Harry Comber

13.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
103 papers, 7.0k citations indexed

About

Harry Comber is a scholar working on Oncology, Surgery and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Harry Comber has authored 103 papers receiving a total of 7.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 74 papers in Oncology, 27 papers in Surgery and 15 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Harry Comber's work include Global Cancer Incidence and Screening (50 papers), Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection (34 papers) and Cancer Risks and Factors (15 papers). Harry Comber is often cited by papers focused on Global Cancer Incidence and Screening (50 papers), Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection (34 papers) and Cancer Risks and Factors (15 papers). Harry Comber collaborates with scholars based in Ireland, United Kingdom and Netherlands. Harry Comber's co-authors include J.W.W. Coebergh, Freddie Bray, Joannie Lortet‐Tieulent, Eva Steliarova‐Foucher, Stefano Rosso, Jacques Ferlay, D Forman, Linda Sharp, Anne‐Elie Carsin and P. O’Lorcain and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Gastroenterology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Harry Comber

103 papers receiving 6.8k 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.

Cancer incidence and mortality patterns in Europe: Estimates for 40 countries in 2012

2013 4.0k citations Jacques Ferlay, Eva Steliarova‐Foucher et al. European Journal of Cancer profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Harry Comber Ireland	32	3.2k	1.9k	1.6k	1.2k	943	103	7.0k
Hannah K. Weir United States	38	3.9k 1.2×	1.9k 1.0×	1.3k 0.8×	1.4k 1.2×	1.3k 1.4×	84	8.1k
Martin Krapcho United States	10	3.6k 1.1×	2.0k 1.1×	1.3k 0.8×	1.3k 1.1×	914 1.0×	14	8.2k
Matt Hayat United States	5	3.3k 1.0×	1.9k 1.0×	1.2k 0.8×	1.3k 1.1×	958 1.0×	6	7.9k
Anna Gavin United Kingdom	38	3.2k 1.0×	2.3k 1.2×	1.8k 1.1×	915 0.7×	762 0.8×	197	7.3k
Stefano Rosso Italy	19	2.8k 0.9×	1.6k 0.8×	1.0k 0.6×	1.1k 0.9×	611 0.6×	37	5.7k
Hyunsoon Cho South Korea	29	2.8k 0.9×	1.6k 0.8×	977 0.6×	1.5k 1.2×	831 0.9×	83	6.8k
Christie R. Eheman United States	25	3.9k 1.2×	1.7k 0.9×	1.0k 0.6×	1.2k 0.9×	1.5k 1.6×	47	7.4k
Marie‐Josèphe Horner United States	11	3.6k 1.1×	1.9k 1.0×	1.3k 0.8×	1.3k 1.1×	1.0k 1.1×	26	8.2k
Mieke Van Hemelrijck United Kingdom	47	2.3k 0.7×	2.4k 1.3×	1.5k 0.9×	1.3k 1.0×	834 0.9×	364	7.8k
Milton P. Eisner United States	5	3.6k 1.1×	1.9k 1.0×	1.3k 0.8×	1.3k 1.1×	1.1k 1.2×	10	8.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Harry Comber

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Fields of papers citing papers by Harry Comber

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Harry Comber

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Sacchetto, Lidia, Stefano Rosso, Harry Comber, et al.. (2021). Skin melanoma deaths within 1 or 3 years from diagnosis in Europe. International Journal of Cancer. 148(12). 2898–2905. 11 indexed citations

Comber, Harry, et al.. (2016). Colorectal cancer incidence and survival by sub-site and stage of diagnosis: a population-based study at the advent of national screening. Irish Journal of Medical Science (1971 -). 186(1). 113–121. 16 indexed citations

Coebergh, J.W.W., Corina van den Hurk, Marieke W.J. Louwman, et al.. (2015). EUROCOURSE recipe for cancer surveillance by visible population-based cancer RegisTrees® in Europe: From roots to fruits. European Journal of Cancer. 51(9). 1050–1063. 19 indexed citations

Bannon, Finian, Jennifer A. McCaughan, Carol Traynor, et al.. (2014). Surveillance of Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer Incidence Rates in Kidney Transplant Recipients in Ireland. Transplantation. 98(6). 646–652. 12 indexed citations

Sharp, Linda, Joseph McDevitt, Anne‐Elie Carsin, Chris Brown, & Harry Comber. (2014). Smoking at Diagnosis Is an Independent Prognostic Factor for Cancer-Specific Survival in Head and Neck Cancer: Findings from a Large, Population-Based Study. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 23(11). 2579–2590. 75 indexed citations

Meaney, Sarah, et al.. (2014). Smokers Still Underestimate the Risks Posed by Secondhand Smoke: A Repeated Cross-Sectional Study. Nicotine & Tobacco Research. 16(8). 1121–1128. 13 indexed citations

Donnelly, David, Avril Hegarty, Linda Sharp, et al.. (2013). The Impact of Adjustment for Socioeconomic Status on Comparisons of Cancer Incidence between Two European Countries. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2013. 1–6. 8 indexed citations

McDevitt, Joseph, et al.. (2013). Factors affecting receipt of a medical card in a cohort of colorectal cancer patients, 2002-2006.. PubMed. 106(4). 110–3. 3 indexed citations

Ferlay, Jacques, Eva Steliarova‐Foucher, Joannie Lortet‐Tieulent, et al.. (2013). Cancer incidence and mortality patterns in Europe: Estimates for 40 countries in 2012. European Journal of Cancer. 49(6). 1374–1403. 3970 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sharp, Linda, Lesley Tilson, Sophie Whyte, et al.. (2012). Cost-effectiveness of population-based screening for colorectal cancer: a comparison of guaiac-based faecal occult blood testing, faecal immunochemical testing and flexible sigmoidoscopy. British Journal of Cancer. 106(5). 805–816. 62 indexed citations

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Kelly, Maria, et al.. (2012). Factors predicting hospital length-of-stay and readmission after colorectal resection: a population-based study of elective and emergency admissions. BMC Health Services Research. 12(1). 77–77. 135 indexed citations

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Hegarty, Avril, Anne‐Elie Carsin, & Harry Comber. (2010). Geographical analysis of cancer incidence in Ireland: A comparison of two Bayesian spatial models. Cancer Epidemiology. 34(4). 373–381. 10 indexed citations

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Field, Stephen K., Sandra Deady, Jim Fitzgibbon, Michelle Murphy, & Harry Comber. (2010). Improved malignant melanoma prognosis at a consultant-delivered multidisciplinary pigmented lesion clinic in Cork.. PubMed. 103(2). 40–3. 5 indexed citations

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Drummond, Frances J., Anne‐Elie Carsin, Linda Sharp, & Harry Comber. (2009). Factors prompting PSA-testing of asymptomatic men in a country with no guidelines: a national survey of general practitioners. BMC Family Practice. 10(1). 3–3. 41 indexed citations

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Anderson, Lesley, Marie M. Cantwell, R. G. P. Watson, et al.. (2008). The Association Between Alcohol and Reflux Esophagitis, Barrett's Esophagus, and Esophageal Adenocarcinoma. Gastroenterology. 136(3). 799–805. 106 indexed citations

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Donnelly, Michael, Lesley Anderson, Brian T. Johnston, et al.. (2008). Oesophageal cancer: caregiver mental health and strain. Psycho-Oncology. 17(12). 1196–1201. 42 indexed citations

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Anderson, Lesley, Brian T. Johnston, R. G. P. Watson, et al.. (2006). Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs and the Esophageal Inflammation-Metaplasia-Adenocarcinoma Sequence. Cancer Research. 66(9). 4975–4982. 95 indexed citations

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Cronin‐Fenton, Deirdre, Linda Sharp, Sandra Deady, & Harry Comber. (2006). Treatment and survival for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma: Influence of histological subtype, age, and other factors in a population-based study (1999–2001). European Journal of Cancer. 42(16). 2786–2793. 23 indexed citations

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O’Lorcain, P. & Harry Comber. (2004). Lung cancer mortality predictions for Ireland 2001–2015 and current trends in North Western Europe. Lung Cancer. 46(2). 157–163. 6 indexed citations

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Beaumont, G, et al.. (1993). A randomized, double-blind, multi-centre, parallel-group study comparing the tolerability and efficacy of moclobemide and dothiepin hydrochloride in depressed patients in general practice. International Clinical Psychopharmacology. 7(3). 159–166. 11 indexed citations

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