Karen Lee

3.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
87 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Karen Lee is a scholar working on Surgery, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Karen Lee has authored 87 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Surgery, 18 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 15 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Karen Lee's work include MRI in cancer diagnosis (8 papers), Tracheal and airway disorders (7 papers) and Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (6 papers). Karen Lee is often cited by papers focused on MRI in cancer diagnosis (8 papers), Tracheal and airway disorders (7 papers) and Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (6 papers). Karen Lee collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Karen Lee's co-authors include Iván Pedrosa, Neil M. Rofsky, Aarti Sekhar, Phillip M. Boiselle, Grace Chen, Adam M. Grant, Elizabeth M. Campbell, Armin Ernst, David Feller‐Kopman and Maryellen Sun and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Nature Biotechnology.

In The Last Decade

Karen Lee

79 papers receiving 2.5k 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.

Prevalence of Incidental Pancreatic Cysts in the Adult Population on MR Imaging

2010 426 citations Karen Lee, Aarti Sekhar et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Karen Lee United States	24	831	718	555	289	283	87	2.6k
Marc S. Williams United States	37	709 0.9×	687 1.0×	741 1.3×	367 1.3×	332 1.2×	227	7.1k
Daniel C. West United States	29	347 0.4×	885 1.2×	450 0.8×	109 0.4×	193 0.7×	85	4.4k
Shinichiro Watanabe Japan	25	1.3k 1.6×	344 0.5×	406 0.7×	750 2.6×	106 0.4×	135	3.6k
P. Michele Williams United States	24	329 0.4×	454 0.6×	147 0.3×	123 0.4×	137 0.5×	52	2.1k
Yvonne Brandberg Sweden	42	1.4k 1.6×	806 1.1×	2.4k 4.3×	325 1.1×	135 0.5×	173	5.6k
Benjamin W. Lamb United Kingdom	28	631 0.8×	387 0.5×	773 1.4×	98 0.3×	94 0.3×	121	2.7k
Martina C. Cornel Netherlands	41	428 0.5×	691 1.0×	225 0.4×	221 0.8×	470 1.7×	276	6.3k
Neil Abramson United States	24	240 0.3×	260 0.4×	790 1.4×	149 0.5×	220 0.8×	64	2.9k
Mary Porteous United Kingdom	40	1.1k 1.4×	1.8k 2.5×	1.2k 2.2×	290 1.0×	198 0.7×	101	7.4k
Duncan C. Gilbert United Kingdom	28	888 1.1×	398 0.6×	460 0.8×	291 1.0×	43 0.2×	102	2.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Karen Lee

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Fields of papers citing papers by Karen Lee

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Karen Lee

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Patel, Rima, Jami Fukui, Paula Klein, et al.. (2025). Randomized phase II comparison of single-agent carboplatin versus combination of carboplatin and everolimus for advanced triple negative breast cancer. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. 214(2). 159–170.

Lee, Karen, et al.. (2025). Clinical strategies to prevent recurrence of Herpes simplex and Herpes zoster following ocular surgery: A comprehensive review with practical guidelines. Survey of Ophthalmology. 70(4). 734–755.

Kang, Min Ju, et al.. (2024). Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Negative Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy: Cerebrospinal Fluid Amyloid-β42 over Amyloid Positron Emission Tomography. The Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer s Disease. 11(4). 1041–1046. 1 indexed citations

Tsai, Leo L., et al.. (2022). Spectrum of MRI Features of Mucin-producing Neoplasms in the Abdomen and Pelvis. Radiographics. 42(2). 469–486. 5 indexed citations

Lee, Karen, et al.. (2022). Moral psychology from the lab to the wild: Relief registries as a paradigm for studying real-world altruism. PLoS ONE. 17(6). e0269469–e0269469. 1 indexed citations

Lee, Karen, et al.. (2020). Oral mucosal hyperpigmentation. JAAD Case Reports. 6(10). 993–995. 2 indexed citations

Brook, Alexander, et al.. (2020). Dark cortical rim: an MRI feature of polycystic ovarian syndrome. Abdominal Radiology. 46(3). 1148–1156. 2 indexed citations

Sekhar, Aarti, et al.. (2019). Imaging of the female urethra. Abdominal Radiology. 44(12). 3950–3961. 7 indexed citations

Lee, Karen, et al.. (2017). Clinical utility of magnetic resonance imaging in the evaluation of pregnant females with suspected acute appendicitis. Abdominal Radiology. 43(6). 1446–1455. 15 indexed citations

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Brook, Olga R., et al.. (2016). Measurement of pancreatic cystic lesions on magnetic resonance imaging: efficacy of standards in reducing inter-observer variability. Abdominal Radiology. 41(3). 500–507. 28 indexed citations

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Saxena, Ashish, et al.. (2015). Therapeutic Effects of Repurposed Therapies in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: What Is Old Is New Again. The Oncologist. 20(8). 934–945. 31 indexed citations

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Lee, Karen, et al.. (2015). Non-oncologic applications of diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) in the genitourinary system. Abdominal Imaging. 40(6). 1645–1654. 10 indexed citations

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Bishay, V., et al.. (2014). Chemoembolization with drug-eluting microspheres (DEM-TACE) for hepatocellular carcinoma: single-center review of safety and efficacy. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1. 187–187. 5 indexed citations

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Lee, Karen, et al.. (2011). Corticomedullary differentiation on T1‐Weighted MRI: Comparison between cirrhotic and noncirrhotic patients. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 35(3). 644–649. 7 indexed citations

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Pinto-Plata, Víctor, John Toso, Karen Lee, et al.. (2007). Profiling serum biomarkers in patients with COPD: associations with clinical parameters. Thorax. 62(7). 595–601. 164 indexed citations

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Boiselle, Phillip M., et al.. (2007). Resident as a Teacher. Academic Radiology. 14(11). 1422–1428. 4 indexed citations

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Hosseini, Seyed Hossein, et al.. (2006). Isoenzymatic pattern of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase and isocitrate dehydrogenase in Iranian Echinococcus granulosus. Veterinarski arhiv. 76(1). 45–52. 1 indexed citations

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Lee, Karen, Armin Ernst, David E. Trentham, et al.. (2006). Relapsing Polychondritis: Prevalence of Expiratory CT Airway Abnormalities. Radiology. 240(2). 565–573. 89 indexed citations

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Lee, Karen. (2005). Outbreak of Acute Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Infections of Two Different Genotypes Associated with an HCV-Infected Anesthetist. 5 indexed citations

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Boiselle, Phillip M., Karen Lee, & Armin Ernst. (2005). Multidetector CT of the Central Airways. Journal of Thoracic Imaging. 20(3). 186–195. 42 indexed citations

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