Eric J. Jacobs

31.2k total citations · 6 hit papers
175 papers, 14.0k citations indexed

About

Eric J. Jacobs is a scholar working on Oncology, Physiology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Eric J. Jacobs has authored 175 papers receiving a total of 14.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 71 papers in Oncology, 46 papers in Physiology and 40 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Eric J. Jacobs's work include Cancer Risks and Factors (53 papers), Nutritional Studies and Diet (32 papers) and Nutrition and Health in Aging (23 papers). Eric J. Jacobs is often cited by papers focused on Cancer Risks and Factors (53 papers), Nutritional Studies and Diet (32 papers) and Nutrition and Health in Aging (23 papers). Eric J. Jacobs collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Germany. Eric J. Jacobs's co-authors include Michael J. Thun, Susan M. Gapstur, Eugenia E. Calle, Marjorie L. McCullough, Alpa V. Patel, Carmen Rodríguez, Christina C. Newton, Peter T. Campbell, Ann Chao and Ahmedin Jemal and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Clinical Oncology.

In The Last Decade

Eric J. Jacobs

173 papers receiving 13.6k citations

Hit Papers

align trajectories sort by overperformance

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.

Proportion and number of cancer cases and deaths attributable to potentially modifiable risk factors in the United States

2017 1.1k citations Farhad Islami, Ann Goding Sauer et al. profile →
Human oral microbiome and prospective risk for pancreatic cancer: a population-based nested case-control study

2016 589 citations Jing Wu, Brandilyn A. Peters et al. profile →
Smoking and Mortality — Beyond Established Causes

2015 540 citations Brian D. Carter, Neal D. Freedman et al. profile →
Cigarette smoking and the oral microbiome in a large study of American adults

2016 409 citations Brandilyn A. Peters, Zhiheng Pei et al. profile →
Global patterns in excess body weight and the associated cancer burden

2018 394 citations Farhad Islami, Ann Goding Sauer et al. profile →
Oral Microbiome Composition Reflects Prospective Risk for Esophageal Cancers

2017 298 citations Brandilyn A. Peters, Jing Wu et al. Cancer Research profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author						Papers	Cites
Eric J. Jacobs	4.5k	3.5k	2.5k	2.0k	1.7k	175	14.0k
Carmen Rodríguez	4.6k 1.0×	2.2k 0.6×	2.9k 1.1×	2.6k 1.3×	1.9k 1.1×	117	14.2k
Cornelia M. Ulrich	6.2k 1.4×	5.2k 1.5×	3.6k 1.4×	2.6k 1.3×	2.2k 1.3×	354	18.2k
June M. Chan	3.3k 0.7×	3.3k 0.9×	2.2k 0.9×	2.1k 1.0×	2.2k 1.3×	203	13.1k
Domenico Palli	2.9k 0.7×	2.3k 0.7×	1.6k 0.7×	3.0k 1.5×	1.6k 0.9×	310	12.1k
Emily White	5.0k 1.1×	1.9k 0.5×	1.7k 0.7×	2.6k 1.3×	2.1k 1.2×	232	13.5k
Göran Hallmans	2.2k 0.5×	3.3k 0.9×	2.6k 1.0×	2.4k 1.2×	1.8k 1.0×	334	15.2k
Paola Muti	3.4k 0.8×	3.9k 1.1×	1.2k 0.5×	1.6k 0.8×	2.4k 1.4×	253	12.2k
Shelley S. Tworoger	3.8k 0.9×	2.3k 0.7×	2.3k 0.9×	2.1k 1.0×	1.5k 0.9×	340	13.4k
Kenji Wakai	2.3k 0.5×	2.1k 0.6×	1.7k 0.7×	2.3k 1.1×	1.1k 0.6×	432	12.7k
Julie R. Palmer	4.3k 1.0×	1.9k 0.5×	1.9k 0.8×	3.4k 1.7×	1.7k 1.0×	419	16.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Eric J. Jacobs

Since Specialization

Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Eric J. Jacobs's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Eric J. Jacobs with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Eric J. Jacobs more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Eric J. Jacobs

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Eric J. Jacobs. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Eric J. Jacobs. The network helps show where Eric J. Jacobs may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Eric J. Jacobs

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Eric J. Jacobs. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Eric J. Jacobs 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 Eric J. Jacobs. Eric J. Jacobs is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

Sort: Min cites: Since: Top N: Style:

20 of 20 papers shown

Jacobs, Eric J.. (2024). European Trade Unionism.

Stevens, Victoria L., Brian D. Carter, Eric J. Jacobs, et al.. (2023). A prospective case–cohort analysis of plasma metabolites and breast cancer risk. Breast Cancer Research. 25(1). 5–5. 8 indexed citations

Campbell, Peter T., Christina C. Newton, Eric J. Jacobs, et al.. (2022). Prospective Associations of Hemoglobin A1c and c-peptide with Risk of Diabetes-related Cancers in the Cancer Prevention Study-II Nutrition Cohort. Cancer Research Communications. 2(7). 653–662. 8 indexed citations

Peters, Brandilyn A., Jing Wu, Zhiheng Pei, et al.. (2017). Oral Microbiome Composition Reflects Prospective Risk for Esophageal Cancers. Cancer Research. 77(23). 6777–6787. 298 indexed citations breakdown →

Nogueira, Letícia, Christina C. Newton, Michaël Pollak, et al.. (2017). Serum C-peptide, Total and High Molecular Weight Adiponectin, and Pancreatic Cancer: Do Associations Differ by Smoking?. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 26(6). 914–922. 10 indexed citations

Lortet‐Tieulent, Joannie, Ivana Kulhánová, Eric J. Jacobs, et al.. (2017). Cigarette smoking-attributable burden of cancer by race and ethnicity in the United States. Cancer Causes & Control. 28(9). 981–984. 12 indexed citations

Wang, Ying, Eric J. Jacobs, Susan M. Gapstur, et al.. (2017). Recreational Physical Activity in Relation to Prostate Cancer–specific Mortality Among Men with Nonmetastatic Prostate Cancer. European Urology. 72(6). 931–939. 51 indexed citations

Yang, Baiyu, Peter T. Campbell, Susan M. Gapstur, et al.. (2016). Calcium intake and mortality from all causes, cancer, and cardiovascular disease: the Cancer Prevention Study II Nutrition Cohort. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 103(3). 886–894. 33 indexed citations

Islami, Farhad, Elizabeth Ward, Eric J. Jacobs, et al.. (2015). Potentially preventable premature lung cancer deaths in the USA if overall population rates were reduced to those of educated whites in lower-risk states. Cancer Causes & Control. 26(3). 409–418. 19 indexed citations

10.

McCullough, Marjorie L., Susan M. Gapstur, Roma Shah, Eric J. Jacobs, & Peter T. Campbell. (2013). Association Between Red and Processed Meat Intake and Mortality Among Colorectal Cancer Survivors. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 31(22). 2773–2782. 69 indexed citations

11.

Stevens, Victoria L., Eric J. Jacobs, Alpa V. Patel, et al.. (2013). Body weight in early adulthood, adult weight gain, and risk of endometrial cancer in women not using postmenopausal hormones. Cancer Causes & Control. 25(3). 321–328. 26 indexed citations

12.

Thun, Michael J., Eric J. Jacobs, & Carlo Patrono. (2012). The role of aspirin in cancer prevention. Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology. 9(5). 259–267. 370 indexed citations

13.

Stolzenberg‐Solomon, Rachael Z. & Eric J. Jacobs. (2010). Circulating 25-Hydroxyvitamin D and Risk of Pancreatic Cancer: Cohort Consortium Vitamin D Pooling Project of Rarer Cancers: Cohort Consortium Vitamin D Pooling Project of Rarer Cancers. American Journal of Epidemiology. 172(1). 81–93. 97 indexed citations

14.

Hannan, Lindsay M., Eric J. Jacobs, & Michael J. Thun. (2009). The Association between Cigarette Smoking and Risk of Colorectal Cancer in a Large Prospective Cohort from the United States. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 18(12). 3362–3367. 82 indexed citations

15.

Danforth, Kim N., Carmen Rodríguez, Richard B. Hayes, et al.. (2008). TNF polymorphisms and prostate cancer risk. The Prostate. 68(4). 400–407. 33 indexed citations

16.

Calle, Eugenia E., Carmen Rodríguez, Eric J. Jacobs, et al.. (2002). The American Cancer Society Cancer Prevention Study II Nutrition Cohort. Cancer. 94(9). 2490–2501. 298 indexed citations

17.

Calle, Eugenia E., Carmen Rodríguez, Eric J. Jacobs, et al.. (2002). The American Cancer Society Cancer Prevention Study II Nutrition Cohort. Cancer. 94(9). 2490–2501. 1 indexed citations

18.

Chao, Ann, Michael J. Thun, S. Jane Henley, et al.. (2002). Cigarette smoking, use of other tobacco products and stomach cancer mortality in US adults: The Cancer Prevention Study II. International Journal of Cancer. 101(4). 380–389. 106 indexed citations

19.

Jacobs, Eric J.. (2002). Vitamin C and Vitamin E Supplement Use and Bladder Cancer Mortality in a Large Cohort of US Men and Women. American Journal of Epidemiology. 156(11). 1002–1010. 62 indexed citations

20.

Dubois, Evelyne, et al.. (1990). TEC1, a Gene Involved in the Activation of Ty1 and Ty1-Mediated Gene Expression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: Cloning and Molecular Analysis. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 10(7). 3541–3550. 33 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact