Jerome Cornfield

8.4k total citations · 4 hit papers
93 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

Jerome Cornfield is a scholar working on Statistics and Probability, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. According to data from OpenAlex, Jerome Cornfield has authored 93 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Statistics and Probability, 9 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 9 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. Recurrent topics in Jerome Cornfield's work include Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials (9 papers), Effects of Radiation Exposure (9 papers) and Advanced Statistical Methods and Models (5 papers). Jerome Cornfield is often cited by papers focused on Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials (9 papers), Effects of Radiation Exposure (9 papers) and Advanced Statistical Methods and Models (5 papers). Jerome Cornfield collaborates with scholars based in United States, Malaysia and Kenya. Jerome Cornfield's co-authors include William B. Kannel, William Haenszel, John W. Tukey, E. L. Wynder, Michael B. Shimkin, Edward Hammond, Abraham M. Lilienfeld, Ernest L. Wynder, Samuel W. Greenhouse and Seymour Geisser and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, New England Journal of Medicine and JAMA.

In The Last Decade

Jerome Cornfield

90 papers receiving 4.1k 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.

A multivariate analysis of the risk of coronary heart disease in Framingham

1967 701 citations Jerome Cornfield et al. profile →
Smoking and Lung Cancer: Recent Evidence and a Discussion of Some Questions

1959 597 citations Jerome Cornfield, William Haenszel et al. JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute profile →
A Method of Estimating Comparative Rates from Clinical Data. Applications to Cancer of the Lung, Breast, and Cervix

1951 523 citations Jerome Cornfield JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute profile →
SYMPOSIUM ON CHD PREVENTION TRIALS: DESIGN ISSUES IN TESTING LIFE STYLE INTERVENTION

1978 402 citations Jerome Cornfield American Journal of Epidemiology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jerome Cornfield United States	32	1.5k	458	454	375	375	93	5.0k
James E. Grizzle United States	24	1.4k 0.9×	153 0.3×	274 0.6×	159 0.4×	202 0.5×	59	4.1k
Lloyd D. Fisher United States	35	1.5k 1.0×	473 1.0×	679 1.5×	953 2.5×	212 0.6×	93	8.0k
David P. Byar United States	43	1.5k 1.0×	279 0.6×	738 1.6×	993 2.6×	354 0.9×	98	10.8k
A. Lawrence Gould United States	35	1.2k 0.8×	280 0.6×	685 1.5×	841 2.2×	304 0.8×	99	5.1k
Marvin Zelen United States	43	2.4k 1.6×	204 0.4×	955 2.1×	524 1.4×	836 2.2×	148	10.6k
A. J. Scott New Zealand	25	1.1k 0.8×	223 0.5×	442 1.0×	357 1.0×	96 0.3×	65	4.3k
William DuMouchel United States	39	1.0k 0.7×	175 0.4×	983 2.2×	303 0.8×	285 0.8×	78	7.6k
Stephen W. Lagakos United States	36	2.1k 1.4×	165 0.4×	651 1.4×	245 0.7×	304 0.8×	116	6.4k
Gerhard Hommel Germany	38	859 0.6×	270 0.6×	190 0.4×	670 1.8×	167 0.4×	115	5.4k
Irwin D. J. Bross United States	34	595 0.4×	135 0.3×	208 0.5×	567 1.5×	166 0.4×	176	4.1k

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Cornfield, Jerome. (1976). RECENT METHODOLOGICAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO CLINICAL TRIALS. American Journal of Epidemiology. 104(4). 408–421. 61 indexed citations

Cornfield, Jerome. (1976). RE: RATES AND PROPORTIONS. American Journal of Epidemiology. 104(6). 602–602. 2 indexed citations

Cornfield, Jerome, et al.. (1973). Multigroup diagnosis of electrocardiograms. Computers and Biomedical Research. 6(1). 97–120. 72 indexed citations

Cornfield, Jerome. (1970). Bayesian Estimation for Higher Order Cross-Classifications. The Milbank Memorial Fund Quarterly. 48(4). 57–57. 5 indexed citations

Cornfield, Jerome, Max Halperin, & Samuel W. Greenhouse. (1969). An Adaptive Procedure for Sequential Clinical Trials. Journal of the American Statistical Association. 64(327). 759–770. 40 indexed citations

Cornfield, Jerome. (1969). The Bayesian Outlook and Its Application. Biometrics. 25(4). 617–617. 95 indexed citations

Cornfield, Jerome, et al.. (1966). Studies of disease among migrants and native populations in Great Britain, Norway, and the United States. 3. Prevalence of cardiorespiratory symptoms among migrants and native-born in the United States.. PubMed. 19. 321–46. 24 indexed citations

Cornfield, Jerome. (1966). Sequential Trials, Sequential Analysis and the Likelihood Principle. The American Statistician. 20(2). 18–18. 40 indexed citations

BATES, ROBERT W., MARY M. GARRISON, & Jerome Cornfield. (1963). An Improved Bio-as say for Prolactin Using Adult Pigeons. Endocrinology. 73(2). 217–223. 7 indexed citations

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Smith, Willie W., George Brecher, Frederick Stohlman, & Jerome Cornfield. (1962). Toxicity of Tritiated Thymidine to Bone Marrow Transplants. Radiation Research. 16(2). 201–201. 20 indexed citations

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Smith, Willie W., Ilo M. Alderman, & Jerome Cornfield. (1961). Granulocyte release by endotoxin in normal and irradiated mice. American Journal of Physiology-Legacy Content. 201(2). 396–402. 22 indexed citations

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Cornfield, Jerome, Jesse L. Steinfeld, & Samuel W. Greenhouse. (1960). Models for the Interpretation of Experiments Using Tracer Compounds. Biometrics. 16(2). 212–212. 26 indexed citations

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Smith, Willie W. & Jerome Cornfield. (1958). Extending the Range of Dose-Effect Curves for Irradiated Mice. Science. 128(3322). 473–474. 5 indexed citations

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Duncan, Leroy E., Jerome Cornfield, & Katherin Buck. (1958). Circulation of Iodinated Albumin Through Aortic and Other Connective Tissues of the Rabbit. Circulation Research. 6(3). 244–255. 24 indexed citations

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Anderson, E., Frances E. Wherry, Roderick W. Bates, & Jerome Cornfield. (1957). A Method for Assay of Insulin Using Alloxan Diabetic Hypophysectomized Mouse. Experimental Biology and Medicine. 94(2). 321–325. 5 indexed citations

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BATES, ROBERT W., et al.. (1957). AN IMPROVED ASSAY METHOD FOR THYROTROPHIN USING DEPLETION OF I¹³¹FROM THE THYROID OF DAY-OLD CHICKS. Endocrinology. 60(2). 225–238. 33 indexed citations

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Cornfield, Jerome & John W. Tukey. (1956). Average Values of Mean Squares in Factorials. The Annals of Mathematical Statistics. 27(4). 907–949. 210 indexed citations

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Liddle, Grant W., Jerome Cornfield, Alfred G. T. Casper, & Frederic C. Bartter. (1955). THE PHYSIOLOGICAL BASIS FOR A METHOD OF ASSAYING ALDOSTERONE IN EXTRACTS OF HUMAN URINE. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 34(9). 1410–1416. 58 indexed citations

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Gilliam, Alexander G., et al.. (1953). The Statistical Association Between Smoking and Carcinoma of the Lung. JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 13(5). 1237–58. 59 indexed citations

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Burk, Dean, Jerome Cornfield, & Martin Schwartz. (1951). The Efficient Transformation of Light into Chemical Energy in Photosynthesis. 73(4). 213–223. 2 indexed citations

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