Herbert Chen

29.0k total citations · 4 hit papers
570 papers, 20.2k citations indexed

About

Herbert Chen is a scholar working on Surgery, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and Nephrology. According to data from OpenAlex, Herbert Chen has authored 570 papers receiving a total of 20.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 266 papers in Surgery, 195 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and 149 papers in Nephrology. Recurrent topics in Herbert Chen's work include Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery (199 papers), Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (157 papers) and Parathyroid Disorders and Treatments (149 papers). Herbert Chen is often cited by papers focused on Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery (199 papers), Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (157 papers) and Parathyroid Disorders and Treatments (149 papers). Herbert Chen collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Italy. Herbert Chen's co-authors include Rebecca S. Sippel, Muthusamy Kunnimalaiyaan, David F. Schneider, Haggi Mazeh, Eberhard Mack, Renata Jaskula‐Sztul, Joel T. Adler, James R. Starling, Sarah Schaefer and Susan C. Pitt and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Herbert Chen

546 papers receiving 19.7k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

2017 Guidelines of the American Thyroid Association for the Diagnosis and Management of Thyroid Disease During Pregnancy and the Postpartum

2017 1.6k citations Herbert Chen et al. Thyroid profile →
Consensus Guidelines for the Management and Treatment of Neuroendocrine Tumors

2013 426 citations Herbert Chen, Rebecca S. Sippel et al. profile →
Is There Still a Glass Ceiling for Women in Academic Surgery?

2011 388 citations Herbert Chen et al. Annals of Surgery profile →
The American Association of Endocrine Surgeons Guidelines for the Definitive Surgical Management of Thyroid Disease in Adults

2020 310 citations Herbert Chen, Sally E. Carty et al. Annals of Surgery profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Herbert Chen United States	68	7.8k	7.8k	4.2k	3.8k	3.7k	570	20.2k
David E.R. Sutherland United States	83	18.8k 2.4×	6.4k 0.8×	2.2k 0.5×	2.6k 0.7×	2.9k 0.8×	784	28.2k
Akira Miyauchi Japan	74	11.7k 1.5×	16.5k 2.1×	3.2k 0.8×	428 0.1×	3.9k 1.1×	772	24.8k
Stephen M. Schwartz United States	95	6.2k 0.8×	1.5k 0.2×	4.7k 1.1×	920 0.2×	9.3k 2.5×	407	30.5k
Douglas B. Evans United States	96	13.0k 1.7×	5.8k 0.7×	23.1k 5.5×	1.2k 0.3×	6.1k 1.6×	500	36.7k
Bernhard O. Boehm Germany	59	3.0k 0.4×	3.7k 0.5×	1.1k 0.3×	454 0.1×	2.8k 0.8×	307	13.7k
Jatin P. Shah United States	106	19.0k 2.4×	8.3k 1.1×	12.6k 3.0×	339 0.1×	3.9k 1.0×	582	36.5k
Paul Emery United Kingdom	123	5.4k 0.7×	577 0.1×	5.0k 1.2×	785 0.2×	5.8k 1.6×	1.0k	67.0k
Jeffrey B. Kopp United States	88	1.9k 0.2×	1.3k 0.2×	1.7k 0.4×	10.8k 2.8×	8.6k 2.3×	377	25.3k
Antonio Abbate United States	82	5.5k 0.7×	1.1k 0.1×	1.4k 0.3×	890 0.2×	8.2k 2.2×	519	23.5k
Francis D. Moore United States	63	4.2k 0.5×	2.5k 0.3×	1.2k 0.3×	1.5k 0.4×	1.6k 0.4×	388	13.2k

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Zmijewski, Polina, Yoon Soo Park, Sean Hogan, et al.. (2024). Trends in Operative Case Logs of Chief Residents in Surgery by Sex and Race. Annals of Surgery. 280(3). 473–479. 1 indexed citations

Chen, Herbert, et al.. (2024). Exploring Disparities in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Outcomes among Asian and Pacific Islander Subgroups. Cancer Research Communications. 4(8). 2153–2162. 4 indexed citations

Zmijewski, Polina, et al.. (2024). Empowering Futures: The Impact of Surgical Research Pipeline Programs on Undergraduate Career Development. Journal of surgical education. 82(2). 103393–103393.

Zmijewski, Polina, et al.. (2022). Impact of a funds flow model on surgeon productivity at one academic medical center. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 9. 100079–100079. 1 indexed citations

Krishnamurthy, Vikram D., et al.. (2019). Four decades of the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons (AAES): Past, present, and future. Surgery. 167(1). 1–3. 1 indexed citations

Jaskula‐Sztul, Renata, Jacob G. Eide, Ajitha Dammalapati, et al.. (2014). Tumor-Suppressor Role of Notch3 in Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma Revealed by Genetic and Pharmacological Induction. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 14(2). 499–512. 38 indexed citations

Jaskula‐Sztul, Renata, et al.. (2013). Resveratrol Induces Differentiation Markers Expression in Anaplastic Thyroid Carcinoma via Activation of Notch1 Signaling and Suppresses Cell Growth. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 12(7). 1276–1287. 95 indexed citations

Yu, Xiaomin, et al.. (2012). Chrysin activates Notch1 signaling and suppresses tumor growth of anaplastic thyroid carcinoma in vitro and in vivo. Cancer. 119(4). 774–781. 81 indexed citations

Chen, Herbert, et al.. (2012). Synergistic Effect of Pasireotide and Teriflunomide in Carcinoids in vitro. Neuroendocrinology. 97(2). 183–192. 9 indexed citations

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Luo, Jie, Catherine McManus, Herbert Chen, & Rebecca S. Sippel. (2011). Are There Predictors of Malignancy in Patients with Multinodular Goiter?1. Journal of Surgical Research. 174(2). 207–210. 57 indexed citations

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Holen, Kyle D., Renata Jaskula‐Sztul, Daniel Mulkerin, et al.. (2011). A Pilot Phase II Study of Valproic Acid for Treatment of Low-Grade Neuroendocrine Carcinoma. The Oncologist. 16(6). 835–843. 72 indexed citations

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Cook, Mackenzie R., et al.. (2009). MG-132 Inhibits Carcinoid Growth and Alters the Neuroendocrine Phenotype. Journal of Surgical Research. 158(1). 15–19. 10 indexed citations

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Adler, Joel T., Mackenzie R. Cook, Yinggang Luo, et al.. (2009). Tautomycetin and tautomycin suppress the growth of medullary thyroid cancer cells via inhibition of glycogen synthase kinase-3β. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 8(4). 914–920. 32 indexed citations

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Vaccaro, Abram, et al.. (2007). Lithium ions: A novel treatment for pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas. Surgery. 141(2). 161–165. 25 indexed citations

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Kunnimalaiyaan, Muthusamy, Abram Vaccaro, Mary A. Ndiaye, & Herbert Chen. (2006). Overexpression of the NOTCH1 Intracellular Domain Inhibits Cell Proliferation and Alters the Neuroendocrine Phenotype of Medullary Thyroid Cancer Cells. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 281(52). 39819–39830. 110 indexed citations

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Chen, Herbert, et al.. (2005). Intraoperative parathyroid hormone testing improves cure rates in patients undergoing minimally invasive parathyroidectomy. Surgery. 138(4). 583–590. 185 indexed citations

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Chen, Herbert, Muthusamy Kunnimalaiyaan, & Jamie J. Van Gompel. (2005). Medullary Thyroid Cancer: The Functions of raf-1 and Human Achaete-scute Homologue-1. Thyroid. 15(6). 511–521. 36 indexed citations

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Kunnimalaiyaan, Muthusamy, et al.. (2005). Hairy Enhancer of Split-1 (HES-1), a Notch1 effector, inhibits the growth of carcinoid tumor cells. Surgery. 138(6). 1137–1142. 49 indexed citations

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Chen, Herbert, Michael Borges, Arunthathi Thiagalingam, et al.. (1997). Tissue-specific expression of human achaete-scute homologue-1 in neuroendocrine tumors: transcriptional regulation by dual inhibitory regions.. PubMed. 8(6). 677–86. 51 indexed citations

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Chen, Herbert, Eleanor B. Carson-Walter, Stephen B. Baylin, Barry D. Nelkin, & Douglas W. Ball. (1996). Differentiation of medullary thyroid cancer by C-Raf-1 silences expression of the neural transcription factor human achaete-scute homolog-1. Surgery. 120(2). 168–173. 41 indexed citations

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