Ashton A. Connor

18.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
50 papers, 859 citations indexed

About

Ashton A. Connor is a scholar working on Oncology, Surgery and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Ashton A. Connor has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 859 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Oncology, 17 papers in Surgery and 15 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Ashton A. Connor's work include Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics (13 papers), Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis (10 papers) and Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research (9 papers). Ashton A. Connor is often cited by papers focused on Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics (13 papers), Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis (10 papers) and Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research (9 papers). Ashton A. Connor collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Ashton A. Connor's co-authors include Steven Gallinger, Steven Gallinger, Bayardo Perez‐Ordoñez, Alena Skálová, Mary Shago, Ilan Weinreb, Leslie E. Oldfield, Grainne M. O’Kane, Maged Habib and David Steel and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Investigation, Journal of Clinical Oncology and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Ashton A. Connor

47 papers receiving 850 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.

Pancreatic cancer evolution and heterogeneity: integrating omics and clinical data

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ashton A. Connor United States	14	520	272	250	219	99	50	859
Darren Wheeler United States	15	262 0.5×	285 1.0×	167 0.7×	129 0.6×	49 0.5×	30	1.1k
Anette Weber Germany	14	490 0.9×	253 0.9×	370 1.5×	104 0.5×	31 0.3×	18	882
Vali Papadimitrakopoulou United States	16	558 1.1×	221 0.8×	501 2.0×	185 0.8×	33 0.3×	21	1.3k
Anthony Po Wing Yuen China	14	634 1.2×	596 2.2×	414 1.7×	211 1.0×	78 0.8×	21	1.4k
Jamel Daoud Tunisia	22	540 1.0×	177 0.7×	472 1.9×	271 1.2×	65 0.7×	71	1.2k
Akiyuki Hirosue Japan	17	347 0.7×	138 0.5×	356 1.4×	209 1.0×	61 0.6×	42	822
José Ponce Spain	11	642 1.2×	216 0.8×	254 1.0×	298 1.4×	47 0.5×	26	959
James G. Jakowatz United States	16	602 1.2×	169 0.6×	342 1.4×	75 0.3×	145 1.5×	44	948
A. Neuville France	13	174 0.3×	93 0.3×	210 0.8×	108 0.5×	81 0.8×	27	627
Joachim Bellach Germany	8	519 1.0×	100 0.4×	315 1.3×	177 0.8×	49 0.5×	13	844

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Nigo, Masayuki, Stefano Casarin, Max W. Adelman, et al.. (2025). Bloodstream infection subtypes and characteristics comparing solid organ transplant and nontransplant populations. American Journal of Transplantation. 26(2). 404–417.

Adelman, Max W., et al.. (2025). P-1041. Contemporary Increase in Candidemia Mortality Is Associated with Antifungal Resistance and Patient Demographics. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 12(Supplement_1).

Adelman, Max W., Stefano Casarin, William R. Miller, et al.. (2025). Platelets and mortality in bloodstream infection: a multicenter cohort study. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 31(10). 1733–1736. 1 indexed citations

Cheah, Yee Lee, Caroline J. Simon, Mohamed Akoad, et al.. (2024). The learning curve for robotic living donor right hepatectomy: Analysis of outcomes in 2 specialized centers. Liver Transplantation. 31(2). 190–200. 5 indexed citations

Xiao, Xiang, Yong Du, Xiaojun Su, et al.. (2024). Apex1 safeguards genomic stability to ensure a cytopathic T cell fate in autoimmune disease models. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 135(4). 12 indexed citations

Abdelrahim, Maen, Abdullah Esmail, Aiwu Ruth He, et al.. (2024). Circulating tumor DNA monitoring for recurrence detection and treatment response assessment in HCC. HPB. 26. S605–S605. 1 indexed citations

Hobeika, Mark J., Sudha Kodali, Ashton A. Connor, et al.. (2024). Outcomes of Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma Undergoing Liver Transplantation Utilizing Extended Criteria Donor Grafts. Transplantation Proceedings. 56(10). 2203–2212. 1 indexed citations

Esmail, Abdullah, Ala Abudayyeh, Naoka Murakami, et al.. (2023). Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors for Solid Tumors in the Adjuvant Setting: Current Progress, Future Directions, and Role in Transplant Oncology. Cancers. 15(5). 1433–1433. 12 indexed citations

Adelman, Max W., Ashton A. Connor, Ashish Saharia, et al.. (2023). Bloodstream infections after solid organ transplantation: clinical epidemiology and antimicrobial resistance (2016–21). JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance. 6(1). dlad158–dlad158. 14 indexed citations

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Abdelrahim, Maen, Abdullah Esmail, Aiwu Ruth He, et al.. (2023). 960P Personalized circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) monitoring for recurrence detection and treatment response assessment in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Annals of Oncology. 34. S600–S600. 2 indexed citations

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Kodali, Sudha, et al.. (2023). Liver transplantation as an alternative for the treatment of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma: Past, present, and future directions. Hepatobiliary & pancreatic diseases international. 23(2). 129–138. 6 indexed citations

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Connor, Ashton A., et al.. (2022). Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma: The role of liver transplantation, adjunctive treatments, and prognostic biomarkers. Frontiers in Oncology. 12. 996710–996710. 11 indexed citations

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Connor, Ashton A., et al.. (2021). Impact of Research Training on Performance in General Surgery Residency. Journal of surgical education. 79(2). 342–348. 2 indexed citations

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Moris, Dimitrios, Chin‐Ann Johnny Ong, Ashton A. Connor, et al.. (2020). A simple scoring system to estimate perioperative mortality following liver resection for primary liver malignancies - the hepatectomy risk score (HeRS). HPB. 22. S96–S96. 1 indexed citations

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Connor, Ashton A., Brant A. Inman, Wen‐Chi Foo, et al.. (2020). Metastatic Urothelial Carcinoma from Transplanted Kidney with Complete Response to an Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2020. 1–5. 3 indexed citations

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Shur, Joshua, Matthew Orton, Ashton A. Connor, et al.. (2019). A clinical‐radiomic model for improved prognostication of surgical candidates with colorectal liver metastases. Journal of Surgical Oncology. 121(2). 357–364. 29 indexed citations

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O’Kane, Grainne M., Ashton A. Connor, & Steven Gallinger. (2017). Characterization, Detection, and Treatment Approaches for Homologous Recombination Deficiency in Cancer. Trends in Molecular Medicine. 23(12). 1121–1137. 42 indexed citations

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AlDubayan, Saud H., Ashton A. Connor, Beatrix Wong, et al.. (2016). Genetic testing for Lynch syndrome in the province of Ontario. Cancer. 122(11). 1672–1679. 9 indexed citations

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Connor, Ashton A. & Steven Gallinger. (2015). Hereditary Pancreatic Cancer Syndromes. Surgical Oncology Clinics of North America. 24(4). 733–764. 24 indexed citations

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Steel, David, et al.. (2011). Comparison of retinal breaks observed during 23 gauge transconjunctival vitrectomy versus conventional 20 gauge surgery for proliferative diabetic retinopathy. Clinical ophthalmology. 5. 109–109. 37 indexed citations

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