Frank Baker

11.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
181 papers, 8.3k citations indexed

About

Frank Baker is a scholar working on Oncology, General Health Professions and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Frank Baker has authored 181 papers receiving a total of 8.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Oncology, 34 papers in General Health Professions and 29 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Frank Baker's work include Cancer survivorship and care (38 papers), Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life (26 papers) and Family Support in Illness (22 papers). Frank Baker is often cited by papers focused on Cancer survivorship and care (38 papers), Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life (26 papers) and Family Support in Illness (22 papers). Frank Baker collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Japan. Frank Baker's co-authors include Maxine M. Denniston, James Zabora, James Intagliata, Joseph G. Malpeli, John R. Wingard, Danette Hann, Barbara Curbow, Rachel L. Spillers, Chris M. Blanchard and Tenbroeck Smith and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, JAMA and Annals of Internal Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Frank Baker

172 papers receiving 7.7k citations

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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.

Screening for psychologic distress in ambulatory cancer patients

2005 669 citations James Zabora, Frank Baker et al. Cancer profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Frank Baker United States	53	2.7k	1.8k	1.5k	1.4k	1.2k	181	8.3k
William H. Redd United States	52	2.5k 0.9×	3.3k 1.8×	1.1k 0.8×	1.9k 1.3×	854 0.7×	159	8.1k
Dana H. Bovbjerg United States	54	2.6k 1.0×	1.7k 0.9×	705 0.5×	1.2k 0.8×	785 0.6×	241	8.7k
Per‐Olow Sjödén Sweden	48	2.8k 1.0×	1.2k 0.7×	1.5k 1.1×	726 0.5×	1.2k 1.0×	179	9.1k
Robert Zachariae Denmark	58	2.1k 0.8×	1.9k 1.0×	1.5k 1.0×	1.1k 0.8×	1.5k 1.2×	263	11.5k
Ronald C. Serlin United States	42	972 0.4×	1.2k 0.7×	948 0.7×	537 0.4×	701 0.6×	129	7.7k
Marcus Richards United Kingdom	65	1.1k 0.4×	2.3k 1.3×	2.2k 1.5×	995 0.7×	1.6k 1.3×	421	15.1k
Louise Sharpe Australia	60	1.9k 0.7×	2.1k 1.2×	1.4k 1.0×	1.2k 0.8×	1.6k 1.3×	309	12.1k
Andreas Hinz Germany	52	2.5k 0.9×	1.6k 0.9×	1.2k 0.8×	1.3k 0.9×	1.8k 1.4×	276	10.4k
Georg Kemmler Austria	64	1.7k 0.6×	1.0k 0.6×	1.2k 0.8×	578 0.4×	680 0.6×	345	12.2k
David S. Tulsky United States	49	5.5k 2.0×	2.5k 1.4×	2.2k 1.5×	1.2k 0.8×	1.3k 1.0×	195	15.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Frank Baker

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Fields of papers citing papers by Frank Baker

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Frank Baker

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Goldberg, Joshua, Philip P. Goodney, Jack L. Cronenwett, & Frank Baker. (2012). The effect of risk and race on lower extremity amputations among Medicare diabetic patients. Journal of Vascular Surgery. 56(6). 1663–1668. 56 indexed citations

Kim, Youngmee, Frank Baker, & Rachel L. Spillers. (2007). Cancer Caregivers' Quality of Life: Effects of Gender, Relationship, and Appraisal. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 34(3). 294–304. 176 indexed citations

Stein, Kevin, Tenbroeck Smith, Youngmee Kim, et al.. (2006). The American Cancer Society’s Studies of Cancer Survivors. AJN American Journal of Nursing. 106(3 Suppl). 83–85. 29 indexed citations

Baker, Frank, Maxine M. Denniston, Tenbroeck Smith, & Michele West. (2005). Adult cancer survivors: How are they faring?. Cancer. 104(S11). 2565–2576. 305 indexed citations

Massof, Robert W., et al.. (2005). Visual Disability Variables. II: The Difficulty of Tasks for a Sample of Low-Vision Patients. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 86(5). 954–967. 74 indexed citations

Wilson, Philip M., Chris M. Blanchard, Eric J. Nehl, & Frank Baker. (2005). Predicting physical activity and outcome expectations in cancer survivors: an application of Self‐Determination Theory. Psycho-Oncology. 15(7). 567–578. 68 indexed citations

Blanchard, Chris M., Frank Baker, Maxine M. Denniston, et al.. (2003). Is absolute amount or change in exercise more associated with quality of life in adult cancer survivors?. Preventive Medicine. 37(5). 389–395. 37 indexed citations

Blanchard, Chris M., Vilma Cokkinides, Kerry S. Courneya, et al.. (2003). A Comparison of Physical Activity of Posttreatment Breast Cancer Survivors and Noncancer Controls. Behavioral Medicine. 28(4). 140–149. 40 indexed citations

Hann, Danette, Frank Baker, Maxine M. Denniston, et al.. (2002). The influence of social support on depressive symptoms in cancer patients. Journal of Psychosomatic Research. 52(5). 279–283. 123 indexed citations

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Turano, Kathleen A., et al.. (2001). Direction of Gaze while Walking a Simple Route: Persons with Normal Vision and Persons with Retinitis Pigmentosa. Optometry and Vision Science. 78(9). 667–675. 71 indexed citations

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Baker, Frank, et al.. (2001). Risk Perception and Cigar Smoking Behavior. American Journal of Health Behavior. 25(2). 106–114. 37 indexed citations

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Baker, Frank, et al.. (1997). Psychological Distress Among Adult Patients Being Evaluated for Bone Marrow Transplantation. Psychosomatics. 38(1). 10–19. 56 indexed citations

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Massof, Robert W., et al.. (1995). LOW VISION ENHANCEMENT SYSTEM: IMPROVEMENTS IN ACUITY AND CONTRAST SENSITIVITY. Optometry and Vision Science. 72(SUPPLEMENT). 20–20. 3 indexed citations

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Baker, Frank, et al.. (1995). Quality of life and social support of patients being evaluated for bone marrow transplantation. Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings. 2(4). 357–372. 22 indexed citations

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Baker, Frank, et al.. (1992). Social support and quality of life of community support clients. Community Mental Health Journal. 28(5). 397–411. 62 indexed citations

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Perkins, David V. & Frank Baker. (1991). A Behavior Setting Assessment for community programs and residences. Community Mental Health Journal. 27(5). 313–325. 3 indexed citations

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Baker, Frank & Charlene Douglas. (1990). Housing environments and community adjustment of severely mentally ill persons. Community Mental Health Journal. 26(6). 497–505. 49 indexed citations

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Baker, Frank. (1975). Beef Improvement Federation: its history, purposes and program. 1 indexed citations

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Sheldon, Alan, Frank Baker, & Curtis P. McLaughlin. (1970). Systems and medical care. MIT Press eBooks. 23 indexed citations

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Richardson, D., et al.. (1961). Effects of roughage-concentrate ratio in cattle fattening rations on gains, feed efficiency, digestion and carcass.. Journal of Animal Science. 20. 316–318. 10 indexed citations

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