Lee M. Akst

4.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
137 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Lee M. Akst is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Physiology and Speech and Hearing. According to data from OpenAlex, Lee M. Akst has authored 137 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 80 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 64 papers in Physiology and 58 papers in Speech and Hearing. Recurrent topics in Lee M. Akst's work include Voice and Speech Disorders (60 papers), Dysphagia Assessment and Management (57 papers) and Tracheal and airway disorders (54 papers). Lee M. Akst is often cited by papers focused on Voice and Speech Disorders (60 papers), Dysphagia Assessment and Management (57 papers) and Tracheal and airway disorders (54 papers). Lee M. Akst collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Belgium. Lee M. Akst's co-authors include Alexander T. Hillel, Simon R. Best, Matthew S. Broadhurst, Steven M. Zeitels, Robert E. Hillman, James A. Burns, Jérôme R. Lechien, R. Rox Anderson, Sven Saussez and Marshall Strome and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Cancer and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Lee M. Akst

132 papers receiving 2.8k 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.

Evaluation and Management of Laryngopharyngeal Reflux Disease: State of the Art Review

2019 247 citations Jérôme R. Lechien, Lee M. Akst et al. Otolaryngology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lee M. Akst United States	30	1.6k	1.2k	1.1k	1.0k	593	137	2.9k
Milan R. Amin United States	29	1.7k 1.0×	1.6k 1.4×	1.4k 1.3×	836 0.8×	487 0.8×	138	3.0k
Albert L. Meratı United States	31	2.1k 1.3×	1.7k 1.5×	1.5k 1.4×	1.1k 1.1×	434 0.7×	133	3.4k
Timothy M. McCulloch United States	41	2.4k 1.5×	1.7k 1.5×	2.2k 2.1×	1.9k 1.8×	146 0.2×	159	4.6k
Roy R. Casiano United States	37	1.1k 0.7×	1.1k 1.0×	1.0k 1.0×	2.3k 2.2×	457 0.8×	136	4.1k
George H. Zalzal United States	32	1.7k 1.1×	874 0.8×	643 0.6×	1.1k 1.0×	68 0.1×	107	2.9k
Nancy M. Bauman United States	29	899 0.6×	518 0.4×	354 0.3×	1.6k 1.5×	149 0.3×	86	2.6k
Anna H. Messner United States	32	939 0.6×	417 0.4×	789 0.7×	981 0.9×	45 0.1×	82	3.0k
Reza Rahbar United States	36	1.8k 1.1×	387 0.3×	604 0.6×	2.4k 2.3×	79 0.1×	156	3.9k
Charles M. Myer United States	38	2.9k 1.8×	1.8k 1.5×	693 0.7×	2.4k 2.3×	91 0.2×	214	5.4k
Peter J. Koltai United States	33	1.2k 0.8×	977 0.8×	185 0.2×	1.2k 1.1×	73 0.1×	104	2.7k

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Hamdan, Abdul‐Latif, Kathy Huet, Véronique Delvaux, et al.. (2025). Surgical and Voice Outcomes of Office-Based Vocal Fold Dysplasia and Leukoplakia Surgery: A Systematic Review. Journal of Voice. 1 indexed citations

Akst, Lee M., et al.. (2025). A National Survey on Retrograde Cricopharyngeus Dysfunction Practice Patterns Among Laryngologists. The Laryngoscope. 135(8). 2838–2845. 2 indexed citations

Bryson, Paul C., et al.. (2024). Are Otolaryngologists Seeing More Cough? Longitudinal Trends and Patterns. Otolaryngology. 172(2). 466–474. 3 indexed citations

Sahu, Manish, et al.. (2024). Tremor Assessment in Robot‐Assisted Microlaryngeal Surgery Using Computer Vision‐Based Tool Tracking. Otolaryngology. 171(1). 188–196. 3 indexed citations

Akst, Lee M., et al.. (2023). Factors Associated With Loss of Follow‐Up in Transgender Patients Receiving Vocal Therapy. The Laryngoscope. 133(11). 3061–3067. 2 indexed citations

Davis, Ruth J., et al.. (2022). Zenker’s Diverticulum: Readability and Quality of Online Written Education Materials. Dysphagia. 37(6). 1461–1467. 8 indexed citations

Piersiala, Krzysztof, et al.. (2022). Impact of human immunodeficiency virus status on laryngeal cancer survival and locoregional control. Laryngoscope Investigative Otolaryngology. 7(1). 153–160. 3 indexed citations

Zhou, Nancy, Rebecca J. Kamil, Jiafeng Zhu, et al.. (2021). Preoperative Briefings and Postoperative Debriefings to Increase Resident Operative Autonomy and Performance. Journal of surgical education. 78(5). 1450–1460. 6 indexed citations

Piersiala, Krzysztof, et al.. (2021). Laryngeal disorders in people living with HIV. American Journal of Otolaryngology. 43(1). 103234–103234. 1 indexed citations

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Akst, Lee M., et al.. (2021). How to Understand and Treat Laryngopharyngeal Reflux. Gastroenterology Clinics of North America. 50(4). 871–884. 11 indexed citations

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Piersiala, Krzysztof, Lee M. Akst, Alexander T. Hillel, & Simon R. Best. (2020). Laryngeal Pathologies and Their Associations With Mental Health Disorders. The Laryngoscope. 131(1). E231–E239. 5 indexed citations

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Applebaum, Jeremy, et al.. (2019). Geriatric Dysphonia: Characteristics of Diagnoses in Age-Based Cohorts in a Tertiary Voice Clinic. Annals of Otology Rhinology & Laryngology. 128(5). 384–390. 16 indexed citations

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Piersiala, Krzysztof, Lee M. Akst, Alexander T. Hillel, & Simon R. Best. (2019). Clinical practice patterns in laryngeal cancer and introduction of CT lung screening. American Journal of Otolaryngology. 40(4). 520–524. 3 indexed citations

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Messing, Barbara, et al.. (2016). Vocal Health Education and Medical Resources for Graduate-Level Vocal Performance Students. Journal of Voice. 31(2). 251.e1–251.e7. 13 indexed citations

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Starmer, Heather M., Lee H. Riley, Alexander T. Hillel, et al.. (2013). Dysphagia, Short-Term Outcomes, and Cost of Care After Anterior Cervical Disc Surgery. Dysphagia. 29(1). 68–77. 47 indexed citations

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Hillel, Alexander T., Elizabeth Cha, Lee M. Akst, et al.. (2011). A robotic assistant for trans-oral surgery: the robotic endo-laryngeal flexible (Robo-ELF) scope. Journal of Robotic Surgery. 6(1). 13–18. 12 indexed citations

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Discolo, Christopher M., et al.. (2005). Anterior cranial fossa glioblastoma with sleep apnea as the initial manifestation. American Journal of Otolaryngology. 26(5). 327–329. 3 indexed citations

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Akst, Lee M., et al.. (2004). Subacute infratemporal fossa cellulitis with subsequent abscess formation in an immunocompromised patient. American Journal of Otolaryngology. 26(1). 35–38. 16 indexed citations

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Akst, Lee M., et al.. (2003). Induction of tolerance in a rat model of laryngeal transplantation. Transplantation. 76(12). 1763–1766. 19 indexed citations

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Eliachar, Isaac, Jonathan Chan, & Lee M. Akst. (2002). New approaches to the management of subglottic stenosis in Wegener's granulomatosis.. Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine. 69(Suppl_2). SII149–SII149. 29 indexed citations

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