Paul K. J. Han

14.7k total citations · 5 hit papers
223 papers, 9.5k citations indexed

About

Paul K. J. Han is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul K. J. Han has authored 223 papers receiving a total of 9.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 74 papers in General Health Professions, 61 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 56 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Paul K. J. Han's work include Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare (56 papers), Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (38 papers) and Global Cancer Incidence and Screening (38 papers). Paul K. J. Han is often cited by papers focused on Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare (56 papers), Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (38 papers) and Global Cancer Incidence and Screening (38 papers). Paul K. J. Han collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Netherlands. Paul K. J. Han's co-authors include William M. P. Klein, Wendy L. Nelson, Valerie F. Reyna, Nathan F. Dieckmann, Neeraj K. Arora, N. K. Arora, Caitlin Gutheil, Richard P. Moser, Tania D. Strout and Ellen M.A. Smets and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Oncology, Psychological Bulletin and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Paul K. J. Han

207 papers receiving 9.2k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

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.

How numeracy influences risk comprehension and medical decision making.

2009 856 citations Paul K. J. Han et al. profile →
Varieties of Uncertainty in Health Care

2011 509 citations Paul K. J. Han, William M. P. Klein et al. Medical Decision Making profile →
Varieties of Uncertainty in Health Care: A Conceptual Taxonomy

2011 442 citations Paul K. J. Han, William M. P. Klein et al. Medical Decision Making profile →
Presenting quantitative information about decision outcomes: a risk communication primer for patient decision aid developers

2013 404 citations Paul K. J. Han et al. profile →
Tolerance of uncertainty: Conceptual analysis, integrative model, and implications for healthcare

2017 329 citations Paul K. J. Han et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Paul K. J. Han United States	49	3.0k	2.3k	1.9k	1.2k	1.0k	223	9.5k
Brian J. Zikmund‐Fisher United States	54	3.9k 1.3×	1.5k 0.7×	1.3k 0.7×	1.5k 1.2×	1.4k 1.4×	241	9.9k
Angela Fagerlin United States	63	5.5k 1.9×	3.1k 1.4×	2.4k 1.2×	1.6k 1.3×	1.8k 1.7×	316	13.0k
Kirsten McCaffery Australia	59	4.8k 1.6×	2.3k 1.0×	3.3k 1.7×	985 0.8×	1.4k 1.3×	399	12.9k
Ellen M.A. Smets Netherlands	50	3.9k 1.3×	2.2k 1.0×	1.2k 0.6×	656 0.5×	521 0.5×	276	8.4k
Michael A. Diefenbach United States	39	1.6k 0.5×	1.2k 0.5×	1.8k 0.9×	975 0.8×	470 0.5×	167	6.9k
Katrina Armstrong United States	58	2.6k 0.9×	1.7k 0.7×	2.8k 1.5×	1.1k 0.9×	1.4k 1.4×	252	11.2k
Lyndal Trevena Australia	42	6.4k 2.2×	3.0k 1.3×	1.4k 0.7×	698 0.6×	1.3k 1.3×	169	10.4k
Neeraj K. Arora United States	39	6.1k 2.1×	2.7k 1.2×	2.0k 1.0×	1.3k 1.0×	600 0.6×	94	10.1k
Myfanwy Morgan United Kingdom	53	3.4k 1.1×	2.4k 1.1×	897 0.5×	1.0k 0.8×	1.3k 1.3×	243	12.8k
Lisa M. Schwartz United States	53	2.5k 0.8×	1.2k 0.6×	2.2k 1.2×	850 0.7×	1.6k 1.5×	130	10.2k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Hofmann, Bjørn & Paul K. J. Han. (2025). Bearing the Burdens of Medical Uncertainty. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice. 31(8). e70323–e70323.

Gulbrandsen, Pål, Jūratė Šaltytė Benth, Eirik Hugaas Ofstad, & Paul K. J. Han. (2025). The potential of uncertainty tolerance measures to identify specific needs of first-year medical residents: an exploratory study. BMC Medical Education. 26(1). 91–91.

Streck, Brennan Parmelee, Jacqueline B. Vo, Carolyn Brandt, et al.. (2025). Understanding Cancer Treatment Decision Making Among Cancer Survivors: Weighing Cancer Recurrence Versus Cardiotoxicity. Psycho-Oncology. 34(1). e70061–e70061. 1 indexed citations

Pearce, Emily, Camella J. Rising, Melissa B. Gilkey, et al.. (2024). “Crying in the Wilderness”—The Use of Web-Based Support in Telomere Biology Disorders: Thematic Analysis. JMIR Formative Research. 8. e64343–e64343.

Zhang, Xueling, et al.. (2024). Single-cell RNA sequencing reveals the complex cellular niche of pterygium. The Ocular Surface. 32. 91–103. 10 indexed citations

Applebaum, Allison J., Elizabeth Schofield, Rebecca Gebert, et al.. (2024). Effects of a communication skills training program to improve capacity to engage in advance care planning in caregivers of patients with malignant gliomas. PubMed. 6(3).

Samimi, Goli, Sarah M. Temkin, Carol J. Weil, et al.. (2024). Primary care physicians and laypersons’ perceptions of multicancer detection clinical trial designs. JNCI Cancer Spectrum. 8(5).

Wilson, Ashley, et al.. (2024). Cancer prognosis information-seeking among survivors and caregivers: findings from the National Cancer Institute’s Cancer Information Service. Supportive Care in Cancer. 33(1). 30–30.

Yu, Pengcheng, Ning Qu, Rui Zhu, et al.. (2023). TERT accelerates BRAF mutant–induced thyroid cancer dedifferentiation and progression by regulating ribosome biogenesis. Science Advances. 9(35). eadg7125–eadg7125. 39 indexed citations

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Rueter, Jens, Eric Anderson, Leah Graham, et al.. (2023). The Maine Cancer Genomics Initiative: Implementing a Community Cancer Genomics Program Across an Entire Rural State. JCO Precision Oncology. 7(7). e2200619–e2200619. 4 indexed citations

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Ziller, Erika C., et al.. (2023). Engaging At-Risk Rural Residents in Secondary Lung Cancer Prevention. Journal of Primary Care & Community Health. 14. 4277783528–4277783528. 4 indexed citations

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Han, Paul K. J., Licheng Tan, Pengcheng Yu, et al.. (2022). Development and validation of a gene model predicting lymph node metastasis and prognosis of oral squamous cell carcinoma based on single‐cell and bulk RNA ‐seq analysis. Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine. 52(5). 389–401. 3 indexed citations

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Minasian, Lori M., Paul F. Pinsky, Hormuzd A. Katki, et al.. (2022). Study design considerations for trials to evaluate multicancer early detection assays for clinical utility. JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 115(3). 250–257. 36 indexed citations

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Huang, Naisi, Pengcheng Yu, Paul K. J. Han, et al.. (2021). Different clinicopathologic features predispose to different patterns of distant metastasis with heterogeneous short‐term prognosis in patients with differentiated thyroid cancer. Clinical Endocrinology. 96(3). 402–412. 7 indexed citations

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Tan, Licheng, Wanlin Liu, Xiaoli Zhu, et al.. (2021). Next-Generation Sequencing Enhances the Diagnosis Efficiency in Thyroid Nodules. Frontiers in Oncology. 11. 677892–677892. 6 indexed citations

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Nguyen, David‐Dan, Quoc‐Dien Trinh, Alexander P. Cole, et al.. (2020). Impact of health literacy on shared decision making for prostate‐specific antigen screening in the United States. Cancer. 127(2). 249–256. 23 indexed citations

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Piedmonte, Marion, Paul K. J. Han, Richard P. Moser, et al.. (2017). Factors Associated With Deciding Between Risk-Reducing Salpingo-oophorectomy and Ovarian Cancer Screening Among High-Risk Women Enrolled in GOG-0199: An NRG Oncology/Gynecologic Oncology Group Study. Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey. 72(6). 336–337. 1 indexed citations

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Morris, Nancy S., Terry S. Field, Joann L. Wagner, et al.. (2013). The Association Between Health Literacy and Cancer-Related Attitudes, Behaviors, and Knowledge. Journal of Health Communication. 18(sup1). 223–241. 126 indexed citations

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Han, Paul K. J., William M. P. Klein, & N. K. Arora. (2011). Varieties of Uncertainty in Health Care: A Conceptual Taxonomy. Medical Decision Making. 31(6). 828–838. 442 indexed citations breakdown →

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Han, Paul K. J., Carrie N. Klabunde, Nancy Breen, et al.. (2011). Multiple Clinical Practice Guidelines for Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening. Medical Care. 49(2). 139–148. 35 indexed citations

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