Debbie Chen

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
41 papers, 920 citations indexed

About

Debbie Chen is a scholar working on Oncology, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Debbie Chen has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 920 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Oncology, 12 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and 12 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Debbie Chen's work include Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (11 papers), BRCA gene mutations in cancer (9 papers) and Global Cancer Incidence and Screening (8 papers). Debbie Chen is often cited by papers focused on Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (11 papers), BRCA gene mutations in cancer (9 papers) and Global Cancer Incidence and Screening (8 papers). Debbie Chen collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and China. Debbie Chen's co-authors include Megan R. Haymart, Donald S.A. McLeod, Brian Hung‐Hin Lang, Kate Newbold, Ann S. Hamilton, David Reyes‐Gastelum, Kevin R. Ward, Mousumi Banerjee, Atsushi Ishii and Michael F. Hammer and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

In The Last Decade

Debbie Chen

38 papers receiving 911 citations

Hit Papers

Thyroid cancer 2023 2026 2024 2025 2023 50 100 150 200 250
What are hit papers?

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. Thyroid cancer
    2023 287 citations Debbie Chen, Megan R. Haymart et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Debbie Chen United States 15 294 276 177 174 121 41 920
Xiaofei Wang China 18 326 1.1× 235 0.9× 149 0.8× 280 1.6× 107 0.9× 65 1.2k
Léa Maria Zanini Maciel Brazil 18 586 2.0× 187 0.7× 117 0.7× 261 1.5× 109 0.9× 80 1.1k
Jie Wu China 20 250 0.9× 224 0.8× 108 0.6× 336 1.9× 45 0.4× 106 1.3k
Kyung Hee Yi South Korea 15 191 0.6× 206 0.7× 270 1.5× 157 0.9× 51 0.4× 28 1.0k
Hye In Kim South Korea 19 765 2.6× 407 1.5× 297 1.7× 488 2.8× 140 1.2× 44 1.5k
Brian Saunders United States 22 387 1.3× 156 0.6× 153 0.9× 421 2.4× 180 1.5× 57 1.1k
Simone De Leo Italy 17 911 3.1× 270 1.0× 169 1.0× 196 1.1× 198 1.6× 39 1.3k
Fady Hannah‐Shmouni United States 18 499 1.7× 395 1.4× 132 0.7× 287 1.6× 181 1.5× 85 1.2k
Hyun Jeong Jeon South Korea 16 202 0.7× 214 0.8× 62 0.4× 141 0.8× 44 0.4× 50 645

Countries citing papers authored by Debbie Chen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Debbie Chen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Debbie Chen

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Debbie Chen. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Debbie Chen based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Debbie Chen. Debbie Chen is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Chen, Debbie, et al.. (2025). Language Barriers and Access to Hospital Patient Portals in the US. JAMA Network Open. 8(10). e2537864–e2537864.
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Chen, Debbie & Megan R. Haymart. (2025). Unravelling the rise in thyroid cancer incidence and addressing overdiagnosis. Nature Reviews Endocrinology. 22(1). 10–20. 1 indexed citations
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Mao, Yifan, et al.. (2024). The Relationship Between Hospital Safety-Net Burden on Outcomes for High-Volume Thyroid Cancer Surgeons. Thyroid. 35(1). 50–59. 1 indexed citations
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Chen, Debbie, Francis P. Worden, & Megan R. Haymart. (2023). Access Denied: Disparities in Thyroid Cancer Clinical Trials. Journal of the Endocrine Society. 7(6). bvad064–bvad064. 6 indexed citations
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Chen, Debbie, et al.. (2023). Hidden Disparities: How Language Influences Patients’ Access to Cancer Care. Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network. 21(9). 951–959.e1. 13 indexed citations
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Chen, Debbie, Michael G. Shlipak, Rebecca Scherzer, et al.. (2022). 172 Intra-individual Differences in Creatinine Versus Cystatin C–based Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate and Risk of Incident Heart Failure. American Journal of Kidney Diseases. 79(4). S53–S53. 1 indexed citations
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Chen, Debbie & Michael W. Yeh. (2022). Disparities in Thyroid Care. Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America. 51(2). 229–241. 12 indexed citations
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Levin, Nina Jackson, Anao Zhang, David Reyes‐Gastelum, et al.. (2021). Change in worry over time among Hispanic women with thyroid cancer. Journal of Cancer Survivorship. 16(4). 844–852. 11 indexed citations
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Papaleontiou, Maria, Debbie Chen, Mousumi Banerjee, et al.. (2021). Thyrotropin Suppression for Papillary Thyroid Cancer: A Physician Survey Study. Thyroid. 31(9). 1383–1390. 27 indexed citations
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Chen, Debbie, David Reyes‐Gastelum, Christine M. Veenstra, et al.. (2020). Financial Hardship Among Hispanic Women with Thyroid Cancer. Thyroid. 31(5). 752–759. 20 indexed citations
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Chen, Debbie & Megan R. Haymart. (2020). Disparities Research in Thyroid Cancer: Challenges and Strategies for Improvement. Thyroid. 30(9). 1231–1235. 19 indexed citations
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Nfonsam, Valentine, et al.. (2018). COMP Gene Coexpresses With EMT Genes and Is Associated With Poor Survival in Colon Cancer Patients. Journal of Surgical Research. 233. 297–303. 26 indexed citations
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Francisco‐Cruz, Alejandro, et al.. (2018). Racial and gender disparities in the incidence of anal cancer: analysis of the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS). Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology. 10(1). 37–41. 20 indexed citations
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Chen, Debbie, et al.. (2018). Utilization of Continuous Cardiac Monitoring on Hospitalist-led Teaching Teams. Cureus. 10(9). e3300–e3300. 5 indexed citations
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Moen, Ingrid, et al.. (2015). Anti-metastatic action of FAK inhibitor OXA-11 in combination with VEGFR-2 signaling blockade in pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors. Clinical & Experimental Metastasis. 32(8). 799–817. 15 indexed citations
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Chen, Debbie, et al.. (2015). Adherence to guideline-recommended therapies among patients with diverse manifestations of vascular disease. Vascular Health and Risk Management. 11. 185–185. 33 indexed citations
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Armstrong, Ehrin J., David R. Anderson, Satinder Singh, et al.. (2014). ASSOCIATION OF DUAL ANTIPLATELET THERAPY WITH REDUCED MAJOR ADVERSE CARDIOVASCULAR EVENTS IN PATIENTS WITH SYMPTOMATIC PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 63(12). A2042–A2042. 1 indexed citations
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Chinitz, Jason S., Debbie Chen, Parag Goyal, et al.. (2013). Mitral Apparatus Assessment by Delayed Enhancement CMR. JACC. Cardiovascular imaging. 6(2). 220–234. 47 indexed citations
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Falcón, Beverly L., Kristian Pietras, Debbie Chen, et al.. (2011). Increased Vascular Delivery and Efficacy of Chemotherapy after Inhibition of Platelet-Derived Growth Factor-B. American Journal Of Pathology. 178(6). 2920–2930. 47 indexed citations

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