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35511
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Lukas Radbruch 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 Lukas Radbruch sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 461 publications — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Lukas Radbruch 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 Lukas Radbruch sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 81 D-Index — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2019 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Surgery, Orthopaedics and Anaesthesiology

Overview

Lukas Radbruch is affiliated with the University Hospital Bonn in Germany and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, with a strong focus on palliative care and related topics. Their work spans multiple subfields including Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health; General Health Professions; Clinical Psychology; Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health; and Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine.

The primary areas of research Lukas Radbruch has been involved in include:

  • Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
  • Patient Dignity and Privacy
  • Pain Management and Opioid Use
  • Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
  • Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders
  • Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units
  • Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health

Notable recent papers by Lukas Radbruch feature:

  • "Redefining Palliative Care-A New Consensus-Based Definition," 2020, published in Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
  • "The key role of palliative care in response to the COVID-19 tsunami of suffering," 2020, published in The Lancet

Other significant publications in venues where Lukas Radbruch frequently publishes include Der Schmerz, Zeitschrift für Palliativmedizin, Leidfaden, Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, and BMC Palliative Care.

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Birgit Jaspers
  • Liliana De Lima
  • William E. Rosa
  • Michaela Hesse
  • Felícia Marie Knaul

Over the course of their career, Lukas Radbruch has authored over two hundred papers in Medicine and has focused especially on the intersection of clinical care and public health aspects related to palliative medicine.

In 2019, Lukas Radbruch received recognition from the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina - Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften, specifically in the fields of Surgery, Orthopaedics, and Anaesthesiology.

Best Publications

  • Definition and classification of cancer cachexia: an international consensus

    Kenneth Ch. Fearon;Florian Strasser;Stefan D. Anker;Ingvar Bosaeus

  • Use of Opioid Analgesics in the Treatment of Cancer Pain: Evidence-Based Recommendations From the EAPC

    Augusto Caraceni;Geoffrey Hanks;Stein Kaasa;Michael I Bennett

  • Alleviating the access abyss in palliative care and pain relief—an imperative of universal health coverage: the Lancet Commission report

    Felicia Marie Knaul;Paul E Farmer;Eric L Krakauer;Eric L Krakauer;Liliana De Lima

  • Guidance on Conducting and REporting DElphi Studies (CREDES) in palliative care: Recommendations based on a methodological systematic review.

    Saskia Jünger;Sheila A Payne;Jenny Brine;Lukas Radbruch

  • Redefining Palliative Care—A New Consensus-Based Definition

    Lukas Radbruch;Liliana De Lima;Felicia Knaul;Roberto Wenk

  • Morphine and alternative opioids in cancer pain : the EAPC recommendations

    G W Hanks;F de Conno;N Cherny;M Hanna

  • White paper defining optimal palliative care in older people with dementia: a Delphi study and recommendations from the European Association for Palliative Care.

    Jenny T van der Steen;Lukas Radbruch;Cees M P M Hertogh;Marike E de Boer

  • European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC) recommended framework for the use of sedation in palliative care

    Nathan I Cherny;Lukas Radbruch

  • Symptoms during cancer pain treatment following WHO-guidelines: a longitudinal follow-up study of symptom prevalence, severity and etiology.

    Thomas Meuser;Christian Pietruck;Lukas Radbruch;Petra Stute

  • Cannabis‐based medicines for chronic neuropathic pain in adults

    Martin Mücke;Tudor Phillips;Lukas Radbruch;Frank Petzke

  • Pain Measurement Tools and Methods in Clinical Research in Palliative Care: Recommendations of an Expert Working Group of the European Association of Palliative Care

    Augusto Caraceni;Nathan Cherny;Robin Fainsinger;Stein Kaasa

  • Episodic (Breakthrough) Pain Consensus Conference of an Expert Working Group of the European Association for Palliative Care

    Sebastiano Mercadante;Lukas Radbruch;Augusto Caraceni;Nathan Cherny

  • Validation of the German version of the Brief Pain Inventory.

    Lukas Radbruch;Georg Loick;Peter Kiencke;Gabriele Lindena

  • Fatigue in palliative care patients -- an EAPC approach.

    Lukas Radbruch;Florian Strasser;Frank Elsner;Jose Ferraz Gonçalves

  • Assessment of cancer pain: a prospective evaluation in 2266 cancer patients referred to a pain service

    Stefan Grond;Detlev Zech;Christoph Diefenbach;Lukas Radbruch

  • A matter of definition--key elements identified in a discourse analysis of definitions of palliative care.

    T Pastrana;S Jünger;C Ostgathe;F Elsner

  • Clinical Pharmacokinetics of Transdermal Opioids Focus on Transdermal Fentanyl

    Stefan Grond;Lukas Radbruch;Klaus A. Lehmann

  • Assessment and treatment of neuropathic cancer pain following WHO guidelines

    Stefan Grond;Lukas Radbruch;Thomas Meuser;Rainer Sabatowski

  • White paper on standards and norms for hospice and palliative care in Europe : part 1.

    L. Radbruch;Sheila Payne

  • White Paper on standards and norms for hospice and palliative care in Europe : part 2.

    L. Radbruch;Sheila Payne

Frequent Co-Authors

Sheila Payne
Sheila Payne Lancaster University
Roman Rolke
Roman Rolke RWTH Aachen University
Winfried Häuser
Winfried Häuser Technical University of Munich
Stein Kaasa
Stein Kaasa Oslo University Hospital
Richard Harding
Richard Harding King's College London
Thomas R. Tölle
Thomas R. Tölle Technical University of Munich
Felicia Marie Knaul
Felicia Marie Knaul University of Miami
Luc Deliens
Luc Deliens Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Christoph Maier
Christoph Maier Ruhr University Bochum
Irene J Higginson
Irene J Higginson King's College London

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