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, Thomas E. Rohan et al. JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Geoffrey R. Howe Canada	67	4.2k	3.4k	1.9k	1.8k	1.8k	163	13.5k
Anthony B. Miller Canada	71	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 United States	64	7.0k 1.7×	4.3k 1.3×	1.3k 0.7×	2.1k 1.2×	677 0.4×	223	17.8k
Emily White United States	63	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 United States	56	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 Japan	57	4.2k 1.0×	1.7k 0.5×	1.1k 0.6×	1.4k 0.8×	941 0.5×	332	12.1k
Timo Hakulinen Finland	66	6.4k 1.5×	1.6k 0.5×	1.6k 0.9×	1.3k 0.7×	674 0.4×	291	14.6k
Richárd Pető United Kingdom	42	2.1k 0.5×	2.2k 0.7×	3.8k 2.1×	1.9k 1.0×	1.9k 1.1×	104	23.4k
Janet B. Schoenberg United States	57	3.3k 0.8×	1.3k 0.4×	1.5k 0.8×	1.7k 0.9×	863 0.5×	111	12.9k
Jenny Chang‐Claude Germany	64	6.6k 1.6×	1.4k 0.4×	2.5k 1.4×	3.7k 2.0×	1.9k 1.0×	361	15.1k
Adriano Decarli Italy	68	4.6k 1.1×	4.5k 1.3×	1.5k 0.8×	1.5k 0.8×	291 0.2×	317	14.3k

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Chen, Yu, Habibul Ahsan, Faruque Parvez, & Geoffrey R. Howe. (2004). Validity of a food-frequency questionnaire for a large prospective cohort study in Bangladesh. British Journal Of Nutrition. 92(5). 851–859. 93 indexed citations

Howe, Geoffrey R., et al.. (2004). Analysis of the Mortality Experience amongst U.S. Nuclear Power Industry Workers after Chronic Low-Dose Exposure to Ionizing Radiation. Radiation Research. 162(5). 517–526. 116 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

Terry, Paul, Meera Jain, Anthony B. Miller, Geoffrey R. Howe, & Thomas E. Rohan. (2001). Dietary intake of folic acid and colorectal cancer risk in a cohort of women. International Journal of Cancer. 97(6). 864–867. 66 indexed citations

Whittemore, Alice S., Anna H. Wu, Laurence N. Kolonel, et al.. (1995). Family History and Prostate Cancer Risk in Black, White, and Asian Men in the United States and Canada. American Journal of Epidemiology. 141(8). 732–740. 213 indexed citations

Lubin, Jay H., John D. Boice, Christer Edling, et al.. (1995). Radon-Exposed Underground Miners and Inverse Dose-Rate (protraction Enhancement) Effects. Health Physics. 69(4). 494–500. 115 indexed citations

Howe, Geoffrey R.. (1995). Breast cancer mortality between 1950 and 1987 after exposure to fractionated moderate-dose-rate ionizing radiation in the Canadian fluoroscopy cohort study and a comparison with breast cancer mortality in the atomic bomb survivors study.. PubMed. 142(3). 295–304. 65 indexed citations

John, Esther M., Alice S. Whittemore, Anna H. Wu, et al.. (1995). Vasectomy and Prostate Cancer: Results From a Multiethnic Case-Control Study. JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 87(9). 662–669. 51 indexed citations

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., 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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Friedenreich, Christine M., Geoffrey R. Howe, & Anthony B. Miller. (1991). THE EFFECT OF RECALL BIAS ON THE ASSOCIATION OF CALORIE-PROVIDING NUTRIENTS AND BREAST CANCER. Epidemiology. 2(6). 424–429. 50 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., J D Burch, Anna M. Chiarelli, H. A. Risch, & Bernard C. K. Choi. (1989). An exploratory case-control study of brain tumors in children.. PubMed. 49(15). 4349–52. 119 indexed citations

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Schechter, Martin T., Anthony B. Miller, Geoffrey R. Howe, et al.. (1989). CIGARETTE SMOKING AND BREAST CANCER: CASE-CONTROL STUDIES OF PREVALENT AND INCIDENT CANCER IN THE CANADIAN NATIONAL BREAST SCREENING STUDY. American Journal of Epidemiology. 130(2). 213–220. 28 indexed citations

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Howe, Geoffrey R. & Anna M. Chiarelli. (1988). Methodological Issues in Cohort Studies II: Power Calculations. International Journal of Epidemiology. 17(2). 464–468. 11 indexed citations

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Fung, Karen Y. & Geoffrey R. Howe. (1984). Methodological Issues in Case-Control Studies III:—The Effect of Joint Misclassification of Risk Factors and Confounding Factors upon Estimation and Power. International Journal of Epidemiology. 13(3). 366–370. 39 indexed citations

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Choi, Bernard C. K. & Geoffrey R. Howe. (1984). Methodological Issues in Case-Control Studies: II. Test Statistics as Measures of Efficiency. International Journal of Epidemiology. 13(2). 229–234. 6 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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Howe, Geoffrey R., J D Burch, Anthony B. Miller, et al.. (1977). ARTIFICIAL SWEETENERS AND HUMAN BLADDER CANCER. The Lancet. 310(8038). 578–581. 75 indexed citations

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