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D-Index
91
Citations
33638
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11676
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633

Thomas M. Gress 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 Thomas M. Gress sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 522 publications — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Thomas M. Gress 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 Thomas M. Gress sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 91 D-Index — 43rd percentile

43% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Thomas M. Gress is affiliated with Philipp University of Marburg in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on medical sciences with a significant emphasis on oncology, epidemiology, surgery, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, and molecular biology.

The scientist's main fields of study include Medicine, with a total of 240 publications, and notable subfields such as Oncology with 88 publications, Epidemiology with 45, Surgery with 36, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine with 31, and Molecular Biology with 24. Their research covers multiple topics in cancer and related diseases.

Main research topics include:

  • Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research
  • Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Advances
  • Lung Cancer Research Studies
  • Neuroblastoma Research and Treatments
  • Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers

They have published in a variety of academic journals, with the most frequent publication venues being:

  • Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie (24 publications)
  • Pancreatology (12 publications)
  • Endoscopy (6 publications)
  • Cancers (5 publications)
  • Gut (4 publications)

Recent notable papers include:

  • Microbial short-chain fatty acids modulate CD8+ T cell responses and improve adoptive immunotherapy for cancer, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Microenvironmental Determinants of Pancreatic Cancer, 2020, Physiological Reviews
  • The Immune Microenvironment in Pancreatic Cancer, 2020, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Timeline of Development of Pancreatic Cancer and Implications for Successful Early Detection in High-Risk Individuals, 2021, Gastroenterology
  • International consensus guidelines on interventional endoscopy in chronic pancreatitis. Recommendations from the working group for the international consensus guidelines for chronic pancreatitis in collaboration with the International Association of Pancreatology, the American Pancreatic Association, the Japan Pancreas Society, and European Pancreatic Club, 2020, Pancreatology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Thomas M. Gress include:

  • Anja Rinke (26 publications)
  • Malte Buchholz (19 publications)
  • Alfredo Carrato (16 publications)
  • Detlef K. Bartsch (16 publications)
  • Matthias Löhr (16 publications)

Best Publications

  • Placebo-Controlled, Double-Blind, Prospective, Randomized Study on the Effect of Octreotide LAR in the Control of Tumor Growth in Patients With Metastatic Neuroendocrine Midgut Tumors: A Report From the PROMID Study Group

    Anja Rinke;Carmen Schade-Brittinger;Klaus-Jochen Klose;Peter Barth

  • International network of cancer genome projects

    Thomas J. Hudson;Thomas J. Hudson;Warwick Anderson;Axel Aretz;Anna D. Barker

  • European evidence-based guidelines on pancreatic cystic neoplasms

    Marco Del Chiaro;Marc G. Besselink;Lianne Scholten;Marco J. Bruno

  • Stromal biology and therapy in pancreatic cancer

    Albrecht Neesse;Patrick Michl;Kristopher K Frese;Christine Feig

  • Long-term outcomes of autoimmune pancreatitis: a multicentre, international analysis

    Phil A. Hart;Terumi Kamisawa;William R. Brugge;Jae Bock Chung

  • Microbial short-chain fatty acids modulate CD8 + T cell responses and improve adoptive immunotherapy for cancer

    Maik Luu;Zeno Riester;Adrian Baldrich;Nicole Reichardt

  • Stromal biology and therapy in pancreatic cancer: a changing paradigm

    Albrecht Neesse;Hana Algül;David A Tuveson;Thomas M Gress

  • Transforming Growth Factor β1 Treatment Leads to an Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transdifferentiation of Pancreatic Cancer Cells Requiring Extracellular Signal-regulated Kinase 2 Activation

    Volker Ellenrieder;Sandra F. Hendler;Wolfgang Boeck;Thomas Seufferlein

  • Chymotrypsin C (CTRC) variants that diminish activity or secretion are associated with chronic pancreatitis.

    Jonas Rosendahl;Heiko Witt;Richárd Szmola;Eesh Bhatia

  • ENETS Consensus Guidelines for the Management of Patients with Neuroendocrine Neoplasms from the Jejuno-Ileum and the Appendix Including Goblet Cell Carcinomas

    Ulrich-Frank Pape;Aurel Perren;Bruno Niederle;David Gross

  • Management of patients with increased risk for familial pancreatic cancer: updated recommendations from the International Cancer of the Pancreas Screening (CAPS) Consortium

    Michael Goggins;Kasper Alexander Overbeek;Randall Brand;Sapna Syngal

  • Genetic profile of 22 pancreatic carcinoma cell lines. Analysis of K-ras, p53, p16 and DPC4/Smad4.

    Patrick S. Moore;Bence Sipos;Simonetta Orlandini;Claudio Sorio

  • StellaTUM: current consensus and discussion on pancreatic stellate cell research

    Mert Erkan;Guido Adler;Minoti V. Apte;Max G. Bachem

  • Claudin-4: a new target for pancreatic cancer treatment using Clostridium perfringens enterotoxin.

    Patrick Michl;Malte Buchholz;Monika Rolke;Steffen Kunsch

  • Claudin-4 Expression Decreases Invasiveness and Metastatic Potential of Pancreatic Cancer

    Patrick Michl;Claudia Barth;Malte Buchholz;Markus M Lerch

  • Cloning of a gene highly overexpressed in cancer coding for a novel KH-domain containing protein.

    Friederike Müeller-Pillasch;Ulrike Lacher;Christine Wallrapp;Anne Micha

  • Placebo-Controlled, Double-Blind, Prospective, Randomized Study on the Effect of Octreotide LAR in the Control of Tumor Growth in Patients with Metastatic Neuroendocrine Midgut Tumors (PROMID): Results of Long-Term Survival

    Anja Rinke;Michael Wittenberg;Carmen Schade-Brittinger;Behnaz Aminossadati

  • Expression and in-situ localization of genes coding for extracellular matrix proteins and extracellular matrix degrading proteases in pancreatic cancer.

    T. M. Gress;F. Müller-Pillasch;M. M. Lerch;H. Friess

  • Overexpression of c-myc in pancreatic cancer caused by ectopic activation of NFATc1 and the Ca2+/calcineurin signaling pathway.

    Malte Buchholz;Malte Buchholz;Alexandra Schatz;Martin Wagner;Patrick Michl

  • Five years of prospective screening of high-risk individuals from families with familial pancreatic cancer

    Peter Langer;Peter H Kann;Volker Fendrich;Nils Habbe

Frequent Co-Authors

Guido Adler
Guido Adler University of Ulm
Gail K. Adler
Gail K. Adler Brigham and Women's Hospital
Hans A. Kestler
Hans A. Kestler University of Ulm
Aldo Scarpa
Aldo Scarpa University of Verona
Bence Sipos
Bence Sipos University of Tübingen
Francisco X. Real
Francisco X. Real Pompeu Fabra University
Markus M. Lerch
Markus M. Lerch Greifswald University Hospital
Núria Malats
Núria Malats Spanish National Cancer Research Centre
Alfredo Carrato
Alfredo Carrato University of Alcalá
Jörg Kleeff
Jörg Kleeff Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg

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