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D-Index
110
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77459
World Ranking
5415
National Ranking
302

Otmar D. Wiestler 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 Otmar D. Wiestler sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 352 publications — 28th percentile

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

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Otmar D. Wiestler 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 Otmar D. Wiestler sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 110 D-Index — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2001 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Pathology and Forensic Medicine

Overview

Otmar D. Wiestler is affiliated with the German Cancer Research Center in Germany and focuses their research primarily within the field of Medicine. Their specific subfields of study include Neurology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Genetics, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics.

The scientist's work concentrates on several key topics, notably CNS Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment, Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment, and Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment. Additional areas of investigation include RNA Research and Splicing, Cell Image Analysis Techniques, and Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications.

Wiestler has contributed to various scientific publications, with recent papers including:

  • The genomic and transcriptional landscape of primary central nervous system lymphoma, 2022, Nature Communications
  • The genomic and transcriptional landscape of primary central nervous system lymphoma, 2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The genomic and transcriptional landscape of primary central nervous system lymphoma, 2021, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Paul Kleihues (1936-2022), neuropathology innovator and entrepreneur, 2022, Brain Pathology
  • A tribute to Paul Kleihues, M.D. (1936-2022), 2022, Acta Neuropathologica

Their frequent co-authors include Roland Eils, Josefine Radke, Naveed Ishaque, Randi Koll, and Zuguang Gu. Frequent publication venues reflect these collaborations and areas of expertise, with multiple publications appearing in Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Nature Communications, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Brain Pathology, and Acta Neuropathologica.

Otmar D. Wiestler received the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina award in 2001, recognized specifically in the area of Pathology and Forensic Medicine.

Best Publications

  • The 2016 World Health Organization Classification of Tumors of the Central Nervous System: a summary.

    David N. Louis;Arie Perry;Guido Reifenberger;Andreas von Deimling

  • The 2007 WHO Classification of Tumours of the Central Nervous System

    David Neil Louis;Hiroko Ohgaki;Otmar D. Wiestler;Webster K. Cavenee

  • Fluorescence-guided surgery with 5-aminolevulinic acid for resection of malignant glioma: a randomised controlled multicentre phase III trial.

    Walter Stummer;Uwe Pichlmeier;Thomas Meinel;Otmar Dieter Wiestler

  • Embryonic Stem Cell-Derived Glial Precursors: A Source of Myelinating Transplants

    Oliver Brüstle;Kimberly N. Jones;Kimberly N. Jones;Randall D. Learish;Khalad Karram

  • Erratum: The 2007 WHO classification of tumours of the central nervous system (Acta Neuropathol (2007) vol. 114 (97-109))

    David N Louis;Hiroko Ohgaki;Otmar D Wiestler;Webster K Cavenee

  • NOA-04 Randomized Phase III Trial of Sequential Radiochemotherapy of Anaplastic Glioma With Procarbazine, Lomustine, and Vincristine or Temozolomide

    Wolfgang Wick;Christian Hartmann;Corinna Engel;Mandy Stoffels

  • Molecular Predictors of Progression-Free and Overall Survival in Patients With Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma: A Prospective Translational Study of the German Glioma Network

    Michael Weller;Jörg Felsberg;Christian Hartmann;Hilmar Berger

  • International Society of Neuropathology-Haarlem Consensus Guidelines for Nervous System Tumor Classification and Grading

    David N. Louis;Arie Perry;Peter Burger;David W. Ellison

  • NeuN: a useful neuronal marker for diagnostic histopathology.:

    H K Wolf;R Buslei;R Schmidt-Kastner;P K Schmidt-Kastner

  • Instability of short tandem repeats (microsatellites) in human cancers

    R. Wooster;A.-M. Cleton-Jansen;N. Collins;J. Mangion

  • The Spectrum of Long-term Epilepsy-associated Tumors : Long-term Seizure and Tumor Outcome and Neurosurgical Aspects

    Cordelia Luyken;Ingmar Blümcke;Rolf Fimmers;Horst Urbach

  • Postoperative neoadjuvant chemotherapy before radiotherapy as compared to immediate radiotherapy followed by maintenance chemotherapy in the treatment of medulloblastoma in childhood: results of the German prospective randomized trial HIT '91.

    Rolf D. Kortmann;Joachim Kühl;Beate Timmermann;Uwe Mittler

  • Hemangioblastomas of the central nervous system. A 10-year study with special reference to von Hippel-Lindau syndrome.

    Hartmut P. H. Neumann;Hans R. Eggert;Klaus Weigel;Hartmut Friedburg

  • PTEN mutations in gliomas and glioneuronal tumors

    Eva Maria Duerr;Britta Rollbrocker;Yutaka Hayashi;Nils Peters

  • Subsets of Glioblastoma Multiforme Defined by Molecular Genetic Analysis

    Andreas von Deimling;Klaus von Ammon;David Schoenfeld;Otmar D. Wiestler

  • Medulloblastomas of the desmoplastic variant carry mutations of the human homologue of Drosophila patched

    Torsten Pietsch;Andreas Waha;Anke Koch;Jürgen Kraus

  • Ammon's Horn Sclerosis: A Maldevelopmental Disorder Associated with Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

    Ingmar Blümcke;Maria Thom;Otmar D Wiestler

  • Shared allelic losses on chromosomes 1p and 19q suggest a common origin of oligodendroglioma and oligoastrocytoma

    Jürgen A. Kraus;Jens Koopmann;Peter Kaskel;David Maintz

  • Vascular Pathology in Alzheimer Disease: Correlation of Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy and Arteriosclerosis/Lipohyalinosis with Cognitive Decline

    Dietmar Rudolf Thal;Estifanos Ghebremedhin;Mario Orantes;Otmar D. Wiestler

  • Clustering of features of von Hippel-Lindau syndrome: evidence for a complex genetic locus.

    H.P.H. Neumann;O.D. Wiestler

Frequent Co-Authors

Johannes Schramm
Johannes Schramm University of Bonn
Ingmar Blümcke
Ingmar Blümcke University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Andreas von Deimling
Andreas von Deimling Heidelberg University
Christian E. Elger
Christian E. Elger University Hospital Bonn
Paul Kleihues
Paul Kleihues University of Zurich
Torsten Pietsch
Torsten Pietsch University of Bonn
David N. Louis
David N. Louis Harvard University
Albert J. Becker
Albert J. Becker University Hospital Bonn
Heinz Beck
Heinz Beck University of Bonn
Guido Reifenberger
Guido Reifenberger Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

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