John Lyman

5.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
85 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

John Lyman is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Radiation and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, John Lyman has authored 85 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 22 papers in Radiation and 13 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in John Lyman's work include Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry (29 papers), Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques (20 papers) and Vascular Malformations Diagnosis and Treatment (12 papers). John Lyman is often cited by papers focused on Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry (29 papers), Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques (20 papers) and Vascular Malformations Diagnosis and Treatment (12 papers). John Lyman collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Iran. John Lyman's co-authors include Anthony B. Wolbarst, Jacob I. Fabrikant, Kenneth A. Frankel, Cornelius A. Tobias, Mark H. Phillips, Ronald Levy, Joseph R. Castro, George T.Y. Chen, Yoshio Hosobuchi and Jeanne M. Quivey and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Applied Psychology and The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

In The Last Decade

John Lyman

79 papers receiving 3.5k citations

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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.

Complication Probability as Assessed from Dose-Volume Histograms

1985 974 citations John Lyman Radiation Research profile →
Complication Probability as Assessed from Dose-Volume Histograms

1985 433 citations John Lyman Radiation Research Supplement profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
John Lyman United States	28	2.1k	1.8k	1.5k	468	375	85	3.8k
J. Lyman United States	19	1.9k 0.9×	2.2k 1.2×	1.7k 1.2×	188 0.4×	822 2.2×	76	4.2k
Walter J. Lorenz Germany	33	751 0.4×	937 0.5×	2.7k 1.8×	479 1.0×	262 0.7×	113	4.4k
Vitali Moiseenko United States	34	3.0k 1.4×	3.3k 1.8×	2.5k 1.7×	206 0.4×	644 1.7×	163	5.8k
Michael R. Kaus United States	18	699 0.3×	594 0.3×	1.6k 1.1×	178 0.4×	321 0.9×	38	3.4k
Martin Fuß United States	27	868 0.4×	912 0.5×	697 0.5×	206 0.4×	268 0.7×	67	1.9k
Hiroaki Hoshi Japan	32	432 0.2×	1.1k 0.6×	1.5k 1.0×	256 0.5×	627 1.7×	253	3.5k
Ke Sheng United States	40	3.0k 1.5×	2.6k 1.4×	2.7k 1.8×	385 0.8×	665 1.8×	276	5.5k
Kohsuke Kudo Japan	38	516 0.2×	1.4k 0.8×	2.8k 1.9×	1.2k 2.7×	478 1.3×	266	5.3k
Marc L. Kessler United States	42	2.7k 1.3×	1.9k 1.1×	2.6k 1.8×	61 0.1×	459 1.2×	105	4.5k
Eben Alexander United States	29	405 0.2×	1.7k 0.9×	1.6k 1.0×	1.4k 3.0×	637 1.7×	59	5.8k

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Lyman, John. (1992). Normal tissue complication probabilities: Variable dose per fraction. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 22(2). 247–250. 35 indexed citations

Phillips, Mark H., Kenneth A. Frankel, John Lyman, Jacob I. Fabrikant, & Ronald Levy. (1990). Comparison of different radiation types and irradiation geometries in stereotactic radiosurgery. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 18(1). 211–220. 62 indexed citations

Kutcher, Gerald J., Chandra Burman, & John Lyman. (1990). Response to letter by Dr. Yaes. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 18(4). 975–976. 2 indexed citations

Levy, Ronald, Jacob I. Fabrikant, Kenneth A. Frankel, Mark H. Phillips, & John Lyman. (1990). Charged-Particle Radiosurgery of the Brain. Neurosurgery Clinics of North America. 1(4). 955–990. 30 indexed citations

Phillips, Mark H., Kenneth A. Frankel, John Lyman, Jacob I. Fabrikant, & Ronald Levy. (1990). Heavy Charged-Particle Stereotactic Radiosurgery: Cerebral Angiography and CT in the Treatment of Intracranial Vascular Malformations. Medical dosimetry. 15(1). 35–35. 1 indexed citations

Fabrikant, Jacob I., Ronald Levy, Mark H. Phillips, Kenneth A. Frankel, & John Lyman. (1989). Neurosurgical applications of ion beams. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms. 40-41. 1376–1384. 3 indexed citations

Lyman, John, et al.. (1989). Stereotactic frame for neuroradiology and -charged particle bragg peak radiosurgery of intracranial disorders. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 16(6). 1615–1621. 33 indexed citations

Lyman, John & Anthony B. Wolbarst. (1989). Optimization of radiation therapy, IV: A dose-volume histogram reduction algorithm. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 17(2). 433–436. 128 indexed citations

Lyman, John, Jacob I. Fabrikant, & Kenneth A. Frankel. (1985). Charged-particle stereotactic radiosurgery. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms. 10-11. 1107–1110. 15 indexed citations

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Michelson, Seth, Grace Kim, Arvin S. Glicksman, et al.. (1985). Calculation and stereotactic placement of heavy-ion beams for radiosurgery for intracranial arteriovenous malformations. PubMed Central. 889–893. 1 indexed citations

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Lyman, John. (1985). Complication Probability as Assessed from Dose-Volume Histograms. Radiation Research Supplement. 8. S13–S13. 433 indexed citations breakdown →

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Gaffey, C.T., et al.. (1981). Restriction of the spread of epileptic discharges in cats by means of Bragg peak, intracranial irradiation. The International Journal of Applied Radiation and Isotopes. 32(11). 779–784. 13 indexed citations

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Solomonow, Moshe, John Lyman, & Amos Freedy. (1977). Electrotactile two-point discrimination as a function of frequency, body site, laterality, and stimulation codes. Annals of Biomedical Engineering. 5(1). 47–60. 82 indexed citations

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Budinger, Thomas F., John Lyman, & Cornelius A. Tobias. (1972). Visual Perception of Accelerated Nitrogen Nuclei interacting with the Human Retina. Nature. 239(5369). 209–211. 39 indexed citations

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Lyman, John, et al.. (1972). Measurement of OER and RBE of a 910 MeV Helium Ion Beam, Using Cultured Cells (T-1). Radiology. 102(2). 425–428. 27 indexed citations

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Freedy, Amos, et al.. (1971). A Computer-Based Learning System for Remote Manipulator Control. IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics. SMC-1(4). 356–363. 18 indexed citations

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Lawrence, John H., et al.. (1970). Successful Treatment of Acromegaly: Metabolic and Clinical Studies in 145 Patients. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 31(2). 180–198. 93 indexed citations

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Lyman, John, et al.. (1968). PENETRATION OF HIGH-ENERGY HEAVY IONS, WITH THE INCLUSION OF COULOMB, NUCLEAR AND OTHER STOCHASTIC PROCESSES. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 4 indexed citations

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Lyman, John, et al.. (1967). Tracking Performance with Advanced and Delayed Visual Displays. Human Factors The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. 9(2). 127–132. 1 indexed citations

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Lyman, John, et al.. (1964). Heavy Ion Localization of Sensitive Embryonic Sites in Tribolium. Radiation Research. 21(4). 541–541. 4 indexed citations

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