R. Steele

28.6k total citations · 5 hit papers
620 papers, 20.2k citations indexed

About

R. Steele is a scholar working on Oncology, Surgery and Computer Networks and Communications. According to data from OpenAlex, R. Steele has authored 620 papers receiving a total of 20.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 209 papers in Oncology, 133 papers in Surgery and 122 papers in Computer Networks and Communications. Recurrent topics in R. Steele's work include Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection (143 papers), Wireless Communication Networks Research (80 papers) and Advanced Wireless Communication Techniques (72 papers). R. Steele is often cited by papers focused on Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection (143 papers), Wireless Communication Networks Research (80 papers) and Advanced Wireless Communication Techniques (72 papers). R. Steele collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. R. Steele's co-authors include John Camilleri‐Brennan, Richard Morris, Callum G. Fraser, W.T. Webb, F. A. CAREY, Simon L. Parsons, Francis A. Carey, A Leslie, David Sebag‐Montefiore and Lindsay C Thompson 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

R. Steele

582 papers receiving 19.3k 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.

Preoperative radiotherapy versus selective postoperative chemoradiotherapy in patients with rectal cancer (MRC CR07 and NCIC-CTG C016): a multicentre, randomised trial

2009 1.1k citations R. Steele et al. The Lancet profile →
Guidelines for colorectal cancer screening and surveillance in moderate and high risk groups (update from 2002)

2010 816 citations R. Steele et al. Gut profile →
Effect of the plane of surgery achieved on local recurrence in patients with operable rectal cancer: a prospective study using data from the MRC CR07 and NCIC-CTG CO16 randomised clinical trial

2009 708 citations R. Steele et al. The Lancet profile →
Systematic review of preoperative, intraoperative and postoperative risk factors for colorectal anastomotic leaks

2015 596 citations R. Steele et al. profile →
The colorectal adenoma–carcinoma sequence

2002 519 citations R. Steele et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
R. Steele United Kingdom	68	9.6k	6.8k	3.7k	2.3k	1.9k	620	20.2k
Michael Boyer Australia	61	8.3k 0.9×	1.4k 0.2×	9.1k 2.5×	623 0.3×	3.7k 1.9×	326	19.7k
Zhihong Liu China	69	1.5k 0.2×	2.3k 0.3×	2.7k 0.7×	1.8k 0.8×	7.2k 3.7×	1.3k	25.1k
Ying Lü United States	82	2.0k 0.2×	5.2k 0.8×	2.4k 0.6×	1.7k 0.7×	2.9k 1.5×	530	25.2k
Ji‐Hyun Lee South Korea	62	4.7k 0.5×	2.3k 0.3×	2.4k 0.6×	779 0.3×	4.3k 2.2×	648	17.1k
Aeilko H. Zwinderman Netherlands	102	3.7k 0.4×	10.2k 1.5×	7.3k 2.0×	994 0.4×	5.5k 2.8×	669	41.7k
Elı́as Campo Spain	98	15.0k 1.6×	2.7k 0.4×	3.5k 0.9×	21.5k 9.5×	9.0k 4.7×	656	38.7k
Giovanni Martinelli Italy	81	9.3k 1.0×	992 0.1×	2.5k 0.7×	4.8k 2.1×	8.0k 4.1×	1.1k	29.7k
Jiming Liu Hong Kong	44	994 0.1×	3.4k 0.5×	1.9k 0.5×	570 0.3×	1.0k 0.5×	421	17.3k
Wei Zhang China	58	2.1k 0.2×	1.6k 0.2×	1.8k 0.5×	455 0.2×	5.2k 2.7×	612	12.9k
Anders Ahlbom Sweden	69	1.2k 0.1×	1.4k 0.2×	1.0k 0.3×	641 0.3×	1.3k 0.7×	265	20.4k

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Robb, Kathryn A., Ben Young, Michelle Murphy, et al.. (2025). Behavioural interventions to increase uptake of FIT colorectal screening in Scotland (TEMPO): a nationwide, eight-arm, factorial, randomised controlled trial. The Lancet. 405(10484). 1081–1092. 3 indexed citations

Digby, Jayne, et al.. (2024). Do risk scores improve use of faecal immunochemical testing for haemoglobin in symptomatic patients in primary care?. Colorectal Disease. 26(4). 675–683. 3 indexed citations

Kaalby, Lasse, Ulrik Deding, Issam Al‐Najami, et al.. (2023). Faecal haemoglobin concentrations are associated with all-cause mortality and cause of death in colorectal cancer screening. BMC Medicine. 21(1). 29–29. 7 indexed citations

Flander, Louisa, Evelien Dekker, Berit Andersen, et al.. (2022). What can We Learn From High-Performing Screening Programs to Increase Bowel Cancer Screening Participation in Australia?. Cancer Control. 29. 2905539431–2905539431. 4 indexed citations

Steele, R., et al.. (2021). Advance Prediction of Maryland Elective Admission Fatalities Using Machine Learning. 107–112. 3 indexed citations

Mowat, Craig, Jayne Digby, Judith A Strachan, et al.. (2019). Impact of introducing a faecal immunochemical test (FIT) for haemoglobin into primary care on the outcome of patients with new bowel symptoms: a prospective cohort study. BMJ Open Gastroenterology. 6(1). e000293–e000293. 63 indexed citations

Macleod, Maureen, R. Steele, Ronan E. O’Carroll, et al.. (2018). Feasibility study to assess the delivery of a lifestyle intervention (TreatWELL) for patients with colorectal cancer undergoing potentially curative treatment. BMJ Open. 8(6). e021117–e021117. 15 indexed citations

Cummins, Gerard, Marc P. Y. Desmulliez, Christine Démoré, et al.. (2016). Sonopill: A Platform for Gastrointestinal Disease Diagnosis and Therapeutics. University of Birmingham Research Portal (University of Birmingham). 4 indexed citations

Clarke, Andrew & R. Steele. (2014). Health Participatory Sensing Networks. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 12 indexed citations

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Sung, Joseph J.�Y., Siew C. Ng, Francis K.L. Chan, et al.. (2014). An updated Asia Pacific Consensus Recommendations on colorectal cancer screening. Gut. 64(1). 121–132. 302 indexed citations

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Abel, E.W., et al.. (2010). Design of SMA Actuator Based Access Device for Transanal Endoscopic Microsurgery. 2(1). 42–48. 1 indexed citations

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Steele, R., et al.. (2010). The Scottish bowel screening programme. European Journal of Public Health. 20. 275–275. 8 indexed citations

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Conlin, Alison, R. Steele, & C. Roland Wolf. (2008). Dusp1/mkp-1, dusp2/hpac1 and dusp8/vh5 expression in colorectal cancer. Gut. 57. 1 indexed citations

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Murphy, John E., et al.. (2008). EXPLOITING THE RICH DOCUMENT STRUCTURES AND NETWORK TOPOLOGY OF LEGAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS. Journal of the Association for Information Systems. 234. 1 indexed citations

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Watson, Susan A., et al.. (1995). Gastrin sensitivity of primary human colorectal cancer: The effect of gastrin receptor antagonism. European Journal of Cancer. 31(12). 2086–2092. 8 indexed citations

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Steele, R., et al.. (1991). A 32 Mb/s mobile radio link. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). 1 indexed citations

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Steele, R.. (1991). The importance of propagation phenomena in personal communication networks. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). 3. 1–5. 1 indexed citations

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Webb, W.T. & R. Steele. (1990). 16-Level Circular QAM Transmissions over a Rayleigh Fading Channel. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). 2 indexed citations

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Steele, R., et al.. (1985). Primary lymphoma of the anal canal presenting as perianal suppuration.. BMJ. 291(6491). 311.1–311. 14 indexed citations

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Steele, R. & V.K. Prabhu. (1985). High-user-density digital cellular mobile radio systems. IEE Proceedings F Communications, Radar and Signal Processing. 132(5). 396–404. 52 indexed citations

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