Philip Littman

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
48 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Philip Littman is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Neurology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Philip Littman has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 12 papers in Neurology and 11 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Philip Littman's work include Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment (9 papers), Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment (9 papers) and Neuroblastoma Research and Treatments (8 papers). Philip Littman is often cited by papers focused on Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment (9 papers), Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment (9 papers) and Neuroblastoma Research and Treatments (8 papers). Philip Littman collaborates with scholars based in United States and Malaysia. Philip Littman's co-authors include Jean Fergusson, John Gordon, Karen Moss, AnnaT. Meadows, R. Beverly Raney, Patricia Jarrett, Louise Schnaufer, Robert A. Zimmerman, Larissa T. Bilaniuk and Lucy B. Rorke and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Journal of Clinical Oncology and PEDIATRICS.

In The Last Decade

Philip Littman

47 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

DECLINES IN IQ SCORES AND COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTIONS IN CHILD... 1981 2026 1996 2011 1981 100 200 300
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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. DECLINES IN IQ SCORES AND COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTIONS IN CHILDREN WITH ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKAEMIA TREATED WITH CRANIAL IRRADIATION
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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Philip Littman United States 23 641 550 497 358 355 48 1.7k
Berta Jereb Slovenia 28 760 1.2× 481 0.9× 444 0.9× 498 1.4× 276 0.8× 100 2.2k
P. H. Morris‐Jones United Kingdom 24 440 0.7× 402 0.7× 333 0.7× 217 0.6× 509 1.4× 36 1.9k
Alfredo Pompili Italy 25 347 0.5× 617 1.1× 298 0.6× 477 1.3× 389 1.1× 62 1.6k
N.J. Tarbell United States 28 891 1.4× 1.1k 1.9× 681 1.4× 295 0.8× 505 1.4× 81 2.8k
L. Kun United States 12 450 0.7× 613 1.1× 420 0.8× 120 0.3× 294 0.8× 21 1.5k
Derek Jenkin Canada 23 392 0.6× 1.1k 2.0× 718 1.4× 480 1.3× 269 0.8× 34 1.8k
Spiros Sgouros United Kingdom 27 521 0.8× 418 0.8× 404 0.8× 1.4k 4.0× 278 0.8× 70 2.5k
Jeffrey G. Rosenstock United States 21 361 0.6× 762 1.4× 778 1.6× 267 0.7× 99 0.3× 35 1.5k
Edward H. Kovnar United States 23 485 0.8× 1.0k 1.9× 633 1.3× 170 0.5× 278 0.8× 38 1.6k
Geoffrey McCowage Australia 23 682 1.1× 451 0.8× 447 0.9× 164 0.5× 192 0.5× 83 1.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Philip Littman

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Philip Littman

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All Works

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Bleyer, W. Archie, Harland N. Sather, H. James Nickerson, et al.. (1991). Monthly pulses of vincristine and prednisone prevent bone marrow and testicular relapse in low-risk childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a report of the CCG-161 study by the Childrens Cancer Study Group.. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 9(6). 1012–1021. 52 indexed citations
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Littman, Philip. (1989). Response to Elyan and Williams. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 16(1). 285–286. 1 indexed citations
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Curran, Walter J., Philip Littman, & R. Beverly Raney. (1988). Interstitial radiation therapy in the treatment of childhood soft-tissue sarcomas. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 14(1). 169–174. 27 indexed citations
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Littman, Philip, et al.. (1988). Treatment of bladder cancer with interstitial iridium-192 implantation and external beam irradiation. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 14(2). 265–271. 11 indexed citations
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Whittington, Richard, et al.. (1988). A comparison of preoperative radiotherapy regimens for bladder carcinoma.The university of Pennsylvania experience. Cancer. 61(2). 255–262. 25 indexed citations
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Galvin, James M., Richard Whittington, Robert M. Smith, et al.. (1987). Dosimetric considerations for a new type of Cs-137 gynecological applicator. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 13. 143–143. 1 indexed citations
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Raney, Beverly, Audrey E. Evans, Linda Granowetter, et al.. (1987). Nonsurgical Management of Children With Recurrent or Unresectable Fibromatosis. PEDIATRICS. 79(3). 394–398. 68 indexed citations
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Raney, R. Beverly, et al.. (1987). Malignant ovarian tumors in children and adolescents. Cancer. 59(6). 1214–1220. 20 indexed citations
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Raney, Beverly, Louise Schnaufer, Moritz M. Ziegler, et al.. (1987). Treatment of children with neurogenic sarcoma experience at the children's hospital of Philadelphia, 1958–1984. Cancer. 59(1). 1–5. 64 indexed citations
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Raney, Beverly, Howard M. Snyder, John W. Duckett, et al.. (1986). Primary Site as a Prognostic Variable for Children with Pelvic Soft Tissue Sarcomas. The Journal of Urology. 136(4). 874–878. 9 indexed citations
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Littman, Philip, Jeffrey G. Rosenstock, Gordon B. Gale, et al.. (1984). The somnolence syndrome in leukemic children following reduced daily dose fractions of cranial radiation. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 10(10). 1851–1853. 28 indexed citations
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Littman, Philip, Beverly Raney, Robert A. Zimmerman, et al.. (1983). Soft-tissue sarcomas of the head and neck in children. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 9(9). 1367–1371. 15 indexed citations
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Lange, Beverly J. & Philip Littman. (1983). Management of Hodgkin-s disease in children and adolescents. Cancer. 51(8). 1371–1377. 30 indexed citations
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Nesbit, M., Harland N. Sather, Leslie L. Robison, et al.. (1982). 聖域療法 未治療急性リンパ芽球白血病小児患者724名の無作為試験 小児がん研究グループ報告. Cancer Research. 42(2). 674–680. 3 indexed citations
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Raney, R. Beverly, Robert A. Zimmerman, Larissa T. Bilaniuk, et al.. (1979). Management of craniofacial sarcoma in childhood assisted by computed tomography. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 5(4). 529–534. 15 indexed citations
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Zimmerman, Robert A., et al.. (1976). Computed Tomographic Localization for Radiotherapy of Cerebral Tumors. Radiology. 119(1). 230–231. 8 indexed citations
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Littman, Philip, et al.. (1976). Pulmonary function in survivors of Wilms' tumor.Patterns of impairment. Cancer. 37(6). 2773–2776. 31 indexed citations
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Sokol, Gerald H., David J. Greenblatt, Philip Littman, Käte Franke, & Jan Koch‐Weser. (1975). Chlordiazepoxide Metabolism in Mice following Hepatic Irradiation. Pharmacology. 13(3). 248–251. 3 indexed citations
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Littman, Philip, et al.. (1975). Reticulum cell sarcoma of the brain.A review of the literature and a study of 19 cases. Cancer. 35(5). 1412–1420. 141 indexed citations
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Littman, Philip, et al.. (1973). Evaluation of nodal metastases in patients with cervical carcinoma. Cancer. 31(6). 1307–1311. 17 indexed citations

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