John Commins

2.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
21 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

John Commins is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, John Commins has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 7 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 6 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in John Commins's work include Nutritional Studies and Diet (10 papers), Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (6 papers) and Diet and metabolism studies (5 papers). John Commins is often cited by papers focused on Nutritional Studies and Diet (10 papers), Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (6 papers) and Diet and metabolism studies (5 papers). John Commins collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Israel. John Commins's co-authors include Martin C. Tammemägi, William G. Hocking, Paul A. Kvale, Christine D. Berg, Timothy R. Church, Gerard A. Silvestri, Neil E. Caporaso, Tom Riley, Hormuzd A. Katki and Anil K. Chaturvedi and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition and JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

In The Last Decade

John Commins

19 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

Selection Criteria for Lung-Cancer Screening 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 2014 200 400 600
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.

  1. Selection Criteria for Lung-Cancer Screening
    2013 635 citations Martin C. Tammemägi, Hormuzd A. Katki et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →
  2. Pooled Results From 5 Validation Studies of Dietary Self-Report Instruments Using Recovery Biomarkers for Energy and Protein Intake
    2014 363 citations Laurence S. Freedman, John Commins et al. American Journal of Epidemiology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
John Commins United States 12 1.0k 542 436 383 285 21 1.9k
Christina D. Williams United States 23 449 0.4× 216 0.4× 637 1.5× 77 0.2× 93 0.3× 64 1.4k
Atsuko Sadakane Japan 25 633 0.6× 234 0.4× 203 0.5× 537 1.4× 123 0.4× 42 1.7k
Katrien Van Puyvelde Belgium 13 299 0.3× 206 0.4× 415 1.0× 50 0.1× 693 2.4× 22 1.6k
THOMAS RZEPKA United States 8 292 0.3× 360 0.7× 433 1.0× 37 0.1× 149 0.5× 9 1.2k
Caldwell B. Esselstyn United States 23 376 0.4× 263 0.5× 463 1.1× 88 0.2× 261 0.9× 75 1.8k
Clare Shaw United Kingdom 19 156 0.2× 97 0.2× 509 1.2× 100 0.3× 416 1.5× 58 1.1k
Tempei Miyaji Japan 15 370 0.4× 97 0.2× 350 0.8× 87 0.2× 73 0.3× 57 1.0k
Jeong-Soo Im South Korea 10 294 0.3× 86 0.2× 391 0.9× 69 0.2× 76 0.3× 19 988
Ronald J. Maggiore United States 21 330 0.3× 183 0.3× 532 1.2× 58 0.2× 216 0.8× 46 1.2k
Srinivas Gaddam United States 30 1.6k 1.6× 104 0.2× 938 2.2× 181 0.5× 420 1.5× 165 3.4k

Countries citing papers authored by John Commins

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Fields of papers citing papers by John Commins

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Commins

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of John Commins. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of John Commins based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with John Commins. John Commins is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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O’Brien, Diane M., Laurence S. Freedman, Patrícia Rivera, et al.. (2025). Urine Stable Isotope Ratios Are Associated with Proportional Intakes of Animal Protein and Added Sugars in a 15-Day Controlled Feeding Study. Journal of Nutrition. 155(11). 3949–3956.
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O’Brien, Diane M., Laurence S. Freedman, Patrícia Rivera, et al.. (2024). The carbon isotope ratio of breath is elevated by short-term and long-term added sugar and animal protein intake in a controlled feeding study. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 120(3). 630–637. 1 indexed citations
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Tasevska, Natasha, Susana A. Palma-Duran, Virág Sági‐Kiss, et al.. (2023). Urinary Sucrose and Fructose From Spot Urine May Be Used as a Predictive Biomarker of Total Sugar Intake–Findings From a Controlled Feeding Study. Journal of Nutrition. 153(6). 1816–1824. 3 indexed citations
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Sági‐Kiss, Virág, Susana A. Palma-Duran, John Commins, et al.. (2022). Evaluating a Model of Added Sugar Intake Based on Amino Acid Carbon Isotope Ratios in a Controlled Feeding Study of U.S. Adults. Nutrients. 14(20). 4308–4308. 3 indexed citations
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Tasevska, Natasha, Virág Sági‐Kiss, Susana A. Palma-Duran, et al.. (2021). Investigating the performance of 24-h urinary sucrose and fructose as a biomarker of total sugars intake in US participants – a controlled feeding study. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 114(2). 721–730. 9 indexed citations
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Tammemägi, Martin C., Kevin ten Haaf, Iakovos Toumazis, et al.. (2019). Development and Validation of a Multivariable Lung Cancer Risk Prediction Model That Includes Low-Dose Computed Tomography Screening Results. JAMA Network Open. 2(3). e190204–e190204. 69 indexed citations
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Warkentin, Matthew T., Martin C. Tammemägi, Matthew T. Freedman, et al.. (2018). Factors Associated With Small Aggressive Non–Small Cell Lung Cancers in the National Lung Screening Trial: A Validation Study. JNCI Cancer Spectrum. 2(1). pkx010–pkx010. 3 indexed citations
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Freedman, Laurence S., John Commins, James E. Moler, et al.. (2015). Pooled Results From 5 Validation Studies of Dietary Self-Report Instruments Using Recovery Biomarkers for Potassium and Sodium Intake. American Journal of Epidemiology. 181(7). 473–487. 193 indexed citations
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Freedman, Laurence S., Douglas Midthune, Raymond J. Carroll, et al.. (2015). Application of a New Statistical Model for Measurement Error to the Evaluation of Dietary Self-report Instruments. Epidemiology. 26(6). 925–933. 15 indexed citations
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Tammemägi, Martin C., Timothy R. Church, William G. Hocking, et al.. (2014). Evaluation of the Lung Cancer Risks at Which to Screen Ever- and Never-Smokers: Screening Rules Applied to the PLCO and NLST Cohorts. PLoS Medicine. 11(12). e1001764–e1001764. 202 indexed citations
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Freedman, Laurence S., John Commins, James E. Moler, et al.. (2014). Pooled Results From 5 Validation Studies of Dietary Self-Report Instruments Using Recovery Biomarkers for Energy and Protein Intake. American Journal of Epidemiology. 180(2). 172–188. 363 indexed citations breakdown →
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Partridge, Edward E., Robert T. Greenlee, Thomas L. Riley, et al.. (2013). Assessing the Risk of Ovarian Malignancy in Asymptomatic Women With Abnormal CA 125 and Transvaginal Ultrasound Scans in the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian Screening Trial. Obstetrics and Gynecology. 121(1). 25–31. 21 indexed citations
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Tammemägi, Martin C., Hormuzd A. Katki, William G. Hocking, et al.. (2013). Selection Criteria for Lung-Cancer Screening. New England Journal of Medicine. 368(8). 728–736. 635 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hocking, William G., Martin C. Tammemägi, John Commins, et al.. (2013). Diagnostic evaluation following a positive lung screening chest radiograph in the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, Ovarian (PLCO) Cancer Screening Trial. Lung Cancer. 82(2). 238–244. 9 indexed citations
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Greenlee, Robert T., John Commins, Thomas L. Riley, et al.. (2013). Prevalence, Incidence, and Natural History of Complex Ovarian Cysts in a Cohort of Older Women. Annals of Epidemiology. 23(9). 586–587. 1 indexed citations
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McCarty, Catherine A., Douglas J. Reding, John Commins, et al.. (2012). Alcohol, genetics and risk of breast cancer in the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal and Ovarian (PLCO) Cancer Screening Trial. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. 133(2). 785–792. 16 indexed citations
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Commins, John, Edward E. Partridge, Thomas L. Riley, et al.. (2011). Longitudinal evaluation of CA-125 velocity and prediction of ovarian cancer. Gynecologic Oncology. 125(1). 70–74. 14 indexed citations
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Tammemägi, Martin C., Paul F. Pinsky, Neil E. Caporaso, et al.. (2011). Lung Cancer Risk Prediction: Prostate, Lung, Colorectal and Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial Models and Validation. JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 103(13). 1058–1068. 209 indexed citations
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Hocking, William G., Ping Hu, Martin M. Oken, et al.. (2010). Lung Cancer Screening in the Randomized Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian (PLCO) Cancer Screening Trial. JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 102(10). 722–731. 71 indexed citations
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Nyante, Sarah J., Amanda Black, Aimée R. Kreimer, et al.. (2010). Pathologic findings following false-positive screening tests for ovarian cancer in the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal and Ovarian (PLCO) cancer screening trial. Gynecologic Oncology. 120(3). 474–479. 7 indexed citations

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