Alan Lees

7.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
49 papers, 5.4k citations indexed

About

Alan Lees is a scholar working on Oncology, Cancer Research and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alan Lees has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 5.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Oncology, 12 papers in Cancer Research and 11 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Alan Lees's work include Breast Cancer Treatment Studies (12 papers), Geological formations and processes (11 papers) and Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (11 papers). Alan Lees is often cited by papers focused on Breast Cancer Treatment Studies (12 papers), Geological formations and processes (11 papers) and Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (11 papers). Alan Lees collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Belgium and United States. Alan Lees's co-authors include Richard G. Margolese, Anatolio B. Cruz, James L. Hoehn, Arthur P. DeCillis, N V Dimitrov, D. Lawrence Wickerham, Bernard Fisher, A Brown, Norman Wolmark and E.P. Mamounas and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Clinical Oncology and JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

In The Last Decade

Alan Lees

48 papers receiving 5.1k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Effect of preoperative chemotherapy on the outcome of women with operable breast cancer.

1998 1.7k citations Bernard Fisher, John Bryant et al. Journal of Clinical Oncology profile →
Effect of preoperative chemotherapy on local-regional disease in women with operable breast cancer: findings from National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project B-18.

1997 1.4k citations Bernard Fisher, A Brown et al. Journal of Clinical Oncology profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Alan Lees	2.9k	2.5k	1.6k	834	650	49	5.4k
P Maurice	1.4k 0.5×	693 0.3×	445 0.3×	200 0.2×	161 0.2×	72	3.2k
Maurice M. Black	541 0.2×	853 0.3×	493 0.3×	245 0.3×	189 0.3×	77	2.6k
Graham R. Taylor	548 0.2×	931 0.4×	850 0.5×	504 0.6×	140 0.2×	116	4.6k
Michael R. Cooper	649 0.2×	1.3k 0.5×	125 0.1×	360 0.4×	322 0.5×	104	3.8k
Masahiko Ohsawa	590 0.2×	2.5k 1.0×	1.3k 0.8×	869 1.0×	30 0.0×	292	7.2k
Daniel Dietrich	508 0.2×	1.8k 0.7×	786 0.5×	820 1.0×	55 0.1×	49	4.1k
Wolfgang Dörr	438 0.1×	1.2k 0.5×	137 0.1×	1.8k 2.2×	453 0.7×	270	9.4k
R. Wendel Naumann	212 0.1×	1.1k 0.4×	294 0.2×	808 1.0×	60 0.1×	142	3.7k
G.W. Barendsen	655 0.2×	506 0.2×	123 0.1×	259 0.3×	158 0.2×	109	4.4k
Sung‐Min Chun	643 0.2×	988 0.4×	343 0.2×	202 0.2×	35 0.1×	79	2.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Alan Lees

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alan Lees

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alan Lees

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Alan Lees. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Alan Lees based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Alan Lees. Alan Lees is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Fisher, Bernard, John Bryant, Norman Wolmark, et al.. (2023). Effect of preoperative chemotherapy on the outcome of women with operable breast cancer. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 41(10). 1795–1808. 18 indexed citations

Holloway, Caroline L., Zsolt Gabos, Susan Chafe, et al.. (2014). Three-Arm Randomized Phase III Trial: Quality Aloe and Placebo Cream Versus Powder as Skin Treatment During Breast Cancer Radiation Therapy. Clinical Breast Cancer. 15(3). 181–190.e4. 48 indexed citations

McNeely, Margaret L., David J. Magee, Alan Lees, et al.. (2004). The Addition of Manual Lymph Drainage to Compression Therapy For Breast Cancer Related Lymphedema: a Randomized Controlled Trial. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. 86(2). 95–106. 183 indexed citations

Cumming, Ceinwen E., et al.. (2001). Tamoxifen in Breast Cancer: Symptom Reporting. The Breast Journal. 7(2). 97–100. 9 indexed citations

Fisher, Bernard, John Bryant, Norman Wolmark, et al.. (1998). Effect of preoperative chemotherapy on the outcome of women with operable breast cancer.. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 16(8). 2672–2685. 1688 indexed citations breakdown →

Cumming, Ceinwen E., Alan Lees, Jean‐Marc Nabholtz, et al.. (1997). Sexuality, Body Image and Quality of Life after High Dose or Conventional Chemotherapy for Metastatic Breast Cancer. The Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality. 6(1). 1. 23 indexed citations

Newman, Stephen C., Alan Lees, & Heather Jenkins. (1997). The effect of body mass index and oestrogen receptor level on survival of breast cancer patients. International Journal of Epidemiology. 26(3). 484–490. 65 indexed citations

Fisher, Bernard, A Brown, E.P. Mamounas, et al.. (1997). Effect of preoperative chemotherapy on local-regional disease in women with operable breast cancer: findings from National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project B-18.. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 15(7). 2483–2493. 1373 indexed citations breakdown →

Lees, Alan. (1997). Biostratigraphy, sedimentology and palaeobathymetry of Waulsortian buildups and peri-Waulsortian rocks during the late Tournaisian regression, Dinant area, Belgium. Geological Journal. 32(1). 1–36. 31 indexed citations

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Lees, Alan, et al.. (1997). Investigations for staging and follow-up of breast cancer patients.. PubMed. 1(2). 157–60. 1 indexed citations

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Lees, Alan, et al.. (1995). Mood Disorder in Women with Early Breast Cancer Taking Tamoxifen, an Estradiol Receptor Antagonist. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 761(1). 365–368. 36 indexed citations

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Dietrich, Kevin, J Danyluk, Anne Paterson, et al.. (1991). Correlation between c-erbB-2 amplification and risk of recurrent disease in node-negative breast cancer.. PubMed. 51(2). 556–67. 228 indexed citations

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Lees, Alan, et al.. (1989). Risk factors and 10-year breast cancer survival in Northern Alberta. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. 13(2). 143–151. 63 indexed citations

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Temple, Walley, et al.. (1989). Natural History of In Situ Breast Cancer in a Defined Population. Annals of Surgery. 210(5). 653–657. 29 indexed citations

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Paterson, Alexander, et al.. (1985). Response to treatment and its influence on survival in metastatic breast cancer. American Journal of Clinical Oncology. 8(4). 283–292. 19 indexed citations

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Burns, P. E., et al.. (1979). Five-year survival of women with breast cancer in northern Alberta.. PubMed. 121(5). 571–6. 3 indexed citations

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Conil, Raphaël & Alan Lees. (1974). Les transgressions viséennes dans l'ouest de l'Irlande. Annales de la Société géologique de Belgique. 2 indexed citations

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Lees, Alan. (1974). Contrasts between recent warm- and cold-water shelf carbonates: significance in the interpretation of ancient limestones. Annales de la Société géologique de Belgique. 2 indexed citations

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Lees, Alan & A. T. Buller. (1972). Modern temperate-water and warm-water shelf carbonate sediments contrasted. Marine Geology. 13(5). M67–M73. 308 indexed citations

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Lees, Alan. (1964). The structure and origin of the Waulsortian (Lower Carboniferous) “reefs” of west-central Eire. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 247(740). 483–531. 83 indexed citations

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