Robert J. Volk

14.0k citations

251 papers · 9.5k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 51

Impact in

General Health Professions top 0.1%
- Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare
Oncology top 1%
- Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
- Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection

Papers in

General Health Professions 118
- Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare 79
- Health Literacy and Information Accessibility 21
Otorhinolaryngology 14

Co-authors: Daniel R. Kivlahan Katharine A. Bradley Danielle Frank Emily C. Williams Anna F. DeBenedetti Scott B. Cantor Maria Jibaja‐Weiss Alvah R. Cass
Journals: Patient Education and Counseling (12 papers)BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making (10 papers)Cancer (9 papers)Journal of Clinical Oncology (8 papers)Medical Decision Making (7 papers)
Partner nations: United States Canada Vietnam

In The Last Decade

Robert J. Volk

231 papers receiving 9.2k citations

Hit Papers

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Financial Burdens of Cancer Treatment: A Systematic Review of Risk Factors and Outcomes 2019 · 254 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2019 Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network
2013 Medical Decision Making
2010 CA A Cancer Journal for Clinicians
2007 Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research

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1	What do cancer genetic providers want us to know about variant reclassification and recontact that we are not asking? A thematic analysis of open‐ended survey responses Cancer ·С. Шаронова, Irving Janice, 田惠民, Banu Arun, Robert J. Volk, Sanjay Shete, Susan K. Peterson, 博道徳田	2024	0
2	286 Using tobacco counselors to conduct shared decision making for lung cancer screening with patients who smoke: a cluster randomized trial Robert J. Volk, Lisa M. Lowenstein, Jennifer A. Minnix, Words and Music by George M. Cohan; Cover illustration by Norman Rockwell., Aliman Ali, 友梨子乾, Viola B. Leal, Paul M. Cinciripini	2024	0
3	Acceptability of Personalized Lung Cancer Screening Program Among Primary Care Providers Cancer Prevention Research ·Maria Icilda Monteiro de Oliveira, Jiangong Niu, Gabrielle F. Duhon, Lewis E. Foxhall, Sanjay Shete, Robert J. Volk, Iakovos Toumazis	2024	1
4	Tobacco quitline staffs' knowledge and attitudes about connecting quitline callers to lung cancer screening educational materials Cancer Medicine ·Naomi Q. P. Tan, Robert J. Volk, Viola B. Leal, Aliman Ali, Linda A. Bailey, Thomas Ylioja, Paula Celestino, Lisa M. Lowenstein	2024	1
5	A multicenter study of clinical impact of variant of uncertain significance reclassification in breast, ovarian and colorectal cancer susceptibility genes Cancer Medicine ·博道徳田, Melissande Blein-Nicolas, Chang En, Kristin Mattie, Robert J. Volk, Zhongming Zhao, Tito R. Mendoza, Sanjay Shete, Laila Samiian, Generosa Grana, Zhao Zhang, Banu Arun, Brian H. Shirts, Susan K. Peterson	2022	21
6	Short-form adaptive measure of financial toxicity from the Economic Strain and Resilience in Cancer (ENRICh) study: Derivation using modern psychometric techniques PLoS ONE ·Cai Xu, Grace L. Smith, K S V Shivani, Cristina M. Checka, Sharon H. Giordano, Zhao Yu Luo, Lisa M. Lowenstein, Hilary Ma, Tito R. Mendoza, Susan K. Peterson, Ya‐Chen Tina Shih, Sanjay Shete, Chad Tang, Robert J. Volk, Chris Sidey‐Gibbons	2022	12
7	Impact of the shared decision‐making process on lung cancer screening decisions Cancer Medicine ·Naomi Q. P. Tan, Shawn Nishi, Lisa M. Lowenstein, Tito R. Mendoza, María A. López-Olivo, K. Beinhauer, Karen Sepucha, Robert J. Volk	2021	8
8	An 11-Item Measure of User- and Human-Centered Design for Personal Health Tools (UCD-11): Development and Validation Journal of Medical Internet Research ·Holly O. Witteman, Gratianne Vaisson, Thierry Provencher, Selma Chipenda Dansokho, Heather Colquhoun, Michèle Dugas, Angela Fagerlin, Anik Giguère, Lynne Haslett, Aubri Hoffman, Noah Ivers, France Légaré, S. Lee, Dawn Stacey, Robert J. Volk, Gina Borromeo	2021	30
9	Smoking cessation and shared decision‐making practices about lung cancer screening among primary care providers Cancer Medicine ·María A. López-Olivo, Jennifer A. Minnix, James G. Fox, Shawn Nishi, Lisa M. Lowenstein, Kristin G. Maki, Viola B. Leal, Ya‐Chen Tina Shih, Paul M. Cinciripini, Robert J. Volk	2021	10
10	User Involvement in the Design and Development of Patient Decision Aids and Other Personal Health Tools: A Systematic Review Medical Decision Making ·Gratianne Vaisson, Thierry Provencher, Michèle Dugas, S. Lee, Selma Chipenda Dansokho, Heather Colquhoun, Angela Fagerlin, Anik Giguère, Hina Hakim, Lynne Haslett, Aubri Hoffman, Noah Ivers, Anne‐Sophie Julien, France Légaré, Jean‐Sébastien Renaud, Dawn Stacey, Robert J. Volk, Holly O. Witteman	2021	68
11	Impact of Multidisciplinary Counseling on Awareness of Prostate Cancer Treatment Options International Journal of Radiation OncologyBiologyPhysics ·Richard M. Hoffman, Robert J. Volk, Brian F. Chapin, Chad Tang, Pamela K. Allen, Mitchell S. Anscher, J L Smith, John W. Davis, Steven J. Frank, Sean E. McGuire, Q.N. Nguyen, Curtis A. Pettaway, Deborah A. Kuban	2019	1
12	Why men with a low-risk prostate cancer select and stay on active surveillance: A qualitative study PLoS ONE ·Aaron T. Seaman, Kathryn L. Taylor, Kimberly M. Davis, Kenneth G. Nepple, John H. Lynch, Rakhila A. Mammadova, Ingrid J. Hall, Robert J. Volk, Heather Schacht Reisinger, Richard M. Hoffman	2019	12
13	A Review of the Presentation of Overdiagnosis in Cancer Screening Patient Decision Aids MDM Policy & Practice ·Ashley J. Housten, Lisa M. Lowenstein, Aubri Hoffman, 加藤密, D Black, Diana S. Hoover, Dawn Stacey, Gregory Pratt, Therese B. Bevers, Robert J. Volk	2019	11
14	Does Animation Improve Comprehension of Risk Information in Patients with Low Health Literacy? A Randomized Trial Medical Decision Making ·Ashley J. Housten, Geetanjali R. Kamath, Therese B. Bevers, Scott B. Cantor, Gabriela Cristina Gomes Rodrigues, Andre Hite, Michael A. Kallen, Viola B. Leal, Liang Li, Robert J. Volk	2019	32
15	Preferences for Communicating about Breast Cancer Screening Among Racially/Ethnically Diverse Older Women Health Communication ·Diana S. Hoover, Monique R. Pappadis, Ashley J. Housten, Shilpa Krishnan, Susan C. Weller, Sharon H. Giordano, Therese B. Bevers, James S. Goodwin, Robert J. Volk	2018	14
16	Is “Active Surveillance” an Acceptable Alternative?: A Qualitative Study of Couples’ Decision Making about Early-Stage, Localized Prostate Cancer Narrative Inquiry in Bioethics ·Yen‐Chi L. Le, Stephanie L. McFall, Theresa Byrd, Robert J. Volk, Scott B. Cantor, Deborah A. Kuban, Patricia Dolan Mullen	2016	14
17	Development and validation of a patient-centered knowledge scale for left ventricular assist device placement The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation ·Kristin M. Kostick, Charles G. Minard, Assist. Prof. Dr. Hussein Rahim Aziz Al-Hamash, T Joglerg, Khulud H. Mahla, Courtenay R. Bruce, Jerry D. Estep, Matthias Loebe, Robert J. Volk, J. S. Blumenthal‐Barby	2016	12
18	Reasons Why Eligible Candidates Decline Left Ventricular Assist Device Placement Journal of Cardiac Failure ·Courtenay R. Bruce, Kristin M. Kostick, T Joglerg, Assist. Prof. Dr. Hussein Rahim Aziz Al-Hamash, Robert J. Volk, Martin L. Smith, Sheryl McCurdy, Matthias Loebe, Jerry D. Estep, Jennifer S. Blumenthal‐Barby	2015	16
19	Does the severity of mood and anxiety symptoms predict health care utilization? PubMed ·Donald E. Nease, Robert J. Volk, Alvah R. Cass	1999	26
20	Individual and family factors impacting diabetic control in the adolescent: a preliminary study. PubMed ·Li‐Zhen Guo, Robert J. Volk, Nancy Viviani, Mark B. Mengel	1990	18

About Robert J. Volk

Robert J. Volk is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Otorhinolaryngology, Oncology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, having authored 251 papers that have together received 9.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare (79 papers), Global Cancer Incidence and Screening (70 papers), Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (39 papers), Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (27 papers), Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (26 papers), Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (23 papers), Health Literacy and Information Accessibility (21 papers) and Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection (18 papers). The work is most often cited by research in General Health Professions (3.9k citations), Oncology (2.1k citations), Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (2.0k citations), Applied Psychology (342 citations) and Health (477 citations). Robert J. Volk has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and Vietnam. Frequent co-authors include Daniel R. Kivlahan, Katharine A. Bradley, Danielle Frank, Emily C. Williams, Anna F. DeBenedetti, Scott B. Cantor, Maria Jibaja‐Weiss, Alvah R. Cass, Jeffrey R. Steinbauer and Stephen J. Spann. Their work appears in journals such as Patient Education and Counseling, BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, Cancer, Journal of Clinical Oncology and Medical Decision Making.

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