Raja M. Flores

17.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
262 papers, 9.6k citations indexed

About

Raja M. Flores is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Surgery and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Raja M. Flores has authored 262 papers receiving a total of 9.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 202 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 70 papers in Surgery and 56 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Raja M. Flores's work include Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (89 papers), Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases (81 papers) and Occupational and environmental lung diseases (71 papers). Raja M. Flores is often cited by papers focused on Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (89 papers), Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases (81 papers) and Occupational and environmental lung diseases (71 papers). Raja M. Flores collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Japan. Raja M. Flores's co-authors include Valerie W. Rusch, Bernard J. Park, Manjit S. Bains, Emanuela Taioli, Nabil P. Rizk, Robert J. Downey, Andrea Wolf, Joseph Dycoco, Lee M. Krug and Kenneth E. Rosenzweig and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Investigation, Nature Communications and Journal of Clinical Oncology.

In The Last Decade

Raja M. Flores

247 papers receiving 9.4k citations

Hit Papers

Resection margins, extrap... 1999 2026 2008 2017 1999 2008 200 400 600
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.

  1. Resection margins, extrapleural nodal status, and cell type determine postoperative long-term survival in trimodality therapy of malignant pleural mesothelioma: Results in 183 patients
    1999 697 citations Raja M. Flores, Steven Swanson et al. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery profile →
  2. Extrapleural pneumonectomy versus pleurectomy/decortication in the surgical management of malignant pleural mesothelioma: Results in 663 patients
    2008 410 citations Raja M. Flores, Joseph Dycoco et al. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Raja M. Flores United States 51 7.6k 2.0k 1.8k 1.3k 487 262 9.6k
Gail Darling Canada 42 6.5k 0.8× 2.8k 1.4× 1.2k 0.7× 2.0k 1.6× 322 0.7× 299 9.1k
Bernard J. Park United States 49 6.0k 0.8× 2.6k 1.3× 940 0.5× 2.0k 1.6× 364 0.7× 178 8.3k
Umberto Ricardi Italy 48 4.8k 0.6× 2.3k 1.2× 2.4k 1.4× 2.7k 2.2× 986 2.0× 362 10.0k
Thomas A. D’Amico United States 56 8.7k 1.1× 3.7k 1.9× 1.2k 0.7× 2.5k 2.0× 193 0.4× 299 11.1k
Eric Vallières United States 37 4.2k 0.5× 1.4k 0.7× 1.3k 0.8× 1.6k 1.2× 326 0.7× 169 6.1k
David C. Rice United States 53 6.8k 0.9× 4.6k 2.3× 1.3k 0.7× 1.7k 1.4× 232 0.5× 357 9.7k
Bryan F. Meyers United States 51 5.1k 0.7× 3.9k 1.9× 902 0.5× 1.2k 0.9× 185 0.4× 222 7.9k
Mark K. Ferguson United States 47 5.3k 0.7× 3.5k 1.7× 672 0.4× 1.4k 1.1× 352 0.7× 218 7.6k
Robert J. McKenna United States 44 6.0k 0.8× 1.9k 0.9× 688 0.4× 995 0.8× 215 0.4× 140 7.4k
Weiji Shi United States 42 4.0k 0.5× 2.3k 1.1× 982 0.6× 3.5k 2.8× 275 0.6× 98 8.0k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Raja M. Flores

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All Works

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Chang, Annie, et al.. (2024). Immunotherapy in stage IV non-small cell lung cancer according to racial characteristics and community of residence.. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 42(16_suppl). e20621–e20621.
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Luan, Kun, Alfredo Addeo, Raja M. Flores, Nobuhiko Seki, & Ao Liu. (2024). The value of high-risk clinicopathologic features for chemotherapy in stage I non-small cell lung cancer: a propensity score-matched study. Journal of Thoracic Disease. 16(3). 2125–2141. 4 indexed citations
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Taioli, Emanuela, et al.. (2024). Patients With Surgically Resectable Lung Cancer Who Opt for Radiation Have Worse Outcomes. Journal of Surgical Oncology. 131(2). 298–302.
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Wisnivesky, Juan P., Kimberly Stone, Christopher G. Slatore, et al.. (2024). Longitudinal quality of life after sublobar resection and stereotactic body radiation therapy for early‐stage non–small cell lung cancer. Cancer. 130(14). 2515–2527. 6 indexed citations
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Yu, Allen T., Shivam Joshi, Alex L. Huang, et al.. (2024). The Impact of COVID-19 Infection Prior to Lung Resection on Postoperative Complications. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(1). 156–160. 1 indexed citations
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Lee, Dong‐Seok, et al.. (2023). A narrative review of anastomotic leak in the Ivor Lewis esophagectomy: expected, accepted, but preventable. Translational Cancer Research. 12(9). 2405–2419. 5 indexed citations
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Rapp, Joseph, Naomi Alpert, Karen M. Wilson, Raja M. Flores, & Emanuela Taioli. (2021). Changes in E-Cigarette Perceptions Over Time: A National Youth Tobacco Survey Analysis. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 61(2). 174–181. 17 indexed citations
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Tan, Yinfei, Eleonora Sementino, Mitchell Cheung, et al.. (2020). Somatic Epigenetic Silencing of RIPK3 Inactivates Necroptosis and Contributes to Chemoresistance in Malignant Mesothelioma. Clinical Cancer Research. 27(4). 1200–1213. 38 indexed citations
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Yip, Rowena, Betsy Jane Becker, Emanuela Taioli, et al.. (2020). Change in quality of life of stage IA lung cancer patients after sublobar resection and lobectomy. Journal of Thoracic Disease. 12(7). 3488–3499. 14 indexed citations
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Williams, Christina D., et al.. (2019). Racial Differences in Treatment and Survival among Veterans and Non-Veterans with Stage I NSCLC: An Evaluation of Veterans Affairs and SEER-Medicare Populations. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 29(1). 112–118. 19 indexed citations
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Gerwen, Maaike van, Andrea Wolf, Bian Liu, Raja M. Flores, & Emanuela Taioli. (2018). Short‐term outcomes of pleurectomy decortication and extrapleural pneumonectomy in mesothelioma. Journal of Surgical Oncology. 118(7). 1178–1187. 18 indexed citations
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Taioli, Emanuela, Bian Liu, Daniel Nicastri, et al.. (2017). Personal and hospital factors associated with limited surgical resection for lung cancer, in‐hospital mortality and complications in New York State. Journal of Surgical Oncology. 116(4). 471–481. 9 indexed citations
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Al‐Ayoubi, Adnan M. & Raja M. Flores. (2016). Lung cancer screening: did we really need a randomized controlled trial?. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. 50(1). 29–33. 4 indexed citations
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Flores, Raja M., Ugonna N. Ihekweazu, Joseph Dycoco, et al.. (2011). Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) lobectomy: Catastrophic intraoperative complications. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 142(6). 1412–1417. 94 indexed citations
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Deng, Gary, Valerie W. Rusch, Andrew J. Vickers, et al.. (2008). Randomized controlled trial of a special acupuncture technique for pain after thoracotomy. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 136(6). 1464–1469. 42 indexed citations
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Park, Bernard J., Jorge A. Carrasquillo, Manjit S. Bains, & Raja M. Flores. (2006). Giant Benign Esophageal Schwannoma Requiring Esophagectomy. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 82(1). 340–342. 24 indexed citations
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Flores, Raja M., Timothy Akhurst, Mithat Gönen, Steven M. Larson, & Valerie W. Rusch. (2003). Positron emission tomography defines metastatic disease but not locoregional disease in patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 126(1). 11–15. 146 indexed citations

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