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154
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Author
Articles
Citations
R ARank
R CRank
1
Paul E. Van Schil
4
739
2
1
1
Ramon Rami-Porta
1
444
2
2
3
Alessandro Della Corte
1
295
1
1
3
Ciro Bancone
1
295
1
1
5
Marion Delcroix
1
292
1
1
5
Paul De Leyn
1
292
1
1
7
Martin G Keane
1
250
1
1
7
Arnar Geirsson
1
250
1
1
9
Ivan Macía
1
234
1
1
10
David J Barron
1
232
1
1
10
Oliver Stumper
1
232
1
1
12
Clemens Aigner
1
207
2
1
12
György Lang
1
207
2
1
14
Michael Borger
2
205
2
3
14
Michael A Borger
2
205
2
3
16
Philippe Kolh
1
175
1
1
17
Zhiyuan
1
154
1
1
18
Giuseppe Marulli
1
147
2
2
18
Marco Schiavon
1
147
1
1
20
John G Webb
2
144
1
2
20
Thompson C, Thompson Cr
1
144
1
2
20
Anson Cheung
1
144
1
2
20
Jian Ye
2
144
1
2
24
Bedrettin Yıldızeli
1
137
1
1
24
Sacha Mussot
2
141
1
2
26
Diederick E Grobbee
1
129
10
12
26
Geert J M G Van Der Heijden
1
129
3
1
28
Davide Pacini
2
239
1
1
28
Luca Di Marco
1
125
1
1
30
Brian W Mccrindle
3
174
1
5
30
Samuel Siu
1
124
1
1
30
Timothy J Bradley
1
124
1
2
33
Tirone E David
1
123
5
3
34
Arabi Y
1
117
1
1
35
Alessandro Gonfiotti
1
112
1
1
36
Stephen H Gilbert
1
109
1
1
36
Arun V Holden
1
109
1
1
36
Alan P Benson
1
109
1
1
39
Jerry Braun
1
105
1
1
39
Klaus F Rabe
1
105
4
8
41
Joo Hun Park
1
103
1
2
41
Damien Bonnet
1
103
4
3
43
Xinyang Hu
1
102
1
1
43
Aina He
1
102
1
1
45
Roberto Lorusso
3
96
1
2
45
Savina Sn Nodari
1
95
2
2
45
André Y Denault
1
95
4
3
45
Miralem Pasic
2
140
1
2
49
Ara Darzi
2
146
3
6
49
Christodoulos Xinaris
1
84
1
1
49
Dietmar Boethig
1
84
1
1
49
Constantinos Pantos
1
84
2
2
53
Daniel Zimpfer
2
161
2
2
53
Andreas O Zuckermann
2
94
1
1
55
Marc A Reymond
1
77
1
1
55
Heiko A Kaiser
1
77
1
1
55
Ralph A Schmid
1
77
1
2
58
Laurent De Kerchove
2
76
1
1
58
Jean-Louis Vanoverschelde
2
76
2
3
60
Suresh Senan
1
73
5
4
61
Christian D Etz
1
69
2
3
62
Kerem
1
67
1
1
63
Michael Lanuti
1
66
1
1
63
Stephen Large
1
66
3
2
63
Mohan Thanikachalam
1
66
1
1
66
Bahaaldin Alsoufi
3
114
1
4
66
Jari O Laurikka
2
96
1
1
66
Pier Luigi Filosso
1
64
1
1
66
Enrico O Ruffini
1
64
1
1
66
C Michael White
1
64
4
4
66
Alberto Oliaro
1
64
1
2
66
Chee Ching Chan
1
64
1
1
66
Malcolm Kohler
1
64
1
1
66
Vural Kavuncu
1
64
1
2
66
Craig Coleman
1
64
3
4
76
Kimberley A Goldsmith
3
119
1
1
77
Oliver Warren
1
62
1
2
77
Carlo Lavalle
1
62
1
1
77
Daniel Leff
1
62
1
1
77
Christos Alexiou
2
103
1
1
77
Khalil Fattouch
1
62
1
1
82
Wadim Wojciechowski
1
61
1
1
83
Alessandra Frigiola
1
60
1
1
83
Young Tae Kim
2
78
1
4
83
Chang Hyun Kang
2
78
1
1
83
Louise Coats
1
60
1
6
83
Andrew Taylor
1
60
1
1
88
Nobuyoshi Kawaharada
1
59
1
1
88
Hideki Hyodoh
1
59
1
1
88
Toshiro Ito
1
59
1
1
91
Luca Carsana
1
58
1
1
92
Marcello Migliore
2
61
1
1
92
Alan D L Sihoe
1
56
1
1
94
Khaled Al-Kattan
1
54
1
1
94
Igor Rudez
1
54
1
1
94
Hatem El-Bawab
1
54
1
1
94
Andre Simon
1
54
1
2
98
Federico Venuta
2
92
2
1
98
Ziad Mansour
1
53
1
1
98
Mohsen Ibrahim
2
58
1
1
98
Gilbert Massard
2
54
1
1
98
Tiziano De Giacomo
2
92
1
1
98
Marco Anile
2
92
1
1
105
Jann Mortensen
1
52
3
5
105
Calvin Sh Ng
1
52
1
1
105
Song Wan, Frcs
1
52
2
1
105
Martin Iversen
1
52
2
2
109
Peter N Ruygrok
1
51
1
1
109
Nobuyuki Ishibashi
1
51
1
1
111
Marco Di Eusanio
1
50
1
1
111
John G Edwards
3
97
1
1
111
Alberto J Da S Duarte
1
50
1
1
114
Vuk Milisic
1
49
1
1
114
Pierre-Simon Jouk
1
49
1
2
114
Andrea Dell'Amore
2
74
2
1
114
Luca Botta
1
49
3
1
114
Yves Usson
1
49
1
1
119
Gary W Falk
1
48
2
1
120
Carlo Castoro
1
47
1
3
120
Mark G Hazekamp
2
77
1
1
122
Gabor Szabo
2
50
1
2
122
Johanna J M Takkenberg
1
46
2
3
122
Friedhelm Beyersdorf
2
59
2
1
122
Arie Pieter Kappetein
3
86
1
2
122
Hazim J Safi
1
46
2
4
127
Christian Olsson
1
45
1
1
127
Atshushi Watanabe
2
60
1
1
127
Michael Dandel
1
45
2
3
127
Christoph Knosalla
1
45
4
4
131
Mustafa Yuksel
1
44
1
1
131
Serdar Evman
1
44
1
1
133
Carlos A Mestres,, Fetcs
2
42
1
1
133
Eduardo Bernabeu
1
42
1
1
135
Joachim Greilberger
1
41
1
1
135
Serkan Durdu
1
41
1
1
135
A Ruchan Akar
1
41
1
1
135
Kaan Kaya
1
41
1
1
135
Bahar ÖÇ
1
41
1
1
135
Mehmet Oc
1
41
1
2
142
Gonzalo Varela
2
52
2
1
142
Nuria M Novoa
2
52
1
1
142
Anna Jander
1
40
1
1
142
Marcin Tkaczyk
1
40
1
1
142
Marcelo F Jiménez
1
40
1
1
142
Gaetano Rocco
2
52
3
2
149
Susanna Sciomer
1
39
1
3
149
Soo-Jin Kim
1
39
1
2
149
Cheul Lee
2
65
1
1
149
Jacek Kołcz
1
39
1
2
153
Marco Lucchi
1
38
2
3
153
Franca Melfi
1
38
2
3
153
Gabriella Fontanini
1
38
2
5
156
Stefano Bettati
1
36
1
4
156
Eveline Internullo
1
36
1
1
156
Luca Ampollini
4
43
1
1
156
Antonio Bobbio
1
36
1
1
160
Parla Astarci
1
34
1
1
160
Gianluca Brancaccio
1
34
1
1
160
Francesca G Iodice
1
34
1
1
160
david Glineur
1
34
1
1
160
Sing-Chien Yap
1
34
2
6
165
Sandro Mattioli
1
33
1
1
165
Giuseppe Gatti
1
33
2
1
165
David Kalfa
1
33
1
1
168
Francesco Petrella
1
32
2
3
168
Giulia Veronesi
1
32
4
5
168
Paolo Scanagatta
1
32
1
4
168
Ehrenfried Schindler
2
55
1
1
168
Joachim Photiadis
2
55
1
1
168
Piergiorgio Solli
1
32
3
3
168
Davide Radice
1
32
1
3
175
Katharina Krenn
2
42
1
1
175
Pascal Berna
1
31
1
2
177
Filip Rega
1
30
1
1
179
Ursula Rauen
1
29
1
3
180
Huseyin Melek
1
28
1
1
181
Helmut Mair
1
26
1
1
181
Dominique Gossot
1
26
1
1
181
Jozsef Furak
1
26
1
2
181
Klaus Kayser
1
26
1
2
185
Antonella Galeone
1
25
1
1
185
Giangiuseppe Cappabianca
1
25
1
1
185
Pietro G Malvindi
1
25
2
1
185
Stefan Milz
1
25
1
3
185
Luigi de Luca Tupputi Schinosa
1
25
1
1
185
Josef Smolle
1
25
1
1
185
Domenico Paparella
1
25
1
1
192
Jean Dudler
1
24
1
4
193
Patrizio Castelli
1
23
3
6
193
Shinya S Suzuki
1
23
2
2
193
Matteo Tozzi
1
23
2
6
193
Nicodème Sinzobahamvya
1
23
1
1
193
Gabriele Piffaretti
1
23
2
5
193
Maria Letizia Bacchi Reggiani
1
23
3
8
199
Stephan Arni
1
22
2
3
199
Isabelle Opitz
1
22
1
1
199
Valentin Rousson
1
22
2
6
199
Rainer K Rienmuller
1
22
1
1
199
Sung-Hyuk Choi
1
22
3
3
199
Daniel Bainbridge
1
22
2
3
199
Ivo D Dinov
1
22
2
6
199
Gert Reiter
1
22
1
1
207
Shuenn-Wen Kuo
1
21
1
3
207
Christian Weber
1
21
5
12
207
Robert H Anderson
2
31
2
4
207
Alper Demirutku
1
21
1
1
207
Susana Novella
1
21
2
1
207
Manuel Castella
1
21
1
1
207
Sara Benedito
1
21
1
1
207
Hsao-Hsun Hsu
1
21
1
2
207
Daniel Pereda
1
21
1
1
207
Ana Cristina Martínez
1
21
1
1
207
Marc Licker
2
24
1
3
207
Fadi Farhat
1
21
2
1
207
Tunc Lacin
1
21
1
1
220
Kenneth J Shea
1
20
3
6
220
Hiroaki Satoh
1
20
1
4
220
Alberto Ricci
1
20
1
2
220
Piergiorgio Tozzi
1
20
1
1
220
Konstantinos Papagiannopoulos
1
20
1
1
220
Carlo Materazzo
1
20
1
1
220
Rosalba Miceli
1
20
1
6
220
Dorota Bukowska
1
20
1
1
220
Andrea Colli
1
20
1
5
220
Lea Petrella
1
20
1
1
220
Kostas Papagiannopoulos
1
20
1
2
231
Amir-Reza Hosseinpour, FRCS-CTh
1
19
1
1
231
Robert Slotwinski
2
25
1
1
231
Tomoshi Tsuchiya
1
19
1
3
234
Denis A Berdajs
1
18
1
2
234
Shaney Barratt
1
18
1
1
234
Zudin A Puthucheary
1
18
1
1
237
Shigeki Morita
1
16
1
1
237
Bruno Karl Podesser
1
16
1
2
237
Christian Dinges
1
16
1
1
240
Nai-Kuan Chou
2
27
1
4
240
Robert J Chen
1
15
1
1
240
Shu-Hsun Chu
1
15
1
5
240
Nai-Hsin Chi
2
27
1
2
240
Shoei-Shen Wang
2
27
1
5
245
Yong-Soo Kwon
1
14
3
5
245
Ryuta Fukai
1
14
1
1
245
Wouter D Van Marken Lichtenbelt
1
14
1
4
245
Won-Jung Koh
1
14
7
9
245
Rienk Nieuwland
1
14
2
7
245
Eugenio Pompeo
1
14
3
3
245
Gino Gerosa
1
14
5
9
245
Yukinori Sakao
1
14
1
4
245
Ornella Milanesi
1
14
1
4
245
Alfonso Baldi
1
14
4
10
245
Vincenzo Ambrogi
1
14
1
2
245
Arjan J H Frijns
1
14
1
2
245
Yosuke Takahashi
1
14
1
1
258
Kwang Ree Cho
1
13
1
1
258
Hiroyoshi Tsubochi
1
13
1
1
258
Antonio Miceli
1
13
1
1
258
Dong Seop Jeong
1
13
1
1
258
Yoshihiro Minamiya
1
13
1
2
258
Manabu Ito
1
13
1
1
258
Jörg Hutter
1
13
1
1
265
Michael C Steiner
1
12
1
1
265
David F Wilson
1
12
1
3
265
Thomas Schachner
1
12
5
5
265
Nikolaos Bonaros
1
12
3
6
269
Jung-Jyh Hung
1
11
2
2
269
Anders Albåge
1
11
2
2
269
Kuang-Yao Yang
1
11
1
1
269
Jörg Lindenmann
1
11
1
1
269
Ulrik Sartipy
1
11
2
4
274
Hakan Salci
1
10
1
1
274
Ian Hunt
1
10
1
1
274
Bunyamin Sahin
1
10
1
7
274
Mustafa çalık
1
10
1
1
274
Fumihiro Sata
1
10
1
6
274
Olgun Kadir Arıbaş
1
10
1
2
274
Michael Chu
1
10
1
4
274
Francesco Alamanni
1
10
3
4
274
Suleyman Kaplan
1
10
2
4
274
Ahmet Sami Bayram
1
10
1
2
284
Par Renaud Tissier
1
9
2
6
284
Ivan Aleksic
1
9
1
3
284
Genevieve A Derumeaux
1
9
3
4
284
Jae Gun Kwak
1
9
1
1
288
Francesco Onorati
1
8
2
5
288
Chau-Chyun Sheu
1
8
2
5
288
Marco Vatrano
1
8
1
2
288
Francesco Perticone
1
8
3
10
292
Isaac George
1
7
1
1
292
Jeffrey W Holmes
1
7
1
6
292
Mehmet Yilmaz
1
7
1
3
292
Chong Zhang
1
7
1
2
292
Evgenij V Potapov
1
7
1
4
297
Wael M Hassanein
1
6
2
2
297
Valerie W Rusch
1
6
4
12
297
Rafael Sadaba
2
9
1
2
300
Sotirios Bisdas
1
5
2
11
300
Antonio Loforte
1
5
1
1
300
Vahid Montazeri
1
5
1
1
300
Mehdi Zoghi
1
5
2
5
300
Elisa Mikus
1
5
2
3
300
Alfredo Cesario
3
6
1
4
300
Mohsen Sokouti
1
5
1
1
307
Senol Yavuz
2
5
2
5
307
Michele De Bonis
1
4
1
3
307
Tobias Heye
1
4
2
5
307
Victor Bautista-Hernandez
1
4
1
3
307
Andrea Moneta
1
4
1
2
307
Panagiotis Dedeilias
1
4
1
2
307
Heyman Luckraz Frcs
1
4
1
3
307
Francesco Donatelli
1
4
1
5
307
Marco Pocar
1
4
1
3
307
Elisabetta Lapenna
1
4
1
1
307
Gabor Veres
1
4
1
6
318
Gudrun Maria Feuchtner
1
3
1
2
318
Ahmet Ümİt GÜllÜ
1
3
1
2
320
Murat Ugurlucan
1
2
1
3
320
Alessandro A Lemos
1
2
1
1
320
Antonio Messina
1
2
1
3
320
Vincent Chan
1
2
1
2
320
Eugenio Neri
1
2
1
1
320
Ugo Cioffi
1
2
1
2
320
Giovanni Troise
1
2
1
3
320
José J. Ceron
1
2
3
11
320
Bartosz Kubisa
1
2
1
1
320
Virginia M Miller
1
2
1
5
320
Mitsuhiro Kamiyoshihara
1
2
1
1
320
Emmanuel Villa
1
2
1
2
332
Joseph Keane
2
1
1
7
332
Massimo Chello
1
1
1
4
332
Adel Helmy
1
1
1
4
332
Alain J Poncelet
1
1
1
2
332
Yoan Lamarche
1
1
1
3
332
Parwis B Rahmanian
1
1
5
9
332
Uliano Morandi
2
1
1
2
332
Roberto Crisci
1
1
1
2
332
Robert James Cerfolio
1
1
1
2
332
Laura Paleari
1
1
1
3
332
Elvio Covino
1
1
1
4
332
Sandro Gelsomino,, Fects
1
1
1
3
332
Duilio Divisi
1
1
1
1
332
Vladimir Porkhanov
1
1
1
1
332
Patrizia Russo
1
1
2
4
332
Mohammed Fouad Ismaeil
3
2
1
1
332
Alessandro Stefani
2
1
1
2
332
Francis Zech
1
1
1
2
350
Tomaso Bottio
1
0
3
4
350
Ghassan S Sleilaty
1
0
1
5
350
Martin Utley
1
0
1
10
350
Rui Haddad
1
0
1
2
350
Karolina Akinosoglou
1
0
1
2
350
Marc Gewillig
1
0
3
10
350
Manuel J Antunes
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