John Butler

10.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
134 papers, 6.0k citations indexed

About

John Butler is a scholar working on Surgery, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, John Butler has authored 134 papers receiving a total of 6.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Surgery, 26 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 23 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in John Butler's work include Optical Imaging and Spectroscopy Techniques (19 papers), Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging (15 papers) and Breast Cancer Treatment Studies (10 papers). John Butler is often cited by papers focused on Optical Imaging and Spectroscopy Techniques (19 papers), Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging (15 papers) and Breast Cancer Treatment Studies (10 papers). John Butler collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Australia. John Butler's co-authors include Albert E. Cerussi, Natasha Shah, David Hsiang, Bruce J. Tromberg, Bruce J. Tromberg, Amanda Durkin, Rita S. Mehta, Judith S. Palfrey, J. David Singer and Tuan Pham and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

John Butler

124 papers receiving 5.6k 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.

Non-Invasive In Vivo Characterization of Breast Tumors Using Photon Migration Spectroscopy

2000 527 citations Bruce J. Tromberg, Natasha Shah et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
John Butler	2.6k	2.3k	976	898	880	134	6.0k
Thomas J. Farrell	2.0k 0.7×	2.0k 0.9×	191 0.2×	528 0.6×	746 0.8×	254	6.1k
Michele Follen	1.7k 0.6×	2.5k 1.1×	714 0.7×	589 0.7×	909 1.0×	200	6.6k
Thomas Beyer	7.6k 2.9×	2.5k 1.1×	800 0.8×	1.0k 1.1×	1.9k 2.1×	243	10.5k
Robert J. Baatenburg de Jong	607 0.2×	803 0.4×	2.1k 2.2×	2.5k 2.8×	1.6k 1.9×	258	8.1k
Stephen P. Povoski	683 0.3×	525 0.2×	1.3k 1.4×	1.3k 1.4×	1.0k 1.1×	142	4.1k
Fiona J. Gilbert	4.3k 1.6×	785 0.3×	2.5k 2.6×	1.0k 1.1×	2.1k 2.3×	349	12.0k
G. Scott Gazelle	619 0.2×	815 0.4×	850 0.9×	1.1k 1.2×	901 1.0×	54	4.2k
Elisabeth Cardis	2.4k 0.9×	1.0k 0.4×	391 0.4×	227 0.3×	823 0.9×	192	6.0k
C R Muirhead	2.9k 1.1×	417 0.2×	434 0.4×	323 0.4×	1.1k 1.2×	138	5.7k
Robert L. Brent	927 0.4×	271 0.1×	421 0.4×	859 1.0×	517 0.6×	268	6.7k

Countries citing papers authored by John Butler

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Butler

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Butler, John, et al.. (2025). Polarization in the COVID‐19 pandemic: The impact of vaccination status and conspiracy theories. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1551(1). 270–279. 1 indexed citations

Pizzicato, Lia, et al.. (2022). Real‐world treatment patterns, healthcare resource utilization, and cost among adults with pulmonary arterial hypertension in the United States. Pulmonary Circulation. 12(2). e12090–e12090. 14 indexed citations

MacDonald, Nicola, Michelle Lockley, Rowan Miller, et al.. (2022). Surgical management and outcomes for stage 1 malignant ovarian germ cell tumours: A UK multicentre retrospective cohort study. European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology. 271. 138–144. 5 indexed citations

Ind, Thomas, Chris Marshall, Jenneke C. Kasius, et al.. (2018). Introducing robotic radical hysterectomy for stage 1bi cervical cancer—A prospective evaluation of clinical and economic outcomes in a single UK institution. International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery. 15(1). e1970–e1970. 6 indexed citations

Butler, John, Carolynn Gildea, Jason Poole, David Meechan, & Andrew Nordin. (2015). Specialist surgery for ovarian cancer in England. Gynecologic Oncology. 138(3). 700–706. 8 indexed citations

Chen, Jeon‐Hor, Shadfar Bahri, Rita S. Mehta, et al.. (2012). Diagnostic Performance of Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Assessing Tumor Response in Patients With HER2-Negative Breast Cancer Receiving Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy is Associated With Molecular Biomarker Profile. Clinical Breast Cancer. 12(2). 110–118. 31 indexed citations

Cerussi, Albert E., et al.. (2011). Diffuse optical spectroscopic imaging correlates with final pathological response in breast cancer neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences. 369(1955). 4512–4530. 87 indexed citations

Chen, Jeon‐Hor, Shadfar Bahri, Rita S. Mehta, et al.. (2011). Breast Cancer: Evaluation of Response to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy with 3.0-T MR Imaging. Radiology. 261(3). 735–743. 63 indexed citations

Butler, John, et al.. (2010). Butler and Merkin's reinsurance law. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). 1 indexed citations

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Cerussi, Albert E., Natasha Shah, David Hsiang, et al.. (2006). In vivo absorption, scattering, and physiologic properties of 58 malignant breast tumors determined by broadband diffuse optical spectroscopy. Journal of Biomedical Optics. 11(4). 44005–44005. 339 indexed citations

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Tromberg, Bruce J., Albert E. Cerussi, Natasha Shah, et al.. (2005). Imaging in breast cancer: Diffuse optics in breast cancer: detecting tumors in pre-menopausal women and monitoring neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Breast Cancer Research. 7(6). 279–85. 204 indexed citations

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Cerussi, Albert E., Andrew J. Berger, Frédéric Bevilacqua, et al.. (2001). Sources of Absorption and Scattering Contrast for Near-Infrared Optical Mammography. Academic Radiology. 8(3). 211–218. 247 indexed citations

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Theuer, Charles P., Tom Kurosaki, Argyrios Ziogas, John Butler, & Hoda Anton‐Culver. (2000). Asian patients with gastric carcinoma in the United States exhibit unique clinical features and superior overall and cancer specific survival rates. Cancer. 89(9). 1883–1892. 88 indexed citations

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Vargas, Hernán, John Butler, Jeffrey J. Phillips, & Paul S. Dickman. (1991). Ethanol Injection of Hepatic Tumors. Journal of Investigative Surgery. 4(3). 291–298. 2 indexed citations

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Walker, Deborah, Judith S. Palfrey, John Butler, & J. David Singer. (1988). Use and sources of payment for health and community services for children with impaired mobility.. PubMed. 103(4). 411–5. 9 indexed citations

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Butler, John, Sara Rosenbaum, & Judith S. Palfrey. (1987). Ensuring Access to Health Care for Children with Disabilities. New England Journal of Medicine. 317(3). 162–165. 8 indexed citations

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Palfrey, Judith S., J. David Singer, Deborah Walker, & John Butler. (1987). Early identification of children's special needs: A study in five metropolitan communities. The Journal of Pediatrics. 111(5). 651–659. 129 indexed citations

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Singer, J. David, John Butler, & Judith S. Palfrey. (1986). Health Care Access and Use Among Handicapped Students in Five Public School Systems. Medical Care. 24(1). 1–13. 50 indexed citations

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Richmond, Julius B., et al.. (1983). Reducing Childhood Disability in the 80s. Psychiatric Services. 34(6). 507–514. 10 indexed citations

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Butler, John. (1977). Into Pennsylvania's Spiritual Abyss: The Rise and Fall of the Later Kethians, 1693-1703. The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography. 101(2). 151–170. 1 indexed citations

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