Heather A. Young

4.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
91 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Heather A. Young is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Oncology and Psychiatry and Mental health. According to data from OpenAlex, Heather A. Young has authored 91 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 13 papers in Oncology and 11 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health. Recurrent topics in Heather A. Young's work include Global Cancer Incidence and Screening (7 papers), Pesticide Exposure and Toxicity (6 papers) and Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research (5 papers). Heather A. Young is often cited by papers focused on Global Cancer Incidence and Screening (7 papers), Pesticide Exposure and Toxicity (6 papers) and Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research (5 papers). Heather A. Young collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Korea and United Kingdom. Heather A. Young's co-authors include Paul H. Levine, William F. Anderson, Kenneth W. Hance, Susan S. Devesa, William J. Cooper, Michael Gonsior, Piotr Kowalczuk, Amanda E. Kahn, Michael J. Durako and Bruce A. Orkin and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Oncology, Blood and Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

In The Last Decade

Heather A. Young

90 papers receiving 3.0k 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.

Trends in Inflammatory Breast Carcinoma Incidence and Survival: The Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program at the National Cancer Institute

2005 500 citations Heather A. Young, Paul H. Levine et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Heather A. Young United States	30	679	437	432	406	269	91	3.1k
Susie Lau Canada	26	490 0.7×	620 1.4×	177 0.4×	408 1.0×	113 0.4×	116	3.4k
Ying Bao China	22	685 1.0×	280 0.6×	237 0.5×	203 0.5×	67 0.2×	65	2.3k
Stephanie Kieszak United States	28	251 0.4×	220 0.5×	258 0.6×	160 0.4×	1.0k 3.8×	57	7.5k
Mary Lesperance Canada	31	913 1.3×	302 0.7×	529 1.2×	56 0.1×	91 0.3×	106	3.4k
David Lam Hong Kong	29	317 0.5×	187 0.4×	225 0.5×	200 0.5×	144 0.5×	153	3.4k
Jiří Jarkovský Czechia	41	398 0.6×	1.2k 2.7×	391 0.9×	58 0.1×	544 2.0×	422	6.1k
Hongyuan Li China	27	470 0.7×	120 0.3×	237 0.5×	92 0.2×	127 0.5×	136	3.1k
Takayoshi Ikeda Japan	23	279 0.4×	222 0.5×	198 0.5×	70 0.2×	135 0.5×	108	2.8k
S. L. White Australia	35	401 0.6×	316 0.7×	181 0.4×	59 0.1×	486 1.8×	93	5.7k
Andreas Wienke Germany	42	798 1.2×	910 2.1×	322 0.7×	38 0.1×	275 1.0×	323	6.2k

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Zhu, Yue, Julie M. Zito, James F. Gardner, et al.. (2025). Stimulants Concomitant with Other Psychotropic Classes: A Competing Risk Analysis in Medicaid-Insured Youth. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology. 35(5). 277–284.

Zito, Julie M., et al.. (2024). Stimulant Patterns, Alone or with Other Psychotropic Classes, in Medicaid-Insured Youth Continuously Enrolled for 3–8 Years. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology. 34(3). 127–136. 1 indexed citations

Jung, Sukyoung, Heather A. Young, Barbara H. Braffett, Samuel J. Simmens, & Cynthia L. Ogden. (2024). Development of a sustainable diet index in US adults. Nutrition Journal. 23(1). 46–46. 6 indexed citations

Happ, Lindsey Powers, Anne K. Monroe, Heather A. Young, et al.. (2020). Individual-Level and Clinic-Level Factors Associated With Achieving Glycemic Control in a Large Cohort of People With HIV in Care-Washington, DC. JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 85(1). 113–122. 1 indexed citations

Zeman, Robert K., James P. Earls, John P. Lichtenberger, et al.. (2019). WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS OF NON-CARDIAC FINDINGS IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING EVALUATION FOR TAVR?. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 73(9). 1248–1248. 1 indexed citations

Young, Heather A., Sunni L. Mumford, John D. Meeker, et al.. (2019). Pesticide interactions and risks of sperm chromosomal abnormalities. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health. 222(7). 1021–1029. 17 indexed citations

Choi, Brian G., et al.. (2018). Image-Based Mobile System for Dietary Management in an American Cardiology Population: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial to Assess the Efficacy of Dietary Coaching Delivered via a Smartphone App Versus Traditional Counseling. JMIR mhealth and uhealth. 7(4). e10755–e10755. 31 indexed citations

Kleij, Rick van der, et al.. (2017). Computer Security Incident Response Team Effectiveness: A Needs Assessment. Frontiers in Psychology. 8. 2179–2179. 30 indexed citations

Dudum, Ramzi, Omar Harfouch, Heather A. Young, & Brian G. Choi. (2016). ACC/AHA GUIDELINE AUTHOR SELF-DISCLOSURES AND THE SUNSHINE ACT: CONFLICTING REPORTS OF CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 67(13). 1967–1967. 2 indexed citations

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Battaglia, Tracy A., Julie S. Darnell, Naomi Y. Ko, et al.. (2016). The impact of patient navigation on the delivery of diagnostic breast cancer care in the National Patient Navigation Research Program: a prospective meta-analysis. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. 158(3). 523–534. 34 indexed citations

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Perry, Melissa J., Heather A. Young, Philippe Grandjean, et al.. (2015). Sperm Aneuploidy in Faroese Men with Lifetime Exposure to Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene ( p , p´ -DDE) and Polychlorinated Biphenyl (PCB) Pollutants. Environmental Health Perspectives. 124(7). 951–956. 26 indexed citations

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Luizza, Matthew W., et al.. (2014). Local Knowledge of Plants and Their Uses Among Women in the Bale Mountains, Ethiopia. Ethnobotany Research and Applications. 11. 315–339. 20 indexed citations

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Henson, Donald E., et al.. (2011). Second primary breast, endometrial, and ovarian cancers in Black and White breast cancer survivors over a 35-year time span: effect of age. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. 129(3). 963–969. 11 indexed citations

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Young, Heather A., et al.. (2010). Investigating the Risk of Cancer in 1990–1991 US Gulf War Veterans With the Use of State Cancer Registry Data. Annals of Epidemiology. 20(4). 265–272.e1. 27 indexed citations

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Harvath, Theresa A., et al.. (2008). Enhancing Nursing Leadership in Long-Term Care: A Review of the Literature. Research in Gerontological Nursing. 1(3). 187–186. 12 indexed citations

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Young, Heather A., David A. Geier, & Mark R. Geier. (2008). Thimerosal exposure in infants and neurodevelopmental disorders: An assessment of computerized medical records in the Vaccine Safety Datalink. Journal of the Neurological Sciences. 271(1-2). 110–118. 116 indexed citations

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Hudson, Tamaro, Diane K. Hartle, Stephen D. Hursting, et al.. (2007). Inhibition of Prostate Cancer Growth by Muscadine Grape Skin Extract and Resveratrol through Distinct Mechanisms. Cancer Research. 67(17). 8396–8405. 116 indexed citations

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Brem, Rachel F., et al.. (2007). Breast-Specific Gamma Imaging with^99mTc-Sestamibi and Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Diagnosis of Breast Cancer?A Comparative Study. The Breast Journal. 13(5). 465–469. 54 indexed citations

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Siegel, David A., et al.. (2005). Improving the Case Definition of Inflammatory Breast Cancer. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. 94(1). 1 indexed citations

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Young, Heather A., Paul K. Mills, Deborah G. Riordan, & Rosemary D. Cress. (2005). Triazine Herbicides and Epithelial Ovarian Cancer Risk in Central California. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 47(11). 1148–1156. 29 indexed citations

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