Marcia L. Stefanick

56.1k total citations · 13 hit papers
454 papers, 29.7k citations indexed

About

Marcia L. Stefanick is a scholar working on Physiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. According to data from OpenAlex, Marcia L. Stefanick has authored 454 papers receiving a total of 29.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 122 papers in Physiology, 117 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 113 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. Recurrent topics in Marcia L. Stefanick's work include Estrogen and related hormone effects (84 papers), Cancer Risks and Factors (82 papers) and Menopause: Health Impacts and Treatments (77 papers). Marcia L. Stefanick is often cited by papers focused on Estrogen and related hormone effects (84 papers), Cancer Risks and Factors (82 papers) and Menopause: Health Impacts and Treatments (77 papers). Marcia L. Stefanick collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and South Africa. Marcia L. Stefanick's co-authors include JoAnn E. Manson, Rowan T. Chlebowski, Dorothy S. Lane, Andrea Z. LaCroix, Ross L. Prentice, Jean Wactawski‐Wende, Cynthia A. Thomson, Karen L. Margolis, Randall S. Stafford and Jane A. Cauley and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

Marcia L. Stefanick

440 papers receiving 28.4k citations

Hit Papers

Influence of Estrogen Plus Progestin on Breast Cance... 1988 2026 2000 2013 2003 2007 2002 2004 2003 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. Influence of Estrogen Plus Progestin on Breast Cancer and Mammography in Healthy Postmenopausal Women
    2003 1.3k citations Rowan T. Chlebowski, Marcia L. Stefanick et al. JAMA profile →
  2. Postmenopausal Hormone Therapy and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease by Age and Years Since Menopause
    2007 1.2k citations Jacques E. Rossouw, Ross L. Prentice et al. JAMA profile →
  3. Walking Compared with Vigorous Exercise for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Events in Women
    2002 966 citations JoAnn E. Manson, Andrea Z. LaCroix et al. profile →
  4. National Use of Postmenopausal Hormone Therapy
    2004 764 citations Marcia L. Stefanick et al. JAMA profile →
  5. Effect of Estrogen Plus Progestin on Global Cognitive Function in Postmenopausal Women
    2003 696 citations Sally A. Shumaker, Robert L. Brunner et al. JAMA profile →
  6. Design and baseline characteristics of the osteoporotic fractures in men (MrOS) study — A large observational study of the determinants of fracture in older men
    2005 651 citations Eric Orwoll, Elizabeth Barrett‐Connor et al. profile →
  7. Menopause Transition and Cardiovascular Disease Risk: Implications for Timing of Early Prevention: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association
    2020 589 citations Marian C. Limacher, JoAnn E. Manson et al. Circulation profile →
  8. Changes in Plasma Lipids and Lipoproteins in Overweight Men during Weight Loss through Dieting as Compared with Exercise
    1988 544 citations Marcia L. Stefanick et al. profile →
  9. Effect of Postmenopausal Hormones on Inflammation-Sensitive Proteins
    1999 537 citations Marcia L. Stefanick et al. Circulation profile →
  10. Menopausal Hormone Therapy and Long-term All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality
    2017 344 citations JoAnn E. Manson, Aaron K. Aragaki et al. JAMA profile →
  11. Association of Menopausal Hormone Therapy With Breast Cancer Incidence and Mortality During Long-term Follow-up of the Women’s Health Initiative Randomized Clinical Trials
    2020 227 citations Rowan T. Chlebowski, Garnet L. Anderson et al. JAMA profile →
  12. Gender-related variables for health research
    2021 128 citations Marcia L. Stefanick et al. profile →
  13. The Women’s Health Initiative Randomized Trials and Clinical Practice
    2024 45 citations JoAnn E. Manson, Carolyn Crandall et al. JAMA profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Marcia L. Stefanick United States 87 8.3k 7.3k 6.9k 6.3k 5.8k 454 29.7k
Andrea Z. LaCroix United States 87 5.4k 0.6× 4.1k 0.6× 6.4k 0.9× 3.2k 0.5× 4.7k 0.8× 550 27.7k
Robert Luben United Kingdom 91 5.3k 0.6× 3.2k 0.4× 5.8k 0.8× 3.0k 0.5× 6.5k 1.1× 517 30.3k
Karen Johnson United States 60 4.7k 0.6× 4.0k 0.6× 3.5k 0.5× 2.9k 0.5× 3.8k 0.7× 332 17.9k
Anne McTiernan United States 95 3.3k 0.4× 4.9k 0.7× 8.4k 1.2× 15.3k 2.4× 5.2k 0.9× 380 32.4k
Francine Grodstein United States 80 5.6k 0.7× 4.5k 0.6× 4.1k 0.6× 1.6k 0.3× 4.0k 0.7× 342 22.4k
Jean Wactawski‐Wende United States 77 3.8k 0.5× 4.5k 0.6× 2.9k 0.4× 5.0k 0.8× 4.0k 0.7× 467 21.5k
Yvonne T. van der Schouw Netherlands 79 6.8k 0.8× 3.4k 0.5× 3.0k 0.4× 1.4k 0.2× 4.9k 0.8× 473 23.2k
Elizabeth Barrett‐Connor United States 120 17.3k 2.1× 5.4k 0.7× 8.3k 1.2× 3.8k 0.6× 6.7k 1.2× 669 49.5k
L. Adrienne Cupples United States 112 7.0k 0.8× 7.1k 1.0× 8.3k 1.2× 2.3k 0.4× 5.3k 0.9× 539 43.4k
Jacques E. Rossouw United States 45 10.6k 1.3× 9.7k 1.3× 1.3k 0.2× 3.9k 0.6× 3.1k 0.5× 149 22.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Marcia L. Stefanick

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Hlatky, Mark A., David K. Stevenson, Gary M. Shaw, et al.. (2025). Persistence of a Proteomic Signature After a Hypertensive Disorder of Pregnancy. Hypertension. 82(5). 872–882. 1 indexed citations
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Hyde, Eric T., Steve Nguyen, Michael J. LaMonte, et al.. (2024). Influence of physical activity measurement on the association between Life’s Essential 8 and incident cardiovascular disease in older women. Preventive Medicine Reports. 47. 102904–102904.
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Manson, JoAnn E., Carolyn Crandall, Jacques E. Rossouw, et al.. (2024). The Women’s Health Initiative Randomized Trials and Clinical Practice. JAMA. 331(20). 1748–1748. 45 indexed citations breakdown →
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Madsen, Tracy E., et al.. (2023). A Review of Hormone and Non-Hormonal Therapy Options for the Treatment of Menopause. International Journal of Women s Health. Volume 15. 825–836. 16 indexed citations
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Anderson, Eric M., Gina P. Kwon, Marcia L. Stefanick, et al.. (2023). Association Between Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer and Risk of Fractures. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(1). e309–e309. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Jin, Elias Salfati, Marcia L. Stefanick, et al.. (2022). Genetic evidence for causal relationships between age at natural menopause and the risk of ageing-associated adverse health outcomes. International Journal of Epidemiology. 52(3). 806–816. 7 indexed citations
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Rogo-Gupta, Lisa, Lingyao Yang, Marcia L. Stefanick, et al.. (2021). Low-fat dietary pattern reduces urinary incontinence in postmenopausal women: post hoc analysis of the Women's Health Initiative Diet Modification Trial. AJOG Global Reports. 2(1). 100044–100044. 2 indexed citations
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Crandall, Carolyn, Kathleen M. Hovey, Chris Andrews, et al.. (2017). Breast cancer, endometrial cancer, and cardiovascular events in participants who used vaginal estrogen in the Women's Health Initiative Observational Study. Menopause The Journal of The North American Menopause Society. 25(1). 11–20. 151 indexed citations
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Liang, Xiaoyun, Karen L. Margolis, Michael Hendryx, et al.. (2017). Metabolic Phenotype and Risk of Colorectal Cancer in Normal-Weight Postmenopausal Women. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 26(2). 155–161. 17 indexed citations
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Wang, Ange, Marcia L. Stefanick, Kristopher Kapphahn, et al.. (2016). Relation of statin use with non-melanoma skin cancer: prospective results from the Women’s Health Initiative. British Journal of Cancer. 114(3). 314–320. 14 indexed citations
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McGuire, Valerie, Patricia Hartge, Linda M. Liao, et al.. (2016). Parity and Oral Contraceptive Use in Relation to Ovarian Cancer Risk in Older Women. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 25(7). 1059–1063. 18 indexed citations
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LeBlanc, Erin S., Kristopher Kapphahn, Haley Hedlin, et al.. (2016). Reproductive history and risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus in postmenopausal women: findings from the Women's Health Initiative. Menopause The Journal of The North American Menopause Society. 24(1). 64–72. 63 indexed citations
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Stefanick, Marcia L., Robert L. Brunner, Xiaoyan Leng, et al.. (2016). The Relationship of Cardiovascular Disease to Physical Functioning in Women Surviving to Age 80 and Above in the Women’s Health Initiative. The Journals of Gerontology Series A. 71(Suppl 1). S42–S53. 13 indexed citations
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Roberts, Mary B., Molly E. Waring, Christine M. Albert, et al.. (2016). Abstract 12888: Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death and Coronary Heart Disease Mortality in Postmenopausal Women With History of Weight Cycling. Circulation. 134(suppl_1). 1 indexed citations
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Heo, Moonseong, Geoffrey C. Kabat, Howard D. Strickler, et al.. (2015). Optimal Cutoffs of Obesity Measures in Relation to Cancer Risk in Postmenopausal Women in the Women's Health Initiative Study. Journal of Women s Health. 24(3). 218–227. 15 indexed citations
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Karlsson, Magnus K., Eva Ribom, Maria Cöster, et al.. (2013). International and ethnic variability of falls in older men. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. 42(2). 194–200. 10 indexed citations
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Irwin, Melinda L., Anne McTiernan, JoAnn E. Manson, et al.. (2011). Physical Activity and Survival in Postmenopausal Women with Breast Cancer: Results from the Women's Health Initiative. Cancer Prevention Research. 4(4). 522–529. 226 indexed citations
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Prentice, R. L., Pamela A. Shaw, Sheila Bingham, et al.. (2009). Biomarker-calibrated Energy and Protein Consumption and Increased Cancer Risk Among Postmenopausal Women. American Journal of Epidemiology. 169(8). 977–989. 75 indexed citations
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Pierce, John P., Marcia L. Stefanick, Shirley W. Flatt, et al.. (2007). Greater Survival After Breast Cancer in Physically Active Women With High Vegetable-Fruit Intake Regardless of Obesity. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 25(17). 2345–2351. 309 indexed citations
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Morimoto, Libby M., Emily White, Z. Chen, et al.. (2002). Obesity, body size, and risk of postmenopausal breast cancer: the Women's Health Initiative (United States). Cancer Causes & Control. 13(8). 741–751. 420 indexed citations

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