Emily Heer

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
32 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Emily Heer is a scholar working on Oncology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Emily Heer has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Oncology, 7 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 4 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Emily Heer's work include Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection (9 papers), Global Cancer Incidence and Screening (7 papers) and Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes (5 papers). Emily Heer is often cited by papers focused on Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection (9 papers), Global Cancer Incidence and Screening (7 papers) and Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes (5 papers). Emily Heer collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Netherlands. Emily Heer's co-authors include Andrew Harper, Miranda M Fidler-Benaoudia, Hyuna Sung, Valerie McCormack, Darren R. Brenner, Yibing Ruan, Christine M. Friedenreich, Steven J. Heitman, Lin Yang and Robert J. Hilsden and has published in prestigious journals such as Cancer, Cancer Research and The Lancet Oncology.

In The Last Decade

Emily Heer

31 papers receiving 1.0k 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.

Global burden and trends in premenopausal and postmenopausal breast cancer: a population-based study

2020 530 citations Emily Heer, Andrew Harper et al. The Lancet Global Health profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Emily Heer Canada	13	538	195	187	171	112	32	1.0k
Andrew Harper Canada	11	421 0.8×	178 0.9×	173 0.9×	151 0.9×	68 0.6×	29	980
Arafat Tfayli Lebanon	21	522 1.0×	277 1.4×	364 1.9×	229 1.3×	73 0.7×	95	1.3k
Junta Tanaka Japan	18	649 1.2×	113 0.6×	326 1.7×	209 1.2×	98 0.9×	57	1.6k
Raquel E. Reinbolt United States	21	594 1.1×	103 0.5×	132 0.7×	206 1.2×	63 0.6×	56	1.1k
Fikret Arpacı Türkiye	19	456 0.8×	88 0.5×	267 1.4×	154 0.9×	113 1.0×	74	1.1k
Hanyue Ding China	10	391 0.7×	96 0.5×	155 0.8×	140 0.8×	109 1.0×	24	759
Janise M. Roh United States	19	720 1.3×	141 0.7×	168 0.9×	145 0.8×	87 0.8×	80	1.2k
A.K.L. Reyners Netherlands	17	408 0.8×	101 0.5×	234 1.3×	233 1.4×	168 1.5×	55	954
Roya Dolatkhah Iran	15	303 0.6×	84 0.4×	125 0.7×	125 0.7×	87 0.8×	80	864

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Emily Heer

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Heer, Emily, Yibing Ruan, Matthew T. Warkentin, et al.. (2024). Age-specific colorectal cancer incidence trends in Canada, 1971–2021. Cancer Epidemiology. 92. 102640–102640. 1 indexed citations

Heer, Emily, et al.. (2024). Overrepresentation of New Workers in Jobs with Multiple Carcinogen Exposures in Canada. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 21(8). 1013–1013. 1 indexed citations

Heer, Emily, Cheryl Peters, Rod Knight, Lin Yang, & Steven J. Heitman. (2023). Participation, Barriers, and Facilitators of Cancer Screening Among LGBTQ+ Populations: A Review of the Literature. Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey. 78(9). 529–530. 1 indexed citations

Heer, Emily, Cheryl Peters, Rod Knight, Lin Yang, & Steven J. Heitman. (2023). Participation, barriers, and facilitators of cancer screening among LGBTQ+ populations: A review of the literature. Preventive Medicine. 170. 107478–107478. 23 indexed citations

Ruan, Yibing, Emily Heer, Matthew T. Warkentin, et al.. (2023). The association between neighborhood‐level income and cancer stage at diagnosis and survival in Alberta. Cancer. 130(4). 563–575. 3 indexed citations

Heer, Emily, Yibing Ruan, Devon J. Boyne, et al.. (2023). Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cancer diagnoses, stage and survival in Alberta. Canadian Medical Association Journal. 195(23). E804–E812. 17 indexed citations

Heer, Emily, Yibing Ruan, Joy Pader, et al.. (2023). Performance of the fecal immunochemical test for colorectal cancer and advanced neoplasia in individuals under age 50. Preventive Medicine Reports. 32. 102124–102124. 4 indexed citations

Heer, Emily, et al.. (2022). The Instagram Infodemic Persists: Extreme Content Escapes Platform's Removal Tactics. Cyberpsychology Behavior and Social Networking. 25(11). 752–755. 1 indexed citations

Heer, Emily, Yibing Ruan, Teresa T. Nguyen, et al.. (2022). The efficacy of chemopreventive agents on the incidence of colorectal adenomas: A systematic review and network meta-analysis. Preventive Medicine. 162. 107169–107169. 13 indexed citations

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McNeil, Jessica, et al.. (2021). Dietary patterns with combined and site-specific cancer incidence in Alberta’s Tomorrow Project cohort. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 76(3). 360–372. 14 indexed citations

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Yang, Lin, Jung Ae Lee, Emily Heer, et al.. (2021). One-year urinary and sexual outcome trajectories among prostate cancer patients treated by radical prostatectomy: a prospective study. BMC Urology. 21(1). 81–81. 4 indexed citations

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Peters, Cheryl, et al.. (2020). Strategic Task and Break Timing to Reduce Ultraviolet Radiation Exposure in Outdoor Workers. Frontiers in Public Health. 8. 354–354. 6 indexed citations

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Heer, Emily, et al.. (2020). The incidence of breast cancer in Canada 1971–2015: trends in screening-eligible and young-onset age groups. Canadian Journal of Public Health. 111(5). 787–793. 21 indexed citations

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Heer, Emily, et al.. (2020). Global burden and trends in premenopausal and postmenopausal breast cancer: a population-based study. The Lancet Global Health. 8(8). e1027–e1037. 530 indexed citations breakdown →

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Boyne, Devon J., Dylan E. O’Sullivan, Emily Heer, et al.. (2020). Prognostic factors of adjuvant chemotherapy discontinuation among stage III colon cancer patients: A survey of medical oncologists and a systematic review and meta‐analysis. Cancer Medicine. 9(5). 1613–1627. 12 indexed citations

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Kim, Joanne, France Labrèche, Emily Heer, et al.. (2020). Estimating the burden of lung cancer in Canada attributed to occupational radon exposure using a novel exposure assessment method. International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health. 93(7). 871–876. 9 indexed citations

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Brenner, Darren R., Emily Heer, Yibing Ruan, & Cheryl Peters. (2019). The rising incidence of testicular cancer among young men in Canada, data from 1971–2015. Cancer Epidemiology. 58. 175–177. 17 indexed citations

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Friedenreich, Christine M., Jeroen W. G. Derksen, Darren R. Brenner, et al.. (2019). Case–control study of endogenous sex steroid hormones and risk of endometrial cancer. Cancer Causes & Control. 31(2). 161–171. 12 indexed citations

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Brenner, Darren R., Yibing Ruan, Eileen Shaw, et al.. (2019). Age-standardized cancer-incidence trends in Canada, 1971–2015. Canadian Medical Association Journal. 191(46). E1262–E1273. 32 indexed citations

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Friedenreich, Christine M., Qinggang Wang, Eileen Shaw, et al.. (2019). The effect of prescribed exercise volume on biomarkers of chronic stress in postmenopausal women: Results from the Breast Cancer and Exercise Trial in Alberta (BETA). Preventive Medicine Reports. 15. 100960–100960. 12 indexed citations

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