L. Sylvia

103.3k total citations · 10 hit papers
566 papers, 31.1k citations indexed

About

L. Sylvia is a scholar working on Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Surgery and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, L. Sylvia has authored 566 papers receiving a total of 31.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 342 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, 148 papers in Surgery and 137 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in L. Sylvia's work include Pituitary Gland Disorders and Treatments (194 papers), Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Advances (116 papers) and Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (103 papers). L. Sylvia is often cited by papers focused on Pituitary Gland Disorders and Treatments (194 papers), Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Advances (116 papers) and Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (103 papers). L. Sylvia collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Japan. L. Sylvia's co-authors include Shereen Ezzat, Özgür Mete, Kálmán Kovács, Daniel J. Drucker, Jeremy L. Freeman, Patricia L. Brubaker, Tetsuo Kondo, Virginia A. LiVolsi, Éva Horváth and Harley S. Smyth and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

L. Sylvia

557 papers receiving 30.4k citations

Hit Papers

Revised American Thyroid ... 1996 2026 2006 2016 2015 2004 2016 1996 2006 400 800 1.2k
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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.

  1. Revised American Thyroid Association Guidelines for the Management of Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma
    2015 1.4k citations L. Sylvia et al. profile →
  2. The prevalence of pituitary adenomas
    2004 925 citations Shereen Ezzat, L. Sylvia et al. profile →
  3. The American Association of Endocrine Surgeons Guidelines for Definitive Management of Primary Hyperparathyroidism
    2016 770 citations L. Sylvia et al. profile →
  4. Induction of intestinal epithelial proliferation by glucagon-like peptide 2.
    1996 711 citations Daniel J. Drucker, L. Sylvia et al. profile →
  5. Pathogenetic mechanisms in thyroid follicular-cell neoplasia
    2006 708 citations Tetsuo Kondo, Shereen Ezzat et al. profile →
  6. American Thyroid Association Guidelines for Management of Patients with Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer
    2012 691 citations L. Sylvia, James D. Brierley et al. profile →
  7. Overview of the 2022 WHO Classification of Thyroid Neoplasms
    2022 616 citations L. Sylvia et al. profile →
  8. Overview of the 2022 WHO Classification of Neuroendocrine Neoplasms
    2022 486 citations Shereen Ezzat, L. Sylvia et al. profile →
  9. Overview of the 2022 WHO Classification of Pituitary Tumors
    2022 286 citations L. Sylvia et al. profile →
  10. Overview of the 2022 WHO Classification of Paragangliomas and Pheochromocytomas
    2022 202 citations L. Sylvia et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
L. Sylvia 19.1k 9.1k 7.3k 5.7k 5.4k 566 31.1k
Шломо Мелмед 23.1k 1.2× 7.5k 0.8× 6.7k 0.9× 6.0k 1.1× 3.3k 0.6× 477 31.2k
Ricardo V. Lloyd 10.3k 0.5× 6.0k 0.7× 6.1k 0.8× 6.5k 1.1× 6.2k 1.2× 529 24.6k
Shereen Ezzat 11.1k 0.6× 4.4k 0.5× 4.2k 0.6× 3.1k 0.5× 2.5k 0.5× 317 16.4k
Hironobu Sasano 9.4k 0.5× 7.3k 0.8× 11.1k 1.5× 2.9k 0.5× 8.2k 1.5× 1.2k 36.3k
John Wass 14.4k 0.8× 6.2k 0.7× 3.3k 0.5× 3.5k 0.6× 1.2k 0.2× 358 20.9k
Johannes W. A. Smit 12.5k 0.7× 5.1k 0.6× 3.9k 0.5× 3.2k 0.6× 2.1k 0.4× 493 22.1k
Edward R. Laws 19.0k 1.0× 11.1k 1.2× 2.5k 0.3× 9.5k 1.7× 1.2k 0.2× 627 32.4k
Mauro Papotti 5.7k 0.3× 4.0k 0.4× 2.5k 0.3× 5.5k 1.0× 5.8k 1.1× 382 17.1k
Akira Miyauchi 16.5k 0.9× 11.7k 1.3× 3.9k 0.5× 2.6k 0.5× 3.2k 0.6× 772 24.8k
Samuel A. Wells 8.1k 0.4× 3.9k 0.4× 3.7k 0.5× 4.1k 0.7× 4.7k 0.9× 256 16.2k

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All Works

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Fu, Pingfu, et al.. (2024). Machine Vision–Detected Peritumoral Lymphocytic Aggregates Are Associated With Disease-Free Survival in Patients With Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma. Laboratory Investigation. 104(12). 102168–102168. 2 indexed citations
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Jain, Prantesh, et al.. (2021). Nasopharyngeal neuroendocrine neoplasms: Systematic review of the literature and case presentation. Journal of Neuroendocrinology. 33(8). e13005–e13005. 3 indexed citations
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Tateno, Toru, Lei Zheng, Katsuhiko Yoshimoto, et al.. (2014). FGFR4 Polymorphic Variants Modulate Phenotypic Features of Cushing Disease. Molecular Endocrinology. 28(4). 525–533. 14 indexed citations
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Guo, Miao, Wei Liu, Stefano Serra, L. Sylvia, & Shereen Ezzat. (2012). FGFR2 Isoforms Support Epithelial–Stromal Interactions in Thyroid Cancer Progression. Cancer Research. 72(8). 2017–2027. 22 indexed citations
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Sawka, Anna M., Sharon E. Straus, Lorne Rotstein, et al.. (2012). Randomized Controlled Trial of a Computerized Decision Aid on Adjuvant Radioactive Iodine Treatment for Patients With Early-Stage Papillary Thyroid Cancer. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 30(23). 2906–2911. 37 indexed citations
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Serra, Stefano, Lei Zheng, Manal M. Hassan, et al.. (2012). The FGFR4-G388R Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism Alters Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor Progression and Response to mTOR Inhibition Therapy. Cancer Research. 72(22). 5683–5691. 40 indexed citations
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Richardson, Douglas S., Taranjit S. Gujral, Susan Peng, L. Sylvia, & Lois M. Mulligan. (2009). Transcript Level Modulates the Inherent Oncogenicity of RET/PTC Oncoproteins. Cancer Research. 69(11). 4861–4869. 42 indexed citations
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Sylvia, L., et al.. (2008). Ikaros Modulates Cholesterol Uptake: A Link between Tumor Suppression and Differentiation. Cancer Research. 68(10). 3715–3723. 20 indexed citations
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Liu, Wei, Sonia Cheng, L. Sylvia, & Shereen Ezzat. (2008). The Melanoma-Associated Antigen A3 Mediates Fibronectin-Controlled Cancer Progression and Metastasis. Cancer Research. 68(19). 8104–8112. 113 indexed citations
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Sylvia, L., Jing Jiang, Kimberly Loesch, et al.. (2007). A Growth Hormone Receptor Mutation Impairs Growth Hormone Autofeedback Signaling in Pituitary Tumors. Cancer Research. 67(15). 7505–7511. 49 indexed citations
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Khoo, Mark L. C., Shereen Ezzat, Jeremy L. Freeman, & L. Sylvia. (2002). Cyclin D1 Protein Expression Predicts Metastatic Behavior in Thyroid Papillary Microcarcinomas But Is Not Associated with Gene Amplification. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 87(4). 1810–1813. 76 indexed citations
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Khoo, Mark L. C., Nigel Beasley, Shereen Ezzat, Jeremy L. Freeman, & L. Sylvia. (2002). Overexpression of Cyclin D1 and Underexpression of p27 Predict Lymph Node Metastases in Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 87(4). 1814–1818. 118 indexed citations
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Ezzat, Shereen, et al.. (2002). Targeted expression of a human pituitary tumor–derived isoform of FGF receptor-4 recapitulates pituitary tumorigenesis. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 109(1). 69–78. 11 indexed citations
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Brubaker, Patricia L., Daniel J. Drucker, L. Sylvia, et al.. (2002). Prolonged Gastrointestinal Transit in a Patient with a Glucagon-Like Peptide (GLP)-1- and -2-Producing Neuroendocrine Tumor. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 87(7). 3078–3083. 28 indexed citations
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Batt, Jane, et al.. (2002). Pituitary, Pancreatic and Gut Neuroendocrine Defects in Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase- Sigma-Deficient Mice. Molecular Endocrinology. 16(1). 155–169. 25 indexed citations
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Roh, Meejeon, Andrew J. Paterson, L. Sylvia, Edward Chin, & Jeffrey E. Kudlow. (2001). Stage-Sensitive Blockade of Pituitary Somatomammotrope Development by Targeted Expression of a Dominant Negative Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor in Transgenic Mice. Molecular Endocrinology. 15(4). 600–613. 29 indexed citations
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Cheung, Carol C., Shereen Ezzat, Harley S. Smyth, & L. Sylvia. (2001). The Spectrum and Significance of Primary Hypophysitis. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 86(3). 1048–1053. 138 indexed citations
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Brubaker, Patricia L., et al.. (1998). Nutrient and Peptide Regulation of Somatostatin-28 Secretion from Intestinal Cultures1. Endocrinology. 139(1). 148–155. 8 indexed citations
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Sylvia, L., et al.. (1997). Altered Expression of Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptors in Human Pituitary Adenomas. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 82(4). 1160–1166. 98 indexed citations

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