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Markus Graefen

Markus Graefen

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
122
Citations
61544
World Ranking
3446
National Ranking
184

Markus Graefen 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 Markus Graefen sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 1,543 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Markus Graefen 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 Markus Graefen sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 122 D-Index — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Markus Graefen is affiliated with Universität Hamburg in Germany and has made substantial contributions to the field of medicine, focusing primarily on prostate cancer treatment and research. Their publication record spans key subfields including pulmonary and respiratory medicine, surgery, oncology, molecular biology, and radiology, nuclear medicine, and imaging.

Their recent research work includes studies addressing multiple aspects of prostate cancer management and outcomes. Notable papers include:

  • Long-term Outcomes of Salvage Lymph Node Dissection for Nodal Recurrence of Prostate Cancer After Radical Prostatectomy: Not as Good as Previously Thought (2020), published in European Urology
  • Adjuvant Versus Early Salvage Radiation Therapy for Men at High Risk for Recurrence Following Radical Prostatectomy for Prostate Cancer and the Risk of Death (2021), Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • Intermediate-risk Prostate Cancer: Stratification and Management (2020), European Urology Oncology
  • Cohort Study of Oligorecurrent Prostate Cancer Patients: Oncological Outcomes of Patients Treated with Salvage Lymph Node Dissection via Prostate-specific Membrane Antigen-radioguided Surgery (2022), European Urology
  • Overall Survival After Systemic Treatment in High-volume Versus Low-volume Metastatic Hormone-sensitive Prostate Cancer: Systematic Review and Network Meta-analysis (2021), European Urology Focus

Their collaborations include frequent co-authors such as:

  • Derya Tilki
  • Felix K.-H. Chun
  • Alberto Briganti
  • Zhe Tian
  • Pierre I. Karakiewicz

Markus Graefen's work has been published extensively in several journals, with a particular focus on:

  • The Journal of Urology (47 publications)
  • European Urology (38 publications)
  • European Urology Open Science (32 publications)
  • The Prostate (22 publications)
  • World Journal of Urology (22 publications)

The main research topics covered by Markus Graefen center on prostate cancer diagnosis and treatment and related urological health conditions, including:

  • Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research
  • Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments
  • Urologic and reproductive health conditions
  • Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry and Applications
  • Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism
  • Renal cell carcinoma treatment

Best Publications

  • Oncogenic Signaling Pathways in The Cancer Genome Atlas

    Francisco Sanchez-Vega;Marco Mina;Joshua Armenia;Walid K. Chatila

  • Cell-of-Origin Patterns Dominate the Molecular Classification of 10,000 Tumors from 33 Types of Cancer.

    Katherine A. Hoadley;Christina Yau;Christina Yau;Toshinori Hinoue;Denise M. Wolf

  • Comprehensive Characterization of Cancer Driver Genes and Mutations.

    Matthew H Bailey;Collin Tokheim;Eduard Porta-Pardo;Sohini Sengupta

  • Retropubic, Laparoscopic, and Robot-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy: A Systematic Review and Cumulative Analysis of Comparative Studies

    Vincenzo Ficarra;Giacomo Novara;Walter Artibani;Andrea Cestari

  • Genomic and Functional Approaches to Understanding Cancer Aneuploidy

    Alison M. Taylor;Alison M. Taylor;Juliann Shih;Gavin Ha;Gavin Ha;Galen F. Gao

  • Pathogenic Germline Variants in 10,389 Adult Cancers

    Kuan-Lin Huang;R Jay Mashl;Yige Wu;Deborah I Ritter

  • Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Studies Reporting Potency Rates After Robot-assisted Radical Prostatectomy

    Vincenzo Ficarra;Giacomo Novara;Thomas E. Ahlering;Anthony Costello

  • [Reporting and grading of complications after urologic surgical procedures: an ad hoc EAU guidelines panel assessment and recommendations].

    D. Mitropoulos;W. Artibani;M. Graefen;M. Remzi

  • Distribution of metastatic sites in renal cell carcinoma: a population-based analysis

    M. Bianchi;M. Sun;C. Jeldres;S. F. Shariat

  • A Critical Analysis of the Current Knowledge of Surgical Anatomy Related to Optimization of Cancer Control and Preservation of Continence and Erection in Candidates for Radical Prostatectomy

    Jochen Walz;Arthur L. Burnett;Anthony J. Costello;James A. Eastham

  • Systematic review and meta-analysis of perioperative outcomes and complications after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy

    Giacomo Novara;Vincenzo Ficarra;Raymond C. Rosen;Walter Artibani

  • Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Studies Reporting Oncologic Outcome After Robot-assisted Radical Prostatectomy

    Giacomo Novara;Vincenzo Ficarra;Simone Mocellin;Thomas E. Ahlering

  • Pelvic Lymph Node Dissection in Prostate Cancer

    Alberto Briganti;Michael L. Blute;James H. Eastham;Markus Graefen

  • A PREOPERATIVE NOMOGRAM IDENTIFYING DECREASED RISK OF POSITIVE PELVIC LYMPH NODES IN PATIENTS WITH PROSTATE CANCER

    Ilias Cagiannos;Pierre Karakiewicz;James A. Eastham;Makato Ohori

  • Initial Experience of (68)Ga-PSMA PET/CT Imaging in High-risk Prostate Cancer Patients Prior to Radical Prostatectomy

    Lars Budäus;Sami-Ramzi Leyh-Bannurah;Georg Salomon;Uwe Michl

  • Counseling Men With Prostate Cancer: A Nomogram for Predicting the Presence of Small, Moderately Differentiated, Confined Tumors

    Michael W. Kattan;James A. Eastham;Thomas M. Wheeler;Norio Maru

  • Positive Surgical Margins After Radical Prostatectomy: A Systematic Review and Contemporary Update

    Ofer Yossepowitch;Alberto Briganti;James A. Eastham;Jonathan Epstein

  • Effect of Nightly versus On-Demand Vardenafil on Recovery of Erectile Function in Men Following Bilateral Nerve-Sparing Radical Prostatectomy

    Francesco Montorsi;Gerald Brock;Jay Lee;JoAnn Shapiro

  • Prognostic impact of positive surgical margins in surgically treated prostate cancer: Multi-institutional assessment of 5831 patients

    Pierre I. Karakiewicz;James A. Eastham;James A. Eastham;Markus Graefen;Markus Graefen;Ilias Cagiannos

  • The Molecular Taxonomy of Primary Prostate Cancer

    Adam Abeshouse;Jaeil Ahn;Rehan Akbani;Adrian Ally

Frequent Co-Authors

Hartwig Huland
Hartwig Huland Universität Hamburg
Pierre I. Karakiewicz
Pierre I. Karakiewicz University of Montreal
Thorsten Schlomm
Thorsten Schlomm Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Felix K.-H. Chun
Felix K.-H. Chun Universität Hamburg
Francesco Montorsi
Francesco Montorsi Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Shahrokh F. Shariat
Shahrokh F. Shariat Medical University of Vienna
Alberto Briganti
Alberto Briganti Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Paul Perrotte
Paul Perrotte University of Montreal
Fred Saad
Fred Saad University of Montreal
Ronald Simon
Ronald Simon Universität Hamburg

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