Elisabete Weiderpass

215.0k total citations · 8 hit papers
508 papers, 26.8k citations indexed

About

Elisabete Weiderpass is a scholar working on Oncology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Elisabete Weiderpass has authored 508 papers receiving a total of 26.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 210 papers in Oncology, 137 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 90 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Elisabete Weiderpass's work include Cancer Risks and Factors (104 papers), Global Cancer Incidence and Screening (72 papers) and Nutritional Studies and Diet (62 papers). Elisabete Weiderpass is often cited by papers focused on Cancer Risks and Factors (104 papers), Global Cancer Incidence and Screening (72 papers) and Nutritional Studies and Diet (62 papers). Elisabete Weiderpass collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, Norway and Finland. Elisabete Weiderpass's co-authors include Freddie Bray, Hans‐Olov Adami, Isabelle Soerjomataram, Jacques Ferlay, Mathieu Laversanne, Sílvia de Sanjosé, Marc Arbyn, Laia Bruni, Mona Saraiya and John A. Baron and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Circulation and Journal of Clinical Oncology.

In The Last Decade

Elisabete Weiderpass

497 papers receiving 25.8k citations

Hit Papers

Estimates of incidence and mortality of cer... 2012 2026 2016 2021 2019 2021 2015 2012 2014 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
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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. Estimates of incidence and mortality of cervical cancer in 2018: a worldwide analysis
    2019 2.5k citations Elisabete Weiderpass, Freddie Bray et al. profile →
  2. The ever‐increasing importance of cancer as a leading cause of premature death worldwide
    2021 1.5k citations Freddie Bray, Elisabete Weiderpass et al. profile →
  3. Leisure Time Physical Activity and Mortality
    2015 978 citations Hannah Arem, Steven C. Moore et al. profile →
  4. Leisure Time Physical Activity of Moderate to Vigorous Intensity and Mortality: A Large Pooled Cohort Analysis
    2012 461 citations Steven C. Moore, Charles E. Matthews et al. profile →
  5. Descriptive epidemiology of Kaposi sarcoma in Europe. Report from the RARECARE project
    2014 373 citations Elisabete Weiderpass et al. Cancer Epidemiology profile →
  6. Is early-onset cancer an emerging global epidemic? Current evidence and future implications
    2022 293 citations Rulla M. Tamimi, Elisabete Weiderpass et al. profile →
  7. Ethical aspects of registry-based research in the Nordic countries
    2015 273 citations Elisabete Weiderpass et al. profile →
  8. The Global Breast Cancer Initiative: a strategic collaboration to strengthen health care for non-communicable diseases
    2021 163 citations Elisabete Weiderpass 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
Elisabete Weiderpass Sweden 75 8.0k 6.4k 4.5k 3.5k 3.3k 508 26.8k
Valerie Beral United Kingdom 84 9.7k 1.2× 5.3k 0.8× 5.7k 1.3× 3.3k 0.9× 2.6k 0.8× 343 33.2k
Noel S. Weiss United States 87 6.3k 0.8× 5.3k 0.8× 3.3k 0.7× 2.6k 0.7× 5.0k 1.5× 491 29.1k
Thomas E. Rohan United States 83 9.1k 1.1× 4.1k 0.6× 4.7k 1.0× 5.1k 1.5× 2.2k 0.7× 460 23.2k
Louise A. Brinton United States 91 12.2k 1.5× 4.8k 0.8× 4.9k 1.1× 4.0k 1.1× 2.6k 0.8× 446 29.4k
Rebecca DerSimonian United States 28 5.0k 0.6× 5.7k 0.9× 4.0k 0.9× 3.7k 1.1× 8.0k 2.4× 40 39.6k
Jan Sundquist Sweden 77 4.1k 0.5× 4.5k 0.7× 3.3k 0.7× 2.7k 0.8× 2.5k 0.8× 982 27.7k
Alfred I. Neugut United States 87 12.4k 1.5× 3.5k 0.6× 2.8k 0.6× 3.6k 1.0× 6.7k 2.0× 674 31.2k
Janet R. Daling United States 84 8.1k 1.0× 5.0k 0.8× 3.5k 0.8× 2.8k 0.8× 4.7k 1.4× 318 22.5k
Lynn Rosenberg United States 88 5.1k 0.6× 2.2k 0.3× 5.1k 1.1× 3.4k 1.0× 3.4k 1.0× 628 28.2k
­Eero Pukkala Finland 89 10.9k 1.4× 7.3k 1.2× 4.1k 0.9× 5.3k 1.5× 7.1k 2.1× 734 39.1k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Elisabete Weiderpass

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ghasemi‐Kebria, Fatemeh, Abdolreza Fazel, Shahryar Semnani, et al.. (2024). Breast cancer incidence trends in Golestan, Iran: An age-period-cohort analysis by ethnic region, 2004-2018. Cancer Epidemiology. 89. 102525–102525. 3 indexed citations
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Rashidian, Hamideh, Maryam Hadji, Alireza Ansari‐Moghaddam, et al.. (2024). Association between waterpipe smoking and lung cancer: a multicentre case–control study in Iran. Public Health. 231. 166–172. 3 indexed citations
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Robsahm, Trude Eid, Adèle C. Green, Reza Ghiasvand, et al.. (2024). Trends in Invasive Melanoma Thickness in Norway, 1983–2019. Acta Dermato Venereologica. 104. adv26110–adv26110.
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Liang, Chen, Annette J. Dobson, Hsin‐Fang Chung, et al.. (2024). Association of infertility and recurrent pregnancy loss with the risk of dementia. European Journal of Epidemiology. 39(7). 785–793. 3 indexed citations
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Jokelainen, Pikka, Hans Houe, Eystein Skjerve, et al.. (2023). No Excess Cancer Risk among Veterinarians in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden after the 1980s. Cancers. 15(16). 4079–4079. 1 indexed citations
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Liang, Chen, Hsin‐Fang Chung, Annette J. Dobson, et al.. (2022). Infertility, recurrent pregnancy loss, and risk of stroke: pooled analysis of individual patient data of 618 851 women. BMJ. 377. e070603–e070603. 25 indexed citations
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Pakmanesh, Hamid, Nathalie Forey, Elisabete Weiderpass, et al.. (2022). TERT Promoter Mutations as Simple and Non-Invasive Urinary Biomarkers for the Detection of Urothelial Bladder Cancer in a High-Risk Region. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 23(22). 14319–14319. 10 indexed citations
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Dianatinasab, Mostafa, Anke Wesselius, Amin Salehi‐Abargouei, et al.. (2020). Adherence to a Western dietary pattern and risk of bladder cancer: A pooled analysis of 13 cohort studies of the Bladder Cancer Epidemiology and Nutritional Determinants international study. International Journal of Cancer. 147(12). 3394–3403. 22 indexed citations
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Figueiredo, Rejane Augusta de Oliveira, et al.. (2019). Eating habits and weight status in Finnish adolescents. Public Health Nutrition. 22(14). 2617–2624. 14 indexed citations
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Jalilian, Hamed, Mansour Ziaei, Elisabete Weiderpass, et al.. (2019). Cancer incidence and mortality among firefighters. International Journal of Cancer. 145(10). 2639–2646. 119 indexed citations
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Figueiredo, Rejane Augusta de Oliveira, et al.. (2019). Identifying eating habits in Finnish children: a cross-sectional study. BMC Public Health. 19(1). 312–312. 34 indexed citations
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Engberg, Elina, Rejane Augusta de Oliveira Figueiredo, Trine B. Rounge, Elisabete Weiderpass, & Heli Viljakainen. (2019). Heavy Screen Use on Weekends in Childhood Predicts Increased Body Mass Index in Adolescence: A Three-Year Follow-Up Study. Journal of Adolescent Health. 66(5). 559–566. 21 indexed citations
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Huang, Tianyi, Mary K. Townsend, Nicolas Wentzensen, et al.. (2019). Reproductive and Hormonal Factors and Risk of Ovarian Cancer by Tumor Dominance: Results from the Ovarian Cancer Cohort Consortium (OC3). Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 29(1). 200–207. 11 indexed citations
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Gaudet, Mia M., Gretchen L. Gierach, Brian D. Carter, et al.. (2018). Pooled Analysis of Nine Cohorts Reveals Breast Cancer Risk Factors by Tumor Molecular Subtype. Cancer Research. 78(20). 6011–6021. 61 indexed citations
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Figueiredo, Rejane Augusta de Oliveira, et al.. (2018). Body dissatisfaction and disordered eating symptoms in Finnish preadolescents. Eating Disorders. 27(1). 34–51. 20 indexed citations
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Román, Marta, Sidsel Graff‐Iversen, Elisabete Weiderpass, et al.. (2016). Postmenopausal Hormone Therapy and Breast Cancer Prognostic Characteristics: A Linkage between Nationwide Registries. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 25(11). 1464–1473. 8 indexed citations
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Arem, Hannah, Louise A. Brinton, Steven C. Moore, et al.. (2015). Physical Activity and Risk of Male Breast Cancer. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 24(12). 1898–1901. 2 indexed citations
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Hadji, Maryam, et al.. (2015). Factors related to the knowledge, attitudes and practices of opportunistic cervical cancer screening in I.R of Iran. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3 indexed citations
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Edgren, Gustaf, Hans‐Olov Adami, Elisabete Weiderpass, & Olof Nyrén. (2012). A global assessment of the oesophageal adenocarcinoma epidemic. Gut. 62(10). 1406–1414. 253 indexed citations
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Yang, Ling, Marie Löf, Marit B. Veierød, et al.. (2011). Ultraviolet Exposure and Mortality among Women in Sweden. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 20(4). 683–690. 59 indexed citations

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