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Marcel van Herk 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 Marcel van Herk sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 453 publications — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Marcel van Herk 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 Marcel van Herk 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.

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

Overview

Marcel van Herk is affiliated with the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on the field of medicine, with a strong emphasis on radiology, nuclear medicine, and imaging. Additional subfields in their work include pulmonary and respiratory medicine, radiation, biomedical engineering, and oncology.

Their work covers a range of main topics, including:

  • Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques
  • Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging
  • Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications
  • Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry
  • Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications
  • Radiation Dose and Imaging

Marcel van Herk has published extensively in several academic venues. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • Radiotherapy and Oncology
  • International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics
  • Physics and Imaging in Radiation Oncology
  • Medical Physics
  • Physica Medica

Their recent papers demonstrate active research in radiation therapy, imaging, and survival outcomes in cancer treatment. Notable publications include:

  • "Radiotherapy-Related Lymphopenia Affects Overall Survival in Patients With Lung Cancer", 2020, Journal of Thoracic Oncology
  • "Image guidance in radiation therapy for better cure of cancer", 2020, Molecular Oncology
  • "Novel Methodology to Investigate the Effect of Radiation Dose to Heart Substructures on Overall Survival", 2020, International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics
  • "Focused VHEE (very high energy electron) beams and dose delivery for radiotherapy applications", 2021, Scientific Reports
  • "Demystifying the Results of RTOG 0617: Identification of Dose Sensitive Cardiac Subregions Associated With Overall Survival", 2023, Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Frequent collaborators contributing to Marcel van Herk's research include:

  • Alan McWilliam
  • Eliana Vásquez Osorio
  • Corinne Faivre-Finn
  • Marianne Aznar
  • Andrew Green

Best Publications

  • The management of respiratory motion in radiation oncology report of AAPM Task Group 76.

    Paul J. Keall;Paul J. Keall;Gig S. Mageras;James M. Balter;Richard S. Emery

  • Errors and margins in radiotherapy.

    Marcel van Herk

  • The probability of correct target dosage: dose-population histograms for deriving treatment margins in radiotherapy

    M van Herk;P Remeijer;C Rasch;J V Lebesque

  • Precise and real-time measurement of 3D tumor motion in lung due to breathing and heartbeat, measured during radiotherapy.

    Yvette Seppenwoolde;Hiroki Shirato;Kei Kitamura;Shinichi Shimizu

  • Imaging biomarker roadmap for cancer studies.

    James P.B. O'Connor;Eric O. Aboagye;Judith E. Adams;Hugo J.W.L. Aerts;Hugo J.W.L. Aerts

  • Respiratory correlated cone beam CT

    Jan-Jakob Sonke;Lambert Zijp;Peter Remeijer;Marcel van Herk

  • Physical aspects of a real-time tumor-tracking system for gated radiotherapy

    Hiroki Shirato;Shinichi Shimizu;Tatsuya Kunieda;Kei Kitamura

  • Definition of the prostate in CT and MRI: a multi-observer study.

    C Rasch;I Barillot;P Remeijer;A Touw

  • Magnetic resonance image—directed stereotactic neurosurgery: use of image fusion with computerized tomography to enhance spatial accuracy

    E. Alexander;H. M. Kooy;M. Van Herk;M. Schwartz

  • Quantification of organ motion during conformal radiotherapy of the prostate by three dimensional image registration

    Marcel van Herk;Allison Bruce;A.P. Guus Kroes;Tarek Shouman

  • CT-based delineation of organs at risk in the head and neck region: DAHANCA, EORTC, GORTEC, HKNPCSG, NCIC CTG, NCRI, NRG Oncology and TROG consensus guidelines.

    Charlotte L. Brouwer;Roel J.H.M. Steenbakkers;Jean Bourhis;Wilfried Budach

  • Prostate gland motion assessed with cine-magnetic resonance imaging (cine-MRI).

    Michel J. Ghilezan;David A. Jaffray;Jeffrey H. Siewerdsen;Marcel Van Herk

  • Clinical use of electronic portal imaging: Report of AAPM Radiation Therapy Committee Task Group 58

    Michael G. Herman;James M. Balter;David A. Jaffray;Kiarin P. McGee

  • A review of electronic portal imaging devices (EPIDs).

    Arthur L. Boyer;Larry Antonuk;Aaron Fenster;Marcel Van Herk

  • Automatic three‐dimensional correlation of CT‐CT, CT‐MRI, and CT‐SPECT using chamfer matching

    Marcel van Herk;Hanne M. Kooy

  • Reduction of observer variation using matched CT-PET for lung cancer delineation: a three-dimensional analysis.

    Roel J.H.M. Steenbakkers;Joop C. Duppen;Isabelle Fitton;Kirsten E.I. Deurloo

  • Portal imaging to assess set-up errors, tumor motion and tumor shrinkage during conformal radiotherapy of non-small cell lung cancer.

    Sara C Erridge;Yvette Seppenwoolde;Sara H Muller;Marcel van Herk

  • Quantification and predictors of prostate position variability in 50 patients evaluated with multiple CT scans during conformal radiotherapy.

    Michael J. Zelefsky;Diane Crean;Gig S. Mageras;Olga Lyass

  • Comparison of different strategies to use four-dimensional computed tomography in treatment planning for lung cancer patients.

    Jochem W.H. Wolthaus;Jan-Jakob Sonke;Marcel van Herk;José S.A. Belderbos

  • Frameless stereotactic body radiotherapy for lung cancer using four-dimensional cone beam CT guidance.

    Jan-Jakob Sonke;Maddalena Rossi;Jochem Wolthaus;Marcel van Herk

Frequent Co-Authors

Joos V. Lebesque
Joos V. Lebesque Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital
David A. Jaffray
David A. Jaffray The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Peter Hoskin
Peter Hoskin University of Manchester
Philippe Lambin
Philippe Lambin Maastricht University
Peter A. N. Bosman
Peter A. N. Bosman Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica
Frederik Barkhof
Frederik Barkhof University College London
Ronald Boellaard
Ronald Boellaard Amsterdam UMC
Jeffrey H. Siewerdsen
Jeffrey H. Siewerdsen The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Johannes A. Langendijk
Johannes A. Langendijk University Medical Center Groningen
Harry Bartelink
Harry Bartelink Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital

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