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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Medicine 112 5184 4864 284 272 490 41510

Hans-Jürgen Wester publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Hans-Jürgen Wester between 1994 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Hans-Jürgen Wester published across 32 years, from 1994 to 2025, averaging 17.4 papers a year. Output peaked at 47 publications in 2017. 8 of the 558 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30 40
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1994 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 47. Peak 47 publications in 2017. 1994: 1 publication 1995: 0 publications 1996: 1 publication 1997: 1 publication 1998: 1 publication 1999: 5 publications 2000: 8 publications 2001: 7 publications 2002: 4 publications 2003: 5 publications 2004: 11 publications 2005: 12 publications 2006: 18 publications 2007: 19 publications 2008: 29 publications 2009: 17 publications 2010: 10 publications 2011: 26 publications 2012: 18 publications 2013: 18 publications 2014: 23 publications 2015: 41 publications 2016: 44 publications 2017: 47 publications 2018: 40 publications 2019: 44 publications 2020: 23 publications 2021: 26 publications 2022: 13 publications 2023: 38 publications 2024: 3 publications 2025: 5 publications
1994 2025

558 publications in total across all disciplines

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Hans-Jürgen Wester: publications per year, 1994 to 2025
Year Publications
1994 1
1995 0
1996 1
1997 1
1998 1
1999 5
2000 8
2001 7
2002 4
2003 5
2004 11
2005 12
2006 18
2007 19
2008 29
2009 17
2010 10
2011 26
2012 18
2013 18
2014 23
2015 41
2016 44
2017 47
2018 40
2019 44
2020 23
2021 26
2022 13
2023 38
2024 3
2025 5
Total 558
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Hans-Jürgen Wester publications per year - data summary

  • Hans-Jürgen Wester, a Medicine scholar from Technical University of Munich, has 558 publications recorded across 32 years, from 1994 to 2025.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1994 and the most recent to 2025.
  • The most productive year is 2017, with 47 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 1994, 1996, 1997 and 1998, with 1 publication each.
  • 1 of the 32 years in the span carries no publications at all (1995).
  • The rate of publication averages 17.4 papers per year over the whole span, or 18.0 per year counting only the 31 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2021-2025) hold 85 publications, 15% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1994-2004: 44 publications (4.0 per year); 2005-2015: 231 publications (21.0 per year); 2016-2025: 283 publications (28.3 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Hans-Jürgen Wester 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 Hans-Jürgen Wester sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600 800
Bar chart with 86 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 101–120 to 1,796+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 922. Most scientists, 922, have 341–360 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 481–500 publications, is where this scientist sits. 101–120 publications: 5 scientists 121–140 publications: 26 scientists 141–160 publications: 73 scientists 161–180 publications: 155 scientists 181–200 publications: 230 scientists 201–220 publications: 363 scientists 221–240 publications: 487 scientists 241–260 publications: 545 scientists 261–280 publications: 722 scientists 281–300 publications: 768 scientists 301–320 publications: 834 scientists 321–340 publications: 895 scientists 341–360 publications: 922 scientists 361–380 publications: 838 scientists 381–400 publications: 861 scientists 401–420 publications: 918 scientists 421–440 publications: 806 scientists 441–460 publications: 771 scientists 461–480 publications: 751 scientists 481–500 publications: 713 scientists 501–520 publications: 617 scientists 521–540 publications: 610 scientists 541–560 publications: 537 scientists 561–580 publications: 504 scientists 581–600 publications: 509 scientists 601–620 publications: 396 scientists 621–640 publications: 386 scientists 641–660 publications: 371 scientists 661–680 publications: 340 scientists 681–700 publications: 336 scientists 701–720 publications: 307 scientists 721–740 publications: 259 scientists 741–760 publications: 230 scientists 761–780 publications: 228 scientists 781–800 publications: 217 scientists 801–820 publications: 204 scientists 821–840 publications: 186 scientists 841–860 publications: 177 scientists 861–880 publications: 155 scientists 881–900 publications: 139 scientists 901–920 publications: 145 scientists 921–940 publications: 116 scientists 941–960 publications: 133 scientists 961–980 publications: 91 scientists 981–1,000 publications: 96 scientists 1,001–1,020 publications: 77 scientists 1,021–1,040 publications: 70 scientists 1,041–1,060 publications: 63 scientists 1,061–1,080 publications: 77 scientists 1,081–1,100 publications: 49 scientists 1,101–1,120 publications: 54 scientists 1,121–1,140 publications: 49 scientists 1,141–1,160 publications: 51 scientists 1,161–1,180 publications: 35 scientists 1,181–1,200 publications: 39 scientists 1,201–1,220 publications: 26 scientists 1,221–1,240 publications: 37 scientists 1,241–1,260 publications: 36 scientists 1,261–1,280 publications: 27 scientists 1,281–1,300 publications: 32 scientists 1,301–1,320 publications: 28 scientists 1,321–1,340 publications: 17 scientists 1,341–1,360 publications: 30 scientists 1,361–1,380 publications: 28 scientists 1,381–1,400 publications: 17 scientists 1,401–1,420 publications: 21 scientists 1,421–1,440 publications: 15 scientists 1,441–1,460 publications: 12 scientists 1,461–1,480 publications: 12 scientists 1,481–1,500 publications: 18 scientists 1,501–1,520 publications: 14 scientists 1,521–1,540 publications: 17 scientists 1,541–1,560 publications: 15 scientists 1,561–1,580 publications: 6 scientists 1,581–1,600 publications: 2 scientists 1,601–1,620 publications: 12 scientists 1,621–1,640 publications: 11 scientists 1,641–1,660 publications: 8 scientists 1,661–1,680 publications: 5 scientists 1,681–1,700 publications: 5 scientists 1,701–1,720 publications: 10 scientists 1,721–1,740 publications: 12 scientists 1,741–1,760 publications: 14 scientists 1,761–1,780 publications: 6 scientists 1,781–1,795 publications: 5 scientists 1,796+ publications: 100 scientists
101–120 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 490 publications — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Medicine scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 20,134 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
101–120 5
121–140 26
141–160 73
161–180 155
181–200 230
201–220 363
221–240 487
241–260 545
261–280 722
281–300 768
301–320 834
321–340 895
341–360 922
361–380 838
381–400 861
401–420 918
421–440 806
441–460 771
461–480 751
481–500 713 490
501–520 617
521–540 610
541–560 537
561–580 504
581–600 509
601–620 396
621–640 386
641–660 371
661–680 340
681–700 336
701–720 307
721–740 259
741–760 230
761–780 228
781–800 217
801–820 204
821–840 186
841–860 177
861–880 155
881–900 139
901–920 145
921–940 116
941–960 133
961–980 91
981–1,000 96
1,001–1,020 77
1,021–1,040 70
1,041–1,060 63
1,061–1,080 77
1,081–1,100 49
1,101–1,120 54
1,121–1,140 49
1,141–1,160 51
1,161–1,180 35
1,181–1,200 39
1,201–1,220 26
1,221–1,240 37
1,241–1,260 36
1,261–1,280 27
1,281–1,300 32
1,301–1,320 28
1,321–1,340 17
1,341–1,360 30
1,361–1,380 28
1,381–1,400 17
1,401–1,420 21
1,421–1,440 15
1,441–1,460 12
1,461–1,480 12
1,481–1,500 18
1,501–1,520 14
1,521–1,540 17
1,541–1,560 15
1,561–1,580 6
1,581–1,600 2
1,601–1,620 12
1,621–1,640 11
1,641–1,660 8
1,661–1,680 5
1,681–1,700 5
1,701–1,720 10
1,721–1,740 12
1,741–1,760 14
1,761–1,780 6
1,781–1,795 5
1,796+ 100
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Hans-Jürgen Wester publication distribution in Medicine in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 20,134 Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 86 ranges running from 101–120 to 1,796+ publications.
  • Hans-Jürgen Wester, a Medicine scholar from Technical University of Munich, records 490 publications - the 56th percentile of the discipline.
  • 56% of ranked Medicine scientists score the same or lower than Hans-Jürgen Wester, and about 44% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 441–460 publications range, and Hans-Jürgen Wester ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 341–360 publications, holding 922 scientists (5% of the field).
  • 64% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 521–540 publications), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (<1% of the field).

Hans-Jürgen Wester 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 Hans-Jürgen Wester sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
250 500 750 1,000
Bar chart with 75 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 70–71 to 217+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 1,027. Most scientists, 1,027, have 82–83 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 112–113 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 70–71 D-Index: 226 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 391 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 574 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 730 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 891 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 972 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 1,027 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 1,003 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 960 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 970 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 922 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 839 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 808 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 779 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 668 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 611 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 630 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 513 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 541 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 445 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 429 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 399 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 393 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 318 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 302 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 287 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 255 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 256 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 252 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 230 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 179 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 168 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 163 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 159 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 134 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 134 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 118 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 109 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 106 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 74 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 79 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 80 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 87 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 57 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 74 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 69 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 60 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 53 scientists 166–167 D-Index: 39 scientists 168–169 D-Index: 42 scientists 170–171 D-Index: 32 scientists 172–173 D-Index: 39 scientists 174–175 D-Index: 40 scientists 176–177 D-Index: 28 scientists 178–179 D-Index: 19 scientists 180–181 D-Index: 23 scientists 182–183 D-Index: 31 scientists 184–185 D-Index: 18 scientists 186–187 D-Index: 20 scientists 188–189 D-Index: 22 scientists 190–191 D-Index: 13 scientists 192–193 D-Index: 21 scientists 194–195 D-Index: 12 scientists 196–197 D-Index: 12 scientists 198–199 D-Index: 14 scientists 200–201 D-Index: 15 scientists 202–203 D-Index: 13 scientists 204–205 D-Index: 10 scientists 206–207 D-Index: 8 scientists 208–209 D-Index: 4 scientists 210–211 D-Index: 12 scientists 212–213 D-Index: 11 scientists 214–215 D-Index: 10 scientists 216 D-Index: 4 scientists 217+ D-Index: 98 scientists
70–71 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 112 D-Index — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

View D-Index distribution as a table
Number of Medicine scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 20,134 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
70–71 226
72–73 391
74–75 574
76–77 730
78–79 891
80–81 972
82–83 1,027
84–85 1,003
86–87 960
88–89 970
90–91 922
92–93 839
94–95 808
96–97 779
98–99 668
100–101 611
102–103 630
104–105 513
106–107 541
108–109 445
110–111 429
112–113 399 112
114–115 393
116–117 318
118–119 302
120–121 287
122–123 255
124–125 256
126–127 252
128–129 230
130–131 179
132–133 168
134–135 163
136–137 159
138–139 134
140–141 134
142–143 118
144–145 109
146–147 106
148–149 74
150–151 79
152–153 80
154–155 87
156–157 57
158–159 74
160–161 69
162–163 60
164–165 53
166–167 39
168–169 42
170–171 32
172–173 39
174–175 40
176–177 28
178–179 19
180–181 23
182–183 31
184–185 18
186–187 20
188–189 22
190–191 13
192–193 21
194–195 12
196–197 12
198–199 14
200–201 15
202–203 13
204–205 10
206–207 8
208–209 4
210–211 12
212–213 11
214–215 10
216 4
217+ 98
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Hans-Jürgen Wester D-index placement in Medicine in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 20,134 Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 75 ranges running from 70–71 to 217+ D-Index.
  • Hans-Jürgen Wester, a Medicine scholar from Technical University of Munich, records 112 D-Index - the 75th percentile of the discipline.
  • 75% of ranked Medicine scientists score the same or lower than Hans-Jürgen Wester, and about 25% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 94–95 D-Index range, and Hans-Jürgen Wester ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 82–83 D-Index, holding 1,027 scientists (5% of the field).
  • 70% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 106–107 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more, 98 scientists in all (<1% of the field).

Overview

Hans-Jürgen Wester is affiliated with the Technical University of Munich in Germany. Their research is focused predominantly within the field of Medicine, with a particular emphasis on Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Oncology, Epidemiology, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's main topics of work include Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry and Applications, Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research, Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis, Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Advances, Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment, Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment, and Chemokine Receptors and Signaling.

Recent papers published by Hans-Jürgen Wester are as follows:

  • PSMA PET/CT: joint EANM procedure guideline/SNMMI procedure standard for prostate cancer imaging 2.0, 2023, European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
  • Imaging of C-X-C Motif Chemokine Receptor 4 Expression in 690 Patients with Solid or Hematologic Neoplasms using 68Ga-PentixaFor PET, 2022, Journal of Nuclear Medicine
  • Matched-Pair Comparison of 68Ga-PSMA-11 and 18F-rhPSMA-7 PET/CT in Patients with Primary and Biochemical Recurrence of Prostate Cancer: Frequency of Non-Tumor-Related Uptake and Tumor Positivity, 2020, Journal of Nuclear Medicine
  • A new class of PentixaFor- and PentixaTher-based theranostic agents with enhanced CXCR4-targeting efficiency, 2020, Theranostics
  • Improved Primary Staging of Marginal-Zone Lymphoma by Addition of CXCR4-Directed PET/CT, 2021, Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Hans-Jürgen Wester include:

  • Constantin Lapa
  • Alexander Wurzer
  • Wolfgang Weber
  • Roswitha Beck
  • Thomas Günther

The scientist has a significant publication record in several journals, with the most frequent venues being:

  • Journal of Nuclear Medicine
  • EJNMMI Research
  • European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
  • EJNMMI Radiopharmacy and Chemistry
  • Pharmaceuticals

Best Publications

  • Evaluation of Hybrid 68Ga-PSMA Ligand PET/CT in 248 Patients with Biochemical Recurrence After Radical Prostatectomy

    Matthias Eiber;Tobias Maurer;Michael Souvatzoglou;Ambros J. Beer

  • Diagnostic Efficacy of (68)Gallium-PSMA Positron Emission Tomography Compared to Conventional Imaging for Lymph Node Staging of 130 Consecutive Patients with Intermediate to High Risk Prostate Cancer

    Tobias Maurer;Jürgen E. Gschwend;Isabel Rauscher;Michael Souvatzoglou

  • Noninvasive Imaging of αvβ3 Integrin Expression Using 18F-labeled RGD-containing Glycopeptide and Positron Emission Tomography

    Roland Haubner;Hans-Jürgen Wester;Wolfgang A. Weber;Christian Mang

  • 68Ga-PSMA PET/CT: Joint EANM and SNMMI procedure guideline for prostate cancer imaging: version 1.0.

    Wolfgang P. Fendler;Wolfgang P. Fendler;Matthias Eiber;Matthias Eiber;Mohsen Beheshti;Jamshed Bomanji

  • Glycosylated RGD-Containing Peptides: Tracer for Tumor Targeting and Angiogenesis Imaging with Improved Biokinetics

    Roland Haubner;Hans-Jürgen Wester;Fred Burkhart;Reingard Senekowitsch-Schmidtke

  • Noninvasive Visualization of the Activated αvβ3 Integrin in Cancer Patients by Positron Emission Tomography and [18F]Galacto-RGD

    Roland Haubner;Wolfgang A Weber;Ambros J Beer;Eugenija Vabuliene

  • Radiolabeled αvβ3 Integrin Antagonists: A New Class of Tracers for Tumor Targeting

    Roland Haubner;Hans-Jürgen Wester;Ute Reuning;Reingard Senekowitsch-Schmidtke

  • Simultaneous 68 Ga-PSMA HBED-CC PET/MRI Improves the Localization of Primary Prostate Cancer

    Matthias Eiber;Gregor Weirich;Konstantin Holzapfel;Michael Souvatzoglou

  • A Comprehensive Evaluation of the Activity and Selectivity Profile of Ligands for RGD-binding Integrins.

    Tobias G. Kapp;Florian Rechenmacher;Stefanie Neubauer;Oleg V. Maltsev

  • 68Ga- and 177Lu-Labeled PSMA I&T: Optimization of a PSMA-Targeted Theranostic Concept and First Proof-of-Concept Human Studies

    Martina Weineisen;Margret Schottelius;Jakub Simecek;Richard P Baum

  • O-(2-[18F]fluoroethyl)-L-tyrosine and L-[methyl-11C]methionine uptake in brain tumours: initial results of a comparative study.

    Wolfgang A. Weber;Hans-Jürgen Wester;Anca L. Grosu;Michael Herz

  • 177Lu-Labeled Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen Radioligand Therapy of Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer: Safety and Efficacy

    Richard P Baum;Harshad R Kulkarni;Christiane Schuchardt;Aviral Singh

  • Positron Emission Tomography Using [18F]Galacto-RGD Identifies the Level of Integrin αvβ3 Expression in Man

    Ambros J. Beer;Roland Haubner;Mario Sarbia;Michael Goebel

  • [18F]Galacto-RGD: synthesis, radiolabeling, metabolic stability, and radiation dose estimates.

    Roland Haubner;Bertrand Kuhnast;Christian Mang;Wolfgang A Weber

  • THE CONCISE GUIDE TO PHARMACOLOGY 2021/22: G protein-coupled receptors

    Stephen P.H. Alexander;Arthur Christopoulos;Anthony P. Davenport;Eamonn Kelly

  • Hypoxia-Specific Tumor Imaging with 18F-Fluoroazomycin Arabinoside

    Morand Piert;Hans Jürgen Machulla;Maria Picchio;Gerald Reischl

  • Exploring the Role of RGD-Recognizing Integrins in Cancer.

    Markus Nieberler;Ute Reuning;Florian Reichart;Johannes Notni

  • Two-step methodology for high-yield routine radiohalogenation of peptides: (18)F-labeled RGD and octreotide analogs.

    Thorsten Poethko;Margret Schottelius;Georgette Thumshirn;Ulrich Hersel

  • Biodistribution and pharmacokinetics of the alphavbeta3-selective tracer 18F-galacto-RGD in cancer patients.

    Ambros J. Beer;Roland Haubner;Michael Goebel;Stephan Luderschmidt

  • Investigation of transport mechanism and uptake kinetics of O-(2-[18F]fluoroethyl)-L-tyrosine in vitro and in vivo.

    Peter Heiss;Sabine Mayer;Michael Herz;Hans-Jürgen Wester

Frequent Co-Authors

Markus Schwaiger
Markus Schwaiger Technical University of Munich
Horst Kessler
Horst Kessler Technical University of Munich
Ken Herrmann
Ken Herrmann German Cancer Research Center
Tobias Maurer
Tobias Maurer University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
Frank M. Bengel
Frank M. Bengel Hannover Medical School
Alexander Drzezga
Alexander Drzezga University of Cologne
Christian Peschel
Christian Peschel Technical University of Munich
Stephan G. Nekolla
Stephan G. Nekolla Technical University of Munich
Wolfgang A. Weber
Wolfgang A. Weber Technical University of Munich
Timo Grimmer
Timo Grimmer Technical University of Munich

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