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Tilman Sauerbruch

Tilman Sauerbruch

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
111
Citations
39850
World Ranking
5383
National Ranking
301

Tilman Sauerbruch 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 Tilman Sauerbruch sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 1,296 publications — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Tilman Sauerbruch 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 Tilman Sauerbruch sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 111 D-Index — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Tilman Sauerbruch is affiliated with the University of Bonn in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on Medicine, with a significant emphasis on Hepatology. The scientist's work spans various subfields including Epidemiology, Surgery, Gastroenterology, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

Their main topics of research include:

  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Liver Disease and Transplantation
  • Gastroesophageal reflux and treatments
  • Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes
  • Liver physiology and pathology
  • Eosinophilic Esophagitis
  • Abdominal vascular conditions and treatments

Some of the recent publications attributed to Tilman Sauerbruch cover various aspects of liver disease and treatment:

  • "Effects of Early Placement of Transjugular Portosystemic Shunts in Patients With High-Risk Acute Variceal Bleeding: a Meta-analysis of Individual Patient Data," 2020, Gastroenterology
  • "Trends and the course of liver cirrhosis and its complications in Germany: Nationwide population-based study (2005 to 2018)," 2021, The Lancet Regional Health - Europe
  • "TIPS prevents further decompensation and improves survival in patients with cirrhosis and portal hypertension in an individual patient data meta-analysis," 2023, Journal of Hepatology
  • "Bile Acids, Liver Cirrhosis, and Extrahepatic Vascular Dysfunction," 2021, Frontiers in Physiology
  • "Liver Fibrosis-From Mechanisms of Injury to Modulation of Disease," 2022, Frontiers in Medicine

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Tilman Sauerbruch include:

  • Jonel Trebicka (13 publications)
  • Frank Erhard Uschner (6 publications)
  • Otto Kollmar (5 publications)
  • Franz Ludwig Dumoulin (5 publications)
  • Martin Schulz (4 publications)

The scientist publishes regularly in specific venues, with the highest number of publications appearing in:

  • Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature (17 publications)
  • Journal of Hepatology (5 publications)
  • Frontiers in Medicine (2 publications)
  • Livers (2 publications)
  • Gastroenterology (1 publication)

Best Publications

  • Fragmentation of Gallstones by Extracorporeal Shock Waves

    T. Sauerbruch;M. Delius;G. Paumgartner;J. Holl

  • Shock-wave lithotripsy of gallbladder stones. The first 175 patients.

    M Sackmann;M Delius;T Sauerbruch;J Holl

  • Effect of antiretroviral therapy on liver-related mortality in patients with HIV and hepatitis C virus coinfection.

    Naztfa Qurishi;Christina Kreuzberg;Guido Lüchters;Wolfgang Effenberger

  • Extracorporeal albumin dialysis with the molecular adsorbent recirculating system in acute-on-chronic liver failure: the RELIEF trial

    Rafael Bañares;Rafael Bañares;Frederik Nevens;Fin Stolze Larsen;Rajiv Jalan

  • Long term outcome after transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic stent-shunt in non-transplant cirrhotics with hepatorenal syndrome: a phase II study

    K A Brensing;J Textor;J Perz;P Schiedermaier

  • Ursodeoxycholic acid for treatment of primary sclerosing cholangitis: A placebo‐controlled trial

    Ulrich Beuers;Ulrich Spengler;Wolfgang Kruis;ülker Aydemir

  • Experimental liver fibrosis research: update on animal models, legal issues and translational aspects

    Christian Liedtke;Tom Luedde;Tilman Sauerbruch;David Scholten

  • First-line selective internal radiotherapy plus chemotherapy versus chemotherapy alone in patients with liver metastases from colorectal cancer (FOXFIRE, SIRFLOX, and FOXFIRE-Global): a combined analysis of three multicentre, randomised, phase 3 trials

    Harpreet S Wasan;Peter Gibbs;Navesh K Sharma;Julien Taieb

  • Definitions, methodology and therapeutic strategies in portal hypertension. A Consensus Development Workshop, Baveno, Lake Maggiore, Italy, April 5 and 6, 1990.

    R. de Franchis;J.P. Pascal;E. Ancona;A.K. Burroughs

  • Atorvastatin lowers portal pressure in cirrhotic rats by inhibition of RhoA/Rho-kinase and activation of endothelial nitric oxide synthase.

    Jonel Trebicka;Martin Hennenberg;Wim Laleman;Nataliya Shelest

  • Therapeutic vaccination against metastatic renal cell carcinoma by autologous dendritic cells: preclinical results and outcome of a first clinical phase I/II trial.

    Angela Märten;Dimitri Flieger;Sabine Renoth;Silvia Weineck

  • Use of early-TIPS for high-risk variceal bleeding: Results of a post-RCT surveillance study

    Juan Carlos Garcia-Pagán;Marco Di Pascoli;Karel Caca;Wim Laleman

  • Interactions between dendritic cells and cytokine-induced killer cells lead to an activation of both populations.

    Märten A;Ziske C;Schöttker B;Renoth S

  • Comparison of capsule endoscopy and magnetic resonance imaging for the detection of polyps of the small intestine in patients with familial adenomatous polyposis or with Peutz-Jeghers' syndrome.

    R. Caspari;M. von Falkenhausen;C. Krautmacher;H. Schild

  • Bleeding complications after percutaneous liver biopsy. An analysis of risk factors.

    Birgit Terjung;Isabelle Lemnitzer;Franz Ludwig Dumoulin;Wolfgang Effenberger

  • Ligation versus propranolol for the primary prophylaxis of variceal bleeding in cirrhosis

    Michael Schepke;Gerhard Kleber;Dieter Nürnberg;Jörg Willert

  • Therapeutic vaccination against metastatic carcinoma by expression-modulated and immunomodified autologous tumor cells: a first clinical phase I/II trial.

    Burghardt Wittig;Angela Märten;Tomislav Dorbic;Silvia Weineck

  • Neutropenic enterocolitis in adults: systematic analysis of evidence quality.

    Marcus Gorschlüter;Ulrich Mey;John Strehl;Carsten Ziske

  • Surface expression and cytolytic function of natural killer cell receptors is altered in chronic hepatitis C

    Jacob Nattermann;Georg Feldmann;Golo Ahlenstiel;Bettina Langhans

  • Fecal elastase test: evaluation of a new noninvasive pancreatic function test.

    J E Domínguez-Muñoz;C Hieronymus;T Sauerbruch;P Malfertheiner

Frequent Co-Authors

Ulrich Spengler
Ulrich Spengler University of Bonn
Jonel Trebicka
Jonel Trebicka University Hospital of Münster
Jacob Nattermann
Jacob Nattermann University Hospital Bonn
Ingo G.H. Schmidt-Wolf
Ingo G.H. Schmidt-Wolf University Hospital Bonn
Frank Lammert
Frank Lammert Saarland University
Christian P. Strassburg
Christian P. Strassburg University Hospital Bonn
Jürgen K. Rockstroh
Jürgen K. Rockstroh University Hospital Bonn
Johannes Oldenburg
Johannes Oldenburg University of Bonn
Hans H. Schild
Hans H. Schild University of Bonn

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