Alpa V. Patel

39.5k total citations · 10 hit papers
227 papers, 13.8k citations indexed

About

Alpa V. Patel is a scholar working on Oncology, Physiology and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Alpa V. Patel has authored 227 papers receiving a total of 13.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 104 papers in Oncology, 79 papers in Physiology and 54 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Alpa V. Patel's work include Cancer Risks and Factors (73 papers), Physical Activity and Health (39 papers) and Nutrition and Health in Aging (30 papers). Alpa V. Patel is often cited by papers focused on Cancer Risks and Factors (73 papers), Physical Activity and Health (39 papers) and Nutrition and Health in Aging (30 papers). Alpa V. Patel collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Alpa V. Patel's co-authors include Susan M. Gapstur, Michael J. Thun, Eric J. Jacobs, Eugenia E. Calle, Marjorie L. McCullough, Charles E. Matthews, Peter T. Campbell, Carmen Rodríguez, Steven C. Moore and Kristin L. Campbell and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Journal of Clinical Oncology and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Alpa V. Patel

212 papers receiving 13.4k citations

Hit Papers

Exercise Guidelines for Cancer Su... 2010 2026 2015 2020 2019 2017 2012 2015 2019 500 1000 1.5k
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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.

  1. Exercise Guidelines for Cancer Survivors: Consensus Statement from International Multidisciplinary Roundtable
    2019 1.7k citations Kristin L. Campbell, Kerri M. Winters‐Stone et al. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise profile →
  2. Proportion and number of cancer cases and deaths attributable to potentially modifiable risk factors in the United States
    2017 1.1k citations Farhad Islami, Eric J. Jacobs et al. CA A Cancer Journal for Clinicians profile →
  3. American Cancer Society guidelines on nutrition and physical activity for cancer prevention
    2012 991 citations Susan M. Gapstur, Alpa V. Patel et al. CA A Cancer Journal for Clinicians profile →
  4. Leisure Time Physical Activity and Mortality
    2015 978 citations Alpa V. Patel, Peter T. Campbell et al. profile →
  5. American College of Sports Medicine Roundtable Report on Physical Activity, Sedentary Behavior, and Cancer Prevention and Control
    2019 534 citations Alpa V. Patel, Kristin L. Campbell et al. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise profile →
  6. Leisure Time Spent Sitting in Relation to Total Mortality in a Prospective Cohort of US Adults
    2010 470 citations Alpa V. Patel, Susan M. Gapstur et al. profile →
  7. Leisure Time Physical Activity of Moderate to Vigorous Intensity and Mortality: A Large Pooled Cohort Analysis
    2012 461 citations Alpa V. Patel, Charles E. Matthews et al. profile →
  8. American Cancer Society's report on the status of cancer disparities in the United States, 2021
    2021 173 citations Farhad Islami, Blake Thomson et al. CA A Cancer Journal for Clinicians profile →
  9. Association of Socioeconomic and Geographic Factors With Diet Quality in US Adults
    2022 92 citations Marjorie L. McCullough, Farhad Islami et al. JAMA Network Open profile →
  10. Proportion and number of cancer cases and deaths attributable to potentially modifiable risk factors in the United States, 2019
    2024 65 citations Farhad Islami, Emily C. Marlow et al. CA A Cancer Journal for Clinicians profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alpa V. Patel United States 52 6.1k 4.2k 3.0k 1.7k 1.6k 227 13.8k
Jean Wactawski‐Wende United States 77 5.0k 0.8× 2.9k 0.7× 4.0k 1.4× 2.7k 1.6× 1.3k 0.8× 467 21.5k
Julie R. Palmer United States 68 4.3k 0.7× 1.9k 0.5× 3.4k 1.1× 1.9k 1.1× 1.6k 1.0× 419 16.7k
Cynthia A. Thomson United States 63 4.9k 0.8× 3.8k 0.9× 4.8k 1.6× 1.8k 1.1× 974 0.6× 330 14.1k
Tim Byers United States 64 7.0k 1.1× 3.4k 0.8× 4.3k 1.4× 2.1k 1.3× 1.6k 1.0× 223 17.8k
Harvey Jay Cohen United States 75 5.7k 0.9× 5.2k 1.2× 3.0k 1.0× 1.6k 0.9× 1.9k 1.2× 370 23.1k
Ted Gansler United States 35 5.1k 0.8× 2.1k 0.5× 2.0k 0.7× 2.2k 1.3× 1.5k 0.9× 102 11.1k
Dagfinn Aune United Kingdom 62 3.2k 0.5× 3.7k 0.9× 6.0k 2.0× 2.0k 1.2× 980 0.6× 190 17.0k
Marian L. Neuhouser United States 71 3.9k 0.6× 5.2k 1.2× 7.7k 2.6× 3.0k 1.7× 895 0.6× 400 18.7k
Marcia L. Stefanick United States 87 6.3k 1.0× 6.9k 1.7× 5.8k 2.0× 2.3k 1.3× 944 0.6× 454 29.7k
Melinda L. Irwin United States 62 8.6k 1.4× 8.5k 2.0× 5.7k 1.9× 1.7k 1.0× 3.3k 2.1× 197 20.1k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alpa V. Patel

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Winquist, Andrea, Alyssa N. Troeschel, W. Ryan Diver, et al.. (2025). A case-cohort study of the association between per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and breast cancer among participants in the American Cancer Society’s Cancer Prevention Study-II. Environmental Research. 285(Pt 3). 122381–122381. 1 indexed citations
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Bodelón, Clara, Peter J. Briggs, Erika Rees‐Punia, et al.. (2025). Physical Health Decline After Chemotherapy or Endocrine Therapy in Breast Cancer Survivors. JAMA Network Open. 8(2). e2462365–e2462365. 3 indexed citations
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Kaaks, Rudolf, Victoria Cooley, Trasias Mukama, et al.. (2025). A Prospective Study Consortium for the Discovery and Validation of Early Detection Markers for Ovarian Cancer – Baseline Findings for CA125. Clinical Cancer Research. 31(12). 2441–2453.
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Zhong, Charlie, et al.. (2025). Electronic Screen Use and Sleep Duration and Timing in Adults. JAMA Network Open. 8(3). e252493–e252493. 4 indexed citations
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Ofman, Joshua J., William L. Dahut, Ahmedin Jemal, et al.. (2025). Estimated proportion of cancer deaths not addressed by current cancer screening efforts in the United States. Cancer Biomarkers. 42(1). 453481554–453481554. 1 indexed citations
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Bontemps-Jones, Jeuneviette, Lauren E. McCullough, Elizabeth Kirkland, et al.. (2024). Beyond Tuskegee: A contemporary qualitative assessment of barriers to research participation among Black women. Cancer. 131(1). e35648–e35648. 4 indexed citations
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Islami, Farhad, Emily C. Marlow, Blake Thomson, et al.. (2024). Proportion and number of cancer cases and deaths attributable to potentially modifiable risk factors in the United States, 2019. CA A Cancer Journal for Clinicians. 74(5). 405–432. 65 indexed citations breakdown →
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Swain, Christopher T.V., et al.. (2024). Physical activity and pain in people with and without cancer. Cancer. 130(11). 2042–2050. 1 indexed citations
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Hodge, James M., Alpa V. Patel, Farhad Islami, Ahmedin Jemal, & Robert A. Hiatt. (2023). Educational Attainment and Cancer Incidence in a Large Nationwide Prospective Cohort. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 32(12). 1747–1755. 6 indexed citations
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Kotsopoulos, Joanne, Steven A. Narod, Lauren R. Teras, et al.. (2023). Germline Mutations in 12 Genes and Risk of Ovarian Cancer in Three Population-Based Cohorts. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 32(10). 1402–1410. 3 indexed citations
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Aggarwal, Aastha, Rama Ranganathan, Preet K. Dhillon, et al.. (2023). Linking population-based cohorts with cancer registries in LMIC: a case study and lessons learnt in India. BMJ Open. 13(3). e068644–e068644. 1 indexed citations
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McCullough, Marjorie L., Rebecca A. Hodge, Peter T. Campbell, Mark A. Guinter, & Alpa V. Patel. (2022). Sugar- and Artificially-Sweetened Beverages and Cancer Mortality in a Large U.S. Prospective Cohort. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 31(10). 1907–1918. 24 indexed citations
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Rees‐Punia, Erika, Christina C. Newton, Helen Parsons, et al.. (2022). Fracture Risk Among Older Cancer Survivors Compared With Older Adults Without a History of Cancer. JAMA Oncology. 9(1). 79–79. 9 indexed citations
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Ramsey, Mitchell L., Luis F. Lara, Yevgeniya Gokun, et al.. (2022). Cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator modulators and the exocrine pancreas: A scoping review. Journal of Cystic Fibrosis. 22(2). 193–200. 20 indexed citations
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Campbell, Peter T., Christina C. Newton, Eric J. Jacobs, et al.. (2022). Prospective Associations of Hemoglobin A1c and c-peptide with Risk of Diabetes-related Cancers in the Cancer Prevention Study-II Nutrition Cohort. Cancer Research Communications. 2(7). 653–662. 8 indexed citations
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Campbell, Kristin L., Kerri M. Winters‐Stone, Joachim Wiskemann, et al.. (2019). Exercise Guidelines for Cancer Survivors: Consensus Statement from International Multidisciplinary Roundtable. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. 51(11). 2375–2390. 1691 indexed citations breakdown →
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Patel, Alpa V., et al.. (2017). Efficacy of dexmedetomidine as intrathecal adjuvant in subarachnoid block and postoperative analgesia. Indian Journal of Clinical Anaesthesia. 4(2). 219–224. 1 indexed citations

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