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Leon J. Schurgers

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
89
Citations
25762
World Ranking
12797
National Ranking
491

Leon J. Schurgers 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 Leon J. Schurgers sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 350 publications — 28th percentile

28% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Leon J. Schurgers 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 Leon J. Schurgers sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 89 D-Index — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Leon J. Schurgers is affiliated with Maastricht University in the Netherlands and has contributed extensively to the fields of medicine and nursing. Their research spans multiple subfields including nutrition and dietetics, nephrology, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, molecular biology, and immunology.

Their recent scholarly work includes several published papers that have garnered significant citations. Among these are:

  • Spatial multi-omic map of human myocardial infarction (2022, Nature)
  • Reactive Oxygen-Forming Nox5 Links Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Phenotypic Switching and Extracellular Vesicle-Mediated Vascular Calcification (2020, Circulation Research)
  • Reduced Vitamin K Status as a Potentially Modifiable Risk Factor of Severe Coronavirus Disease 2019 (2020, Clinical Infectious Diseases)
  • Identification and characterization of post-translational modifications: Clinical implications (2022, Molecular Aspects of Medicine)
  • Ageing - Oxidative stress, PTMs and disease (2022, Molecular Aspects of Medicine)

Leon J. Schurgers frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including:

  • Armand M. G. Jaminon (23 coauthored papers)
  • Rafael Kramann (21 coauthored papers)
  • Peter Stenvinkel (17 coauthored papers)
  • Chris Reutelingsperger (16 coauthored papers)
  • Christoph Kuppe (15 coauthored papers)

Their research has been published primarily in the following venues:

  • Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation (13 publications)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) (12 publications)
  • Nutrients (11 publications)
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences (6 publications)
  • Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (5 publications)

Leon J. Schurgers' research interests focus on topics such as:

  • Vitamin K Research Studies
  • Parathyroid Disorders and Treatments
  • Vitamin C and Antioxidants Research
  • Renal function and acid-base balance
  • Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks
  • Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging
  • Dialysis and Renal Disease Management

Best Publications

  • Human vascular smooth muscle cells undergo vesicle-mediated calcification in response to changes in extracellular calcium and phosphate concentrations: a potential mechanism for accelerated vascular calcification in ESRD.

    Joanne L. Reynolds;Alexis J. Joannides;Jeremy N. Skepper;Rosamund McNair

  • Dietary Intake of Menaquinone Is Associated with a Reduced Risk of Coronary Heart Disease: The Rotterdam Study

    Johanna M. Geleijnse;Johanna M. Geleijnse;Cees Vermeer;Diederick E. Grobbee;Leon J. Schurgers

  • Dialysis Accelerates Medial Vascular Calcification in Part by Triggering Smooth Muscle Cell Apoptosis

    Rukshana C. Shroff;Rosamund McNair;Nichola Figg;Jeremy N. Skepper

  • The Associations of Fibroblast Growth Factor 23 and Uncarboxylated Matrix Gla Protein With Mortality in Coronary Artery Disease: The Heart and Soul Study

    Benjamin D. Parker;Leon J. Schurgers;Vincent M. Brandenburg;Robert H. Christenson

  • Vascular calcifications as a marker of increased cardiovascular risk: A meta-analysis

    R J M W Rennenberg;A G H Kessels;L J Schurgers;J M A van Engelshoven

  • Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Calcification Is Mediated by Regulated Exosome Secretion

    Alexander N. Kapustin;Martijn L.L. Chatrou;Ignat Drozdov;Ying Zheng

  • Determination of phylloquinone and menaquinones in food. Effect of food matrix on circulating vitamin K concentrations.

    Leon J. Schurgers;Cees Vermeer

  • Vitamin K–containing dietary supplements: comparison of synthetic vitamin K1 and natto-derived menaquinone-7

    Leon J Schurgers;Kirsten J F Teunissen;Karly Hamulyák;Marjo H J Knapen

  • Calcium Regulates Key Components of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell–Derived Matrix Vesicles to Enhance Mineralization

    Alexander N. Kapustin;John D. Davies;Joanne L. Reynolds;Rosamund McNair

  • Matrix Gla-protein: The calcification inhibitor in need of vitamin K

    Leon J. Schurgers;Ellen C. M. Cranenburg;Cees Vermeer

  • Regression of warfarin-induced medial elastocalcinosis by high intake of vitamin K in rats

    Leon J. Schurgers;Henri M. H. Spronk;Berry A. M. Soute;Paul M. Schiffers

  • Novel conformation-specific antibodies against matrix gamma-carboxyglutamic acid (Gla) protein: undercarboxylated matrix Gla protein as marker for vascular calcification.

    Leon J. Schurgers;Kirsten J.F. Teunissen;Marjo H.J. Knapen;Martijn Kwaijtaal

  • Chronic Mineral Dysregulation Promotes Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Adaptation and Extracellular Matrix Calcification

    Rukshana C. Shroff;Rosamund McNair;Jeremy N. Skepper;Nichola Figg

  • Effect of Vitamin K2 Supplementation on Functional Vitamin K Deficiency in Hemodialysis Patients: A Randomized Trial

    Ralf Westenfeld;Thilo Krueger;Georg Schlieper;Ellen C. M. Cranenburg

  • The Circulating Inactive Form of Matrix Gla Protein Is a Surrogate Marker for Vascular Calcification in Chronic Kidney Disease: A Preliminary Report

    Leon J. Schurgers;Daniela V. Barreto;Fellype C. Barreto;Sophie Liabeuf

  • Vitamin K2 supplementation improves hip bone geometry and bone strength indices in postmenopausal women

    M. H. J. Knapen;L. J. Schurgers;C. Vermeer

  • Vitamin K-dependent carboxylation of matrix Gla-protein: a crucial switch to control ectopic mineralization

    Leon J. Schurgers;Jouni Uitto;Chris P. Reutelingsperger

  • Role of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Phenotypic Switching and Calcification in Aortic Aneurysm Formation.

    Ploingarm Petsophonsakul;Malgorzata Furmanik;Rachael Forsythe;Marc Dweck

  • Vitamin K: the coagulation vitamin that became omnipotent.

    Ellen C. M. Cranenburg;Leon J. Schurgers;Cees Vermeer

  • Differential lipoprotein transport pathways of K-vitamins in healthy subjects

    Leon J. Schurgers;Cees Vermeer

Frequent Co-Authors

Cees Vermeer
Cees Vermeer Maastricht University
Chris P. M. Reutelingsperger
Chris P. M. Reutelingsperger Maastricht University
Markus Ketteler
Markus Ketteler RWTH Aachen University
Jürgen Floege
Jürgen Floege RWTH Aachen University
Catherine M. Shanahan
Catherine M. Shanahan King's College London
Erik A.L. Biessen
Erik A.L. Biessen Maastricht University
Tilman M. Hackeng
Tilman M. Hackeng Maastricht University
Felix M. Mottaghy
Felix M. Mottaghy RWTH Aachen University
Peter Stenvinkel
Peter Stenvinkel Karolinska Institute
Willi Jahnen-Dechent
Willi Jahnen-Dechent RWTH Aachen University

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