José Ramos‐Méndez

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
62 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

José Ramos‐Méndez is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Radiation and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, José Ramos‐Méndez has authored 62 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 38 papers in Radiation and 21 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in José Ramos‐Méndez's work include Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry (49 papers), Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques (22 papers) and Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies (12 papers). José Ramos‐Méndez is often cited by papers focused on Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry (49 papers), Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques (22 papers) and Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies (12 papers). José Ramos‐Méndez collaborates with scholars based in United States, Mexico and France. José Ramos‐Méndez's co-authors include Bruce Faddegon, Jan Schuemann, Harald Paganetti, Aimee L. McNamara, Joseph Perl, S. Incerti, Kathryn D. Held, Jungwook Shin, C. Villagrasa and E. Moreno and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Journal of Applied Physics and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

José Ramos‐Méndez

54 papers receiving 1.2k citations

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The TOPAS tool for particle simulation, a Monte Carlo simulation tool for physics, biology and clinical research

2020 180 citations Bruce Faddegon, José Ramos‐Méndez et al. Physica Medica profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
José Ramos‐Méndez United States	19	1.1k	821	364	180	150	62	1.2k
C. Zacharatou France	6	808 0.7×	548 0.7×	268 0.7×	163 0.9×	180 1.2×	9	994
D. Sakata Japan	16	909 0.8×	515 0.6×	242 0.7×	252 1.4×	185 1.2×	42	1.1k
Chul Hee Min South Korea	17	981 0.9×	991 1.2×	286 0.8×	75 0.4×	162 1.1×	88	1.4k
Jeremy M. C. Brown Australia	16	637 0.6×	406 0.5×	212 0.6×	213 1.2×	140 0.9×	42	938
Yusuke Matsuya Japan	17	498 0.5×	377 0.5×	297 0.8×	121 0.7×	64 0.4×	63	767
Yuki Kase Japan	22	1.6k 1.5×	1.3k 1.6×	552 1.5×	147 0.8×	392 2.6×	46	1.8k
Nina Tilly Sweden	15	443 0.4×	430 0.5×	244 0.7×	95 0.5×	87 0.6×	31	628
Thiansin Liamsuwan Sweden	12	418 0.4×	271 0.3×	121 0.3×	116 0.6×	97 0.6×	32	622
G. Baiocco Italy	14	406 0.4×	205 0.2×	186 0.5×	166 0.9×	67 0.4×	56	635
A.J. Waker Canada	16	575 0.5×	616 0.8×	229 0.6×	67 0.4×	113 0.8×	96	875

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Borys, Damian, et al.. (2025). Effect of FLASH dose-rate and oxygen concentration in the production of H₂O₂ in cellular-like media versus water: a Monte Carlo track-structure study. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 70(2). 25014–25014. 2 indexed citations

Ramos‐Méndez, José, et al.. (2025). Evaluation of nanodosimetric quantities for ion radiotherapy treatment planning based on the degree of association of survival with cluster dose. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 70(19). 195004–195004.

Ramos‐Méndez, José, et al.. (2024). Tumor growth and vascular redistribution contributes to the dosimetric preferential effect of microbeam radiotherapy: a Monte Carlo study. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 26585–26585.

Shin, Wook‐Geun, José Ramos‐Méndez, Jay A. LaVerne, et al.. (2024). Investigation of hydrogen peroxide yields and oxygen consumption in high dose rate irradiation: a TOPAS-nBio Monte Carlo study. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 70(1). 15012–15012. 2 indexed citations

Sawkey, D, et al.. (2024). An interface tool to parametrize treatment plans for the TrueBeam radiotherapy system into TOPAS parameter control files for Monte Carlo simulation. Physica Medica. 124. 104485–104485.

Faddegon, Bruce, S. Incerti, Hoang Ngoc Tran, et al.. (2024). Lithium inelastic cross-sections and their impact on micro and nano dosimetry of boron neutron capture. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 69(14). 145016–145016.

Yang, Han, Changran Geng, Mingzhu Li, et al.. (2023). Microdosimetric analysis for boron neutron capture therapy via Monte Carlo track structure simulation with modified lithium cross-sections. Radiation Physics and Chemistry. 209. 110956–110956. 5 indexed citations

Ramos‐Méndez, José, et al.. (2023). Cellular lethal damage of 64Cu incorporated in mammalian genome evaluated with Monte Carlo methods. Frontiers in Medicine. 10. 1253746–1253746. 2 indexed citations

Faddegon, Bruce, Eleanor A. Blakely, Lucas Burigo, et al.. (2023). Ionization detail parameters and cluster dose: a mathematical model for selection of nanodosimetric quantities for use in treatment planning in charged particle radiotherapy. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 68(17). 175013–175013. 13 indexed citations

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Durán, Juan A., Wook‐Geun Shin, José Ramos‐Méndez, et al.. (2023). GEANT4-DNA simulation of temperature-dependent and pH-dependent yields of chemical radiolytic species. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 68(12). 124002–124002. 2 indexed citations

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LaVerne, Jay A., et al.. (2023). An integrated Monte Carlo track-structure simulation framework for modeling inter and intra-track effects on homogenous chemistry. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 68(12). 125008–125008. 17 indexed citations

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Bertolet, Alejandro, José Ramos‐Méndez, Aimee L. McNamara, et al.. (2022). Impact of DNA Geometry and Scoring on Monte Carlo Track-Structure Simulations of Initial Radiation-Induced Damage. Radiation Research. 198(3). 207–220. 18 indexed citations

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Bertolet, Alejandro, José Ramos‐Méndez, Harald Paganetti, & Jan Schuemann. (2021). The relation between microdosimetry and induction of direct damage to DNA by alpha particles. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 66(15). 155016–155016. 16 indexed citations

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Kim, Michele M., Arash Darafsheh, Jan Schuemann, et al.. (2021). Development of Ultra-High Dose-Rate (FLASH) Particle Therapy. IEEE Transactions on Radiation and Plasma Medical Sciences. 6(3). 252–262. 36 indexed citations

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Ma, Yunzhi, et al.. (2021). Validation of the TOPAS Monte Carlo toolkit for HDR brachytherapy simulations. Brachytherapy. 20(4). 911–921. 18 indexed citations

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Ramos‐Méndez, José, et al.. (2020). Monte Carlo track-structure for the radionuclide Copper-64: characterization of S-values, nanodosimetry and quantification of direct damage to DNA. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 65(15). 155005–155005. 6 indexed citations

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Ramos‐Méndez, José, Wook‐Geun Shin, M. Karamitros, et al.. (2020). Independent reaction times method in Geant4‐DNA: Implementation and performance. Medical Physics. 47(11). 5919–5930. 43 indexed citations

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Rudek, Benedikt, Aimee L. McNamara, José Ramos‐Méndez, et al.. (2019). Radio-enhancement by gold nanoparticles and their impact on water radiolysis for x-ray, proton and carbon-ion beams. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 64(17). 175005–175005. 40 indexed citations

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McNamara, Aimee L., José Ramos‐Méndez, Joseph Perl, et al.. (2018). Geometrical structures for radiation biology research as implemented in the TOPAS-nBio toolkit. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 63(17). 175018–175018. 38 indexed citations

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Ramos‐Méndez, José, Pierluigi Piersimoni, Valentina Giacometti, et al.. (2015). SU‐E‐J‐148: Tools for Development of 4D Proton CT. Medical Physics. 42(6Part9). 3298–3299. 1 indexed citations

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