John C. Flíckinger

49.2k total citations · 5 hit papers
645 papers, 34.2k citations indexed

About

John C. Flíckinger is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Neurology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, John C. Flíckinger has authored 645 papers receiving a total of 34.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 325 papers in Epidemiology, 299 papers in Neurology and 174 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in John C. Flíckinger's work include Meningioma and schwannoma management (310 papers), Vascular Malformations Diagnosis and Treatment (180 papers) and Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment (171 papers). John C. Flíckinger is often cited by papers focused on Meningioma and schwannoma management (310 papers), Vascular Malformations Diagnosis and Treatment (180 papers) and Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment (171 papers). John C. Flíckinger collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and South Korea. John C. Flíckinger's co-authors include L. Dade Lunsford, Douglas Kondziolka, Ajay Niranjan, Ann Maitz, Bruce E. Pollock, Hideyuki Kano, David J. Bissonette, Douglas Kondziolka, Robert J. Coffey and Jason P. Sheehan and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of Clinical Oncology and Neurology.

In The Last Decade

John C. Flíckinger

631 papers receiving 32.8k 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.

Stereotactic radiosurgery plus whole brain radiotherapy versus radiotherapy alone for patients with multiple brain metastases

1999 739 citations Douglas Kondziolka, L. Dade Lunsford et al. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics profile →
Stereotactic radiosurgery for arteriovenous malformations of the brain

1991 558 citations L. Dade Lunsford, Douglas Kondziolka et al. profile →
A multi-institutional experience with stereotactic radiosurgery for solitary brain metastasis

1994 540 citations John C. Flíckinger, Douglas Kondziolka et al. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics profile →
Long-Term Outcomes after Radiosurgery for Acoustic Neuromas

1998 518 citations Douglas Kondziolka, L. Dade Lunsford et al. profile →
International Spine Radiosurgery Consortium Consensus Guidelines for Target Volume Definition in Spinal Stereotactic Radiosurgery

2012 397 citations Peter C. Gerszten, John C. Flíckinger et al. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
John C. Flíckinger United States	102	17.6k	17.5k	9.6k	9.1k	7.0k	645	34.2k
L. Dade Lunsford United States	97	18.1k 1.0×	16.6k 0.9×	8.1k 0.8×	9.3k 1.0×	6.0k 0.9×	756	33.4k
Douglas Kondziolka United States	98	18.6k 1.1×	15.6k 0.9×	9.1k 1.0×	10.0k 1.1×	5.2k 0.7×	744	35.0k
Jason P. Sheehan United States	64	6.9k 0.4×	6.0k 0.3×	3.6k 0.4×	4.5k 0.5×	4.2k 0.6×	606	17.7k
Bruce E. Pollock United States	68	8.6k 0.5×	7.3k 0.4×	3.0k 0.3×	3.5k 0.4×	2.5k 0.4×	269	14.4k
Ajay Niranjan United States	56	5.8k 0.3×	6.0k 0.3×	2.6k 0.3×	2.7k 0.3×	1.9k 0.3×	323	10.4k
John H. Suh United States	57	1.4k 0.1×	3.4k 0.2×	8.5k 0.9×	6.2k 0.7×	3.0k 0.4×	453	13.6k
Robert L. Foote United States	60	2.9k 0.2×	3.9k 0.2×	3.2k 0.3×	1.0k 0.1×	4.0k 0.6×	305	11.3k
Edward G. Shaw United States	64	2.4k 0.1×	3.4k 0.2×	6.1k 0.6×	6.9k 0.8×	1.5k 0.2×	217	12.3k
Andrew T. Parsa United States	64	3.8k 0.2×	5.0k 0.3×	2.3k 0.2×	6.5k 0.7×	2.8k 0.4×	270	16.1k
Normand Laperrière Canada	55	2.0k 0.1×	2.2k 0.1×	4.0k 0.4×	5.7k 0.6×	1.8k 0.3×	280	10.2k

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Niranjan, Ajay, Hansen Deng, John C. Flíckinger, et al.. (2025). The 35-Year Evolution of Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Meningiomas. Neurosurgery. 98(3). 543–551.

Tang, Anthony, et al.. (2024). Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Patients with Spinal Metastases from Thyroid Cancer: A 20-Year Experience. World Neurosurgery. 185. e653–e661. 7 indexed citations

Bin-Alamer, Othman, Anthony Tang, Ajay Niranjan, et al.. (2024). Repeat stereotactic radiosurgery for progressive vestibular schwannomas after primary gamma knife radiosurgery. Journal of Neuro-Oncology. 169(3). 591–599. 1 indexed citations

Bin-Alamer, Othman, et al.. (2024). Multistaged Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Complex Large Lobar Arteriovenous Malformations: A Case Series. Neurosurgery. 96(1). 223–232.

DeCamp, Malcolm M., John C. Flíckinger, Damian Silbermins, et al.. (2024). Evaluation of Anti-Angiogenic Therapy Combined with Immunotherapy and Chemotherapy as a Strategy to Treat Locally Advanced and Metastatic Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer. Cancers. 16(24). 4207–4207. 2 indexed citations

Decamp, M, Maria Tria Tirona, Thomas W. Wright, et al.. (2024). Role of consolidative thoracic and prophylactic cranial radiation in extensive stage small cell lung cancer in chemo-immunotherapy era. Radiotherapy and Oncology. 202. 110619–110619. 2 indexed citations

Wei, Zhishuo, Greg Bednarz, John C. Flíckinger, et al.. (2024). Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Patients with Brain Metastases from Hepatopancreaticobiliary Cancers. Cancers. 16(9). 1665–1665.

Scheurer, Michael E., Renke Zhou, Mark R. Gilbert, et al.. (2022). Germline polymorphisms in MGMT associated with temozolomide-related myelotoxicity risk in patients with glioblastoma treated on NRG Oncology/RTOG 0825. Neuro-Oncology Advances. 4(1). vdac152–vdac152.

Ogino, Akiyoshi, Daniel A. Tonetti, John C. Flíckinger, L. Dade Lunsford, & Hideyuki Kano. (2020). Clinico-Radiologic Outcomes After Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Patients with Complex High-Risk Multiple Arteriovenous Malformations. World Neurosurgery. 144. e244–e252. 4 indexed citations

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Faramand, Andrew, Hideyuki Kano, Ajay Niranjan, et al.. (2019). Tumor Control and Cranial Nerve Outcomes After Adjuvant Radiosurgery for Low-Grade Skull Base Meningiomas. World Neurosurgery. 127. e221–e229. 22 indexed citations

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Johnson, Stephen A., Hideyuki Kano, Andrew Faramand, et al.. (2019). Long term results of primary radiosurgery for vestibular schwannomas. Journal of Neuro-Oncology. 145(2). 247–255. 58 indexed citations

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Varlotto, John M., John C. Flíckinger, Malcolm M. DeCamp, et al.. (2018). Population‐based differences in the outcome and presentation of lung cancer patients based upon racial, histologic, and economic factors in all lung patients and those with metastatic disease. Cancer Medicine. 7(4). 1211–1220. 23 indexed citations

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Faramand, Andrew, Hideyuki Kano, Stephen A. Johnson, et al.. (2018). CT versus MR Imaging in Estimating Cochlear Radiation Dose during Gamma Knife Surgery for Vestibular Schwannomas. American Journal of Neuroradiology. 39(10). 1907–1911. 2 indexed citations

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Zussman, Benjamin, et al.. (2017). Stereotactic radiosurgery for intradural spine tumors using cone-beam CT image guidance. Neurosurgical FOCUS. 42(1). E11–E11. 11 indexed citations

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Ling, Diane C., John C. Flíckinger, S.A. Burton, et al.. (2017). Long-Term Outcomes After Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Spine Metastases: Radiation Dose Response for Late Toxicity. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 99(2). S157–S158.

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Kano, Hideyuki, Huai‐Che Yang, Douglas Kondziolka, et al.. (2010). Stereotactic radiosurgery for pediatric recurrent intracranial ependymomas. Journal of Neurosurgery Pediatrics. 6(5). 417–423. 45 indexed citations

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Hasegawa, Toshinori, Douglas Kondziolka, John C. Flíckinger, Anand V. Germanwala, & L. Dade Lunsford. (2003). Brain Metastases Treated with Radiosurgery Alone: An Alternative to Whole Brain Radiotherapy?. Neurosurgery. 52(6). 1318–1326. 141 indexed citations

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Hasegawa, Toshinori, Douglas Kondziolka, Constantinos G. Hadjipanayis, John C. Flíckinger, & L. Dade Lunsford. (2002). The Role of Radiosurgery for the Treatment of Pineal Parenchymal Tumors. Neurosurgery. 51(4). 880–889. 13 indexed citations

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Thompson, Todd P., Timothy F. Witham, Dade Lunsford, Douglas Kondziolka, & John C. Flíckinger. (2000). Stereotactic Radiosurgery. Contemporary Neurosurgery. 22(7). 2–5. 1 indexed citations

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Ld, Lunsford, Douglas Kondziolka, & John C. Flíckinger. (1992). Stereotactic radiosurgery: current spectrum and results.. PubMed. 38. 405–44. 12 indexed citations

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