Kristin Higgins

7.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
223 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Kristin Higgins is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kristin Higgins has authored 223 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 117 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 82 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 65 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Kristin Higgins's work include Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (82 papers), Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations (55 papers) and Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques (49 papers). Kristin Higgins is often cited by papers focused on Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (82 papers), Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations (55 papers) and Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques (49 papers). Kristin Higgins collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Netherlands. Kristin Higgins's co-authors include Nabil F. Saba, Walter J. Curran, Conor Steuer, Mark W. El‐Deiry, Xiaofeng Yang, Yang Lei, Suresh S. Ramalingam, Tonghe Wang, Jonathan J. Beitler and Theresa Gillespie and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Journal of Clinical Oncology and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Kristin Higgins

213 papers receiving 4.8k 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.

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kristin Higgins United States	39	2.2k	1.5k	1.4k	939	813	223	4.8k
Anurag K. Singh United States	41	2.5k 1.1×	1.3k 0.9×	1.2k 0.9×	678 0.7×	899 1.1×	249	5.0k
Barbara Alicja Jereczek‐Fossa Italy	40	3.1k 1.4×	1.5k 1.0×	1.7k 1.2×	1.0k 1.1×	1.2k 1.4×	347	6.3k
Hans C. Steinert Switzerland	39	2.4k 1.1×	1.5k 1.0×	2.9k 2.1×	617 0.7×	994 1.2×	99	6.0k
Tejpal Gupta India	33	1.7k 0.8×	879 0.6×	849 0.6×	1.6k 1.7×	1.2k 1.5×	300	4.5k
Mathias Bressel Australia	35	1.7k 0.8×	1.4k 0.9×	1.0k 0.7×	298 0.3×	789 1.0×	184	3.8k
J.H.A.M. Kaanders Netherlands	34	1.2k 0.6×	899 0.6×	866 0.6×	1.0k 1.1×	794 1.0×	106	3.6k
Lorenzo Livi Italy	36	2.6k 1.2×	1.7k 1.1×	1.5k 1.1×	558 0.6×	1.2k 1.4×	391	6.0k
Rathan M. Subramaniam United States	44	1.8k 0.8×	1.4k 1.0×	3.2k 2.3×	1.4k 1.4×	1.4k 1.7×	303	7.1k
Jonathan J. Beitler United States	41	1.9k 0.9×	2.0k 1.3×	974 0.7×	3.2k 3.4×	2.7k 3.3×	191	6.2k
G. Brandon Gunn United States	45	2.8k 1.3×	1.8k 1.2×	1.1k 0.8×	3.2k 3.4×	1.9k 2.4×	288	6.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kristin Higgins

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Chang, Chih‐Wei, Sibo Tian, Yuan Shao, et al.. (2025). Comparison of proton and photon therapy in stereotactic arrhythmia radioablation for ventricular tachycardia. Physics and Imaging in Radiation Oncology. 35. 100807–100807.

Iyengar, Puneeth, Chen Hu, Daniel R. Gomez, et al.. (2024). NRG-LU002: Randomized phase II/III trial of maintenance systemic therapy versus local consolidative therapy (LCT) plus maintenance systemic therapy for limited metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 42(16_suppl). 8506–8506. 30 indexed citations

Harms, Joseph, Eduard Schreibmann, Neal S. McCall, et al.. (2023). Cardiac motion and its dosimetric impact during radioablation for refractory ventricular tachycardia. Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics. 24(6). e13925–e13925. 8 indexed citations

Lei, Yang, Zhen Tian, Tonghe Wang, et al.. (2023). Deep learning‐based fast volumetric imaging using kV and MV projection images for lung cancer radiotherapy: A feasibility study. Medical Physics. 50(9). 5518–5527. 6 indexed citations

Qian, David C., Aparna H. Kesarwala, Joseph W. Shelton, et al.. (2023). EP08.02-37 Definitive Hypofractionated Radiation Therapy with or without Immunotherapy for Stage IIb-III NSCLC: An Institutional Experience. Journal of Thoracic Oncology. 18(11). S586–S586.

Lei, Yang, Yabo Fu, Tonghe Wang, et al.. (2023). Deformable lung 4DCT image registration via landmark‐driven cycle network. Medical Physics. 51(3). 1974–1984. 2 indexed citations

Bénali, Karim, Michael S. Lloyd, Igor Bessières, et al.. (2023). Cardiac stereotactic radiation therapy for refractory ventricular arrhythmias in patients with left ventricular assist devices. Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology. 35(1). 206–213. 2 indexed citations

Zhan, Yan, Sangchoon Jeon, Deborah Watkins Bruner, et al.. (2023). Longitudinal associations among physical activity, inflammatory markers, and quality of life in patients with head and neck cancer. Head & Neck. 45(8). 1952–1966. 2 indexed citations

Bhatia, Neal K., Soroosh Kiani, Anand Shah, et al.. (2022). Long Term Follow-Up of Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for Refractory Ventricular Tachycardia in Advanced Heart Failure Patients. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine. 9. 849113–849113. 17 indexed citations

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Livingston, Melvin D., et al.. (2022). Predictors of Discussing Lung Cancer Screening with a Health Care Provider Among Current and Former Smokers in HINTS: A Secondary Data Analysis. Cancer Control. 29. 2905548615–2905548615. 1 indexed citations

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Qian, David C., Bryan C. Ulrich, Gang Peng, et al.. (2022). Outcomes Stratification of Head and Neck Cancer Using Pre- and Post-treatment DNA Methylation From Peripheral Blood. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 115(5). 1217–1228. 1 indexed citations

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Marks, Jennifer A., Jeffrey M. Switchenko, Conor Steuer, et al.. (2021). Socioeconomic Factors Influence the Impact of Tumor HPV Status on Outcome of Patients With Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma. JCO Oncology Practice. 17(3). e313–e322. 17 indexed citations

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Higgins, Kristin, Charles B. Simone, Arya Amini, et al.. (2020). American Radium Society Appropriate Use Criteria on Radiation Therapy for Extensive-Stage SCLC. Journal of Thoracic Oncology. 16(1). 54–65. 16 indexed citations

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Kiani, Soroosh, et al.. (2020). Histopathologic and Ultrastructural Findings in Human Myocardium After Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for Recalcitrant Ventricular Tachycardia. Circulation Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology. 13(11). e008753–e008753. 31 indexed citations

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Lloyd, Michael S., Frank Schneider, Michael Hoskins, et al.. (2019). Clinical experience of stereotactic body radiation for refractory ventricular tachycardia in advanced heart failure patients. Heart Rhythm. 17(3). 415–422. 89 indexed citations

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Yang, Xiaofeng, Yang Lei, Yingzi Liu, et al.. (2019). Automatic multi-organ segmentation in thorax CT images using U-Net-GAN. 35–35. 32 indexed citations

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Lei, Yang, Dong Xu, Zhengyang Zhou, et al.. (2018). High-resolution CT Image Retrieval Using Sparse Convolutional Neural Network. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 10573. 1 indexed citations

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Yang, Xiaofeng, Tonghe Wang, Yang Lei, et al.. (2018). MRI-based attenuation correction for brain PET/MRI based on anatomic signature and machine learning. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 64(2). 25001–25001. 40 indexed citations

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Higgins, Kristin, Kelli O’Connell, Yuan Liu, et al.. (2016). National Cancer Database Analysis of Proton Versus Photon Radiation Therapy in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 97(1). 128–137. 91 indexed citations

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Kendi, Ayşe Tuba Karagülle, Kelly R. Magliocca, Amanda S. Corey, et al.. (2015). Do 18F-FDG PET/CT Parameters in Oropharyngeal and Oral Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinomas Indicate HPV Status?. Clinical Nuclear Medicine. 40(3). e196–e200. 27 indexed citations

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