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Researcher · Heidelberg University · Germany

Achim Koch

Achim Koch publishes mostly in Surgery, Biomedical Engineering and Transplantation, on topics such as Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes, Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices and Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments.

ORCID 0000-0002-1616-4873 OpenAlex
World rank
#7,486,172
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Germany
#357,582
of 364,343
Works
131
Citations
1.7k
Citations per work
12.8
h-index
23
i10-index 49Top 12% in Surgery
Achim Koch

What does Achim Koch research?

Achim Koch's work is mostly in Medicine (57%), Engineering (11%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (3%).

Health Sciences: 74 works · 56.6% of their workMedicine: 74 works · 56.6% of their workSurgery: 46 works · 35.3% of their workTransplantation: 11 works · 8.7% of their workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 10 works · 7.6% of their workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 7 works · 5.0% of their workEverything else: 39 works · 29.7% of their workPhysical Sciences: 14 works · 10.8% of their workEngineering: 14 works · 10.8% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 14 works · 10.8% of their workLife Sciences: 4 works · 2.9% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 works · 2.9% of their workMolecular Biology: 4 works · 2.9% of their workTHEIR WORKAchim Koch131works
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences11%Health Sciences57%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine7456.6%
  2. Everything else3929.7%
    1. Engineering1410.8%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology42.9%
  1. 1Surgery35% of their works
  2. 2Biomedical Engineering11% of their works
  3. 3Transplantation9% of their works
  4. 4Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine8% of their works
  5. 5Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine5% of their works
  6. 6Molecular Biology3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Achim Koch's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Rejection, Transplantation, Graft Survival, Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation, Left Ventricular Assist Device, Myocardial Infarction, Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury and Kidney Transplantation.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Rejection811 topic
  2. Transplantation811 topic
  3. Graft Survival422 topics
  4. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation411 topic
  5. Left Ventricular Assist Device411 topic
  6. Myocardial Infarction282 topics
  7. Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury272 topics
  8. Kidney Transplantation241 topic
  9. Renal Allograft241 topic
  10. Surgical Repair191 topic
  11. Ventricular Reconstruction191 topic
  12. Donor Risk Index181 topic
  13. Liver Transplantation181 topic
  14. Cardiac Arrest101 topic
  15. Resuscitation101 topic
  16. Cardioprotection91 topic
  17. Cardiopulmonary Bypass91 topic
  18. Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery91 topic
  19. Mitochondrial Permeability Transition Pore91 topic

Where does Achim Koch work?

Achim Koch's main affiliation in the publication record is Heidelberg University, Germany.

How many publications and citations does Achim Koch have?

OpenAlex counts 131 works and 1,674 citations for Achim Koch, an h-index of 23, ranking #7,486,172 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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