David C. Swanson

3.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
119 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

David C. Swanson is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Biomedical Engineering and Dermatology. According to data from OpenAlex, David C. Swanson has authored 119 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Epidemiology, 24 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 23 papers in Dermatology. Recurrent topics in David C. Swanson's work include Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer Studies (18 papers), Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management (17 papers) and Acoustic Wave Phenomena Research (16 papers). David C. Swanson is often cited by papers focused on Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer Studies (18 papers), Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management (17 papers) and Acoustic Wave Phenomena Research (16 papers). David C. Swanson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Pakistan and Japan. David C. Swanson's co-authors include Paolo Mancini, Richard S. Vetter, Todd D. Batzel, Karen E. Warschaw, Joseph M. Schmitt, Mark V. Dahl, Barbara A. Pockaj, Frank Esser, Jonathan O. Swanson and Aleksander Sekulic and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America.

In The Last Decade

David C. Swanson

108 papers receiving 1.9k 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.

Politics, Media, and Modern Democracy: An International Study of Innovations in Electoral Campaigning and Their Consequences

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Author						Papers	Cites
David C. Swanson	321	290	266	218	201	119	2.0k
Jeffrey Miller	16 0.0×	135 0.5×	176 0.7×	245 1.1×	48 0.2×	138	3.0k
Bruce Bennett	33 0.1×	203 0.7×	24 0.1×	106 0.5×	28 0.1×	206	3.4k
Kyung Mo Kim	151 0.5×	235 0.8×	47 0.2×	405 1.9×	6 0.0×	267	3.2k
John W. Kelly	17 0.1×	2.6k 9.1×	254 1.0×	149 0.7×	100 0.5×	114	4.1k
David H. Nguyen	51 0.2×	378 1.3×	63 0.2×	99 0.5×	10 0.0×	95	3.2k
Qing Deng	61 0.2×	248 0.9×	96 0.4×	64 0.3×	5 0.0×	86	1.8k
Ranit Aharonov	9 0.0×	274 0.9×	166 0.6×	135 0.6×	78 0.4×	59	3.7k
Jeremy Howard	12 0.0×	158 0.5×	125 0.5×	570 2.6×	10 0.0×	49	3.5k
Jay A. Baker	14 0.0×	786 2.7×	493 1.9×	152 0.7×	29 0.1×	117	5.0k
Peter Kim	11 0.0×	515 1.8×	238 0.9×	487 2.2×	15 0.1×	206	3.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David C. Swanson

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Pittelkow, Mark R., et al.. (2025). The most powerful topical anti-inflammatory: the cautionary and enlightening story of SKIN-CAP. Dermatology Online Journal. 30(6).

Mi, Lanyu, et al.. (2024). Factors influencing receipt and time to treatment of immunotherapy relative to chemotherapy in stage III and stage IV melanoma. Cancer Medicine. 13(1). e6888–e6888. 2 indexed citations

Nelson, Steven A., et al.. (2024). Disseminated superficial actinic porokeratosis treated with tretinoin and calcipotriene. JAAD Case Reports. 53. 105–108. 1 indexed citations

Swanson, David C., Julio C. Sartori‐Valinotti, Stephen Merry, et al.. (2024). Impact of Dermoscopy Training on Diagnostic Accuracy, and Its Association With Biopsy and Referral Patterns Among Primary Care Providers: A Retrospective and Prospective Educational Intervention Study. Journal of Primary Care & Community Health. 15. 4287916785–4287916785.

Swanson, David C., et al.. (2024). Dermoscopic observation of Pthirus pubis. JAAD Case Reports. 54. 44–45. 1 indexed citations

Swanson, David C., et al.. (2023). Utility of Dermoscopy Training in Improving Diagnostic Accuracy of Skin Lesions Among Physician Assistant Students. The Journal of Physician Assistant Education. 35(1). 9–13. 3 indexed citations

Parthasarathy, Varsha, Jordan R. Pollock, Zachary A. Bordeaux, et al.. (2022). A cross-sectional analysis of trends in dermatology practice size in the United States from 2012 to 2020. Archives of Dermatological Research. 315(2). 223–229. 5 indexed citations

Pollock, Jordan R., et al.. (2021). Medicare Part D prescription trends in the use and cost of dermatology medications. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. 87(4). 916–918. 1 indexed citations

Costello, Collin M., et al.. (2020). Dermoscopic characteristics of microcystic adnexal carcinoma, desmoplastic trichoepithelioma, and morpheaform basal cell carcinoma. International Journal of Dermatology. 60(3). e83–e84. 5 indexed citations

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Yiannias, James A., et al.. (2020). The policy dimensions, regulatory landscape, and market characteristics of teledermatology in the United States. JAAD International. 1(2). 202–207. 3 indexed citations

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Wie, Christopher, et al.. (2019). <p>Parameters associated with efficacy of epidural steroid injections in the management of postherpetic neuralgia: the Mayo Clinic experience</p>. Journal of Pain Research. Volume 12. 1279–1286. 2 indexed citations

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Lehrer, Michael, Aaron R. Mangold, Suzanne M. Connolly, et al.. (2019). Management of Hailey-Hailey disease with Castellani paint. JAAD Case Reports. 5(10). 855–856. 2 indexed citations

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Nelson, Steven A., Alon Scope, Harold Rabinovitz, et al.. (2016). Accuracy and confidence in the clinical diagnosis of basal cell cancer using dermoscopy and reflex confocal microscopy. International Journal of Dermatology. 55(12). 1351–1356. 13 indexed citations

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Rabinovitz, Harold, et al.. (2015). Reflectance Confocal Microscopy Features of Focal Dermal Mucinosis Differ from Those Described for Basal Cell Carcinoma: Report of Two Cases. Dermatology. 231(4). 326–329. 2 indexed citations

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Nathan, Robert, Jonathan O. Swanson, William Marks, et al.. (2014). Screening Obstetric Ultrasound Training for a 5-Country Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial. Ultrasound Quarterly. 30(4). 262–266. 15 indexed citations

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Warschaw, Karen E., et al.. (2011). Use of Reflectance Confocal Microscopy to Differentiate Hidrocystoma from Basal Cell Carcinoma. Dermatologic Surgery. 37(3). 392–394. 5 indexed citations

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Herro, Elise M., David J. DiCaudo, Mark D.P. Davis, Amy L. Weaver, & David C. Swanson. (2009). Review of contemporaneous mycosis fungoides and B-cell malignancy at Mayo Clinic. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. 61(2). 271–275. 12 indexed citations

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Swanson, David C., Susan D. Laman, Kristian Pagh Nielsen, et al.. (2009). Optical transfer diagnosis of pigmented lesions: a pilot study. Skin Research and Technology. 15(3). 330–337. 16 indexed citations

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Vetter, Richard S., et al.. (2006). Skin Lesions in Barracks: Consider Community-Acquired Methicillin-ResistantStaphylococcus aureusInfection Instead of Spider Bites. Military Medicine. 171(9). 830–832. 22 indexed citations

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Swanson, David C.. (1972). The new politics meets the old rhetoric: New directions in campaign communication research. Quarterly Journal of Speech. 58(1). 31–40. 14 indexed citations

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