Geoffrey R. Howe

20.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
163 papers, 13.5k citations indexed

About

Geoffrey R. Howe is a scholar working on Oncology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Geoffrey R. Howe has authored 163 papers receiving a total of 13.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 56 papers in Oncology, 50 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 22 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Geoffrey R. Howe's work include Nutritional Studies and Diet (46 papers), Cancer Risks and Factors (38 papers) and Radiation Dose and Imaging (22 papers). Geoffrey R. Howe is often cited by papers focused on Nutritional Studies and Diet (46 papers), Cancer Risks and Factors (38 papers) and Radiation Dose and Imaging (22 papers). Geoffrey R. Howe collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and France. Geoffrey R. Howe's co-authors include Anthony B. Miller, Meera Jain, Thomas E. Rohan, M. Jain, J D Burch, Harvey A. Risch, Joan Lindsay, Habibul Ahsan, Yu Chen and Esther M. John and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, New England Journal of Medicine and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

Geoffrey R. Howe

162 papers receiving 12.7k 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.

Alcohol and Breast Cancer in Women

1998 660 citations Geoffrey R. Howe, Anthony B. Miller et al. profile →
Dietary Factors and Risk of Breast Cancer: Combined Analysis of 12 Case--Control Studies

1990 589 citations Geoffrey R. Howe, T. Greg Hislop et al. JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Geoffrey R. Howe	4.2k	3.4k	1.9k	1.8k	1.8k	163	13.5k
Anthony B. Miller	8.8k 2.1×	3.1k 0.9×	2.6k 1.4×	1.9k 1.0×	1.1k 0.6×	322	17.4k
Tim Byers	7.0k 1.7×	4.3k 1.3×	1.3k 0.7×	2.1k 1.2×	677 0.4×	223	17.8k
Emily White	5.0k 1.2×	2.6k 0.8×	2.1k 1.1×	1.9k 1.0×	411 0.2×	232	13.5k
Susan T. Mayne	2.0k 0.5×	2.7k 0.8×	1.1k 0.6×	3.6k 1.9×	1.2k 0.6×	161	16.9k
Tomotaka Sobue	4.2k 1.0×	1.7k 0.5×	1.1k 0.6×	1.4k 0.8×	941 0.5×	332	12.1k
Jenny Chang‐Claude	6.6k 1.6×	1.4k 0.4×	2.5k 1.4×	3.7k 2.0×	1.9k 1.0×	361	15.1k
Timo Hakulinen	6.4k 1.5×	1.6k 0.5×	1.6k 0.9×	1.3k 0.7×	674 0.4×	291	14.6k
Richárd Pető	2.1k 0.5×	2.2k 0.7×	3.8k 2.1×	1.9k 1.0×	1.9k 1.1×	104	23.4k
Isabel dos‐Santos‐Silva	4.1k 1.0×	1.4k 0.4×	1.4k 0.8×	1.1k 0.6×	989 0.5×	155	9.4k
Janet B. Schoenberg	3.3k 0.8×	1.3k 0.4×	1.5k 0.8×	1.7k 0.9×	863 0.5×	111	12.9k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Terry, Mary Beth, Geoffrey R. Howe, Janice M. Pogoda, et al.. (2009). An International Case-Control Study of Adult Diet and Brain Tumor Risk: A Histology-Specific Analysis by Food Group. Annals of Epidemiology. 19(3). 161–171. 48 indexed citations

Heck, Julia E., Jeri W. Nieves, Yu Chen, et al.. (2008). Dietary Intake of Methionine, Cysteine, and Protein and Urinary Arsenic Excretion in Bangladesh. Environmental Health Perspectives. 117(1). 99–104. 56 indexed citations

Zablotska, Lydia B., Yu Chen, Joseph H. Graziano, et al.. (2008). Protective Effects of B Vitamins and Antioxidants on the Risk of Arsenic-Related Skin Lesions in Bangladesh. Environmental Health Perspectives. 116(8). 1056–1062. 65 indexed citations

Heck, Julia E., Mary V. Gamble, Yu Chen, et al.. (2007). Consumption of folate-related nutrients and metabolism of arsenic in Bangladesh. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 85(5). 1367–1374. 111 indexed citations

Chen, Yu, Pam Factor‐Litvak, Geoffrey R. Howe, Faruque Parvez, & Habibul Ahsan. (2006). Nutritional influence on risk of high blood pressure in Bangladesh: a population-based cross-sectional study. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 84(5). 1224–1232. 41 indexed citations

Ahsan, Habibul, Yu Chen, Faruque Parvez, et al.. (2006). Arsenic Exposure from Drinking Water and Risk of Premalignant Skin Lesions in Bangladesh: Baseline Results from the Health Effects of Arsenic Longitudinal Study. American Journal of Epidemiology. 163(12). 1138–1148. 234 indexed citations

Terry, Paul, Meera Jain, Anthony B. Miller, Geoffrey R. Howe, & Thomas E. Rohan. (2002). No association among total dietary fiber, fiber fractions, and risk of breast cancer.. PubMed. 11(11). 1507–8. 40 indexed citations

Gallagher, Richard P., T. Gregory Hislop, Eric J. Holowaty, et al.. (2000). Premorbid diet in relation to survival from prostate cancer (Canada). Cancer Causes & Control. 11(1). 65–77. 21 indexed citations

Jain, Meera, et al.. (1999). Plant Foods, Antioxidants, and Prostate Cancer Risk: Findings From Case-Control Studies in Canada. Nutrition and Cancer. 34(2). 173–184. 210 indexed citations

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Ghadirian, P, Geoffrey R. Howe, T. Greg Hislop, & Patrick Maisonneuve. (1997). Family history of prostate cancer: A multi-center case-control study in Canada. International Journal of Cancer. 70(6). 679–681. 58 indexed citations

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Lubin, Jay H., J. D. Boice, Christer Edling, et al.. (1995). Lung Cancer in Radon-Exposed Miners and Estimation of Risk From Indoor Exposure. JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 87(11). 817–827. 273 indexed citations

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Cardis, Elisabeth, Ethel S. Gilbert, Geoffrey R. Howe, et al.. (1994). DIRECT ESTIMATES OF CANCER MORTALITY DUE TO LOW-DOSES OF IONIZING-RADIATION - AN INTERNATIONAL STUDY. The Lancet. 344. 1039–1043. 31 indexed citations

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Howe, Geoffrey R.. (1994). Dietary fat and breast cancer risks an epidemiologic perspective. Cancer. 74(S3). 1078–1084. 30 indexed citations

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Risch, Harvey A. & Geoffrey R. Howe. (1994). Menopausal Hormone Usage and Breast Cancer in Saskatchewan: A Record-Linkage Cohort Study. American Journal of Epidemiology. 139(7). 670–683. 57 indexed citations

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Risch, Harvey A., Loraine D. Marrett, & Geoffrey R. Howe. (1994). Parity, Contraception, Infertility, and the Risk of Epithelial Ovarian Cancer. American Journal of Epidemiology. 140(7). 585–597. 166 indexed citations

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Aronson, Kristan J. & Geoffrey R. Howe. (1994). Utility of a Surveillance System to Detect Associations Between Work and Cancer Among Women in Canada, 1965-1991. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 36(11). 1174–1179. 23 indexed citations

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Howe, Geoffrey R., P Ghadirian, H. Bas Bueno de Mesquita, et al.. (1992). A collaborative case‐control study of nutrient intake and pancreatic cancer within the search programme. International Journal of Cancer. 51(3). 365–372. 108 indexed citations

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Howe, Geoffrey R.. (1991). Using Dead Controls to Adjust for Confounders in Case-Control Studies. American Journal of Epidemiology. 134(7). 689–690. 10 indexed citations

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Howe, Geoffrey R. & Bernard C. K. Choi. (1983). Methodological Issues in Case-Control Studies: Validity and Power of Various Design/Analysis Strategies. International Journal of Epidemiology. 12(2). 238–245. 11 indexed citations

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Howe, Geoffrey R., Gregory Sherman, R Semenciw, & Anthony B. Miller. (1981). Estimated benefits and risks of screening for breast cancer.. PubMed Central. 124(4). 399–403. 19 indexed citations

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