Fred Ederer

14.8k total citations · 6 hit papers
79 papers, 11.0k citations indexed

About

Fred Ederer is a scholar working on Ophthalmology, Oncology and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Fred Ederer has authored 79 papers receiving a total of 11.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Ophthalmology, 17 papers in Oncology and 13 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Fred Ederer's work include Glaucoma and retinal disorders (17 papers), Retinal Diseases and Treatments (11 papers) and Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection (10 papers). Fred Ederer is often cited by papers focused on Glaucoma and retinal disorders (17 papers), Retinal Diseases and Treatments (11 papers) and Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection (10 papers). Fred Ederer collaborates with scholars based in United States, Norway and Puerto Rico. Fred Ederer's co-authors include Sidney J. Cutler, Timothy R. Church, John H. Bond, Jack S. Mandel, Dale C. Snover, Leonard M. Schuman, G. Mary Bradley, Stephen J. Cutler, Lillian M. Axtell and John C. Bailar and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and JAMA.

In The Last Decade

Fred Ederer

75 papers receiving 10.0k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Maximum utilization of the life table method in analyzing survival

1958 2.5k citations Sidney J. Cutler, Fred Ederer Journal of Chronic Diseases profile →
Reducing Mortality from Colorectal Cancer by Screening for Fecal Occult Blood

1993 2.5k citations Jack S. Mandel, John H. Bond et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →
The Effect of Fecal Occult-Blood Screening on the Incidence of Colorectal Cancer

2000 1.1k citations Jack S. Mandel, Timothy R. Church et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →
The relative survival rate: a statistical methodology.

1961 996 citations Fred Ederer et al. PubMed profile →
Colorectal Cancer Mortality: Effectiveness of Biennial Screening for Fecal Occult Blood

1999 605 citations Jeffrey S. Mandel, Timothy R. Church et al. JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute profile →
202. Note: Significance Factors for the Ratio of a Poisson Variable to Its Expectation

1964 553 citations John C. Bailar, Fred Ederer Biometrics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Fred Ederer United States	34	5.4k	3.4k	2.7k	1.9k	1.4k	79	11.0k
Limin X. Clegg United States	31	6.6k 1.2×	3.7k 1.1×	1.2k 0.5×	2.7k 1.5×	2.2k 1.6×	44	16.7k
Riccardo Capocaccia Italy	41	4.6k 0.9×	1.8k 0.5×	1.3k 0.5×	1.4k 0.7×	1.4k 1.1×	126	8.9k
Herman R. Menck United States	59	5.7k 1.1×	4.0k 1.2×	1.3k 0.5×	4.4k 2.4×	1.7k 1.2×	131	13.1k
Alan Craft United Kingdom	48	1.8k 0.3×	4.4k 1.3×	1.6k 0.6×	1.9k 1.0×	832 0.6×	178	11.2k
Valter Torri Italy	66	8.8k 1.6×	7.2k 2.1×	2.7k 1.0×	3.8k 2.0×	1.7k 1.2×	305	21.2k
M. C. Pike United States	23	2.9k 0.5×	2.2k 0.6×	1.8k 0.7×	1.8k 1.0×	1.0k 0.8×	33	10.0k
Jeffrey L. Johnson United States	63	1.9k 0.4×	2.8k 0.8×	2.2k 0.8×	4.3k 2.3×	2.1k 1.5×	266	13.3k
Sin‐Ho Jung United States	47	2.7k 0.5×	1.8k 0.5×	1.7k 0.6×	1.0k 0.6×	749 0.6×	299	8.1k
Seiichiro Yamamoto Japan	57	5.1k 0.9×	6.1k 1.8×	735 0.3×	4.1k 2.2×	361 0.3×	248	11.1k
Lois B. Travis United States	62	4.8k 0.9×	3.4k 1.0×	3.4k 1.3×	2.5k 1.4×	2.4k 1.8×	183	14.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Fred Ederer

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Dally, Len, Fred Ederer, Douglas Gaasterland, et al.. (2003). THE ADVANCED GLAUCOMA INTERVENTION STUDY (AGIS): 11. RISK FACTORS FOR FAILURE OF TRABECULECTOMY AND ARGON LASER TRABECULOPLASTY. Evidence-Based Eye Care. 4(3). 132–133. 7 indexed citations

Mandel, Jack S., Timothy R. Church, John H. Bond, et al.. (2000). The Effect of Fecal Occult-Blood Screening on the Incidence of Colorectal Cancer. New England Journal of Medicine. 343(22). 1603–1607. 1066 indexed citations breakdown →

Mandel, Jeffrey S., Timothy R. Church, Fred Ederer, & John H. Bond. (1999). Colorectal Cancer Mortality: Effectiveness of Biennial Screening for Fecal Occult Blood. JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 91(5). 434–437. 605 indexed citations breakdown →

Ederer, Fred, et al.. (1999). Colorectal Cancer Deaths as Determined by Expert Committee and from Death Certificate. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 52(5). 447–452. 40 indexed citations

Oden, Neal L., et al.. (1998). Sensitivity and Specificity of a Screening Questionnaire for Dry Eye. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 438. 807–820. 42 indexed citations

Church, Timothy R., Jack S. Mandel, & Fred Ederer. (1997). Fecal Occult Blood Screening in the Minnesota Study: Sensitivity of the Screening Test. JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 89(19). 1440–1448. 60 indexed citations

Ederer, Fred, Timothy R. Church, & Jeffrey S. Mandel. (1997). Fecal Occult Blood Screening in the Minnesota Study: Role of Chance Detection of Lesions. JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 89(19). 1423–1428. 39 indexed citations

Mandel, Jack S., John H. Bond, Timothy R. Church, et al.. (1993). Reducing Mortality from Colorectal Cancer by Screening for Fecal Occult Blood. New England Journal of Medicine. 328(19). 1365–1371. 2451 indexed citations breakdown →

Church, Timothy R., Fred Ederer, Jack S. Mandel, Gavin D. Watt, & Mindy S. Geisser. (1993). Estimating the Duration of Ongoing Prevention Trials. American Journal of Epidemiology. 137(7). 797–810. 12 indexed citations

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Ederer, Fred, Timothy R. Church, & Jack S. Mandel. (1993). Sample Sizes for Prevention Trials Have Been Too Small. American Journal of Epidemiology. 137(7). 787–796. 32 indexed citations

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Mandel, Jack S., John H. Bond, M.B. Bradley, et al.. (1989). Sensitivity, specificity, and positive predictivity of the Hemoccult test in screening for colorectal cancers. Gastroenterology. 97(3). 597–600. 95 indexed citations

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Rand, Lawrence I., Gérald J. Prud’homme, Fred Ederer, & Paul L. Canner. (1985). Factors influencing the development of visual loss in advanced diabetic retinopathy. Diabetic Retinopathy Study (DRS) Report No. 10.. PubMed. 26(7). 983–91. 59 indexed citations

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Ederer, Fred. (1983). METHODOLOGICAL PROBLEMS IN EYE DISEASE EPIDEMIOLOGY1. Epidemiologic Reviews. 5(1). 51–66. 29 indexed citations

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Ederer, Fred. (1975). The Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial. American Journal of Ophthalmology. 79(5). 752–752. 15 indexed citations

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Aiello, Lloyd M., Matthew D. Davis, Fred Ederer, et al.. (1974). The Diabetic Retinopathy Study-Reply. Archives of Ophthalmology. 92(2). 179–180. 2 indexed citations

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Bailar, John C. & Fred Ederer. (1964). 202. Note: Significance Factors for the Ratio of a Poisson Variable to Its Expectation. Biometrics. 20(3). 639–639. 553 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ederer, Fred. (1961). A Parametric Estimate of the Standard Error of the Survival Rate. Journal of the American Statistical Association. 56(293). 111–111. 4 indexed citations

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Ederer, Fred, et al.. (1961). End results and mortality trends in cancer. I. End results in cancer.. PubMed. 6. 1–46. 4 indexed citations

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Ederer, Fred. (1960). A simple method for determining standard errors of survival rates, with tables. Journal of Chronic Diseases. 11(6). 632–645. 35 indexed citations

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Cutler, Sidney J. & Fred Ederer. (1958). Maximum utilization of the life table method in analyzing survival. Journal of Chronic Diseases. 8(6). 699–712. 2542 indexed citations breakdown →

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