Brian W. Whitcomb

8.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
168 papers, 6.4k citations indexed

About

Brian W. Whitcomb is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Reproductive Medicine and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Brian W. Whitcomb has authored 168 papers receiving a total of 6.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 70 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 49 papers in Reproductive Medicine and 48 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in Brian W. Whitcomb's work include Ovarian function and disorders (28 papers), Reproductive Biology and Fertility (26 papers) and Assisted Reproductive Technology and Twin Pregnancy (20 papers). Brian W. Whitcomb is often cited by papers focused on Ovarian function and disorders (28 papers), Reproductive Biology and Fertility (26 papers) and Assisted Reproductive Technology and Twin Pregnancy (20 papers). Brian W. Whitcomb collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Brian W. Whitcomb's co-authors include Enrique F. Schisterman, Neil J. Perkins, Marcus D. Ruopp, Elizabeth R. Bertone‐Johnson, Germaine M. Buck Louis, Ashley I. Naimi, JoAnn E. Manson, Thomas A. Louis, Sunni L. Mumford and Aiyi Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Neuroscience, Journal of the American College of Cardiology and American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

In The Last Decade

Brian W. Whitcomb

160 papers receiving 6.2k citations

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Youden Index and Optimal Cut‐Point Estimated from Observations Affected by a Lower Limit of Detection

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Brian W. Whitcomb United States	41	1.9k	1.4k	1.1k	890	689	168	6.4k
Sunni L. Mumford United States	49	2.9k 1.5×	2.2k 1.6×	2.2k 2.0×	757 0.9×	2.1k 3.0×	319	7.8k
Jesús Vioqué Spain	51	2.6k 1.3×	385 0.3×	1.4k 1.3×	1.8k 2.0×	683 1.0×	241	8.1k
Katherine E. Hartmann United States	44	1.8k 0.9×	1.0k 0.8×	1.7k 1.6×	513 0.6×	2.1k 3.0×	198	6.5k
John F. Randolph United States	52	2.2k 1.1×	2.5k 1.8×	667 0.6×	381 0.4×	598 0.9×	261	9.7k
C. Mary Schooling Hong Kong	45	1.9k 1.0×	398 0.3×	1.5k 1.4×	845 0.9×	414 0.6×	422	9.7k
Dorota A. Doherty Australia	52	2.6k 1.3×	1.3k 0.9×	2.6k 2.5×	299 0.3×	1.8k 2.6×	242	8.9k
Dimitrios Trichopoulos United States	44	1.0k 0.5×	487 0.4×	545 0.5×	547 0.6×	347 0.5×	129	6.6k
Alistair W. Stewart New Zealand	56	1.5k 0.8×	408 0.3×	1.3k 1.2×	510 0.6×	939 1.4×	172	9.7k
Gillian Reeves United Kingdom	55	1.9k 1.0×	806 0.6×	515 0.5×	313 0.4×	795 1.2×	167	11.7k
Allen R. Kunselman United States	47	2.4k 1.2×	3.7k 2.7×	605 0.6×	239 0.3×	733 1.1×	321	10.4k

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Whitcomb, Brian W., Damaskini Valvi, C. Chen, et al.. (2025). Transplacental transfer efficiency of environmental chemicals in association with gestational diabetes mellitus. Environment International. 205. 109865–109865.

Naimi, Ashley I. & Brian W. Whitcomb. (2025). Inverse probability weighting for categorical exposures. American Journal of Epidemiology. 195(3). 878–880. 1 indexed citations

VanKim, Nicole A., Brittany M. Charlton, Nicole D. Fields, et al.. (2024). Natural menopause timing and menopause symptoms among lesbian, bisexual, and heterosexual women in the Nurses' Health Study II. Menopause The Journal of The North American Menopause Society. 31(12). 1049–1054.

Whitcomb, Brian W., Bess H. Marcus, Penelope S. Pekow, et al.. (2024). The impact of a lifestyle intervention on postpartum weight retention among US Hispanic women with overweight and obesity. Preventive Medicine Reports. 38. 102633–102633. 1 indexed citations

Whitcomb, Brian W. & Ashley I. Naimi. (2023). Interaction in Theory and in Practice: Evaluating Combinations of Exposures in Epidemiologic Research. American Journal of Epidemiology. 192(6). 845–848. 3 indexed citations

Pekow, Penelope S., Bess H. Marcus, Milagros C. Rosal, et al.. (2023). The Impact of a Lifestyle Intervention on Postpartum Cardiometabolic Risk Factors Among Hispanic Women With Abnormal Glucose Tolerance During Pregnancy: Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Trial. Journal of Physical Activity and Health. 21(1). 40–50. 1 indexed citations

Oluwayiose, Oladele, Brian W. Whitcomb, Alexander Suvorov, et al.. (2023). Urinary phthalate metabolites and small non-coding RNAs from seminal plasma extracellular vesicles among men undergoing infertility treatment. Environmental Pollution. 329. 121529–121529. 11 indexed citations

Nalawade, Vinit, Cynthia Gyamfi‐Bannerman, Henry J. Henk, et al.. (2023). Maternal comorbidity and adverse perinatal outcomes in survivors of adolescent and young adult cancer: A cohort study. BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. 130(7). 779–789. 5 indexed citations

Oluwayiose, Oladele, Brian W. Whitcomb, Alexander Suvorov, et al.. (2022). Altered non‐coding RNA profiles of seminal plasma extracellular vesicles of men with poor semen quality undergoing in vitro fertilization treatment. Andrology. 11(4). 677–686. 18 indexed citations

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Oluwayiose, Oladele, Haotian Wu, Brian W. Whitcomb, et al.. (2022). Urinary phthalate metabolites and their mixtures are associated with advanced sperm epigenetic aging in a general population. Environmental Research. 214(Pt 4). 114115–114115. 15 indexed citations

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Whitcomb, Brian W., Andrew C. Dietz, Sally A.D. Romero, et al.. (2020). Beyond Premature Ovarian Insufficiency: Staging Reproductive Aging in Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Survivors. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 106(2). e1002–e1013. 7 indexed citations

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Oluwayiose, Oladele, Chelsea Marcho, Brian W. Whitcomb, et al.. (2020). Association Between Sperm Mitochondrial DNA Copy Number and Nuclear DNA Methylation. Epigenomics. 12(24). 2141–2153. 5 indexed citations

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Su, H. Irene, Brian Kwan, Brian W. Whitcomb, et al.. (2020). Modeling Variation in the Reproductive Lifespan of Female Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Survivors Using AMH. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 105(8). 2740–2751. 41 indexed citations

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Purdue‐Smithe, Alexandra, Brian W. Whitcomb, JoAnn E. Manson, et al.. (2018). Vitamin D Status Is Not Associated with Risk of Early Menopause. Journal of Nutrition. 148(9). 1445–1452. 10 indexed citations

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Wu, Haotian, Alexandra M Huffman, Brian W. Whitcomb, et al.. (2018). Sperm mitochondrial DNA measures and semen parameters among men undergoing fertility treatment. Reproductive BioMedicine Online. 38(1). 66–75. 25 indexed citations

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Romero, Sally A.D., et al.. (2017). Age and Cancer Treatment Are Related to Receiving Treatment Summaries and Survivorship Care Plans in Female Young Adult Cancer Survivors. Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology. 6(4). 573–578. 3 indexed citations

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Banks, Nicole, George Patounakis, Kate Devine, et al.. (2016). Is FMR1 CGG repeat length a predictor of in vitro fertilization stimulation response or outcome?. Fertility and Sterility. 105(6). 1537–1546.e8. 13 indexed citations

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Dominick, Sally A., et al.. (2014). Contraception practices in female young adult cancer survivors. Fertility and Sterility. 102(3). e143–e143. 1 indexed citations

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Whitcomb, Brian W., Renée T. Fortner, K.S. Richter, et al.. (2010). Contribution of male age to outcomes in assisted reproductive technologies. Fertility and Sterility. 95(1). 147–151. 62 indexed citations

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Vexler, Albert, Chengqing Wu, Aiyi Liu, Brian W. Whitcomb, & Enrique F. Schisterman. (2008). An extension of a change-point problem. Statistics. 43(3). 213–225. 4 indexed citations

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