Melvin Schapiro

10.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
26 papers, 7.5k citations indexed

About

Melvin Schapiro is a scholar working on Oncology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Melvin Schapiro has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 7.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Oncology, 12 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 11 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Melvin Schapiro's work include Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection (12 papers), Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes (10 papers) and Genetic factors in colorectal cancer (4 papers). Melvin Schapiro is often cited by papers focused on Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection (12 papers), Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes (10 papers) and Genetic factors in colorectal cancer (4 papers). Melvin Schapiro collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and South Korea. Melvin Schapiro's co-authors include Joel F. Panish, Ann G. Zauber, Michael J. O’Brien, John H. Bond, Jerome D. Waye, Edward T. Stewart, Sidney J. Winawer, Leonard S. Gottlieb, Stephen S. Sternberg and Robert C. Kurtz and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA and Gastroenterology.

In The Last Decade

Melvin Schapiro

22 papers receiving 7.3k 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.

Prevention of Colorectal Cancer by Colonoscopic Polypectomy

1993 3.4k citations Sidney J. Winawer, Ann G. Zauber et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →
Colonoscopic Polypectomy and Long-Term Prevention of Colorectal-Cancer Deaths

2012 2.2k citations Ann G. Zauber, Sidney J. Winawer et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →
Randomized Comparison of Surveillance Intervals after Colonoscopic Removal of Newly Diagnosed Adenomatous Polyps

1993 734 citations Sidney J. Winawer, Ann G. Zauber et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Melvin Schapiro United States	13	6.7k	5.1k	2.6k	2.0k	426	26	7.5k
Joel F. Panish United States	14	6.8k 1.0×	5.1k 1.0×	2.6k 1.0×	1.9k 1.0×	324 0.8×	28	7.6k
Edward T. Stewart United States	24	6.8k 1.0×	5.5k 1.1×	2.6k 1.0×	2.7k 1.4×	686 1.6×	49	8.4k
Frederick W. Ackroyd United States	13	3.8k 0.6×	2.8k 0.6×	1.6k 0.6×	1.1k 0.5×	207 0.5×	20	4.5k
O Kronbörg Denmark	40	5.5k 0.8×	2.6k 0.5×	2.7k 1.0×	2.7k 1.4×	474 1.1×	199	7.6k
L. Hornsby-Lewis United States	4	3.2k 0.5×	2.3k 0.5×	1.3k 0.5×	792 0.4×	122 0.3×	8	3.4k
E Butruk Poland	22	2.3k 0.3×	2.3k 0.5×	740 0.3×	1.4k 0.7×	493 1.2×	62	3.3k
Hans Gerdes United States	4	3.4k 0.5×	2.4k 0.5×	1.4k 0.6×	814 0.4×	126 0.3×	8	3.7k
Seth N. Glick United States	9	2.8k 0.4×	1.7k 0.3×	970 0.4×	775 0.4×	70 0.2×	19	3.2k
S N Glick United States	11	2.3k 0.3×	1.3k 0.3×	1.0k 0.4×	632 0.3×	89 0.2×	20	2.8k
Dae Kyung Sohn South Korea	35	3.5k 0.5×	1.4k 0.3×	401 0.2×	2.5k 1.3×	203 0.5×	207	4.7k

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Zauber, Ann G., Sidney J. Winawer, Michael J. O’Brien, et al.. (2012). Colonoscopic Polypectomy and Long-Term Prevention of Colorectal-Cancer Deaths. New England Journal of Medicine. 366(8). 687–696. 2245 indexed citations breakdown →

O’Brien, Michael J., Sidney J. Winawer, Ann G. Zauber, et al.. (2001). Blinded assessment of the flat adenoma in the national polyp study (NPS) does not demonstrate an excess risk for high grade dysplasia initially or for advanced adenomas at surveillance. Gastroenterology. 120(5). A96–A96. 4 indexed citations

Winawer, Sidney J., Edward T. Stewart, Ann G. Zauber, et al.. (2000). A Comparison of Colonoscopy and Double-Contrast Barium Enema for Surveillance after Polypectomy. New England Journal of Medicine. 342(24). 1766–1772. 372 indexed citations

Winawer, Sidney J., Ann G. Zauber, Hans Gerdes, et al.. (1996). Risk of Colorectal Cancer in the Families of Patients with Adenomatous Polyps. New England Journal of Medicine. 334(2). 82–87. 226 indexed citations

Winawer, Sidney J., Ann G. Zauber, Michael J. O’Brien, et al.. (1993). Prevention of Colorectal Cancer by Colonoscopic Polypectomy. New England Journal of Medicine. 329(27). 1977–1981. 3401 indexed citations breakdown →

Winawer, Sidney J., Ann G. Zauber, Michael J. O’Brien, et al.. (1993). Randomized Comparison of Surveillance Intervals after Colonoscopic Removal of Newly Diagnosed Adenomatous Polyps. New England Journal of Medicine. 328(13). 901–906. 734 indexed citations breakdown →

Winawer, Sidney J., Ann G. Zauber, Michael J. O’Brien, et al.. (1992). The national polyp study design, methods, and characteristics of patients with newly diagnosed polyps. Cancer. 70(S3). 1236–1245. 118 indexed citations

Schapiro, Melvin, et al.. (1990). Terminology and Its Application to Computer-Aided Data Processing in Digestive Endoscopy. Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology. 12(2). 130–131. 2 indexed citations

Schapiro, Melvin & Joel N. Kuritsky. (1989). The gastroenterology assistant : a laboratory manual. Medical Entomology and Zoology.

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Schapiro, Melvin, et al.. (1987). The electronic video endoscope: clinical experience with 1200 diagnostic and therapeutic cases in the community hospital. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 33(2). 63–68. 13 indexed citations

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Schapiro, Melvin, Stanley B. Benjamin, George Alan Blackburn, et al.. (1987). Obesity and the gastric balloon: a comprehensive workshop. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 33(4). 323–327. 94 indexed citations

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Schapiro, Melvin. (1986). Therapeutic gastrointestinal endoscopy. Gastroenterology. 90(2). 502–502. 14 indexed citations

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Schapiro, Melvin. (1985). Presidential address 1985: The A/S/G/E—Problems, Progress, and Promise. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 31(5). 299–301. 1 indexed citations

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Schapiro, Melvin. (1983). Book Review. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 29(2). 149–149. 2 indexed citations

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Peura, David A., Lawrence F. Johnson, Walter J. Hogan, et al.. (1982). Use of Trifluoroisopropyl Cyanoacrylate Polymer (MBR 4197) in Patients with Bleeding Peptic Ulcers of the Stomach and Duodenum. Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology. 4(4). 325–328. 10 indexed citations

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Buset, Michel, Alison Gulbis, Jacques Jeanmart, et al.. (1982). [Late complications of the diagnostic and operative endoscopy of the bile ducts and the pancreas. International study (author's transl)].. PubMed. 44(9-10). 396–403. 2 indexed citations

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Schapiro, Melvin. (1981). Who Should Be Doing Gastrointestinal Endoscopy?. JAMA. 245(6). 577–577. 6 indexed citations

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Schapiro, Melvin. (1979). Flexible sigmoidoscopy or short colonoscopy: Why settle for half a loaf?. Gastroenterology. 77(3). 599–599.

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Schapiro, Melvin. (1978). The esophagus, handbook and atlas of endoscopy. Gastroenterology. 75(5). 926–926. 132 indexed citations

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Schapiro, Melvin. (1974). Do’s and don’ts at pancreatography. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 20(3). 129–129. 2 indexed citations

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