James L. Connolly

18.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
197 papers, 14.2k citations indexed

About

James L. Connolly is a scholar working on Cancer Research, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, James L. Connolly has authored 197 papers receiving a total of 14.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 124 papers in Cancer Research, 100 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine and 64 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in James L. Connolly's work include Breast Cancer Treatment Studies (121 papers), Breast Lesions and Carcinomas (95 papers) and Cancer and Skin Lesions (23 papers). James L. Connolly is often cited by papers focused on Breast Cancer Treatment Studies (121 papers), Breast Lesions and Carcinomas (95 papers) and Cancer and Skin Lesions (23 papers). James L. Connolly collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Israel. James L. Connolly's co-authors include Stuart J. Schnitt, Jay R. Harris, Abram Recht, Barbara Silver, Graham A. Colditz, Rebecca Gelman, Laura C. Collins, Rulla M. Tamimi, Donald L. Weaver and David L. Page and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Clinical Oncology.

In The Last Decade

James L. Connolly

194 papers receiving 13.7k 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.

Prognostic Factors in Breast Cancer

2000 840 citations Patrick L. Fitzgibbons, David L. Page et al. Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine profile →
Breast Cancer—Major changes in the American Joint Committee on Cancer eighth edition cancer staging manual

2017 662 citations James L. Connolly, Stephen B. Edge et al. profile →
Expression of vascular permeability factor (vascular endothelial growth factor) and its receptors in breast cancer

1995 536 citations James L. Connolly, Stuart J. Schnitt et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
James L. Connolly United States	63	8.7k	6.6k	5.0k	2.5k	1.9k	197	14.2k
Savitri Krishnamurthy United States	59	6.1k 0.7×	3.8k 0.6×	5.0k 1.0×	2.6k 1.0×	2.4k 1.3×	277	11.9k
Stefano Zurrida Italy	52	9.4k 1.1×	6.9k 1.0×	5.3k 1.1×	5.2k 2.1×	1.0k 0.6×	181	13.8k
Alain Fourquet France	62	9.5k 1.1×	5.6k 0.8×	5.5k 1.1×	2.6k 1.0×	1.2k 0.6×	374	14.0k
Donald L. Weaver United States	59	11.8k 1.4×	8.5k 1.3×	8.3k 1.7×	5.8k 2.3×	2.1k 1.1×	222	20.3k
Viviana Galimberti Italy	67	12.6k 1.4×	8.6k 1.3×	6.0k 1.2×	6.7k 2.7×	1.5k 0.8×	244	16.9k
Daniel W. Visscher United States	58	4.3k 0.5×	3.2k 0.5×	4.7k 1.0×	1.4k 0.6×	2.6k 1.4×	228	11.0k
Judy C. Boughey United States	60	7.9k 0.9×	4.8k 0.7×	4.7k 0.9×	4.6k 1.8×	956 0.5×	415	12.5k
Sunil R. Lakhani Australia	71	8.2k 0.9×	5.0k 0.8×	7.1k 1.4×	1.5k 0.6×	6.8k 3.6×	302	18.7k
Nicole Rotmensz Italy	66	7.0k 0.8×	3.5k 0.5×	5.6k 1.1×	2.7k 1.1×	1.2k 0.7×	223	12.0k
Edi Brogi United States	55	5.4k 0.6×	2.7k 0.4×	5.6k 1.1×	2.0k 0.8×	6.0k 3.2×	237	15.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of James L. Connolly

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Winchester, David J., Stephen B. Edge, Kimberly H. Allison, et al.. (2025). Novel Postneoadjuvant Prognostic Breast Cancer Staging System. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 43(17). 1948–1960. 3 indexed citations

Kensler, Kevin H., Gabrielle M. Baker, Andreea Lucia Stancu, et al.. (2020). Deep Learning Image Analysis of Benign Breast Disease to Identify Subsequent Risk of Breast Cancer. JNCI Cancer Spectrum. 5(1). 17 indexed citations

Cahill, Lucas C., Michael G. Giacomelli, Tadayuki Yoshitake, et al.. (2017). Rapid virtual hematoxylin and eosin histology of breast tissue specimens using a compact fluorescence nonlinear microscope. DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). 1 indexed citations

Oh, Hannah, A. Heather Eliassen, Molin Wang, et al.. (2016). Expression of estrogen receptor, progesterone receptor, and Ki67 in normal breast tissue in relation to subsequent risk of breast cancer. npj Breast Cancer. 2(1). 37 indexed citations

O’Neal, Patrick, Peter Mowschenson, James L. Connolly, & Per-Olof Hasselgren. (2011). Large parathyroid tumors have an increased risk of atypia and carcinoma. The American Journal of Surgery. 202(2). 146–150. 15 indexed citations

Zhou, Chao, David Cohen, Yihong Wang, et al.. (2010). Integrated Optical Coherence Tomography and Microscopy for Ex Vivo Multiscale Evaluation of Human Breast Tissues. Cancer Research. 70(24). 10071–10079. 74 indexed citations

Zhou, Chao, David Cohen, Yihong Wang, et al.. (2010). Integrated Optical Coherence Tomography and Microscopy for Ex Vivo Multiscale Evaluation of Human Breast Tissues. DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). 4 indexed citations

Dawood, Shaheenah, Rong Hu, Laura C. Collins, et al.. (2010). Defining breast cancer prognosis based on molecular phenotypes: results from a large cohort study. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. 126(1). 185–192. 106 indexed citations

Lester, Susan C., Shikha Bose, Yunn‐Yi Chen, et al.. (2009). Protocol for the Examination of Specimens From Patients With Ductal Carcinoma In Situ of the Breast. Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine. 133(1). 15–25. 99 indexed citations

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Baer, Heather J., Laura C. Collins, James L. Connolly, et al.. (2009). Lobule type and subsequent breast cancer risk: Results from the Nurses' Health Studies. Cancer. 115(7). 1404–1411. 43 indexed citations

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Tamimi, Rulla M., Heather J. Baer, Jonathan D. Marotti, et al.. (2008). Comparison of molecular phenotypes of ductal carcinoma in situand invasive breast cancer. Breast Cancer Research. 10(4). R67–R67. 272 indexed citations

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Collins, Laura C., Heather J. Baer, Rulla M. Tamimi, et al.. (2006). Magnitude and laterality of breast cancer risk according to histologic type of atypical hyperplasia. Cancer. 109(2). 180–187. 104 indexed citations

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Collins, Laura C., Heather J. Baer, Rulla M. Tamimi, et al.. (2006). The influence of family history on breast cancer risk in women with biopsy‐confirmed benign breast disease. Cancer. 107(6). 1240–1247. 73 indexed citations

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Fraser, Jean L., et al.. (1998). Columnar Alteration With Prominent Apical Snouts and Secretions. The American Journal of Surgical Pathology. 22(12). 1521–1527. 156 indexed citations

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Healey, Elizabeth, E. Francis Cook, E. John Orav, et al.. (1992). Contralateral breast cancer: clinical characteristics and impact on prognosis. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 24. 131–132. 4 indexed citations

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Band, Vimla, Deborah A. Zajchowski, Karen Swisshelm, et al.. (1990). Tumor progression in four mammary epithelial cell lines derived from the same patient.. PubMed. 50(22). 7351–7. 155 indexed citations

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Connolly, James L., John Boyages, S J Schnitt, et al.. (1989). In Situ Carcinoma of the Breast. Annual Review of Medicine. 40(1). 173–180. 8 indexed citations

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Recht, Abram, Stuart J. Schnitt, James L. Connolly, et al.. (1989). Prognosis following local or regional recurrence after conservative surgery and radiotherapy for early stage breast carcinoma. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 16(1). 3–9. 110 indexed citations

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Stomper, Paul C., James L. Connolly, Jack E. Meyer, & Jay R. Harris. (1989). Clinically occult ductal carcinoma in situ detected with mammography: analysis of 100 cases with radiologic-pathologic correlation.. Radiology. 172(1). 235–241. 191 indexed citations

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Rose, Mary Ann, I. Craig Henderson, Rebecca Gelman, et al.. (1989). Premenopausal breast cancer patients treated with conservative surgery, radiotherapy and adjuvant chemotherapy have a low risk of local failure. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 17(4). 711–717. 62 indexed citations

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