Robert A. Smith

50.4k total citations · 22 hit papers
310 papers, 34.2k citations indexed

About

Robert A. Smith is a scholar working on Oncology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Pathology and Forensic Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert A. Smith has authored 310 papers receiving a total of 34.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 228 papers in Oncology, 91 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 44 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine. Recurrent topics in Robert A. Smith's work include Global Cancer Incidence and Screening (176 papers), Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection (133 papers) and Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (41 papers). Robert A. Smith is often cited by papers focused on Global Cancer Incidence and Screening (176 papers), Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection (133 papers) and Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (41 papers). Robert A. Smith collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Sweden. Robert A. Smith's co-authors include Ahmedin Jemal, Stacey A. Fedewa, Vilma Cokkinides, Rebecca L. Siegel, Debbie Saslow, Andrea Cercek, Durado Brooks, Ann Goding Sauer, Kimberly Andrews and Richard C. Wender and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and JAMA.

In The Last Decade

Robert A. Smith

297 papers receiving 33.0k citations

Hit Papers

Colorectal cancer statist... 2002 2026 2010 2018 2020 2007 2023 2018 2002 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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. Colorectal cancer statistics, 2020
    2020 3.6k citations Rebecca L. Siegel, Kimberly D. Miller et al. CA A Cancer Journal for Clinicians profile →
  2. American Cancer Society Guidelines for Breast Screening with MRI as an Adjunct to Mammography
    2007 1.9k citations Debbie Saslow, Robert A. Smith et al. CA A Cancer Journal for Clinicians profile →
  3. Colorectal cancer statistics, 2023
    2023 1.7k citations Rebecca L. Siegel, Andrea Cercek et al. CA A Cancer Journal for Clinicians profile →
  4. Colorectal cancer screening for average‐risk adults: 2018 guideline update from the American Cancer Society
    2018 1.3k citations Andrew M. D. Wolf, Elizabeth T. H. Fontham et al. CA A Cancer Journal for Clinicians profile →
  5. American Cancer Society Guidelines for the Early Detection of Cancer
    2002 1.3k citations Robert A. Smith, Debbie Saslow et al. CA A Cancer Journal for Clinicians profile →
  6. Breast Cancer Screening for Women at Average Risk
    2015 1.2k citations Kevin C. Oeffinger, Elizabeth T. H. Fontham et al. profile →
  7. Breast cancer statistics, 2015: Convergence of incidence rates between black and white women
    2015 1.0k citations Carol DeSantis, Stacey A. Fedewa et al. CA A Cancer Journal for Clinicians profile →
  8. American Cancer Society Guideline for the Early Detection of Prostate Cancer: Update 2010
    2010 736 citations Richard C. Wender, Ruth Etzioni et al. CA A Cancer Journal for Clinicians profile →
  9. Cervical cancer screening for individuals at average risk: 2020 guideline update from the American Cancer Society
    2020 606 citations Elizabeth T. H. Fontham, Andrew M. D. Wolf et al. CA A Cancer Journal for Clinicians profile →
  10. Trends in Breast Cancer by Race and Ethnicity: Update 2006
    2006 572 citations Ahmedin Jemal, Robert A. Smith et al. CA A Cancer Journal for Clinicians profile →
  11. American Cancer Society lung cancer screening guidelines
    2013 561 citations Richard C. Wender, Elizabeth T. H. Fontham et al. CA A Cancer Journal for Clinicians profile →
  12. Mammography service screening and mortality in breast cancer patients: 20-year follow-up before and after introduction of screening
    2003 558 citations Làszló Tabár, Chien‐Jen Chen et al. profile →
  13. Guidelines for Colonoscopy Surveillance After Polypectomy: A Consensus Update by the US Multi-Society Task Force on Colorectal Cancer and the American Cancer Society
    2006 551 citations Robert A. Smith et al. profile →
  14. Swedish Two-County Trial: Impact of Mammographic Screening on Breast Cancer Mortality during 3 Decades
    2011 549 citations Làszló Tabár, Chien‐Jen Chen et al. profile →
  15. Cancer Screening in the United States, 2010: A Review of Current American Cancer Society Guidelines and Issues in Cancer Screening
    2010 517 citations Robert A. Smith, Debbie Saslow et al. CA A Cancer Journal for Clinicians profile →
  16. American Cancer Society Guidelines for the Early Detection of Cancer, 2006
    2006 514 citations Robert A. Smith et al. CA A Cancer Journal for Clinicians profile →
  17. Cancer screening in the United States, 2019: A review of current American Cancer Society guidelines and current issues in cancer screening
    2019 501 citations Robert A. Smith, Kimberly Andrews et al. CA A Cancer Journal for Clinicians profile →
  18. Cancer screening in the United States, 2017: A review of current American Cancer Society guidelines and current issues in cancer screening
    2017 473 citations Robert A. Smith, Kimberly Andrews et al. CA A Cancer Journal for Clinicians profile →
  19. Cancer screening in the United States, 2018: A review of current American Cancer Society guidelines and current issues in cancer screening
    2018 438 citations Robert A. Smith, Kimberly Andrews et al. CA A Cancer Journal for Clinicians profile →
  20. Cancer screening in the United States, 2014: A review of current American Cancer Society guidelines and current issues in cancer screening
    2014 336 citations Robert A. Smith, Deana Manassaram‐Baptiste et al. CA A Cancer Journal for Clinicians profile →
  21. Lung cancer statistics, 2023
    2024 177 citations Priti Bandi, Robert A. Smith et al. Cancer profile →
  22. Screening for lung cancer: 2023 guideline update from the American Cancer Society
    2023 134 citations Andrew M. D. Wolf, Kevin C. Oeffinger et al. CA A Cancer Journal for Clinicians profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Robert A. Smith 20.0k 8.7k 5.5k 5.2k 4.5k 310 34.2k
Eric J. Feuer 17.9k 0.9× 11.0k 1.3× 4.9k 0.9× 3.3k 0.6× 5.4k 1.2× 252 40.4k
Gary H. Lyman 24.9k 1.2× 6.3k 0.7× 6.8k 1.2× 5.5k 1.1× 4.5k 1.0× 602 48.3k
Angela B. Mariotto 17.2k 0.9× 9.8k 1.1× 5.7k 1.0× 2.9k 0.6× 3.7k 0.8× 149 37.7k
Stephen W. Duffy 13.2k 0.7× 6.3k 0.7× 4.4k 0.8× 3.9k 0.8× 1.8k 0.4× 428 21.8k
Deborah Schrag 19.8k 1.0× 9.1k 1.0× 4.6k 0.8× 3.7k 0.7× 3.4k 0.8× 439 38.7k
Carol DeSantis 13.0k 0.6× 5.1k 0.6× 6.4k 1.2× 2.9k 0.6× 2.3k 0.5× 55 28.2k
Richard D. Gelber 19.6k 1.0× 7.7k 0.9× 14.3k 2.6× 5.4k 1.0× 3.4k 0.8× 387 40.7k
J.W.W. Coebergh 16.3k 0.8× 6.4k 0.7× 4.5k 0.8× 4.2k 0.8× 4.2k 0.9× 520 30.6k
Hermann Brenner 23.9k 1.2× 12.3k 1.4× 6.1k 1.1× 10.8k 2.1× 7.2k 1.6× 1.5k 64.7k
Kenneth R. Hess 15.4k 0.8× 14.8k 1.7× 8.5k 1.5× 3.5k 0.7× 5.6k 1.3× 509 41.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert A. Smith

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All Works

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Rebolj, Matejka, Adam R. Brentnall, Julia Geppert, et al.. (2025). Late-Stage Outcomes as Surrogates for Mortality in Cancer Screening Trials: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 34(10). 1694–1709. 1 indexed citations
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Star, Jessica, et al.. (2024). Changes in Breast Cancer Screening Prevalence in the United States during the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2018 to 2022. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 34(1). 133–138. 2 indexed citations
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Lewis, Jennifer A., Jan M. Eberth, Lisa Carter‐Harris, et al.. (2024). The American Cancer Society National Lung Cancer Roundtable strategic plan: Provider engagement and outreach. Cancer. 130(23). 3973–3984. 3 indexed citations
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Barta, Julie A., Farhood Farjah, Carey C. Thomson, et al.. (2024). The American Cancer Society National Lung Cancer Roundtable strategic plan: Optimizing strategies for lung nodule evaluation and management. Cancer. 130(24). 4177–4187. 4 indexed citations
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Backhus, Leah M., Lori C. Sakoda, Louise M. Henderson, et al.. (2024). The American Cancer Society National Lung Cancer Roundtable strategic plan: Lung cancer in women. Cancer. 130(23). 3985–3995. 6 indexed citations
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Ciemins, Elizabeth L., et al.. (2024). Development of a Follow-Up Measure to Ensure Complete Screening for Colorectal Cancer. JAMA Network Open. 7(3). e242693–e242693. 10 indexed citations
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Duffy, Stephen W., Làszló Tabár, Chien‐Jen Chen, et al.. (2023). A plea for more careful scholarship in reviewing evidence: the case of mammographic screening. BJR|Open. 5(1). 20230041–20230041.
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Durham, Danielle D., Linn Abraham, Megan C. Roberts, et al.. (2022). Breast cancer incidence among women with a family history of breast cancer by relative's age at diagnosis. Cancer. 128(24). 4232–4240. 13 indexed citations
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Burnside, Elizabeth S., Lucy M. Warren, Jonathan P. Myles, et al.. (2021). Quantitative breast density analysis to predict interval and node-positive cancers in pursuit of improved screening protocols: a case–control study. British Journal of Cancer. 125(6). 884–892. 6 indexed citations
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Cotter, Megan, et al.. (2021). Implementation of a Lung Cancer Screening Program in Two Federally Qualified Health Centers. Public Health Reports. 136(4). 397–402. 6 indexed citations
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Siegel, Rebecca L., Kimberly D. Miller, Ann Goding Sauer, et al.. (2020). Colorectal cancer statistics, 2020. CA A Cancer Journal for Clinicians. 70(3). 145–164. 3624 indexed citations breakdown →
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Durham, Danielle D., Megan C. Roberts, Linn Abraham, et al.. (2020). Age at initiation of screening mammography by family history of breast cancer in the breast cancer surveillance consortium. Cancer Causes & Control. 32(1). 103–107. 5 indexed citations
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Lipscomb, Joseph, Cam Escoffery, Theresa Gillespie, et al.. (2020). Improving Screening Uptake among Breast Cancer Survivors and Their First-Degree Relatives at Elevated Risk to Breast Cancer: Results and Implications of a Randomized Study in the State of Georgia. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 17(3). 977–977. 10 indexed citations
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Fontham, Elizabeth T. H., Andrew M. D. Wolf, Timothy R. Church, et al.. (2020). Cervical cancer screening for individuals at average risk: 2020 guideline update from the American Cancer Society. CA A Cancer Journal for Clinicians. 70(5). 321–346. 606 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kathuria, Hasmeena, Frank C. Detterbeck, Joelle T. Fathi, et al.. (2017). Stakeholder Research Priorities for Smoking Cessation Interventions within Lung Cancer Screening Programs. An Official American Thoracic Society Research Statement. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 196(9). 1202–1212. 25 indexed citations
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Fedewa, Stacey A., Ann Goding Sauer, Rebecca L. Siegel, et al.. (2016). Temporal Trends in Colorectal Cancer Screening among Asian Americans. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 25(6). 995–1000. 26 indexed citations
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Lipscomb, Joseph, Steven T. Fleming, Amy Trentham‐Dietz, et al.. (2016). What Predicts an Advanced-Stage Diagnosis of Breast Cancer? Sorting Out the Influence of Method of Detection, Access to Care, and Biologic Factors. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 25(4). 613–623. 19 indexed citations
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Chiu, Sherry Yueh‐Hsia, Stephen W. Duffy, Amy Ming‐Fang Yen, et al.. (2010). Effect of Baseline Breast Density on Breast Cancer Incidence, Stage, Mortality, and Screening Parameters: 25-Year Follow-up of a Swedish Mammographic Screening. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 19(5). 1219–1228. 144 indexed citations

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