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Stefan Blankenberg

Stefan Blankenberg

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
129
Citations
65805
World Ranking
2580
National Ranking
128

Stefan Blankenberg 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 Stefan Blankenberg sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 863 publications — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Stefan Blankenberg 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 Stefan Blankenberg sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 129 D-Index — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Stefan Blankenberg is affiliated with Universität Hamburg in Germany and has a significant body of research primarily in the field of Medicine, with a focus on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Their work encompasses related subfields such as Surgery, Epidemiology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

The scientist's research topics include:

  • Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments
  • Acute Myocardial Infarction Research
  • Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management
  • Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics
  • Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
  • Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair
  • Heart Failure Treatment and Management

Stefan Blankenberg has published extensively in several frequent venues, reflecting the focus and reach of their work. These publication venues are:

  • European Heart Journal
  • Clinical Research in Cardiology
  • The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon
  • ESC Heart Failure
  • Scientific Reports

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Stefan Blankenberg are:

  • Association of Cardiac Infection With SARS-CoV-2 in Confirmed COVID-19 Autopsy Cases, 2020, JAMA Cardiology
  • Global Effect of Modifiable Risk Factors on Cardiovascular Disease and Mortality, 2023, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Left Ventricular Unloading Is Associated With Lower Mortality in Patients With Cardiogenic Shock Treated With Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation, 2020, Circulation
  • Discovery of rare variants associated with blood pressure regulation through meta-analysis of 1.3 million individuals, 2020, Nature Genetics
  • Multi-organ assessment in mainly non-hospitalized individuals after SARS-CoV-2 infection: The Hamburg City Health Study COVID programme, 2021, European Heart Journal

Stefan Blankenberg collaborates frequently with a number of researchers in their field. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Dirk Westermann
  • Tanja Zeller
  • Paulus Kirchhof
  • Hermann Reichenspurner
  • Moritz Seiffert

Best Publications

  • Plasma HDL cholesterol and risk of myocardial infarction: A mendelian randomisation study

    Benjamin F. Voight;Benjamin F. Voight;Benjamin F. Voight;Gina M. Peloso;Gina M. Peloso;Marju Orho-Melander;Ruth Frikke-Schmidt

  • Genomewide association analysis of coronary artery disease.

    Nilesh J. Samani;Jeanette Erdmann;Alistair S. Hall;Christian Hengstenberg

  • Large-scale association analysis identifies 13 new susceptibility loci for coronary artery disease

    Heribert Schunkert;Inke R. König;Sekar Kathiresan;Muredach P. Reilly

  • Large-scale association analysis identifies new risk loci for coronary artery disease

    Panos Deloukas;Stavroula Kanoni;Christina Willenborg;Martin Farrall

  • Sensitive Troponin I Assay in Early Diagnosis of Acute Myocardial Infarction

    Till Keller;Tanja Zeller;Dirk Peetz;Stergios Tzikas

  • Plasma Concentrations and Genetic Variation of Matrix Metalloproteinase 9 and Prognosis of Patients With Cardiovascular Disease

    Stefan Blankenberg;Hans J. Rupprecht;Odette Poirier;Christoph Bickel

  • New loci associated with kidney function and chronic kidney disease

    Anna Köttgen;Anna Köttgen;Cristian Pattaro;Carsten A. Böger;Christian Fuchsberger

  • SCORE2 risk prediction algorithms: new models to estimate 10-year risk of cardiovascular disease in Europe

    Steven Hageman;Lisa Pennells

  • Circulating Cell Adhesion Molecules and Death in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease

    Stefan Blankenberg;Hans J. Rupprecht;Christoph Bickel;Dirk Peetz

  • Interleukin-18 Is a Strong Predictor of Cardiovascular Death in Stable and Unstable Angina

    Stefan Blankenberg;Laurence Tiret;Christoph Bickel;Dirk Peetz

  • Genome-wide study for circulating metabolites identifies 62 loci and reveals novel systemic effects of LPA

    Johannes Kettunen;Ayşe Demirkan;Ayşe Demirkan;Peter Würtz;Harmen H M Draisma

  • Glutathione peroxidase 1 activity and cardiovascular events in patients with coronary artery disease.

    Stefan Blankenberg;Hans J. Rupprecht;Christoph Bickel;Michael Torzewski

  • Genetics and Beyond – The Transcriptome of Human Monocytes and Disease Susceptibility

    Tanja Zeller;Philipp Wild;Silke Szymczak;Maxime Rotival

  • Association of Cardiac Infection With SARS-CoV-2 in Confirmed COVID-19 Autopsy Cases.

    Diana Lindner;Antonia Fitzek;Hanna Bräuninger;Ganna Aleshcheva

  • Identification of ADAMTS7 as a novel locus for coronary atherosclerosis and association of ABO with myocardial infarction in the presence of coronary atherosclerosis: two genome-wide association studies

    Muredach P Reilly;Mingyao Li;Jing He;Jane F Ferguson

  • Serial changes in highly sensitive troponin I assay and early diagnosis of myocardial infarction.

    Till Keller;Tanja Zeller;Francisco Ojeda;Stergios Tzikas

  • New susceptibility locus for coronary artery disease on chromosome 3q22.3

    Jeanette Erdmann;Anika Großhennig;Peter S Braund;Inke R König

  • Asymmetric dimethylarginine and the risk of cardiovascular events and death in patients with coronary artery disease: results from the AtheroGene Study.

    Renate Schnabel;Stefan Blankenberg;Edith Lubos;Karl J. Lackner

  • Rare variant in scavenger receptor BI raises HDL cholesterol and increases risk of coronary heart disease

    Zanoni P;Khetarpal Sa;Larach Db;Hancock-Cerutti Wf

  • Glutathione peroxidase 1 activity and cardiovascular events in patients with coronary artery disease

    Stefan Blankenberg;Hans J. Rupprecht;Christoph Bickel;Michael Torzewski

Frequent Co-Authors

Tanja Zeller
Tanja Zeller Universität Hamburg
Renate B. Schnabel
Renate B. Schnabel Universität Hamburg
Thomas Münzel
Thomas Münzel Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Stephan Baldus
Stephan Baldus University of Cologne
Veikko Salomaa
Veikko Salomaa Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
Karl J. Lackner
Karl J. Lackner Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Kari Kuulasmaa
Kari Kuulasmaa Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
Laurence Tiret
Laurence Tiret Sorbonne University
Markus Perola
Markus Perola Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
Andreas Ziegler
Andreas Ziegler University of Ulm

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