Ritsuko Komaki

33.7k total citations · 4 hit papers
457 papers, 21.4k citations indexed

About

Ritsuko Komaki is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Oncology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Ritsuko Komaki has authored 457 papers receiving a total of 21.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 343 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 128 papers in Oncology and 112 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Ritsuko Komaki's work include Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (212 papers), Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations (136 papers) and Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques (112 papers). Ritsuko Komaki is often cited by papers focused on Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (212 papers), Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations (136 papers) and Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques (112 papers). Ritsuko Komaki collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Canada. Ritsuko Komaki's co-authors include Zhongxing Liao, James D. Cox, Joe Y. Chang, Radhe Mohan, Jaffer A. Ajani, Stephen G. Swisher, Daniel R. Gomez, William T. Sause, Pamela K. Allen and Susan L. Tucker and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of Clinical Oncology and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Ritsuko Komaki

448 papers receiving 21.0k 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.

Twice-Daily Compared with Once-Daily Thoracic Radiotherapy in Limited Small-Cell Lung Cancer Treated Concurrently with Cisplatin and Etoposide

1999 1.0k citations William T. Sause, Ritsuko Komaki et al. profile →
INT 0123 (Radiation Therapy Oncology Group 94-05) Phase III Trial of Combined-Modality Therapy for Esophageal Cancer: High-Dose Versus Standard-Dose Radiation Therapy

2002 799 citations Bruce D. Minsky, Thomas F. Pajak et al. Journal of Clinical Oncology profile →
Impact of Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy Technique for Locally Advanced Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer: A Secondary Analysis of the NRG Oncology RTOG 0617 Randomized Clinical Trial

2016 528 citations Stephen G. Chun, Chen Hu et al. Journal of Clinical Oncology profile →
Bayesian Adaptive Randomization Trial of Passive Scattering Proton Therapy and Intensity-Modulated Photon Radiotherapy for Locally Advanced Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer

2018 214 citations Zhongxing Liao, Ritsuko Komaki et al. Journal of Clinical Oncology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ritsuko Komaki United States	77	15.4k	6.5k	6.1k	6.0k	5.4k	457	21.4k
Suresh Senan Netherlands	74	17.9k 1.2×	9.6k 1.5×	6.0k 1.0×	8.5k 1.4×	2.0k 0.4×	468	22.7k
Robert Timmerman United States	65	14.5k 0.9×	10.9k 1.7×	3.5k 0.6×	7.6k 1.3×	3.1k 0.6×	381	19.9k
Brian D. Kavanagh United States	55	7.6k 0.5×	5.6k 0.9×	3.7k 0.6×	4.1k 0.7×	2.5k 0.5×	297	13.1k
Steven E. Schild United States	66	12.1k 0.8×	3.1k 0.5×	8.0k 1.3×	2.5k 0.4×	4.9k 0.9×	637	21.9k
Susan L. Tucker United States	72	7.5k 0.5×	5.5k 0.8×	4.2k 0.7×	4.7k 0.8×	2.8k 0.5×	224	16.1k
Howard D. Thames United States	65	8.6k 0.6×	5.0k 0.8×	3.2k 0.5×	5.3k 0.9×	2.9k 0.5×	298	16.4k
Mitchell S. Anscher United States	65	6.6k 0.4×	3.4k 0.5×	2.4k 0.4×	5.0k 0.8×	2.5k 0.5×	268	12.8k
Laurie E. Gaspar United States	61	15.9k 1.0×	3.4k 0.5×	8.6k 1.4×	2.8k 0.5×	2.7k 0.5×	244	19.8k
Gerald E. Hanks United States	76	13.9k 0.9×	6.6k 1.0×	2.2k 0.4×	3.3k 0.6×	3.9k 0.7×	393	19.4k
Joe Y. Chang United States	65	9.9k 0.6×	5.8k 0.9×	3.9k 0.6×	4.5k 0.7×	1.8k 0.3×	353	14.0k

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Chun, Stephen G., Chen Hu, Ritsuko Komaki, et al.. (2024). Long-Term Prospective Outcomes of Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy for Locally Advanced Lung Cancer. JAMA Oncology. 10(8). 1111–1111. 10 indexed citations

Liao, Xuehong, Kazushi Kishi, Ritsuko Komaki, et al.. (2023). Risk factors of local control in adrenal metastases treated by stereotactic body radiation therapy - a systematic review and meta-analysis. Frontiers in Oncology. 13. 1193574–1193574. 1 indexed citations

Yue, Jinbo, Qiuling Shi, Ting Xu, et al.. (2018). Patient-reported lung symptoms as an early signal of impending radiation pneumonitis in patients with non-small cell lung cancer treated with chemoradiation: an observational study. Quality of Life Research. 27(6). 1563–1570. 14 indexed citations

Komaki, Ritsuko, Rebecca Paulus, Walter J. Curran, et al.. (2018). Patterns of Failure According to Tumor Histology and Treatment Schedule in Patients with Locally Advanced Inoperable Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Secondary Analysis of NRG Oncology RTOG 9410. 1(2). 14–24. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Yifan, Jayanthi Gudikote, Uma Giri, et al.. (2017). RAD50 Expression Is Associated with Poor Clinical Outcomes after Radiotherapy for Resected Non–small Cell Lung Cancer. Clinical Cancer Research. 24(2). 341–350. 32 indexed citations

Tang, Chad, James W. Welsh, Patricia M. de Groot, et al.. (2016). Ipilimumab with Stereotactic Ablative Radiation Therapy: Phase I Results and Immunologic Correlates from Peripheral T Cells. Clinical Cancer Research. 23(6). 1388–1396. 251 indexed citations

Wang, Yifan, Hui Liu, Lixia Diao, et al.. (2016). Hsp90 Inhibitor Ganetespib Sensitizes Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer to Radiation but Has Variable Effects with Chemoradiation. Clinical Cancer Research. 22(23). 5876–5886. 27 indexed citations

Jiang, Wen, Rajayogesh Davuluri, Penny Fang, et al.. (2016). Circulating Lymphocyte Count During Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation Therapy for Esophageal Cancer as a Predictive Biomarker of Pathologic Complete Response. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 96(2). S151–S151. 2 indexed citations

Milton, Denái R., Liru He, Ritsuko Komaki, et al.. (2015). Comparison of Locoregional versus Extended Locoregional Radiation Volumes for Patients with Nonmetastatic Gastro-esophageal Junction Carcinomas. Journal of Thoracic Oncology. 10(3). 518–526. 4 indexed citations

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Seyedin, Steven N., Osama Mawlawi, Yevgen Voronenko, et al.. (2015). Use of Emission Guided Radiation Therapy Can Better Spare Critical Structures Compared With Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy, Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy, or Proton Therapy. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 93(3). E612–E612. 1 indexed citations

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Rimner, Andreas, Daniel R. Gomez, Abraham J. Wu, et al.. (2014). Failure Patterns Relative to Radiation Treatment Fields for Stage II–IV Thymoma. Journal of Thoracic Oncology. 9(3). 403–409. 24 indexed citations

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Welsh, James W., Ritsuko Komaki, Arya Amini, et al.. (2013). Phase II Trial of Erlotinib Plus Concurrent Whole-Brain Radiation Therapy for Patients With Brain Metastases From Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 31(7). 895–902. 314 indexed citations

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Kong, Feng‐Ming, Kyle C. Cuneo, Li Wang, et al.. (2013). Patterns of practice in radiation therapy for non-small cell lung cancer among members of the American Society for Radiation Oncology. Practical Radiation Oncology. 4(2). e133–e141. 14 indexed citations

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Welsh, James W., Stephen H. Settle, Arya Amini, et al.. (2011). Failure patterns in patients with esophageal cancer treated with definitive chemoradiation. Cancer. 118(10). 2632–2640. 155 indexed citations

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Yin, Ming, Zhongxing Liao, Zhensheng Liu, et al.. (2011). Genetic variants of the nonhomologous end joining gene LIG4 and severe radiation pneumonitis in nonsmall cell lung cancer patients treated with definitive radiotherapy. Cancer. 118(2). 528–535. 68 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xiaodong, Yupeng Li, Xiaoning Pan, et al.. (2009). Intensity-Modulated Proton Therapy Reduces the Dose to Normal Tissue Compared With Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy or Passive Scattering Proton Therapy and Enables Individualized Radical Radiotherapy for Extensive Stage IIIB Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer: A Virtual Clinical Study. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 77(2). 357–366. 235 indexed citations

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Sun, Menghong, Carmen Behrens, Lei Feng, et al.. (2009). HER Family Receptor Abnormalities in Lung Cancer Brain Metastases and Corresponding Primary Tumors. Clinical Cancer Research. 15(15). 4829–4837. 122 indexed citations

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Ahamad, A., Craig Stevens, W. Roy Smythe, et al.. (2003). Intensity-modulated radiation therapy: a novel approach to the management of malignant pleural mesothelioma. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 55(3). 768–775. 110 indexed citations

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Minsky, Bruce D., Thomas F. Pajak, Robert J. Ginsberg, et al.. (2002). INT 0123 (Radiation Therapy Oncology Group 94-05) Phase III Trial of Combined-Modality Therapy for Esophageal Cancer: High-Dose Versus Standard-Dose Radiation Therapy. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 20(5). 1167–1174. 799 indexed citations breakdown →

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Komaki, Ritsuko, Charles Scott, Jin S. Lee, et al.. (1997). Impact of Adding Concurrent Chemotherapy to Hyperfractionated Radiotherapy for Locally Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC):. American Journal of Clinical Oncology. 20(5). 435–440. 26 indexed citations

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