arnaud;Andreas von Deimling

  • ATRX and IDH1-R132H immunohistochemistry with subsequent copy number analysis and IDH sequencing as a basis for an "integrated" diagnostic approach for adult astrocytoma, oligodendroglioma and glioblastoma.

    David E. Reuss;Felix Sahm;Felix Sahm;Daniel Schrimpf;Daniel Schrimpf;Benedikt Wiestler;Benedikt Wiestler

  • Assessment of BRAF V600E mutation status by immunohistochemistry with a mutation-specific monoclonal antibody

    David Capper;David Capper;Matthias Preusser;Matthias Preusser;Antje Habel;Felix Sahm;Felix Sahm

  • Suppression of antitumor T cell immunity by the oncometabolite ( R )-2-hydroxyglutarate

    Lukas Bunse;Stefan Pusch;Theresa Bunse;Felix Sahm

  • cIMPACT-NOW update 6: new entity and diagnostic principle recommendations of the cIMPACT-Utrecht meeting on future CNS tumor classification and grading.

    David N. Louis;Pieter Wesseling;Kenneth Aldape;Daniel J. Brat

  • Automated quantitative tumour response assessment of MRI in neuro-oncology with artificial neural networks: a multicentre, retrospective study.

    Philipp Kickingereder;Fabian Isensee;Irada Tursunova;Jens Petersen

  • EANO guideline on the diagnosis and management of meningiomas.

    Roland Goldbrunner;Pantelis Stavrinou;Michael D Jenkinson;Felix Sahm

  • Practical implementation of DNA methylation and copy-number-based CNS tumor diagnostics: the Heidelberg experience

    David Capper;Damian Stichel;Damian Stichel;Felix Sahm;Felix Sahm;David T. W. Jones

  • Meningeal hemangiopericytoma and solitary fibrous tumors carry the NAB2-STAT6 fusion and can be diagnosed by nuclear expression of STAT6 protein

    Leonille Schweizer;Leonille Schweizer;Christian Koelsche;Christian Koelsche;Felix Sahm;Felix Sahm;Rosario M. Piro

  • Novel, improved grading system(s) for IDH-mutant astrocytic gliomas

    Mitsuaki Shirahata;Mitsuaki Shirahata;Takahiro Ono;Takahiro Ono;Damian Stichel;Daniel Schrimpf;Daniel Schrimpf

  • TERT Promoter Mutations and Risk of Recurrence in Meningioma

    Felix Sahm;Felix Sahm;Daniel Schrimpf;Daniel Schrimpf;Adriana Olar;Christian Koelsche;Christian Koelsche

  • Sarcoma classification by DNA methylation profiling

    Christian Koelsche;Christian Koelsche;Daniel Schrimpf;Daniel Schrimpf;Damian Stichel;Martin Sill

Frequent Co-Authors

Andreas von Deimling
Andreas von Deimling Heidelberg University
Wolfgang Wick
Wolfgang Wick German Cancer Research Center
Stefan M. Pfister
Stefan M. Pfister German Cancer Research Center
Andrey Korshunov
Andrey Korshunov German Cancer Research Center
David Capper
David Capper Charité - University Medicine Berlin
David T. W. Jones
David T. W. Jones German Cancer Research Center
Christel Herold-Mende
Christel Herold-Mende Heidelberg University
Martin Bendszus
Martin Bendszus University Hospital Heidelberg
Michael Weller
Michael Weller University of Zurich
Christian Hartmann
Christian Hartmann Hannover Medical School

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