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Max M. Burger publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Max M. Burger sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 244 publications — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Max M. Burger D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Max M. Burger sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 72 D-Index — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1998 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Max M. Burger was affiliated with the Friedrich Miescher Institute in Switzerland. Their research contributed primarily to the field of medicine, with a particular focus on surgery. Additional subfields included pulmonary and respiratory medicine, rheumatology, infectious diseases, and immunology.

The scientist's work encompassed several main topics, notably bladder and urothelial cancer treatments, urinary and genital oncology studies, renal cell carcinoma treatment, immune responses and vaccinations, esophageal cancer research and treatment, pelvic floor disorders treatments, and prostate cancer diagnosis and treatment.

Publications by Max M. Burger appeared frequently in notable venues, including:

  • European Urology
  • Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology
  • Urologia Internationalis
  • Infection and Immunity
  • Gefässchirurgie

Among the recent papers authored during their career were:

  • "Clinical Importance of a Peritoneal Interposition Flap to Prevent Symptomatic Lymphoceles after Robot-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy and Pelvic Lymph Node Dissection: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis" (2021, Urologia Internationalis)
  • "Corrigendum to 'EAU-ESMO Consensus Statements on the Management of Advanced and Variant Bladder Cancer-An International Collaborative Multistakeholder Effort Under the Auspices of the EAU-ESMO Guidelines Committees' [European Urology 77 (2020) 223-250]" (2020, European Urology)
  • "Polycytotoxic T cells mediate antimicrobial activity against intracellular Mycobacterium tuberculosis" (2024, Infection and Immunity)
  • "Risk tables for predicting progression using the 1973 and 2004/2016 WHO grading classification systems in primary Ta/T1 non-muscle invasive urothelial carcinoma of the bladder: A multicenter EAU NMIBC guidelines panel study" (2020, European Urology Open Science)
  • "Kompressionssyndrome der supraaortalen Gefäße" (2021, Gefässchirurgie)

Max M. Burger worked repeatedly with several co-authors, including:

  • Bas van Rhijn
  • Markus Eckstein
  • Wolfgang Otto
  • Shahrokh F. Shariat
  • Theodorus van der Kwast

The scientist was recognized as a member of Academia Europaea in 1998.

Best Publications

  • Wheat Germ Agglutinin MOLECULAR CHARACTERISTICS AND SPECIFICITY FOR SUGAR BINDING

    Yoshiho Nagata;Max M. Burger

  • Tumor cell surfaces: general alterations detected by agglutinins.

    Annette M.C. Rapin;Max M. Burger

  • Chromaffin granule-associated phosphatidylinositol 4-kinase activity is required for stimulated secretion.

    C Wiedemann;T Schäfer;M M Burger

  • Non-metastasising variants selected from metastasising melanoma cells

    Tien-Wen Tao;Max M. Burger

  • Diacylglycerol in large α-actinin/actin complexes and in the cytoskeleton of activated platelets

    Paul Burn;A. Rotman;R. K. Meyer;Max M. Burger

  • Two component system for surface guided reassociation of animal cells.

    George Weinbaum;George Weinbaum;Max M. Burger;Max M. Burger

  • THE ENZYMATIC SYNTHESIS OF A RHAMNOSE-CONTAINING GLYCOLIPID BY EXTRACTS OF PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA.

    Max M. Burger;Luis Glaser;Robert Main Burton

  • Temperature-Dependent Surface Changes in Cells Infected or Transformed by a Thermosensitive Mutant of Polyoma Virus

    Walter Eckhart;Renato Dulbecco;Max M. Burger

  • Carbohydrate-carbohydrate interactions in cell recognition.

    Iwona Bucior;Max M Burger

  • The synthesis of teichoic acids. V. Polyglucosylglycerol phosphate and polygalactosylglycerol phosphate.

    Max M. Burger;Luis Glaser

  • Interaction of the cytoskeleton with the plasma membrane.

    Verena Niggli;Max M. Burger

  • Carbohydrate–carbohydrate interaction provides adhesion force and specificity for cellular recognition

    Iwona Bucior;Simon Scheuring;Andreas Engel;Max M. Burger

  • THE SYNTHESIS OF TEICHOIC ACIDS. 3. GLUCOSYLATION OF POLYGLYCEROPHOSPHATE.

    Luis Glaser;Max M. Burger

  • Purification of wheat germ agglutinin using affinity chromatography on chitin.

    Robert Bloch;Max M. Burger

  • Carbohydrate Changes in Glycoproteins of a Poorly Metastasizing Wheat Germ Agglutinin-resistant Melanoma Clone

    Jukka Finne;Tien-Wen Tao;Max M. Burger

  • Involvement of a carbohydrate group in the active site for surface guided reassociation of animal cells.

    Robert S. Turner;Robert S. Turner;Max M. Burger;Max M. Burger

  • Carbohydrate-carbohydrate interactions of a novel acidic glycan can mediate sponge cell adhesion.

    G N Misevic;M M Burger

  • alpha-Actinin attached to membranes of secretory vesicles.

    B. M. Jockusch;M. M. Burger;M. DaPrada;J. G. Richards

  • Disruption of syntaxin-mediated protein interactions blocks neurotransmitter secretion

    V. O’Connor;C. Heuss;W. M. De Bello;T. Dresbach

  • Regulation of plasma membrane blebbing by the cytoskeleton.

    Jörg Hagmann;Max M. Burger;Daniel Dagan

Frequent Co-Authors

Jukka Finne
Jukka Finne University of Helsinki
Dorothe Spillmann
Dorothe Spillmann Uppsala University
Rafael Molina
Rafael Molina University of Granada
David M. Goldenberg
David M. Goldenberg Immunomedics (United States)
David I. Meyer
David I. Meyer University of California, Los Angeles
Robert M. Sharkey
Robert M. Sharkey University of Fukui
Jane Thomas-Oates
Jane Thomas-Oates University of York
Paul M. Sondel
Paul M. Sondel University of Wisconsin–Madison
Mariano Barbacid
Mariano Barbacid Spanish National Cancer Research Centre
Fausto Sanz
Fausto Sanz University of Barcelona

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