Heather M. Ochs‐Balcom

9.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
107 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Heather M. Ochs‐Balcom is a scholar working on Oncology, Genetics and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Heather M. Ochs‐Balcom has authored 107 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Oncology, 27 papers in Genetics and 21 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Heather M. Ochs‐Balcom's work include Cancer Risks and Factors (19 papers), Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research (11 papers) and BRCA gene mutations in cancer (10 papers). Heather M. Ochs‐Balcom is often cited by papers focused on Cancer Risks and Factors (19 papers), Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research (11 papers) and BRCA gene mutations in cancer (10 papers). Heather M. Ochs‐Balcom collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Taiwan. Heather M. Ochs‐Balcom's co-authors include Jo L. Freudenheim, Maurizio Trevisan, Bette J. Caan, Holger J. Schünemann, Paola Muti, Brydon J. B. Grant, Rowan T. Chlebowski, Garnet L. Anderson, Marian L. Neuhouser and Cara L. Carty and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Heather M. Ochs‐Balcom

105 papers receiving 2.8k 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.

Overweight, Obesity, and Postmenopausal Invasive Breast Cancer Risk

2015 438 citations JoAnn E. Manson, Cara L. Carty et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Heather M. Ochs‐Balcom United States	29	637	611	572	556	508	107	2.8k
Wenquan Niu China	32	392 0.6×	339 0.6×	743 1.3×	335 0.6×	343 0.7×	191	3.1k
Georgios Markozannes Greece	23	334 0.5×	669 1.1×	493 0.9×	480 0.9×	220 0.4×	77	2.7k
Yimin Zhu China	34	299 0.5×	436 0.7×	988 1.7×	815 1.5×	492 1.0×	146	3.5k
Kristine R. Monroe United States	33	416 0.7×	1.1k 1.8×	848 1.5×	832 1.5×	712 1.4×	85	4.0k
A. Evans France	35	311 0.5×	404 0.7×	788 1.4×	421 0.8×	444 0.9×	68	4.5k
Maria Gerhardsson de Verdier Sweden	29	456 0.7×	549 0.9×	221 0.4×	569 1.0×	170 0.3×	63	2.6k
Traci Mouw United States	22	491 0.8×	987 1.6×	379 0.7×	1.1k 1.9×	310 0.6×	27	4.1k
Kyungdo Han South Korea	27	430 0.7×	323 0.5×	543 0.9×	455 0.8×	162 0.3×	276	3.6k
Xingdong Chen China	27	394 0.6×	391 0.6×	858 1.5×	427 0.8×	150 0.3×	143	3.3k
Yanli Li China	30	283 0.4×	647 1.1×	687 1.2×	209 0.4×	214 0.4×	185	2.7k

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Bea, Jennifer W., Heather M. Ochs‐Balcom, Zhao Chen, et al.. (2025). Abdominal visceral and subcutaneous adipose tissue associations with postmenopausal breast cancer incidence. JNCI Cancer Spectrum. 9(1). 2 indexed citations

Rapp, Stephen R., Ira Driscoll, Leslie V. Farland, et al.. (2025). Exploring biomarkers of neurodegenerative risk: associations of oxysterols, sex hormones, and reproductive characteristics in older women. Journal of Lipid Research. 66(12). 100938–100938.

Lima, Sarah M., Tia Palermo, Tabassum Z. Insaf, et al.. (2025). Historical Redlining and All-Cause Survival after Breast Cancer Diagnosis. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 34(6). 904–913. 1 indexed citations

Gaber, Mohamed, Adam S. Wilson, Amy E. Millen, et al.. (2024). Visceral adiposity in postmenopausal women is associated with a pro-inflammatory gut microbiome and immunogenic metabolic endotoxemia. Microbiome. 12(1). 192–192. 10 indexed citations

Harris, Holly R., Lauren C. Peres, Courtney E. Johnson, et al.. (2023). Racial Differences in the Association of Endometriosis and Uterine Leiomyomas With the Risk of Ovarian Cancer. Obstetrics and Gynecology. 141(6). 1124–1138. 7 indexed citations

Petrick, Jessica L., Charlotte E. Joslin, Courtney E. Johnson, et al.. (2023). Menopausal hormone therapy use and risk of ovarian cancer by race: the ovarian cancer in women of African ancestry consortium. British Journal of Cancer. 129(12). 1956–1967. 3 indexed citations

Harris, Holly R., Kristin A. Guertin, Courtney E. Johnson, et al.. (2022). Racial disparities in epithelial ovarian cancer survival: An examination of contributing factors in the Ovarian Cancer in Women of African Ancestry consortium. International Journal of Cancer. 151(8). 1228–1239. 12 indexed citations

Ochs‐Balcom, Heather M., et al.. (2022). Coenzyme Q10 Supplementation for the Treatment of statin-associated Muscle Symptoms. Future Cardiology. 18(6). 461–470. 8 indexed citations

Nash, Rebecca, Courtney E. Johnson, Holly R. Harris, et al.. (2022). Race Differences in the Associations between Menstrual Cycle Characteristics and Epithelial Ovarian Cancer. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 31(8). 1610–1620. 1 indexed citations

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Ochs‐Balcom, Heather M., Courtney E. Johnson, Kristin A. Guertin, et al.. (2022). Racial differences in the association of body mass index and ovarian cancer risk in the OCWAA Consortium. British Journal of Cancer. 127(11). 1983–1990. 1 indexed citations

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Bandera, Elisa V., Traci N. Bethea, Fabian Camacho, et al.. (2021). Genital Powder Use and Risk of Epithelial Ovarian Cancer in the Ovarian Cancer in Women of African Ancestry Consortium. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 30(9). 1660–1668. 5 indexed citations

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Oh, Hannah, Nazmus Saquib, Heather M. Ochs‐Balcom, et al.. (2021). Recreational Physical Activity, Sitting, and Androgen Metabolism among Postmenopausal Women in the Women's Health Initiative Observational Study. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 31(1). 97–107. 2 indexed citations

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Ochs‐Balcom, Heather M., et al.. (2021). Downstaging of cervical cancer in Tanzania over a 16-year period. Cancer Causes & Control. 32(4). 401–407. 3 indexed citations

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Ochs‐Balcom, Heather M., et al.. (2020). Findings from Optometrists' Practices in Advising about Lifestyle Study. Optometry and Vision Science. 97(8). 598–605. 3 indexed citations

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Breathett, Khadijah, Lindsay N. Kohler, Charles B. Eaton, et al.. (2020). When the At-Risk Do Not Develop Heart Failure: Understanding Positive Deviance Among Postmenopausal African American and Hispanic Women. Journal of Cardiac Failure. 27(2). 217–223. 2 indexed citations

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Jungquist, Carla R., Alan T. Aquilina, Karen J. Klingman, et al.. (2015). Validation of the BRFSS sleep questions. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine. 12(3). 301–310. 14 indexed citations

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Ochs‐Balcom, Heather M., Xiangqing Sun, Yanwen Chen, et al.. (2014). Putative Linkage Signals Identified for Breast Cancer in African American Families. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 24(2). 442–447. 2 indexed citations

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Myneni, Ajay A., Shen‐Chih Chang, Rungui Niu, et al.. (2013). Genetic polymorphisms of TERT and CLPTM1L and risk of lung cancer—A case–control study in a Chinese population. Lung Cancer. 80(2). 131–137. 30 indexed citations

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Hutter, Carolyn M., Alicia Young, Heather M. Ochs‐Balcom, et al.. (2011). Replication of Breast Cancer GWAS Susceptibility Loci in the Women's Health Initiative African American SHARe Study. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 20(9). 1950–1959. 48 indexed citations

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Ochs‐Balcom, Heather M., Brydon J. B. Grant, Paola Muti, et al.. (2005). Oxidative Stress and Pulmonary Function in the General Population. American Journal of Epidemiology. 162(12). 1137–1145. 37 indexed citations

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