Paul Symonds

7.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
36 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Paul Symonds is a scholar working on Obstetrics and Gynecology, Surgery and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul Symonds has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 15 papers in Surgery and 15 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Paul Symonds's work include Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments (16 papers), Cancer survivorship and care (9 papers) and Colorectal and Anal Carcinomas (9 papers). Paul Symonds is often cited by papers focused on Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments (16 papers), Cancer survivorship and care (9 papers) and Colorectal and Anal Carcinomas (9 papers). Paul Symonds collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Sri Lanka. Paul Symonds's co-authors include Alex J. Mitchell, Jayne F. Tierney, Mandy Collingwood, John A. Green, John Kirwan, Lydia Fresco, Christopher J. Williams, David W. Ferguson, James Paul and John S. Gill and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Journal of Clinical Oncology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Paul Symonds

36 papers receiving 3.9k 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.

Survival and recurrence after concomitant chemotherapy and radiotherapy for cancer of the uterine cervix: a systematic review and meta-analysis

2001 871 citations John A. Green, John Kirwan et al. profile →
Depression and anxiety in long-term cancer survivors compared with spouses and healthy controls: a systematic review and meta-analysis

2013 564 citations Alex J. Mitchell, David W. Ferguson et al. The Lancet Oncology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Paul Symonds United Kingdom	22	1.5k	1.5k	1.1k	716	676	36	4.0k
Enrique Hernández United States	33	746 0.5×	649 0.4×	1.5k 1.4×	797 1.1×	289 0.4×	242	4.1k
Richard P. McQuellon United States	31	934 0.6×	458 0.3×	1.2k 1.1×	327 0.5×	344 0.5×	61	3.1k
David Chelmow United States	32	624 0.4×	861 0.6×	1.1k 1.0×	1.3k 1.9×	571 0.8×	109	4.0k
Ana I. Tergas United States	36	1.1k 0.7×	1.7k 1.2×	928 0.9×	889 1.2×	404 0.6×	185	4.0k
Erwin Birnie Netherlands	41	287 0.2×	1.6k 1.1×	604 0.6×	375 0.5×	725 1.1×	233	5.4k
Eunice Chang United States	31	495 0.3×	328 0.2×	500 0.5×	530 0.7×	326 0.5×	161	4.3k
Bryan Fellman United States	29	955 0.6×	614 0.4×	589 0.5×	181 0.3×	210 0.3×	188	2.8k
Sherry Weitzen United States	30	271 0.2×	423 0.3×	639 0.6×	396 0.6×	1.0k 1.5×	71	2.9k
Richard Contreras United States	27	553 0.4×	424 0.3×	932 0.9×	502 0.7×	299 0.4×	72	3.4k
June Carroll Canada	35	550 0.4×	263 0.2×	258 0.2×	367 0.5×	1.0k 1.5×	146	3.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Paul Symonds

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Fields of papers citing papers by Paul Symonds

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Paul Symonds

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Paul Symonds. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Paul Symonds based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Paul Symonds. Paul Symonds is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Polymeros, Konstantinos, et al.. (2020). Differences in the molecular profile of endometrial cancers from British White and British South Asian women. PLoS ONE. 15(6). e0233900–e0233900. 5 indexed citations

Mitchell, Alex J., David W. Ferguson, John S. Gill, James Paul, & Paul Symonds. (2013). Depression and anxiety in long-term cancer survivors compared with spouses and healthy controls: a systematic review and meta-analysis. The Lancet Oncology. 14(8). 721–732. 564 indexed citations breakdown →

Lord, Karen, et al.. (2011). Measuring Trust in Healthcare Professionals—A Study of Ethnically Diverse UK Cancer Patients. Clinical Oncology. 24(1). 13–21. 21 indexed citations

Vale, Claire L., Jayne F. Tierney, S.E. Davidson, K. Drinkwater, & Paul Symonds. (2010). Substantial Improvement in UK Cervical Cancer Survival with Chemoradiotherapy: Results of a Royal College of Radiologists’ Audit. Clinical Oncology. 22(7). 590–601. 78 indexed citations

Baker-Glenn, Elena, et al.. (2010). Desire for psychological support in cancer patients with depression or distress: validation of a simple help question. Psycho-Oncology. 20(5). 525–531. 106 indexed citations

Mitchell, Alex J., Nick Meader, & Paul Symonds. (2010). Diagnostic validity of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) in cancer and palliative settings: A meta-analysis. Journal of Affective Disorders. 126(3). 335–348. 284 indexed citations

Faust, Guy, et al.. (2010). Changes in the treatment of endometrial cancer. BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. 117(9). 1043–1046. 1 indexed citations

Mitchell, Alex J., et al.. (2009). Can the Distress Thermometer be improved by additional mood domains? Part I. Initial validation of the Emotion Thermometers tool. Psycho-Oncology. 19(2). 125–133. 149 indexed citations

Tierney, Jayne F., Claire L. Vale, & Paul Symonds. (2008). Concomitant and Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for Cervical Cancer. Clinical Oncology. 20(6). 401–416. 22 indexed citations

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Sundar, Santhanam, et al.. (2006). Anaemia is Associated with Poor Overall Survival but not with Inferior Local Control in Patients with Muscle Invasive Bladder Carcinoma Treated by Radical External Beam Radiotherapy. A Retrospective Study. Clinical Oncology. 18(10). 728–734. 13 indexed citations

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Humber, Caroline, Jayne F. Tierney, Paul Symonds, et al.. (2005). Chemotherapy for advanced, recurrent or metastatic endometrial carcinoma. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. CD003915–CD003915. 15 indexed citations

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Symonds, Paul, et al.. (2005). Phase one dose finding study of capecitabine (Xeloda®), radiotherapy and cisplatin in the treatment of locally advanced squamous cervical cancer. Gynecologic Oncology. 97(3). 790–795. 10 indexed citations

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Trotti, Andy, Adam S. Garden, Padraig Warde, et al.. (2004). A multinational, randomized phase iii trial of iseganan hcl oral solution for reducing the severity of oral mucositis in patients receiving radiotherapy for head-and-neck malignancy. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 58(3). 674–681. 108 indexed citations

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Symonds, Paul, Chris Williams, Caroline Humber, et al.. (2004). Concomitant hydroxyurea plus radiotherapy versus radiotherapy for carcinoma of the uterine cervix. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2015(2). CD003918–CD003918. 9 indexed citations

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Kirwan, John, Paul Symonds, John A. Green, et al.. (2003). A systematic review of acute and late toxicity of concomitant chemoradiation for cervical cancer. Radiotherapy and Oncology. 68(3). 217–226. 255 indexed citations

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Sundar, Santhanam, Paul Symonds, & C. Deehan. (2003). Tolerance of Pelvic Organs to Radiation Treatment for Carcinoma of Cervix. Clinical Oncology. 15(5). 240–247. 9 indexed citations

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Kirwan, John, Jayne F. Tierney, Paul Symonds, et al.. (2001). Concomitant chemotherapy and radiation therapy for cancer of the uterine cervix. The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. CD002225–CD002225. 31 indexed citations

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Nunns, David, Paul Symonds, & David Ireland. (2000). Surgical Management of Advanced Ovarian Cancer. Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey. 55(12). 746–751. 10 indexed citations

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Symonds, Paul, et al.. (2000). Advanced-stage cervix cancer: rapid tumour growth rather than late diagnosis. British Journal of Cancer. 83(5). 566–568. 30 indexed citations

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Rampling, R & Paul Symonds. (1998). Radiation myelopathy. Current Opinion in Neurology. 11(6). 627–632. 33 indexed citations

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