Benjamin L. Mazer

816 total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 492 citations indexed

About

Benjamin L. Mazer is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Health Professions and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Benjamin L. Mazer has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 492 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 4 papers in General Health Professions and 3 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Benjamin L. Mazer's work include Empathy and Medical Education (3 papers), Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (3 papers) and Patient Dignity and Privacy (2 papers). Benjamin L. Mazer is often cited by papers focused on Empathy and Medical Education (3 papers), Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (3 papers) and Patient Dignity and Privacy (2 papers). Benjamin L. Mazer collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and India. Benjamin L. Mazer's co-authors include H. Gilbert Welch, Adewole S. Adamson, Ronald M. Epstein, Jane M. DeLuca, Supriya G. Mohile, Josephine M. Clayton, Phyllis Butow, Patricia M. Davidson, Martin H.N. Tattersall and Adam Walczak and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of Clinical Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Benjamin L. Mazer

14 papers receiving 487 citations

Hit Papers

The Rapid Rise in Cutaneous Melanoma Diagnoses 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 50 100 150 200
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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. The Rapid Rise in Cutaneous Melanoma Diagnoses
    2021 241 citations H. Gilbert Welch, Benjamin L. Mazer et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Benjamin L. Mazer United States 8 237 147 130 70 62 15 492
Mbathio Dieng Australia 15 484 2.0× 68 0.5× 78 0.6× 93 1.3× 54 0.9× 45 661
Karina L. Vivar United States 9 95 0.4× 39 0.3× 90 0.7× 88 1.3× 47 0.8× 18 381
J. McPhelim United Kingdom 9 283 1.2× 138 0.9× 91 0.7× 25 0.4× 35 0.6× 18 442
Alyssa G. Rieber United States 11 239 1.0× 142 1.0× 44 0.3× 31 0.4× 15 0.2× 28 564
Duy Tran United States 10 155 0.7× 70 0.5× 85 0.7× 84 1.2× 125 2.0× 21 531
Mary Coerver- Connolly Ireland 9 97 0.4× 103 0.7× 46 0.4× 9 0.1× 88 1.4× 17 420
Fleur Webster Australia 14 258 1.1× 133 0.9× 44 0.3× 14 0.2× 29 0.5× 37 559
Cindy Murray Canada 10 183 0.8× 75 0.5× 30 0.2× 19 0.3× 31 0.5× 23 400
Anton Bonett Ireland 12 244 1.0× 109 0.7× 65 0.5× 34 0.5× 15 0.2× 20 378
Catherine Bender United States 10 162 0.7× 102 0.7× 77 0.6× 10 0.1× 48 0.8× 16 462

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Fields of papers citing papers by Benjamin L. Mazer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Benjamin L. Mazer

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All Works

15 of 15 papers shown
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Deshpande, Vikram, Sanjay A Pai, & Benjamin L. Mazer. (2025). WHO is embedding inequality into cancer diagnostics. PubMed. 4(1). e000889–e000889.
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Mazer, Benjamin L., Jae W. Lee, Nicholas J. Roberts, et al.. (2023). Screening for pancreatic cancer has the potential to save lives, but is it practical?. Expert Review of Gastroenterology & Hepatology. 17(6). 555–574. 10 indexed citations
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Welch, H. Gilbert, Benjamin L. Mazer, & Adewole S. Adamson. (2021). The Rapid Rise in Cutaneous Melanoma Diagnoses. New England Journal of Medicine. 384(1). 72–79. 241 indexed citations breakdown →
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Mazer, Benjamin L., Yanhong Deng, Maria Ciarleglio, et al.. (2021). Hepatocellular Carcinoma. American Journal of Clinical Pathology. 157(2). 305–313. 6 indexed citations
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Mazer, Benjamin L.. (2021). Lessons in Public (Mis)communication about the Laboratory from the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 59(4). 1 indexed citations
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Mazer, Benjamin L., et al.. (2020). Protecting the Pathology Commons in the Digital Era. Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine. 144(9). 1037–1040. 4 indexed citations
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Mazer, Benjamin L., et al.. (2020). Euglycemic Diabetic Ketoacidosis Precipitated by SGLT-2 Inhibitor Use, Pericarditis, and Fasting: A Case Report. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(3). 389–392. 5 indexed citations
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Mazer, Benjamin L.. (2020). Accepting randomness in medical school admissions: The case for a lottery. Medical Teacher. 43(10). 1216–1218. 3 indexed citations
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Mazer, Benjamin L. & Chadi Nabhan. (2019). Strengthening the Medical Error “Meme Pool”. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 34(10). 2264–2267. 9 indexed citations
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Mazer, Benjamin L.. (2018). Do Physicians Dream of Electric Sheep: Examining the Conflict Between Compassion and Technology.. PubMed. 91(3). 343–344. 1 indexed citations
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Mazer, Benjamin L. & Patrick G. Hughes. (2018). Pacemaker-associated Phlegmasia Cerulea Dolens Treated with Catheter-directed Thrombolysis. Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine. 2(4). 316–319. 8 indexed citations
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Mazer, Benjamin L., et al.. (2014). “Speaking-for” and “speaking-as”: Pseudo-surrogacy in physician–patient–companion medical encounters about advanced cancer. Patient Education and Counseling. 96(1). 36–42. 34 indexed citations
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Mazer, Benjamin L., et al.. (2013). In search of compassion: a new taxonomy of compassionate physician behaviours. Health Expectations. 18(5). 1672–1685. 46 indexed citations
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Walczak, Adam, Benjamin L. Mazer, Phyllis Butow, et al.. (2013). A question prompt list for patients with advanced cancer in the final year of life: Development and cross-cultural evaluation. Palliative Medicine. 27(8). 779–788. 61 indexed citations
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Walczak, Adam, Phyllis Butow, Patricia M. Davidson, et al.. (2011). Patient perspectives regarding communication about prognosis and end-of-life issues: How can it be optimised?. Patient Education and Counseling. 90(3). 307–314. 63 indexed citations

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